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Chapter 2:

The sun was shinning brilliantly over the small patch of clearing on the hilltop. August breeze swept handsomely over the grassland beneath.

A dazzling red Ferrari was parked at the edge of the road just beyond the grassland. This part of the town was well away from civilization.

'Seriously, Brooklyn, you always get your way,' Kate said as she took another bite of her apple.

The orange-haired teen smiled but said nothing in response. His whole concentration was on the push-ups he was doing.

Kate was sitting cross-legged on his broad back with ease and enjoying while his body moved up and down in a rhythm.

'I can do this with a person double your weight on my back,' he breathed, closing his eyes momentarily as he exercised to avoid the sweat from stinging his eyes.

'I believe you, Kingston. But did you really have to call on me to help you with your daily exercise? I mean, you could just have someone put a stack of heavy books on your back, at least to save me the trouble.'

'I like it better with you on my back,'

'Hey, what are you doing this heavy labour for anyways? You wanna be 'king-Kong' or something?'

'Not exactly. I just want to be strong enough to protect the people I love.'

Kate stopped chewing for a while. She leaned towards the side of his head, trying to catch a glimpse of his features.

'You serious? You think you aren't strong enough already?'

She gave a pat on his broad shoulder. 'Look at your biceps!' she shook her head and stared at the blue sky.

She thought she heard him repress a laugh. 'You know,' she took another bite of the apple and talked with her mouth full. 'It's been ten years to our friendship and I don't ever recall you being skinny.'

'And I never recall you gaining any more weight than this. You feel so light on my back right now,' he replied with a little strain in his voice as he continued with uncountable push-ups.

'What are you thinking?' he asked with a little surprise in his voice after ten minutes of silence.

Kate folded her legs and wrapped her arms around her knees. She realized that the whole time Brooklyn was keeping a steady movement, so as not to make her fall off.

'Just wondering why people just assume that you and I are together,' she said in a casual tone.

Brooklyn slowed in his push-ups for a second and then smirked. 'Maybe because they see us together twelve hours a day.'

'Doesn't mean they should think that we're like, together together!' Kate said with a hint of complaint in her tone.

'Well, let them think.' Brooklyn said smoothly.

'It bothers me,'

'Why?'

He received a thoughtful silence from her for a moment. 'Suppose, someday, you meet someone you like a lot more than me_'

'That will never happen.'

'Why not?'

'Because I've been with you for years now and I think that there's nothing in the world that could surpass the relationship we have.'

Kate was surprised by his serious tone. 'What about love?'

Brooklyn stopped. Kate put her both hands on his shoulders and leaned over once more to look at his face. The end of her braid played over the back of his neck.

'Hey! That tickles!' Brooklyn let out a laugh and lost his balance. He rolled over. Kate let out a yelp and landed on his front.

'Ouch! King!' Kate screamed and quickly got off him while smoothing her jeans. 'You jerk,' she shook her head and swung her bag on her shoulder.

Brooklyn laid on his back and looked at her innocently. 'Get up king-Kong! Its almost sunset! I have to get home,' she said icily.

He got up lazily and stretched his muscular arms. They both walked down the hilltop across the grassland towards the Ferrari.

'Movies this Friday?' he asked, walking close to her. Kate smiled. 'You bet,' she replied.

They drove in silence towards Kate's home. Love. Brooklyn thought, loosening his grip on the steering wheel.

He glanced at Kate who's face was half covered with her dark locks of hair. If only you could tell, Kate, that what I feel for you is more than just friendship, more than love itself.

You're perfect. He resumed his gaze to the darkening road illuminated by the headlights of his car. His mind wandered to the presence of the girl sitting next to him.

Kate found herself thinking of the one person that she thought she would never understand. Why is Kai so… isolated? He's always sitting at the back of the class without any possible connection to any person around him. He makes me so curious sometimes. I don't like to be curious. I wish I could find out what his problem is. I should talk to him. I would like to help if he's got problems.

Deafening screech of the car tyres knocked Kate back to her surroundings. 'Get out of the way!' Brooklyn roared as the car spun out of control.

The car narrowly missed hitting a tree as it jerked to a halt. Kate collected herself just in time to see a figure lying in the middle of the road ahead of them.