Chapter 2: Atlanta

Next morning I woke up at 7:30 and put my swimsuit on and jumped in the pool. I had to be at the airport at 12:30. I swam until eleven. Sophie had joined me around eight. At 11:30 our lunch was ready. Our lunch was mac and cheese. Sophie loves mac and cheese, especially with hot dogs. We finished eating and I went to the airport. I got on the plane at 1:30 and about four hours later I was in Atlanta. Fifteen minutes later I was in my hotel room on the phone with Orlando. We were discussing a place to meet after he got off work. It was three now, well three Atlanta time but six back home. Orlando got off at six. I had three hours to kill. I decided to call my friend Lola. Lola and I had been best friends since kindergarten.

"Hey Lola." We had decided to meet up at the theater.

"Hey Kat." She said getting out of her car. "What's up?"

"Just needed to kill some time before Orlando gets off work." We went to some random movie. I don't even remember the name. I met up with Orlando at 6:32. We wound up going to a party, which I left early. It was getting out of control. Later on I found out that the cops were called on it. Orlando left before the cops came. He was home about one hour after me. He wound up staying with me in my hotel room. The next morning I woke up and went for a jog. I then went for a swim at the gym. I went back to the hotel that afternoon after going to Lola's to talk to her about Orlando. When I got back to the room Orlando was still there.

"Where've you been?" He asked being his overprotective self.

"Jogging and the gym."

"You could've awakened me."

"You looked so peaceful." I said.

"You still should've waked me up." He said sounding upset now.

"Ok I get it." I said not wanting to argue.

"Ok." He said calming down. That night we all went to the movies. At 12:30-ish we went our respective ways. Even Orlando and I went to our separate sleeping places. 'Fine by me.' I went to my hotel room and called Sophie. We talked for two hours. By the time I went to bed it was about four in the morning. That morning I woke up at about eight. I was not happy. I went to the beach to get a tan and swim. At noon I went back to the hotel to find Orlando in the lobby.

"Where were you?" He asked when we got up to my room.

"I was at the beach."

"Why didn't you call?" He said getting irritated with me already.

"I wanted to be alone." I stated.

"That's no excuse." He practically yelled.

"Yes it is."

"How?"

"If I wanted to be alone why would I have called?"

"Because you love me." He yelled.

"That's not a good enough reason to ruin my alone time." I said back in a calm tone. He then raised his hand at me to threaten me. Being me I flinched away. He moved his hand ever so slightly that I flinched again. He then moved towards me and enveloped me in a hug.

"I'm sorry." He said in a soothing tone. He then kissed me. "I shouldn't have raised my voice or my hand at you. Forgive me?"

"I forgive you." I then laid on the bed and fell asleep. I slept until about eight that night. When I woke up Orlando was nowhere in sight. 'Thank God.' I thought and right then he walked in the door. 'Oh damn!'

"Morning or evening. Whatever." He said. "Dinner's in the mini."

"Ok. Thanks."

"Yep." I ate. At about nine Orlando took me to a concert. Playing were Three Days Grace, Shinedown, and Seether. It was incredible. It got over and we all went to our separate places. Monday morning I slept in 'til about one in the afternoon. I only woke up because Orlando called on my cell. He had obviously been up for a while and had gotten bored. He invited me to a late lunch. I told him that I didn't feel good and that I just wanted to get ready for leaving tonight. He was ok with that. He at least persuaded me to join him for dinner. I was just getting started packing when my phone rang.

"Hello?" I answered before looking at who it was.

"Hey Kat." A familiar voice said on the other end.

"Oh. Hey Embry." I said. "What's up?"

"You come home tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Just curious. Hey, how'd you and Sophie like to meet me at the beach when you get home?"

"Sure. Have you already asked Sophie or should I just let her know?"

"If you'll just let her know, that'd be great. See you tomorrow."

"Alright. I'll call ya when I'm nearing my house."

"Awesome. See ya then."

"Ok. Bye."

"Bye." With that we hung up. I then continued packing. Dinner time came around and Orlando was at my door. We went to Red Lobster. We shared the crab legs. He then took me to the airport. I had an overnight flight back home. I waited for my flight to leave at 9:00 p.m. I got back to Seattle at about 10:00 p.m. I stayed the night in a hotel nearby. In the morning I woke up at about ten so I could go to the mall.

Sorry it took so long to update. Will try to update again soon!!