~~A/N Thanks Carly for the review! Okay everyone here's my weird little
love story going on. I own everyone except for any names you may recognize
from S. E. Hinton's AWESOME book The Outsiders. Okay I started writing this
in the third person, but I'm switching it so bear with me. That last
chapter was kind of introductory, but this is in P.O.V. So here we go..
~*~ Chapter Two: Andrew's P.O.V. ~*~
I laughed as I saw Katie talking on the phone. I thought she was hilarious to watch, she was always moving and talking, never staying still. Like a little twittering bird with an opinion. She was probably talking with Tamara. Andrew knew that Tamara and Katie were best friends. Julia was kind of hard to get along with, and she liked a different crowd of people than Katie and Tamara did.
I finished reading my book; it was called The Lord of the Flies. Most of the Greasers and Socs called me nerdy for reading so much, but I personally loved it. Sure I loved the real world, but in books like The Lord of the Flies you got swept away to a different place, and quite honestly the real world was sometimes the last place I wanted to be.
I closed my blind, Katie was off the phone and I pulled the blind up and down three times. It was kind of our signal to say "goodnight". We had started it when we were much younger and kids in the movies did that, it just sort of stuck. That's what I liked about being around Katie. With my other friends I was forced into all the teenaged crap but with Katie. well. we were 8 years old again, with very few cares in the world.
Soon I heard the phone ring. I ran into my mom's room to pick it up. "Hello?" I said into the receiver.
"Andrew?" a voice, who I knew was Tamara's, said.
"Hey," I said sleepily.
"Do you like Katie?" Tamara demanded.
"Katie Shepard?" I asked.
"No!" Tamara said annoyed but honestly, "Katie Douglas. The girl across the street?"
I bolted up from my sleepy state. Katie Douglas? My Katie? My best friend? Did I like her? "Of course I like her."
"No, Andrew, in that way. I don't know what I'm trying to say. But I think that you should know what I'm trying to say. You two have known everything about each other for your whole lives it seems. You love every second that you spend together. And. God Andrew I have no clue at all why I called you like this but. but. Katie told me some really secret stuff about how much she likes you. Maybe even loves you. But I think that you should know because I personally think that you like her just as much." Tamara ended her speech.
I paused and caught my breath. I peeked out of my blind to look into her room as if the devil was in there. My Katie? She and I had been through everything together. When my dad died, she was there. When her dad ran off, I was there. When some Soc came and tried to beat me up, guess who was there with a broken glass bottle - Katie Douglas. Love? What on earth did either of us know about love? But I had known for a long time that if there was one person on this world that I could love, it would be Kathryn Douglas.
"I think I do like her," I said after a moment. "I don't know why you're being so blunt like this, Tammy. but I do. That's why I broke up with Gillian last year, was because I couldn't stand seeing Katie without thinking about a life with her."
"Call her. Tell her, Andrew. She feels so alone, so. unloved. She's never had a boyfriend, she's not the prettiest thing in the world," Tamara said sadly, "and she likes you. She really, really likes you."
"I'll talk to her tomorrow, she went to bed already, and she has to be up early for a basketball practice,"Andrew said, smiling a little, "thanks for calling Tamara. I don't know how I was able to say all of this to you. But if there's something that I do love in this world, it's Katie."
A/N So guys what do you think? I know it's a little unbelievable but I just have to get this up and about before the actual story starts? I dunno - PLEASE give some feedback, I'm thriving on it here! Luv ya all!
~*~ Chapter Two: Andrew's P.O.V. ~*~
I laughed as I saw Katie talking on the phone. I thought she was hilarious to watch, she was always moving and talking, never staying still. Like a little twittering bird with an opinion. She was probably talking with Tamara. Andrew knew that Tamara and Katie were best friends. Julia was kind of hard to get along with, and she liked a different crowd of people than Katie and Tamara did.
I finished reading my book; it was called The Lord of the Flies. Most of the Greasers and Socs called me nerdy for reading so much, but I personally loved it. Sure I loved the real world, but in books like The Lord of the Flies you got swept away to a different place, and quite honestly the real world was sometimes the last place I wanted to be.
I closed my blind, Katie was off the phone and I pulled the blind up and down three times. It was kind of our signal to say "goodnight". We had started it when we were much younger and kids in the movies did that, it just sort of stuck. That's what I liked about being around Katie. With my other friends I was forced into all the teenaged crap but with Katie. well. we were 8 years old again, with very few cares in the world.
Soon I heard the phone ring. I ran into my mom's room to pick it up. "Hello?" I said into the receiver.
"Andrew?" a voice, who I knew was Tamara's, said.
"Hey," I said sleepily.
"Do you like Katie?" Tamara demanded.
"Katie Shepard?" I asked.
"No!" Tamara said annoyed but honestly, "Katie Douglas. The girl across the street?"
I bolted up from my sleepy state. Katie Douglas? My Katie? My best friend? Did I like her? "Of course I like her."
"No, Andrew, in that way. I don't know what I'm trying to say. But I think that you should know what I'm trying to say. You two have known everything about each other for your whole lives it seems. You love every second that you spend together. And. God Andrew I have no clue at all why I called you like this but. but. Katie told me some really secret stuff about how much she likes you. Maybe even loves you. But I think that you should know because I personally think that you like her just as much." Tamara ended her speech.
I paused and caught my breath. I peeked out of my blind to look into her room as if the devil was in there. My Katie? She and I had been through everything together. When my dad died, she was there. When her dad ran off, I was there. When some Soc came and tried to beat me up, guess who was there with a broken glass bottle - Katie Douglas. Love? What on earth did either of us know about love? But I had known for a long time that if there was one person on this world that I could love, it would be Kathryn Douglas.
"I think I do like her," I said after a moment. "I don't know why you're being so blunt like this, Tammy. but I do. That's why I broke up with Gillian last year, was because I couldn't stand seeing Katie without thinking about a life with her."
"Call her. Tell her, Andrew. She feels so alone, so. unloved. She's never had a boyfriend, she's not the prettiest thing in the world," Tamara said sadly, "and she likes you. She really, really likes you."
"I'll talk to her tomorrow, she went to bed already, and she has to be up early for a basketball practice,"Andrew said, smiling a little, "thanks for calling Tamara. I don't know how I was able to say all of this to you. But if there's something that I do love in this world, it's Katie."
A/N So guys what do you think? I know it's a little unbelievable but I just have to get this up and about before the actual story starts? I dunno - PLEASE give some feedback, I'm thriving on it here! Luv ya all!