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Chapter 3

The next day, Kat woke to the sound of her old alarm clock. She stretched looking around at her old room. Her guitar sat dusty in the corner. She remembered the day when Patrick had given her that. She couldn't believe she forgot to take it to Sara Lawrence with her! She walked over to it and delicately touched the strings. She almost felt like she had forgotten how to play. "Hey" Bianca burst into her room. With a jump, Bianca put down the guitar.

"So, what are you doing today?" she slumped herself down on her sisters bed, picking up a picture of her friends from Sara Lawrence. "Hey, he's pretty cute." Kat snatched the photograph off of her quickly.

"Just hanging around." She said glumly. Last night hadn't been weird with Patrick at all. He said that he was just giving her space to enjoy her time in Sara Lawrence and that was why he hadn't phoned much. She could not have felt any guiltier. Her thoughts were interrupted by her sister once more.

She was laughing at another photograph of Bianca and her mates. "Who is this guy? He is so fit! Kat you look absolutely gone there! How drunk were you?"

"Bianca, if you're going to be nosey, can't you just leave my room. Maybe I don't want you touching my property."

"Okay, alright," Bianca edged out of the room. "I see some things never change. Once a bitch, always a bitch" Kat cursed her sister and slammed the door. She had been looking at a picture of her and Steve the night they had slept together. She ripped up the photo and binned it. Kat didn't like what she had become while at college. She never used to drink that much before. Only on the odd occasion would she get drunk. She especially didn't take drugs. She only thought that was for ass holes. Where had her real personality gone? She had completely forgotten about her guitar. She hadn't drawn or painted in ages and she barely opened a book the whole year, only for last night cramming before exams.

She looked down at her photo of Patrick. She had hardly looked at that all year either. Last night, he had booked tickets for them to go to her favorite club. The old band she used to like were playing. As she moved to the music, she felt his arms around her. She pretended it was last year. She hadn't cheated on him. She hadn't told him lies and she was still the same girl as before. He had kissed her forehead as she left the car that night. He knew something was wrong with her, but didn't know of her betrayal.

"Okay," she thought to herself. "Tonight, I am going out!" It was time to see everyone again. Well, the few real friends she had had. She couldn't wait to see Mandela. She could tell her everything. Nothing between them would have changed. Mandela's phone just rang out. She guessed she would just try her later. She began to think who else to phone. She got out her old address book. Flicking through it, she saw the name of an old school friend. They had stopped being friends when Kat and Joey had slept together. Kat bit her lip and laughed. They had been so young. Both of them had been obsessed by Joey. They used to believe he was the only guy for them. While they both shared this passion, their relationship ended when Kat realized her dream. No matter how many times Kat had tried to explain she didn't like him, Natalie had never forgiven her.

Deciding it was time to seal the gap, she dialed her parent's house number. Natalie's mother answered. She was pleased to hear from Kat, exclaiming "Natalie, Its Kat on the phone for you!" This eased Kat's nerves a little.

Natalie answered the phone with a bland tone. "What?"

"Hey, It's Kat," she said delicately.

"And?"

"And, I thought we could meet up to discuss old times" Kat said warily.

"Why would I want to do that, bitch," Kat swiftly started smiling. She could tell by Natalie's tone that she had been jesting before and she was finally over her grudge "Hey, I was only kidding. Am glad you phoned. I've been wondering about you."

They talked for ages about everything old friends talk about. Kat was glad for finally having someone that she could tell everything to. The bond between them was as strong as ever. She told her all about Patrick and Steve. Natalie told her not too worry about it. She told her that everyone goes a little bit insane in first year. "Hey, lets go out tonight!" said Kat.

"Yeah, definitely. We havn't been out together for ages." With that they hung up the phone to go get ready. Kat was excited about the night. It was good to have an old friend back.

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Thanks for you reviews by the way. I wouldn't be so sure that Joey wouldn't flirt with Kat again. And as for the whole characters not being the same thing. I think people do change a little after they go to college. But please tell me more of this stuff cause it helps!