Hello everyone! This is the third chapter! Sorry for my grammar and stuff, but like y'all know: I'm Dutch and my English might be bad. But I'm 14 so I think it's quite well. Well: Thanks for reading and have a really nice day!
When I arrive in her street, I'm out of breath and I fall almost on the ground. Her house is on the left, number seven. I stand before her house and the doubts start. Why do I have to go to Katie and not to Tad? This is worthless.
About ten minutes later (I was not brave enough to nok on the door yet) ,the door opens. I fastly turn my head to the door. It's Katie's mom. She still looks the same as seven years ago. But now, she has an look of hatred on her face. "What are YOU doing here?" She asks coldly. I get nervous. This is worser than I thought. "I… I want to speak to Katie." My voice trembles. She shakes her head. "I don't want you near my daughter, Jessie. It was stupid from me that I moved to this place again. I know that. But I want you to avoid us. We will do that too." Her voice is still filled with hate and abomination. "I don't know why you are so angry at me, miss." Crap, I sound like an afraid little lamb or something. "Your mom talked very bad about my daughter and I can't forgive her for that." She speaks again. "But what do I have to do with that?" I ask confused. "Everything, girl. Everything." With those words, she slams the door behind her.
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"Mom, maybe Jessie's different." Katie says to her mom carefully. Her mom starts laughing sarcastically. "Do you really believe that? Come on, Katie. She's like a little princess." She laughs. Katie turns red. "She's not like the other kids, mom." Katie says softly. She looks immediately to the ground. "I think you should know why I'm angry at her mom and her." Her mom says. Katie nods. "Finally!" She cries out. "Sit down." Her mom orders. Katie fastly sits down on a chair. Her mom starts speaking. "It all began when you said to me you were gay. I was totally fine with that, you know that now. The troubles started when you said you were falling for your best friend, Jessie. I told that by accident to Karen, Jessie's mom. It would be fine if she didn't totally freaked out. She told me that you're an horrible person and god would be ashamed by you. Her daughter would never be friends with an dyke. That's when I became furious. I told her I never wanted to see her again. That hurted because she was my best friend, but I had to protect you. I moved away because of that. I still don't understand why we're back here. However, everything went fine until Jessie showed up, a few minutes ago. Now I'm totally lost, to be honest." Her mom looks worried. Katie grabs her hand and squeezes it. "It's okay. I will be carefull. I promise." She says. Her mom smiles doubting.
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"O come on, you had the chance, sucker!" Tad screams at the television while we watch an football game. His popcorn almost falls of the couch I smile and pet his back. "It will be fine, Tad." I laugh. Tad grumbles. "No it doesn't." He really reacts like a little kid who didn't got what he wanted. "So, how are things with Felice?" I ask. He looks angry at me. "Do we really have to talk about that NOW? I'm not in the mood!" He points at the TV. "Well, I don't hear much about her, lately." I say softly, trying to not make Tad angry. "That's not very surprising, because I broke up with her." Tad says, like it happens every day. "What?! Why? She was the best thing that ever happened to you!" I scream shocked. "Well. Thank you for your support." Tad says sarcastically. He rolls his eyes. "What do I otherwise have to say about it? You were lucky with a girlfriend like her." I'm shocked of his behaviour. Tad looks at me. "Wow you look at me like I'm an alien or something." He laughs. I don't laugh with him. "I can't believe you." I get up. Tad grabs my hand. "Hey, where are you going? The game isn't over yet!" She says confused. "You. Broke. Up. With. Felice!" I scream. "She was cheating on me." Tad says sadly. My anger falls. "Jeesh. I didn't knew Felice could do things like that." I sigh. "Me neither." Tad says softly. I hug him. "I'm sorry." I say quietly. "It's okay. By the way: Do you take medicine or something? You're a bit angry lately. Like, all the time." Tad laughs. I slam him against his arm. "That's because you can turn my mood from happy to irritated." I tease. "That's so not true! And how are things betweet you and that hot Katie girl?" Tad almost drools. I slam him again. "Ow! Why did you do that!" He looks hurted to me. I laugh. "You just deserved it. About your question: Katie has a secret and she won't tell me. And her mom said to me that I have to avoid her. So I don't know what to do." I sigh. Tad nods. "Well, you never have to listen to adults. Well… I don't do that. I hope you get my point. He winks. I smile. "You're right. I'm an idiot that I just left like a scared deer." It's silent for a while. "Well, now we are finished talking… I really want to see this game." Tad begs. I grab my popcorn. "Well, let's watch it then."
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"Mommy, do friends kiss you on the lips?" I asked confused. My mom looked horrified at me. "Ofcourse not, honey. Who told you that?" I looked at the ground. "I think Katie's mom tells that." I said quietly. my mother gripped me at my shoulders. "Why do you think that, Jessie? Did something happen?" She asked. I nervously shaked my head. "Jess?" She asked again. I started crying. "She did, mommy. She did!" I sniffled. My mom looks disgusted at me. "Go to your room, Jessie. I have things to do." When I walked to my room, I heard my mom on the phone. "Come here, right now! And don't bring that crazy daughter of yours!"
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The memory punches me in the face. Why didn't I remembered that? Did they fight because of… O god. That's horrible. Is Katie gay? That can't be. She can get all the guys if she wants to. Is she… Was she in love with me? IS she in love with me? I have to talk to Katie.
After an half hour search, I find Katie. She's talking to a girl I don't know. I tap on Katie's shoulder. She turns around. "Hey…" I say nervously. "Hi." She smiles. "Can I… Can I talk to you for a minute?" I ask. "Well… Sure. By the way, this is Emma." I look at the girl next to her. "Hi." I say a bit disturbed. Emma just smiles and focuses on Katie again. "I'm right back, Em." I see her wink at her. My stomage turns. Suddenly I feel sick. Why? I don't know. It's almost like I'm… Jealous. O come on, Jess. Get back on your feet. You're not gay. You're just an supporting friend who wants to say to Katie that she's fine with it. I pull Katie with me to the toilets. I look around and close the door behind me. "Where do you want to talk about?" Katie asks concerned. "Is it true?" I ask carefully. "What is true?" Katie gets nervous. "That you're gay." I say. Katie steps back and turns red. It's quiet for a moment. Then Katie nods. "It is. I'm sorry. If you don't want to be friends anymore… I would totally understand it." I see her tear up. I walk to her. She looks frightened at me. Then I pull her into an hug. "You're my friend and I accept you. I will never walk away from you." I whisper. She sobs. "Thank you." She whispers back. We stand there for a few minutes. Then I pull back and smile at her. "Come, we're going back." I take her hand and pull her out of the toiletroom. "Emma!" Katie smiles at the girl who's still waiting for her. Emma smiles back at her. "Katie, are we going to shop yet? I'm pretty bored." She asks. Katie smiles and nods. I feel shutted out. Katie turns back to me. "Ehh, you can come if you want but…" She looks nervously. It's obvious that she doesn't expect me to come. I shake my head disappointed. "Well… I've gotta go." Katie grabs Emmas hand. "Bye, Jessie!" She waves smiling at me. "Yeah, bye…" I say quietly.
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"Mom?" It's now or never. "Yes, sweety?" Mom asks smiling. "Are you homophobic?" I ask. My mom turns red. "Why do you think that?" She asks nervously. "Because that's the reason you're angry at Katie's mom." I look angry at her. "How could you? You always learned me that everyone is equal, no mather what we are. So what's this? I can't believe it!" I scream frustrated. My mom tries to hug me but I push her away. "Don't touch me!" I cry. "Jess… Please…" My mom begs me. I shake my head. "I would understand it if you were shocked at first when you heard it, but you called her names, mom. You made her feel horrible." I tear up. "O come on Jess…" Mom sighs. "WHAT ''COME ON JESS?'' WHY WOULD I LISTEN TO YOU?!" I'm furious now. "WHAT SHOULD I'VE DONE THEN, HMM? LET HER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU, WHAT MEANS THAT SHE TURNS YOU INTO A LESBIAN?!" My mom screams back at me. That's it. I run to my room and grab some stuff to put into my suitcase. When I'm ready, I grab my suitcase and walk downstairs. "What are you doing?" It's obvious that my mom cried. "Somewhere else." I say coldly. When I walk outside, I hear my mom scream. "How dare you to leave me? You're an disgrace!" I just smile and walk away.
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"Hey Jess!" Tad says when he opens the door for me. Then he sees my suitcase. He frowns. "What's with the suitcase?" He asks. "Ehh… I wanted to ask you if I could stay here for a while." I say a bit ashamed that I didn't asked him before I came. "Well… I don't really have a choice, do I?" Tad grins. I shrug my shoulders. "I have to ask my parents first but I think they will be okay with it. Don't worry." He runs away and after a while he comes back with a huge smile. "Come in! You're my guest now!" I sigh relieved. "Okay. Now I have to know why you're here." Tad grabs my suitcase and takes it upstairs. I follow him and sit on his bed. "Stuff with my mom…" I sigh. Tad sits next to me. "Cool! I wanna hear everything about it. Wait, I'll get the popcorn." Tad runs away once more and is back in no time. "Why are you such a popcorn freak? It's weird." I laugh. "Yeah… I don't know. It's just so cool. You put it in the microwave and suddenly it's… tasty." I roll my eyes at his statement. "Well? Tell me about your mom. It's about Katie, right?" Tad eats his popcorn. "Yeah, I told my mom about how she did against Katie. She didn't even denied. She totally freaked out so I grabbed my stuff and… Well, now I'm here." I grab some popcorn from Tad. "Parents…" Tad sighs. I smile. "Yes, parents…"
"Good night, Jess." Tad says. "I will have a really good night if you don't snore or touch me while you're sleeping." I grumble. We sleep in the same bed tonight. Tads parents aren't worried about sex and stuff, because they know we are friends and nothing more. I think that's cool because my mom would never let us do that. Although she knows we are just friends. Sometimes I think she doesn't trusts me or someting. I hear Tad snore already. I sigh. This is going to be a really long night.
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The next day. I walk to school. I haven't slept last night since Tad kept me awake with his snoring. "Jessie! Why didn't you wait for me?" Tad comes run along. …And Katie didn't even came to take me to school. "Sorry, I'm in a hurry." I lie. He frowns. "Why? School doesn't start till about half an hour!" I shrug my shoulders. I don't wanna talk right now. I'm mad at Katie and the sleepless night doesn't work either. When I walk on the school square I see something that I don't wanna see in ten million years. "I wanna leave." I beg Tad. Tad looks over my shoulder and looks understanding at me. He hugs me tightly. "I'm sorry, Jess." He says. "I just wanna get out of here." I say without any emotions. Tad grabs my hand and pulls me with him. I don't think I could ever get the image of Katie kissing Emma out of my head.
Thanks for reading! I now think about how I go further with this story because I don't have a clue at the moment…