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Chapter 4:Dinner and relations
No one's POV
The assistant principal walked right up to Kate and her friends. Kate tried to hide her face but it apparently didn't work. "Good evening ladies." She said surprisingly calm. If her face wasn't red you would swear she was in a good mood. "Good evening Ms. Taylor." Kate and her friends replied back. They all looked fine on the outside, but Kate was panicking on the inside. She had never once in her life gotten in trouble at school.
Humphrey's POV
It was close to the end of the day and I was excited for tonight. I had so many questions to ask Kate. Seeing Kate fight like that shocked me. I knew she could take care of herself but damn. She has everything a guy could ever want. Why would she ever want to be with me. I was taken out of my daydream when someone snapped their fingers in front of my face. "Earth to Humphrey. Come in. This is your brother trying to reach you." I blinked a couple of times then turned my head to look up at him. He looked horrible. "School must have done shit to you." I commented pointing to his face.
"Nothing wrong with it." He said. I started to believe him until I realized that he was avoiding eye contact. Being who I was I couldn't help but speak up.
"Yeah, your face looks fine. Are you sure you're all right?" I said. He laughed and shook his head side to side.
"Oh Humphrey Humphrey. I'm fine it's you you should be worrying about." He never was a good one to change the topic away from him, but just this once I let it slide. "Now. You didn't forget about tonight did you?" He said raising his eyebrows. "Because I'm not going it will just be you and mom."
"No I didn't forget about tonight. I would ask you why but I can probably guess what you are going to do by yourself." I grinned and gave him a thumbs up.
"Oh grow up won't you I'm going to do that." He responded quite angrily but then calmed down saying. "You wouldn't even come close to guessing what I was going to do." Before I could think of a response he headed for his locker. I didn't even notice that school had ended. I got up, collected my things, and jogged to my locker.
Home
The ride home wasn't too eventful. Besides the lack of silence it seemed normal. When we got home I immediately ran upstairs ,ignoring the loud noises it made, and picked out an outfit. I didn't have anything too fancy but I wanted to look good for this dinner. I wasn't trying to impress Kate's family mainly Kate in general. I selected a white undershirt with a black polo to cover it. I pulled out my black silk dress pants. They all brought back so many memories of my dad. I couldn't help but step back and admire my outfit I had laid out. A single tear fell down my cheek and I wiped it of. "Who would've thought that I was wearing this again. Hugh dad." I said to the heavens with a weak smile. I had a moment of pause both of not knowing what to do next and of respect to the dead. When I finally did figure out what I wanted to do next I could feel my stiffness in my muscles. I choose to get on my computer and play my favorite game EUIV. After several hours of playing I raged quit yelling. "How the fuck did Luxembourg conquer France, England, and Spain. Like that's fing possible." I pressed the power button and slammed my laptop shut.
"Hey! There will be no cursing in my house young man!" I heard my mom howl up the stairs. I couldn't help to cheer up from that because I knew that she cursed in every other sentence. I gazed out my window with my arms crossed still mad at what happened, and I realized that it was getting late. I confirmed this by looking at my phone (6:29). "I need to get in the shower." I thought to myself. "I should be getting ready." Even though the dinner was at 7:30 I didn't like to waste too much time. I stood up out of my chair and headed to the bathroom to take my shower and prepare for tonight. While I was in the shower I over heard Harold talking to my mom about not going to the dinner. Mom was talking pretty loudly so it wasn't hard to miss. In the end though I think mom gave in to Harold's request.
At about around 7:12 I was all set to go to the diner. Surprisingly though the time flew by when my mom shouted. "It's time to go. You better be down here in 30 seconds or less." From experience I knew not to keep her waiting. I walked out into the hallway to see Harold's door slightly open but dark inside. "Must've gone to bed." I thought while hearing the creaking coming from the stairs as I stepped on them. "It's about time you got here." Mom said once I was done the stairs. Her face didn't look to happy. "You're six and a half seconds late."
"Sorry grandma I didn't know you wanted to go to bingo so eagerly." I commented back with a partial grin. Meanwhile I opened the door and motioned for her to go first.
"I may be a grandma, but you are definitely more excited about this than I am." I blushed slightly and lost my grin. She was on to something. I didn't want her to go deeper though. She walked out the door only to pause and spin around with a grin of her own. "You do know that I do your laundry." Of course she went there.
"Mother. Please stop. You're not helping me right now." I was now blushing madly.
"For once I'll stop. Only because you asked nicely though and because I need a favor." The rest of the walk to Kate's was quiet. When we arrived at Kate's I knocked on the door. Only to get no answer. Mom just chuckled and pressed the doorbell. It played It's a small world. I couldn't help but chuckle at it, but then when someone answered the door I felt my jaw drop. Standing in front of me was Kate. She was dressed in a black dress that only went down to her mid thighs. I didn't know how long I stood there just staring at her. Kate eventually giggled which broke me out of my trance. "I think I'll leave you two." Mom said walking past Kate and into the great room. I just nodded not bothering to move my head away from Kate. The silence was finally broken when Kate spoke up.
"You look handsome." She said smiling ever so slightly.
"Thanks you do too. I mean… you look or are beautiful." I said in complete awe of her appearance. She seemed to shine with beauty.
She giggled again. 'That's good right.' "Thanks, I knew what you meant." I felt relieved but no less embarrassed. "Do you want to come in?"
"Do I have your permission?" I asked back. She furrowed her eyebrows in thought. She finally responded.
"Actually there is a price for admission into the house." Kate started to grin even larger now. I would do anything to keep her this happy. Before she could speak up I quickly put in.
"I'll do anything." 'Did I sound like an idiot there?' I felt a chill come over me. She could do anything she wanted. I agreed to do it.
"It shouldn't be too complicated for you to do." She said meeting my eyes with her beautiful amber ones. "All you have to do is…" 'Please don't be stupid or embarrassing.' I kept chanting over and over in my head while keeping my composure on the outside. "...Close your eyes and raise your arms up so they're perpendicular with your body."
"That's it." I simply replied. 'There has to be a trick.'
"That's it. You just do it until I tell you to stop." She seemed to be eager to get started. I shrugged my shoulders and did as she wanted. After 30 seconds I heard her say "okay." I lowered my arms and opened my eyes. I smiled hugely at what I saw in front of me. "What?" Kate asked blushing but smiling as well. I just shook my head and walked inside her house. I couldn't believe my eyes. Our houses looked exactly the same size on the outside, but it was actually twice as big.
"What the f…" "You like our house I see." A female voice said slightly to my right. "What's not to like." I simply stated looking at the one who just spoke. It seemed to be Kate's mom. I quickly composed myself and held out my hand saying. "You must be Kate's mother. I'm Humphrey." She accepted my hand shake and responded. "Eve. I know a lot about you Humphrey. Kate has been…" "Mom!" Kate yelled at Eve, taking her hand and leading her to a separate room. "Hold on dear we'll be right back." Eve shouted while she was practically being dragged against her will to an adjacent room. When the door closed I took a moment to examine my surroundings. This was the great room and it was great all right. It had everything that any normal great room would have; a tv, couch, some chairs, pictures, fireplace, and a baby grand piano in one corner. I secretly cried in my head. I knew that the brand (Steinway) was extremely expensive. I wanted to get a closer look to study it more in depth. Sadly Kate and her mother came back. Kate must've seen that I was checking out her piano. "Oh. I see that you found our piano." Kate's mother left into another room to do something. I didn't know what but it had to be important, she left in a hurry.
"It's amazing isn't it." She said again walking closer to me and the piano. "Yep I'd have to say that's it's the second most beautiful thing in this world." I said back flashing her a smile. "What's the first thing?" Kate questioned returning a smile of her own. I gazed right into her magnificent amber eyes and replied. "You Kate. You are the most beautiful, amazing person in the world. Words can't do you justice though." She looked shocked at first and turned away. 'Idiot. She probably thinks you're a weirdo. Or maybe worse.'
Kate turned back around without meeting eye contact and I noticed a single tear fall down her face. I gently wiped her tear off her cheek. "No need to cry. I'm sorry, but I meant every word of what I said." She met my eyes and embraced me tightly. It was so unexpected I was in total shock and didn't know what to do next. The only thing I could do was hug her back, so I did. We stood there for what only felt like a half of a second. Soon Kate pulled away with more tears in her eyes. "Kate, why are you crying?" She sniffled a little before answering. "You. It was what you sa-said to me just now." Before I could respond or comply a responsible answer Kate said again.
"Do you want to look at the piano." I grinned at her and replied chuckling. "Don't tease me now. Are you serious?" She shook her head "yes" and motioned over to see the piano. I walked over to it and hesitated. Kate had followed and while I hesitated she sat down on the bench and put her fingers on the keys. "Do you play any?" I inquired. She didn't look like she did because of her finger placements. Than again I have seen some play with flat fingers. "No but I used to take lessons when I was younger. Do you play any?" "As a matter of fact I do play. Even though I stopped taking lessons in 6th grade, I still sit down everyday at the keyboard and play for 15min to an hour." I responded back. Kate nodded her head turning her head back to the piano. "Would you like to try it out? I've never really heard someone with decent experience play before." I laughed at that and she seemed to have noticed. "What's so funny?" I shook my head side to side and said. "I'm not really that good at it. You would probably laugh at what I play." She gave me a doubtful expression and pulled me to sit next to her. I nervously looked at her and she gestured for me to start. I turn back to look at the piano and swallowed. I lifted my fingers up, placed them on the keys, and removed them. "Kate I can't do this." I stuttered out sweating like I had just run a mile. "It doesn't matter how well you play. We're good enough friends not to make fun of one-another." I grinned at her kind words. 'What did I ever do to deserve someone like you in my life?' "Now, come on don't keep me waiting." Kate said eagerly. I returned my attention back to the Steinway. I placed my fingers in their positions. Soon I started to play one of my favorite songs, Fur Elise.
Note: here is a video of what it sounds like if you want to listen to it. watch?v=WvWuco54FHg.
I played with all my heart. I didn't want to mess up and I don't think I did. When I was finally done I looked over at Kate to see her in shock.
Kate's POV
Humphrey had just finished playing Fur Elise, one of the songs that I could never learn to play years ago. I never knew he could do all this. When he was finished he looked over at me with that goofy grin. I couldn't help but stare into his icy blue eyes. "That was amazing. I didn't think you could play that well. I'm sorry if I ever doubt you again." His smile grew wider as he chuckled under his breath. I decided to ignore it and continue staring into his eyes. I got lost in his eyes, I could stare into them all day. Unfortunately it had to come to an end. Mom walked in and announced that dinner was ready. Humphrey was the first one to get up but I grabbed his arm. He turned back to gaze at me with concern in his eyes. "What's wrong?" He asked. I realized what I was doing and quickly let go. "Nothing sorry." I said back, my sounded like it was filled with guilt. He just smiled and responded. "Good I didn't want to see you hurt I. any way." 'He is always so concerned about others.' I want to test him to see how far he will go. I'll save that for another time though.
Humphrey and I soon arrived at the kitchen. I noticed that he was in awe of the place. He is correct the place is huge. We both took our respective seats next to each other. Surprisingly there wasn't much if any talking throughout the whole dinner. It was probably because dad was mad at one of his coworkers but he didn't want to talk about it. Throughout us all eating every now and then I felt Humphrey brush my hand with his. I wasn't complaint but it felt different, a good different. Once we were all through and through I excused myself and Humphrey joined me. My parents and Humphrey's mom were talking about politics and that stuff. I didn't really like that sort of thing and neither did Humphrey. I dragged Humphrey up to my room because I have a feeling he wants an explanation for what happened at school. When we got to my room I could tell that Humphrey was even impressed with it as well. Soon however, Humphrey did ask the inevitable.
"How did you know how to fight at school? And what was that you were doing? The whole time you tricked him and countered him. You never went on the offencive." I exhaled sharply and sat down on my bed. Humphrey joined next to me. "It's a long story." I said. He didn't seem to like that answer. "I have time." I sighed and thought. "But how much time." "I don't know." I said. "If it's to personal you don't have to tell me. I'll let it drop." He looked like he meant what he said, but now I wanted to tell him. In a way I felt we would be more connected. "No. I'll tell you." His eyes were big like a curious pup wanting to know where he came from.
I'm going to start at the very beginning. When I was a little girl at about 5 I met my mom's brother, Sam. He was an amazing uncle, he acted just like my parents and took care of me. Once at around 9 I had to stay at his place for an entire year because my parents wanted to travel the world, but they also wanted me to learn coupe without them. I learned many things about sam that no one, not even his siblings and parents knew. He knew karate. But he wasn't just a regular mo joe in karate. He tutored under Bruce Lee and later Jackie Chan. When I found out about that he didn't punish me he offered me a choice. Would I want to take karate and learn under him, or did I want to tell the whole family about it. I choose the first choice.
"Since then he has been teaching me about karate. Until he recently died this past year."I felt myself starting to tear up. While I wiped my tears away I noticed that Humphrey was sitting and staring athis hands. He didn't seem to be doing anything. I reached over to touch him and he grabbed my hand and squeezed it. I let out a small involuntary yelp.
"Kate." He said not bothering to move anything but his mouth. "I remember."
Sorry to end on a cliffhanger, but I had to get this chapter finished. Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to update most of the time. I have robotics from 7:00am-12:00pm and then I have band from 5:00pm-9:00pm. I'll try to type but it takes an hour to get to both, so that means I only have about 4 ½ hours to type. That isn't including eating or practicing my music on the off hand. I will promise though that I'll have another update before 7/1/2016. As always live, laugh, and love a little more each day. Jade out.
