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Chapter 3: Family Day! What The...?
(Keith's P.O.V)
Oh man, how am I going to explain today to Kate? Today is Family Day, where family and friends of students come to visit. Rythmi told me that Kate had no family, so I would feel super bad telling her. Still, I and Rythmi had a bet. I lost, so I have to tell her.
"Hey Kate?" I could hear my voice wavering as I knocked on her dorm. "C'mon out Kate! I want to talk to you about something."
Kate burst out of the dorm with a particularly irate look on her face.
"What is it.?! I was sleeping you know" She signed angrily.
"Sorry. Is there a place you and I can talk in private?"
"Sure, sorry." She signed. "Let's go to the meeting room then. There's something I want to talk about with you too."
I was rather curious at this point. Kate never really shared anything about herself with anyone. Then my head filled with dread. What if she was angry at me for not helping her more when we were in the basement?
We walked down to the staff room. I still can't believe how fast Kate walks. Well, it's more jogging than walking. Still though, I wonder if jogging counts as running? If so, everyone almost always ignores the "No running in the hallways" rule. Who cares about that stupid rule anyways? I certainly don't. I don't think anyone does actually. I have yet to meet one student other than Isaac that likes Mr. Kincaid as a person or teacher. I actually think Miss April hates him too, though I doubt she'd ever admit it.
"You first Kate." I didn't want to ruin her mood with what I was going to say. On a side note, I think she's really pretty, but highly doubt she'd ever feel the same. It's too bad really. She's super fantastic and nice too.
"Okay. I was kind of lying to Rythmi when I said I have no family. I actually have a brother, N. I haven't seen him in years though. I think he's traveling Unova now."
I just stared at her. So she did have family. I do wonder a little about her parents though. What parents would name one kid Katlyne and the other one N?
"Okay, that actually leads me right to what I wanted to talk to you about. You know how we don't really get to see our friends and family much. Well we actually have a special day to celebrate and see our friends. It's called Family day. I'm assuming you can tell where I'm going with this, it's today. I would've told you about it sooner, but I never really got the chance. Sorry Kate."
(Kate's P.O.V)
I forced myself to smile. I couldn't show any weakness. I still remember my old teacher's words, "You should just quit already Katlyne. You never have anything good to say anyways. You're too weak too. Just give up already."
I rushed off. I shouldn't, I'd vowed never to feel any emotion again. Logic was the only answer to my problems, but these stupid emotions started creeping back into my life. Ever since I met Rythmi and Keith, all the barriers I put up to protect myself from the world slowly broke down. I felt like I had a friend once, but she just betrayed me. People lie, plain and simple. In order to protect yourself, distance yourself. It is the only way.
I guess that would be why I like pokémon better than people. They don't lie. They are open and honest, yet kind and caring. They are uniquely perfect.
I finally stopped running. I was outside. We were allowed to be outside at this time, so I wasn't worried about getting in trouble. I stopped near the gate under a maple tree. I breathed in deeply. I looked over towards the main building. Of course, who did I see but Keith running towards me. Typical boys. They just don't know when to leave good enough alone. I guess I'm a little like that too. There was this one time when I was putting glitter on a card, it looked nice, but I decided there wasn't enough, so I put more on. I actually ended up putting the entire bottle on by accident. I guess that's just one more time in my life I wish I could yell "do over!" and get it right. Nobody can go back to the past and fix old mistakes though, so I guess I can't either. What a shame, yes indeed.
So anyways, Keith came rushing over with Rythmi right on his heels.
"Kate! You shouldn't run off by yourself! I was really worried. C'mon back with us and make it quick! You can meet our families if you hurry!"
I jumped up. "Cool, I can't wait!" I signed and then brushed back my hair. I hadn't had a chance to put it up yet, so it was flapping around in the wind. I mean, seriously, how annoying. I bet Rythmi never has a bad hair day, and Keith… it might as well be every day.
(Keith's P.O.V, present)
I was glad to see Kate was in a better mood. She is always so nice too everyone, so it's hard to imagine her ever getting time to work out her own problems. I think the nicer you are to people, the more likely it is you have a lot of inner turmoil. Kate's a perfect example. She is incredibly nice, but I highly doubt she ever really lets anyone know how she truly feels. It's kind-of a shame. I bet she could be a lot happier if she just let it all out sometime.
We walked up to the doors and went back inside. My little brother ran up to me and asked, somewhat insensitively, "Who's the girl with the ugly spiky hair?"
"Hey, Ronald, you shouldn't say stuff like that!" My mom said appearing out of Miss April's room. Oh yes, and Keith, I'm so very disappointed in you! A C- in every class! You're an embarrassment. Yes, and who's the girl with the spiky pigtails? She looks very nice. You should always introduce a friend!"
"Oh Miss, I'm Kate. It's a pleasure to meet you. And it's fine what Ronald said. But about those grades Keith…" Rythmi translated for Kate whilst I stood there stunned. I honestly never expected Kate to start commenting on my grades too! She gets like an A+ in every class, so I could always ask her for study help. Then again, Rythmi would tease me endlessly about all of the stuff I didn't know. I actually knew sign language for one of my other friends outside of school, so I didn't need Rythmi to translate. Thank goodness for that.
After we chatted with my family for a while, we walked over to Rythmi's. Both of her parents where there, so she introduced us to them. We stayed the rest of the night chatting, and I felt sad when everyone had to leave…
(Kate's P.O.V, past)
"N, don't go! Don't leave me all alone again!" I signed rapidly, hoping he would respond. I watched as a tear rolled down his cheek before he finally replied.
"I'm going to Unova, sis. Please don't make this any more difficult, I'm doing this to protect you. We both know who you really are, and what your destiny is. This is for you, sister. It's not goodbye. It's until we meet again…"
