Kate arrived back at the Kappa Tau house and made sure no one followed only to find everyone asleep in the house. Wow. I never thought it could be so quiet here. Was there a party? She felt someone touch her shoulder. She gasped and Cappie stood there with his hands in the air as a sign of surrender.

"Sorry Kate. I didn't mean to scare you." Cappie nearly whispered. "You seem nervous. Everything ok?"

Kate gulped and nodded. "Never better." She took a deep breath. "How was it with Casey?" she asked.

Cappie smirked. "We're together now."

Kate gasped again but in a good way. "That's great Cappie!" She embraced him. "I'm so happy for you. I told you it would work!" She said.

"Yeah. My God, I haven't felt this happy since-"

"We pulled that prank on Evan at camp?" Kate finished.

Cappie laughed. "No but I do remember that day. He was very mad at us that day. I could remember that like yesterday. Anyway, I thought you were with Rusty. I was just about to pick you up from the apartment. Why did you leave?"

Kate paused. "I..." She looked at Cappie's puzzled look. "It was getting awkward." She lied.

Cappie was puzzled. "Was it because of Jordan? It does get awkward being the third wheel."

"No. It wasn't that. Calvin was there." She looked at her watch. "Is it that time already? Wow. I should take my shower." She smelled her armpit. "Wow. I smell pretty bad. I better go." She headed towards the stairs.

Cappie stopped her by standing in front of her. "Kate? Are you sure you're ok? Do you need to talk to me about something?" He asked.

"No Cap. I'm just tired from today. I'll see you later in your room. Maybe we can catch up a little more." She tried to get past him but he didn't budge.

Cappie stared at her. "I'm not buying Kate. You always try to do that when something is wrong. So what is it?"

Kate looked away. I can't tell him. I got to think of an excuse. "You know what? I just realized I was going to see Evan. Bye!" She ran out the door before Cappie could catch her. She ran for a while and after a block she sat down on a bench to catch her breath.

"Kate?" a voice asked.

Kate turned towards the voice and saw Evan standing there. "Hi Evan." She said nervously.

He sat next to her. "What are you doing here? I thought you were with Cappie."

"I was but...I needed some fresh air." She said even though she was sort of lying. "What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I was just about to head back to the Omega Chi house." He put his arm around her. "Are you ok? You don't seem like it."

"I don't know. I just got a lot on my mind I guess." She rested her head on his shoulder. "Remember the last time we were sitting on a bench and watched the stars?"

Evan had a small smile. "It was the day before I left for Cyprus-Rhodes." It was also the day we broke up. He didn't want to ruin the moment by telling her that. "That was an amazing night." After a slight pause he thought of something else to talk about. "So...you thinking about coming to school here?"

"Probably not. I dropped out of my school about a month ago." Kate lifted her head. "It wasn't working out so I left."

"You still have that band?" He asked.

She shook her head. "Nah. We broke up the band two years ago. We decided to go our separate ways."

"Gotcha. Do you want to stay with me at Omega Chi? You're always welcome there."

"Thanks but I better go back to Kappa Tau. I don't want to worry Cappie. He's probably wondering where I am." She kissed his cheek. "Maybe we can have a night together like the good old days. Okay with you?"

Evan nodded. "Absolutely. Just let me know." After that she left. Evan sighed and then walked to the Omega Chi house.

When Kate arrived back at the Kappa Tau house, she didn't find Cappie anywhere so she went to his room. When she got there, she found him sitting on his bed reading a magazine. "Hey Cap." She said, pretending nothing happened.

He threw the magazine aside. "Hey. You about ready to go to bed?" He removed his shirt and climbed into his bed.

"Yeah. I guess. I'm surprised you aren't having a party." She grabbed some pajamas from one of her suitcases.

"We would but we got banned for two weeks because of a Homecoming Float scandal."

"Oh. That sucks." She left the room to change. When she came back, she threw the clothes she had on this morning in a separate bag. She noticed Cappie had set up a bed for her. "You had an extra bed?" she asked.

"Found a cot in one of the rooms. Is it alright?" He asked.

"It's great. Thanks Cap." She walked over to him and embraced him. "Good night Cappie." After that she climbed into her bed. "Love you."

"Love you too cuz." He turned off the light and they went to sleep.

***

Kate opened her eyes and checked her watch. It was seven in the morning. Well, I doubt everyone else is awake. I better take my shower now. She got up, stretched, grabbed her toiletries, and walked to the bathroom. As she was showering she heard someone open the door. She stopped and popped her head out to see if anyone was there. She screamed when she saw Ben Bennett and Pickle standing there with widened eyes. "Don't you guys know the word PRIVACY?" she shouted. "What the hell are you doing anyway?" They didn't say a word. "Well?"

"We were uhh...getting some toilet paper for the other bathroom." Pickle replied, as he was turning red.

"Sorry. We didn't know you were in here." Ben said embarrassed and he grabbed the toilet paper.

"Well, the shower is running so obviously someone is in here. Get out!" she shouted and they ran out. She rolled her eyes and finished up. When she finished showering, she got dressed and put on some makeup. She covered up the bruises she had on her neck and anything else that was showing and walked out of the bathroom. She walked into Cappie's room furious. "You need to get a lock on that door Cap."

Cappie was barely awake and he stretched. "Why's that?"

"I was taking a shower and your brothers decide it's ok to walk in while I happened to be in there!" She nearly yelled.

Cappie stood up and walked to his cousin slowly, still trying to wake up. "Sorry. I'll have a talk with them or the whole house ok?"

Kate nodded. "Ok. So, what are we going to do today?" She asked.

Cappie shrugged. "You can decide."

"Maybe we can get breakfast, then maybe I can beat you at videogames back at the house, after that we can-"

"Hold the phone. YOU beat ME at videogames? I think you're contradicting yourself dear cousin." Cappie said with his arms crossed.

Kate grinned. "The last time you beat me at a videogame was...never! Unless I was asleep perhaps." She joked.

"I so beat you at games!" Cappie argued. "But I'll prove it to you later. Go on."

"After that maybe we can visit that music store on campus. I need to get sheet music and I could probably start writing again. Later we can have lunch and maybe afterwards, I can meet Casey." She paused, waiting for a response.

Cappie nodded. "Sure. Loving it so far. What about after that?"

"I don't know. I just thought you might have plans with Casey."

"If I did then what would you do?" Cappie asked. He walked over to his closet and grabbed a gray shirt.

"I was probably going to hang with Evan. I wanted to catch up with him too." She stopped, hoping Cappie wouldn't get mad.

"What were you going to do with him?" Cappie asked a little curious.

"I'm not sure. Probably hang out at the Omega Chi house, go to dinner, or see a movie. Why?" She grabbed her purse.

"Just wondering. I'm just making sure you don't get to crazy with him. I don't want you to get hurt again."

"Cap, he didn't hurt me in any way. Not physically or emotionally. It just took a while to process that's all. I mean you guys were going to college. There's no way our relationship would have worked out long distance." She paused. "He was a great guy to me Cap. Other than you, he protected me."

"Why would you need protection? You can handle yourself. You beat up a guy in the seventh grade because he was hitting on you."

Kate smiled, thinking about that memory. "Oh yeah. Alvin did deserve it though. He should have seen it coming. He was so creepy." She shuddered. "Remember when he tried to carve our names in a tree?"

Cappie chuckled. "Yeah. You socked him in the face and ended up going to the principal's office."

"Hey, if Principal Willington knew what Alvin was doing then he wouldn't have given me detention for a week."

"Oh Principal Willington. Remember he always smelled like onions and smelly socks? I thought he never took a shower in his entire life. Maybe it was that cologne that he was wearing. It always did get the students' attention."

Kate laughed. "I know right? Anyway, you ready? I'm starving and pancakes are just calling my name right now." She walked out of the room.

Cappie was about to leave until his cell phone rang. He grabbed it and got a new text message. It was from Rusty. It read: 'Cap, talk to Kate. Something's not right with her.' Cappie typed back: 'I know Spitter. I don't want to ask her right now. I promise I will tonight.' He sent it and left his room.