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He stared at the car through the rear view, as he wondered whose car it was. He stared vigilantly without moving a muscle until he saw the passenger door open and noticed a familiar head of blonde hair step out.
"You've got to be fucking with me," he told himself. His heart began beating faster, and he felt his skin getting sticky as his nerves made him begin sweating. His stomach was flipping and he felt his intestines were tying themselves into a punch of different knots. His hand on the steering wheel, he began tapping it rapidly, waiting for the blonde to show her face. As he continued to watch her, at no point did she look his way. She stepped out, pulled up her pants and pulled down her shirt, as she walked to the back door and opened it.
"What is going on," Kendall asked himself. Just as she opened the door, Katie stepped out. She closed the door behind her, hugged the blonde and then began walking up to the front door as the blonde stepped back in the car, and it drove away. Confused, he got out of his car wondering who it was. He locked his car after closing the door and stood by it as Katie walked up to him.
"Who's car was that?" he asked her with an authoritative voice.
"Becca. She asked her mom if she could give me a lift here since she lives on the same street," Kendall interjected, "Becca? But why did Becca open your door?" he asked her, confused as can be.
"Because they have the child lock on because of her baby brother. What does that even matter right now, you must share with me every single detail, you hear me? Big bro, I'm so proud of you!" she said, punching him gently on the arm.
"Yeah, I'm proud of myself, too! I didn't even think it through… the words just crawled out of my mouth!" he said excitedly, and with a sigh of relief. The confusion melted away immediately and his previous excited state had returned. Katie hadn't seen Kendall so excited over a girl in a very long time. She knew her brother better than anyone, and by the looks on his face, the tone of his voice and the stars in his eyes, she put all her worries aside and decided to live in the present and not think of his past.
Kendall unlocked the front door and they both walked inside. Katie dropped her backpack by the door and they both proceeded into the kitchen. As Kendall made her a snack, he told her every detail he could remember about what happened earlier. Katie couldn't help but smile at how happy he was over a simple conversation. As she ate her peanut butter and jelly sandwich, he continued with the details, and managed to end as soon as she finished eating her sandwich and drinking her glass of milk.
"So, when are you going to call her?" she asked, wiping her mouth with a napkin as she set the empty glass of milk down.
"I don't know. How long do I have to wait?" Kendall asked, confused. Timing never crossed his mind; if it were up to him he'd call her right away.
"Well, if I gave a guy my number, which I totally don't do, so don't worry," she said sarcastically, "I'd think he's a little desperate if he calls me within 36 hours, but since she seems to like you too according to how you described her, I don't think she'll mind if you call her by tomorrow night," she said confidently.
"So, I call her tomorrow night?" Kendall asked, as he leaned over and picked up her plate and cup and placed it in the sink.
"I would call her tomorrow night, yes. Ask her when she's off and invite her to lunch," Katie told him, as she looked through the stack of magazines on top of the counter she was sitting at.
"Lunch? Why not dinner?" he asked. He leaned on the counter before getting up and sitting on the stool next to Katie.
"Because, genius, you don't want to push her into anything she might not be ready for, anything you might not be ready for. Just, don't get ahead of yourself, you might want to take it slow since this is the first girl you seem to really like after Jo," Katie said.
"After Jo," Kendall said, laughing. "Wow, Jo. She seems to be every where now a days, as if driving down Sunset and seeing her fucking face on that big ass billboard next to that fucking prick isn't hard enough, everyone just seems to adore bringing her up," he said, chuckling. He turned around and began washing the cup and dish she had soiled.
"Hey, don't give me an attitude. You asked me for advice, did you not? Don't turn into a princess when I'm just telling you how it is. I'm looking out for you, but if you don't need my help or anyone's help, then don't ask for it. Got it?" She could be petite, but the girl had a temper and she could not stand when people asked questions and didn't like the answers. If that wasn't her number one pet peeve, it was pretty high up on the list.
Kendall realized his sister was right, and since his back was turned to her as he washed the dishes, he mocked her by rolling his eyes and mouthing the words she had said.
"And don't you roll your eyes at me," she continued as she picked up her magazine of choice and began looking through it. Kendall closed the tap and dried the dish and cup with a cotton towel, just like Marcie did. He turned around and after drying his hands, he walked to where Katie was sitting and pulled her in a big hug.
"I'm sorry for being an asshole, baby sister. You just know I don't like having to talk about Jo, and thinking about her just gets me angry," he said, sadly.
"It's ok, just learn to take your anger out on something else and not the ones trying to help you move on from it, ok?" she told him.
"Yeah," he told her, as he let her go and sat down on the stool next to her.
Katie put sighed at the magazine and closed it since she lost interest in it. She pushed her bangs out of her eyes and used the tie around her wrist to pull her hair into a ponytail. She put both her hands on her lap, her eyes widened and with a smile, she asked her brother, "So, where are you going to take her for lunch?"