Everyone, bar Esme, ran. Dylan and Gabe along the hall, Rich, Kait and Jimmy down the stairs. After two flights of stairs, Jimmy ran into another corridor. Kait and Rich continued downstairs into the kitchen, diving under the table.
"Why are we under the table?" asked Kait.
"Um, seemed like a safe place. I remember the last time Esme went on a scaring spree." Rich replied.
"Oh. Yeah, I remember that." said Kait, rubbing the back of her head where she'd hit it against that chandelier. As she did so, she elbowed Rich in the face.
"Ow!" exclaimed Rich, jolting backwards and then hitting his head against the table leg.
"Rich! Rich, are you okay?" said Kait, panicking.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." said Rich, clearly in pain. Kait ignored him.
"Come on out from under the table," she said, dragging him up. She guided him towards a chair and sat him down on it.
"Kait, honestly, I'll be fine." Rich protested.
"No, I'm putting a bag of frozen peas on the bump." Kait insisted, opening the freezer door. She found the peas, and handed them to Rich.
"Ta." he said, pressing the bag against the back of his head. Kait pulled up a chair opposite to him, and for a few minutes, the two sat in silence, each staring at the floor, contemplating. Kait broke the silence.
"Is your head feeling any better?"
"Yeah, much better, thanks." replied Rich.
"We should probably check to see that it's not bleeding." said Kait, getting up and standing behind Rich. She put the bag of peas down on the nearest counter top. She parted his hair at the back and started feeling for blood. Rich just sat there, feeling both awkward and comfortable with the fact that Kait was touching his hair.
"You're clear. No blood." said Kait, smoothing his hair back into place.
"Thanks." said Rich, standing up. Kait walked back over to her chair, tripping over as she did so. She would have fallen but Rich caught he waist with his arm to steady her. At that point, Esme appeared. She looked at Rich's arm around Kait's waist and raised her eyebrows.
"I'm gonna, um, I'm gonna go, um go scare the, um, others." Esme mumbled before disappearing. Rich removed his arm from Kait's waist.
"I'm gonna go feed Prince William." she said, and hurried out of the kitchen. As she speed-walked along the long, dark passageway, she found herself feeling like she could have acted differently back there. She wasn't entirely sure why she felt like this, it happened a lot when she was around Rich.
The author lied last time. They MAY be falling passionately in love with each other, but there's no way they're admitting it to one another yet. That's called suspense, that is. Thanks to the ONE reviewer who reviewed the last chapter, please some more reviews this time?
