Here is chapter 8. :) and it's all about Kate. That rhymes. lol
anyway, enjoy!
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The first term of the school year was almost over, and now that Kate thought about it, she hadn't really done much actual schoolwork. As much as hanging out with Irene and flirting with the sixth form boys every afternoon was fun, the end of the year was growing closer and closer. She was actually beginning to wonder if she should take her education seriously or not.
Of course, Irene didn't have to. She was going to leave school, find some billionaire and make him fall in love with her. Irene knew exactly what she wanted to do later on: misbehave. Work her way up the ladder and manipulate powerful people. But Kate was nowhere near as smart. And she didn't quite have the same manipulating power as Irene.
She knew that one day, school life would be over and Irene would leave her behind- she had made it very obvious that their friendship was only temporary. And yet, Kate could never bring herself to tell Irene she'd had enough. She was being used. But she never did anything about it, because part of her loved the ridiculous fun she always had around Irene. Maybe she just wanted excitement in her life.
Irene furiously slammed the door behind her as they entered Kate's bedroom. She was having difficulty controlling her temper.
"Irene," Kate began.
"Shut up." she said, coldly.
"No, listen to me." Kate yelled at her, "You're getting too attached to him. You told me that you don't get attached. But you are now. You said it was just for fun. You said it was a game."
"And this is called losing." Irene muttered under her breath, "I considered it a challenge. And I'm failing. If some... pathetic loser of a girl can-"
"You said he's different." Kate said, "You can't expect your usual tricks to work on him if he's not ordinary. He's like you. You don't get attached. So why should he?"
"But I'm not ordinary, either. I'm Irene Adler. So he should be- I shouldn't be failing."
Kate rolled her eyes. Irene and her extremely high self esteem. One day, she'd realise that she wasn't invincible. One day she'd grow old and less beautiful, and she'd lose most of what she had going for her.
"Ok." Irene admitted, "So I am falling for him. But that's because he's... one of my kind. But if, like you say, he's doesn't get attached, how come he asked her-"
"Because he is serious about school and therefore doesn't have much respect for you." Kate tried to explain, "And so is she. It's called friendship, Irene. When you have things in common with someone else. And she's the only one he ever talks to, so it's natural that he'd ask her to be his partner for the physics project."
It was actually quite funny, in Kate's opinion. The minute the teacher asked the students to get themselves into pairs, both Irene and Molly (who had taken to sitting two seats down from Sherlock) practically jumped in their seats and turned to look at Sherlock. Aware of this, Sherlock had quickly looked at Molly and nodded at her. Judging by the look on her face, you'd have thought he'd proposed to her.
Irene's temper had held out, but only until they reached the bathroom, where she had kicked the bin over and started throwing bits of tissue at the mirror. Kate had tried to explain to her that maybe she'd been scaring Sherlock off by stalking and flirting at him all the time, but she didn't want to hear it.
"Why can't I ever get what I want?" Irene asked, angrily, as she sat down on the bed.
"You always get exactly what you want." Kate snapped.
Irene threw a book at her.
"Let's go down to the park. You told the boys you'd be there. And it'll cheer you up."
Apparently, that was the wrong thing to say, because another book sailed past her, just missing her face. Irene only wanted to think about Sherlock.
Kate sighed angrily and left the room. She'd had enough of Irene's temper tantrums, which always seemed to put Kate in a bad mood. Seeing as it was her house, she couldn't exactly go home, but then she couldn't exactly kick Irene out, either. So instead, she went to the park on her own, determined not to let Irene ruin her day.
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