Professor Layton and the lost future hello Kat

Chapter 9! If you don't want to get any idea about the mystery and intrigue (oooh) then skip the paragraph in between the italics.

I stare unhappily at the door as it swings shut.

Professor Layton is asking Shipley for directions to Chinatown. I can't be bothered to point out that actually I have been here for a month and know the way. I'm too preoccupied with my own unhappiness.

My eyes wander, looking at all the customers eating-and then I notice one who isn't eating, but is hiding behind a menu. Our eyes meet.

It's her.

I shift and turn away from her, trying to tell her that I am as ignorant of her as she is me. But I can feel her eyes burning holes in my back. I concentrate on the conversation of the others.

"Thank you for your assistance, Shipley. Come Luke, Kat, we mustn't tarry here."

The Professor and Luke leave and I get up to follow when she grabs my hand.

"Get off me!" I hiss quietly.

"Kat please, I'm so sorry, I tried to find you-"

"You pretended I didn't exist to him!"

"Kat…have you still got the locket with the picture in it?"

I pull the locket out from under my top. "What's it to you, stranger?"

She winces. "Kat, this isn't about me, it's about you." She opens the locket and looks inside. "You kept the picture of me…but replaced the one of you?"

I look in the locket. Inside is a picture of a special person and a picture of Ari-before she left.

"Why does it matter to you?" I snatch the locket back and put it back under my top. "You don't care about me anymore." But do I care about you?

I storm out of the restaurant and run to catch up with Luke and the Professor. I know she's following me, so I don't cry. I can't…I just don't want to do it anymore.

The truth is, I cared about Ari an awful lot when I was younger. She was my protector, my saviour, my role model. Then she left me to face my life alone and it only took three days before I was scarred for life. I still don't know

And then I became completely alone, until I met Luke.

I hope you guys enjoyed that chapter of mystery and intrigue!(oooh)Hopefully you're starting to get a good idea of what Kat is like now. Please R&R, as usual and stay tuned for the next chapter.

PS. The next chapter will probably appear tomorrow, because school is out for me and I need something to do so I can convince myself I'm not procrastinating

See ya !