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Kate's POV
Humphrey and I walked back to my house hand in hand. I have to say that I have never felt so happy. His hand was so soft, and it seemed to be squeezing mine back. I could tell that he was enjoying it too, because he had a smile just as big as mine. He didn't complain at all, just walked and smiled the whole time. We didn't really speak, but we didn't need to. This was all just perfect
Sadly I let go of his hand to get the keys for the house out of my bag. I found them, after searching for ages to find them. "Finally" Humphrey exclaimed. I just giggled. When I opened the door, Humphrey being the gentleman that he is, wiped his feet on the door mat. "Come on Humphrey lets go upstairs" I said back to Humphrey and gestured him to follow me. "Wow, straight to the bedroom already Kate?" Humphrey replied to me with a smile on his face. "Down boy" I said back to him with a sly smile. He just let out a slight chuckle as he followed me up the stairs.
We got to my room. Humphrey and I both set our bags on the bed. Humphrey got his file out where he kept all the hand-outs we got. I have to admit, Humphrey always seemed to be well organised. That's probably why he always gets stuff done on time. He pulled out his file looking for the homework sheet that we got, but he paused and said; "Kate, would you mind if I used your bathroom?"
"Down the hall, second door on the right". A relieved look came across Humphreys face. "Thanks a bunch" he said before he rushed down the hall. I picked Humphreys file and tried to look for the homework sheet. I couldn't help but look to see what he had written on the sides. He had all sorts of quotes such as; 'this is my folder. There are many like it but this one is mine. Without me my folder is useless, without my folder I am useless' I let out a light chuckle and I continued reading some more. The one that really caught my eye was the one just at the top right corner, 'I'm not a gynaecologist, but I'll take a look anyway'. After I read that I burst into laughter
I heard him coming back up the hallway. "What you laughing at?" Humphrey asked me with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, I was just reading the stuff you had written on the sides of your file Humphrey. Really funny"
"Ha-ha. Well when I'm bored I have a lot of time to think of funny little gags, even if I never thought any of them were actually funny" I was shocked that he never thought that they were funny "Humphrey, some of these are hilarious". He blushed a little "well thanks. I never thought you would find that sort of stuff funny" "oh nonsense. Now come on let's get down to work" I said as I finally found the page that we were giving today. "Let's get shaking baby" Humphrey said. What the hell…
"That was odd Humphrey" I said confused, but still with a smile. I always smiled when I was around him. He always brought it on me. "Sorry. Random I know. Just in a good mood today" he said. "And why would that be" Humphrey was always in a good mood, but he never mentions that he is. "Well because I'm with my best friend, that's why" he said looking at me straight in the eye. I felt my cheeks warming up "awk Humphrey, I'm your best friend?" "Yeah, you are. Now let's get this homework done" we were starting to get a little of track. "Yeah. Let's get this over with" I said with a sigh.
(Time Skip 35 mins)
"Well that's the first page done" I said exhausted, mentally of course. "Yeah, let's take a break my brain is starting to hurt" Humphrey said, sounding really tired. "I could go for a drink what do you say Humphrey?" Humphrey groaned and nodded at the same time. This must have taken a lot out of him too, if he struggles then you know the homework is hard. I'm just lucky I have him to help me. He got up and followed me back downstairs and in to the kitchen. We got into the kitchen, and while I went to the counter, he just stood in the door frame. Wow this has really taken a toll on him. I opened the fridge and asked Humphrey; "is orange juice ok?" He replied sounding more alive this time "yeah, and can you put some ice in it please" he said as began to make his way over to me
"Let me check see if there is any ice" I opened the top door of the fridge with force, because it froze quite often it's just something I had to do, and by luck we did have some ice. I pulled out the tray and set it on the counter. I closed the door, and I heard Humphrey groaning again. It wasn't out of tiredness this time. No this one was different. I looked to see Humphrey on the ground beside my fridge. I must have hit him in the head; he is the same height as the fridge after all. "Oh My God. Humphrey are you ok?" I said I got to my knees and lifted his head. He didn't have any cuts, so that was a good sign
He opened his eyes, "Kate are you alright" even after this he still puts me at the front of his priorities. "Humphrey I hit you with the fridge door by accident are you ok?" he shook his head to wake himself up. "Yeah I'm fine. Wow you have some strength to open it that hard to knock me out" he chuckled. I just laughed as well. I'm glad he was ok. Then we looked into each other's eyes. And there we were there, him lying on the floor, and me on my knees beside him, just staring into each other's eyes. His eyes were so amazing, blue as the ocean and friendly as the man who owns them. After what seemed like a long time, he broke the silence.
"You have really nice eyes Kate, you know that?" I felt embarrassed and weird; no boy has complemented me like this before. "Awk shut up their not nice". "No I mean it, they are one of the prettiest pairs of eyes I have ever seen" for some reason I wasn't blushing. It was probably because I trusted him, and knew that he really meant it. I knew that he would never just 'say' anything. "Well, thank you for noticing. Your eyes are nice too" I said. He looked up to the wall were my clock was. "We should probably get back to work now", I looked up to the clock as well. Mom and dad would be back in half an hour, and I didn't want them interrupting us
"Yeah come on, let's go" I said to Humphrey as I offered a hand to let him up. After pulling him up, with both made the drinks that we wanted, and we went back upstairs. We got to my room sat down at my desk and went back to work.
(Time Skip 12 mins)
"Done. Thanks for the help Humphrey" I said as me and him were putting our books back into our bags. "Hey don't worry about, anytime you need help with anything, just give me a call" yeah sure. "Hang on, what's this" Humphrey said as he was rummaging through his jean pockets. He then pulled out the piece of paper that Joanne gave him earlier. I suddenly felt a little angry. Not at Humphrey, but the thing I call Joanne. I tried to divert his attention. "Come on Humphrey lets go downstairs and put on the TV for a while" and then we made our way down the stairs and made our way to the living room
We sat on the sofa and then he opened the piece of paper. "Ha look at this 'call me babe, lots of luv, Joanne'. From my powers of detection, I think she likes me" Humphrey said chuckling. Now I was not in the mood for laughing, which is unusual when you're around Humphrey.
"So, Humphrey you gonna call her?" Please say no, please say no, please say no, and please for the love of god say no. "I don't know. Maybe" Humphrey said. That was not the answer I was looking for, but I should tell him about her. It could work in my favour. What if I tell Humphrey how I feel about him, or is it too soon. "Humphrey, can I tell you something?" I scooted closer to him
"Of course Kate. You can tell me anything" Humphrey said to me looking directly into my eyes. I got an idea, maybe I can tell Humphrey what's she's like. It'll tell me if Humphrey really is truly different from the other guys.
"Humphrey, I'm telling you this as your friend. Ok" Humphrey nodded in response "and it's because you're my friend that I am telling you this. Humphrey, Joanne is to put it in two words, 'a slut', Humphrey she has been pounded more times than a ketchup bottle. I'm not sure if this changes your opinion on her, I'm just saying this to warn you" I finally told him. I looked and Humphrey just had his head in his hands.
"I should have known. The first time a girl has shown any interest in me, she turns out to be, as what the gym teachers would call her, a 'ball bag'. I shouldn't have been so stupid to think that a girl can actually be interested in someone like me, a dorky uncool piece of trash" Humphrey said. It then looked like he was crying into his hands. I didn't mean for Humphrey to get upset. I have never felt so bad
"Humphrey…" I put my arms around him and pulled him in. he laid his head on my shoulder, "… don't say that, trust me when I tell you this, you are one of the few guys in this world who actually care about other people, more than they care about themselves" he didn't respond, he just kept his head on my shoulder. "And, the reason because no girl seems to be interested in you is because they have no idea what they want. They think all the guys who are assholes are cool, when they're the trash in reality". No response "And from what I always hear about you is that you're really cute and really friendly. Girls just need a little time to mature"
Humphrey lifted his head off my shoulder and hugged me back. With all the passion that I had, I hugged him back. "Thank you Kate. That makes me feel a little better" "don't mention it Humphrey" I said as I gave the back of his neck a little kiss. He shivered a little, probably wasn't expecting it.
Then I heard my dad's Range Rover pull into the driveway. "Looks like they're back now" and with that Humphrey withdrew from the hug. We looked out the window to see my mum, dad and Lily walking towards the front door holding some shopping bags
I heard the front door opening, and then I heard my mum shout "Kate, we're back!" "In the living room mum. Humphrey's here". My mum then poked her head into the living room. "Oh hello Humphrey how are you?" my mother asked Humphrey. I don't know why, but she seems to like Humphrey. If I told her I was bringing any other guy home, she would have his head on a pole. "I'm good today ma'am how are you?"
"I'm good, and Humphrey don't call me ma'am. It makes me feel old. Just call me 'Eve'" my mother said. I have to admit I was rather shocked; she made rarely told my girlfriends to call her that. He sort of put on a weak smile and said "thanks, Eve" he sounded like he was nervous. Probably thinking it was a sort of a taboo or something. "Will you be staying for dinner Humphrey?" my dad asked from the hallway. "No thank you. I don't wanna cause any fuss. Anyways, I actually need to be going now" my mother just smiled and said "ok, well I guess we'll see you around Humphrey" my mom said "yeah see ya Humphrey" my dad, and Lily surprisingly said from the hall.
Humphrey lifted his bag, put it on to his, big strong shoulders, SNAP OUT OF IT KATE FOCUS, and I walked with him to the front door. I followed him outside. "See you at school tomorrow Kate" Humphrey said. "Listen Humphrey; take what I said in there seriously. About Joanne and well the little speech I gave you"
I actually had no idea what to call it. Humphrey then walked forward and me in a hug, with a big smile on my face; I wrapped my arms around his back and returned the hug. I then did a sort of 'Humphrey at my house tradition'; I gave him a kiss on the cheek. I felt that 'charged' feeling again. "See you at school Humphrey" I said as I walked back inside the house, but before I closed the door, I turned and watched him walk away. 'Damn that guy is hot' I thought to myself. I closed the door, and went back to the state I normally am when Humphrey leaves, miss him and look forward to seeing him gain tomorrow. 7
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