Chapter 10, You're Perfect?
Kate stormed back the whole way. She was even angrier than she was when she argued with Jack! But come on: this was too much! Two men in one day being such total dicks! It was too much to deal with... Pedestrians got out of her way, anyone could see Kate was close to firing lasers out of her eyes.
Her hair was still being lifted up by the cool breeze, but now instead of the calm it had brought upon Kate about half an hour earlier it seemed to anger her more and more as strands of her own curly hair angrily whipped in her eyes.
Finally she reached the sweet little home with the white picket fence. Kate stared at the door for a second but didn't move from her spot: just swiveled sat down on the porch. Like a mad woman she started counting aloud:
"One… two…three…four…five." Something Jack had taught her. It kind of helped…
With a new found calm Kate turned to the door, breathing deeply, and retrieved the small cold key from her pocket. She opened the door to find Jack on the sofa, just sitting.
"Hey," He said, coldly.
"Hey yourself," Kate answered in a similar tone.
There was an awkward second of silence and Kate even felt a competitive air about her. She was determined to not be the one to break the silence.
"Oh god Kate I'm sorry," Jack suddenly broke out, "I was being unfair to you, I'm so sorry!" He stood up, close to tears.
Kate's victory didn't make her any happier. All she did was stare at her husband in response. She wasn't sure if she was ready to forgive him… But what was she to say as he made his way over to her?
"Oh Jack, forget it, it's stupid." The coldness was still there. But Jack was too wrapped up in the moment to notice.
He hugged her.. And she hugged him back. They stood there trying to sink into each other, trying to gain some heat and to feel each other's forgiveness. But Kate still felt cold. She was still angry...
Who at?
"I'm going to try harder from now on! I'll come back earlier, we'll spend more time together!" Jack softly whispered into her ear.
She nodded.
"Jack you're perfect." She whispered back; more trying to convince herself, than just complimenting Jack…