Chapter 12

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A month later…

Sometime has gone by. I'm not keeping track at all really. It had been getting easier at the Home. I mean, I have a part time job in the Home. Leave it to me to pick out the most boring job here. Ugh. Hey, the paper said security! I didn't think it meant watching the little kids go up and down stairs! What kinda heartless person would trick people into this!?... Ok, I know I'm zoning out right now.

"Here is the shoe room. It holds hundreds of pairs of shoes of the Jewish men, women, and children during the holocaust." I hear the tour lady say. Yeah so this is the third field trip I've been on. Turns out; the field trip was to DC. That was a boring 7 hour drive.

She continues to talk about the clothing and stuff during the holocaust. I'm not really listening. I kinda know all of this by heart anyway. Growing up with someone in the Military made this stuff second nature to me. WWII was my brother's favorite war, and then he kinda passed that on to me. Every school project I did was about WWII. My teachers would get so frustrated with me, especially my English teacher. She hated talking about war and stuff; she was kinda like a hippie. She wore lots of peace signs and stuff. In my opinion she was just plain weird.

We continue to walk through. I look around me; this was a really cool museum. I had been here once when I was little, I don't remember much from that trip though. I look past a few people; and then see a plaque on the wall slightly behind me; probably for soldiers killed in action. I loved looking at those. My brother and I would always look for them as try to see if we could find any of our relatives. Our family had tons of soldiers dating back to like the 1800's. But most of them fought in WWII. I slowly start to back up casually. Of course I'm stupid enough that I ran right into someone, seeing a book go flying across the floor.

"Crap, sir I'm so sorry." I say; we both go down to pick up the book.

"Don't worry. Its fine-" I froze. That voice was so familiar it's scary. I look up and see Steve. My mouth drops. His eyebrows shoot up. Oh. My. God.

"Wha-" I don't even know what to say right now. Why was he here? - wait, scratch that, why am I being stupid and not saying anything.

"Kate?" He says in disbelief. I close my mouth and swallow.

"S-Steve?!" I almost shout. We stand up straight and I hand him the book. "Uh-, he-, ugh...hi!" I'm stuttering like an idiot right now. He smiles.

"Hey, uh. How've been?" I shrug, holding back the urge to jump at him for a hug. God, I just realized how much I missed them all. It's been over a month and I almost forgot about the missing them part.

"Fine. The home's not as bad as I thought it'd be. What about you?"

"It's good.-"

"Kate, were heading out!" Our chaperon lady calls. Oh great. I sigh. I hold up a hand to her; telling her to give me a minute.

I don't want leave now. Ugh. Ooh! - wait! Idea! Ding ding ding!

"Hey, what you doing later?" I ask. He draws his attention back to me.

"Uh, nothing why?" He says with a bit of concern.

"Maybe we could get a run in tonight. I'm so desperate for a run it's not even funny." I tell him. He raised an eyebrow.

"You're talking about sneaking out?" He says; I hear a bit more concern in his voice. I shrug with a smirk.

"Yeah, we could catch up; you could tell me what's been happenin at the tower." I hope I convince him. He narrows his eyes for a moment. "Pleeeaasss...?" I say with a smile. He hesitates.

"Ok.-"

"Yes!" I whisper. He smirks.

"But if you get caught I can't do anything about it." He says. I nod. Thank the Lord! I run up; giving him a quick hug; then jogging to catch up with my group. I give him a small wave. He waves back as I walk up behind Scarlett, Jade, and Ashely. Scarlett turns; seeing me and jumps.

"Jesus Christ! Kate!-" she slaps my arm. Priceless. I start laughing.

"Come on, you could have heard me coming." I argue.

"Where did you go?!" She says, looking around. I shrug.

"Over to a different exhibit." I say. She narrows her eyes, and then nods.

"Oookkk." She says drawing the word out. Oh please, you wouldn't know who I was talking about if I told you.-… ok, maybe you would, but that depends on your knowledge of the topic.

We walk past a few other exhibits, heading to the air and space.

~0~

Later that night…

I open my eyes to slits. Ok, there all asleep. I slowly pull my covers back; swinging my feet over the bed. I feel the cold wood floor under my feet as I touch down.

Creeeeaaakkk…

Shoot! Stupid floor! I sigh, taking small quick steps to my drawer. I grab a pair of socks, sitting back down on my bed to put them on. If he forgot, I swear I will walk to the Tower tonight. I pull on my shoes and tiptoe to my window. There was a fire escape. I kneel down onto the cushion and unlock it. I take a deep breath. This better not be loud.

I pull on it slightly. Nothing. I pull a bit harder and it flies open and hits the top.

Bang!

"Shit!" I quickly crawl out and jump onto the fire escape; slamming the window down. I press my back the wall; leaning down so no one could see me.

"Wha-!?" I hear someone say. I put a hand up to my face. Crap. I kneel down as far as I can. I hear footsteps coming toward the window. I look up; seeing Ashley. She yawns; looking out the window. I gulp. I see her shrug and disappear from view. I let out a breath.

Thank. God.

I look around the ground. No one. I begin to crawl down the fire escape toward the ground.

~0~

It was dark and cold. I knew he would forget! God damit. I continue to walk around the park; my hands in the pockets of my jacket. I was wearing my boot cut jeans with sneakers and a T-shirt. If I get mugged Steve I'm so blaming you. I keep walking along the path.

Suddenly I hear rapped footsteps coming up behind me. My breath gets caught in my throat. Well shit, I'm gonna get mugged. Then Steve runs up beside me. Oh. I let out a breath.

"What the hell!" I say; slapping his arm. "I seriously thought I was about to get mugged or something!" I say. He laughs.

"Well sorry, I had to help Clint with something so I was a bit late." He argues. I roll my eyes.

"Oh please, if you were helping him with something it couldn't have been good." He chuckles. I put my hands back in my pockets. We walk in silence for a few seconds. "So, jog?" He nods. I take my hands back out of my pockets and we pick up a jog. "How are things at the Tower?" I ask. He shrugs.

"Ok, it's quieter." He says. I nod. You think that'd be a good thing but by the look on his face right now I don't think so.

"How is everyone?" He shrugs.

"There good. Natasha and Clint got back from a mission recently and Pepper actually just left for a business trip." I nod. "So how have you been?" I shrug. Please don't ask that, my life is pretty boring.

"Good, I've made some friends. And I have a part time jog there." He raised an eyebrow.

"A job? You?... have a job?" He says in disbelief. I scoff; shoving him. Not that he went far. Ok, it was like I tried to shove a brick wall…

"Thanks for the positive feedback!" He smirks. We continue along the path through the park.

~0~

We walk up to the Home. I asked if he'd walk back with me. I don't wanna get mugged ok!? I turn back to him.

"Thanks for coming out here and everything." I give him a hug.

"No problem. I had fun." He says. I smile; pulling out of the hug. I walk back toward the fire escape; I wave to him. He waves, and then starts walking back. That was really fun. Maybe I could do it more often! I get to the window. I open it slowly and step inside. I turn and close it.

Suddenly the light turns on. I freeze. Shit. I turn around slowly; seeing Jade, Ashley, Scarlett… and Miss Williams- with a security guard! I'm dead. I am so very, very dead.

"Kate." She Miss Williams starts. I gulp. "You have some explaining to do."

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