A/N-Thanks everyone for waiting on this chapter. College has started again and well let's just say I was stupid and decided to take all hard classes in one semester. Thanks for waiting and a special thanks for sabina21 for reminding me that some people actually want to know what happens in my story.
Chapter 11
(Tommy and Jason)
I have no idea what I should say. Jason is like a brother to me and I know that I let him down big time. How do I explain to him that Katherine didn't mean anything to me without it sounding like I am a complete scumbag. How can I tell him that I still love Kim and make him believe what I am saying is the truth. I guess there is no time but the present and I have to start somewhere.
"Look Jase, I know that I hurt Kim and I. . . "
I am interrupted with Jason's fist hitting my face. When I rise up I spit a little blood out. He didn't break anything although I know he wanted too. But it feels like my nose and teeth are still intact. He swings at me again but this time I am prepared and grab his arm swinging it behind his back.
"Jason we need to talk and I don't think that if you keep hitting me we are going to get anywhere," I try to reason with him.
He struggles for a little bit more and then completely stops. I wonder if I should let him go but then he takes the decision out of my hands.
"I won't swing at you again," he tells me so I let him go.
"I know you're mad at me. . . "I begin but I am interrupted again.
"Mad! You think I am mad at you. Furious or enraged those would be better words to use," he tells me.
"Alright," I say taking a calming breath it would do no good for both of us to lose our tempers.
"What happened between Katherine and me didn't mean anything. I still love Kim and I want to try and make things up to her," I lay it all out on the table.
Jason just stares at me and I wonder if he believes me. He doesn't answer me right away and the quiet is making me think that I have no chance at all of winning my girl or my friend back.
"You can't just come over here after everyone finds out the truth and try to make things right," Jason tells me.
"I know that. Katherine and I have been over for a long time now. It only lasted a couple of months. It's over and now I am going to try my hardest to get Kim back," I tell him.
"Does she know it's over?" Jason asks me.
"If she doesn't know yet than I will make it very clear to her," I answer him.
"You know you shouldn't have started this at all," Jason lectures me.
"Yeah I know," I answer.
"Then why? Why did you. I mean you and Kim were the perfect couple. You made everyone else around you believe in love again. There wasn't anything wrong with your relationship. Hell, you even made. . "Jason stops himself and I can tell he is holding something back.
"We made what?" I ask him.
He looks at me and I wonder if he is hiding something but then he says, "You made everyone else believe in love Tommy. That's what I was going to say."
"After Kim left to go to Florida I guess I just got lonely. I watched you and Emily, Tanya and Adam, and when they were here Billy and Trini. I missed Kim so much and then one night when I had been drinking a little too much Kat stopped by. One thing lead to another and I guess that's where it started," I tell him.
"Why did it keep happening?" He asked.
"It didn't not for very long. It wasn't as long as you think," I confess.
"How long?" He asks.
"The time when Kim caught us when was it?" I ask hoping he will answer me.
"It was when she came back to visit after going Florida. She planned to move back here but after seeing you two she changed her mind," he admits.
Hearing that stings but it also makes me wonder why Kim would want to move back. Before I can start to think things through Jason asks me again how long and this time I decide to answer him.
"That was the second time. It only happened twice," I answer.
"Why on the day that she came back?"
"I was so happy that day. Knowing I would get to see her again. I went to my room after going to classes and called Adam to tell him I was going to take a nap before going to Ernie's. I laid down on my bed and fell asleep. Then I felt someone kissing me and I thought it was Kim so I responded. I didn't really open my eyes until I had flipped the person beneath me and that's when I found out it wasn't Kim," I explained to him.
"You didn't sleep with her then?" Jason asked.
"No, I was shocked. I jumped off the bed and told her to leave. After she left I hurried to Ernie's to see Kim. I was going to tell her everything but Billy told me that she had already left and I was too late. Then I got the later that said she had found someone else and it seemed like nothing really mattered anymore."
"'So it was only the one time. You said the day Kim came that, that was the second time but you didn't sleep with her," Jason told me.
"No but I kissed her and that makes it the second," I explained to him.
Jason looks at me and I can tell he is debating on telling me something or keeping it to himself.
"She never had anyone else," he says.
"What do you mean?" I ask although I think I know the answer.
"She wrote the letter because of what she saw with you and Kat. She thought you would be happier if she let you go and you could be with Kat," He explained.
"So even when she was in pain because I betrayed her she was thinking of me?" I asked.
"Yeah," Jason answered me.
"Jason you know her best. I am going to ask you a question and I want you to be completely honest with me. Do you think I have a shot at getting another chance?"
He just stares at me and then finally answers," You never know unless you try."
Then that is exactly what I am going to do. I am going to explain everything that happened and then plead with Kim to take me back. I hope that, that will work because I don't know how I will live without her if she says no.
(Adam, Tanya, Billy, Aisha, Rocky, and Emily)
Standing here looking like idiots was not my plan for the night. I wonder if Jason would mind if we go inside. Just then the door opens and Emily steps out ushering us all inside the house.
Aisha keeps looking upstairs and I wonder what is so important.
"Aisha if there is something you need to do you don't have to wait with us," Rocky tells her.
"No it's nothing like that," she answers.
"Maybe we should tell them," Billy says out of the blue.
"Tell them, I mean who, what?" Tanya asks.
"I don't know," Emily looks really worried.
"They have to find out sometime," Rocky informs her.
"Yeah but it really is Kim's choice if and when they find out," Emily tells him.
Did she bring her guy here and they are worried that we might be hard on him. I have no idea but the suspense is killing me.
"Go ahead tell us. It's like we can't handle another surprise," I try to break the tension a little bit.
"Alright but I still don't think that we should be the ones to show them this," Emily says as she heads upstairs.
She comes back down a couple of minutes later but it's not a man that is with her it's a baby.
"Where in the heck did that come from and what does it have to do with Kim?" I ask.
Tanya looks just as surprised as me but everyone else looks like they have known all along.
"Did Kim and the guy she was with have a baby?" Tanya asks.
"There was no other guy," Emily informs us handing the baby to Billy.
"Well I know it's Kim's but if she didn't have another guy then who's the father?" I ask.
"That's a very stupid question," Aisha tells me.
I start to think about the people who Kim had dated and the only person who comes to mind is Tommy. But there's no way. If Kim had Tommy's baby she would have told him. Which would be a reason to come back home. But then she found him with Kat and well that plan didn't work out very well. Now things are starting to make a lot more sense.
"So Kim and Tommy have a baby," I answer my own question as I walk towards Billy.
When you look at the baby there is no question who she belongs too. You can see both of her parents in her
"Does Tommy know?" Tanya asks.
"Not yet, but Kim is going to tell him," Emily answers her.
After that everyone surrounds Billy and we take turns holding and playing with the baby. Although it looks like we are doing most of the playing considering the baby keeps trying to go back to sleep.
"I think you should take her back to bed," Aisha says handing the baby back to Emily.
We all watch her take the baby back upstairs and I start to think about how different things are now. Not only did we learn what Tommy did but we also just learned that he is a daddy. Boy and I thought graduating high school and going to college would take a bunch of getting used to. Little did I know what else there would be to deal with.
(Kim and Kat)
"I won't hit her. This is going to be a civilized conversation. I will not hit her." I repeat this over and over in my mind hoping that it won't take that long before I believe it.
We stop by a tree that has a tire swing. We can still be seen from the front windows of the house, so if this does turn into a fight maybe someone will see and come out and stop us. I don't know if I should start or if I should let Kat. I decide to take the lead.
"Alright we're here to talk about my boyfriend cheating on me with you. So basically you can tell me why and then we can head back." I tell her laying everything out in the open.
"Well if you want to just get straight to the point. Fine, Tommy and I are in love. We have been for some time he just didn't know how to tell you." Kat answered me but for some reason I don't believe her.
"Why would I believe that you and Tommy are in love?" I ask.
"Because he cheated on you with me," she tells me with a smirk on her face.
"I will not hit her. I will not hit her. I will not hit her." I repeat again hoping that hoping that it starts to sink in.
"A lot of guys cheat on their girlfriends when they are in love with their girlfriends. They just have too much stress, or they get drunk. So what would make me believe that Tommy is in love with you?" I ask again.
"He told me that he wanted to be with me the whole entire time you were dating he just didn't know how to tell you," Kat began to explain.
"I don't believe you," I answered her.
"Good because it's a lie," a voice behind me says.
From the look on Kat's face I can tell that Tommy is standing directly behind me.
"No Tommy don't you see your supposed to be with me. Kim was just a means to an end. You just were supposed to date her so you could meet me. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TOGETHER!" she all but yells at him.
"I don't think so," Tommy states calmly. "I was in love with Kim the moment I laid eyes on her. In fact I am still in love with her," he tells Kat walking to stand beside me.
"It's not true. It's not true it's not true," Kat repeats the manta over and over and before I know it she tries to slap me.
Being a gymnast I have good reflexes but it surprises me when it is Tommy who grabs her hand out of midair before it can connect with my face.
She looks over at Tommy with disgust and then says, "So it's always going to be her. She cheats on you with some guy and you still choose her. Well I wish you well."
She looks at both of us one last time before walking back to her car and speeding off.
"I don't think that is the last time we will see her," Jason says from behind us.
I had forgotten that he was there. He looks at Tommy and then at me and then without a word he turns around and heads back to his house. Now I am alone with Tommy and the nerves begin to set in.
This was a conversation I was hoping to put off for a long long time but as they say there is no time like the present. So I turn around knowing this is the time when we both will tell all our secrets and then there will be nothing left between us but what we decide to make after everything is revealed.
