Chapter XIII: Reality Check

Poppy's POV

OK so last term I was busy trying to get myself out of this place so I was kept busy, but what the hell is a girl to do now that its not only been like two days since I've seen Freddie and its like a weekend or whatever and I can't even go to the lame town. I mean I'd take the town than sitting here doing nothing like any day.

"You ain't even gonna try and get out r ya?" Josie asked.

"You know I can't or I'll totally get kicked out for sure. You know breaking the rules and shit" I sighed.

"Wow, 'ho woulda fought, Poppy Moore won't be breakin 'ny more rules" Josie teased. "Oh except for when ya got 'aught in Freddie's school"

"The reason I'm here, but hey I got him back didn't I?" Oh yeah, I totally did.

"It doesn't matter anyway, Poppy will be here trying to figure out how to get Harriet to confess, or how were going to get her back" Kate said as she walked into the room.

"What, do you have some sort of mind reading shit going on? How did you know what we've been talking about?"

Kate laughed. "I was only outside the door…with Mrs. Kingsley"

I rolled my eyes, I mean OK she is being totally cool with me and all that but seriously is she now checking up on me?

"I know what you're thinking, but she's not checking up on you because she doesn't trust you, she's checking because she cares Poppy, we all do"

"Sure whatever"

Josie and Drip's and myself have been acting like nothing happened a few days ago when Josie tried to get Kate to talk about her relationship with Daniel, and for now its seem to have been forgotten.

"Your not ready yet Kate? Why no'?" Josie asked.

"Oh, I'm not going, have to catch up on some work for…French"

Josie looked at me and sighed, but Kate didn't notice. Kate has totally been anti-social since like that day Jose totally grilled her.

"Righ' well I'll see you girls later, have to get Drippy outta da freezer" she said rolling her guys, grabbing her bag and then leaving.

As soon as she closed the door behind her I waited a few seconds and then ran to the door and opened it. Josie was gone.

I walked back in and closed the door behind me. "OK, you don't have French work and like I'm def not gonna pressure you and all that shit, so if you want to talk then you totally can" I told Kate.

Kate looked at me for a moment and then sighed. "You're not the only one that was sent away because your parents wanted you to be straightened out"

Wait, is Kate admitting to being messed up?

"You wanna talk about it?"

"I'm the black sheep of my family" she blurted. "I had a pregnancy scare which-

"WHAT?" Oops. "I mean, wow Kate I'm sorry-"

She held up her hand and cut me off to continue.

"My parents, my family they expected better from me, they wanted me to be like my all so perfect brothers and sisters. They hated Daniel, and thought AM was the place to send me off, to get rid of me"

I just noticed she had tears in her eyes.

I went over to her bed and hugged her as she cried on my shoulder. "And I thought I had it bad with that stupid step mother of mine"

Kate released herself from the hug and sat up on the bed. "AM is my home, and has been for the past two years. Daniel, how he got to Freddie's school is a miracle, and now we can finally be together"

"I'm so happy for you now" and really I am. Poor Kate, all the things she had to go through.

"I'm sorry Kate, for putting all my shit on you, and you've been dealing with your-

"shit" she laughed.

"Yeah, sorry"

"I haven't been able to tell the girls" she said shaking her head then adding "not because I don't trust them, its just I think you can get me more, coming from a background where you felt like you messed up-

"Well I messed up intentionally, you didn't, so your still a better person than I am" I admitted to her.

"You're a great person Poppy Moore, and I know your smart and all, but can I give you some advice?"

"Sure" I shrugged.

"Make sure you are really really ready, you know to go all the way with Freddie. I see the way you look at one another and I can tell you that's how Daniel and I were, but looked what happened, we were separated for a while. Just make sure he is the one, OK?"

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Freddie's POV

What am I supposed to do, all alone in my room. Daniel is in the library working, catching up on stuff he has missed considering he is a transfer, and Matt is God knows where doing what or doing who.

I turned on my bed and smiled as I picked up a little picture up, of the two us.

Maybe I could see Poppy, maybe I can go down to Abbey Mount on the excuse to see mu-oh damn I can't even do that, I'm not allowed.

Well at least this gives me the time to plan the perfect date for when I see her once again, and maybe is she does feel the way I do, we could finish what we started.

I know Poppy is the one…the one I want to lose my virginity to, because I love her. She's the one I want to go all the way wit-

"Hey man-oh sorry interrupting something between you and Poppy's picture am I?" Daniel joked as he walked into the room and set his bag down.

"Very funny, I was just thinking about how much I love her" I admitted.

Daniel didn't say anything and just nodded and then started taking his books out of his bag. Ok something is wrong.

"Dan, what's wrong?" I asked.

"You love her, I think we all know that however just don't rush into anything" he said quietly, his back still facing me.

"What do you mean?"

He sighed and turned around and sat on the edge of his bed opposite me. "I love Kate and when we…you know, we were ready, what we weren't ready for was what could have come along with it, we didn't think things through and we had…a pregnancy scare"

I sat there in shock, he is talking about Kate right?

"But you don't regret it, and I know I will never regret my first time, especially if it's with Poppy" I told him.

"Yeah I guess, but…never mind"

"No, go ahead tell me"

"I've never done it with her again after that, I ruined things for her with her family and if this time we did it she got pregnan-look all I'm saying is that you shouldn't go for it unless she tells you first that she wants to go for it, just…just in case"