A/N: Sorry for the late update, this has been a terrible week for my community and at school with tragedies to local families, and I haven't found time. So for that delay I am sorry, I hope you guys can forgive me
Anyways here is the new instalment, hope you guys continue the amazing support as always
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Hey Shannon. Hey Jordan
Humphreys POV
I was getting dressed for the dinner at Kate's house. I put on my clean dark blue jeans, my new white Lonsdale trainers and red checked shirt, and I sprayed on my new David Beckham aftershave. I hope Kate likes it. I lifted my phone off the charger, and I walked down the stairs. Angel was dressed and ready to go. She was dressed in her light blue dress, with a black, almost blanket like, top around her.
"Hey Angel, did you ring for a taxi?" I asked. Before I went upstairs to change I asked Angel to phone a taxi to take us around to Kate's house. The weather wasn't supposed to be that bad, but knowing our luck probably a huge thunder storm would makes its way into the Jasper area if we even attempted to walk to Kate's. "Yeah I called. The guy said there's a unit close to us, so it should be here in a few minutes" Angel said
"Good" I said. I checked my phone for the time, and it was 6:35pm. Kate told me that Angel and I could call round at any time after half six, so we were in no rush to get there. "Humphrey?" Angel asked grabbing my attention. "Yeah sis?" I responded. "Who was that girl who came to see you earlier?" she asked looking at me. "I told you; it was Beth. She's a friend of mine" I answered. "What was she over for?" Angel asked. I'm not sure if she was just trying to start a conversation, or if she was just being nosy. Either way, I'm not discussing the real reason why she was here. "She was inviting Kate and me to a party tomorrow night" I said, not lying, just bending the truth a bit. I mean, she did ask me to the party. "Oh okay" Angel said sounding satisfied with the response
*beep*beep*. Both of us had wide eyes; wondering what was making that noise. It took a few seconds to realise that it was the taxi that Angel had called for us. "That was quick" I commented. "Yeah, well I called it ten minutes ago, so I'm not going to agree with you there" she said chuckling. Angel already told me she locked up the windows and the back door, so all that need to be done was to lock the door on the way out. Once that was done, we both got into the back of the taxi, and told him the address of Kate's house, and the taxi, with 'Brian' as the driver, made its way to Kate's house
Within 10 minutes the taxi arrived at Kate's house. I paid the driver the fare, as well as a £5 tip, and Angel and I walked to the front door of the house. Angel ran in front of me and rang the doorbell. "Beat ya" she said smugly. I smiled at her, she can be weird sometimes.
The door opened up. To reveal the beautiful Kate, in a nice white top and black skirt. She honestly looked amazing in anything she wore. "Hey Humphrey. Hey Angel. You guys arrived just in time, dinner's almost ready" she said with a welcoming smile. Angel walked in first in front of me and as I walked in, Kate grabbed me and kissed me right on the lips, really hot and steamy one at that. Soon enough we broke apart, it was good because I really needed to breath
"What was that for?" I asked playfully. "Well that was because you hung up earlier, you left me while I was still in the mood" she whispered into my ear. "I'm sorry, I won't do that again" I said. "Doesn't matter, I enjoyed that kiss anyway" Kate said. She grabbed my hand and led me into the kitchen. In the kitchen there was Eve at the stove, lifting out a nicely done bit of meat, and Winston was sitting down reading a newspaper
"Oh hello there Humphrey" Eve said sounding happy. "You arrived just in the nick of time, dinner is just about ready" she said setting the meat down on the counter. "Smells delicious" I said truthfully. "Well you three can sit down, and I'll head upstairs to get Lily, I assume Angel is probably up there too". I didn't even need to answer, I think everyone knew that her and Angel would've been upstairs, those two are inseparable.
"Well I just going to use the bathroom real quick" whispered in my ear before quickly dashing out, leaving me and her dad in the kitchen. This was a little awkward for me, I wasn't really sure whether Kate's dad liked me or not. "So Humphrey" he said, scaring me a little, wasn't expecting to speak to me. "How are you?" he asked me. "I'm good, just trying to survive that's all" I said awkwardly. "Listen Humphrey, I just want to apologise. I'm sorry that I didn't really take on to you when you and Kate started going out, I… I was just worried about my little girl, she's growing up so fast" Winston said
I didn't really know how to respond to that, I mean what was I supposed to say. "It's alright Winston" I said. "Thanks for understanding Humphrey" he said. To be honest, I didn't understand what he was talking about. I suppose it was probably because he didn't show up to visit me at the hospital or when I got out seeing me at the house. It didn't bother me honestly
Winston got up and sat on 'his' seat and I was wrapped in a reach around hug Kate. "Hungry?" she whispered. "Yeah" I answered. At the moment, Eve, Lily and Angel walked in. "right you two. Ready for some grub" Eve said. "I know what you're planning to eat" Kate whispered into my ear. "You dirty girl" I whispered back. She is so worked up, I have admit, she's quite sexy when she's like this. Eve set the meat down on the table, and that was the queue for all of us to take our seats. Eve and Winston sat on the ends, Lily and Angel sat on the left side together, and Kate and I on the right
Winston carved the meat, roasted duck that looked so juicy. We all handed up our plates up and Winston put a good slice of meat on all our plates. Eve took the time to lay out a selection of vegetables and sauces; it was beautifully laid out on the dining table.
As I was eating I couldn't help but think back to earlier today, when Beth came to see me. I kept imagine those horrible bruises on her arm, and the things she was telling me, that Garth tried to kiss her, and how he hit her when she didn't comply. And even worse, trying to rape her. Good thing she fought back, Beth is a lot tougher than she looks. I honestly think I would be a terrible bodyguard for, but if Beth feels like she needs someone there, then I'll go. I don't know whether I should tell Kate or not? I did promise her I wouldn't say, but is my girl; I can't keep anything from her
Kate's POV
We were all eating the duck that mum had prepared for us, it was absolutely amazing. But there was something odd about Humphrey, he seemed to be distant. Like when mum was telling us all a story, I noticed he was sort of day dreaming, like he was thinking about something. I wonder what can be on his mind.
(Time skip 30 minutes)
Humphrey and I finished our dinner, and we made our way into the living room. Lily and Angel went up to Lily's room to play games, or talk about boys, or even talk about us; I don't even know what those two get up to. Mum and dad sat in the kitchen and Humphrey and I excused ourselves and just claimed the living room so that we can watch a few shows or something. Humphrey and I settled into our normal position, him with his arm around me as I snuggled up.
We were watching repeats of Breaking Bad, when I remembered something. "Humphrey, have you thought about going to Sally's Party? I know that you normally don't like going to these things especially, after what happened at the last one. But I you don't want to go that's alright, me and you can just have a night in" I said. I really wanted to go, but I didn't want to go if Humphrey wasn't going to go, I didn't want to go there by myself.
"Well I'll go if you're going" Humphrey said. "Really? Oh thank you Humphrey" I said rubbing his chest, I couldn't get my hands around his back to hug him. "What made you come around?" I asked. He seemed to think for a while before he answered. "Well, I thought if I didn't go, it would probably give Garth the impression that he has power over me if he shows up, or any of his friends are there, and I do not want to give him or any of his friends that satisfaction
"Yay! Now I can bring my hot date to the party" I said. "Hehe, what about after the party?" Humphrey enquired. "Well I figured after the party, you and I can come back here and probably… sleep or something" I said teasingly. "Yeah sleep. What about before that?" Humphrey asked. "You know exactly what" I said rubbing his head. He kissed my forehead. "What's gotten into you lately" he said. "I don't know, but I like it" I answered
After about half an hour of watching Breaking Bad, Humphrey and I had another little chat. "I wouldn't like to cross Walter if I was a pizza guy anyway, huh Humphrey?" I said jokingly. No response from Humphrey, I looked up and I caught him in another day dream. "Humphrey are you okay? You seem a bit distant"
"Huh? What?". "I noticed this at dinner as well; you seem to be slightly distant". "I don't understand" Humphrey said sounding confused. "Is there anything bothering you? You know you can tell me anything right?". "I know I can". I got up to sit up properly, because I had a feeling this conversation was about to get serious. Humphrey was thinking, you can tell by his face. "I don't know" he said. "Humphrey…" I said holding his hand. "You can tell. I won't tell anyone if you don't want me too"
"Kate that's the problem. I promised not to tell anyone as well" he said. I have to admit, that caught my attention. "But Humphrey, we're together. You have my secrets and I have yours. I trust your judgement if you don't want to tell me" I said. I really wanted to know, but it's not fair to force the secrets out of Humphrey. "Okay" he said straightening himself up. "Promise to keep this to yourself. And no one else at all please". "I will Humphrey"
"Well you know Beth?" he said, I just nodded. "Well earlier today, she came over to see me. And well long story short, she came over to see me, and you know the way Garth is her table buddy". Uh-oh I have a feeling this going to be bad. "Well he tried to attack her and Beth's scared in case Garth attacks her at the party, so she asked me to be her, sort of 'bodyguard' tomorrow" Humphrey explained. "Is that the real reason you want to go to the party?" I asked. "No no. I was thinking about going. But when she came to see me, I felt sorry for her. I wasn't going to go unless you came with me. I'm sorry I kept in from you" he said sounding worried. Did he think I was going to be mad?
"Humphrey it's alright. I'm not mad. You were just trying to think about your friends, I can't be mad at you for that. My hero" I said smiling a little. "Hero? I'm no hero" he said. "Tomorrow night I'm going to give you a hero's thank you just for what you did" I said, starting to feel in that mood again. "Now that's something I'm looking forward too" he said smiling, I love his smile, it has that warming effect that just matches his eyes perfectly
Humphrey leaned forward to kiss me, which I gladly accepted. I traced my tongue on Humphrey's bottom lip, which he granted me access to. We lay there on the couch connected in a deep passionate kiss. We must've been like that for a good few minutes because in the background I heard the closing sequence to Breaking Bad. It didn't matter that the show was over, that was the least of my worries. I was kissing Humphrey, the man who I loved more than anything in the world. Nothing in the world could've made this moment any better
"Well what's going on here?" I heard my mum say. That startled Humphrey I think because he bit down on my tongue a little. It hurt quite a bit. "Don't mean to interrupt you two, but I was going to take you and Angel home now Humphrey if you want" my mum said giving us weird looks. "Sure that'll be great thank you" Humphrey said. I think he, at that moment, was scared to talk back to my mother. Who could blame him?
"I'll be over tomorrow and we'll walk to Sally's ok?" Humphrey said turning back to me. "Sure. See you tomorrow Hummy" I said. Humphrey came back and kissed my forehead. "Jeez you think you didn't have enough of the kissing already" my mum remarked. With a smile between us, Humphrey walked out with my mum. I heard the car start in the driveway, and I saw the headlights pull out. The party tomorrow, with Beth's situation, could be interesting
A/N: Well, Humphrey told Kate, he already broke his promise to Beth. Was it for the right reasons? Find out next chapter. Please favourite, follow, and review