After a couple hours later...
"Pinky's wanting you to meet your parents?" Chaz asked his best friend, while he and him were sitting on Katie's couch. "That's pretty quick. Don't you think?"
So basically, Tim came to the Morris's house, later that evening so that he can tell Katie and Chaz all about what happened at Pinky's house. He even told them that he won't be in the neighborhood this weekend, since he was going to visit Pinky's parents for that whole two days. This seems like pretty good news for the blue-haired boy, as he was slowly on his way to a perfect relationship with Pinky.
He felt only a little nervous, but was really hoping that Pinky's parents were going to like him regardless. He felt confident there, hoping that that would be the case anyway. Taking a bit of a sigh, he took a sip of his drink, before looking over to Chaz.
"I feel a bit worried how they will see me, since I am Pinky's new boyfriend." Tim said. "I mean, I am a gentleman to her, and she seems like she grew up in a nice house with a wonderful family. So, I believe that they might give me a chance when I arrive at this house in the woods." Tim shrugged his shoulders, before continuing to talk. "I've never been to this place out there, but I guess that it would be nice to go and visit, since a lot of people borrow it for weddings, or birthdays, I believe Pinky said she had a graduation party there before...so this seems like it's going to be fun for me to go and visit."
"That sounds totally cool, dude." Katie said, leaning back on the chair she was sitting on. "Hey, with me and Chaz with you there, I think that you will have more confidence while you go through all of this." Tim cringed, hearing that being said.
"Yeah, Katie...I hate to break this to you, and...Chaz as well, but...I feel like I got to do this whole weekend on my own, rather than have you guys with me. I'm sorry if this seems so sudden right now."
"You don't want us with you there? Why?"
"Well...Pinky only wants her parents to meet me, and they don't really know you guys." Tim held up his hands, not wanting to have his best friend or the tomboy feel insulted after he said that. "Look, in honesty, I just want to try to make Pinky's parents be happy with me without my friends doing something by accident. I love Pinky, and I'd do anything for her."
"I understand, Tim. I hope that this get-together thing happening at that place goes well for you." Chaz said to his best friend.
"Thank you, Chaz." Tim pats his best friend on the back, before Katie spoke up.
"That house did sound like it would be fun for us to hang out in." Katie said. "At least we have the coffee shop, am I right?" Chaz and Tim nodded. "Oh well, maybe one of these days, we get to go there." Chaz nods his head.
"Yeah, totally one of these days." Chaz said, before looking over to Tim again. "We hope the best for you impressing Pinky's parents."
"Thanks." Tim said. "So...anything else that's...new today?"
Katie sat there in silence, before kicking up her feet onto the coffee table in front of her. She bites her lip, looking the other way, before looking over to the two boys again. She finally spoke to them.
"I...actually spoke to Crystal this morning...if that's anything." Katie said to them. "Me and Annie were just going to keep this to ourselves, but...turns out, Crystal kissed Luke behind Summer's back. We've berated her for doing that when we were at the coffee shop." Chaz and Tim were shocked hearing that being said. "That's pretty much what Annie told me back there at the beach, when she came to talk to me." The two boys were speechless.
"Wow...Crystal first destroyed the entire junkyard, now this bullshit?" Chaz said, throwing an arm in the air. "It's like she wants to be a bitch to everyone, and without remorse too."
"She seemed remorseful back at the coffee shop after me and Annie scolded her for her actions."
"You think she's just going to change like that? I doubt that bullshit one bit..."
"Well...one's gotta wonder if she will or not. But she seemed like she wants to be my friend again. Since she really seemed sad back at the coffee shop." Chaz crosses his arms, shaking his head hearing that being said. He heavily doubts this kind of thing happening.
"Yeah, Crystal changing and doing good...I don't see it happening." Katie looks over to the window, wondering if Crystal will change for the better or not.
With Crystal now...
The rebel girl finally was able to leave the library and head home. She felt like this entire day could've been so much better if she didn't kiss Luke at the mall, as she really just wishes that she was friends with Katie again. She doesn't want to give Luke up, since she is still in love with him, but she still wants to be friends with Katie again.
She walked out of the library building with Ian by her side. The boy had his jacket zipped, as the air was a little colder in Simport, especially during the summer time, but only at night. The two walked over to the bus stop, then waited for the bus to finally arrive.
"This is getting hellish for me..." Crystal said. "...Elmira is such a..." Ian looks over to Crystal, narrowing his eyes at her. "...She's way too easily annoyed whenever a sound is heard." Crystal sighed. "Is June almost over yet?" Ian pulls out his own phone, before looking over to Crystal.
"You're almost there, Crystal." Ian said. "Just a couple more days, and you will be aloud out of this job."
"Thank God. Because I've been wanting to go to the goth store to work there after this place." The rebel girl sighed with a smile, before looking over to the genius to her right. "So that's good..." Ian nods silently, before changing the topic.
"I must ask since it has been awhile since I heard you mention this...but are you still considering dating Luke?" Crystal glared at him.
"Is that any of your business?"
"Only curious. Hoping the work that you've endured has aloud you to give it a second thought or not." Ian looks over to the rebel girl, before raising an eyebrow at her. "Have you given it any thought, by chance?" The girl sighed, before leaning on the bus stop sign.
"I believe that tomorrow, I'm going to find Luke, apologize for my actions at the mall, and try to make it up to Luke. Hopefully, giving up him would give Katie a reason why I'm not completely terrible a person." Crystal lowers her head, groaning to herself. "Now that all of the goths are no longer hanging out with each other, and the entire group fell apart because of...everything that has happened recently...I guess I have no other choice but to be on my own. Without Goth Boy, or Winter Takara as friends." Ian nods his head, before Crystal continued with a question. "By the way, how is...Goth Boy doing?"
"He and I talked recently. After Curtis was born, he was safe and healthy, along with Winter."
"Oh, thank God...I thought things would've been worse than they already are." Ian nods his head. "Hey, thank you for keeping this secret for me. I don't think I really want Katie or Chaz knowing I've done anything worse than I already did beforehand I got to work here."
"Don't thank me, Crystal. Remember, I already informed you that Goth Boy, Winter, as well as the entire SPA Agency rather leave this incident silent. Goth Boy especially, since he wants to protect his girlfriend...I mean, his fiance, now." The rebel girl crosses her arms, scoffing hearing that being said.
"Like Goth Boy is forgiven for any of this shit, he and his harlot of a girlfriend made Yuki die, remember!? If it weren't for them, Yuki would still be alive." Ian frowned hearing that being said. He looked at Crystal with genuine worry in his eyes, before finally speaking to her.
"Despite everything that has happened...can you at least try to find it inside of you to move on from this entire endeavor? Yuki's gone, but she would want you to try to move on." Ian nods his head, before stepping back from Crystal. "Keep our conversation at the graveyard in thought, alright Crystal? Yuki would want you to be happier, gone from your life or not." Crystal looks away from the genius, before he backs up towards the steps behind him. "I must be going now, the bus is already on it's way. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yeah...same here..." The bus pulls up, as Ian walked back into the library. Crystal walked onto the bus and headed home.
