Later that night...
Back at the house again...
Pinky was sitting on her bed, wearing a light blue long-sleeved pajama shirt, with baggy dark blue pajama pants. She was sitting on her bed, watching TV in the room she picked, as she heard Tim using the shower in the bathroom nearby. She was puzzled with why Tim would be so bothered about his father. It really concerned her, wondering what could've made him get so disgruntled about it.
The girl felt like it was only fair to ask him why he didn't want to talk about it to her parents. Even though her parents said not to bother him about it, to Pinky, it was only fair to do that. She continued to watch some TV to herself, waiting for Tim to get done in the bathroom. Then she was going to talk to him about this.
After a couple more minutes, Pinky heard the bathroom door next to her bedroom open and close. Then she heard Tim's door open and close too. She stood up off of her bed, turning the TV off, before walking across the hallway to finally talk to Tim about all of this.
Inside the room Tim picked, he was wearing an orange t-shirt with baggy dark blue pajama pants. He was watching TV while laying on his bed. Pinky walks into the bedroom, noticing the TV show that her boyfriend was watching.
"Watching Gossip Girl too, huh?" Pinky asked.
"Yeah. Nothing else is on TV, so I decided to watch this instead." Tim said. "I know, weird...but hey, at least I like it somehow." Pinky chuckles, before walking over to the bed. She sat down next to her boyfriend. "So what's going on, sweetie?"
"Oh...nothing...I was just...wanting to know something...that's all."
"What is it?"
"Its about...the question my dad asked you..."
Tim sat there, smile slowly turning into a frown. He had a bad feeling his girlfriend was going to ask that to him again. He honestly couldn't believe that this is being asked once again.
"That..." Tim said, looking down at the floor.
It was suddenly silent between the two once again. It was very hard for Tim to find the right words to describe what has happened in his life to the girl he was dating. Seeing he has no other choice but to admit why he was feeling so low about his father being mentioned, Tim decided to reveal to Pinky why he didn't like that question being asked.
"...Turns out, I have to confess something that I...really never told anyone that I'm friends with, not even Chaz. It turns out, the dad that I live with...he's my uncle, not my dad..." Tim said, slowly sounding sad. "It turns out, not only are my parents divorced, but...my dad is dead..." Pinky's eyes widened in horror, hearing that being said to her.
"Really?" Pinky asked, shocked. "Why didn't you mention this before?" Tim blinked a couple times, shaking his head, before looking over to his girlfriend.
"Because...I just...I just can't really bring myself to be honest about this. It's just...something that happened in my life that's so tragic, and I just...never want to bring myself to remember it...or even talk about it." Tim wipes a tear that's coming out of his eye. "I don't want to remember those times again, knowing that...he died, and...I almost did along with him." Pinky blinked a couple times, before looking down to the floor. She then stood up off of the bed, before understanding the entire situation now.
"Okay...I'm sorry, I...I didn't want my dad to upset you like that." Pinky starts backing up from the boy. "If you really don't want to talk about it, I completely understand. Just know that...my dad never wanted to hurt you about what you've went through, or what has happened in the past." Pinky looks over to the right, before looking forward at her boyfriend again. "It's...beginning to get late...I think I'm going to go to bed now. I'll...see if we can go do something together tomorrow afternoon." Tim gave his girlfriend a worried frown, before nodding his head.
"Thank you, Pinky..." Tim said, almost in a whisper. "...Um...I'll see you in the morning, I guess." Pinky nods her head.
"Yeah."
Pinky exits the bedroom, as Tim turns the TV off. Pinky heads off to her own bedroom, as Tim turns off the lamp so that he can finally get some sleep. He laid down on his own bed, drifting off to sleep as he laid there by himself.
The girl in blue walked back into her bedroom, then sat down in her bed. She sat there on her bed, turning the TV back on, and continuing to watch what was on it. She felt sad for her boyfriend, hearing all that he had to go through, as she was not expecting to hear anything that he told her. The girl had all of these thoughts in her head, feeling guilt that her boyfriend went through what he went through. It was terrifying for her to even hear. After being left alone to her own thoughts, Pinky feel asleep.
Back in the town...
Crystal invited Katie along to go to a diner that's out in the downtown area of Simport. The rebel girl remembered how much Katie likes the diners around town, except the Bad Boys Diner, since Chaz and his buddies go there a lot. Crystal knew Katie would enjoy doing something that would be close to what they liked to do as kids.
The rebel waited at the booth table she was sitting on, as 'Sherry' by Franki Valli and the Four Seasons was playing on the jukebox. The rebel girl still waited, until she looked out the window, noticing the skateboarder riding her way to this diner. The tomboy kicks up her skateboard, walking in, and heading over to Crystal at the table she was sitting at.
"You called me down here, Crystal?" Katie asked her. "Whatever are you wanting from me right now?" Crystal rolled her eyes hearing Katie's sarcasm towards her. It was something she hated, but she missed it. Crystal sighed, hoping to reason with Katie in this situation.
"Listen...I was...thinking about it, Katie...and...I stopped being somebody who's going to be dating Luke." Crystal said. "Me nor him are going to date, nor will I hang out with him because of some crush that will just...never happen." Katie raises an eyebrow.
"But you're still wanting to hang out with him?"
"If you're call THAT a problem, that's hypocritical." Katie blinked a couple times, noticing that Crystal was talking back to her about that question. "Do remember that you were allowing yourself to hang out with Chaz, despite Summer dating him. No, her cheating on him with Luke doesn't count as anything, because she was still dating him while she was out with Luke."
The tomboy held up a finger, ready to chastise Crystal for saying this as a defense. However, she decided to not talk back and defend herself on that, because she knew that Crystal had a point there. Seeing that there was no way to defend herself on that, Katie sighed to herself, before closing her eyes to calm herself down. She opens them up, allowing the rebel girl to continue with what she had to say to her.
"But either way, I am just friends with him, and nothing more than that." Crystal said. "Besides, even if I still had feelings for him, I feel like he would've been out of my league." Katie rolled her eyes, scoffing at that being said, but shrugged.
"Guess I'm glad to hear that. Despite I'm a bit skeptical about...you doing this...like, I'm worried you're going to be trying to get into a date with him behind my back." Katie said, feeling a little worried about trusting her former best friend on this. "I mean, what makes you think that I should trust you to not go and try to destroy Luke's marriage to Summer anyway?"
"Because I don't want this bullshit to be happening between you and me any longer, so I'm not going to try to go for Luke." Crystal leans forward, rubbing the sides of her head. "How can I even prove to you that I can be trustworthy enough to be your friend again? Literately, just say anything at all, what the hell do you even want from me?" Katie sighed, before leaning forward.
"How about find a new boyfriend for a start. Not one that could destroy the relationship or marriage of another, just find a boyfriend that will be better for you." Katie then stood up from the booth table she was sitting on, before shrugging her shoulders again. "Or...if you can't find a different boyfriend, whatever. That's fine too, just as long as you get yourself to not be involved in Luke and Summer's lives any longer." Crystal smiled.
"Anything for you, dude."
"Yeah...sure..." Katie mutters, before looking off to the bathroom. "...Look, give it some thought, and I'll be going to the restrooms, alright?" Crystal nods her head.
"You go do that now."
Katie walks off, leaving Crystal to her thoughts. She still loved Luke deep down, but she had to do anything to try to gain Katie's trust back. It was going to be hard for Crystal to literately do this, that's all she knows.
In the bathroom, Katie had an idea that might actually help her former friend out with her situation. She was on the phone while inside the bathroom area of the diner talking to a certain someone who really can help her out.
"Me, help Crystal? To hell am I going to help that psycho!" Sapphire said on the phone. "Like, do you honestly expect me to help somebody who destroyed an entire junkyard by herself?" Katie cringed, before sighing.
"I know...Crystal isn't the most trustworthy person ever...but if she's going to be my friend again, I want you to at least help her out with trying to find a different boyfriend. Instead of that Luke guy that Summer is dating." Katie said, leaning on the sink behind herself. "Come on, Sapphire. I know I shouldn't be asking this, especially not to you, but Crystal is really wanting to be my friend again. You mind helping her for about a couple days or so?"
"Oh, like, me and Candy are not going to help a person who's been nothing but a total bitch to us. Not a chance."
"But you're willing to help me out in case...well, friend to a friend, why not just help Crystal out? I use to be friends with Crystal, so if you're willing to help me, a friend, you're willing to help Crystal when it comes to find a boyfriend. You get what I'm saying?" Sapphire was unusually silent on the other line. It wasn't until a couple seconds later, the party girl spoke up.
"Katie, you and I are not friends. Just because I was willing to help you with your relationship with Chaz, doesn't mean I ever was your friend." The tomboy cringed hearing that being said to her. "Look, just don't expect me to help somebody who hates me and Candy, aside from that Summer girl that she hates the most. It's just not going to happen."
"I don't know what would make you change your mind."
"Nothing. Okay? I'm sorry, but you can't make me help Crystal Montell whatsoever."
"Sapphire..." It was at that moment, Katie realizes that the party girl hung up on her. "...Son of a bitch...does that girl always have to make things so much harder than it already is?" Katie mutters to herself, before walking out of the bathroom to go back to Crystal.
