Okay, I've been racking my brain for the best scenario and have come up with....not much.*big sigh * I've also been having problems logging in and getting things submitted and I'm getting p.o.'d .
Disclaimer: Don't own IaH(I kinda thought people knew that already)
Anyway....
The Dance-Part 4
"Catie?" A voice interrupted her deep thoughts.
"Hey Mom" She answered, quickly shutting her diary and jumping off her bed.
"Dear, did you finish your homework?" Her mother asked.
"uh, sorta" Catie replied.
"When you say sorta,do you mean you didn't finish your Spanish and you're going to do it tomorrow when you see Val?" Her mother questioned her raising an eyebrow.
"No way, that was last week. This week sorta means I'm gonna do it right now?" Catie wasn't too worried, her mom never really checked if her homework was done.
"Right.Catie, dear, don't stay up too late, you look really tired, is something wrong?"
'Mom, if you only knew' Catie thought, but replied, "I'm just tired that's all"
"okay, good night dear"
"Good night mom"
And with that her mom left the room shutting the door behind her. Catie let out a huge sigh of relief, glad that her mom didn't want to have an in depth discussion about how everything was at school, like she often did.
"Right, finish your homework and go to bed" Catie told her Spanish book picking it up off the floor.
Back at Jamie's
Once again Jamie was just lying on his bed staring up at the ceiling when he heard his mom come in. "Jamie, did you eat dinner already?" She called from outside his door.
"Yeah" he answered praying his mom wouldn't ask what he had because he knew she would have a fit if he told it was ice cream.
"Okay, dear, just checking" Then she left to cook a real dinner for the rest of the family, knowing Molly and Sammi would be home any minute.
Jamie closed his eyes and tried to think of what Catie would say when they talked tomorrow. "What is she going to tell me, 'sorry, I just don't want to go with you'?" He thought for a minute. "Nah, that is soooo not like her." Jamie then sat upright realizing he hadn't done any of his homework in the 3 hours he had been home. He got his books, sat back down on his bed, and made an attempt to finish his history paper on the ups and downs of the Civil War. Jamie was so tired he fell asleep with his books in front of him at about 8:30.
The next morning Jamie woke up to see his history homework still not finished lying in front of him. "oh, man" he groaned. He figured he could make up an excuse saying he had last minute EMS stuff or something and promise he would never forget his homework again. Hey, it worked in math class. And so far he had been keeping his promise.
Jamie took a cold shower, got dressed as fast as he could, and tried to get to school as early as possible just in case Catie was there early.
At Catie's house
Catie had been up since about 5 and it was now 7:30. She was a nervous wreck. "God, I don't think I can do this" she thought out loud. She quickly got dressed, did her hair, and put on her shoes. Today, like always she was wearing black. She picked a black skirt and a long-sleeved black shirt that had flames going up the sleeves. She also wore black tights under her skirt. When she was done getting dressed she took one last look in the mirror. "What the hell am I doing?" She asked her reflection. And with that question she left school hoping that Jamie would not be there too early.
"Hey Catie wait up" called Val.
"Hey Val" she greeted her solemnly.
"Hey did you here? Mandy Moore is gonna be singing at the dance too! Isn't that great?" Val asked. "But then again, you aren't in to Mandy Moore, sorry."
"No, but hey that's great. The more music the better, right?" Catie asked her friend trying to sound perky.
"Catie, what's wrong? You seem a little more negative than usual"
"It's nothing," Catie replied, not really wanting to Val what was bothering her.
"Oh Catie, I heard about Jamie. I'm so sorry, I didn't know. I just thought that if you went with Travis it might boost your popularity." Val answered, not realizing what she just said.
"WHAT?" Catie screamed, "my popularity? What popularity? Don't tell me that story you gave me about how I should go 'cause it was a good opportunity was just some charity case!"
"No Catie, that's not what I meant" Val pleaded.
"Save it," Catie hissed back at her, "I can't believe you. Of all the things and of all the people, you? We really are two different people." And with that last comment she stormed off, not in the mood to talk to Val anymore.
"Catie, wait! Please! I didn't mean it like that!" Val yelled after her and realized it was no use. She crossed the street seeing Tyler and Hank.
Okay, back to Jamie
Jamie was just pulling up into the school parking lot when he saw a girl dressed all in black making her way up the front walk. "Great" Jamie sighed. He hoped she wouldn't notice him until maybe the end of the day, but he knew that wouldn't happen. Jamie parked his bike got his backpack and slowly headed for the entrance to one of the places he dreaded most. 'Right now, this is probably a perfect little niche of hell' he thought to himself. The whole dance thing was driving him absolutely insane. As he entered the building he swore under his breath and hoped that Catie was already at her locker so she wouldn't notice if he walked by.
Catie searched frantically for "Travis the all-star" among the "popular freaks" as she called them. She finally found him at his locker. She approached him glad that none of his friends were around. "Um, hi Travis" She said kinda nervous.
"hey there Catie"
"Um, listen," she started out, "about the dance, I can't go. You see, my parents are uhh, going out of town for New Year's and I kinda have to with them." She said as fast as she could. "I'm really sorry" she added after about a minute.
"No, don't be sorry. If you have to go, you have to go." Travis replied. "It's no big deal."
"Hey, I know that there are tons of girls who are dying to go with you" Catie offered trying to lighten things up.
"Thanks" Travis made an attempt at a weak smile. "Well, I guess I'll see you around then?"
"Yeah sure, I guess" Catie answered thinking that was SO not true, Travis' friends were the ones against people like Catie.
I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry! I know.Crappy ending! I promise I will get at least the 5th part out before I go to bed.
Disclaimer: Don't own IaH(I kinda thought people knew that already)
Anyway....
The Dance-Part 4
"Catie?" A voice interrupted her deep thoughts.
"Hey Mom" She answered, quickly shutting her diary and jumping off her bed.
"Dear, did you finish your homework?" Her mother asked.
"uh, sorta" Catie replied.
"When you say sorta,do you mean you didn't finish your Spanish and you're going to do it tomorrow when you see Val?" Her mother questioned her raising an eyebrow.
"No way, that was last week. This week sorta means I'm gonna do it right now?" Catie wasn't too worried, her mom never really checked if her homework was done.
"Right.Catie, dear, don't stay up too late, you look really tired, is something wrong?"
'Mom, if you only knew' Catie thought, but replied, "I'm just tired that's all"
"okay, good night dear"
"Good night mom"
And with that her mom left the room shutting the door behind her. Catie let out a huge sigh of relief, glad that her mom didn't want to have an in depth discussion about how everything was at school, like she often did.
"Right, finish your homework and go to bed" Catie told her Spanish book picking it up off the floor.
Back at Jamie's
Once again Jamie was just lying on his bed staring up at the ceiling when he heard his mom come in. "Jamie, did you eat dinner already?" She called from outside his door.
"Yeah" he answered praying his mom wouldn't ask what he had because he knew she would have a fit if he told it was ice cream.
"Okay, dear, just checking" Then she left to cook a real dinner for the rest of the family, knowing Molly and Sammi would be home any minute.
Jamie closed his eyes and tried to think of what Catie would say when they talked tomorrow. "What is she going to tell me, 'sorry, I just don't want to go with you'?" He thought for a minute. "Nah, that is soooo not like her." Jamie then sat upright realizing he hadn't done any of his homework in the 3 hours he had been home. He got his books, sat back down on his bed, and made an attempt to finish his history paper on the ups and downs of the Civil War. Jamie was so tired he fell asleep with his books in front of him at about 8:30.
The next morning Jamie woke up to see his history homework still not finished lying in front of him. "oh, man" he groaned. He figured he could make up an excuse saying he had last minute EMS stuff or something and promise he would never forget his homework again. Hey, it worked in math class. And so far he had been keeping his promise.
Jamie took a cold shower, got dressed as fast as he could, and tried to get to school as early as possible just in case Catie was there early.
At Catie's house
Catie had been up since about 5 and it was now 7:30. She was a nervous wreck. "God, I don't think I can do this" she thought out loud. She quickly got dressed, did her hair, and put on her shoes. Today, like always she was wearing black. She picked a black skirt and a long-sleeved black shirt that had flames going up the sleeves. She also wore black tights under her skirt. When she was done getting dressed she took one last look in the mirror. "What the hell am I doing?" She asked her reflection. And with that question she left school hoping that Jamie would not be there too early.
"Hey Catie wait up" called Val.
"Hey Val" she greeted her solemnly.
"Hey did you here? Mandy Moore is gonna be singing at the dance too! Isn't that great?" Val asked. "But then again, you aren't in to Mandy Moore, sorry."
"No, but hey that's great. The more music the better, right?" Catie asked her friend trying to sound perky.
"Catie, what's wrong? You seem a little more negative than usual"
"It's nothing," Catie replied, not really wanting to Val what was bothering her.
"Oh Catie, I heard about Jamie. I'm so sorry, I didn't know. I just thought that if you went with Travis it might boost your popularity." Val answered, not realizing what she just said.
"WHAT?" Catie screamed, "my popularity? What popularity? Don't tell me that story you gave me about how I should go 'cause it was a good opportunity was just some charity case!"
"No Catie, that's not what I meant" Val pleaded.
"Save it," Catie hissed back at her, "I can't believe you. Of all the things and of all the people, you? We really are two different people." And with that last comment she stormed off, not in the mood to talk to Val anymore.
"Catie, wait! Please! I didn't mean it like that!" Val yelled after her and realized it was no use. She crossed the street seeing Tyler and Hank.
Okay, back to Jamie
Jamie was just pulling up into the school parking lot when he saw a girl dressed all in black making her way up the front walk. "Great" Jamie sighed. He hoped she wouldn't notice him until maybe the end of the day, but he knew that wouldn't happen. Jamie parked his bike got his backpack and slowly headed for the entrance to one of the places he dreaded most. 'Right now, this is probably a perfect little niche of hell' he thought to himself. The whole dance thing was driving him absolutely insane. As he entered the building he swore under his breath and hoped that Catie was already at her locker so she wouldn't notice if he walked by.
Catie searched frantically for "Travis the all-star" among the "popular freaks" as she called them. She finally found him at his locker. She approached him glad that none of his friends were around. "Um, hi Travis" She said kinda nervous.
"hey there Catie"
"Um, listen," she started out, "about the dance, I can't go. You see, my parents are uhh, going out of town for New Year's and I kinda have to with them." She said as fast as she could. "I'm really sorry" she added after about a minute.
"No, don't be sorry. If you have to go, you have to go." Travis replied. "It's no big deal."
"Hey, I know that there are tons of girls who are dying to go with you" Catie offered trying to lighten things up.
"Thanks" Travis made an attempt at a weak smile. "Well, I guess I'll see you around then?"
"Yeah sure, I guess" Catie answered thinking that was SO not true, Travis' friends were the ones against people like Catie.
I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry! I know.Crappy ending! I promise I will get at least the 5th part out before I go to bed.