Sugar and Spice: 2/?
by: Emilie Eden
Disclaimer: See part one.
Notes: Sorry it took so long to get this out!
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Tyler and Caitie walked out of the theater together silently, save for the sounds coming from Caitie's cup as she shook around her ice. After a minute, Tyler turned to Caitie.
"Do you need a ride home?"
Caitie nodded her head. "Yeah, if you don't mind."
"No problem." Tyler lead her to his car and they climbed in. Once again, the silence took over, until Caitie spoke up.
"So. What did you think of the movie?"
"It was okay. I didn't really understand it," he replied. "I mean, chick flick, you know? I don't think I have the right hormones to understand them."
Caitie nodded her head in agreement, before frowning. "Wait. Chick flick? I thought it was a slasher movie. Wasn't a guy running around with a knife or something?"
Tyler shrugged. "I have no idea." They exchanged a look, before laughing. "I guess we weren't paying too much attention to the movie."
"Yeah, I had my mind on other things," Caitie admitted. "You need to turn up here."
Tyler turned on the street she pointed to. "Val and Jamie?"
"Actually, me and you. Who would have thought we'd actually...get along."
"Pretty strange," Tyler agreed. "Maybe we can do this again sometime."
Caitie glanced over at him. "What, like, go to the movies?"
"I was thinking more along the lines of acting civil towards each other but, yeah, the movies would be cool, too."
"Maybe we can actually watch the movie this time," Caitie suggested. "Keep going straight until you reach the stop sign, then turn left."
A few minutes later, Tyler pulled into Caitie's driveway.
"Thanks for the ride," she said, looking over at him. "I had fun."
"Me too," Tyler smiled.
She sat there for a minute, then opened the car door and climbed out. "Ok. Bye." She walked up the driveway and to the front door. When she reached it she turned around. Seeing that Tyler was still in the driveway, she waved at him, then went inside.
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It wasn't until Monday at school that they saw each other again, when Tyler cornered Caitie at her locker.
"Are you avoiding me?"
Caitie looked at him, the look on her face a mix of surprise and pure disbelief. "You're kidding me, right?" She laughed, closing her locker door. "Why would I be avoiding you?"
"Well..." Tyler thought for a minute. "I don't know. Maybe you're mad at me or something. Girls are always doing stuff like that. Getting mad for no reason. I know I'll never understand it but..."
"You're babbling," she informed him.
"Right, sorry," Tyler mumbled. "Well, are you?"
Caitie glanced at him. "Am I what?"
"Avoiding me?"
"I have no reason to be avoiding you," Caitie replied. "I don't see why you would care. Suddenly you're aware of my presence at school? I always thought that quote unquote 'goth sloths' like myself were inferior to the race of overachievers such as you."
Tyler sighed. "Don't do that."
"Do what?"
"I thought we were friends," he frowned.
"I had time to think about this over the weekend," Caitie informed him. "After I realized that the basis of our so-called friendship was pure and utter jealousy, I decided it wasn't really a healthy relationship."
"I thought you weren't jealous," Tyler smirked.
"That's irrelevant," Caitie interjected.
Tyler ignored her. "And...and that had nothing to do with us becoming friends."
"We saw a movie together," she sighed. "We didn't even pay attention to it, ok? So, just...pretend it didn't happen."
Tyler took a few steps closer to her. "What are you so afraid of?"
"Afraid? Of you?" Caitie laughed.
"Yeah, afraid," he replied. "I think you're afraid you might actually like me."
Caitie rolled her eyes. "Aren't you losing reputation points being around me?"
Tyler smiled and stepped back. "I'm right, aren't I?"
Caitie stared at him for a moment, before looking down. "Maybe."
"Maybe what?" Tyler asked innocently.
Caitie glared at him. "Ok. Ok! Maybe I do like you!" She gave him a look. "But only as a friend. I would never lower myself to dating one of you jocks."
Tyler beamed proudly.
"Ugh," Caitie muttered, looking disgusted. "I really need to see a shrink."
"Why do you need to see a shrink?" Val asked, walking up to Caitie and Tyler.
"Long story," Caitie mumbled.
"Hey Val," Tyler greeted her.
"Oh, hi," she smiled.
"So like, you never called me Friday night," Caitie informed Val, leaning back against the lockers.
"Oh! I'm so sorry," Val apologized. "I was out late."
"Really? A date?" Tyler asked curiously, pretending to be clueless.
"A date? No. No, not a date. I had a family...thing...to go to." Val concentrated on organizing the books in her locker.
Caitie exchanged a look with Tyler. "Was that after the movies?"
"No...that's where we went," Val replied.
"Oh, I see," Caitie nodded. "That's kind of funny, seeing as how you told me that I didn't know who you were with." She gave Val an irritated look.
"Well..." Val thought for a minute. "It's a little embarrassing, going to the movies with your family, you know? I just...I didn't want you to think that --"
Caitie interrupted her. "That you were at the movies with Jamie?"
Val's jaw dropped open. "How did you...?"
"I have my sources," Caitie pushed past Val, grabbing Tyler's arm as she did. "Tyler, weren't you supposed to help me with my Trig?"
"Huh?" Tyler blinked. "Oh yeah. We can go to my house if you want."
"It's a date," Caitie said loudly as they walked off.
Val stared after them, looking confused. "When did they become friends?"
by: Emilie Eden
Disclaimer: See part one.
Notes: Sorry it took so long to get this out!
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Tyler and Caitie walked out of the theater together silently, save for the sounds coming from Caitie's cup as she shook around her ice. After a minute, Tyler turned to Caitie.
"Do you need a ride home?"
Caitie nodded her head. "Yeah, if you don't mind."
"No problem." Tyler lead her to his car and they climbed in. Once again, the silence took over, until Caitie spoke up.
"So. What did you think of the movie?"
"It was okay. I didn't really understand it," he replied. "I mean, chick flick, you know? I don't think I have the right hormones to understand them."
Caitie nodded her head in agreement, before frowning. "Wait. Chick flick? I thought it was a slasher movie. Wasn't a guy running around with a knife or something?"
Tyler shrugged. "I have no idea." They exchanged a look, before laughing. "I guess we weren't paying too much attention to the movie."
"Yeah, I had my mind on other things," Caitie admitted. "You need to turn up here."
Tyler turned on the street she pointed to. "Val and Jamie?"
"Actually, me and you. Who would have thought we'd actually...get along."
"Pretty strange," Tyler agreed. "Maybe we can do this again sometime."
Caitie glanced over at him. "What, like, go to the movies?"
"I was thinking more along the lines of acting civil towards each other but, yeah, the movies would be cool, too."
"Maybe we can actually watch the movie this time," Caitie suggested. "Keep going straight until you reach the stop sign, then turn left."
A few minutes later, Tyler pulled into Caitie's driveway.
"Thanks for the ride," she said, looking over at him. "I had fun."
"Me too," Tyler smiled.
She sat there for a minute, then opened the car door and climbed out. "Ok. Bye." She walked up the driveway and to the front door. When she reached it she turned around. Seeing that Tyler was still in the driveway, she waved at him, then went inside.
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It wasn't until Monday at school that they saw each other again, when Tyler cornered Caitie at her locker.
"Are you avoiding me?"
Caitie looked at him, the look on her face a mix of surprise and pure disbelief. "You're kidding me, right?" She laughed, closing her locker door. "Why would I be avoiding you?"
"Well..." Tyler thought for a minute. "I don't know. Maybe you're mad at me or something. Girls are always doing stuff like that. Getting mad for no reason. I know I'll never understand it but..."
"You're babbling," she informed him.
"Right, sorry," Tyler mumbled. "Well, are you?"
Caitie glanced at him. "Am I what?"
"Avoiding me?"
"I have no reason to be avoiding you," Caitie replied. "I don't see why you would care. Suddenly you're aware of my presence at school? I always thought that quote unquote 'goth sloths' like myself were inferior to the race of overachievers such as you."
Tyler sighed. "Don't do that."
"Do what?"
"I thought we were friends," he frowned.
"I had time to think about this over the weekend," Caitie informed him. "After I realized that the basis of our so-called friendship was pure and utter jealousy, I decided it wasn't really a healthy relationship."
"I thought you weren't jealous," Tyler smirked.
"That's irrelevant," Caitie interjected.
Tyler ignored her. "And...and that had nothing to do with us becoming friends."
"We saw a movie together," she sighed. "We didn't even pay attention to it, ok? So, just...pretend it didn't happen."
Tyler took a few steps closer to her. "What are you so afraid of?"
"Afraid? Of you?" Caitie laughed.
"Yeah, afraid," he replied. "I think you're afraid you might actually like me."
Caitie rolled her eyes. "Aren't you losing reputation points being around me?"
Tyler smiled and stepped back. "I'm right, aren't I?"
Caitie stared at him for a moment, before looking down. "Maybe."
"Maybe what?" Tyler asked innocently.
Caitie glared at him. "Ok. Ok! Maybe I do like you!" She gave him a look. "But only as a friend. I would never lower myself to dating one of you jocks."
Tyler beamed proudly.
"Ugh," Caitie muttered, looking disgusted. "I really need to see a shrink."
"Why do you need to see a shrink?" Val asked, walking up to Caitie and Tyler.
"Long story," Caitie mumbled.
"Hey Val," Tyler greeted her.
"Oh, hi," she smiled.
"So like, you never called me Friday night," Caitie informed Val, leaning back against the lockers.
"Oh! I'm so sorry," Val apologized. "I was out late."
"Really? A date?" Tyler asked curiously, pretending to be clueless.
"A date? No. No, not a date. I had a family...thing...to go to." Val concentrated on organizing the books in her locker.
Caitie exchanged a look with Tyler. "Was that after the movies?"
"No...that's where we went," Val replied.
"Oh, I see," Caitie nodded. "That's kind of funny, seeing as how you told me that I didn't know who you were with." She gave Val an irritated look.
"Well..." Val thought for a minute. "It's a little embarrassing, going to the movies with your family, you know? I just...I didn't want you to think that --"
Caitie interrupted her. "That you were at the movies with Jamie?"
Val's jaw dropped open. "How did you...?"
"I have my sources," Caitie pushed past Val, grabbing Tyler's arm as she did. "Tyler, weren't you supposed to help me with my Trig?"
"Huh?" Tyler blinked. "Oh yeah. We can go to my house if you want."
"It's a date," Caitie said loudly as they walked off.
Val stared after them, looking confused. "When did they become friends?"