Plez let me know what you think of this one.
A Voice From the Past (cont.)
Catie opened
the fridge searching for something of substance. 'There's no way i'm eating
that!' She thought staring at the lone hamburger left on the table. Instead
she opted for some strawberry yogert that was hidden behing a few cans
of soda. After grabbing a soda, she headed for the living room.
She
smiled as the distince songs of "Oklahoma" filled her ears. "Tyler, please
don't tell me that you've given into this cliche," she said plopping onto
the couch.
"And
what cliche would that be?" He flashed her a bright smile and put his arm
around her shoulder.
"The
gay-men-love-musical-theater cliche," she said cheerfully.
"Let's
just call it a guilty pleasure," he replied, not taking his eyes of the
screen. "Besides you know you love it."
Catie
laughed and closed her eyes, letting the music consume her. She had decided
that choosing to live with Tyler was the best decision that she has made
in a long time. She was so glad to have found him again.
* ***FLASHBACK****
After she had finished art school
in Seatle, she had moved to LA to find work, and who should she run into
at a coffie shop but Tyler Connel. They sat and talked over their steaming
lattes for what seemed like an eternity.
Tyler told her all about his
shortlived football career at Notre Dame and his move to San Fransisco.
And that now he was moving to LA to take a job at an ad agency downtown,
the only problem was that he was having problems finding an apartment.
Catie asked him to move in with her right then and there.
****END FLASHBACK*****
Tyler was the perfect roommate, quiet, caring, and most of all clean. Granted he usually ended up hitting on her dates when the picked her up, but that was something that she was willing to live with. Catie was just happy to have someone to care about who cared about her. Suddenly an image of Jamie's face flashed in her mind. She cringed. Why had she let her mind concentrate on him, but it was too late to stop that now.
****FLASHBACK****
Kingsport High Graduation Class of 2003 (I think)
"Catie, wait up," Jamie called
across the footbal field, "I need to talk to you."
She spun around to see a cap
and gown clad jamie running tward her, diploma in hand. "What's up?" she
asked casually.
"Well....I.......ummmm...."
he stammered, wringing his hands nervously.
"Jamie what are you trying
to say?" she asked, searching his brown eyes for a hint of where he was
going with this.
"Nothing," he replied, a little
too quickly. Catie raised her eyebrows at him. "Ok the thing is," he continued,
"that I.... well..... here."
Before Catie could question
him, he leaned forward and pressed his warm lips to hers. 'finally' she
thought. hr eyes flicked shut and she returned the kiss. But, soon a striking
thought crossed through her mind, 'In less than a week you'll be thousands
of miles apart. You can't tell him that you love him and then disappear,
that's not fair to him. You'll only hurt him in the long run.'
As much as she hated to end
the perfect kiss, she pulled away from him, holding back tears. "We can't
do this, not now. We'll only end up hurting eash other. I'm sorry, but
we just have to...... walk away." That being said, she started to back
away from him.
He looked up to meet her eyes,
and even across the distance thst she had put between them, she could see
tears forming in the corners of his eyes. She couldn't take it anymore,
she turned her back to him. It took all her might to tear herself from
the spot where her feet were planted, but she souldn't stay.
Just as she reached the edge
of the field, Jamie's voice reached her ears, "Catie please......"
Against her better judgment
she turned to face him, blew him a kiss and then took off for home as fast
as her feet would carry her.
*****END FLASHBACK*******
That was the last time that
she had seen Jamie in five years. She had gone to Europe for the summer
and then toSeatle for school, and the last she heard about Jamie he was
at UCLA studying medicine.
Catie felt
a tear roll down her cheek as she was brought painfully back to reality.
The credits of "Oklahoma" were now scrolling quickly across the screen
and Tyler had walked over to turn off the set.
"You Ok?" he asked in a caring
voice. All Catie could manage in response was a shrug. His eyes perked
up as he turned tward the stareo, "I think that you need to dance," he
stated flatly, holding his hand out to her as the DJ's voice became audible.
Laughing, she got up and walked
tward him.
"Here's a slow one for all you lovers out there," the DJ said. Catie and
Tyler both crimged "Been
getting alot of calls for this one. So here you go. It's "If You Only Knew
by---"
'Well this sounds firmilular' Catie
couldn't help but think.
"Jamie Waite."
Catie and Tyler both stared at the
radio in shock. "Did he just say......?" Tyler broke the scilence.
"I think so," Catie replied
sinking back into the couch.
More are coming, that is if you want them, just
let me know. And i promise to fill you in on the other characters too.
pleze tell me what you think cuz i'm not sure if it still makes sense to
anyone out there. thanx