Here's chapter 2 please R&R and thanx for the previous ones. J Oh and this takes place (the story) when Angela and Shawn were broken up, but she's not gone.
"Eric what are you doing here?" Cory asks opening the door and finding a depressed looking Eric outside.
"I was coming over, Topanga invited me over for dinner." Eric explains "Why were you just leaving?"
"Oh a friend of Topanga's left this" Cory replies holding up a purse "I was going to try and catch her?"
"Kate?"
"No. No." Cory shakes his head furiously "Kate who? I don't know Kate."
"Kate Winters, look Cory you don't have to try and protect me I bumped into her on her way out."
"Oh." Cory replies dropping his act. "What happened?"
"She freaked on me."
"She freaked out in here when I asked for an explanation for…."
"Her standing me up? Why would you to that?" Eric demands
"She owes you one, and you know you want one."
"No, that was none of your business Core-"
"Don't tell me you never wondered why, the girl you loved and you know she felt the same way could just stand you up like that and leave you cold."
Eric looks at Cory with an icy look on his face before shaking his head and leaving.
"Eric wait-" Cory calls uselessly as Eric disappears from where he came from.
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Kate looks around the crowded student lounge looking for a seat, she spots and open table and sits down just as another girl sits down. Both girls stand back up and apologize.
"Why don't we just share the table, as much as I wanted to be alone, I don't really want to be alone."
Kate bites her lip "All right" She agrees "I'm Kate."
"Angela" She reaches across and shakes her hand. "You're in Feeny's class with me right?"
"Yea, I think so." Kate sips her coffee "You weren't there today."
"I couldn't bring myself to." Angela sighs
"Why not?"
"Men." Cmae Angela's single word answer
"Want to talk about it?" Kate offers
"Well I was dating this guy, but I don't think it can work, so I broke up with him and it was basically mutual. And I was doing fine and then I saw him, with this girl the other day, two girls actually. Just hanging all over him and he was all happy about it. It made me sick."
Kate creases her brow in recollection of that day "You're not talking about Shawn Hunter are you?"
"Yea I am, how did you know?"
"Well I was in here the other day when that was happening." Kate explains "I'm really sorry that must of been hard to see."
"It was, but I'll get over it. So what's your story?"
"My story?" Kate blinks
"Yea, no one comes to the lounge at night alone unless there's a story behind it, so what's yours?"
"I ran into some people from my past I wished I could of forgotten about. It was just like I expected- not good."
"Men?" Angela guesses
"Got it in one." Kate replies
"Well come on, I want details I gave you details." Angela urges
"How come you don't think I'm all stuck up like some people do?" Kate asks suddenly
"Cause people tend to think the same about me at times, because of my father having money and having good rank, and I don't like to judge people, I'd rather get an impression first hand. Now details please?"
"You know Eric?"
"Eric Matthews? Weird, crazy Eric?"
"Yea, he's not like that all the time, if you really go to know him." Kate sighs "I broke his heart from what I hear, I stood him up on our first and last date. It was a few years ago. Cory flipped out on me tonight about it."
"Why did you stand Eric up?"
"Do you remember that paper we wrote for Feeny? The one on the moment that changed out lives? I wrote about the day my cousin died of cancer."
"Oh no that wasn't that day was it?" Angela asks wide-eyed
"No. She had died years ealier. I really should of written about the day I stood Eric up but I didn't have to courage to, that was really the day that changed my life."
"What happened that day?" Angela asks softely
Kate taps her hand on the table. "I went to the doctors, to get a check up and they discovered I had lukemia, in my knee. I could only think of my cousins fate at that point and how hard everything had been for her. I forgot all about how she always had a smile on her face and was in a good mood. I couldn't face Eric that night and I didn't want to explain after, I got pulled from school for a while after that. I think he thought it was because of him. I couldn't tell him, I told some friends but I made them swear not to tell him."
"If he cared that much about you. Why wouldn't you be honest with him?"
"I guess it's like you telling Shawn you don't mind the break-up when you do, because you don't want to make him or worry or think too much into it."
"That's not the same." Angela protests "You were sick, I wasn't"
"We were both hurt by restricting outselves from what we really wanted to protect the guys we cared so much about." Kate points out "I think you should talk to Shawn."
"What about you and Eric?"
"That was over a long time ago." Kate says waving her hand as though to brush aside the thought
"I'll make a deal, I'll talk to Shawn if you talk to Eric. Just make amends with him, you don't have to tell him everything." Angela offers
"All right." Kate agrees after some thought "I'll do it."
"When?" Angela asks trying to conceal her excitement
"Tomorrow, we can call them tonight and make the plans." Kate says
"Or we can call them tonight explain and make plans for tomorrow."
Kate sighs "All right, let's do this. My dorm?"
"Lead the way" Angela agrees cementing the girls friendship
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"Just dial girl" Angela urges Kate on, lounging on Kate's comfortable bed in her spacious dorm. "Nice dorm you got by the way, no roommate lucky. Dial."
"I am, I am." Kate mutters pounding away at the numbers. "Hi is Eric there?" She asks nervously secretly hoping he wasn't. "Eric? It's me, uh Kate. Don't say anything yet, I wanted to know if we can get together and talk……hello?" Kate asks biting her lip "What? Yea you can talk now…." A wide smile spreads across her face "When?" She looks at Angela for help "Now? It's only 8, all right. Room 427, yea that's right. OK bye."
"So is he coming?" Angela asks
"Yea, now call Shawn." Kate thrusts the phone towards her.
"All right." Angela grabs the phone and dials appearing much more calm then Kate did. "I can't" She whispers handing the phone to Kate while it was ringing.
Kate gave her a dirty look and was about to comment when she heard someone answer "Shawn? It's Kate, yes from before……can you come to my dorm I have someone here who wants to talk to you…..no I'm not kidding. You will? All right #427, yea ok, all right, bye."
"Well?" Angela asks
"I cannot believe you did that to me!" Kate exclaims "But yes he's coming."
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"Eric?" Shawn asks coming up to room 427 "What are you doing here?"
"Kate asked me to come over, I don't know what to expect though." Eric replies jittery
"Why are you nervous? Just go in." Shawn urges pushing past Eric and knocking on the door.
Kate swung the door open "You're both here! Come in!" She opens the door wider so they can get past her.
"Angela?" Shawn asks a mixture of joy and confusion in his voice. "What's going on?"
"We need to talk, I need to talk, to be honest with you." Angela takes a deep breath
"Wait, since when are you two friends?" Eric interuppts
"Since an hour ago, let me talk." Angela retorts "I miss you, and I don't like being without you. I want you in my life. I feel like a part of me is missing without you." Angela says avoiding Shawn's eyes
"What are you saying that you want to get back together?" Shawn asks softly
"I'm saying…. I guess I'm saying I love you." Angela smiles
"Do you really?" Shawn asks
"Yea I really do."
"So you want to try this again?"
"I know it wont be easy and-"
"Do you want to try again?" Shawn repeats
Angela nods "Yea, I do."
"Then let's try it again." Shawn hugs her tightly
"That was too easy" Kate mutters loud enough so only Angela hears
"We still loved each other though that's why." Angela explains "Eric will understand give him a chance."
"I'll understand what?" Eric asks
"That I never meant to hurt you that night, remember Allie?" Kate asks
"Your cousin that died of cancer?" Eric questions
"Yea, and remember how I used to talk about her?"
"That she was always so happy, despite everything that was going on, she was always smiling. And when she died you felt like she was finally alive because she could live without pain." Eric says quietly
"Yea." Kate nods looking down.
"Tell him." Angela urges
"No." Kate shakes her head. "The night we were supposed to go out, it all caught up with me, and I couldn't talk to you about it, and I didn't want to explain later. So I didn't"
Angela looks away trying to conceal her expression. Shawn catches it, but says nothing.
"You could of talked to me about anything." Eric replies hurt, but hiding it with anger.
"I couldn't Eric, not that. I was a hypocrite."
"Why can't you? It's years later, it wont make a difference, not now."
"I can't, don't ask me too." Kate pleads
"I got to go." Eric gets up and leaves.
"Shawn stop him, he can't be mad at her." Angela urges him
"I can't Angela, I just can't, after all that all she can do is call him in here and give him crap? I can't I'm sorry. I should go, but call me tomorrow." Shawn gets up and leaves as well
"I'll be right back." Angela promises Kate
Angela goes after Shawn. "Shawn don't do this, you don't even understand the half of it."
"So make me understand Angela." Shawn tells her "Help me out here, let me see it from her point of view. I remember that day, I was there. I never saw someone so hurt."
"And I never saw someone as hurt as she was, ok?"
"Why?" Shawn asks his voice softening.
"I promised." Angela says backing off
"Angela please." Shawn takes her hand. "Maybe we can fix this."
"I can't just betray her trust like that."
"So what if we don't tell her I know?" Shawn reasons
Angela hesitates
"Angela?"
"She had, has lukemia. In her knee. She found out the day she was supposed to go out with him. She didn't want to tell him or face him the next day so she pulled away. She had to leave school for a while for treatments." Angela says softly as though someone were listening
"Oh man, I didn't even think it could of been something like this." Shawn runs his hand through his hair. "Is she ok now?"
"Hurt, but ok as far as I know. Shawn you can't mention this to anyone." Angela reminds him
"You have to get her to tell Eric." Shawn tells her "He needs to know."
"I know that, but that's not something easy to say."
"She told you." Shawn points out
"She needed someone to talk to, and I didn't attack the way Cory had. I listened and that's what she needed."
"So what do we do?" Shawn asks "We can't let Eric walk around like this"
"And we can't let her keep this from him." Angela finishes
"Then we need a plan." Shawn states "We need to figure out what to do, together." He smiles taking her hand into his.
"Together." Angela echoes "We'll figure something out."
To be continued, soon please R&R thanx!
"Eric what are you doing here?" Cory asks opening the door and finding a depressed looking Eric outside.
"I was coming over, Topanga invited me over for dinner." Eric explains "Why were you just leaving?"
"Oh a friend of Topanga's left this" Cory replies holding up a purse "I was going to try and catch her?"
"Kate?"
"No. No." Cory shakes his head furiously "Kate who? I don't know Kate."
"Kate Winters, look Cory you don't have to try and protect me I bumped into her on her way out."
"Oh." Cory replies dropping his act. "What happened?"
"She freaked on me."
"She freaked out in here when I asked for an explanation for…."
"Her standing me up? Why would you to that?" Eric demands
"She owes you one, and you know you want one."
"No, that was none of your business Core-"
"Don't tell me you never wondered why, the girl you loved and you know she felt the same way could just stand you up like that and leave you cold."
Eric looks at Cory with an icy look on his face before shaking his head and leaving.
"Eric wait-" Cory calls uselessly as Eric disappears from where he came from.
*************
Kate looks around the crowded student lounge looking for a seat, she spots and open table and sits down just as another girl sits down. Both girls stand back up and apologize.
"Why don't we just share the table, as much as I wanted to be alone, I don't really want to be alone."
Kate bites her lip "All right" She agrees "I'm Kate."
"Angela" She reaches across and shakes her hand. "You're in Feeny's class with me right?"
"Yea, I think so." Kate sips her coffee "You weren't there today."
"I couldn't bring myself to." Angela sighs
"Why not?"
"Men." Cmae Angela's single word answer
"Want to talk about it?" Kate offers
"Well I was dating this guy, but I don't think it can work, so I broke up with him and it was basically mutual. And I was doing fine and then I saw him, with this girl the other day, two girls actually. Just hanging all over him and he was all happy about it. It made me sick."
Kate creases her brow in recollection of that day "You're not talking about Shawn Hunter are you?"
"Yea I am, how did you know?"
"Well I was in here the other day when that was happening." Kate explains "I'm really sorry that must of been hard to see."
"It was, but I'll get over it. So what's your story?"
"My story?" Kate blinks
"Yea, no one comes to the lounge at night alone unless there's a story behind it, so what's yours?"
"I ran into some people from my past I wished I could of forgotten about. It was just like I expected- not good."
"Men?" Angela guesses
"Got it in one." Kate replies
"Well come on, I want details I gave you details." Angela urges
"How come you don't think I'm all stuck up like some people do?" Kate asks suddenly
"Cause people tend to think the same about me at times, because of my father having money and having good rank, and I don't like to judge people, I'd rather get an impression first hand. Now details please?"
"You know Eric?"
"Eric Matthews? Weird, crazy Eric?"
"Yea, he's not like that all the time, if you really go to know him." Kate sighs "I broke his heart from what I hear, I stood him up on our first and last date. It was a few years ago. Cory flipped out on me tonight about it."
"Why did you stand Eric up?"
"Do you remember that paper we wrote for Feeny? The one on the moment that changed out lives? I wrote about the day my cousin died of cancer."
"Oh no that wasn't that day was it?" Angela asks wide-eyed
"No. She had died years ealier. I really should of written about the day I stood Eric up but I didn't have to courage to, that was really the day that changed my life."
"What happened that day?" Angela asks softely
Kate taps her hand on the table. "I went to the doctors, to get a check up and they discovered I had lukemia, in my knee. I could only think of my cousins fate at that point and how hard everything had been for her. I forgot all about how she always had a smile on her face and was in a good mood. I couldn't face Eric that night and I didn't want to explain after, I got pulled from school for a while after that. I think he thought it was because of him. I couldn't tell him, I told some friends but I made them swear not to tell him."
"If he cared that much about you. Why wouldn't you be honest with him?"
"I guess it's like you telling Shawn you don't mind the break-up when you do, because you don't want to make him or worry or think too much into it."
"That's not the same." Angela protests "You were sick, I wasn't"
"We were both hurt by restricting outselves from what we really wanted to protect the guys we cared so much about." Kate points out "I think you should talk to Shawn."
"What about you and Eric?"
"That was over a long time ago." Kate says waving her hand as though to brush aside the thought
"I'll make a deal, I'll talk to Shawn if you talk to Eric. Just make amends with him, you don't have to tell him everything." Angela offers
"All right." Kate agrees after some thought "I'll do it."
"When?" Angela asks trying to conceal her excitement
"Tomorrow, we can call them tonight and make the plans." Kate says
"Or we can call them tonight explain and make plans for tomorrow."
Kate sighs "All right, let's do this. My dorm?"
"Lead the way" Angela agrees cementing the girls friendship
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"Just dial girl" Angela urges Kate on, lounging on Kate's comfortable bed in her spacious dorm. "Nice dorm you got by the way, no roommate lucky. Dial."
"I am, I am." Kate mutters pounding away at the numbers. "Hi is Eric there?" She asks nervously secretly hoping he wasn't. "Eric? It's me, uh Kate. Don't say anything yet, I wanted to know if we can get together and talk……hello?" Kate asks biting her lip "What? Yea you can talk now…." A wide smile spreads across her face "When?" She looks at Angela for help "Now? It's only 8, all right. Room 427, yea that's right. OK bye."
"So is he coming?" Angela asks
"Yea, now call Shawn." Kate thrusts the phone towards her.
"All right." Angela grabs the phone and dials appearing much more calm then Kate did. "I can't" She whispers handing the phone to Kate while it was ringing.
Kate gave her a dirty look and was about to comment when she heard someone answer "Shawn? It's Kate, yes from before……can you come to my dorm I have someone here who wants to talk to you…..no I'm not kidding. You will? All right #427, yea ok, all right, bye."
"Well?" Angela asks
"I cannot believe you did that to me!" Kate exclaims "But yes he's coming."
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"Eric?" Shawn asks coming up to room 427 "What are you doing here?"
"Kate asked me to come over, I don't know what to expect though." Eric replies jittery
"Why are you nervous? Just go in." Shawn urges pushing past Eric and knocking on the door.
Kate swung the door open "You're both here! Come in!" She opens the door wider so they can get past her.
"Angela?" Shawn asks a mixture of joy and confusion in his voice. "What's going on?"
"We need to talk, I need to talk, to be honest with you." Angela takes a deep breath
"Wait, since when are you two friends?" Eric interuppts
"Since an hour ago, let me talk." Angela retorts "I miss you, and I don't like being without you. I want you in my life. I feel like a part of me is missing without you." Angela says avoiding Shawn's eyes
"What are you saying that you want to get back together?" Shawn asks softly
"I'm saying…. I guess I'm saying I love you." Angela smiles
"Do you really?" Shawn asks
"Yea I really do."
"So you want to try this again?"
"I know it wont be easy and-"
"Do you want to try again?" Shawn repeats
Angela nods "Yea, I do."
"Then let's try it again." Shawn hugs her tightly
"That was too easy" Kate mutters loud enough so only Angela hears
"We still loved each other though that's why." Angela explains "Eric will understand give him a chance."
"I'll understand what?" Eric asks
"That I never meant to hurt you that night, remember Allie?" Kate asks
"Your cousin that died of cancer?" Eric questions
"Yea, and remember how I used to talk about her?"
"That she was always so happy, despite everything that was going on, she was always smiling. And when she died you felt like she was finally alive because she could live without pain." Eric says quietly
"Yea." Kate nods looking down.
"Tell him." Angela urges
"No." Kate shakes her head. "The night we were supposed to go out, it all caught up with me, and I couldn't talk to you about it, and I didn't want to explain later. So I didn't"
Angela looks away trying to conceal her expression. Shawn catches it, but says nothing.
"You could of talked to me about anything." Eric replies hurt, but hiding it with anger.
"I couldn't Eric, not that. I was a hypocrite."
"Why can't you? It's years later, it wont make a difference, not now."
"I can't, don't ask me too." Kate pleads
"I got to go." Eric gets up and leaves.
"Shawn stop him, he can't be mad at her." Angela urges him
"I can't Angela, I just can't, after all that all she can do is call him in here and give him crap? I can't I'm sorry. I should go, but call me tomorrow." Shawn gets up and leaves as well
"I'll be right back." Angela promises Kate
Angela goes after Shawn. "Shawn don't do this, you don't even understand the half of it."
"So make me understand Angela." Shawn tells her "Help me out here, let me see it from her point of view. I remember that day, I was there. I never saw someone so hurt."
"And I never saw someone as hurt as she was, ok?"
"Why?" Shawn asks his voice softening.
"I promised." Angela says backing off
"Angela please." Shawn takes her hand. "Maybe we can fix this."
"I can't just betray her trust like that."
"So what if we don't tell her I know?" Shawn reasons
Angela hesitates
"Angela?"
"She had, has lukemia. In her knee. She found out the day she was supposed to go out with him. She didn't want to tell him or face him the next day so she pulled away. She had to leave school for a while for treatments." Angela says softly as though someone were listening
"Oh man, I didn't even think it could of been something like this." Shawn runs his hand through his hair. "Is she ok now?"
"Hurt, but ok as far as I know. Shawn you can't mention this to anyone." Angela reminds him
"You have to get her to tell Eric." Shawn tells her "He needs to know."
"I know that, but that's not something easy to say."
"She told you." Shawn points out
"She needed someone to talk to, and I didn't attack the way Cory had. I listened and that's what she needed."
"So what do we do?" Shawn asks "We can't let Eric walk around like this"
"And we can't let her keep this from him." Angela finishes
"Then we need a plan." Shawn states "We need to figure out what to do, together." He smiles taking her hand into his.
"Together." Angela echoes "We'll figure something out."
To be continued, soon please R&R thanx!