I Disclaim

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The Loser's Club Ch.6

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Kay had to get out of the house, the look on Reese's' face when she broke up with him, had been heartbreaking. He had begged, pleaded, and cried, but in the end she couldn't keep using the way she had been. Once upon a time Reese had been her friend, not just the means to an end, and she wanted that back.

Looking around she wonders how she got to the dock without realizing, and sits down by a stack of crates and watches the boats as they dock, with the sun setting in the background.

Brian had seen her walking towards the dock, but had told him self that he shouldn't say anything to her, after all on some level Luis was right. He shouldn't spend any time with Kay, he was a bad influence with a lousy track record when it cam to love, but she had the look on her face again. Sitting there staring at the sea she looked so alone, was it any wonder why he couldn't just leave her there.

"Hey Bennet." Brian settled his packages on his hip as he walked toward the morose woman on the crate.

The sound of his voice put a smile on her face she knew it wasn't Luis or Miguel, she now knew although their voices sounded similar Brian's had a special quality that she couldn't name. It was a combination of confidence and charm, and even trying to decipher it in her head Kay thought it sounded stupid, but she would swear to Father Lonigan that that was what it was. "Lopez-Fitzgerald."

Brian stayed out of her sight." Yeah, but do you know which one?"

"The annoying one." Kay turned and caught his smile. " Brian, what a shock."

"Yeah, I'm sure it is, what are you doing out here, it's getting kind late."

Kay leaves the crate and stand in front of him, narrowing her eyes causing him to take a step back. " I'm too old to have a curfew, Brian."

"Hey." Brian puts a hand on her shoulder." I'm was just going to say that it gets kinda chilly at a night down here." He removes the hand and throws it out in gesture of surrendering. "I swear I know you are perfectly capable of handling yourself."

 "Thank you, but I needed to leave the house." Kay raises an eyebrow and looks at him. " Why do people seem so concerned whenever we get together, you known something I don't know."

Brian gave a lopsided grin as he bite his tongue; Kay wasn't ready to know all the things he knew that she didn't. "It's probably because I'm the black sheep."

" Well, my coats just as dark."

"I believe you." Brian sees the lights on the pier come on and gets an idea. "Kay would you like to join me for dinner on my boat?"

The first thought that went through her head was grin was too sexy to be legal, the next was that if anyone found out about this she would be locked in her room for months with Luis standing guard out side her door, but as soon as she looked into his hazel eyes she could barley remember her name, much less a reason to say no. "Depends, what's for dinner?"

"I'm going to fry some chicken, and have some mashed potatoes, but not the healthy kind." Brian leaned over and held out his arm, sure what her answer was going to be.

"You had me at fried chicken." Kay takes his outstretched arm as he leads her to the small boat docked near a yacht. 

As he helps Kay onto the boat Brian begins to feel a tingling sensation in his hands and notices how the feeling is located in a spot that is touching Kay. Shaking off the thought Brian jumps on the boat and leads her downstairs to his living quarters, which is basically a just a large room with a small kitchen in the corner next to a smaller table and a bed that takes up too much of the room. Suddenly thinking what his brothers would say if they saw the scene, Brian turns to suggest something else, but sees Kay's smile tells the voice in his head to shut up.

"Sorry about the living conditions, this place is just temporary."

"Don't apologize, I like your place, it has character." Kay steps in a notes that only real place to sit is his bed. Ignoring that fact that she was actually sitting on Brian's bed, where he slept, she focused on him as he moved around the small kitchen fixing dinner. "Do you need to help?"

"Naw, I got it." Brian looked backed told himself that Kay didn't look perfect sitting there perched on his bed, but he knew he was lying to himself. She did look perfect there, but he shouldn't be thinking it, and he definitely couldn't act on it that would really get him killed.

" So, how are you doing Kay, I haven't corrupted you have I?"

"No, I was a black sheep, before you came back." "But I did sign up for some summer classes today at Harmony Community, I want to be prepared for when I start CC in the fall."

"CC?"

"Castleton College."

"That's a good school." Brian took turns watching the chicken and watching Kay from the corner of his eye, he puts the mash potatoes mix in the microwave and turns it on. "Do you know what you're going to major in, or is it too soon to tell?"

"I know, I just don't know if I can tell you."

Brian brings his head up, and gasps in phony shock. "Not tell me, I'm a member of the Loser's club, what happened to our sacred bond."

Kay watches with amusement, and can't really find a reason not to tell him, he wasn't Miguel or Reese, so he wouldn't give all the reason why it was silly, and not Jessica or Simone, he wouldn't automatically assume that she was doing to get Miguel. For some strange reason she was sure that Brian was going to support her decision." I'm going to major in Architecture."

"Really, that's great." Brian's smile was genuine as he looked at Kay, if none thing else she was determined. "So, someday you'll probably be my boss." Brian set the cooked chicken on the plates he took from the cabinet, and began scooping the mash potatoes on the plates. "Food's on."

Kay moved off the bed and into the small kitchen to take her plate from Brian and sits down at the small table across from him. "This looks good."

"I'm surprised that you wanted to eat with me, I thought for sure your mother's home cooking would seem better then this."

"You have obviously never eaten my mother's food." Kay raises an eyebrow. "Have you ever heard of Tomato Soup Cake?"

Brain dropped his fork, as he thought back." Tomato Soup doesn't go in a cake?"

"That's what we've been saying for years, but she never listens." Kat takes a bite of the chicken and groans. "This is really good, I can see why you didn't go to Pilar's for dinner. "

"Yeah, this and my brothers is a good excuse to stay home." Brian sees a crumb on Kay's cheek, puts his hand to her face to remove it, but coming into to contact with Kay soft skin made him forget his original intention, this close to her he can't help but wonder what her rosy lips would taste like. " I gonna kiss you unless you tell me to stop."

Kay's answer was to leans and grazes his lips with her own, she moved to do again, but Brian held her head and settled his lips on hers more firmly, and Kay lost all coherent thought. The only thing that she could think was that if kissing was a family trait, that Miguel had definitely been skipped, because kissing Brian was like every metaphor she ever heard to describe kissing, she saw fireworks, bombs, and felt the earth shattered.

Brian was in heaven, and he had no plan to leave her lips, that was until he heard a cell phone ringing.  Pulling back he looked at Kay, and smiled at the glazed look she had in her eye. "I think that's you."

"Huh…" Kay snapped her eyes open when she realized that Brian was talking to her, feeling for her phone she pulled it out of her pocket, and answered the phone. "What?!"

"Kay? It's Miguel."

Kay rolled her eyes and mouthed 'Miguel' to Brian, before trying to remove the anger from her voice. "What's up?"

"We're just wondering where you and Reese are, we're at your house holding dinner for you guys."

"I already ate, and I haven't seen Reese since he left my house hours ago."

"Oh, well I guess we'll just see you when you get here."

"Yeah, don't wait up." Kay hung up the phone not waiting to hear his comments, and turned to look at Brian with a frown on her face.

"What's wrong?" Brian waited with baited breath hoping it wasn't regret for their kiss.

"Miguel said they can't find Reese, but he left hours ago, and I feeling a little worried considering the last thing I said to him."

"What did you say?"

"I broke up with him."

Brian rubbed her shoulder and smiled at her. "I'm sure he's fine, he just doesn't want to be around people right now."

"Yeah, I hope so."

Sitting there on the park bench Reese called himself all types of names. "I should have known that someone like Kay could never really love me." "God, I'm such a fool."

"Reese, is that you?" Simone had been on her way to see Chad at the Book Café when she decided to go through the park; the sound of muffled crying had drawn her toward the lake where they ice skated during the winter. "Reese?"

"Go away Simone, I'm not in the mood." Reese didn't want anyone to know how stupid he was yet; he needed at least a day to hide his shame.

"I'm not going to leave you when you're obviously upset." Simone took the seat beside him and wondered what it was that would make Reese Durkee cry, until she remember her best friend Kay and her strange behavior." Kay broke up with you?

"Yeah." Reese wiped his eyes and looked at his friend. "You knew it was coming."

"Reese, I'm sorry. " "If it helps, I think you would be better for Kay then Miguel ever could."

Reese head snapped up at the mention of his best friend. "What does Miguel have to do with our break up?"