Hey howdie do! This will be the last chapter, not so long of a story, I know, but oh wells. It didn't really click with me. Thanks for reading!
Catty felt the undeniable calling of sleep upon her, but she managed to reach to her bedside table and pick up her cordless phone. Recalling the numbers as she dialed, she punched in Vanessa's cell phone number.
"Hello?!" Vanessa's worried voice answered the phone after the first ring.
"Hey." Catty replied in a lazy, groggy voice.
"Catty!" Vanessa shouted once she recognized her best friend's voice. "Oh my God! What happened to you?"
"I can't explain now." She said shortly, "can you come over?"
Vanessa said yes immediately and was on her way with the other Daughters, all who were doing detective work on Catty's freaky disappearance.
When they all arrived, Catty revealed what had happened when she was pulled through the black tunnel that afternoon. She found her self leaving out the part where Tymmie had brushed a kiss on her lips before he left her. Why didn't she want them to know? Why was it so important she keep it from them?
"Way to go Catty!" Tianna rejoiced. "Holding her own against the evil Atrox, all by herself! That's amazing!" Tianna slapped Catty on the back, looking proud of her friend.
"I'm just glad you're okay." Vanessa said again, a smile showing through her blatant worry.
Jimena smiled, too, and held up her car keys. "How about going out for ice cream to celebrate Catty's stunning victory?"
The girls hooted in response. "Or is Catty too tired from her ordeal to go out for Milky Way ice cream?"
"Never!" Catty yelled with sudden energy. "Let me just go wash my face and change my cloths." She ran upstairs as Jimena shouted that they would be waiting in the car for her.
Catty looked up from her hot damp washcloth and looked into the mirror. She jumped as she noticed Serena's reflection standing behind her. Catty laughed at the unnerving moment.
"Sorry." Serena murmured. "I just needed to ask you something."
"Sure, anything." Catty turned and faced her friend with a smile.
"What's really been going on?" Serena asked in a comforting voice. "I know there is more to it than you led on." She put her hands on Catty's shoulders and forced eye contact. "What is it you are hiding? I could look, but I'd rather you would just tell me."
Catty sighed and a single tear rolled down her cheek. "You're right." She took a long breath in and confided in Serena the whole story, including kisses and feelings.
"What's going on?" Catty asked her as they made there way down the steps. "Why did I feel that way for a Follower?" She said in half disgust. "No offense." She added sheepishly, noting Serena's blush.
"It's just that, well, Chris. He and I…" Catty tried to explain, not very articulately.
"It's okay," Serena broke in. "I know what you mean. It was just attraction to Tymmie. Chris being gone and all, it's hard on you. You need that sort of spark." Serena said with a wicked smile on her face.
"We could all use a little heated passion in our lives every now and then. And who wouldn't want a passion with a hot bad ass?" Serena finished.
Catty and Serena broke into giggles as they climbed into Jimena's car.