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Chapter 6


Kitty tapped her fingers on her desk. It was five minutes before lunch and with every second, she grew a little more nervous. Why had they fought like that? How would she resolve the issue? Her brow creased. She didn't want to just drop Kurt and Scott nor Toad or Lance. The teacher droned on in the background, but she was to focused on her own problems to listen.

'I will just go and ask Toad why they all acted like that.' she decided, gathering her things.

For some reason she thought she'd feel more comfortable talking about it to him than anyone else. Maybe it was because he was the only person here she did not have a crush on, well except Scott. After she saw the way that he had looked at Jean, how stiff and frustrated he was when Duncan was around... She certain Scott liked Jean.

Kitty shivered as through a wind passed in the still room. She still was completely creeped out and frightened of Duncan. She usually just ignored people like him, but he still managed to invade her thoughts. The way he gazed at her made her feel dirty; she got the urge to run home and scrub her skin until it fell off. It made her nauseous to know that she and Duncan would share chemistry for the rest of the semester...

In the background, her teacher finished his lecture, advising them to pack up, but Kitty only returned to reality when the bell erupted from the hallway. She soon exited her class room, waving goodbye to acquaintances that she had made, and she searched the hall for the person she was looking for.

"Toad!" she yelled to her acrobatic friend. It had taken a full fifteen minutes to track him down. He continued down the hallway however, as if her hadn't heard her. She ran over to him, grasping his shoulder.

He wrenched himself out of her grip. "Get away from me," he said without looking at her.

"Toad, why are you acting like this?" she asked, suprised by his actions. The hurt showed in her eyes.

'Don't look at her... If you look at her, you'll give in.' he told himself.

After he said nothing, and continued to ignore, she spoke once more; almost in a whisper.

"Toad?"

Toad mentally sighed. That was it. He couldn't even betray her voice. He looked at her and replied with a question,

"Why are you hanging around with them?"

"Why do you hate them?" she responded, staring into his eyes.

"Because... Look if you like them so much, why don't you go back and hang with them? I'm obviously not good enough for you."

"Why would you say that?" Kitty asked, recoiling from the remark. "Why would you think that I thought that? Toad right know you are, like, my best friend. You were the first person I met here, the first person who was nice to me. I mean, if I can't get you to change your mind about them, fine, but don't stop being my friend just because I am friends with them too..."

Toad sat a little stunned by what she said. He opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. Kitty reached out and grabbed his hand.

"Please stay my friend," she pleaded.

Toad looked at the intensity in her eyes. And he let go of what was left of his resolve to abandon her, to abandon the way she made him feel.

"Okay, I will," he said, but in his heart, he wanted more than that...




*Read and review* I wanted to write more but I don't want to mess up what I just made! Again really sorry for the shortness factor! Oh and voice your opinions! If you think it could be improved tell me so! ThanX!