A/N: yeah, you guys deserve this chapter.ch.9 was sooooo long. This and
the "balcony scene" are my favorite chapters. You don't know HOW many
times I've pictured this happening while listening to this song. Oh, to be
Kat.
Disclaimer: I don't own ttihay. um, the song belongs to Bryan Adams.he's cool. Notice the "here I am" from last chapter was by him.
Andrew looked down into his pasta, and twirled the noodles around his fork. He absolutely hated Ella, but was happily surprised when David was so great to help him out. They were the only two that knew. Not even Joey knew about this trick. If there was any doubt in his mind, and there was, he knew he should have backed out. No one would ever be the wiser, and he would still have his pride. But he couldn't. Andrew needed the money, and he hated her glare implanted in his mind. And plus, a week of planting had gone into this.
So Andrew found the courage to look up. He didn't even have to search for David. David had been staring at him the entire lunch period, and getting nervous. Andrew only had ten more minutes to make up his mind. David released the breath he didn't even realize that he had been holding when he saw Andrew's eyes. He got up and walked to the attendant's office. He once again marveled at his forethought to get on the computer and change her schedule. "Would all faculty please come to front office. Thank you." He announced into the microphone.
While David was announcing in one microphone, Andrew was wandering over to another. When all the teachers in the lunchroom left, he flipped the lights.except one.
Kat, like everyone else in the cafeteria, laughed and whispered when the lights went out. But when the light above her table turned back on, she looked around nervously. What could be happening? She thought. But suddenly, horribly, she was shown the answer.
Andrew was smiling like the cat that ate the bird. And he was holding a microphone. He took the kareoke set and the largest speakers he owned out from under the table. Praying to God that this would work, he clicked PLAY on the tape recorder and turned away from the people. As Andrew waited for the music to begin - and his life to end- he couldn't help facing the reality of detention. But then his entrance came, and he turned around.
Andrew began to sing.
"Look into my eyes - you will see eyes up
What you mean to me (slight laughing from cafeteria)
Search your heart - search your soul
And when you find me there you'll search no more"
As he sang, he was looking at everyone, not Kat. Andrew couldn't even think to look up at her. She hates me. This is the stupidest thing I've ever done. Good job, Becker. He thought.
"Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for
You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for
You know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you"
Becker! He cried to himself. If you want the girl, you have to at least look at her! As he commanded, he dared to look up into Kat's eyes. And unexpectedly, he couldn't turn them away. Becker! He tried to tell himself. The girl is only a client. Don't get involv-
But it was too late. He saw it in her eyes as she laughed and covered her face. And how she looked right back at him. Katarina Stratford had just graduated back to friend. And Andrew thanked God for it.
"Look into my heart - you will find
There's nothin' there to hide"
Oh how he hated to lie.
"Take me as I am - take my life
I would give it all - I would sacrifice
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more
Ya know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you
There's no love - like your love
And no other - could give more love
There's nowhere - unless you're there
All the time - all the way"
As the musical break began, Andrew began to improvise. At first he told himself that he was going to stay a safe ten feet from anyone and concentrate on singing. But his ego got the better of him, and he slowly walked to Kat's table, making sure it took the entire 31 seconds. The next lines went by slower than the entire song three times over.
"Oh - you can't tell me it's not worth tryin' for"
Andrew took an empty chair and stepped onto it
"I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more"
He stepped up on the table
"I would fight for you - I'd lie for you"
On that, he had to turn away. The word "Lie" literally made Andrew feel sick.
"Walk the wire for you"
But he, trying to make it seem intentional, twisted around to face Kat.
"Ya I'd die for you"
Andrew got down on one knee for those words. At home, inside his own room, the words were just another part of the song. But here, as he sang them to Kat, he realized he meant them. He honestly meant them. This scared Andrew to death.but he was also thrilled, exhilarated, and overjoyed. He loved Kat. They just stared at each other. She knew it. Weather or not Kat felt it too; she knew what he was thinking.
"Ya know it's true"
Andrew stumbled over these words, almost forgetting the last two lines. The moment had been so intense.
"Everything I do - I do it for you"
Before the last notes of the song were played, All the lights came back on and the principal of Carter High School stood at the front of the cafeteria. "Andrew Becker." He deathly said. And that was it. Andrew turned off the microphone and set it down in front of Kat. Then he got off the table and walked bravely to the principal. The man put a gripping hand on Andrew's shoulder and lead him away "I don't know how you pulled this one off, Becker, but good luck getting out of it."
Andrew did not look back. He knew he was going to be caught, but he didn't know how heinous the punishment would be. He didn't care: it was worth it.
He had won Kat back.
Disclaimer: I don't own ttihay. um, the song belongs to Bryan Adams.he's cool. Notice the "here I am" from last chapter was by him.
Andrew looked down into his pasta, and twirled the noodles around his fork. He absolutely hated Ella, but was happily surprised when David was so great to help him out. They were the only two that knew. Not even Joey knew about this trick. If there was any doubt in his mind, and there was, he knew he should have backed out. No one would ever be the wiser, and he would still have his pride. But he couldn't. Andrew needed the money, and he hated her glare implanted in his mind. And plus, a week of planting had gone into this.
So Andrew found the courage to look up. He didn't even have to search for David. David had been staring at him the entire lunch period, and getting nervous. Andrew only had ten more minutes to make up his mind. David released the breath he didn't even realize that he had been holding when he saw Andrew's eyes. He got up and walked to the attendant's office. He once again marveled at his forethought to get on the computer and change her schedule. "Would all faculty please come to front office. Thank you." He announced into the microphone.
While David was announcing in one microphone, Andrew was wandering over to another. When all the teachers in the lunchroom left, he flipped the lights.except one.
Kat, like everyone else in the cafeteria, laughed and whispered when the lights went out. But when the light above her table turned back on, she looked around nervously. What could be happening? She thought. But suddenly, horribly, she was shown the answer.
Andrew was smiling like the cat that ate the bird. And he was holding a microphone. He took the kareoke set and the largest speakers he owned out from under the table. Praying to God that this would work, he clicked PLAY on the tape recorder and turned away from the people. As Andrew waited for the music to begin - and his life to end- he couldn't help facing the reality of detention. But then his entrance came, and he turned around.
Andrew began to sing.
"Look into my eyes - you will see eyes up
What you mean to me (slight laughing from cafeteria)
Search your heart - search your soul
And when you find me there you'll search no more"
As he sang, he was looking at everyone, not Kat. Andrew couldn't even think to look up at her. She hates me. This is the stupidest thing I've ever done. Good job, Becker. He thought.
"Don't tell me it's not worth tryin' for
You can't tell me it's not worth dyin' for
You know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you"
Becker! He cried to himself. If you want the girl, you have to at least look at her! As he commanded, he dared to look up into Kat's eyes. And unexpectedly, he couldn't turn them away. Becker! He tried to tell himself. The girl is only a client. Don't get involv-
But it was too late. He saw it in her eyes as she laughed and covered her face. And how she looked right back at him. Katarina Stratford had just graduated back to friend. And Andrew thanked God for it.
"Look into my heart - you will find
There's nothin' there to hide"
Oh how he hated to lie.
"Take me as I am - take my life
I would give it all - I would sacrifice
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more
Ya know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you
There's no love - like your love
And no other - could give more love
There's nowhere - unless you're there
All the time - all the way"
As the musical break began, Andrew began to improvise. At first he told himself that he was going to stay a safe ten feet from anyone and concentrate on singing. But his ego got the better of him, and he slowly walked to Kat's table, making sure it took the entire 31 seconds. The next lines went by slower than the entire song three times over.
"Oh - you can't tell me it's not worth tryin' for"
Andrew took an empty chair and stepped onto it
"I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more"
He stepped up on the table
"I would fight for you - I'd lie for you"
On that, he had to turn away. The word "Lie" literally made Andrew feel sick.
"Walk the wire for you"
But he, trying to make it seem intentional, twisted around to face Kat.
"Ya I'd die for you"
Andrew got down on one knee for those words. At home, inside his own room, the words were just another part of the song. But here, as he sang them to Kat, he realized he meant them. He honestly meant them. This scared Andrew to death.but he was also thrilled, exhilarated, and overjoyed. He loved Kat. They just stared at each other. She knew it. Weather or not Kat felt it too; she knew what he was thinking.
"Ya know it's true"
Andrew stumbled over these words, almost forgetting the last two lines. The moment had been so intense.
"Everything I do - I do it for you"
Before the last notes of the song were played, All the lights came back on and the principal of Carter High School stood at the front of the cafeteria. "Andrew Becker." He deathly said. And that was it. Andrew turned off the microphone and set it down in front of Kat. Then he got off the table and walked bravely to the principal. The man put a gripping hand on Andrew's shoulder and lead him away "I don't know how you pulled this one off, Becker, but good luck getting out of it."
Andrew did not look back. He knew he was going to be caught, but he didn't know how heinous the punishment would be. He didn't care: it was worth it.
He had won Kat back.