Chapter 3
The next morning Katherine woke-up still in her day clothes. She had sobbed herself to sleep, her Build-A-Bear in her arms. She didn't know quite why she had been crying, she just was.
Her alarm clock read 10:30. Katie threw on a pair of hip-huggers and a baby-blue camisole with little pink-roses on it. She brushed out her auburn hair and pulled it back into a French braid. Putting in pink rose earrings and throwing a bunch of make-up into her purse she headed out, telling her parents she was going to brunch with Claire.
Once inside her ruby PT Cruiser Katherine pulled out her French braid, letting her hair go wild. She pulled over at a Texaco gas station and put on her mauve lipstick and white powder. She didn't cover her face with the powder the way most "Outsiders" did. She just liked to lighten her complexion. She ran her fingers through her hair, the crimson highlights looking as radiant as ever in the sunlight, and pulled out to meet Jade at the mall.
"You're late kid." Jade called as Katie approached the front doors of the mall.
"Don't sound like my father." Katie called back.
Katherine bit her lip and checked her watch, which read 11:08. Eight minutes late. She didn't know Jade as well as she thought she did, and she didn't know how she felt about time. When she finally reached Jade, her stomach did flip-flops.
"You got your wallet chic?" Jade casually questioned.
"Y-Y-Yeas." Katie spoke "I mean, yes"
"Good, but the bug's gonna be my treat" Jade finished, no fighting about it.
By the bug, Katherine knew Jade meant her tattoo. afterall, that was why she was here. She opened the big doors, and Jade threw down her cigarette, not bothering to stomp it out, and walked into the colorful tattoo parlor where Jade's sister was giving them a discount.
The next morning Katherine woke-up still in her day clothes. She had sobbed herself to sleep, her Build-A-Bear in her arms. She didn't know quite why she had been crying, she just was.
Her alarm clock read 10:30. Katie threw on a pair of hip-huggers and a baby-blue camisole with little pink-roses on it. She brushed out her auburn hair and pulled it back into a French braid. Putting in pink rose earrings and throwing a bunch of make-up into her purse she headed out, telling her parents she was going to brunch with Claire.
Once inside her ruby PT Cruiser Katherine pulled out her French braid, letting her hair go wild. She pulled over at a Texaco gas station and put on her mauve lipstick and white powder. She didn't cover her face with the powder the way most "Outsiders" did. She just liked to lighten her complexion. She ran her fingers through her hair, the crimson highlights looking as radiant as ever in the sunlight, and pulled out to meet Jade at the mall.
"You're late kid." Jade called as Katie approached the front doors of the mall.
"Don't sound like my father." Katie called back.
Katherine bit her lip and checked her watch, which read 11:08. Eight minutes late. She didn't know Jade as well as she thought she did, and she didn't know how she felt about time. When she finally reached Jade, her stomach did flip-flops.
"You got your wallet chic?" Jade casually questioned.
"Y-Y-Yeas." Katie spoke "I mean, yes"
"Good, but the bug's gonna be my treat" Jade finished, no fighting about it.
By the bug, Katherine knew Jade meant her tattoo. afterall, that was why she was here. She opened the big doors, and Jade threw down her cigarette, not bothering to stomp it out, and walked into the colorful tattoo parlor where Jade's sister was giving them a discount.