Well, I decided to keep going, for now. Sorry for not updating sooner.
To my reviewers,
Wistful Gypsy-(love the name by the way) Lol yeah , I know I know it is a tad sappy but, a good love story isn't good with out it getting a little sappy! And yes, they are only in 6th grade, but people under estimate how much kids their age can understand and stuff, okay yeah I'm babbling sorry. Thanks for reviewing though!
BabyRose129- Thank you! (
SOR*BBG- Thank you, I'll try.
Princess642-Thank you, and yes I know. I've seen them too, but its usually after I post it, so I have to go through the whole thing of uploading it again and yeah..I'll try harder to fix them before I post the chapters. But thanks much!
Well Thank you all for reviewing!
I really don't know what's going to happen in this chapter. And I own nothing once again.
"Freddy, wake up."
I groan and turn to the wall.
"Freddy! Get up now! We need to talk to you right now." I hear my mother yell.
Oh great, what did I do this time? Then I remember last night, did they find out? Crap, oh well, wouldn't be the first time I get into trouble. I prop myself up on my elbow.
"Yes mother dearest?" I say with a smirk on my face.
"Wipe that smirk off your face right this minute young man" I hear my dad say from the doorway. Hold up, dad's here? Oh crap, might as well start digging my grave.
I roll my eyes, "Don't you dare roll your eyes at me, boy." My dad says.
"What can I do for you lovely people this morning?" I say with a sarcastic tone. As you can probably tell, my parents aren't on my top ten list.
I see my dad get red in the face; I try to hold in my laughter. Before my dad can say something, my mom buts in.
"Fredrick, we know you went out last night. And we also know there was someone with you. May I ask who it was?" My mom says in a demanding tone.
I stay silent, hoping they some how will disappear.
"Answer your mother, young man" My dad says.
Rolling my eyes, I say, "It was no body, I just went on a walk"
"Don't you dare lie to us, Fredrick" Mom says.
"It was no body mom; will you please get out so I can get ready for a fun filled day at school?" I say.
"Fine, but we are going to talk to you about this later." Mom says while she walks out.
"It was a girl, wasn't it Fredrick?" My dad asks from the doorway.
Ignoring him, I walk to my closet to get out my uniform.
"Don't ignore me, Fredrick" My dad says.
"Go away dad, like you care anyway." I say while walking in my bathroom.
Thinking he left, I walk back into my room. But I see him sitting on my bed.
"Go away" I say flatly, its too early for this.
"Don't you talk to me like that under my roof." Dad says.
I roll my eyes, and grab my backpack. Walking out of my room I mutter under my breath.
"Don't you dare walk away from me, young man!" I hear my dad yell, I keep walking. As fast as I can down the stairs, knowing how my dad gets when he's really angry.
Right when I walk out the door, someone throws me back into the house. I feel a slap on my face before I can react. "Don't you ever talk to my like that again, Fredrick!" My father yells. "I want you to come home right after school, you hear me?" My dad says in my ear. I rip from his grasp and run out of the house. ------------------------------------------------- I'm sitting here waiting for Freddy to get here. He's late, no surprise though, he's always late. I smile at the thought of how Dewey is always yelling at him for being late to practice.
I see Freddy walking down the sidewalk to my house; I see a frown on his face. I wonder what that's about.
"Good Morning, Katie" I hear Freddy say.
I smile up at him and say "Good morning"
"Ready to go?" He asks.
"Yes, but you are late. Fredrick, I think we need to talk about this. And how being on time is something that needs to be done" I say with a smirk on my face, trying to lighten the mood.
I see him cringe when I say Fredrick, and feel his mood darken.
We walk in an awkward silence for a little bit, till I notice a red looking mark on Freddy's face.
"What's that?" I ask, pointing to his face.
I see him shrug, and start walking a little faster.
"Freddy, talk to me. What is that?" I demand.
"Nothing, Katie. Just drop it" Freddy says. I can tell he's trying to not lash out at me.
"Freddy, a red hand print on your face is not nothing!" I say, in a loud voice.
"It's nothing! Drop it, Katie. I mean it" He tells me.
"Fine" I say, giving up.
We finally arrive at school, after a long, tension filled walk.
I say a quick bye to Freddy, and go try to find Summer.
I see her leaning against my locker, waiting for me.
"Katie, where have you been? Did you talk to Freddy yet?" She asks.
"Around, and yes" I say in a flat tone.
"What's wrong?" Summer asks.
"I'll tell you about it at lunch, we have to get to class" I say.
She nods, and we start walking to class in silence.
After getting my lunch, I go find Zach. I really need to talk to him, about everything.
I see him sitting under a tree, with his eyes closed. Reminds me of me. I laugh a bit, thinking about how I'm bringing him to the dark side, hah yeah right.
"Zack" I say
"Freddy" Zack says in reply.
"How's it going?" He asks.
"Great and not too great."
"Oh, care to fill me in?" He says.
"Well, Katie is now my girlfriend" I say with a grin on my face, then it turns into a frown, thinking about what I'm going to say next. "And my father slapped me again this morning, and Katie knows something is up" I finish, looking at Zach to see what his reaction is.
I see him sigh, "So you finally got Katie eh?" he says with a smile on his face.
I laugh a bit, thinking about Katie.
I see him darken a bit, probably thinking about what I said last. "And I see that your father is still being the great guy he is" He pauses for a bit, then says, "You know you can't hide this from Katie forever, she's going to find out soon enough. She's not stupid you know."
"I know, I know, but what am I supposed to say? 'Hey Katie, guess what? My dad hits me'? Yeah right. And am I supposed to expect, that she won't do anything? Man, I just don't know what to do. I wish life was easy" I laugh at that thought, how life will never be easy.
I see Zach shake his head. "You have to tell her sometime dude, shrugging and running away wont cut it forever you know."
"Anyway, I need to go talk to Summer. So I'll see you at band practice, okay?"
I nod, and watch him walk away. Not noticing someone sitting next to me.
"We need to talk Freddy" I hear Katie's sweet voice say next to me.
I turn to look at her and see that she's looking down at her lap.
"Yeah?" I ask.
"Freddy, why was there a red hand print on your face this morning?" Katie asked.
I shrug, trying to think of what I can say.
Katie looks at me with a questioning expression.
"I um, I kind of yelled at my dad and I made him mad. And he sort of hit me on the face. But it was my fault, I was being myself" I say. Looking at Katie to see what kind of reaction she would have.
She just kind of sat there, staring at nothing. "Is that the first time he hit you?" She asked in a small voice.
I shrug, not sure if I should tell her the whole truth.
"I see its not" She says, man she is way too smart for her own good.
I shrug again, "It's no big deal, it's usually my fault anyway."
"No big deal? No big deal?! Freddy, your dad hits you! And you think that's no big deal?!" Katie says in a shocked voice.
"Shh, you don't have to tell the whole world you know." I say, in a not so friendly tone.
"Are you going to do anything about it?" She asks.
"Why should I? I can take it" I say.
"And what if one night he gets so angry he doesn't stop? Is it still not going to be a no big deal?" Katie asked.
"Just drop it Katie, okay? I'm doing fine." I say, getting up.
"Fine, whatever. I gotta go." Katie says, walking away from me. --------------------------------------------- *Katie's POV*
I can not believe it! I just can't believe! How can Freddy's dad hit him? And how can Freddy be so cool about it? Does he not know his dad could go to jail for it? Freddy can make me so mad sometimes! But that's why I like him, he doesn't take people's crap. But I guess he does take his dad's crap. I just don't know what to do. But I don't think I can do anything. *End Katie's POV*
Can Class get any more boring? It just seems to go on and on. I can't even focus, I've been thinking about Freddy all day and we have band practice today, I just want to get out of here. Only 2 more minutes. ---------------------------------
Walking into Dewey's, I see Zach talking to Dewey about a new song. Marta, Alicia, and Tomika are practicing a new song it seems. Lawrence is playing something that I haven't heard before. Summer is talking to someone on the phone. And Freddy is behind the drums, it seems I'm the last person here today, great...
"Hello Katie, so glad you could join us today" Dewey says.
I give him a faint smile, and go get my bass ready.
After practice, I sit outside. Having no reason to get home early, seeing my parents called early this morning saying they'll be back this weekend. They just couldn't part ways yet. I roll my eyes. Their lovey dovey crap gets annoying. It's not like dad has to work outside of the city, but its okay. I like it when they aren't home, I don't have to see them making out in the living room.
I feel someone sit beside me, I know who that someone is.
"Hey Freddy" I say.
"Hi Katie" I hear him say.
"Why are you sitting out here?" He asks.
"Got no where to go, my mom is out of town till the weekend. It seems my parents just can't part ways yet." I say in a disgusted tone, shaking my head.
"I'm sorry" He says.
"It's no big deal, they do it all the time"
"No, I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have gotten mad or whatever" He says.
"Oh, that.." I say, making my voice a bit softer. "Does he like beat you?"
"No! He just slaps me sometimes, when he's really mad."
"Oh, and your mom doesn't do anything?" I ask
"No, my mom is blind as a bat sometimes. She has the mind set that my dad is perfect and would never hurt us or something." He says, rolling his eyes.
"I'm sorry" I say, giving him a sad smile.
"Don't be, it's my fault. I make him do it. By being myself."
I shake my head, "No Freddy, no matter how mad he is, he should never ever hit you. I don't see how anyone could ever hurt you. It's just wrong" I say, with tears in my eyes.
"Aw, Katie don't cry. Its okay, it is." Freddy says, kissing my eye lids. Then kissing where the tears fall.
After about 15 minutes of just sitting there in his arms. I say "We better go, its getting kind of dark. And I hate being around here when it gets dark"
"Okay, I'll walk you home." He says.
I nod, and stand up. Taking his hand in mine. After walking for a while, I ask "What's going to happen when you go home?"
"Nothing, my dad probably forgot about it already."
"Okay" I say.
"Hey, your house is in a totally different direction, I'll be fine. I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay?" I say
"You sure?" He asks, with an uncertain expression.
I laugh, saying, "Yes, I'll be fine. Don't start giving me that 'I have to be a gentleman' crap, okay? I would miss the old, mess with me, I'll kill you Freddy."
I see him smirk a bit, "Okay, I'll see you at school tomorrow. Night, Katie" He says, turning onto another street, that goes to his house.
"Night Freddy" I say.
I walk the rest of the way home in silence, listening to the sounds of night.
Alrighty! There ya go! Hope you like, once again I'm sorry I haven't updated sooner, I'll try to update again this week. And yes, it did get a little sappy in there, I'm sorry! I just had to do it lol--ForTheNations
To my reviewers,
Wistful Gypsy-(love the name by the way) Lol yeah , I know I know it is a tad sappy but, a good love story isn't good with out it getting a little sappy! And yes, they are only in 6th grade, but people under estimate how much kids their age can understand and stuff, okay yeah I'm babbling sorry. Thanks for reviewing though!
BabyRose129- Thank you! (
SOR*BBG- Thank you, I'll try.
Princess642-Thank you, and yes I know. I've seen them too, but its usually after I post it, so I have to go through the whole thing of uploading it again and yeah..I'll try harder to fix them before I post the chapters. But thanks much!
Well Thank you all for reviewing!
I really don't know what's going to happen in this chapter. And I own nothing once again.
"Freddy, wake up."
I groan and turn to the wall.
"Freddy! Get up now! We need to talk to you right now." I hear my mother yell.
Oh great, what did I do this time? Then I remember last night, did they find out? Crap, oh well, wouldn't be the first time I get into trouble. I prop myself up on my elbow.
"Yes mother dearest?" I say with a smirk on my face.
"Wipe that smirk off your face right this minute young man" I hear my dad say from the doorway. Hold up, dad's here? Oh crap, might as well start digging my grave.
I roll my eyes, "Don't you dare roll your eyes at me, boy." My dad says.
"What can I do for you lovely people this morning?" I say with a sarcastic tone. As you can probably tell, my parents aren't on my top ten list.
I see my dad get red in the face; I try to hold in my laughter. Before my dad can say something, my mom buts in.
"Fredrick, we know you went out last night. And we also know there was someone with you. May I ask who it was?" My mom says in a demanding tone.
I stay silent, hoping they some how will disappear.
"Answer your mother, young man" My dad says.
Rolling my eyes, I say, "It was no body, I just went on a walk"
"Don't you dare lie to us, Fredrick" Mom says.
"It was no body mom; will you please get out so I can get ready for a fun filled day at school?" I say.
"Fine, but we are going to talk to you about this later." Mom says while she walks out.
"It was a girl, wasn't it Fredrick?" My dad asks from the doorway.
Ignoring him, I walk to my closet to get out my uniform.
"Don't ignore me, Fredrick" My dad says.
"Go away dad, like you care anyway." I say while walking in my bathroom.
Thinking he left, I walk back into my room. But I see him sitting on my bed.
"Go away" I say flatly, its too early for this.
"Don't you talk to me like that under my roof." Dad says.
I roll my eyes, and grab my backpack. Walking out of my room I mutter under my breath.
"Don't you dare walk away from me, young man!" I hear my dad yell, I keep walking. As fast as I can down the stairs, knowing how my dad gets when he's really angry.
Right when I walk out the door, someone throws me back into the house. I feel a slap on my face before I can react. "Don't you ever talk to my like that again, Fredrick!" My father yells. "I want you to come home right after school, you hear me?" My dad says in my ear. I rip from his grasp and run out of the house. ------------------------------------------------- I'm sitting here waiting for Freddy to get here. He's late, no surprise though, he's always late. I smile at the thought of how Dewey is always yelling at him for being late to practice.
I see Freddy walking down the sidewalk to my house; I see a frown on his face. I wonder what that's about.
"Good Morning, Katie" I hear Freddy say.
I smile up at him and say "Good morning"
"Ready to go?" He asks.
"Yes, but you are late. Fredrick, I think we need to talk about this. And how being on time is something that needs to be done" I say with a smirk on my face, trying to lighten the mood.
I see him cringe when I say Fredrick, and feel his mood darken.
We walk in an awkward silence for a little bit, till I notice a red looking mark on Freddy's face.
"What's that?" I ask, pointing to his face.
I see him shrug, and start walking a little faster.
"Freddy, talk to me. What is that?" I demand.
"Nothing, Katie. Just drop it" Freddy says. I can tell he's trying to not lash out at me.
"Freddy, a red hand print on your face is not nothing!" I say, in a loud voice.
"It's nothing! Drop it, Katie. I mean it" He tells me.
"Fine" I say, giving up.
We finally arrive at school, after a long, tension filled walk.
I say a quick bye to Freddy, and go try to find Summer.
I see her leaning against my locker, waiting for me.
"Katie, where have you been? Did you talk to Freddy yet?" She asks.
"Around, and yes" I say in a flat tone.
"What's wrong?" Summer asks.
"I'll tell you about it at lunch, we have to get to class" I say.
She nods, and we start walking to class in silence.
After getting my lunch, I go find Zach. I really need to talk to him, about everything.
I see him sitting under a tree, with his eyes closed. Reminds me of me. I laugh a bit, thinking about how I'm bringing him to the dark side, hah yeah right.
"Zack" I say
"Freddy" Zack says in reply.
"How's it going?" He asks.
"Great and not too great."
"Oh, care to fill me in?" He says.
"Well, Katie is now my girlfriend" I say with a grin on my face, then it turns into a frown, thinking about what I'm going to say next. "And my father slapped me again this morning, and Katie knows something is up" I finish, looking at Zach to see what his reaction is.
I see him sigh, "So you finally got Katie eh?" he says with a smile on his face.
I laugh a bit, thinking about Katie.
I see him darken a bit, probably thinking about what I said last. "And I see that your father is still being the great guy he is" He pauses for a bit, then says, "You know you can't hide this from Katie forever, she's going to find out soon enough. She's not stupid you know."
"I know, I know, but what am I supposed to say? 'Hey Katie, guess what? My dad hits me'? Yeah right. And am I supposed to expect, that she won't do anything? Man, I just don't know what to do. I wish life was easy" I laugh at that thought, how life will never be easy.
I see Zach shake his head. "You have to tell her sometime dude, shrugging and running away wont cut it forever you know."
"Anyway, I need to go talk to Summer. So I'll see you at band practice, okay?"
I nod, and watch him walk away. Not noticing someone sitting next to me.
"We need to talk Freddy" I hear Katie's sweet voice say next to me.
I turn to look at her and see that she's looking down at her lap.
"Yeah?" I ask.
"Freddy, why was there a red hand print on your face this morning?" Katie asked.
I shrug, trying to think of what I can say.
Katie looks at me with a questioning expression.
"I um, I kind of yelled at my dad and I made him mad. And he sort of hit me on the face. But it was my fault, I was being myself" I say. Looking at Katie to see what kind of reaction she would have.
She just kind of sat there, staring at nothing. "Is that the first time he hit you?" She asked in a small voice.
I shrug, not sure if I should tell her the whole truth.
"I see its not" She says, man she is way too smart for her own good.
I shrug again, "It's no big deal, it's usually my fault anyway."
"No big deal? No big deal?! Freddy, your dad hits you! And you think that's no big deal?!" Katie says in a shocked voice.
"Shh, you don't have to tell the whole world you know." I say, in a not so friendly tone.
"Are you going to do anything about it?" She asks.
"Why should I? I can take it" I say.
"And what if one night he gets so angry he doesn't stop? Is it still not going to be a no big deal?" Katie asked.
"Just drop it Katie, okay? I'm doing fine." I say, getting up.
"Fine, whatever. I gotta go." Katie says, walking away from me. --------------------------------------------- *Katie's POV*
I can not believe it! I just can't believe! How can Freddy's dad hit him? And how can Freddy be so cool about it? Does he not know his dad could go to jail for it? Freddy can make me so mad sometimes! But that's why I like him, he doesn't take people's crap. But I guess he does take his dad's crap. I just don't know what to do. But I don't think I can do anything. *End Katie's POV*
Can Class get any more boring? It just seems to go on and on. I can't even focus, I've been thinking about Freddy all day and we have band practice today, I just want to get out of here. Only 2 more minutes. ---------------------------------
Walking into Dewey's, I see Zach talking to Dewey about a new song. Marta, Alicia, and Tomika are practicing a new song it seems. Lawrence is playing something that I haven't heard before. Summer is talking to someone on the phone. And Freddy is behind the drums, it seems I'm the last person here today, great...
"Hello Katie, so glad you could join us today" Dewey says.
I give him a faint smile, and go get my bass ready.
After practice, I sit outside. Having no reason to get home early, seeing my parents called early this morning saying they'll be back this weekend. They just couldn't part ways yet. I roll my eyes. Their lovey dovey crap gets annoying. It's not like dad has to work outside of the city, but its okay. I like it when they aren't home, I don't have to see them making out in the living room.
I feel someone sit beside me, I know who that someone is.
"Hey Freddy" I say.
"Hi Katie" I hear him say.
"Why are you sitting out here?" He asks.
"Got no where to go, my mom is out of town till the weekend. It seems my parents just can't part ways yet." I say in a disgusted tone, shaking my head.
"I'm sorry" He says.
"It's no big deal, they do it all the time"
"No, I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have gotten mad or whatever" He says.
"Oh, that.." I say, making my voice a bit softer. "Does he like beat you?"
"No! He just slaps me sometimes, when he's really mad."
"Oh, and your mom doesn't do anything?" I ask
"No, my mom is blind as a bat sometimes. She has the mind set that my dad is perfect and would never hurt us or something." He says, rolling his eyes.
"I'm sorry" I say, giving him a sad smile.
"Don't be, it's my fault. I make him do it. By being myself."
I shake my head, "No Freddy, no matter how mad he is, he should never ever hit you. I don't see how anyone could ever hurt you. It's just wrong" I say, with tears in my eyes.
"Aw, Katie don't cry. Its okay, it is." Freddy says, kissing my eye lids. Then kissing where the tears fall.
After about 15 minutes of just sitting there in his arms. I say "We better go, its getting kind of dark. And I hate being around here when it gets dark"
"Okay, I'll walk you home." He says.
I nod, and stand up. Taking his hand in mine. After walking for a while, I ask "What's going to happen when you go home?"
"Nothing, my dad probably forgot about it already."
"Okay" I say.
"Hey, your house is in a totally different direction, I'll be fine. I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay?" I say
"You sure?" He asks, with an uncertain expression.
I laugh, saying, "Yes, I'll be fine. Don't start giving me that 'I have to be a gentleman' crap, okay? I would miss the old, mess with me, I'll kill you Freddy."
I see him smirk a bit, "Okay, I'll see you at school tomorrow. Night, Katie" He says, turning onto another street, that goes to his house.
"Night Freddy" I say.
I walk the rest of the way home in silence, listening to the sounds of night.
Alrighty! There ya go! Hope you like, once again I'm sorry I haven't updated sooner, I'll try to update again this week. And yes, it did get a little sappy in there, I'm sorry! I just had to do it lol--ForTheNations