(A/N: I'll try...sorry if this isn't what you expected but I'll try. My writer's block seems to have gone away...very slightly. I'll do what I can! Enjoy!)
Answers and a Kiss
(Katie's POV continued)
"Well..."
"Do you like him? You seem quite hesitant."
"Well..."
"Well? You seem to be saying that a lot."
"Well...yeah I do."
"I knew it! You two would be so perfect together!!! Zack would so happy!!!"
"Huh? Wait! No, not in that way! He's a great friend."
"Oh...well why would you say he's a great friend?"
"Well, he's smart, he's fun, he's a great dancer, he's easy to talk to, I can trust-well almost trust him with everything, and he's cute."
My intuition tells me that her subconscious likes Zack but her conscious self can't feel the same thing. I hope her subconscious crush develops before his crush wears off.
"What do you mean 'Zack would be so happy'?"
"Nothing, nothing! Hehehehe."
"Katerina Santa Maria Francesca Hamilton Brown,"
"Wait, wait, wait, how'd you know my whole name?"
"I looked at your ID, anyway, Katerina Santa Maria Francesca Hamilton Brown, are you hiding something?"
"No Vaneza Luisita. Of course not. Now why would I lie to you? We should trust each other and-"
I began to babble. Besides, why would I lie about the fact that my best friend likes you?
"I can tell you're lying even if I can't see you."
"Yeah sure you can."
But I wasn't so sure.
"No really, it comes with the ability to act. It's in your voice and head and you're trying to convince me that what you're saying is true."
"Boy. You're good."
"Well?"
"Okay, I confess, he likes you okay."
"Oh."
"Well...what are you gonna do about it?"
"I don't know, say a perfectly clichéd line...I'm going to follow my heart."
"Do you still like Sam?"
"Of course but I want to get to know him better."
"Well, I have another confession, Sam's my half brother."
"So?"
"So...well...even though I didn't want to I would have hooked you up."
"Well...that's not so much of a problem."
"Great! So, why'd you call?"
"Just wanted to know whether you'd wanna go out with me to...well anywhere. I've got nothing to do tomorrow then we can go straight to practice. Ms. Woods said she was planning for us to have a play by next month."
"Which play?"
"Well, it's a play about the Salem witch trials. The play's title is "the Crucible". It's very exciting and I'm going to audition for a minor role only this time or a co-starring role."
"Why not the starring role."
"Well," she said sort of embarrassedly "I've been the lead girl in so many plays already I decided to let someone else take the lead, hey why don't you? It could lead to newer things, I mean no offense but if the bass doesn't cut it for you, then why not act?"
I thought for a while...a play about occult practices in the 1600's and me as the leading lady. This could open new worlds for me. (A/N: Yeah, I know that was corny.)
"I'll give it a shot."
"That's great! I'm sure you'll do well. I'll help you! Get prepared!"
I laughed at my friend. She was so passionate about acting!
"V, relax, its still a month away. But when we do get started, I'm sure you'll do well in training me."
"And I'm sure that you'll be an excellent actress, I can feel it."
"What roles have you played anyway?"
"Juliet; Pocahontas, Disney Version but it was pretty good; Ms. Grace in Annie; Annie when I was younger; Kim in Bye Bye Birdie; Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing and so much more. I did a lot of my starring roles when I was twelve and up."
"Ever have dreams of becoming a professional actress like in the big screen."
"No, being a theatre actress is so much better to me. It's a beautiful art and as much as I love going to watch movies, I'd much rather be acting it out on stage where everything is so true. The costumes are beautiful too. I can't wait until I go onto Broadway."
"You're whimsical and romantic aren't you?"
"Uh-huh. Well, good night Kates!"
"Night V. Wait, before I go, bring your choice of extreme sport tomorrow."
"Huh?"
"Do you rollerblade or skateboard or anything like that?"
"I like surfing and I used to skateboard for fun but now not so much. I do still enjoy surfing."
"Well, do you still have a skateboard?"
"Yup! But I don't know how to that much."
"Well bring it anyway."
"What time do we meet?"
"I dunno. Around 12:00 so we can have lunch first then do whatever later. We'd have around five to six hours to kill anyway.
"Alright. Night Katie."
"Night V."
And I hung up. I looked at my clock, it was quarter to three. I usually get around four hours of sleep and complain if I get woken up before that. I have such a weird body clock. I scribbled this quickly in my diary and I snuggled down into my covers and fell asleep.
-Next Day-
I woke up to the sound of the phone ringing or rather, it woke me up. Who the hell would be calling at this hour? I picked up the phone and very groggily I said
"Hello?"
"Uh, hey Kate, Hi..."
"Zack?"
"Duh."
I didn't really mean to use that language but I did, sadly and he had a good retort.
"Zack! God Damn It Man!!! It's six thirty."
"Screw you dorkus, it's almost twelve."
"What the Fuck?!?!?! Whaddya want? Please make it quick, I have to go soon."
"Uh sure, what's the number of Vaneza?"
"Cell or Landline?"
"Whichever."
"Okay, here's the landline, its 565-3454."
"Thanks, BTW, me and Freddy are going to the skate park later at around five but we're gonna hang out at that new resto, uh, Red Boxx. Some guy hired our band to play. We're checking out the scene. Care to join us?"
"Nope sorry, got plans for the day."
"A'ight bye!"
"See yaz!"
And I hung up and quickly ran to the bathroom. I checked my closet and thank god, I had something to wear! It was a black denim top and a black skirt with the number 08 on the side. I got my roller blades, my wallet (which was stuffed with pics.) and spritzed on some of that interesting new scent form Espirit. I kissed my mom and dad goodbye; said goodbye to those two guys on the couch and rushed out the door.
Wait. Double take. Two guys on the couch? They weren't guys. Guys don't wear pink. That could only mean-Ooooohhh Maaaan.
"Katerina Santa Maria Francesca Hamilton Brown..."
Then I understood why parents gave their kids long names...to say they meant business. Ugg...god save me
"Aren't you going to say hello to your cousins."
"Gee mom, I thought we hated your sister and her family."
"Katie! Sharon, Carol, I'm sorry." And Carol was all
"Oh that's all right Aunt Rae. We all are the-"and she pulled me close "- best of friends." She spoke in a sickeningly sweet manner and she smiled just the same way. I smiled back and kicked her in the shins.
They were from Florida. So? I hated them both anyway. Of course that was only me but my Aunt Julie was an idiot, my Uncle Ritchie was a hypocrite thought to highly of himself and my cousins Sharon and Carol were like those stereotypical mean girls you see in the movie and TVs. They had the short skirt, gigantic bust, popular attitude, you know. Typical. They were down right bitches and I hated them as much as they hated me.
The only real reason they hung around me was because by their standards Zack, Freddy and Gordon were hotties. Last time they were here they tried to break us up. Thank god for those bees. I also remember they met Hunter and Jesse. You can guess how much Hunter worshipped them.
"Mom, I gotta go meet Vaneza. I'm like five minutes late already." Sharon, with a similarly sickeningly sweet smile said
"Oh Aunt Rae, we'd just love it if we could come. Of course, that would only be okay if...ehem...Katerina allowed us to come."
"Katie..."
"No. Nada. Nil. Absolutely not. Never. Positively not and let me think...hmmm...no!"
"Katie!"
"Okay."
My dad was silent. Reluctantly I dragged them out the door. When we were out of earshot, I said to them
"Screw you. Freddy's still mine."
"Hah. Not this time you bitch."
"Bite me."
"Gladly...so, are we hanging out with your equally bitchy friend Summer."
"Screw you, you idiots. I said Vaneza, or has all that hair affected your hearing."
They flushed. Boo-ya! Score one for Katie. Of course that was weak but they were idiots of course, so I wondered if they were flushing coz it was embarrassing or if they just didn't understand it.
We walked in silence until we got to the mall where Vaneza was waiting. As usual, she was wearing some unique costume. This time she had a peasant blouse on with a long maroon skirt. She had locket on too.
"Hey Katie! You're late."
"Uh, sorry, family problems. I'm forced to drag my two ditzy cousins."
"What?"
"Nothing, nothing at all Sharon."
"Katie, dahling aren't you going to introduce us to your friend."
"Er-Vaneza this is Sharon and Carol."
"Sharon, Carol, Vaneza."
The three exchanged hellos and stayed on both side of Katie, Vaneza on the left, and Sharon on the right.
Sharon and Carol were giggling at something. Katie glanced at them, they were pointing at Vaneza's choice of attire. Vaneza had heard and was pretending not to notice. She kept her eyes downcast and she looked like she was on the verge of tears.
'Damn. Not today.' I thought. Why were they always so psychopathic?
"Uh, Sharon, Carol, um...do you guys skate?"
"Skate? As in ice skate?"
"No, as in extreme sport skate. Doi."
"No."
"Well, then, you might as well go home."
"We refuse to go to your house today. Aunt Rae said that you're supposed to take us with you. Besides, you're probably meeting your friends there."
By friends, she was referring to Freddy and Zack.
"Damn. You caught me. I guess you'll have to go." I smiled sweetly. Carol eyed me suspiciously. She was the smarter one between the two of them, but that was only by 0.1 percent.
So we headed over to this burger joint for lunch, browsed around the bookstores. Tried to defend Vaneza again. Sharon and Carol flirted with some guys. Another typical day...with them. It was around five already. We headed over to the skate park.
The two rented some skates when I caught sight of a certain blond head.
"Freddy!!!"
He turned around and saw us there.
"Zack, come on."
They skated over and said hi.
"Uh, hey Zack, Freddy, you guys remember Sharon and Carol?"
Of course they did. Those bitches tried to hit on my friends...well friend and boyfriend.
"Uh-huh."
"Yup."
Sharon inched closer to Zack
"So, Zack, is Summer still your girlfriend?"
"No."
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Um..."
Then, surprisingly Vaneza spoke up.
"Yeah he does!"
"Oh yeah who?" Sharon said.
"Yeah. Who?" Zack said. Then Vaneza shot him a look that said to shut up first.
"Me. That's who." Then she went to the other side of Zack.
"Prove it."
She faced him and whispered something to him which looked vaguely like play along with me. She wrapped her arms around him and looked deep into his brown eyes. Then she kissed him softly on the lips...then all our jaws dropped open. Boy, she was a good actress, her act convinced me because it was like didn't want to let go. Was she even acting anymore?
-TBC-
A/N: Hehehehehe...review. Hehehehe! My writer's block seems to have gone away. Well...await the following chapter. Muahahahahahahaha!!! don't forget to review. Yngnatz!
Answers and a Kiss
(Katie's POV continued)
"Well..."
"Do you like him? You seem quite hesitant."
"Well..."
"Well? You seem to be saying that a lot."
"Well...yeah I do."
"I knew it! You two would be so perfect together!!! Zack would so happy!!!"
"Huh? Wait! No, not in that way! He's a great friend."
"Oh...well why would you say he's a great friend?"
"Well, he's smart, he's fun, he's a great dancer, he's easy to talk to, I can trust-well almost trust him with everything, and he's cute."
My intuition tells me that her subconscious likes Zack but her conscious self can't feel the same thing. I hope her subconscious crush develops before his crush wears off.
"What do you mean 'Zack would be so happy'?"
"Nothing, nothing! Hehehehe."
"Katerina Santa Maria Francesca Hamilton Brown,"
"Wait, wait, wait, how'd you know my whole name?"
"I looked at your ID, anyway, Katerina Santa Maria Francesca Hamilton Brown, are you hiding something?"
"No Vaneza Luisita. Of course not. Now why would I lie to you? We should trust each other and-"
I began to babble. Besides, why would I lie about the fact that my best friend likes you?
"I can tell you're lying even if I can't see you."
"Yeah sure you can."
But I wasn't so sure.
"No really, it comes with the ability to act. It's in your voice and head and you're trying to convince me that what you're saying is true."
"Boy. You're good."
"Well?"
"Okay, I confess, he likes you okay."
"Oh."
"Well...what are you gonna do about it?"
"I don't know, say a perfectly clichéd line...I'm going to follow my heart."
"Do you still like Sam?"
"Of course but I want to get to know him better."
"Well, I have another confession, Sam's my half brother."
"So?"
"So...well...even though I didn't want to I would have hooked you up."
"Well...that's not so much of a problem."
"Great! So, why'd you call?"
"Just wanted to know whether you'd wanna go out with me to...well anywhere. I've got nothing to do tomorrow then we can go straight to practice. Ms. Woods said she was planning for us to have a play by next month."
"Which play?"
"Well, it's a play about the Salem witch trials. The play's title is "the Crucible". It's very exciting and I'm going to audition for a minor role only this time or a co-starring role."
"Why not the starring role."
"Well," she said sort of embarrassedly "I've been the lead girl in so many plays already I decided to let someone else take the lead, hey why don't you? It could lead to newer things, I mean no offense but if the bass doesn't cut it for you, then why not act?"
I thought for a while...a play about occult practices in the 1600's and me as the leading lady. This could open new worlds for me. (A/N: Yeah, I know that was corny.)
"I'll give it a shot."
"That's great! I'm sure you'll do well. I'll help you! Get prepared!"
I laughed at my friend. She was so passionate about acting!
"V, relax, its still a month away. But when we do get started, I'm sure you'll do well in training me."
"And I'm sure that you'll be an excellent actress, I can feel it."
"What roles have you played anyway?"
"Juliet; Pocahontas, Disney Version but it was pretty good; Ms. Grace in Annie; Annie when I was younger; Kim in Bye Bye Birdie; Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing and so much more. I did a lot of my starring roles when I was twelve and up."
"Ever have dreams of becoming a professional actress like in the big screen."
"No, being a theatre actress is so much better to me. It's a beautiful art and as much as I love going to watch movies, I'd much rather be acting it out on stage where everything is so true. The costumes are beautiful too. I can't wait until I go onto Broadway."
"You're whimsical and romantic aren't you?"
"Uh-huh. Well, good night Kates!"
"Night V. Wait, before I go, bring your choice of extreme sport tomorrow."
"Huh?"
"Do you rollerblade or skateboard or anything like that?"
"I like surfing and I used to skateboard for fun but now not so much. I do still enjoy surfing."
"Well, do you still have a skateboard?"
"Yup! But I don't know how to that much."
"Well bring it anyway."
"What time do we meet?"
"I dunno. Around 12:00 so we can have lunch first then do whatever later. We'd have around five to six hours to kill anyway.
"Alright. Night Katie."
"Night V."
And I hung up. I looked at my clock, it was quarter to three. I usually get around four hours of sleep and complain if I get woken up before that. I have such a weird body clock. I scribbled this quickly in my diary and I snuggled down into my covers and fell asleep.
-Next Day-
I woke up to the sound of the phone ringing or rather, it woke me up. Who the hell would be calling at this hour? I picked up the phone and very groggily I said
"Hello?"
"Uh, hey Kate, Hi..."
"Zack?"
"Duh."
I didn't really mean to use that language but I did, sadly and he had a good retort.
"Zack! God Damn It Man!!! It's six thirty."
"Screw you dorkus, it's almost twelve."
"What the Fuck?!?!?! Whaddya want? Please make it quick, I have to go soon."
"Uh sure, what's the number of Vaneza?"
"Cell or Landline?"
"Whichever."
"Okay, here's the landline, its 565-3454."
"Thanks, BTW, me and Freddy are going to the skate park later at around five but we're gonna hang out at that new resto, uh, Red Boxx. Some guy hired our band to play. We're checking out the scene. Care to join us?"
"Nope sorry, got plans for the day."
"A'ight bye!"
"See yaz!"
And I hung up and quickly ran to the bathroom. I checked my closet and thank god, I had something to wear! It was a black denim top and a black skirt with the number 08 on the side. I got my roller blades, my wallet (which was stuffed with pics.) and spritzed on some of that interesting new scent form Espirit. I kissed my mom and dad goodbye; said goodbye to those two guys on the couch and rushed out the door.
Wait. Double take. Two guys on the couch? They weren't guys. Guys don't wear pink. That could only mean-Ooooohhh Maaaan.
"Katerina Santa Maria Francesca Hamilton Brown..."
Then I understood why parents gave their kids long names...to say they meant business. Ugg...god save me
"Aren't you going to say hello to your cousins."
"Gee mom, I thought we hated your sister and her family."
"Katie! Sharon, Carol, I'm sorry." And Carol was all
"Oh that's all right Aunt Rae. We all are the-"and she pulled me close "- best of friends." She spoke in a sickeningly sweet manner and she smiled just the same way. I smiled back and kicked her in the shins.
They were from Florida. So? I hated them both anyway. Of course that was only me but my Aunt Julie was an idiot, my Uncle Ritchie was a hypocrite thought to highly of himself and my cousins Sharon and Carol were like those stereotypical mean girls you see in the movie and TVs. They had the short skirt, gigantic bust, popular attitude, you know. Typical. They were down right bitches and I hated them as much as they hated me.
The only real reason they hung around me was because by their standards Zack, Freddy and Gordon were hotties. Last time they were here they tried to break us up. Thank god for those bees. I also remember they met Hunter and Jesse. You can guess how much Hunter worshipped them.
"Mom, I gotta go meet Vaneza. I'm like five minutes late already." Sharon, with a similarly sickeningly sweet smile said
"Oh Aunt Rae, we'd just love it if we could come. Of course, that would only be okay if...ehem...Katerina allowed us to come."
"Katie..."
"No. Nada. Nil. Absolutely not. Never. Positively not and let me think...hmmm...no!"
"Katie!"
"Okay."
My dad was silent. Reluctantly I dragged them out the door. When we were out of earshot, I said to them
"Screw you. Freddy's still mine."
"Hah. Not this time you bitch."
"Bite me."
"Gladly...so, are we hanging out with your equally bitchy friend Summer."
"Screw you, you idiots. I said Vaneza, or has all that hair affected your hearing."
They flushed. Boo-ya! Score one for Katie. Of course that was weak but they were idiots of course, so I wondered if they were flushing coz it was embarrassing or if they just didn't understand it.
We walked in silence until we got to the mall where Vaneza was waiting. As usual, she was wearing some unique costume. This time she had a peasant blouse on with a long maroon skirt. She had locket on too.
"Hey Katie! You're late."
"Uh, sorry, family problems. I'm forced to drag my two ditzy cousins."
"What?"
"Nothing, nothing at all Sharon."
"Katie, dahling aren't you going to introduce us to your friend."
"Er-Vaneza this is Sharon and Carol."
"Sharon, Carol, Vaneza."
The three exchanged hellos and stayed on both side of Katie, Vaneza on the left, and Sharon on the right.
Sharon and Carol were giggling at something. Katie glanced at them, they were pointing at Vaneza's choice of attire. Vaneza had heard and was pretending not to notice. She kept her eyes downcast and she looked like she was on the verge of tears.
'Damn. Not today.' I thought. Why were they always so psychopathic?
"Uh, Sharon, Carol, um...do you guys skate?"
"Skate? As in ice skate?"
"No, as in extreme sport skate. Doi."
"No."
"Well, then, you might as well go home."
"We refuse to go to your house today. Aunt Rae said that you're supposed to take us with you. Besides, you're probably meeting your friends there."
By friends, she was referring to Freddy and Zack.
"Damn. You caught me. I guess you'll have to go." I smiled sweetly. Carol eyed me suspiciously. She was the smarter one between the two of them, but that was only by 0.1 percent.
So we headed over to this burger joint for lunch, browsed around the bookstores. Tried to defend Vaneza again. Sharon and Carol flirted with some guys. Another typical day...with them. It was around five already. We headed over to the skate park.
The two rented some skates when I caught sight of a certain blond head.
"Freddy!!!"
He turned around and saw us there.
"Zack, come on."
They skated over and said hi.
"Uh, hey Zack, Freddy, you guys remember Sharon and Carol?"
Of course they did. Those bitches tried to hit on my friends...well friend and boyfriend.
"Uh-huh."
"Yup."
Sharon inched closer to Zack
"So, Zack, is Summer still your girlfriend?"
"No."
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Um..."
Then, surprisingly Vaneza spoke up.
"Yeah he does!"
"Oh yeah who?" Sharon said.
"Yeah. Who?" Zack said. Then Vaneza shot him a look that said to shut up first.
"Me. That's who." Then she went to the other side of Zack.
"Prove it."
She faced him and whispered something to him which looked vaguely like play along with me. She wrapped her arms around him and looked deep into his brown eyes. Then she kissed him softly on the lips...then all our jaws dropped open. Boy, she was a good actress, her act convinced me because it was like didn't want to let go. Was she even acting anymore?
-TBC-
A/N: Hehehehehe...review. Hehehehe! My writer's block seems to have gone away. Well...await the following chapter. Muahahahahahahaha!!! don't forget to review. Yngnatz!