Chapter 5- Light Questions and Heavy Answers

That night they all returned to Dewey's house. There was still no sign of Ned.

"So, did you guys get in?" Dewey said with a mouthful of pizza.

"Yeah. Can I have some of that?" Freddy said reaching for a slice of pizza and crashing onto the couch.

"That's great." Dewey said still with his mouth filled with pizza.

"Yeah and Freddy met this really hot girl! What was her name again?"

"Karissa Callahan." Katie gritted through her teeth.

"Oh…" Dewey said then turned to Zack and mouthed "what's up with Katie?"

Zack pointed to Freddy with his eyes and Dewey immediately understood. Katie was jealous.

"I'll be in my room if anyone needs me." Katie announced as she walked away from the living room.

She locked the door when she got in. She had just lain on her bed when somebody knocked.

"Katie? It's me, Freddy."

She got up, unlocked the door and let Freddy in.

"I need to ask you something." He said

"Yeah? What?" she asked.

"What's…going on…between us?"

"What do you mean?"
"What am I to you?"

"…" She didn't say anything. She didn't know what to say. What did Freddy mean to her?

"Freddy…I don't know…" she started, "I mean sometimes I think I like you but sometimes I don't see you as anything more than my best friend. Then there are times that I think...that…" she couldn't finish her sentence for the words that were about to spill from her lips were too strong.

"You think that?" Freddy asked her curiously.

"That I…"

"Yeah?"

"Love you…"

The words crashed down on Freddy like a burning plane. Katie loved him? Did he love her? He didn't know what to say or do. Katie didn't either they just sat their staring at each other the whole night. They didn't speak and hardly moved until someone knocked on the door.

"Katie? Freddy? Dewey asked me to call you. Says he wants to talk to you" Zack called from outside the door. They both got up and walked out together without saying a word.

"What is up with you two?" Dewey started "Are you into each other? Are you just friends? Look, I don't mean to be a nuisance but I want to know what's going on with you both." Neither of them spoke. They just looked at each other. No words were said for almost ten minutes but then Katie spoke.

"I'm in love with Freddy." everyone looked at Katie, as if she had just said that she was from Mars.

"You're what?" Zack said, eyes wide.

"I'm in love with Freddy. I only realized it an hour ago but I guess it's true."

"What do you have to say about this Freddy?" Dewey was starting to sound like a concerned father but nobody had seemed to notice.

"I…don't' know…"

"Let me rephrase the question. Freddy do you love Katie?"

"I guess…I'm not sure…" he said in a very hushed voice. He felt like a criminal being interrogated.

"You're not sure?" Katie was appalled at what he had said. She ran back into her room hot tears streaming down her face, burning her skin, her heart. Freddy wasn't even sure if he loved her… "Asshole…" she thought. "I can't believe he just said that straight out in front me! He's a fucking bastard and he can fry in hell for all I care!" She said to herself even if she knew she didn't mean it. She just lay on her bed and cried until she fell asleep.

A.N.- A little dramatic…I know…hehehe…=p R&R