A/N: Hey everyone, sorry these chapters are taking so long to post, but I'm
really having trouble figuring out everything and getting some time.
Chapter 12:
"Hey Chris, ready to go?" Jessica said with a smile.
"You know what guys, I don't feel up to going out today..." Chris stated.
"Aw come on Chris, I bet the girls won't even be around." Gordie said.
"Rachel and Kerry will be, and I don't feel like dealing with all of them at once." Chris explained.
"What happened, anyway?" Gordie asked, fearful that his best friend was becoming distant.
"I don't want to talk about it." Chris said tiredly.
"Well, you'll hang out later then right?" Jessica asked, her blue eyes filled with hope.
"Yeah, I guess so... See you guys later..."
"Not if we see you first." Gordie said as they left.
Chris dragged himself back to his room for the next hour.
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Kerry sat on her bed, face up, throwing a baseball up and catching it repeatedly. She sorted out her thoughts while talking them over with herself as she had a nasty little habit of doing.
"Stupid Chris..." She mumbled, not concentrating on the baseball retreating from her and lunging toward her, but still being able to catch it each time. She played on a team back home and never missed a pitch.
"Why do boys have to be so difficult!" She asked herself. "If only they could be straight out honest and do what they feel, then everything would be peachy fuckin' keen, but no..." She heaved a sigh and threw the baseball behind her, smashing her lavender lamp. But Kerry failed to care.
"This is stupid. What am I sitting here thinking of Chris for? My best friend who happens to be in love with me is waiting to play black jack and I'm lying on my bed smashing lamps..." Kerry got up, grasped her baseball and bat and slammed the door behind her.
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(hours later, at night)
When Chris came out of his room to finally leave the house, Ace and Lou had stopped making out.
"So... You decided to come up for air..." Chris said. Ace snarled at him but Lou could only blush. Chris high-tailed it out of there before Ace could come at him. He walked along, the night coming on strong. He shoved his hands into his navy jacket. Footsteps startled his thinking and he looked up from his shoes.
Chris saw before him, a dirtied Kerry. Mud spread on her hands and arms, knees and cheeks, clothes and shoes. Kerry's hair was pulled into a messy braid with pieces flying everywhere. Her black rimmed glasses hung on her right jean pocket.
"Kerry..." Chris started and paused a moment. Without another thought in his head, Chris ran to her and grabbed her face in his hands and kissed her like he had never kissed a girl before. Kerry instantly dropped her bat baseball. And for once, she didn't think of anything. Her mind was clear and she welcomed the kiss. They stopped and looked at each other strangely.
"I've got to go..." Kerry blurted out.
"Yeah, me too..." Chris said nervously. And with that, she turned and practically ran to her house, leaving her baseball and bat on the street.
Chris picked up Kerry's things and started walking more, deciding he didn't want to go home just yet. He walked on with a smile. That is, until Brittany met him in the middle of the road with tear-filled eyes and running mascara.
"Brittany, w-what's wrong?" He stammered.
"Chris, why didn't you just tell me you still liked Kerry?"
"What?"
"I've known it all along. Why couldn't you have just come clean?"
"I..."
"Do you think we just go to the tree house and talk for a bit?"
"Uh..." Chris stood blankly, unsure of what he should do. "S-sure Brittany..." He said and hung his arm around her as the two walked to the tree house.
Chapter 12:
"Hey Chris, ready to go?" Jessica said with a smile.
"You know what guys, I don't feel up to going out today..." Chris stated.
"Aw come on Chris, I bet the girls won't even be around." Gordie said.
"Rachel and Kerry will be, and I don't feel like dealing with all of them at once." Chris explained.
"What happened, anyway?" Gordie asked, fearful that his best friend was becoming distant.
"I don't want to talk about it." Chris said tiredly.
"Well, you'll hang out later then right?" Jessica asked, her blue eyes filled with hope.
"Yeah, I guess so... See you guys later..."
"Not if we see you first." Gordie said as they left.
Chris dragged himself back to his room for the next hour.
********
Kerry sat on her bed, face up, throwing a baseball up and catching it repeatedly. She sorted out her thoughts while talking them over with herself as she had a nasty little habit of doing.
"Stupid Chris..." She mumbled, not concentrating on the baseball retreating from her and lunging toward her, but still being able to catch it each time. She played on a team back home and never missed a pitch.
"Why do boys have to be so difficult!" She asked herself. "If only they could be straight out honest and do what they feel, then everything would be peachy fuckin' keen, but no..." She heaved a sigh and threw the baseball behind her, smashing her lavender lamp. But Kerry failed to care.
"This is stupid. What am I sitting here thinking of Chris for? My best friend who happens to be in love with me is waiting to play black jack and I'm lying on my bed smashing lamps..." Kerry got up, grasped her baseball and bat and slammed the door behind her.
*******************
(hours later, at night)
When Chris came out of his room to finally leave the house, Ace and Lou had stopped making out.
"So... You decided to come up for air..." Chris said. Ace snarled at him but Lou could only blush. Chris high-tailed it out of there before Ace could come at him. He walked along, the night coming on strong. He shoved his hands into his navy jacket. Footsteps startled his thinking and he looked up from his shoes.
Chris saw before him, a dirtied Kerry. Mud spread on her hands and arms, knees and cheeks, clothes and shoes. Kerry's hair was pulled into a messy braid with pieces flying everywhere. Her black rimmed glasses hung on her right jean pocket.
"Kerry..." Chris started and paused a moment. Without another thought in his head, Chris ran to her and grabbed her face in his hands and kissed her like he had never kissed a girl before. Kerry instantly dropped her bat baseball. And for once, she didn't think of anything. Her mind was clear and she welcomed the kiss. They stopped and looked at each other strangely.
"I've got to go..." Kerry blurted out.
"Yeah, me too..." Chris said nervously. And with that, she turned and practically ran to her house, leaving her baseball and bat on the street.
Chris picked up Kerry's things and started walking more, deciding he didn't want to go home just yet. He walked on with a smile. That is, until Brittany met him in the middle of the road with tear-filled eyes and running mascara.
"Brittany, w-what's wrong?" He stammered.
"Chris, why didn't you just tell me you still liked Kerry?"
"What?"
"I've known it all along. Why couldn't you have just come clean?"
"I..."
"Do you think we just go to the tree house and talk for a bit?"
"Uh..." Chris stood blankly, unsure of what he should do. "S-sure Brittany..." He said and hung his arm around her as the two walked to the tree house.