The tormented soul warning is in effect, dangerous fluff ahead. lol.

Speaking of tormented soul, since we seem to share a lot of the same readers, he is writing but real life as been getting in the way for him lately. He wants to let his readers know that he is trying his best to update his stories as soon as he can and that he has updated Family.

Winter Blaze – They didn't leave Julie home alone but they had to change their plans because Kate wasn't home to babysit for them. That's what pissed Annie off, she had to cancel her night out. Kate was upset cause no one actually told her she was babysitting that night or that they were planning to go out.

A/N – "Thoughts"

Chapter 10 – Bittersweet Goodbye

Even though she got grounded from her blowout argument with Annie, Kate wasn't going to let it stop her from spending Gordo and her's last week together. She spent the entire week sneaking in and out of the apartment, so she could be with Gordo. She knew she was taking a huge risk but the payoff made it so worth it.

Friday night as she was sneaking back into her room, Julie came barging into her room and clutching her teddy bear and a book. Kate froze in the windowsill, half in the room and half outside on the fire escape. Julie titled her head a little trying to figure out where what she was doing.

"What ya doing?" Julie asked her.

"Uh…Just getting some air," Kate said hoping she'd buy it. "What do you want?" she asked bring herself completely into the room and shutting the window.

"Story," Julie said as she held the book out to Kate.

Kate looked at her for a moment and decided it'd just be easier to read her a story. "Ok," she said taking the book and sitting down in a small armchair in the corner of her room. Julie climbed up into her lap and made herself comfortable leaning against Kate's chest.

Before she started reading, "Gordo gonna come over again?" Julie asked looking up at Kate.

"Umm, prolly not for awhile. He's gonna go home on Sunday," Kate told her. She looked at Julie for a moment, "Why?" she asked curiously.

"He's funny," Julie said laughing a little. "I wanna color with him again."

Kate smiled at her, leaned down and gently kissed her the top of her head. "How about next time he's in town, I'll bring him over and the three of us can do something together."

"Promise?" the little girl asked.

Kate nodded. "I promise," she said before she started reading the story Julie had picked.

That weekend, her Father, Annie, and Julie were going out of town to visit Annie's parents. If Annie had any idea that Kate wanted them out of the house so she'd have it to herself, she would've insisted that she go with them. But Kate remembered Gordo's words, "You gotta now what battles to fight." So Kate kept her mouth shut and they left her home alone.

Having the whole apartment to herself, she ignored her Father's and Annie's rules and began to plan a romantic weekend for the last weekend she would spend with Gordo as a couple.

Saturday, Kate had borrowed her father's Porsche. Gordo and her had driven around the Bay Area, ending up in Golden Gate Park for a small picnic lunch. A little bit later, she dropped Gordo off at his hotel and went back to the apartment to setup dinner.

Just like she told him, Gordo came over at six. After buzzing him in, she quickly checked herself over. To put it simply, Kate was wearing her little black dress. The black dress was strapless, with a low cut collar, and went down to mid-thigh. It was a tight, form fitting dress and incredibly showed off her athletic body. She also had on a pair of open toed, black, stiletto heels that strapped about half way up her calf. Smiling to herself, she walked to the door.

Opening it, it was her mouth that dropped as she looked at Gordo. He was wearing a black suit jacket over a silver no-collar dress shirt, black dress pants, and a pair of black dress shoes. She was instantly considering skipping dinner and just jumping him in the living room.

"You look incredible," Gordo's words snapped her out of daydream.

"Uh?" Kate muttered as she stared blankly at him. Gordo snickered and she blushed slightly. "Thanks. You look good too."

Gordo gave her a small sarcastic smile as he walked inside. Scanning the room, he spotted a candlelight dinner on the kitchen table. Walking through the kitchen, he spotted something on the counter. Picking up a small container, he smirked. "The Coliseum." Tossing it into the garbage before Kate saw him with it, "You make this yourself?"

"I had a hand in it."

As they ate, both tried to avoid the subject of Gordo leaving and their senior year. Neither really wanted to deal with the fact that in less than twenty four hours they wouldn't be together anymore.

After dinner and clearing the table, they sat together on the couch. Gordo had a leg laying against the back of the couch and one dangling off it, Kate was sitting in between his legs and leaning back against his chest. Gordo's hands rested on Kate's stomach, with her hands over his.

"I love you," Kate whispered very softly.

Gordo wasn't sure he heard her right, "What?"

Kate shifted on the couch so she was now sitting forward, and looked over at him. Gently cupping his face with one hand. "I love you," she said louder and with more confidence. "I thought I was dead inside. You took that one glimmer of life I had left and if only for a summer, made it come alive. I love you."

"I lov," he wanted to say back but Kate stopped him with a finger pressed to his lips.

"No you don't. You have strong feelings for me but its not love. If we actually had a future, maybe."

"Kat," he mumbled softly against her finger. As she removed it, Gordo wrapped an arm around her waist. "I really like you."

Kate smiled at him and came to a decision. Leaning in, she started to passionately kiss him and her hands started to fumble with the buttons on his shirt. Gordo, taking his lead from her, grabbed her outside leg and pulled her onto his lap.

After making out for a few minutes, Kate disentangled herself and stood up. Pulling Gordo up to his feet, she led them into her bedroom.

Once inside her bedroom, Kate quickly spun on Gordo. Pushing his jacket off him, she alternated between kissing him and undoing his remaining shirt buttons. Gordo's hands slowly found their way to the back of her dress and to the zipper. By the time Kate had his shirt open and off him, Gordo had her dress unzipped.

"Kat, are you sure about this?" he said, though it came out as more of a growl.

Grabbing his belt buckle, she pulled him to her, "Before I have to bury her, I want my last memory as Kat to be a good one." She then silenced the rest of his protest with a deep french kiss.

Almost ripping his pants open, Kate got them to drop to his feet. As Kate spun them around, Gordo kicked his shoes off. Using all of her strength, Kate pushed him down onto her bed. Stepping out of her heels, she smiled as she looked at Gordo in a t-shirt and boxers. Shifting her shoulders slightly, Kate made the dress slip off and down her body.

Gordo's brain just shut down as he looked at her in her lacy, black underwear. Gently lying on top of him, she grabbed a condom off her nightstand. "I love you," she whispered into his ear as she started to remove their underwear.

The next morning, Kate started to wake up. She smiled as she slowly became aware of her surroundings. Gordo and her were lying on their sides, facing each other, and their bodies tangled together. Slowly lifting her head, she looked at her window and saw sunlight.

Groaning, she put her head back down and buried it against Gordo chest. "Damn morning! I don't want it to end!" she whined to herself.

Feeling Gordo's arms tighten around her, she bit her lip. "No! Go back to sleep!"

"Morning Kat," he mumbled as he slowly opened his eyes.

She tightened her hold on his waist and nuzzled his neck. "I don't want this to end," she wined softly.

Kate felt Gordo's chest vibrate as he laughed. "Was I that good?"

"Hmm, incredible," she said softly in between placing kisses on his neck.

Slowly untangling from each other, Gordo slipped out of bed and pulled on his boxers, pants, and socks. Kate just laid in bed and watched him. As he was putting on the rest of his clothes, Kate got out of bed and pulled her robe on.

Finishing dressing, Gordo wrapped his arms around her. "If you need anything," Gordo told her as he pressed his forehead against her's.

"I know, thanks." Kate hugged him as she felt a few tears start to fall. "I promise to try and not be such a jackass to you at home."

Taking each other's hand, they slowly walked towards the front door.

Standing in the doorway, Kate and Gordo looked at each other for a moment. "Bye Gordo."

"Bye Kat."

After a long, lingering goodbye kiss, Kate leaned against the doorframe and watched Gordo walk into the elevator. She stood there watching him until the elevator doors shut and it was on its way down. Wiping away the tears that were starting to fall, she walked back inside and closed the door.

A/N 2 – Quick comment about when Kate says she loves Gordo and she won't let Gordo say it back, so he tells her he really likes her. In Ch 6, the beach chapter, Kate almost slips and tells him she loves him but isn't quite ready. So she tells him she really likes him. Gordo gets what she's trying to tell him. In this chapter, Kate won't let him say that he loves her cause she believes they have no future (atleast immediately) and that it would just make things harder. But Gordo wants to tell her how he feels, so its kinda like he flashes back to that moment on the beach. To him, telling her this is just like the beach, when she couldn't tell him that she loved him (though for different reasons). Kate understands the deeper meaning of his words and what he's trying to get across to her. I'm prolly really stretching though but that was my thought process behind it.