Chapter 8
Kelly arrived home in the afternoon after picking up Matthew from school. She walked over to the little kitchen and started putting the groceries away. "Matthew come help me please!" She called out to him. Matthew ran over from the couch and went to put a few tins in the pantry. "Oh Kelly this flavor is gross, and you could have bought more." He complained. "Bad luck, and I would buy more but I didn't have enough money too." She explained. "What is this Kelly?" Matthew asked picking up a piece of paper. Kelly looked over and realized he had the piece of paper that Randy had given her. "Oh um nothing give it here Matt." She asked holding out her hand. Matthew shrugged and handed her the piece of paper. She shoved it in her pocket and continued with what she was doing.
In the evening Lisa came over to see Kelly. "So how's Randy?" Lisa asked her. "I don't know." Kelly replied. "You mean you haven't seen him since the hospital visit?" Lisa asked. "No." Kelly replied bluntly. Lisa raised her eyebrows at Kelly. "What?" Kelly said. Lisa grinned at her. "Ok ok, I have seen him since then." Kelly admitted. "Really where?" Lisa asked. "He came over here." Kelly answered. "You serious? What happened?" Lisa asked. "Not much, but he wants to take me out to dinner to say thank you." Kelly explained. "Oh my god! Wow! When?" Lisa jumped excited. "Tomorrow night, but I don't think I'll be going though." Kelly said. "What? Kelly you have too!" Lisa said. "Yeah but you know what happens when I go out on dates, none of them are serious." Kelly said. "Oh Kelly, of course he's serious otherwise he wouldn't have asked." Lisa explained. "I guess so." Kelly sighed. "So are ya gonna go?" Lisa asked again. "Alright." Kelly sighed. "Great! Good girl." Lisa smiled and hugged her friend. Kelly giggled a little. "Well I better go and put Matthew to bed." Kelly explained. "Ok, I better be going." Lisa said and got up and walked to the door. "See ya later Kel." Lisa said. "Bye Lisa." Kelly smiled and shut the door and walked over to put Matthew to bed.
"Brett!" Lisa said knocking on the door of Brett's apartment. Brett answered the door. "Hey Lisa." He said. "Hey, guess what?" Lisa said excited. "What?" He asked. "Randy asked Kelly out on a date!" She answered excited. "Really about time." Brett smiled. "I think we better help her out a little." Lisa said. "I think your right." Brett smiled.
The next morning Kelly was sitting on the couch at home when she heard the doorbell ring. She got up and went to answer the door. "Hello." She smiled as she saw Lisa and Brett standing there. "Hey." They both replied at the same time. "Come in." Kelly ushered. They both walked inside. "So what brings you guys here?" Kelly asked. "Well Lisa told me about your date with Randy tonight." Brett smiled. "Oh that'll be right." Kelly smirked looking at Lisa who was smiling. "And we know how important this is for you." Brett started. "Who said that I think that this date is important?" Kelly asked looking at Lisa who had her eyebrows raised at Kelly. "Go on." Kelly chuckled. "Anyway we both want to give you this to help you get ready for tonight." Lisa said handing Kelly an envelope. "What?" Kelly said confused. "Open it." Brett smiled. Kelly opened up the envelope to find 200 dollars cash in there. "Oh my god." She said quietly. "Its half and half from me and Brett to help you find a nice dress and stuff for tonight." Lisa explained. Kelly had tears in her eyes. "I don't know what to say." Kelly said. Brett chuckled, "You don't have to say anything Kelly." He explained. "But what if… what if he ya know?" Kelly started. "Kelly of course this date means something to him too." Lisa jumped in. "Yeah, Kelly you saved his life. What he thought of you before has change since then." Brett said. "You think so?" Kelly asked. "Yes, of course. Kelly I know how much you like him, you deserve to be happy." Lisa said giving Kelly a hug. "Thank you." Kelly said quietly. "You deserve it Kelly." Brett said giving her a hug as well. "Now you go out and find a nice dress, and get your hair done too." Lisa laughed. "Ok." Kelly laughed. "Come on Lisa." Brett said. Lisa smiled and the two of them walked out of Kelly's apartment. Kelly smiled and jumped up and down. She couldn't wait for tonight!
