Bunzai: Thank you so much!
Shirik: I appreciate the encouragement.
chiroho: I'd love to hear your reaction to this chapter as well.
Emerson: lol. Sure! "Please update soon!" Umm… yeah… soon. (looks around all shifty eyed) This update was definitely soon. What? It was soon compared to… other stuff.
Football Gurl Chick: lol. I would love it if Kate weren't dead, but it would kind of change my story. I should be writing other stories after this in which Twilight never happened. Because it didn't. It was all a bad dream, and I should be waking up shortly. lol, please review.
Salem Navy: Hi Ashley! (waves) My first official friend review! (woot) I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Yay! I love reviews! I love reviewERs! They make me happy… Anyway, sorry for the delay on this chapter. I was going to do something with it that required some research into old eps, but then I couldn't find good info and I had to change it. I'm still a little unhappy with this chapter, but your reviews made me so giddy that I became delirious, and I decided to post. Please enjoy and please review!
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"And then you went and died before I could do anything to save you, Kate. You make me look bad."
She laid a sympathetic hand on his arm, but he jerked away. "You're not real! I'm going home." He walked outside and headed (staggered, really) towards his car. He looked around, but Kate was nowhere to be seen. With a sigh of relief, he plopped down in the driver's seat.
"You shouldn't drink and drive Tony."
He jumped in surprise and turned to see her in the passenger seat, staring at him.
"I said, you shouldn't drink and drive."
He glared at her, but she didn't back down. He sighed, got out of the car, and walked (again, staggered) to the payphone to call a cab.
"I didn't need a cab you know," he said after he hung up, but she was gone again. Maybe she'd never been there. He considered it seriously, as the woman who'd just exited the bar stared at him. "I wasn't talking to you!" he called after her as she hurried away. He sighed again and sat down on the bench to wait.
The cab pulled up fifteen minutes later, and he hurriedly got in, hoping to avoid another run-in with Kate. He gave the driver his address, and settled back into the seat, laying his head back and closing his eyes.
"This cab is really disgusting. Leave it to you to call the cheapest cab company in town."
Tony's eyes popped open, and he looked over to see her next to him. He averted his gaze back to the front.
"Hello? I just zinged you and you've got nothing?" He kept his eyes studiously forward. "Come on Tony, I know it's in your nature, but don't be childish." He became very interested in the rapidly darkening sky out his window.
She folded her arms and frowned at him. "Fine. Since you're choosing to keep your big mouth shut, for once, I'll take advantage of the opportunity to get some things off my chest." She cleared her throat. "Number one: the only thing smellier than this cab is your cologne. You're supposed to spritz, not marinate. Number two…"
As she continued her list, Tony began to hum, to drown-out both her and the buzz in his head that was growing increasingly unpleasant.
Finally, it became too much. "Quiet," he muttered under his breath, trying to avoid the attention of the driver.
"What?" She raised an incredulous eyebrow. "So now you're talking to me. Of course. That's just like you Tony. You only do things when it's convenient for you. When you want to talk, we talk, but when I want to talk, you refuse. Did you ever consider my feelings? I'm the one who's dead! It's not all white lights and fluffy clouds, you know!"
The last part was yelled out the door of the cab as he hurried up the steps to his apartment.
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Sorry for the shortness of it. The third chapter will be up by Thursday, Friday at the latest… Wait, today IS Tuesday, right? That gives me… (counts on fingers)… this many days. :-) It might be the last chapter, or if I think it's too long, I'll split it into two. Please review! Thanks!