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CH 2 – Alone?

I didn't respond.

I couldn't respond.

I wanted to say something – anything to break the awkward silence, but every time my lips seemed to move, no words would come out. For once in my life, I couldn't talk my way out.

It seemed like everything had stopped moving. And if it was, I didn't notice. I couldn't hear the music playing even though I knew it was, and I couldn't hear fans shouting even though I knew they were. The only thing I could hear was the beat of my heart suddenly going slower and slower.

Katie just continued to give me a cold stare. A stare that gave me the excuse to say that if looks could kill, I would've been dead ten seconds ago. Her eyes started turning red, but she took a deep breath that meant that she was holding back her tears. It was breaking my heart to see her fighting not to cry. To know that I'm the one who is causing her tears. I'm causing her pain. Usually, I'd be the guy hugging her and wiping her tears away, but knowing her she probably wouldn't even let me touch her. 'YOU FUCKIN IDIOT! YOU'RE FUCKIN' SCUM! Say something – anything!' I screamed to myself silently. After another silent ten seconds, Katie grabbed her purse and started walking away.

I grabbed her arm and croaked. "Don't go. Please don't go."

"To hell with that," she said and snatched her arm back. "Don't talk to me. Don't call me. Don't look at me. Don't even think of me. Not that you do, anyway." And with that, she walked away, walking the fastest power walk I've ever seen.

I woke up only to find myself in bed with a pounding headache. "Ahh…" I groaned and laid back. My head was killing me.

"Look whose finally up," I heard a cheerful voice. I looked at the doorway leading to my room and saw a smiling Carrie standing in the doorway with a glass of water and Aspirin. Slowly, I sat up in the bed as she came over and sat down on the edge.

"I can't remember anything," I said rubbing my temples. "Argh…what happened?"

"I saw you at Rave. You were sitting by yourself, all alone. So I decided to join you – but of course you were incredibly drunk, so I decided to take you home and I spent the night here. Hope you don't mind," she said handing me the water and aspirin.

Gladly, I gulped it down. "Of course I don't mind. Did we…did we sleep together?"

"Sadly, no. You were too out of it and by the way you kept muttering to yourself, I didn't really think you'd be in the mood even if I was," she sighed.

"What day is it?" I asked leaning back into my comfy pillows.

"Saturday and it's 1:42 pm."

I shot up, "Damn! I'm going to be late for practice! Ow…"

"Relax," she said pushing me back into the bed. "Take it easy. Practice isn't until 3 pm, remember? I'll drive you there."

One hour and many aspirins later, I got ready for band practice. Carrie had offered to take me there using my car, but I told her it'd be easier if I would walk alone – time to think about the whole situation. And so here I am, walking along the crowded streets of New York.

I don't know why I moved to the big city, but if I thought clearly, it was most likely because of Katie. She had gotten into NYU, and I wanted to follow her – wherever she went. I groaned and cursed to myself. All the things that had happened last night were suddenly coming back. I got caught. I fuckin' got caught! I sighed and thought to myself, 'Don't expect to see her at band practice today'. I was so stupid! Do I feel guilt? Why didn't I stop before it was too late? Of course I felt guilt. And being a man with natural needs, of course I couldn't just refuse Carrie. With a body like that and her seductive tone, it was hard to turn away. But did Carrie really mean anything to me? Do I care for her like I do about Katie? Do I love her like I love Katie?

NOOO!

Katie means the world to me. If she were gone…if she were to die, I'd jump off a bridge just to be with her. But then of course, if I would ever say these things to her, she'd probably say, "Bullshit. If I meant the world, then you should've had more self control."

That's what she would say. I know that's what she would say. And she would be right. I should've had more self-control. Why didn't I have more self-control? Why did I let it get this far? Why did Carrie have to step into my life? If I really did love Katie so much, then why did I let Carrie get to me? So many questions buzzing in my head, and I couldn't answer one.

A part of me wanted Katie to be there at band practice, but the other part didn't want to put up with her or break into pieces. Katie had a very strict law: "Break my trust once and you'll never earn it again." JEEZ. Why does she have to be so intent on her morals? My head started to ache again. Debating with yourself tends to have your head ache a lot.

But then again, if she were to be there, at least the others wouldn't know what's up yet. Katie probably hasn't told anyone. It takes her about a day before she would tell anybody what's wrong – even with her best friend Summer. But then of course, if she decided to tell Summer, at least all of School of Rock wouldn't be there to cuss me out or pound me into shreds.

Yes, that's right. School of Rock was no longer together. We had all gone our separate ways. Dewey decided that he wanted to rest awhile and spend some time with his new wife, formerly known as Ms. Mullins. Larry aka Lawrence went to Berkeley to fulfill his dreams in science – finding cures for deadly diseases. Marta had found the love of her life and had settled down early while Tomika decided to go into the R&B music department. The rest of us – Alicia, me, Zack, Summer, and Katie luckily got accepted into NYU and we decided to form our own little band – Cloud Zero.

Stopping in front of Alicia's apartment building, I took a deep breath and walked in. The doorman, Manuel, was standing there. "Ahh, good to see you again Freddy. You don't look so well, though."

"It's a long story. Tell Alicia I'm on my way up," I said and started climbing the stairs.

"No problemo sir!"

When I reached her door, it was already open. I could hear the faint sound of someone tuning a guitar and a bass…which meant that Katie was here.

"It's about time," Summer said tapping her foot impatiently. "We've been waiting."

"The clock says 2:59. One minute before 3:00. Therefore, I'm not late," I smiled cockily at Summer.

"Before you two start arguing again, we need to make this a quick practice. I have a date to go too," Alicia interrupted. "Now come on."

Ignoring Summer, I went to the living room where everything was set up. Katie was there fiddling around with her bass. She didn't look up nor did she bother to acknowledge my arrival. She just continued doing what she was doing.

"Hi guys," I said hoping to get a reaction from her.

"Hey," Zack said, but of course Katie didn't say anything.

It was as if I was thin air. And it was breaking me apart.

"Ok, that's a wrap you guys. Same time on Monday," Summer said ending band practice. Needless to say, it did not go smoothly. Every time I looked at Katie, I would mess up and of course, if I messed up, everybody messed up.

As she was packing up her bass, I watched her looking for any signals. Of course, there were none. Her appearance didn't change – she didn't look like a wreck the way you thought many girls would like after they found out their boyfriend was cheating on them. She still looked drop dead gorgeous as ever – short, shiny, layered brown hair, big brown eyes, and smooth skin. If I didn't know any better, I would say that Friday night had never happened.

"Hey, Freddy," Zack whispered and shook his head in the direction of Katie. "What's up with her?"

I groaned silently. "I'm not exactly sure. I haven't spoken to her since last night."

"Wow…that's a long time," he said sarcastically.

"Well, it is. A lot can happen in a minute you know – even a second," I said turning back to look at Katie once again, only she wasn't there. "Hey, Zack, I'm going to go. See ya later, man."

Waving goodbye to Alicia and Summer, I ran out of the door, down the stairs hoping to catch Katie. And I did…but she wasn't alone.

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