A hearts flutter

Chapter 5

Surprise surprise

Part 1

Kit bit her lip nervously as she glanced at Noah and her family sitting around the table. It had been almost a week now since she had arrived and for Kit it hadn't been so good. She thought she had started her first day of bad , well it was nothing compared to the inner turmoil that she had been going through these past few days , and she had yet to tell her family about Jake and how he was coming and most importantly arriving tomorrow.

The only thing that seemed to be going right was that her mother was better. She seemed happier, not staying in bed all day and for the first time in awhile she had gotten up and cooked dinner for everyone.

Beth caught her daughter's stare and smiled "Alright Kit"?

Kit cleared her throat "Actually no"

Noah looked at her curiously, Kit tried her best to avoid his gaze, and him being here wasn't making it any easier.

"I have something to tell you all"

There was a clutter of knives and forks being put down. She rubbed her hands together nervously.

"Well um , it's not anything that big , I mean I should have told you all sooner but things just kept coming up and I forgot" she trailed off

Matilda rolled her eyes "Just spit it out Kit before our food gets cold"

Robbie nudged her with his elbow "Shut up" he hissed, intent on hearing what his sister had to say.

"I've invited a friend to come and stay" she finally got out "Just for a few days" she quickly added

Beth sighed

"Is that all dear?"

Kit bit her lip, no it wasn't, not really. I mean there was the fact that this friend, was actually her boyfriend, but somehow she didn't care to mention this, especially since Noah was sitting right next to her.

"Yes"

After dinner had been finished and the dishes had been washed, everyone, except for Noah and Kit retreated to there room.

Noah stood awkwardly at the front door "You Mum's doing well"

Kit smiled "Yeah" it almost made everything she was going through at the moment worth it.

"Listen Kit about the other night"

Kit folded her arms "I forgot to thank you for that"

"That's alright look if you want to talk"….

"Noah I'm fine, really"

No your not he added silently.

"If it's your mum your worried about, she's going to be ok"

"We just agreed on that" she snapped.

Noah ran his fingers through his hair "Right"

"Well I'd better be heading off then"

Kit nodded "Yep" she said a little more softly, starting to feel a little guilty for the way she had snapped at him

"Say hi to Hayley for me"

Noah smiled; he knew that was her way of apologizing

"I will"

Kit sank to the floor once he had left and leaned against the wall

"Trouble in paradise"?

Kit looked up "Tilly"

She raised a brow "what"?

"Matilda were you listening in"? She asked

The girl shrugged "I guess you could say that" She held up her glass of milk "I mean it was entirely innocent of me, I was just getting a drink"

"Yeah well you should have waited"

"Why are you so worried? It wasn't anything personal"

"That's not the point"

Matilda's eyes lit up as she realized "You still like him don't you"?

"No "

"You do your being all defensive"

"I'm not"

"You are"

Kit finally stood up "I don't have time for this Matilda, I'm tired and I'm cranky and I don't have feelings for Noah, I'm with Jake. End of discussion"

Matilda raised a brow as she watched her sister stomp out of the room.

"But I thought Jake was just a friend" Matilda grinned "Things are sure starting to get interesting around here"

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It was 7 am the morning of D-day, Doom day. Kit tiptoed softly around the bedroom as she got ready, careful not to wake her sister.

Once she had her sneakers on she was off.

She had arranged last night that she'd meet Jake at the beach.

Kit took in a breath of fresh sea air to try and ease her nerves. Of course they weren't the bad kind she reasoned, they were the good kind, she liked Jake, she really did she was going to see him.

'You just keep telling yourself that'

Kit shook her head and sat down on the sand, the wind softly blowing her hair. She had 40 minutes to prepare herself before he arrived. The last time they'd been together the night hadn't exactly ended in a positive way, she had serious thinking to do, and Kit Hunter wasn't a big fan of serious thinking.

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Hayley munched on the last of her corn flakes. She placed her empty bowel in the sink. She smiled as she felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around her waist. "I thought you didn't have to work today"

"Jesse gave me an early shift, but I'll be back by lunch time"

Noah grinned "Good cause I have a surprise for you"

Hayley giggled "Really"? She asked excitedly "What is it"?

Noah pulled away from her " ah ah not till you finish work"

Hayley pouted "Oh come on Noah I'll be thinking about it the whole time I'm working, I won't be able to get it off my mind"

Noah grinned cheekily "Good"

She sighed in defeat "Fine then, I'll meet you at the diner at 1"

He kissed her cheek "You won't be sorry"

She watched him as he grabbed his jacket and helmet

"Where are you going"?

"Off to see about your surprise, Hayley shook her head as she went upstairs to get dressed. Just what was he up to?

15 minutes later she rushed down the stairs doing her watch up as rushed frantically around the living room looking for her hair elastic. There was a clatter of dishes in the kitchen.

"That was quick" she called out as she grabbed the elastic from its place under the couch she made her way to the kitchen

"I'm late do you think you could give me a lift to-

She stopped mid sentence, It wasn't Noah.

Her eyes widened as her mouth opened and closed wordlessly.

A few moments later once she had recovered from her shock, she glared at the intruder.

"Just hear me out Hayls" he begged

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"Hey gorgeous"

Kit raised her head and gave a smile.

"Jake"

The tall blonde grinned "The one and only"

He held out his hand and helped her up

His lips brushed softly against hers in greeting once he pulled away he took notice of her expression

He smiled "I see you still haven't got an answer for me"

Kit took in a deep breath "Actually Jake I do"

He raised a brow "Really and what is it"?

She smiled and shakily pulled him in for a long passionate kiss.

She slowly pulled away from him "Does that answer your question"?

TBC