Katie sobbed on her bed. She heard a soft knock on her door, and she opened it to find her two brothers, Derek and Dylan. She was really surprised to see Dylan there. Usually, okay, always, he was an obnoxious, disgusting freak. She wasn't that surprised to see Derek there. He was a great brother. They got along really well.
She wiped her eyes. "What?" She tried not to sound mean, but she didn't like people besides Freddy seeing her cry. She, in fact, hated it. Dylan, the 11-year-old, leaned against the doorway and didn't say a word. Derek looked at her carefully, then nudged Dylan. "Hey, why don't you go back into your room?" Dylan looked a little sad, but nonetheless walked down the hallway back to his room.
Derek turned back to Katie. "Can I come in?"
Katie turned away and answered in a soft whisper, "Fine."
She took a step back and allowed him to get through, then closed the door behind him.
He sat on her bed and beckoned for her to come sit next to him. She accepted and went over to him on her bed, where he put his arm around her.
"Okay, Kate. What'd he do?" He asked seriously. He and Katie both hated their dad, and he often yelled at them or grounded them.
She rubbed her bloodshot eyes. "He freakin grounded me! All because I went to the movies!" Derek looked mad. "Because you went to the movies!" Katie nodded, then added, "Well…" She paused. She didn't really feel like telling Derek.
"Well what?" He asked, looked at her. She decided to just tell him. "Me and Freddy were…kissing" she blushed slightly. "And dad saw us on the porch. Then he got mad because he said I broke his rules."
Derek looked even madder. He stood up and paced the room. "So he got mad at you, all because you went to the movies, kissed a guy, and broke his pointless rules!" His voice got louder at the end of the sentence.
Katie nodded tearfully. "Pretty much…"She said in a small voice. She shifted her position so she was leaning back on her headboard.
Derek looked at her, deep in thought. Finally he said quietly, but angrily, "Dad's such an ass. He doesn't know what it's like to actually like someone, or to lose someone you love." Katie stared at her wall. That was the first time Derek had actually mentioned their mothers death after it happened. "And he also doesn't know what it's like being the only girl in a family of 3 guys." Katie shrugged in agreement. He had a point.
He went over to the door, preparing to leave. "Tomorrow I'll talk to him. I'll try to get him to change his mind." Katie managed a smile at him. He was such a great brother. She was so lucky he hadn't moved out like he was going to, even though he was only 16.
He smiled at her and left the room, closing the door behind him.
Katie stared at it for a second, and whatever feelings of happiness she had felt before were now gone. She put her head in her hands and sobbed.
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Katie couldn't sleep. She'd been trying to since 10, but it was now 2, and she hadn't slept for even a second. She wanted to talk to Freddy. She NEEDED to talk to Freddy. She needed to find out why it was that he had so suddenly decided to kiss her.
She silently got up and logged on to her computer. She waited for it to sign her on, then she scanned her buddy list. Please, please, PLEASE let Freddy be on…She thought to herself. She grinned. She knew he would be on, hes always on this time of day. Well, night, actually.
She Imed him.
Kabass76hiDrUmMeR610hi wut r u doing up so late?
Kabass76late?
Kabass76u ALWAYZ stay up this late
DrUmMeR610yea, I do, but u don't. wuts up?
Kabass76Im freakin GROUNDED!
DrUmMeR610wha? Y?
Kabass76cuz my dads a retard…?
DrUmMeR610lol
DrUmMeR610seriously y?
Kabass76cuz he saw us, yea, lol and he sed I broke all of his 'rulez'
DrUmMeR610rules?
DrUmMeR610wut rules?
Kabass76ugh. ALL of his stupid, pointless, nonsensical rules. The 1s where I cant have any independence, and the 1s where I cant do anything by myself. I havta have derek there w/ me.
DrUmMeR610I never knew u had any rules
Kabass76yea, well, now u do
DrUmMeR610so….wut cant u do?
Kabass76c any of my friends. I cant go out, im basicly stuck here for the rest of the summer
Kabass76but dereks gonna ask my dad somehow….to get me to..not be grounded anymore. Lol. If u kno what I mean.
DrUmMeR610lol. Yea
DrUmMeR610so u cant c any of ur friends?
Kabass76no…I wish he would die and go to hell.
Kabass76y'd my mom die and not him? Y'd she go thru all the pain, and he didn't? hows that make sense?
DrUmMeR610it doesn't
DrUmMeR610lol
Kabass76lol
Kabass76I wanna ask u something tho.
DrUmMeR610uh oh
DrUmMeR610lol
Kabass76this is gonna be embarressing to ask, but…
Kabass76lol im asking anyway cuz then ill never find out.
DrUmMeR610uh..ok, wut?
Kabass76y'd u kiss me all of a sudden? Y'd u decide rite NOW that u wanted to? Y not before?
DrUmMeR610well cuz devyn asked me if I liked u, and I sed maybe
Kabass76I kno
DrUmMeR610?
DrUmMeR610how?
Kabass76devyn told me
DrUmMeR610remind me not to trust HER ever again
Kabass76lol
DrUmMeR610lol
DrUmMeR610so yea, and I just pretty much thought that if devyn asked, she must either think or kno that u liked me, so I just decided to kiss u.
Kabass76what if I didn't let u? like, what if I DIDN'T like u back?
DrUmMeR610do u?
Kabass76of course
Kabass76just wondering
DrUmMeR610lol. Idk…ud hate me then…
Kabass76Iol I wouldn't hate u….id probably just feel weird around u
DrUmMeR610lol
DrUmMeR610g2g
DrUmMeR610 I guess I WONT c u tomorrow..
Kabass76sigh guess not
Kabass76byee
DrUmMeR610bye ttyl
DrUmMeR610signed of at 2:48AM.
Katie signed off. She had no reason to stay on now. She had finally gotten her answers. She leaned back, thinking about what he had said. Then started thinking about her answer to his statement about her hating him. Of course she could never hate him-he took a chance, and she admired that in him. How could he ever think that she would hate him, for any reason! He's been to much of a best friend for her to do THAT.
She smiled to herself, forgetting about being grounded. She covered herself up and shut the light off, then closed her eyes. She was asleep within 2 minutes.
(A/NYay, long chapter. Ok, not much longer than the others, and not much went on in this, but something will soon. And no, Katies dad is not abusive. He's just, uh…strict. Lol. Hm…yea, I know that the only band members from School of Rock are Freddy and Katie, and this story has nothing to do with the band. If you want me to add some of them, I can try. So, yea, R&R plz!)