AN: Well, as Twisted pointed out the last chapter just sort of died. As
such I decided to take pity on everyone and update again before I was ready
to update my other stories. Oh well, they say doing things against a
neurosis is good for you. Oh fantasy how well you know me already. Drama
Drama Drama. Never doubt it. It'll come. I'm never kind to my fav
characters for long. I think we chatted about that once. It's not fun or
realistic if everything goes their way. Hehe. Knight, whomever you are,
THANK YOU!!! Gutted to reach the end of what was posted? What a compliment!
A thousand thank yous to everyone reading this story and to everyone
reading, let me know what you think. Peace n'speed, Tempest. The crazy car
chick.
Chapter 43 -
Harry hung up the phone. "Hey Kitten, what do ya need?" Harry asked her with a smile.
"Um, well, someone messed up my check."
"How so?" Harry was still grinning.
"Well, they.Um.I, well." She was clearly flabbergasted. "They added an extra 0." Kat looked almost upset.
"Yeah, no one messed up. I gave you a raise." Harry leaned back in his chair and just grinned at her.
"No one gets raises like that Harry, that's just insane." Kat frowned.
"Well, you just did. I mean, you'll have to start showin' up earlier, maybe stayin' later, and doin' more paperwork, but I expect that of a partner. Even if you are just a junior one."
"A partner? You made me a partner?"
"Yep. I took you seriously when you said you were in for life. I hope you meant it."
"Harry!" She squealed, flew over his desk and onto him. She gave him the biggest hug and a kiss on the cheek. "You just try and get rid of me!" Harry hugged her back.
"Ok then, go to work." He sent her out of the office with a smile. Kat spent the rest of the afternoon waiting on people with a goofy grin on her face. Edwin came in the store to buy parts for his Acura.
"How's it goin' kid?" He asked her.
"I don't think I could be much better Edwin, or I might bust. You?"
"I blew my head gasket so I could be much better. Please tell me you have one in stock." Edwin sighed.
"On second." She used the computer to check. "Yep I do have one." She went and got it out of the back. She sold Edwin his part.
"Nice win you got the other night. Leon's one hell of a racer but you got him."
"Yeah, he is a good racer, but hey, I'm the best." She smiled to show she was playing around.
"Yeah, you're pretty good kid. But next race night when I have a ride," He held up his gasket, "I might want a shot at ya."
"Bring it on Edwin. You can have all the shots you want. You'll never win, but you can have all the shots you want."
Edwin grinned at her.
"You're one cocky kid."
"I am but you know it's part of my charm." She grinned.
"See ya kid."
"Yeah, see ya Edwin."
She went back to entering stock in the computer.
*~*
Leon was still mulling over the visit he'd had from Sean. It seemed that he'd hurt Kat even worse then he'd thought. He hadn't known he'd grabbed her hard enough to leave marks. Leon hated men who beat women and while he knew he hadn't beaten on Kat it seemed almost as bad to grab her hard enough to mark her skin. He'd listened to Sean go on about how he hadn't known when they came to warn him the first time, and how lucky Leon was that he hadn't because he never would have let him off with just being told off if he'd known.
Sean planned on beating some bruises onto the punk over what he'd done. But the other man was so clearly mad at himself, so depressed almost when Sean told him that he couldn't bring himself to do it. It was obvious the other man hadn't known what he'd done, just like Kat had assumed, that if he had known what he was doing it never would have happened. Sean walked off after telling Leon that if he ever laid a hand on Kat hard enough to mark her skin again they'd be finding pieces of him and his car all over LA.
When Sean threatened to blow up his car with him in it Leon turned white under his tan. He knew the other man had it in him to do it. He didn't know if it was wise to continue to have anything to do with Kat. Leon was upset that it seemed that Dom was right. He would have been better off if he'd never had anything to do with Kat. And now he'd told her that he wanted to try again. He really did, but still, her friends were dangerous to mess with. It was almost a week ago that they'd spoken and he'd never spoken to her or called her since. He was going to have to soon or she'd be figuring that he'd just pretended he wanted to get with her again. He was trying to think up something that normal couples might do together when they first started to date.
He could take her to a movie, or out dancing. Those things just seemed so done. Everyone did that stuff. But then again what else was there? If he took her anywhere private he was just going to be all over her in a heartbeat and that wasn't taking it slow. He figured he'd call her tonight and then just play it by ear. See what she wanted to do, if she'd have anything to do with him after he'd failed to speak to her for the whole week.
*~*
Kat was having a great day at work after her news from Harry. Brian was clearly pleased for her. When she thought of the fact that Leon had never spoken to her she got sort of upset but she didn't let herself dwell on it. She thought about calling him but decided against it. The ball was in his court at this point and she wasn't chasing after him. She had an idea in that second. Why should she sit around waiting on him to call? She'd call Nikki and they could go out dancing. She picked up the phone and dialled her friend's number.
"Hey Nikki." Kat answered after her friend picked up and said hello.
"Hey Kitty cat, what's up?"
"Nada. Other then the fact that Harry made me a partner in the shop, it's a lot more responsibility, along with a huge raise however."
"No shit?"
"For real girl."
"Kat that's super!" Nikki was pleased for her friend. "So how'd the meeting with Jersey go?"
It took Kat a second to realize that Nikki meant Leon but didn't remember his name. "Oh, you mean Leon. He came to see me, we talked. He said he wanted to give it another chance. I agreed but said I wanted to take it slow because it was like we rushed last time and look how that turned out."
"Good plan. So how's it goin'?"
"It's not. He never called or anything since. I don't know what's up but I refuse to chase him down. That's why I called. Let's head out tonight. Tell your dad you're spendin' the night with me and then we'll go to Voodoo. We might even be able to convince Stacy to come with." Kat said with a smile in her voice.
"I'd love to go out Kat, but I'm so over Stacy, it doesn't matter if he comes or not." Kat could tell her friend was lying.
"Ok then, I won't ask him, we'll just go." Kat waited for the inevitable. She wasn't disappointed.
"Oh you can ask him if you want." Nikki didn't let her down; Kat had known she was going to say that.
"Ok, we'll ask the guys to come with." Kat would never have gone without at least extending the invite anyway.
"It really doesn't matter. What're ya gonna wear?" Nikki moved on to more important topics.
"I hadn't thought about it. You didn't hit races so you never saw my angel outfit." Kat described the white outfit.
"Wear that. It's not like you'll see anyone you know from races. Maybe Edwin but who cares 'bout him?"
"You think I should wear it? It's pretty different from what I'd normally wear to Voodoo."
"Yeah, it sounds awesome. Different isn't bad." Nikki wanted to see this outfit. It sounded unreal.
"Ok, wanna get ready at my house? I could pick you up after work and you could bring your shit over to my house to get ready."
"Sounds good, I'll get packed now."
"See you 'round 7 then. Bye." Kat hung up. She didn't need Leon to go out and have a good time. She checked the clock. Only 2 hours till she left to get Nikki. The two hours went really fast and before she knew it she was off out the door. Brian asked her if she had plans but she sidestepped answering him, she told him she wasn't sure what she was doing. She swung by Nikki's and got her friend.
They went out to grab a quick bite to eat because Kat did not want a repeat of how sick she'd ended up after the last time they went out and Nikki admitted she'd been pretty ill the next day too. They went to a fast food drive thru and ate greasy food. They figured it would help soak up the liquor.
Then they headed to Kat's and started to get ready. Kat put on her white outfit and Nikki was in shock. "That looks crazy awesome girl." Nikki said.
"You think?"
"Yep. What're ya doin' wit your hair?" Nikki hoped she didn't say braids. She really didn't want to have to do them.
"I thought I might leave it down and straighten it out as much as I can. What'dya think?"
"That sounds good. When did you cut the purple out by the way?"
"Right before I went to Japan." Kat avoided saying because I thought Leon would like it better this way. "Why, should I put it back in?"
"Up to you. I liked it with the ends coloured. It's so blonde though, it looks good plain too."
"I think I like it the way it is for now." Kat said after she thought about it for a second. They finished getting ready and then headed downstairs. It was far too early to leave the house to go to Voodoo yet, however they figured they'd go downstairs and hang out with the guys before they left and tell them where they were going.
"Where you goin' all dressed up?" Kale asked the two girls as they walked into the living room. The other two guys looked up from the TV.
"Voodoo. You wanna come?" Kat asked.
"I'm not in the mood." Sean answered, surprising Kat. She'd have killed sometimes to have him say that when she was younger, but now she wished he'd come. And he normally wouldn't have missed a chance to go to the club and dance with her. She wondered why he was in a bad mood. She wanted to find out but she was scared the answer would have something to do with him still being mad at her over Leon. Kale also declined but Kat wasn't as surprised about that. Kale often hadn't really wanted to go out. Stacy looked at Nikki in her little red skirt and yellow halter and decided he'd go.
Kat knew that Nikki would be pleased. Kale offered to drive them down around 10, Kat liked to arrive earlier then most people so she could visit with all her friends on staff before they were really too busy to hang out with her. They all got in the Eclipse and Kale drove them down.
They walked into the club and started making the rounds. The two girls got hugs and kisses on the cheek from most of the staff and Stacy did his little manly handshake with them all. They walked around just socializing and catching up for the first hour, then the place started to fill up and the music changed tempo. People the girls knew started to arrive. The place didn't take long to fill up and Kat and Nikki were never short people to dance with. Kat noticed that Stacy claimed her friend for more then one dance however.
Kat was a bit upset when she let herself think of it that she was just dancing with friends and random guys that wanted to dance. She figured that in a perfect world Leon would be there dancing with her. However the world was far from perfect, her life had proven that to her time and time again. Even still Kat couldn't really complain about how things were going for her lately. She put it all out of her mind and just felt the music while she danced with a guy she went to high school with. He'd been a friend then and she was enjoying their dance. She was having a good time watching Nikki and Stacy dancing.
*~*
Leon screwed up his courage and gave Kat a call around 10 only to be told she went out with her girlfriend dancing. He figured he had that coming. He couldn't leave it till 10 the night he wanted to see her to ask her out, she was bound to have other things to do. He guessed she'd be down at the same club they'd gone out to before. He thought about if he wanted to go down and try to find her or just let it go and see if she wanted to catch up after races the following night. He decided he had nothing to lose to go down to that Voodoo club and see if he could find her, maybe get a dance in.
He hopped in the car and headed down.
The place was packed. He didn't see anyone looking like Kat anywhere. There was a crowd standing around something in the middle of the dance floor. Leon moved closer to try and get a look.
The DJ spoke as Leon moved in. "This one goes out to Kat. So don't kill me ok?" He laughingly asked the crowd. He normally would be kicked out of the building for playing that artist. Kat knew what song was coming. They always joked that other then her height it was her theme song. She shouted at the DJ.
"You need to shut the f up nigga." Kat shouted at the DJ booth as she flipped the man off. But she laughed while she said it. She didn't think she was as bad as the woman in the song. The DJ spun the rest of the song. Leon watched her give the DJ attitude then listened to her song.
*5 foot 9. She's got legs for days. Green eyes that cut like a knife and her own little sexy sway. Oh, she don't waste no time, movin to the floor, and when she starts to move she has you callin yo mamma saying you wanna go home.*
Kat was blushing but she was dancing with Nikki anyway. She always got so embarrassed when they did that, played this song and called it her song.
*Baby, tell me Why can't I have you? Why you running girl? I just wanted to love you*
They always said that no man could have her, that she almost ran the other way when any guy showed too much interest but she had this attitude, just a way of acting and speaking, and of course her looks that made men fall for her and that made strangers believe in love at first sight. Kat however knew that for most of them it was all an allusion. They didn't want her, they wanted that girl. The girl who ran with the Tigers, raced her Skyline, built it herself, and was more bad ass then half the men they knew. They just wanted to be the guy who got that notch on their belt, the guy who finally got Kat to date them. Well, she wasn't going to be that girl. She didn't want to be a prize for some guy. So she convinced them subconsciously they didn't want her for their own anyway and most of them bought it. Leon was the first one ever who didn't. He got through, even though she tried not to let him. She'd lost that fight. She couldn't help but think that fate was real and must have played a big part in her meeting Leon at all.
*It's ok to be scared Cause this girl is super bad. She will probably be The best thing that you never had. Oh. Don't waste no time, trin' to make her yo own, No. Cause what she says goes and like boys to men said this is the end of the road Oh.*
Nikki was laughing at Kat even as they danced because the other girl was still so embarrassed to be singled out like that. Even if she did know most of the people who were in the club. And they'd been doing that to her for a while now. The DJ would hear a song that reminded him of Kat and would play it on Friday and send it out to her. It had been Miss Independent for the longest time. That had been worse because Miss Independent was hard to dance to. At least this song had a rhythm.
Leon listened to the song, and they sure described Kat, well other then the 5 foot 9 part. But she even did have really long legs for her height. But he didn't get the rest of it. She'd never acted like an unattainable girl he'd never had around him. He asked a random bar patron why they called this Kat's song.
"Cause every guy in this place has tried to get wit her at some point and ain't one of 'em succeeded. She just convinces 'em that they wanna be her friend not her lover. Don't know how she does it. I know one thing, girls gonna be the best thing I never had. Man, look at her." Leon and the guy looked. She was the best thing he'd almost had for sure. They were playing a new song, a faster song and the tall kid about Kat's own age was dancing with her.
"So she's never dated anyone at all?" Leon asked, incredulously.
"Not unless you count her buddy Sean. And that didn't last long. Far as I know she's never dated anyone at all. Maybe guys from around Connor's but not anyone I've ever heard of." And with that the guy walked off.
That surprised the hell out of Leon for some reason. He figured she must have dated before. He knew she'd called him her first serious boyfriend when she talked to Vince, but he never would have guessed he was the only guy she'd ever dated period.
He watched her dance with the kid for the rest of the song. One of the kid's legs was between Kat's and vise versa. The guy was looking down at Kat with a look of admiration mixed with lust and Kat was looking down while she tossed her head to make her hair do a dance of it's own. She looked up at the kid with a smile and a laugh. The kid laughed back and said something to Kat that made her smack him on the shoulder in mock reproach.
Leon decided now was the time to announce himself. He reached her side as the song ended.
Chapter 43 -
Harry hung up the phone. "Hey Kitten, what do ya need?" Harry asked her with a smile.
"Um, well, someone messed up my check."
"How so?" Harry was still grinning.
"Well, they.Um.I, well." She was clearly flabbergasted. "They added an extra 0." Kat looked almost upset.
"Yeah, no one messed up. I gave you a raise." Harry leaned back in his chair and just grinned at her.
"No one gets raises like that Harry, that's just insane." Kat frowned.
"Well, you just did. I mean, you'll have to start showin' up earlier, maybe stayin' later, and doin' more paperwork, but I expect that of a partner. Even if you are just a junior one."
"A partner? You made me a partner?"
"Yep. I took you seriously when you said you were in for life. I hope you meant it."
"Harry!" She squealed, flew over his desk and onto him. She gave him the biggest hug and a kiss on the cheek. "You just try and get rid of me!" Harry hugged her back.
"Ok then, go to work." He sent her out of the office with a smile. Kat spent the rest of the afternoon waiting on people with a goofy grin on her face. Edwin came in the store to buy parts for his Acura.
"How's it goin' kid?" He asked her.
"I don't think I could be much better Edwin, or I might bust. You?"
"I blew my head gasket so I could be much better. Please tell me you have one in stock." Edwin sighed.
"On second." She used the computer to check. "Yep I do have one." She went and got it out of the back. She sold Edwin his part.
"Nice win you got the other night. Leon's one hell of a racer but you got him."
"Yeah, he is a good racer, but hey, I'm the best." She smiled to show she was playing around.
"Yeah, you're pretty good kid. But next race night when I have a ride," He held up his gasket, "I might want a shot at ya."
"Bring it on Edwin. You can have all the shots you want. You'll never win, but you can have all the shots you want."
Edwin grinned at her.
"You're one cocky kid."
"I am but you know it's part of my charm." She grinned.
"See ya kid."
"Yeah, see ya Edwin."
She went back to entering stock in the computer.
*~*
Leon was still mulling over the visit he'd had from Sean. It seemed that he'd hurt Kat even worse then he'd thought. He hadn't known he'd grabbed her hard enough to leave marks. Leon hated men who beat women and while he knew he hadn't beaten on Kat it seemed almost as bad to grab her hard enough to mark her skin. He'd listened to Sean go on about how he hadn't known when they came to warn him the first time, and how lucky Leon was that he hadn't because he never would have let him off with just being told off if he'd known.
Sean planned on beating some bruises onto the punk over what he'd done. But the other man was so clearly mad at himself, so depressed almost when Sean told him that he couldn't bring himself to do it. It was obvious the other man hadn't known what he'd done, just like Kat had assumed, that if he had known what he was doing it never would have happened. Sean walked off after telling Leon that if he ever laid a hand on Kat hard enough to mark her skin again they'd be finding pieces of him and his car all over LA.
When Sean threatened to blow up his car with him in it Leon turned white under his tan. He knew the other man had it in him to do it. He didn't know if it was wise to continue to have anything to do with Kat. Leon was upset that it seemed that Dom was right. He would have been better off if he'd never had anything to do with Kat. And now he'd told her that he wanted to try again. He really did, but still, her friends were dangerous to mess with. It was almost a week ago that they'd spoken and he'd never spoken to her or called her since. He was going to have to soon or she'd be figuring that he'd just pretended he wanted to get with her again. He was trying to think up something that normal couples might do together when they first started to date.
He could take her to a movie, or out dancing. Those things just seemed so done. Everyone did that stuff. But then again what else was there? If he took her anywhere private he was just going to be all over her in a heartbeat and that wasn't taking it slow. He figured he'd call her tonight and then just play it by ear. See what she wanted to do, if she'd have anything to do with him after he'd failed to speak to her for the whole week.
*~*
Kat was having a great day at work after her news from Harry. Brian was clearly pleased for her. When she thought of the fact that Leon had never spoken to her she got sort of upset but she didn't let herself dwell on it. She thought about calling him but decided against it. The ball was in his court at this point and she wasn't chasing after him. She had an idea in that second. Why should she sit around waiting on him to call? She'd call Nikki and they could go out dancing. She picked up the phone and dialled her friend's number.
"Hey Nikki." Kat answered after her friend picked up and said hello.
"Hey Kitty cat, what's up?"
"Nada. Other then the fact that Harry made me a partner in the shop, it's a lot more responsibility, along with a huge raise however."
"No shit?"
"For real girl."
"Kat that's super!" Nikki was pleased for her friend. "So how'd the meeting with Jersey go?"
It took Kat a second to realize that Nikki meant Leon but didn't remember his name. "Oh, you mean Leon. He came to see me, we talked. He said he wanted to give it another chance. I agreed but said I wanted to take it slow because it was like we rushed last time and look how that turned out."
"Good plan. So how's it goin'?"
"It's not. He never called or anything since. I don't know what's up but I refuse to chase him down. That's why I called. Let's head out tonight. Tell your dad you're spendin' the night with me and then we'll go to Voodoo. We might even be able to convince Stacy to come with." Kat said with a smile in her voice.
"I'd love to go out Kat, but I'm so over Stacy, it doesn't matter if he comes or not." Kat could tell her friend was lying.
"Ok then, I won't ask him, we'll just go." Kat waited for the inevitable. She wasn't disappointed.
"Oh you can ask him if you want." Nikki didn't let her down; Kat had known she was going to say that.
"Ok, we'll ask the guys to come with." Kat would never have gone without at least extending the invite anyway.
"It really doesn't matter. What're ya gonna wear?" Nikki moved on to more important topics.
"I hadn't thought about it. You didn't hit races so you never saw my angel outfit." Kat described the white outfit.
"Wear that. It's not like you'll see anyone you know from races. Maybe Edwin but who cares 'bout him?"
"You think I should wear it? It's pretty different from what I'd normally wear to Voodoo."
"Yeah, it sounds awesome. Different isn't bad." Nikki wanted to see this outfit. It sounded unreal.
"Ok, wanna get ready at my house? I could pick you up after work and you could bring your shit over to my house to get ready."
"Sounds good, I'll get packed now."
"See you 'round 7 then. Bye." Kat hung up. She didn't need Leon to go out and have a good time. She checked the clock. Only 2 hours till she left to get Nikki. The two hours went really fast and before she knew it she was off out the door. Brian asked her if she had plans but she sidestepped answering him, she told him she wasn't sure what she was doing. She swung by Nikki's and got her friend.
They went out to grab a quick bite to eat because Kat did not want a repeat of how sick she'd ended up after the last time they went out and Nikki admitted she'd been pretty ill the next day too. They went to a fast food drive thru and ate greasy food. They figured it would help soak up the liquor.
Then they headed to Kat's and started to get ready. Kat put on her white outfit and Nikki was in shock. "That looks crazy awesome girl." Nikki said.
"You think?"
"Yep. What're ya doin' wit your hair?" Nikki hoped she didn't say braids. She really didn't want to have to do them.
"I thought I might leave it down and straighten it out as much as I can. What'dya think?"
"That sounds good. When did you cut the purple out by the way?"
"Right before I went to Japan." Kat avoided saying because I thought Leon would like it better this way. "Why, should I put it back in?"
"Up to you. I liked it with the ends coloured. It's so blonde though, it looks good plain too."
"I think I like it the way it is for now." Kat said after she thought about it for a second. They finished getting ready and then headed downstairs. It was far too early to leave the house to go to Voodoo yet, however they figured they'd go downstairs and hang out with the guys before they left and tell them where they were going.
"Where you goin' all dressed up?" Kale asked the two girls as they walked into the living room. The other two guys looked up from the TV.
"Voodoo. You wanna come?" Kat asked.
"I'm not in the mood." Sean answered, surprising Kat. She'd have killed sometimes to have him say that when she was younger, but now she wished he'd come. And he normally wouldn't have missed a chance to go to the club and dance with her. She wondered why he was in a bad mood. She wanted to find out but she was scared the answer would have something to do with him still being mad at her over Leon. Kale also declined but Kat wasn't as surprised about that. Kale often hadn't really wanted to go out. Stacy looked at Nikki in her little red skirt and yellow halter and decided he'd go.
Kat knew that Nikki would be pleased. Kale offered to drive them down around 10, Kat liked to arrive earlier then most people so she could visit with all her friends on staff before they were really too busy to hang out with her. They all got in the Eclipse and Kale drove them down.
They walked into the club and started making the rounds. The two girls got hugs and kisses on the cheek from most of the staff and Stacy did his little manly handshake with them all. They walked around just socializing and catching up for the first hour, then the place started to fill up and the music changed tempo. People the girls knew started to arrive. The place didn't take long to fill up and Kat and Nikki were never short people to dance with. Kat noticed that Stacy claimed her friend for more then one dance however.
Kat was a bit upset when she let herself think of it that she was just dancing with friends and random guys that wanted to dance. She figured that in a perfect world Leon would be there dancing with her. However the world was far from perfect, her life had proven that to her time and time again. Even still Kat couldn't really complain about how things were going for her lately. She put it all out of her mind and just felt the music while she danced with a guy she went to high school with. He'd been a friend then and she was enjoying their dance. She was having a good time watching Nikki and Stacy dancing.
*~*
Leon screwed up his courage and gave Kat a call around 10 only to be told she went out with her girlfriend dancing. He figured he had that coming. He couldn't leave it till 10 the night he wanted to see her to ask her out, she was bound to have other things to do. He guessed she'd be down at the same club they'd gone out to before. He thought about if he wanted to go down and try to find her or just let it go and see if she wanted to catch up after races the following night. He decided he had nothing to lose to go down to that Voodoo club and see if he could find her, maybe get a dance in.
He hopped in the car and headed down.
The place was packed. He didn't see anyone looking like Kat anywhere. There was a crowd standing around something in the middle of the dance floor. Leon moved closer to try and get a look.
The DJ spoke as Leon moved in. "This one goes out to Kat. So don't kill me ok?" He laughingly asked the crowd. He normally would be kicked out of the building for playing that artist. Kat knew what song was coming. They always joked that other then her height it was her theme song. She shouted at the DJ.
"You need to shut the f up nigga." Kat shouted at the DJ booth as she flipped the man off. But she laughed while she said it. She didn't think she was as bad as the woman in the song. The DJ spun the rest of the song. Leon watched her give the DJ attitude then listened to her song.
*5 foot 9. She's got legs for days. Green eyes that cut like a knife and her own little sexy sway. Oh, she don't waste no time, movin to the floor, and when she starts to move she has you callin yo mamma saying you wanna go home.*
Kat was blushing but she was dancing with Nikki anyway. She always got so embarrassed when they did that, played this song and called it her song.
*Baby, tell me Why can't I have you? Why you running girl? I just wanted to love you*
They always said that no man could have her, that she almost ran the other way when any guy showed too much interest but she had this attitude, just a way of acting and speaking, and of course her looks that made men fall for her and that made strangers believe in love at first sight. Kat however knew that for most of them it was all an allusion. They didn't want her, they wanted that girl. The girl who ran with the Tigers, raced her Skyline, built it herself, and was more bad ass then half the men they knew. They just wanted to be the guy who got that notch on their belt, the guy who finally got Kat to date them. Well, she wasn't going to be that girl. She didn't want to be a prize for some guy. So she convinced them subconsciously they didn't want her for their own anyway and most of them bought it. Leon was the first one ever who didn't. He got through, even though she tried not to let him. She'd lost that fight. She couldn't help but think that fate was real and must have played a big part in her meeting Leon at all.
*It's ok to be scared Cause this girl is super bad. She will probably be The best thing that you never had. Oh. Don't waste no time, trin' to make her yo own, No. Cause what she says goes and like boys to men said this is the end of the road Oh.*
Nikki was laughing at Kat even as they danced because the other girl was still so embarrassed to be singled out like that. Even if she did know most of the people who were in the club. And they'd been doing that to her for a while now. The DJ would hear a song that reminded him of Kat and would play it on Friday and send it out to her. It had been Miss Independent for the longest time. That had been worse because Miss Independent was hard to dance to. At least this song had a rhythm.
Leon listened to the song, and they sure described Kat, well other then the 5 foot 9 part. But she even did have really long legs for her height. But he didn't get the rest of it. She'd never acted like an unattainable girl he'd never had around him. He asked a random bar patron why they called this Kat's song.
"Cause every guy in this place has tried to get wit her at some point and ain't one of 'em succeeded. She just convinces 'em that they wanna be her friend not her lover. Don't know how she does it. I know one thing, girls gonna be the best thing I never had. Man, look at her." Leon and the guy looked. She was the best thing he'd almost had for sure. They were playing a new song, a faster song and the tall kid about Kat's own age was dancing with her.
"So she's never dated anyone at all?" Leon asked, incredulously.
"Not unless you count her buddy Sean. And that didn't last long. Far as I know she's never dated anyone at all. Maybe guys from around Connor's but not anyone I've ever heard of." And with that the guy walked off.
That surprised the hell out of Leon for some reason. He figured she must have dated before. He knew she'd called him her first serious boyfriend when she talked to Vince, but he never would have guessed he was the only guy she'd ever dated period.
He watched her dance with the kid for the rest of the song. One of the kid's legs was between Kat's and vise versa. The guy was looking down at Kat with a look of admiration mixed with lust and Kat was looking down while she tossed her head to make her hair do a dance of it's own. She looked up at the kid with a smile and a laugh. The kid laughed back and said something to Kat that made her smack him on the shoulder in mock reproach.
Leon decided now was the time to announce himself. He reached her side as the song ended.