Katherine walked quickly up the hiking trail in the Angel Grove woods paying no attention to the signs. She had only been down the trail a few times and even then she had been with a companion but she felt confident that she knew which direction to take. She stopped shortly as she came upon a blanket under a tree and smiled at the young man that was waiting for her. This would be the third time that he and Katherine had met together.

"It's about time you got here," he teased as he made room for her to sit down.

"Sorry, I got held up," she replied.

"Sure that's what you girls always say and you just expect us guys to wait for you," he retorted.

"Your still here, so it obviously works, besides you're the one who called me," she reminded him.

"Yeah well, I know it was short notice but I figured you weren't doing anything important," he said with a laugh.

"Hey I know it doesn't seem like it but I do have a life when I'm not meeting here with you," she told him in mock protest.

"I know, I know I was only kidding," he quipped. "So how have your dance classes been going?"

"They've been going well so far, ever since I quit diving I've used the extra time to concentrate on my ballet," she explained. "You wouldn't happen to food in that bag would you?" she asked pointing to the bag that was sitting on the edge of the blanket.

"As a matter of fact, my mom made these sandwiches when she learned I was going hiking, and I was hoping that if you hadn't eaten we could share them," he replied.

"Your mother just happened to make extra sandwiches?" she questioned.

"Well I'm a growing boy, so I guess she figured I'd want more than one," he concluded.

"Oh I was just wondering whether or not you told her it was me that you were meeting here," she admitted taking a sandwich from the bag.

"I thought about it but I knew she'd just ask too many questions," he confessed.

"Its just as well, I didn't exactly tell Aisha the reason I had to cut our shopping trip short," Katherine revealed as she waited for Tommy's reaction.

"Yeah I haven't told Kim either, I don't think she'd understand why I feel like there are some things I can tell you but not her," Tommy said. "Sometimes, I think it scares her when I try to explain just what it felt like to have all that evil flowing through me."

"Or maybe she's just scared by the fact that part of you actually like the feeling," Kat commented. "It's like no other feeling in the world, like nothing or no one else matters and you can blame everything that you do on the fact that your evil."

"That's exactly how I feel too, it just gets so hard sometimes always having to watch myself and be on the defensive in case Rita ever wants to get her hooks into me again," he interjected.

"I just want to know why I was so susceptible in the first place, I mean I've been a good girl all my life and all it takes is one zap from Rita's wand and I'm so willing to be evil," Katherine pondered

"That's not true Kat, you always knew deep down that you were good, what about all those times that the spell would start to wear off and you'd start remembering the truth about yourself, it wasn't like that for me," Tommy pointed out.

"Ok, let's not start arguing over who was more evil," Kat said trying to lighten up the mood.

"I just hate that you're so hard on yourself, maybe that's why we get along so well, why it's so easy to talk to you, I never feel like you're expecting that much from me," Tommy told her.

"Maybe that's because I don't have to expect it, its always there, just being here with you and being able to talk about our experiences together, it means more to me than you'll ever know," Kat told him.

"Its kind of funny to think about but maybe Rita and her spells weren't so bad after all, they brought us together didn't they," Tommy said looking into her eyes and smiling.

Kat smiled back as tears rolled down her cheeks. Tommy then put his arms around her and held her as she cried.

But we're not together Tommy, not really. He probably thinks I'm crying because of all the things I've been through lately. He has no idea, the real reason behind the tears. Why am I torturing myself like this? I may be the one that Tommy turns to when he really needs to talk but his heart is still with Kim, isn't?

"Well I guess I better get going, I promised Kim that I'd stop by the gym and see how she's doing," Tommy said as both he and Katherine stood up. "Thanks for meeting me with me again; I hope we can do it again sometime."

"Yeah next time I'll bring the sandwiches," Kat said with a smile as the two of them headed down the path.

I've gotten one good and one bad review. I'm not even sure if I liked this latest Chapter but I needed to keep the story going. I think that Chapter 4 will take a look into Tommy's thoughts on his meetings with Katherine. I know what I want to happen later in the story; I just hope that I can make it work.