Kates POV

"Guess it's just you and me, '' Humphrey said. He had the same goofy smile he usually had on him. I did used to have a crush on him and would have asked him out but Lilly beat me to it. I'm kind of glad she did though. It would have been nice to be with Humphrey but… you know.

"For now" I said as I began walking to the living room. I sat down on the far left end of the couch. Humphrey sat on the far right and put his leg on the coffee table. "So how are things with you and Lilly?" I asked, starting a conversation. When Angel told me that Rick had feelings for me I had to see him so I shot him a text to come over. He said he'd be right there. So until then Humphrey was my company.

"Fine. great actually, what about you and Rick?" Humphrey asked. I just shook my head no with a small smile. "Oh man, when are you gonna seal the deal?" he asked me. I shrugged.

"When it happens it happens" I said. Humphrey nodded before turning to me.

"You know he's lucky, I never would have had the guts to tell you I liked you" Humphrey said. This piqued my interest. I stared at him momentarily.

"Did you?" I asked. Humphreys' ears shot up. He avoided eye contact with me as he looked down. "Humphrey?" i asked concerned. He sighed.

"I… did…" he said. My heart dropped. How long did he feel that way?

"Since when?" I asked. I really needed to know.

"Since I first met you when we were little, as we got older the feelings only got stronger" he explained. This answer brought even more questions.

"Then… why Lilly? How come you never told me?" I quizzed.

"I was… scared. I didn't want to scare you off. Make you think I was weird. Lilly she... " he sighed and looked up to me. "I'm going to tell you something I've never told anyone. I need you to promise me that you'll not only not get mad at me but that this doesn't leave this room" Humphrey said. I only nodded. I was really intrigued. "When I first started hanging with Lilly… it was… to get closer to you" Humphrey said. He took a few seconds before looking up at me. His head was lowered almost as he was ashamed. At first I was mad but I needed to hear him out.

"What changed?" I asked.

"As we hung out more and more I started having feelings for her. Eventually one thing led to another and… I'm really happy, '' he explained. Okay. I was satisfied with that answer.

"Hey Humphrey?" I called silently.

"Yeah Kate?" he answered. He looked really nervous. I can tell he was scared of what I was thinking.

"I liked you too," I admitted shyly. We just sat there, staring at each other speechless.

"You did?" Humphrey asked. I nodded again. I wanted to know if this changed anything.

"If I knew… I WAS gonna ask you out eventually but… Lilly did it first," I explained. Humphrey broke eye contact with me as he stared at the TV. What did I just do?

"I loved you Kate, I still do… but I love Lilly too, and if Rick can make you happy, then that's all that matters'' Humphrey said. That was fair.

"If only I knew. You were so cute. If I was in time, I would have been a lot happier. If it wasn't for Rick showing up now… id still be as miserable as i was when Lilly first took you from me" i explained. Humphrey eyed me from the side.

"I care about you Kate," he said. I took his hand and held it.

"I care about you too Humphrey, i'm glad Lilly has you" i said. Humphrey nodded just as Rick knocked on the door. "It's open!" I called as I let go of Humphreys hand and stood up.

Rick walked through the door and shut it before walking to the living room.

"There he is!" Humphrey called. I ran into Rick's arms, smothering his cheek in kisses. I then hugged him tightly.

"I'm glad you're okay," I said, muffled into his jacket. Rick broke the hug and looked me in the eye. He smiled at me warmly before his smile fell as he rubbed my cheek with his thumb, cupping my ghin in the process.

"That mother fucker," he said. He must have seen my mark. "At least it didn't bruise, I saw it when I carried you to the nurses office so I was worried that it would" Rick explained as he sat where Humphrey was sitting. Apparently he switched seats to the chair by himself. I hope I didn't hurt him just now. I sat next to Rick and took his hand, smiling at him as I did so. Then something hit me.

"Wait… you carried me?" I asked confused.

"All the way to the nurses" Humphrey said. I turned to Rick and he just shrugged. I felt so cared for and loved. I nuzzled him.

"My hero," I said jokingly. Rick snickered.

"Where's Lilly and Angel?" Rick asked.

"Upstairs, not sure what they're doing," Humphrey answered. I felt Rick nod before he put his two scents in.

"they'll probably come down when they're ready, you did tell them we were hanging out right?" he asked me.

"M-hm" I humed. I felt Rick rub my shoulder in response.

"So whose car are we taking?" Humphrey asked.

"Well we can take my truck and your car," Rick said. I lifted my head to face him.

"So how did it feel to hit Garth?" I asked.

"I've wondered this myself" Humphrey chimed in. Rick snickered before answering.

"Well after you told me what happened in the auditorium I wanted to kill him. All I needed was a push and he gave that to me. Literally" he explained.

"So it felt good?" Humphrey asked.

"Great" Rick mouthed. Me and Humphrey laughed as Lilly and Angel came down the stairs.

"You two ready to go?" Humphrey asked.

"Yeah," Lilly said. Humphrey, Rick and I stood up. All of a sudden Angel ran up to Rick and hugged him.

"I was so worried," she said into his shirt. She was so cute with her brother. He patted her on the back before leaning down and brushing her dark hair with his right hand while resting his left on her shoulder.

"I'm fine," Rick said, smiling. she smiled back at him.

"I'm glad," she said. Rick stood back up and turned to me. He then motioned his head to the door before everyone started to walk over to it.

We got outside and I locked the door as everyone else walked over to the two cars. I heard Angel say that she was going to ride with Humphrey and Lilly. Good, I wanted some alone time with Rick. at least for a while. I climbed into the passenger seat and buckled up. Rick sat next to me and turned the truck on.

"Wait…" Rick said. I stared at him confused as he did the same.

"What is it?" I asked.

"We're in the car, ready to go, but where?" he asked. I laughed and shrugged. I loved how over dramatic he is sometimes. Rick rolled down the window and called Humphreys name. I saw Humphrey roll down his passenger window before leaning across Lilly a bit.

"Yeah?" he called.

"Where the fuck are we going?" Rick asked. I saw Humphrey say something to Lilly and she responded to something.

"They want to go to the mall," Humphrey called.

"The mall?" Rick asked. We faintly saw Humphrey nod from across the driveway.

"Where are WE going?" he asked. Rick turned to me as if asking me the same question.

"I've been craving applebees" I said as if I was proposing a deal. Rick nodded before turning back to the window.

"Applebees" was all he said as he put the car into drive and rode off.

As we were riding to the mall I told Rick.

"hey. Thanks for taking care of me… again" I looked over at him. He smiled and put his hand on my knee. Rubbing it as if to say anytime. He put his hand back on the steering wheel so he could go back to holding it with both hands.

"What happened when you woke up?" Rick asked.

"Eh, i woke up near the end of the day so the nurse just let me chill out until the bell rang" i explained. I turned to him again. "Did you get in trouble?" I asked. I feel like I knew the answer, but that slight chance that I got to see him in school tomorrow kept me on edge.

"I won't be in school for the next week," he said. I kept silent, causing Rick to glance over at me for a second. I felt angry. Why would he get in trouble for defending himself? It was bullshit. "I'm sure Garth got in trouble too" he assured, i scoffed.

"I hate him," I muttered.

"You and me both Kate," he said.

We drove in silence for a moment before Rick broke the silence.

"You know who Mrs Carione is?" he asked. I nodded.

"Yeah. Lilly had her last year, she loved her and from what I hear she's really cool. Why?" I questioned.

"That was the teacher who walked in on us in the auditorium, she came over to me after the fight. She said that she agreed with what I did, gave me a heads up about the principal" he listed.

"So she's cool" I checked. Rick nodded.

"Yeah, I like her," he said.

"Isn't she an English teacher?" I asked.

"Yep, apparently Humphrey has her, when she came over i tried to introduce them but he said they already knew each other" he explained.

"Wait. Humphrey was with you?" I asked.

"I needed him to back me up in case anything happened" he answered. I nodded. Knowing that the mall wasn't far we were silent for the rest of the drive.

We pulled into the applebees and parked, waiting for Humphrey. The mall was right next to the restaurant so we decided to wait.

"Kate, remind me to tell you and Humphrey about the boardwalk, i have an idea" he said.

"The boardwalk?" I asked. Surely he wasn't talking about the summer rides. That was the only thing to do down there apart from the stores.

"Trust me," he said. In the rearview mirror we saw Humphrey park across from us. Me and Rick stepped out and walked over to meet Humphrey. He stepped out of his car as we reached him.

"The girls okay?" Rick asked.

"Yeah. I dropped them off over at the main entrance" Humphrey answered. Rick nodded. I took his hand and walked with Him and Humphrey over to the restaurant entrance. When we walked in I told them it was a table for three and we ended up getting seated at a booth. I sat in between the two boys as they sat on the edge. We met our server and ordered our drinks. Rick a root beer, Humphrey a sprite, and I wanted a vanilla milkshake. Our waitress wrote down our drinks and told us she would be right back with them.

"So guys, any plans for the holidays?" I asked. Humphrey shrugged while Rick just gave me an eh sound. "Oh come on, no plans at all?" I pushed.

"Family and food," Humphrey said. Me and Rick laughed.

"Sounds about right, as for Christmas though… I'll definitely have more shopping to do" Rick said. He was talking about me, wasn't he? I didn't want to say to not get me anything on the slim chance that it wasn't for me.

"Don't go crazy this year okay? Last year I felt really bad" Humphrey said. I turned to him and then back to Rick. so he must have meant me as well as Humphrey.

"Who did you buy a gift for last year?" I asked. Humphrey answered his side.

"He bought me the deluxe edition of cyberpunk for a hundred and twenty dollars. I felt so bad" he explained. I turned to Rick and smiled.

"That much huh? How sweet of you" I complimented. Rick chuckled.

"I like to see my friends happy," he said. That just warmed my heart hearing that.

"He bought something for Lilly too, don't remember what though, plus whatever else for his family" Humphrey said, damn how much did he know?

"What did Lilly get?" I asked curious.

"I got her a controller and a shirt," Rick said.

"A controller?" I asked confused. Why would he get her a controller?

"Lillys controller was broken at the time, the bumpers didn't work" Humphrey explained.

"Ah," i sounded.

"I would have gotten something for you too Kate. I really wanted to but… I was nervous" Rick said. There was that guilty feeling again. It's fucked up because at the time i didnt know him. If he would have gotten me something I most likely would have found it odd, and he probably knew that. That's why I felt so bad. I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Well you don't have to be nervous now," I said quietly. Rick kissed the top of my head and Humphrey laughed. Me and Rick looked over at him and smirked.

"You two are just…" Humphrey didn't finish his sentence before he started laughing again. I got off of Rick's shoulder and sat back up. At that moment our drinks came. We were asked what we wanted to order so we put it in. our server thanked us and walked off.

I took a sip of my milkshake and Humphrey glanced at me. My ears perked up and I put the drink down.

"What?" I asked.

"How the fuck are you so skinny?" he questioned. The three of us laughed.

"He's got a point, isn't that supposed to go to your hips or something?" Rick added. I laughed again

. "HA! Why? Do you want it to?" I asked, rubbing myself in a suggestive way. The boys stared at me in awe. Humphrey covered his face while Rick laughed. Humphrey joined in moments later.

"Don't do that" Rick said in between laughs.

"Why not? Don't you like it?" I teased.

"Fuck, i might have to go to the bathroom, '' Humphrey joked. I laughed at that. This little stunt was more for Rick then it was for Humphrey. Although I did feel bad about what he said earlier. We liked each other all this time and never said anything. How much different would my life be if I didn't hold back? I felt extremely guilty about the whole thing. I'll have to talk to someone about it. Luckily I have someone who's always willing to listen.

"Calm down guys, it's just a joke," I said. Eventually the laughs died down.

"So have you told your mom about what happened?" Humphrey asked me. I cocked my head to the side in confusion. Humphrey scratched his cheek where my red mark would be if it were on his face.

"Oh. no not yet, im wondering if i should. I don't think she'll notice this but i just don't know what she'll do" i explained.

"Whatever she does decide to do, it'll be because she loves you" Rick said, i snickered.

"I'm sure she'll love you even more after she finds out you beat the shit out of the guy that did it" i explained. He laughed. Humphrey raised his hand.

"I think now is the time," he said as he put his hand back down. "Rick, you beat the shit out of him, and it was fucking amazing" he continued. Me and Rick laughed in response.

"Yeah. you did" i said as i put a hand on top of his. We looked into each other's eyes before I hugged him. "Oh I'm gonna miss you in school" I said before letting go of him.

"You'll be fine Kate, besides we can always hang out after school, in fact i have an idea" Rick started. Shit is this about the boardwalk? I forgot to remind him. "Angel is gonna kill me because she wanted to do this just me and her, but we always can. Besides as much as i love dave & busters, i think we should all go somewhere else, so i think that we should try out the boardwalk, now if what Angel told me is true then they're opening the rides for the week to it try out and see if they make any money, so that will not only be something to do but they have rides and arcades so we can still get some game time in" Rick explained. That sounded great, it would just be cold.

"We'd need to wear something warm," I said, turning to Humphrey.

"I'd be fine in a sweatshirt," Humphrey said. I turned back to Rick.

"you'll probably wear this right?" I asked with a smile as I picked at his brown jacket. Rick snickered before looking at me.

"Probably," he said. We got lost in each other's eyes again before we were interrupted by our food coming. Humphrey and Rick decided to order a boneless buffalo wings platter and fries while I got a burger. I'd most likely steal a wing or two. The boys wouldn't mind. We ordered refills and as the server walked off Rick made a deal with Humphrey. "I'll pay for us if you do a fifteen dollar tip" he said.

"Deal," Humphrey replied.

"We'll have to treat you one day, you're always taking care of us," I said. Rick shook his head.

"Want to pay me back? Just be happy" he said. I loved this wolf so much.

We took a moment to eat our food so it was mostly silent for about seven minutes until I broke it.

"Want to go tomorrow?" I asked. I shot glances at Rick and Humphrey waiting for an answer.

"Sounds fine to me," Humphrey said. Rick nodded. I guess that meant he was fine with it. It was silent again for a moment. "Wait, you got suspended for a week?" Humphrey asked. Did it really take that long for it to click? Rick took a sip of soda before answering.

"I'll be back on Monday," he said. Humphrey started to laugh again.

"Rick my man, do you know how many girls are gonna want you after that?" he teased. It was a good point though, he'll have girls all over him after that. They better not get near him.

"I'm only interested in one girl," Rick said. Wait a minute what? Was he talking about me? There was that person he was talking about on the phone, and according to Angel it was me. But part of me is beating myself up saying that it isn't. I think I'm just scared.

"The girl you told me about over text?" I asked. Rick nodded. I really needed to find out if it was me or someone else. I think I'll test my luck tomorrow at the boardwalk. At least even if he turns me down I'll know. But what if he does? Ohhh I want to be with him so bad. I put my hand on his once again.

"She's a lucky girl" I said with a smile that killed me to show.

"I just wish she knew how I felt," he said. Even if it isn't me and some bitch breaks his heart I will kill her.

"Can I get you guys dessert or anything?" our waitress asked. We all said no but Rick told her to come back in about five minutes. He wanted to text Angel to see if Lilly and Her ate. Again thinking of other people.

"If they want anything I'll pay," I said.

"No I got it, '' Rick protested. I looked up and covered my face as I groaned loudly.

"Oh my god Rick, you're too nice. Stop it" I groaned. Humphrey laughed while Rick just smiled.

"They already ate," Rick said as he dug in his pocket for his wallet. Humphrey did the same but while Rick pulled out his credit card Humphrey pulled out a ten and five dollar bill and hid it for now. Our server came back and Rick thanked her as he handed her his card.

"So how are we getting home?" Humphrey asked.

"We can do the same way we got here, but I can take Angel '' Rick suggested.

"Wouldn't it be easier to have one of us bring Kate and Lilly home?" Humphrey asked.

"Yes but don't you want some time with Lilly?" Rick questioned. Humphrey's eyes darted into space, as if saying yes.

"I want to spend at least a little more time with Rick," I said, rubbing his hand. He smiled and rubbed my hand with his other. Before anything could be said our waitress came back and handed the receipt to Rick. she thanked us before walking off and… she just winked at Rick. I FUCKING SAW THAT! Rick flipped open the receipt and read it before laughing. "What?" I asked. He showed me the receipt and pointed at the bottom where #? Was written at the bottom. I felt rage at that moment. "What?" Humphrey asked. Rick slid him the receipt, not taking his smile off.

"Are you gonna do it?" he asked.

"I feel like I have to, I'll feel bad if I don't" Rick explained. Oh Rick please don't do it. "Kate?" he asked, turning to me. He wanted my input.

"Do you like her?" I asked.

"Kate i don't even know her, i bet she doesn't even text me" he said.

"I wouldn't," I said. Rick looked at the receipt again. I shot Humphrey a look that said all it needed to.

"Yeah Rick, I don't see a point" he said. Thank you Humphrey. Rick placed the restaurant copy down and stood up. Thank God he didn't do it.

"She'll find someone" he said as he stretched. I slid out of the booth as Humphrey did the same on the other side. As I stood up I kissed Rick on the cheek. 'What was that for?" he laughed.

"For defending me… again" I said. He stood in awe. "Thank you" I said before following Humphrey to the exit. We left to go pick up Lilly and Angel. Tonight was fun, but tomorrow will be great. Not only with everyone there but because I'm finally going to seal the deal. Or try to anyway.

Author's note- I didn't want to do this until the very end but I feel as though it's unfair to not communicate with the readers of this story. For those who have made it this far, I thank you for reading. I like to think of every chapter as an episode and every ten chapters as a season. So I guess the next chapter is the start of season 3. Isn't that fun? Anyway I want to thank you for the support via reading this story. And if it wouldn't be too much please leave a review and tell me what you think. I try to update this story as much as possible to keep you guys entertained with the story, and I plan to do this until the end, and if you haven't gathered already it's going to be a long one. Many things will happen, each more crazy and messed up than the last. Each taking place in arks, again going back to a season feel. So prepare for these things and expect the unexpected. I plan to wow you with this story, and hopefully I achieve just that.