Hey guys! Sorry for the wait, I had a busy few weeks of school. This is also a really hard chapter to write, the emotion was a little troubling, and I had several ways I wanted to write it so I had to choose which one was my favourite. So yea, those are my 'scuses. Anyway, enjoy!

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Chapter 12: I Don't Even Have a Title Fit For This

Travis's POV

Katie turns around and stomps down the basement stairs, and I turn to Miranda with wide eyes. At first, it was a blow to the heart. She hasn't seemed to acknowledge the fact that she needs me - no, I realized I need her. And I realized too late.

Miranda nods her head towards the stairs, her wide brown eyes compelling me to go after her.

"Just be careful, as you can see she's very… breakable. Or, angry, so be warned. As I'm sure you've seen." I nod silently, my eyes wide with what I feel is both nervousness and fear, and Miranda looks at me compassionately. I stand up, the plate of cookies in my hand, and head to the stairs.

"Good luck." She calls quietly. I gulp and open the door to the basement. It's eerily quiet, and the lights are off. I step down the stairs softly, and once I reach the bottom, I stop and look around for Katie. She's not down here, at first glance. Then I see the blanket fort at one end of the couch, and I hear sniffing coming from it.

"Katie?" I call softly. She replies right away.

"I thought you never wanted to see me again." She says venomously. I rub my very sweaty hands together and lick my lips nervously. I slowly step towards the fort and pause at the entrance. Should I go in? Or should I offer my offering of peace? I end up shoving the plate of cookies into the tent and sit outside the door. The sniffing stops and I hear Katie shuffle closer to the entrance.

"I don't want your sad excuse for a peace offering Stoll." That punch to the gut feeling comes back full force. I swallow nervously and take a breath.

"I, I thought you might like them." I say quietly. "I remember we made them the night of the car accident. After that I only remember feelings, no things come to mind yet." I run my hand through my hair and let it rest on my neck. She's quiet for a few moments, then I hear her take one. I let a sigh of relief go. Thank goodness she took the peace offering.

"Just because I'm eating your cookies doesn't mean I'm talking to you anymore. I'll listen to what you have to say, but I can't make any promises that I'll answer your questions." The venom has left her voice, but I can still hear the disdain in her voice. It doesn't look promising, but not doing anything about this would just show her I don't care, while I really, really do.

"Thanks." I say awkwardly. It's weird not to talk face to face with her. An apology should be face to face, not face to blanket.

"So, where should I start? I'm really sorry Katie. Really. I don't care if you forgive me or not, I just want, need, you to know that I. Am. Sorry. So very sorry."

The door to the tent flips up and Katie storms out and walks across the room. I scramble to stand up, and I bite my lip nervously. I broke her heart. To be honest, the thought makes me want to cry. To be even more honest, I did end up crying over it after I talked with Miranda a few days.

"You, you make me so mad Travis!" She turns around to face me and walks up to me. "You show me one thing and then you totally go and tell me you don't have feelings, and then you tell me to get out of your life! What is wrong with that huh? I know what, it's everything!"

"I'm sorry I'm a bit oblivious!" I say back. I feel myself starting to get a bit riled up, so I take some deep breaths to calm myself down. "I just, there was never anything you did that showed me you liked me back, so I had to shut it down before I got myself hurt more! That's why I was so surprised when you, you said it was a rejection that day. You never really did anything that showed me you liked me either."

"Are you kidding yourself right now?" She rolls her eyes and puts a hand to her head. "What was all the flirting then? Huh? Nothing to you? I felt I was being so obvious! Are you stupid or something? And what about after you kissed me that one Friday night-" My eyes widen.

"Wait, WHAT?" Why did my first kiss have to be erased?

"Oh right, you had to go and LOSE YOUR FREAKIN MEMORY!" She yells.

"WHY ARE YOU YELLING?" I yell back. She smiles for a second, then covers it up again. I let a little smirk show at the ridiculousness of the situation. We are both oblivious idiots. Wait, back to the point.

"So, it looks like we both got things mixed up, huh?" I go into the fort and sit down to eat a cookie. She follows me after a moment. Her face is still red, and she looks so sad still, but she looks so beautiful. I just stare and eat my cookie.

"Yeah, I guess."

"Could you, um, maybe" I pause. I want to know what happened that night. Do I ask?

"Tell you what happened that night? Sure." She takes a cookie, and looks at it.

"It started with cookies. We made these actually."

"Yeah, I remember that much." I say through my second cookie. She looks up and nods.

"Yeah, so we were making them and stuff, and then you put flour on my face. It was funny, so I rubbed a lot in your hair. We finished making the cookies, but I couldn't let you sit on the couch for movie night covered in flour, so I let you take a shower and wear some of my dad's clothes." Weird. I don't remember that either. Katie gets a sad smile on her face.

"I pranked you, oh wait I have the picture!" She leans over and grabs it from one of her books. She used it as a bookmark. That's not surprising. She hands it to me, and I see myself standing in the hall, pointing to the One Direction shirt I'm wearing, a confused look on my face. I laugh through my nervousness.

"I had a really baggy One Direction t-shirt for you to wear, but I gave you the too-small one to be funny. It was funny, especially when you were so confused. You made a joke after I left you in the hallway as you changed your shirt, and I said something about how I thought you were comfortable enough with me to not be conceited with yourself or something. After that, we went downstairs and watched a movie. You were really deep in thought. So I started playing foot wars with you until you tackled me on the floor…" Everything comes rushing back from that night. Me rubbing my foot up her leg before tackling her to the floor to tickle her. Then I remember the kiss, only slightly though. Just that I kissed her and how I felt after. I don't remember how it felt in the moment. I put my head in my hands.

"Oh Katie, I'm so sorry. I see how that could be so confusing now." She gives me a confused look. "You know, how I flirted and even kissed you, and then I go and tell you I don't have feelings for you. I'm so, so sorry Katie. I would never mean to hurt you that way, you mean a lot to me." I gulp. "I love you, Katie." She looks up at me suddenly, eyes wide. The fact that she's paying attention gets me to keep going.. "I loved you way before I said that in the hospital on anesthetics. I mean, I've heard people say that your deepest thoughts come out when you're not in the right mind. But I really do Katie. You're beautiful, and smart, and kind and I don't know how you could like an idiot like me." I look down and play with my sock.

"How can you say I'm kind when I said your dad was stupid? The question is how could you like someone like me Travis? I'm mean, and unfiltered sometimes, and sarcastic, and-"

"Stop saying that about yourself. You're not mean, Katie. Sure, you can be sarcastic and unfiltered but that's what makes you you, and it's one of the reasons I love you Katie." I lean forward and grab her hands gently.

"Travis," she pauses to take a deep breath. "The reason it hurt so much, why I didn't come to school because I was depressed, and sad, and- and without you is because I- I. Phew, this is really fast. We're not even dating yet." She laughs nervously, and my heart leaps at what I think she's about to say. "I love you too Travis." She looks up at me and I can't stop the huge smile that covers my face. I don't even have to ask her to confirm it, I know she does. I've seen the way she loves her sister, and her dad, and while that is platonic, I can see the way she looks at me is similar, but not the same, and she loves me. She really does.

"And I'm really sorry for how I acted too. I was stupid for pushing forward and picking at your fears." She looks down and I see a tear escape her bright green eyes. I lean forward and wipe it away with my thumb. Then I scoot closer to pull her onto my lap, and leans into me and cries harder. I smile and can't help but let out a slight laugh.

"Why're you crying?" I say gently. I tilt her head up, and the look in her eyes makes me want to cry as well.

"I, I feel so bad that I acted this way, I don't deserve to be loved Travis." She buries her face back in my shirt, and I can't help but get teary too.

"Then I don't deserve it either Katie." I hear my voice crack and I know I'm gone. I feel my cheeks heat up as a tear slips out. "I'm the one who doesn't deserve your love, I told you to get out of my life. That's the lowest of lows. Please forgive me Katie." I squeeze her tighter and bury my head in her shoulder. A few more tears slip out as she lets out a muffled reply.

"Only if you forgive me for my idiocy. Of course I forgive you Travis." She pulls back to look at me. I quickly try to hide my tears, but there's no way she didn't see them.

"Oh Travis, you big softie." I just pull her closer again and she rubs my back as I cry a little bit more. I mean, this isn't the first time I've cried in front of her. Plus, the feeling of someone else loving you is a little overwhelming, I still can't believe it. We sit just holding each other for a while in silence.

"So, what are we gonna do with those cookies? That one bite I had was pretty good, I'd kinda like to finish it, if that's okay." I laugh and let her go, albeit a little reluctantly. She grabs the cookies and cuddles up next to me again.

"Want some?" She looks up at me and holds the plate up to my face.

"Sure." I smile and take a cookie. She smiles up at me, her eyes bright and a little red. So beautiful. The urge to kiss her takes over my senses and I can't get it out of my head. I swallow my cookie a little nervously.

"What are you nervous about?" I feel my eyes go wide, and I slowly look at her. I see realization light in her eyes and she tilts her head up a little more.

"Can I kiss you?" I ask nervously. She smirks, and it pushes the nervousness away.

"Well you didn't ask the first time!" She laughs. The she grabs my shirt collar and pulls my face down so we're at eye level.

"I love you Travis Stoll." She looks in my eyes and that gives me the courage to lean the two inches forwards and gently plant my lips on hers.

"And I love you Katie." I say as I pull back. She smiles up at me, and I kiss her softly one more time. Then I stand up to keep my self control in check.

"Katie Stoll, will you go out with me?" She gives me an amused and confused look, and I realize what I said.

"I mean, Gardener, it's just Gardener." My eyes are wide and I know my face is the color of a tomato right now. Katie stands up and takes my face in her hands to kiss me again. Not that I mind it.

"Yes."

Her smile is as big as it can go, and the sadness that once filled them, well, there's no trace of that. And that's the moment I knew I would do anything to make her happy.

EEEEEE! I got teary as I wrote this! I'm sorry it's not longer, but I think this was the best way to put it, it just flowed together really well. I think, I don't know what you think, so tell me! Please review, it helps a lot. There is one more chapter left, and then it's finished! Thank you all for sticking with me and reading this!