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Memories

Chapter three: Kate

I stood at the front door watching Jarrod making his way down the path towards his house. My house was right at the top of the mountain almost right in the centre of the rainforest. That was how Jillian and I loved it. All the other houses were below us.

Besides not many people liked being associated with us. It would mean they were being associated with the witches of Ash Peak. Yet if they needed anything they came to Jillian asking for help.

I shook my head. People could be so dense at times. I watched Jarrod until he disappeared round the steep path. Then I turned and went back in the house, which suddenly seemed really empty without him.

I thought about that and then realised that I really didn't want to pursue that line of thought. We were friends, good friends, friends that had been through more than most.

But friends none the less. I should be happy. I now had a friend I could trust with more than most since Jarrod's magical signature was so much stronger than mine and he knew what it was like to have magical abilities.

But I found I didn't want to be just friends anymore. I found myself wishing we were something more than that.

But I would never tell him. I treasure his friendship and I don't want to do anything that might make him hate me. I don't think I could handle that. I'd rather be his friend and have unrequited love for the rest of my life.

I shook my head this was silly. I was friends with Jarrod and that was all it would ever be. I glanced that the clock and smiled. I had a few hours to get ready but this was my first real party and I wanted to make an effort.

I walked upstairs to my room and pulled open my wardrobe there on the side of the door was the dress I was going to wear for the party tonight. The party was at Ryan's house, which in itself was a mansion. It was fancy dress and a masked ball.

Jillian and I had altered my dress so it was fashionable while keeping with the style of medieval Britain the place I had literally brought it from. Jillian had found a white mask in the attic of the house and coupled with the dress I was ecstatic at the result.

I knew I was probably looking forward to this party with a child like intensity but it was my first real party like a normal teenager and always at the back of my mind, no matter how much I tried to talk myself into thinking otherwise, I always thought about what Jarrod would think when he saw me in the dress.

I knew I would look different. The last time he had seen me in it we had left his ancestors castle in Britain as the Scottish were raiding from the North. The dress, in its essence was the same dress but looking at it now it would be unrecognisable as that same dress.

I smiled. I had loved being in that time. I knew that was one of the only reasons Jarrod had believed my story when I had declared that I was staying with Ranuk. The fact I loved the time we had come to.

I felt more at home in that time than I ever had here but he knew me well enough to believe in me and to stay and fight for me. And now I was going to a party in the dress I had worn in my favourite time in my own. Perhaps I could learn to accept myself in this time instead of wishing for a time I can never again return to.

Then again, I find myself wondering if I actually want too. I have learned a great deal about myself this past month. Or if you want to go by our time four days give or take a few hours.

It seems strange, even now to think of only a few hours passing while almost a month passed in the past. Time is a strange thing.

I wrapped myself in a towel and padded into my bedroom. When I was dry I slipped into the dress feeling the fabric slide against my skin. I flipped my head upside down and put my hair in the towel to stop it marking the dress and then proceeded to dry my hair.

In the end I was pleased I took the time to get ready because it took me longer to get ready than I had expected. I donned my dress and my mass of hair took over half an hour to dry and a further half an hour to style and get it to behave the way I wanted it too,

I was once again turning into Katherine. The 16-year-old medieval wife to a knight. I applied make-up, something I had never bothered doing before and then put on my shoes, which were higher than I would normally hazard to wear but I was making a statement with them.

I was proving that I could be as cool as they were. Besides even if I wasn't I would be behind a mask they would never know. or at least I hoped they wouldn't.

A mask never really disguised you. That was really only wishful thinking on my part. That kind of luck only happened in movies. I had decided to make my own way there since Ryan's house was probably the closest to mine besides Jarrod's.

Why I had thought this was a good idea I couldn't remember. I was tempted to ring Jarrod and tell him to come and pick me up. I knew he would but I didn't want to seem like I was weak.

I wanted to prove that they didn't intimidate me that I belonged at the party as much as any of them did. The truth of the matter was that as much as I could convince myself that I wasn't intimidated and it was just a walk in the park I was intimidated and this was going to be easier said than done.

Especially since I was meeting Jarrod there. That was defiantly something I was starting to regret but I wasn't backing down from my decision no way. I might be the social out cast but I had proved to myself when Jarrod and I had time travelled that I was worth more than they believed I did and this was something I was now putting into practice.

I stared at myself in the mirror. Once I had put the mask in place I didn't recognise the person standing in front of me. I knew it had nothing to do with my own handy work and everything to do with the dress that had time travelled with me two days ago. It made me look like a different person and made my plain Jane appearance look like something infinitely more special.

The mask, I was pleased to say covered my face up to my cheekbones and now staring at the reflection I wondered if people would actually recognise me. I knew Jarrod would, the dress was too distinctive for him not too but I wondered if anyone else would.

And then I knew it didn't matter.

As long as Jarrod found me and he was with me I could face anything. Even the mob that was the school year 10s. It seems stupid that I would be so scared of a mob of teenagers, especially after I had faced down a sorcerer but what can I say?

Old habits die-hard.

I put on my jewellery and after stalling for as long as I could I deemed myself ready to go.

I locked my front door and set off down the bank. Now I wished I'd swallowed my pride and phoned Jarrod and gone with him. Every step I took I got more and more nervous.

What if they laughed at me?

What if they didn't let me in?

What if I tripped?

In these high shoes this was actually starting to become a real worry. I wobbled as I hit a rut in the road but I managed to keep my balance and kept going.

"You can do this Kate." I whispered to myself. I got to Ryan's and noticed that the door was open and headed in.

Inside was bright and I was greeted by people that I had known my entire school career and had never taken one once of notice.

Now I was greeted warmly and I knew that they certainly didn't reconise. Now I was one of them.

Secretly this had always been what I wanted even though I knew it was something I not only couldn't have but would never have and now it was in within my reach and all I felt was emptiness.

Perhaps the past had taught me more than I had thought.

All could think about as I walked into the cloakroom and deposited my coat was that I needed to find Jarrod before I totally chickened out and left for home.

I turned to go down the stairs and one of Ryan's friends, Thomas Clay, greeted me on the steps as if he had known me all his life.

I nodded and smiled and greeted him back as warmly as I could manage though my confusion.

What was Thomas Clay doing talking to me? Three days ago he wouldn't have been dead within 10 feet of me now he was talking animatedly about something and I was doing my best not to look lost.

He then said, "Hey are you going in?" He offered me his arm and I smiled and accepted no knowing what else to do and he lead me down the staircase and into the main room. I felt dazzled by the lights and hung back.

Thomas looked at me and smiled. "Come on, it won't bite. We'll have a blast you and me. Come on."

I glanced at Thomas and then at the doorway. I looked around. Where the hell was Jarrod when I needed him? If he wasn't out here he was obviously in there.

So knowing I couldn't stall it anymore I smiled and nodded and walked with Thomas into the party.

I just hoped to every god that had ever been prayed to in the history of the planet Earth.

Later I wished I'd never jinxed that thought.

Ok guys there is the end of that chapter and as of saturday the 9th July i'm on holiday for two weeks but i promise the update will be as soon after i get back.