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Chapter 3 After School and More

The final bell of the school day rang. Students poured into the hallways trying to get to their lockers so they could be on time for their buses.

"Hey Richard… and Kitty! Do ya'll want a ride home?" Vic enthusiastically asked.

"We can't, I got a detention." Richard replied and he again, looked at the floor.

"Well, what about you Kitty?" Vic turned to Kitty.

"I'm waiting for him, so I can't, thanks though." She smiled.

She watched Vic, Raven, Gar, and Kori leave the building. She hadn't noticed Richard was halfway down the hallway, so when she looked up she started running to catch up with him. He turned into the detention room and she waited outside with her book. She fell asleep and whispered a strange language while she laid there. A large clap of thunder woke her up and she looked outside a window. 'Oh great, I can't believe I did that' she thought to herself. But before she could think anymore about it, Richard came out of the room and yawned.

"Boy that was boring, did you get any reading done?"

"Uh, no. I fell asleep. Unfortunately. Oh yeah, and it's raining" She mumbled lowly.

"Well, since we have no car, I'm afraid we are walking" Richard said as he helped her on her feet, "We also have no umbrella."

They walked out into the pouring rain. And made there way to his house. When they reached the front door of the apartment 15 minutes later, Richard stumbled for his keys for a few minutes and they finally got into his nice dry apartment.

He turned the fireplace on and she got out her history books. She set them on the table and yawned. They worked on their homework and laughed many times. Time passed by very quickly and soon it was dinner time.

"Wanna grab a bite to eat?" Richard casually asked.

"Sure, just as long as I'm not home too late." Kitty replied. She smiled again, a warm smile.

'She sure smiles a lot. I like it.' Richard smiled as he thought of this.

"Are you okay?" Kitty snapped her fingers.

"Uh, yeah. Why do you ask?" he said.

"Because you're just standing there smiling, it's kinda creepy" she teased.

"Ha-ha. Let's go. Do you think the rain stopped?" He asked.

Kitty muttered something incomprehensible under her breathe, "Now I think it did."

They walked outside and it had stopped raining. There was a burger joint not too far from his apartment so it was easy to walk there. They each got a burger and a milkshake. Before they knew it, it was 8:00. Kitty looked at her watch and jumped up and out of her seat. She headed for the door, but not before Richard could yell, "Wait! Where are you going?"

"I have to go home, see you tomorrow!" She yelled back.

Richard just sat there with her half eaten burger and fully drunken strawberry milkshake. He then jumped up and paid for the meal and ran out the door, hoping to catch her in time. But it was too late, she wasn't anywhere in site. It was getting dark so he started to walk home when he saw Vic's car in the parking lot. Vic suddenly appeared behind Richard and said, "You went on a date with her, and you only just met her? I thought you liked Kori."

"What? Ahh! Where did you come from? We weren't on a date, she was just over my house doing homework and it was time for dinner…" Richard was startled.

"Yeah, sure dude." Vic replied, "Need a ride home?"

"Yeah, I do." Richard said as he climbed into Vic's car.

They rode most of the way in silence until Vic spoke up, "So, you want to tell me the real reason you invited her out after she came over?"

Richard sighed, "I guess because she made me feel like I did… back then."

"Back then was a long time ago, we're normal teens now. We have to forget our past." Vic sighed too.

"I know it's just hard sometimes. And sometimes I have nightmares about that little girl." Richard saw the look on Vic's face when he brought that up, so he closed the car door and walked to his apartment room. He was shaking his head. When he walked through the door he noticed that Kitty's white sweater was lying on his couch.

'Great, another thing I have to remember' he sighed.

Falling asleep was tough for him because he kept on thinking about that horrible day two years ago. Sleep eventually overcame him, and morning came too fast. That night he only got 4 hours of sleep. His car was back from the shop so he drove it in to school. It was a silver 1959 Cadillac. He stepped out of his car and walked into school. Some girls giggled as he walked by, until one girl came up to him and asked him why he was carrying a girls white sweater. He blushed and walked past the girl.

Kitty was by her locker sticking many books and black things in it.

"Uh, hey Kitty? Y-you forgot this at my house." Richard stuttered.

She grabbed it and stuffed it in her locker. Today she was wearing a black shirt with one long sleeve and one tank top type sleeve. It had purple netting around the bottom. She was also wearing a pair of faded blue jeans. After closing her locker door, she went off to her homeroom.

Richard was just left standing there. Kori was around the corner smiling to herself. She saw the whole thing and was glad that she told Kitty that she was going out with Richard. Solemnly, Richard walked down the hallway to homeroom. He sat down and Kitty just ignored him. They went through the whole day like this until 8th period. He caught her at the door.

"Kitty, why are you ignoring me?" He questioned her.

"Because you lied to me!" She replied. She drifted away toward what the students call the wall.

'What did she mean I lied?' he was confused. When he saw Gar he ran up to him and asked, "Where did you last see Kitty?"

"Over there, by the wall," was his response.

Richard headed over there, followed by a curious Gar.

They heard Kitty's voice just around the corner, so they decided to eavesdrop and listen in on what she was saying. They peeked over the edge to see Kitty up against The Wall.

"Get away from me you jerk!" Kitty was glaring at Roy.

"Now, hey baby play fair. You don't know me, yet." He raised an eyebrow and smirked.

"And I don't want to know you." By now he had her pinned with both her arms up on The Wall. He was leaning in to kiss her when she closed her eyes tightly and disappeared. Richard and Gar saw her reappear on the other side of The Wall.

"Dude! Did you see that? It was like she just went through The Wall!" Gar exclaimed.

Richard couldn't believe his eyes either, "Yeah, I know!"

They looked back over and saw Kitty coming towards them. But she was intercepted by Roy, who grabbed her wrist and pushed her sleeve up a little. Kitty groaned a little and Roy chuckled an evil chuckle. "What did you do to yourself?" He laughed a mean laugh. She had a long thin bruise wrapped around her arm with a couple of indentations on her arm. Tears rolled down her face as Roy pushed her out of his way.

Richard came running as she stumbled. She almost fell but he caught her.

"Are you okay? I saw what happened." Richard said, he noticed her eyes grew wide so he continued, "With Roy and your arm"

She sighed and he offered her a ride. Gar came along too. He kept on making sure she was okay. And finally he asked, "Did Roy do that to you? To your arm?"

"No." She said quickly. She was hunched over and Richard's hoodie was on her shoulders. Mascara lines ran down her face. Richard dropped Gar off and picked up Vic (he wanted to come over to sleep over). When they got up to his apartment she fell asleep on his floor. Because it was the Saturday the next day Vic slept over and they didn't wake her up. She slept until 9:00 PM on Saturday, and then Vic poked her and she rolled over. She mumbled a few things then went back to sleep.

"Hey, are you okay?" Richard picked her up partially. She opened her eyes and they twinkled in the light of the candles he had lit. He leaned in and almost kissed her, but she backed away before he could. She then got up and walked over to the window and watched the newly started rain falling.

"Oh no, what time is it?" She turned around to look for a clock.

"Nine o clock, why?" Vic told her.

"I had to be home before eight!" Her eyes were big.

"It's Saturday, you slept for a day." Richard cut in.

"My dad is gonna kill me…" She ran out the door into the pouring rain. Richard and Vic tried to go after her, but when they went outside she was gone.