Clare was doing dishes, when KC came in later that night. She didn't even look at him.

"I am going to bed." KC said

"KC, wait." Clare said

"What?"

"Why," Clare said "Why didn't you ever call me? Write me, email me? I didn't know to get a hold of you, I tried you didn't." she said "It wasn't over for me KC, I loved you and it wasn't over." Clare began to sob and KC came running over.

"Clare, hey shhh…" KC whipped away some of her tears. "I have to confess something. I went to visit you when you, at Banting, I saw you. You belonged in this high life. I was going to tell you I was going to be a mechanic and a firefighter, but I was scared that you would realize that you could do so much better than me." KC said "I was stupid, but I am not anymore."

"KC it's too late," Clare said

"No its not." And he grabbed her and kissed her hard. Clare wanted to resist, everything inside her told her to resist, but she couldn't. She kissed him back. Before she could stop herself they were heading up to her bedroom, clothes coming off. Clare lay on her bed and KC was over her and he just breathed, he kissed her tenderly, and Clare let herself be free. Your whole life you wait fro this one moment to be free. Clare thought

……………………..

Clare and KC woke up about the same time. He just stared at her, all he could do was smile. Clare looked at him and realized that she had let herself forget about Mike.

"KC, I have to.." she began but he stopped her.

"Look Clare, I know this cant last, but please for the next few moments can we just stay here…please?" KC said pleading. She looked into his eyes

"Ok." She let herself fall back into sleep.

Have you ever wanted something so bad? KC thought. What he wanted was to stop time. To put the world on hold and just stay there with Clare. But he wasn't stupid; he knew that this would soon end. If he stayed her any longer, he couldn't get himself to leave. He got up and kissed her brown curly hair and left.

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It was about noon when Clare woke up. She realized that KC wasn't there. She sighed. Then she heard her door bell ring. She grabbed a towel and ran down to answer.

"Hey babe." It was Mike\

"Hey."
"taking a shower?" he said

"Yeah sure." She said

"I missed you." He said "I haven't stopped thinking about you, have you been thinking about me?" he said kissing her.

"Yeah sure." She said again.

"I love you, I was thinking, why wait until next month? Why not get married this weekend?" he said

"Um..:" Clare was more confused about her life now more than ever.

"We love each other, so why wait?"

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What will Clare do? Will she figure out how she feels? Will KC get her back? Next part up soon.