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Prom was amazing, but I had slight writers block during this chapter, it was a pain in the baws to write… however, enjoy! And review please :) lol x
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It was Wednesday, usually school dragged in, but not today. Kate wandered through the halls of the school towards the exit, it was home time and in a couple of hours Tom was picking her up for their date. She was lost in thought, trailing her hand lightly over the wall as she passed by; thinking about tonight. Secretly she was apprehensive about the date, Tom was a nice guy after all but she felt a bit annoyed at herself, as she was interested in Tom and Sawyer. She disliked that, she disliked when girls… and guys trailed along two people, not choosing one or the other, causing hurt as they continued their game of cat and mouse till someone was left broken. She didn't want to be that girl. She hated the idea of doing that but deep down she had trust issues… so when it came to guys she waited as long as she could before acting as she didn't want to get hurt, or end up like her mother… with someone who thought themselves bigger than god and only looked out for themselves.
As she got outside of the building, she wrapped her arms around her torso to keep warm. The wind was blowing lightly but it had an icy chill running through it. She ventured down the stairs and walked to the left, down the long street onto another following the route home. Shannon had left school early for an appointment at the doctors, but to be honest she was grateful for the silence and solidarity of walking home alone, it gave her time to think. She had spoke to Sawyer the day after she fled his house, he seemed okay and slightly happy that she was still talking to him, he never apologised though he tried to act like it was a headache he had, instead of it being about Tom. But she knew better since Shannon had pointed it out to her but she didn't mention anything, today though he was grouchy and spoke little to her. She tried her best not to show that she was hurting whilst he was being short with her and the excuse for his behaviour when she asked was I've got a migraine.
Sighing at her thoughts, on auto-pilot, she got home without paying much attention to her surroundings. Grateful for the warmth of her house, she took off her jacket and hung it up and walked over to the answering machine pressing the play button. Only one new message… from her dad Sorry Katie, I'll be late from work I've left extra money for you to buy something whilst you're out, have fun kiddo. She smiled and pressed the delete button. Having a few hours before Tom picked her up she decided to wash the school day off herself in a relaxing shower. She locked the front door incase anyone unwelcome decided to come in and headed to the closet that contained a variety of towels. She pinned back her hair as best as she could, turned on the taps till the temperature was just right, she stepped in and let the water spray down her body and wash away the uptight feeling that school gave her.
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The Door bell rang. Pacing herself slowly, she reached the door and opened it to reveal a smartly-casual dressed Tom, smiling and holding something behind his back. "Hi Katie, you look gorgeous tonight" he said as he brought her hand to his mouth and planted a light kiss there. She blushed and replied Thanks. "I heard you liked Lilies… so…" he said handing her a single white lily. She smelled it and smiled "Thank you, its lovely" He smiled at her reaction and took her hand to walk her down to the car.
"There's a Carnival in town, so I was thinking it would be good to go there for a while" Tom said turning slightly to face her. Kate smiled and nodded "cool". They drove out towards the Carnival sitting on the edge of town making small talk and badly singing along with the radio that blared out some hits from the 80's. Finding a parking space, they got out from the car and headed towards the entrance. After going on several of the rides they went to a vendor and Tom bought their food, Kate found them seats next to an outdoor heater and got comfy… as comfy as you can be on a hard wooden bench. "You know I could have bought my own fries" Kate said smiling at him, Tom looked up from his own and laughed "Yeah, what can I say, I'm traditional… a gentleman should always buy what the lady wants" Kate laughed loudly and shook her head at him "well, it's a nice gesture, thank you". He tilted his head and smiled "No bother Katie-bear" she looked down to her food with a goofy smile, then back up to Tom smiling back at her.
They spent another two hours wandering around, going on rides and playing silly games that you could win things from. Walking back to the car, Kate had an enormous chocolate coloured bear in her arms, Tom had won it and claimed he had no use for it so he gave it to her, but it was obvious that he won it for her. They got back into his car and drove back towards her house.
Being the gentleman that he is, he walked her up to her door. "I had a great time Tom" she said, her head popping over the shoulder of the bear as she placed it on the ground. "Yeah me too Katie" he said as he smiled at her. He extended his arms and she walked into his embrace, wrapping her arms around him. She sighed happily he is so sweet. Tom was running the hair beside her face through his fingers as he smiled and leaned over to kiss her. Kate couldn't help herself; she was caught up in the moment, so she pressed her lips against his. They placed innocent kisses upon each others lips, then Tom let the last kiss linger a moment longer. "I'll see you later Katie, goodnight" he whispered as he began to walk back to his car, She picked up the bear and headed back inside her, to her room. She smiled and lay down on her bed, OhMyGod I can't believe that happened she got up from the bed and pulled a top and a pair of shorts from the storage drawers under her dresser and got changed. After brushing her teeth she climbed back into bed and quickly fell asleep.
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The next day Kate filled Shannon in on her date with Tom on the walk to school, they smiled all the way and as Kate said they had kissed Shannon squealed with delight and grabbed her into a hug. "So… you like him then?" Shannon asked. Kate shifted slightly and turned to face her "I don't know, well I do like him… but I also like Sawyer" Shannon smiled "Ah, Dilemma? Well… you know you could date them both and whoever is the best date, impresses you the most… and happens to be the best kisser is your winner" Kate laughed and looked down to the ground "No, I don't want to do that to them… and to me… I just wish I could make up my mind, god I've only knew them for like what? 2 weeks or something and I'm already finding it hard to choose" Shannon turned to face her and shrugged "You don't have to choose the now… you can still be friends with them, without doing anything more" Kate nodded and replied "yeah, but I get the feeling that both want to be more than 'just friends' by the way they act around me… oh, why do I have to be a girl" they laughed out loud and continued the walk to school.
As Kate was bouncing down the hall towards her locker she saw Sawyer leaning against the wall beside them. When he saw her he grinned. "Hey Princess, Date with Prince Charming go well?" he said sarcastically. She mirrored his sarcasm whilst putting things in her locker "James are you jealous that Tom asked me and not you?" the look on his face caused her to burst out laughing "Yeah, it did actually… thank you for asking" she smiled. He forced an awkward smile. "So, are you randomly here at my locker or did you want something?" she said smiling at him, he coughed slightly and pulled something out of his jeans pocket. "I found this in my bed last night" he said holding up a charm bracelet, Kate looked surprised and felt around her wrist, one of her bracelets was missing. He slid it into her hand and held on for a moment longer than needed. "Thank you Jamie, I didn't even know I lost it" she said smiling up at him, he gave her a lop sided grin "No bother Freckles" she leaned up and gave him a quick hug, shut her locker door and left him there as she headed to her first class.
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Even though he had no right to be mad, he was. I saw her first he thought, it's a childish thing to think but he couldn't help it; Tom was a pain in the ass. Sawyer groaned as the bell rang loudly to signal the beginning of lunch, he got up and headed for the door so he could go home, he wasn't in the mood for the rest of school especially whenever he walked past Tom; all he could here was him ranting about the night before… and about his lip lock with Kate. It pissed Sawyer off, he wanted Kate all to himself but he didn't know what to say to her, but now that she'd kissed Tom, Sawyer thought she had moved interests and only seen him as a friend. He stepped outside of the building and spotted Kate and Tom talking over to the left, Kate looked up and gave him a smile and a wave, he just smiled back then walked down the street.
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Lunch had begun and as Kate was walking towards the cafeteria Tom shouted her over and asked for her to step outside with him for a moment. They found a spot on the wall to sit on, Tom turned to face her. "So Katie, I had a good time last night" Kate nodded and replied "Yeah, me too" She spotted Sawyer coming out of the school, so she smiled and waved, Tom noticed her attention was on Sawyer so he took her hand in his to get it back "I was wondering if you'd like to do it again, sometime soon?" Kate smiled and looked away for a moment "I'm sorry Tom, as much as I like you… there's someone else" Tom nodded "Oh… well… can we still be friends, I'd hate to loose you" Kate smiled "Of course, I'd hate to loose you too" Tom opened his arms "for old times sake?" Kate laughed and leaned in to hug him.
When home time came around, Kate was glad so she could get Shannon on her own. They walked the usual route home at a leisurely pace as the weather was being kind today. "I've made up my mind but I don't now how to tell him" Shannon turned to face her "Let me guess… Sawyer?" Kate smiled "Yeah, I don't know what it is about him… I still like Tom, but not as much as James" Shannon linked her arm through Kate's "why don't you tell him at my party, cause you'd have a quiet place, and me there if you need any help" Kate nodded "Yeah, I'll tell him then" Shannon smiled and said "Oh, by the way Tom's big sister will be there, her best friend's dating Boone, so that means Tom'll be there too" Kate laughed "Me and Tom agreed to still be good friends, so that'll be good with him there also" Shannon nodded. They continued there talk about Shannon's party on the way home and Kate couldn't wait till she could say to Sawyer that she liked him a lot, it seemed that everything was looking up and she couldn't be happier.
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