Chapter 9: Cats and Dogs
It was pouring rain out. Jack was sitting under the huge tree in the school yard with Kate, they had missed the bus home and didn't want to walk in the rain. "How can anyone stay starry eyed when it's raining cats and dogs outside?" Kate sang next to him. The thirteen year old turned to one of his best friends. "You know, Oliver and Company by Disney?" Kate laughed and his skeptical face. Jack squinted and then his face lit up when it all came back to him. Kate smiled at him.
"It is raining cats and dogs right now. I never like cats, their always so needy but when you give them attention they bite your heads off, remember my mums old cat? Snowflake?" He said grinning at the memory of the evil white furl ball.
"The one that got killed by the car?" Kate asked. Jack grinned and nodded. "Jack!" Kate laughed punching him playfully in the arm.
"Hey, remember when it tried to scratch out your eye?" He scowled. He heard Kate giggle nervously.
"Yeah, I cried on your shoulder for like ten minutes." They were both swapped into awkward silence. "Got your pocket knife?" Kate asked. Jack looked up at her. It was suddenly a trend for grace 8 guys to carry a pocket knife on there person at all times, in hopes that they could "defend there lady (s)" in a time of "danger" AKA: Another guy asked her out. Jack pulled it out and handed it to Kate. Kate turned to the tree and carved half of a heart and handed it to Jack. "You do the rest." She said. Jack frowned and drew the rest of the heart, it was a bit sloppy but it wasn't like he drew doodled all over his note book like Kate did. Kate took it and carved a K in it and then made a plus sign. Jack grinned and drew a J. Their eyes met. Jack leaned closer. But Kate didn't and instead stuck her hand out, she grinned. "Friends forever?" Jack grinned and nodded.
Now the 24 Kate was walking towards that exact spot in the rain. She had a black umbrella; she walked to this spot whenever it rained. But today someone else was there, a man sitting down soaked to the bone. Jack. As Kate got closer she saw he was crying. Kate dropped the umbrella and shoot through the rain to Jack. He stood up when he saw her. Jack held his arms out for her and pressed her self against him. "What's wrong?" Kate asked worriedly, he was not only soaked but he was freezing, he was shaking hard. Jack didn't answer. He just pulled away and stroked the tree with his fingers, right were they carved their names.
"Remember this?" He asked. Kate nodded and rubbed his shoulders. "Good times weren't they?" He laughed. Kate nodded. Kate hugged him again.
"Jack, what is it why are you crying?" Kate asked firmly and Jack broke down again. "Jack, baby talk to me."
"I was so mean to him." Jacks said shaking his head. Kate pulled Jack close, she felt his lean on her hard and Kate's knees buckled. She thought Jacks legs must have given out on him so she lowered him to the ground as gently as possible.
"Who, baby?" Kate asked him. Jack just sobbed one last time.
"My dad Kate, he's gone. He died one hour ago."
A/N: Sorry that was soooo short! I have a really good chapter coming up really soon ok? I missed you all so darn much:D Anyone still there thougth?