Alright so this chapter is a tad long. Just basically about the parental advice, cutesy cutesy butterflies, and text messages of middle school romances.
Also does anyone want to see the rest of the case in on this story. Please let me know.
For Kate, the school day couldn't go by fast enough. She needed to speak to him. Her mind drifted in and out of thought about him. This was the first time she'd ever felt this way about a guy. She couldn't be sure if he liked her considering they didn't get to finish their conversation, but she sure wanted to find out.
Kate got home around 3:45. She knew he wouldn't be contacting her this soon, so she'd have to find something to occupy her time. Her mother. Yes that was perfect. She would talk to her mom about this guy. Kate slung her bag into her room and then made her way to the kitchen to talk to her mom. Johanna was in the kitchen drinking water when she was almost tackled by the blur that was her daughter.
"Hey mom! You'll never believe what happened at school today."
"Well hey to you too, Katie. What's got you all riled up?"
"I'll only tell you if you promise not to laugh"
"I'd never laugh at you sweetheart. Now come one, spill." Johanna took a seat next to her daughter at the dining table.
"Well... there was this boy and mom he's amazing! He's really cute and funny and smart, well at least I think he's smart. We spent most of the day talking. Oh, did I tell you he has the most amazing blue eyes and-"
"Wow wow Katie! Slow down, let me process some of this. Okay, I think I'm good so, what you like this boy?"
"Well I mean, I do have a tiny bit of a crush on him, but I don't know if he likes me."
"He'd be stupid if he didn't." Both Kate and Johanna startled at the sound of Jim Beckett's voice.
"Oh, hey daddy. Didn't know you were there." She hopped up and give her dad a quick hug, but was interrupted by a buzzing coming from her room.
"OMG. That's him!"
"Now Katie-" was all her dad could manage before he was passed by his daughter in her mad dash to her room.
Kate crashed on her bed and took the phone in her hands. She saw that she had one new message. She said a tiny little prayer that she wouldn't say anything stupid and then opened the message.
Hey it's Rick -RR
Her heart fluttered at the message. He text her! He actually text her! She shot back the calmest text she could manage!
Hey it's you -KB
Ugh really Kate? 'Hey it's you'? How lame!
Nervous are we? -RR
Uh, no I mean yeah, I mean uh i don't know. -KB
Ha you know your funny Kate. -RR
Funny? She was funny? What'd he mean by that? Was he making fun of her? She still didn't find out if he liked her, nor did she have time when her phone buzzed again.
Hey, can I call you? -RR
Uh, call me what? Oh no wait never mind, of course you can. -KB
Ugh why did she sound like such an idiot? Okay, Kate, get it together. She took three deep breaths when her phone rang. For some reason, when she heard his voice, all her nervousness faded. They talked about everything and nothing. He told her about sports he played and dreams when he grew up. She told him about her talents and what college she wanted to attend. They talked and talked and talked. Her heart almost broke when he said he had to go.
"Oh, do you really?"
"Yeah, but don't worry. We can text all through the night!"
"Promise?" She almost sounded as though she was begging him.
"Promise!"
She hung up and immediately shot him a text. They spent the rest of the night between homework and dinner talking to each other. Some point during the night they'd made a deal. First one to fall asleep buys the other one lunch tomorrow. Kate was winning, but noticed she was falling asleep so she asked the question that had been bugging her the entire night.
Hey Rick? -KB
Yeah? -RC
You remember that conversation from class today? -KB
Ha, I was wondering when you would ask. -RC
So about what you were going to say? -KB
Yes, I like you Kate -RC
REALLY?! -KB
Ha ha, yes really. I uh... actually like you a lot. -RC
Wow. Thanks. I like you too, a lot. :) -KB
So... you like me and I like you, that's cool. -RC
Kate? hellooooooo. -RC
Kate ended up falling asleep before they could finish they're conversation. She didn't read his last message until she woke up the next morning.
Hey Katie. I guess you fell asleep. Just wanted to say I'm glad we could talk. Sweet dreams, beautiful. See you at school tomorrow :) -RC
Okay, so now she definitely knew how she felt about him. She liked him. A lot! That morning she sprung out of bed. She just couldn't wait to go to school today.
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