Okay so LOTS of people were freaking out about that last chapter and I just want to say
CHILL! This is a cutesy fic, I promise. But high school is quite dramatic.
Rick isn't a jerk, it's gonna end up like "47 seconds" something happened and Kate has to figure it out sorta.
Kate is NOT gonna turn into a bad girl. Just read and you'll see.
Kate slowly walked into her 1st block class. Th teacher wasn't in yet and most of the students were still picking seats. She spotted Rick in the back snuggled up to Meredith. She went over her plan.
He wants it to be over? Fine it will be! I'll pretend it never happened. He doesn't matter to me.
Kate knew this wasn't true. She cared a lot about Rick, but she couldn't be weak. She wasn't weak. She walked over to the seat directly in front of him and took it. Meredith was going to speak, but surprised him by taking the seat behind him. Luckily, Kevin had Kate's first block and came and sat beside her. She didn't even have to look back to know that both Rick and Meredith's eyes were on her. She pretended not to know this and started up a conversation with Kevin.
Kevin listed off all his summer adventures and even asked about hers. Once in a while he'd whisper something in her ear and she'd giggle a little. Whenever she told him something about her dad she unconsciously grab his hand. To any one who wasn't them, it sure looked a lot like they were a couple, especially to Rick. He sat and watched the whole display. What the hell was she doing? They just broke up, she looked crushed and everything. Now she's all snuggled up with Kevin? Weren't they just friends?
The class simmered down as their teacher walked in.
"Hello my name is Mr. Cassia..."
Kate didn't hear anything else. Between passing notes with Kevin and secret glances at Rick, she could barely hear what the teacher was saying. At one point, he'd told them to write down their parents contact information. Kate took this as an opportunity. She turned towards Rick and immediately caught his (and Meredith's) attention.
"Hey, can I borrow a pencil?" She was kind of surprised at how nonchalant it came out.
"Uh... sure?" He was still trying to register things in his mind, but he then reached down and took a pencil from his bag and handed it to her.
"Thanks!" She turned around without another word for the rest of the class. When the bell rang, Rick was still sort of thrown off by Kate's behavior. He didn't even notice Kate walk up to him.
"Here's your pencil back." She was still shocked at how calm she could pretend to be. Maybe she'd be an actor someday.
"Oh. Uh... thanks."
"Mhmm. So, what's your nest class?"
What was she trying to do to him? "Huh?"
"Your next class, Rick. What is it?"
"Oh. Um," he took a quick glance at his schedule "Gym, apparently."
"Oh cool. Me and the guys have that, so I guess I'll see you there!" Yup, definitely gonna be an actor when she grew up.
With that, she grabbed her bag, walked over to Kevin, put her arm through his and walked out of the classroom.
Gym was pretty boring. They had a substitute and he had no idea what he was doing. The girls ended up running or talking, while the guys played basketball. Kate had already changed into her clothes and was currently jogging around the gym with her headphones in. Rick was with the guys at the end of the court playing a pick up game.
Kate was absent mindedly thinking about her encounter with Rick an hour ago. She kept running over it in her mind. Mulling over words and his. She didn't even notice she was beginning to wander onto the court. She accidentally ran into Rick. He grabbed her fore arms to keep them both balanced. Him touching her almost destroyed their resolve. Luckily, she was able to snap back.
"Oh, sorry. I must not have been paying attention." She gave him a half smile.
He kept staring at her, even as she backed away. Wow, she looked amazing even sweaty. She had on a plain white tee with purple short shorts on. Looking at her, he suddenly noticed how her body had grown over the summer. She had curves now ( and a lot more) and she had gotten taller. Sometime during her staring, Meredith had walked over. She immediately positioned herself between Rick and Kate.
"Hey, what's going on over here?" Her glare was mostly directed at Kate, but a bit at Rick.
"Oh, hey! You must be Meredith. Rick's told me so much about you." She reached to shake her hand, but the red head used it her hand to flip her hair.
"Oh well of course he has." She tucked herself into Rick's side.
"Well, welcome. I hope you like it here and I hope I see you around!" Meredith walked away annoyed.
"What was that?" Rick asked.
"What was what? I'm just being nice!"
"For what?" He truly looked agitated. She wasn't supposed to be taking this well at all.
"Because, I care about you. Whether you believe it or not." Wow, where'd that come from.
"Oh yeah that's rich. You care about me that you ignored me for a month."
"What? Rick I didn't-"
"Hey bro. Come on! Finish the game!" The guys from the court were getting impatient.
"Coming! Goodbye, Beckett."
Is that what this was about? The missed calls and messages? She could explain that! But would he let her? I mean, he won't even listen to her. She had to do something. She had to explain what happened. She thought of a plan and shot off towards the locker rooms.
The rest of the period passed rather quickly for Rick. Meredith tried her best to keep his attention, but Kate was the only thing he could think about. What was she going too say? He wished the guys hadn't have cut them off. The coach blew the whistle to end their period, signaling it was time to get showered and raced of to the showers determined to be in and out quickly. He wasn't expecting to be grabbed and pulled into the janitor's closet. He wasn't expecting to be pushed against the back wall, and he certainly wasn't expecting for none other than Kate Beckett to have her mouth on his.
He was shocked for the moment and didn't know how to respond, but found him self delving deeper into the kiss. His mind told him to pull back. They weren't together. He was with Meredith! But, then again, he and Meredith weren't an official couple. Plus, she seemed sorry. As this reasoning went on, Rick's hands found their way to her waist. He almost forgot all about Meredith. Almost forgot about school or this summer. Almost forgot about everything. Luckily, his mind shook him awake. He used his hands on her waist to push her away. She tried to come back, but he was more than ready.
"What's wrong?" She figured that this could make it better. By the look on his face it didn't.
"What do you mean what's wrong? We broke up! You were through with me and-"
"Wow, Rick. Through with you? How could I be 'through with you'? What would make you think that?"
"You ignored me for a month!" He didn't even know how she could ask him that.
"So that is what this is about! Rick I was not ignoring you. My dad thought I was spending too much time around you! He dragged me away to his cabin in upstate New York. I couldn't reach you. How could you have possibly thought I was ignoring you?"
He breathed out. The summer started rushing through his head. The day he'd gave up on her came to his mind. It had been an eventful day. All he needed was to talk to her and she wasn't there for him. At the same time her brain was running. She thought back now and wanted to blame this all on her dad, but she couldn't. She knew this was her fault. Rick had always been the one apologizing, but this was her own fault. She really needed to make this right. Somehow she had to.
"Look... what are you doing for lunch. I could meet you by our oak tree in the park? I think we should talk about this summer."
He looked at her. He knew it was true. He was so tempted to, but there was something wrong.
"Kate I can't. Meredith..." but he trailed off. He kind of regretted making the choice to date her in the heat of things, but no he had to remind himself. This was Kate's doing. He couldn't cave so easily.
"Alright. After school then. I could go to your place?" He thought. His mom would be there with what's-his-face (Rick knew his name, but didn't want to call him by it.) so he guessed it'd be okay.
"Fine, I guess. Whatever." He turned to exit be she grabbed his wrist and gave him one last kiss.
"Just in case it's our last." She said with a rueful smile and then watched him leave.
Oh god, Katie. How'd you let this happen? She mentally cursed herself for making this mess, but she knew she could clean it up. She had to. She needed him.
Okay, so I spent a lot of time pining over this, in the midst of getting very... let's say 'critical' reviews.
I still appreciated them. This chapter will be split into two parts since it got so long. I planned on dragging it out, but then I read it and it was crap so I trashed that idea.
And just so you can forgive me for my little lapse of horrid writing, here's a little bit of info in case you didn't know.
Apparently, the MilMar Panel was quite eventful, considering they aired a never before seen bedroom clip from the end of 'Always'
Okay, feel free to hate me or obsess or whatever :) Love, Always Xo