Please don't hate me!

I tried to update, but family gets crazy during the holidays.

There's an upside though.

All next chapters are written out so you won't have to wait for any of my stories that long.

Anyway Enjoy!

After getting showered, Rick got dressed (with a very intrigued audience watching him) and left Kate to get cleaned up while he went to send his mother off to work. His mother was at the counter, putting his breakfast on a plate when he came down. He sat up to the counter grabbed his plate and began chowing down.

"Mother, it's not polite to stare." he said without looking up.

"Well?"

Rick placed his fork down and looked up. "Well what, Mother?"

"Well are you going to tell me why my you were about to have sex in my house?"

He huffed. "I'm seventeen. I don't have to ask your permission to have sex in my room."

"Richard Alexander Rodgers, you look at me right now," she waited until his eyes met hers "you are only seventeen and Katherine is sixteen. What's to happen if she gets pregnant? It'll ruin both of your lives. Trust me. I know!" She slapped a hand over her mouth.

Rick looked at her with pure rage. "So, I ruined your life, huh, Mother?" Before she had a chance to answer Kate entered the kitchen. She immediately felt the tension.

"I, uh, I'm- I was gonna head out." She donned the jeans she'd left last time and one of Rick's sweat shirts.

"I'll walk you." Rick said rushing to grab his jacket.

"Richard-"

"We'll talk later Mother." Rick said throwing his mother a glare. He grabbed Kate's hand and pulled her hand out the door.

The walk to Kate's house was mind numbingly slow. She wanted to talk to him about something. Anything, but he needed time to clear his thoughts and she could give him that. The walk was too fast and too slow all at once. Finally, they arrived at her house and were met by her parents in the living room.

"Hey guys."

"Hey Katie, you okay?"

"Yeah, but I'm gonna hang with Rick for the day. Is that okay?"

"Well, didn't you spend all yesterday with Rick?"

She tensed. That's what she was supposed to ask him. He'd given her parents the story of they'd done yesterday and she has no idea what to tell them. Anything she could come up with might just be the exact opposite of what he'd told her parents and they'd both be in trouble. Kate realized she'd have to say something and risk it. Luckily, Rick figured it out the moment her dad asked the question and was ready with the retort.

"Well sir, yesterday wasn't all that long, seeing as we had school during the day. Plus, we only did what I wanted. Today's about spoiling my girl." He looked down at Kate adoringly and for a second, she almost believed him.

"Awe, well you go ahead and show our Katie a good time. She deserves it." Johanna said.

"Yeah, just this time, no slumber parties at Rick's place right?" Jim said

"Don't worry sir. That was a one time thing."

"Good," he patted Rick in the shoulder and kissed his daughter on the head "we'll be back around 11. There's money for pizza on the fridge and we both have our cells."

"Kay, thanks Daddy. We'll see you guys later." Kate said, finally finding her voice. Johanna nodded to Kate hold on to this one Katie and Jim nodded to Rick take care of my little girl and they were off.

It was nine o'clock when Kate and Rick finally settled down for their movie. They'd been through an amazing day. Movies, then a bit of shopping, tons of PDA and Bigfoot convention. Finally, they were home, with Kate snuggled in Rick's lap in her room. After having eaten their pizza, they were stuffed and now only wanted be with each other.

"You know," Rick said breaking the silence "I think this is my favorite part of the day." Kate looked up at him.

"Really? Even Bigfoot?" She teased. She had never seen a smile so big on his face than when they were at the convention. He looked like a little boy in a candy store.

"Bigfoot wishes he could be you." He joked.

"Well, thank you?" She smiled. Their eyes locked in full intensity and they both leaned forward. Their lips met in the most passionate kiss they'd ever shared. They shifted position and soon enough, Rick was pressing her into her bed. Hands were everywhere. Teeth clashed and clothes started to peel off. This is it. She thought, we're gonna do this and there's no one I'd rather lose it to.

They were both missing clothing. His shirt was thrown somewhere across the room and so was hers. Somewhere between chucking her bra and his pants, he pulled away.

"What? What's wrong?"

"Would it be super terrible to say I think I found where my anger from yesterday went?" He breathed and she sat up slowly.

"No, but I wish you would've found it a little sooner." She joked nervously. They were so close. So close. But he was right, they'd have to talk sooner or later anyway.

"So um," she began "what, uh, what's wrong."

"That guy yesterday, uh,"

"Will?"

"Yeah. He was such an... such an ass! He told me that I better not ever screw up again because he could have you anytime he wanted and before we left he said to tell your parents he said hi and today, when you went to the door to get the pizza, he text you. He actually text you. He asked if you wanted to "come over and talk". Who the hell does that? He knows you have a boyfriend!"

During his rant, he'd gotten off her bed and began pacing the floor, his voice raising an octave with every sentence. She had tried to interrupt multiple times, but he was fuming and didn't even notice. Some of the things he said made her angry, but she wasn't sure if it was at herself, him, or Will. She was on her knees at the edge of the bed while he fumed in front of her.

"You done?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Good." And she slammed her lips into his. He was completely caught off guard and it took him awhile to respond, but just like that it was over.

"First, what happened with Will was a drunken mistake. We've never even dated. We were best friends because our parents worked together. He had a crush on me, but I never liked him that way so, I guess when he saw how drunk I was, he figured he'd take advantage of it. Second, the only reason he has my number is because he took it himself. And third, you never have to worry about me cheating on you, especially with Will." She said his name with such disgust it made Rick chuckle.

"Look, Rick, I'm sorry and if you want me to, I'll say sorry a million times. When we get back to school, I'll spray paint it down the halls. I would do anything to make this better. Tell me what I can do."

"Tell me what happened at the party."

She took a deep breath and they both sat down. "I got there and I was only looking for you. I just wanted to apologize. After about an hour or two, I figured you weren't coming because you hated me or something and I broke down. Will found me and I was just way too overwhelmed to think. He gave me this fizzy drink that tasted weird, but it cleared my head and helped me forget so I drunk more and more and the next thing I knew I was doing Jello shots in the kitchen."

"So... you didn't-"

"NO! No I- he wanted to. They wanted to actually, he and Josh, but you got there before anything could happen."

"I swear if I ever see that guy again-"

"It's fine, it's not like he got to." He sighed.

"Yeah, I guess."

They sat in silent for a while. Both processing and preparing. Neither of them knew what happened next. Neither of them wanted to over complicate things or just forget. They wanted to move on.

"So...," Kate said breaking the silence "we good?" And wow, what a loaded question, but she needs to know.

"If we're not, we will be." He gave her a reassuring smile and grabbed for his shirt. It was clear they weren't gonna do anything tonight other than sleep. She removed her jeans and slipped on some pajamas. Once settled, they both crawled to the head of the bed and lay together, her head on his chest.

"Kate?"

"Yeah?"

"We'll get there one day." She chuckled. How'd he always read her mind?

"Yeah I know."

"Good," He smiled "because I love you."

"I love you too, Rick. Always."

I hope this tamps you guys fears!

That was a really big bout of angst. I try not to go there because I'm a fluffer, but every relationship has problems.

Anyway, hope it was good.

Love Always, XOXOX