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~~Catherine~~~

Catherine paced back and forth in her living room with Ethen staring curiously at her. She held the phone tight in one hand close to her mouth as the other was folded across her stomach. She appeared deep in thought and on the verge of tears.

Since her break up with Jackie, Catherine had felt a power shift within her. No longer did she feel as confident as before, nor did she feel her old self at all. Her emotional state had indeed gotten to her, and in her terms, she was broken and only one person could fix her.

The blonde stopped and looked down to her phone and pressed three digits before sitting down on the coffee table and pressing more. A series of rings filled her ear and she could feel the tears fall down her cheek, butterflies filled her stomach and her mouth went dry.

"Catherine?" A sweet voice filled her ear, "Is that really you?"

"Um," She cleared her voice, "Yes it's..it is." She looked down at her left hand, "I was just, um phoning to say hi, and um I hope you're doing...ok." She blurted out. "I-"

"I miss you Catherine." Jackie said to the older blonde who froze in her spot. Oh how she wanted to here those words for so long. She remained silent as she continued to take them in. "I can't stop thinking about you. I was going to call sooner, but I've been so busy and never knew what the right time would be. I didn't know if you still wanted to talk to me or not. After what I said before-" Catherine whipped a tear away from her eye.

"We both said things Jacquelyn." Her voice was husk, "And I always want to talk to you-you know that." She said then whispered, "I hope."

There was no reply.

"There's a lot we need to sort out, Catherine."

She sighed, "I know porcupine. Hey, Ethan misses you, well he misses your knee." They both laughed, "I don't think my knee can measure up."

"Mine are superb." They laughed again. There was a long pause, before Catherine broke the silence.

"I miss you Porcupine," She mumbled, "please come home." Tears welled up in her eyes again and her voice cracked, "I need you here...with me. Together." The older blonde broke down into the phone, she heard Jackie begin to cry as well.

"Don't cry Jacq's."

"I can't help it!" She laughed while still letting tears flow. "Look I gotta go, I have a lecture in ten minutes that I can't miss." Catherine was glad to know Jackie had gone back to school, she was a smart girl who could do anything. But she didn't want to hang up.

"Oh um ok yes go do your work, I'll call you back later." The older blonde said, feeling disappointed she couldn't stay chatting for longer. "I love you Porcupine." She smiled.

"I love you Catherine."

Catherine ended the call and pulled the phone to her chest and breathed in deeply, had she really just spent an hour on the phone with her? It seemed so quick, however she felt like a smitten teenager and wanted jump up and dance around the house. She took note of the time and decided to call Jackie back in 2 hours.

"Hi," Catherine started, hearing Jackie fumble with papers.

"Ugh! Where is it?!" Jackie exclaimed.

"Is this a bad time? You know I can call back in the morning if you're too busy now." She said, secretly hoping Jackie would decline her offer. Catherine bit her lip, "you sound frustrated."

"Yes, very" Jackie replied.

"You know..." Catherine teased, then laughed once. Force of habit she guessed, but could not help but smile as she knew her heart was still with Jackie. She switched gears, "Um what are you frustrated about?"

"I can't find a set of cards I had to sign."

"What type of cards?"

"Er movie cards things, have to sign them and pass them out at Comic Con this year. Promo stuff" She said in a faked excited voice.

"You're not happy about that?"

"No," Jackie sighed, "It's just, I didn't think this would take off again. I mean, I'm grateful but I really didn't think it would become this big, especially this soon. I was told it was a possibility, but it's been so long." She continued for another ten minutes...

Catherine patiently listened and took in all that Jackie said, she was thankful they could freely talk to each other. She wanted more of this.

"Are you regretting this decision?"

"Yes...no..I don't know." Jackie sighed. "It's just I-I, it's not the same anymore Catherine. There's nothing special here, I'm the only one from the original cast, Mark's not here, mom never came... Idon'tevenhaveyou." She said the last part quickly.

"You what?"

Jackie gulped, "I don't even have you."

Catherine smiled, "You don't have me?"

"No."

There was a long pause.

"You could Porcupine, you know that." Catherine's voice was husk. She would always come. She couldn't imagine why her mom would not visit. Catherine had evan said to Jackie months back, before they broke up, that she would. However, she didn't think it meant anything to Jackie back then, she didn't know. Their relationship was still rather new at that point.

"Is it late there? Must be close to midnight, you should sleep." Jackie stated.

"It's around 11pm here, you know Jacq's, we can work this out. I miss you... I miss waking up next to you. I liked it when you were here, with me, together."

"I do to, Cat. We have a lot that needs to be fixed." She stretched.

"Come for a vacation, you don't have to stay with me if you don't want to. Get out of that warm air and into some bitter. We can work things out, talk things over properly; face to face. "

"Ok, however I will still have to work on college as it's all online and I'm not letting it go this time."

"And I can help." Catherine stated.

"I'll get Wayne to clear my schedule then. Catherine?"

"Yes?"

"I've really missed you over the past few months. Things haven't been the same without you." Jackie said tearing up.

Catherine's voice broke, "I feel the same Porcupine."