Chapter 2

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A/N: Sorry I didn't update sooner!

"Favorite food?"

Jack rolled his eyes. "Isn't it obvious?"

Kate looked around her. Jack had chosen his favorite burger place, Johnny Rockets.

"Burgers?" Kate asked.

"Yeah. You?"

Kate leaned in to the table as she scooted her seat in. They had already finished eating, and they were both debating on whether to get dessert.

"Pasta. I love pasta. I hate burgers."

"So that's why you got a salad. I didn't even know they had salad here."

"I'm a vegetarian."

"Oh." Jack leaned back in his seat.

"What? You can't live with me now?"

"No. But you won't kill me if I eat meat right?"

Kate laughed. "No."

They smiled at each other.

"So, you want to get ice cream or something?" Jack asked.

"Sure." Kate stood up and Jack followed her out. They walked along the sidewalk and Kate looked around her.

It's so busy out here. From where I'm from it's kind of quiet."

"That would be nice." Jack commented.

"I like this. I want to live here."

"Well, you kind of are." Jack grinned and Kate playfully pushed him. Jack pointed to the ice cream parlor across the street and Kate followed him in.

"Hey Jack." The blonde girl at the counter smiled at Jack and he smiled back.

"Hey Juliet. This is Kate. She's going to UCLA too."

"Hi Kate. UCLA huh? I'm going there too. Unlike Jack I'm living at home." Juliet gave Jack a smile. "So have you found out who your roommate is yet?"

"I'm his roommate." Kate smiled at Juliet. Juliet seemed like a smart girl but for some reason Kate didn't like her.

"Oh, well that's nice. So what do you want?" Juliet leaned across the counter.

"What do you want?" Jack asked Kate.

Kate skimmed over the flavors that were in the containers. "Where do they come up with these flavors?"

Juliet laughed. "I don't know."

"Cheesecake?" Kate made a face.

"You wanna try it?" Jack asked.

"You can do that?" Kate's eyes widened and Jack laughed.

"Of course."

Juliet got her a sample and Kate decided that she liked it. Jack got cookie dough and soon they were walking out the door. Jack wanted to show her the park.

"So how do you know Juliet?" Kate asked.

"High school. We used to go out, but it didn't really work out. She still wants me." Jack grinned at Kate.

Kate nodded. "Oh..but you don't want her?" Kate asked curiously and Jack shrugged, taking a huge scoop of ice cream.

"Not really. She's not my type."

"And what's your type?"'

Jack looked at Kate for a second and he seemed to be thinking. "You know, I don't have a clue."

"Well maybe you should go out with more girls and you would know what your type was."

Jack nodded. "Yeah maybe."

"What?"

"I'm just not the type of guy that would date around."
"Then get to know some girls and then date them."

They reached the park and Kate couldn't believe how big and serene it was.

They sat down on a bench and finished their ice cream in silence.

Kate set her cup down and she leaned against the bench, sighing in satisfaction. "You know what?"

"What?" Jack said quietly.

"I've always wanted to lay in the grass and stare at the stars."

"That sounds romantic."

"Yeah." Kate sat for a minute before talking again. "It's kind of funny, I've only known you for a day and yet I feel closer to you than to anyone I've ever known."

Jack turned to meet her gaze. "Yeah I know what you mean. You're a great girl Kate, your boyfriend's a lucky guy."

Kate smiled and nodded. "Like I said, I don't know if he still cares about me."

"Well then he's not the guy for you. You think he's your soul mate?"

Their voices had gotten quieter and more relaxed. Kate felt comfortable sitting there with Jack. She had been more open with him than she had ever been with anyone else. For some reason, she felt like Jack was her soul mate. She wouldn't dare say it to him, but she knew that Jack was special.

"I don't know."

Jack breathed deeply. He didn't even know if he believed in soul mates. "Well I guess we'd better get back to the dorms. It's not safe to be out here this late."

"Oh, does Jack have a bedtime?" Kate said teasingly.

They stood up and began to walk back and Jack shook his head.

"Wait, I know. Jack's scared of the dark. That's it."

Jack ignored her as Kate followed him from behind. Kate laughed to herself and soon they were back home.

Kate went into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. "We're gonna have to go shopping tomorrow." She called out.

"Okay!" Jack yelled back from his room. He had told her that he was going to be setting up his computer.

Jack didn't seem like a computer geek, but she had to keep reminding herself that she'd only known him for day. She had no idea of what he was like.

Kate curled up on the couch and flipped through the channels on the television, finding nothing. Soon she found herself drifting off to sleep.

Jack appeared from the bedroom an hour later, and walked into the kitchen. He went to the refrigerator but then remembered that they had no food. Jack sighed and noticed that it was almost midnight. He turned around and saw Kate sleeping on the couch. He smiled and went over to the couch, standing in front of her. She was different. She wasn't like anyone he had ever known, and even though he'd only known her a day, he cared for her more than anyone he had ever known. It was a strange feeling.

A/N: Kate's gonna go find Tom in the next chapter and then it will get interesting.