Hey castle lovers! Here's the third chapter! Enjoy!

Lanie walked in the classroom with great news. She saw her friends sitting in the back of the class and sat down next to Javier.

'So, guess what! My parents told me this morning we could stay at the lake house for the weekend!' She told them squealing. Kate, Rick, Kevin and Javier reacted enthusiastically and of course Rick had to scream: 'Awesome!' like a little kid.

'You have to ask your parents first of course.'

The teacher started the lesson and they had to focus on what he had to say. But Rick couldn't focus with Kate next to him. This time it wasn't because she was the most extraordinary girl he has ever met, but because she had a worried look in her eyes.

'Hey Kate, are you okay? You look distracted.' He asked her.

'Yes I'm fine. I haven't had much sleep last night. That's all.' She said with a smile.

'Okay. If there is something, you can always tell me. You know that right?'

'Yeah I know that. Thanks.' Rick answered her with a charming smile.

After her last lesson, Kate waited outside for her mom. Was it a bad thing to not tell Rick about her dream last night? It wasn't actually a dream, it was more of a nightmare.

Flashback to Kate's dream (Kate's pov)

I woke up on the ground and the only thing I saw around me was darkness. Once I was standing, I was in a little girl's room. I saw a man sitting next to the girl with a book in his hands, he was reading her a bedtime story. 'Please daddy, please read me another story.' The little girl begged her father. 'No Katie, I already read you 2 stories. You need to sleep.' Katie? Mom always calls me Katie. That little girl can't be me. And that man can't be my dad, I don't even know what he looks like, or how his voice sounds like! I wanted to ask what was going on, but I couldn't talk. The man, "Katie" and the room around me faded away. It was dark again. Then I heard a man talking. 'Katie! That is what you always wanted, isn't it? Your daddy reading you bedtime stories, tucking you in every night and giving you a goodnight kiss?' I wanted to scream, but there came no sound out of my throat. Then there stood a man in front of me. The father of the little girl. He spoke again. 'Do you want me to come back?' then I heard him talking behind me. I turned around and saw him laughing. 'Do you know why I left you?' again he stood somewhere else. 'Because I don't care about you!' I closed my eyes, tears came down my cheeks, hoping that I would soon wake up. But when I opened her eyes, the man was everywhere around me. 'Do you love me Katie?' 'Do you want me to come back Katie?' The men were killing me with these questions. I closed my eyes again and tried to find the strength to scream. I finally found it. 'STOP IT! STOP IT!' I screamed as loud as I could. When the men stopped talking, I opened her eyes, finding the man standing in front of me. 'Do you miss Katie?' I screamed and finally woke up, covered in tears and sweat.

Kate couldn't get the way he looked at her out of her head. His eyes were filled with anger. Is it possible that everything in her dream was true? That he left her, because he doesn't care about her? She couldn't believe she had a nightmare. she was so happy the day before, why had it to be ruined by this nightmare? Kate was so lost in thoughts, that only the sound of the car's honk made her come back to reality. She rushed over to the car.

'Hi mom.' She said as soon as she sat in her seat.

'Hey honey.' She kissed her cheek and started driving home.

'So how was your day?'

'Just like every other school day.' She said laughing and looking out of the window.

'What's wrong? You have been lost in since you woke up. You've had a nightmare, haven't you?'

'How did you know?' Kate asked curiously.

'Every time you had a nightmare, you would be distracted and thinking about that dream the whole day. And I can see it in your eyes, you look sad. What happened?'

'It would be better if I told you at home.' Johanna nodded. Kate didn't want her mom to be distracted while driving.

Kate's mom parked the car in the driveway and they went inside.

'I'm going to make a cup of tea, do you want too?' Johanna asked Kate.

'Yeah, that would be great. I'm just going to put my bag in my room.'

'Okay honey.'

When Kate came downstairs, she saw that her mom was already done with the tea and was sitting on the couch. Kate went to sit next to her, grabbed her cup of tea and started telling about her nightmare. When Kate was done talking, she was crying and curled up against her mom.

'Is it- is it true that he left because he doesn't care about us?' She tried to ask between the sobs.

'No, no of course not honey.' Johanna said, trying to comfort her daughter.

'Then why? Why did he leave.' Kate said, still crying.

'It's complicated sweetheart, not now.' Kate just let it like that. She didn't want to argue again about all of this. She dried her cheeks and drank from her tea. When she was calm again and her breathing was normal again, she remembered that she still had to ask about the weekend trip to the lake house. But this isn't really the time, she would ask it after dinner.

'I'm going to start on dinner okay?' Her mom said.

'Okay.' Johanna grabbed the cups from the table, kissed her daughter on her forehead and walked towards the kitchen. Kate turned the tv on and just sat there watching an episode of Revenge.

Kate and her mom sat at the table, eating their dinner.

'Mom.'

'Yes, what's wrong honey?'

'So Lanie's parents have a lake house and she thought it would be fun to go and spend a weekend there. Can I go?'

'With who are you going?'

'If their parents let them go, we will be going with Javier, Lanie, Kevin and Rick.' By the last name, she had to smile.

'Rick huh.' Her mom said laughing.

'Yes, but I will also be with other friends.'

'I'm joking. But I don't know your other friends.'

'Well maybe they can come tomorrow after school and you can meet them.' Kate suggested.

'Sounds good to me.'

'Okay, I will tell them then after we cleaned the table.' Kate started cleaning the table. When she finished she ran up to her room. In her room she sat on her bed, grabbed her phone and texted everyone asking if they can come tomorrow. They all could.

The next day they all sat at a table in the canteen, talking about the weekend trip.

'So what are we going to do when we're there? It's probably going to be fun!' Javier said enthusiastically.

'Wait, first my mom has to approve all of you before she lets me go.' Kate told them.

'Okay, if everyone can go, what is there to do at the lake house?'

'Well, we can swim in the lake, go on a hike, barbeque, watch a movie etc.' Lanie said.

'Sounds fun. So we can go Friday after school to the lake house and stay there till Sunday afternoon, right?' Rick asked.

'Yeah, we have enough time to make fun.'

'Great. I can't wait until Friday.' Kevin said and everyone agreed.

It was finally Friday, the day Kate was waiting for. Her mom finally let her go after the interrogation Wednesday. When the last lesson finally ended, they went all went to their own house to pick up their bags. The 5 teenagers all agreed to meet at Lanie's house, so her Father could drive them to the lake house. Lanie's father didn't have a big car, so Javier, Lanie, Kate and Rick had to squeeze in the back seat. Kevin called shotgun so he sat in the front seat. Rick could feel Kate's warmth against his skin. It felt so good to feel her.

They finally arrived at the lake house.

'Bye dad, thanks for driving us. I'll see you Sunday!' Lanie said to her father.

'Bye mr. Parish. And thank you!' The rest of the gang said.

'You're welcome. Have fun this weekend. Bye.' He waved and drove home.

'Wauw.' That was the only thing Kate could say about the lake house and the view. It was so beautiful.

'Let's go inside!' Lanie told them and walked to the door.

When they were inside, she told them in which room they were going to sleep. They all put their bags in their room and went downstairs to the living room. There was a fireplace. God, Kate thought, this place is so romantic.

'So, what are we going to do first?' Kate asked.

'We can go swimming and then barbeque.' Rick suggested.

'Sounds good to me.' Kevin said and everyone agreed.

The guys were already done changing and told Kate and Lanie they were going to the lake. When Rick saw Kate walking towards the lake, he was speechless. She was so beautiful. Kevin shook Rick out of his thoughts.

'Where are you looking at?' Then he saw Rick was looking at Kate. 'Or should I say: who?' He said joking.

Kate and Lanie finally went to the guys in the water and they had so much fun.

2 hours later they sat outside on a blanket, eating their hamburgers. They already changed their clothes and of course the guys were faster, so they had to grill the burgers.

'Who wants more?' Javier asked.

'No, I ate enough. I'll probably explode if I took one more bite.' Kate said. And the rest said the same.

'Well, I have still room for one.' Javier said and walked to the barbeque. He almost broke the lid of the barbecue and Lanie screamed at him.

'Javier, watch out! If you brake it, my dad will kill me!'

'I'm sorry. But your dad is cool, he can't get that angry.'

'Then you don't know him very well.'

'One time I accidentally broke my dad's trophy, he got so mad I was grounded for two weeks.' Ryan told them and they all laughed, except for Kate. She thought about her dream, about maybe something she would remember about him, but she didn't found any. Rick saw tears welling up in her eyes.

'Hey Kate, are you okay?'

'Yeah. I'm fine.' She tried to smile. But when she felt a tear coming down her face, she quickly wiped it away and stood up.

'Kate where are you going?' Rick asked.

'I just need to be alone.' And she walked through the woods. She didn't want to leave like that, but she also didn't want to spoil the fun and cry in front of them.

'What's wrong, Rick?' Lanie asked him, because she didn't know what just happened.

'Uhh fathers is a sensitive subject for Kate.'

'Oh, shouldn't we go after her?' She felt kind of bad.

'No, she wanted to be alone. She will probably be back in 20 minutes.'

They cleaned up and went inside. But when Kate didn't come back in 20 minutes and it looked like it was going to rain, they got worried.

'I think there's a storm coming, we have to go and look for Kate.' Kevin said.

'I will go.' Rick couldn't let Kate out there.

'You can't go alone.' Lanie got really worried.

'It's better if I go alone.' He grabbed his jacket and walked to the door. 'Don't worry. I will find her.' He went outside and closed the door.

Rick ran into the woods and it began to rain. 'Kate! Kate where are you?' He screamed as loud as he could, but his voice was just not louder than the sound of thunder and lightning. It was too dark to see anything. But Rick wasn't going to give up. He had to find her. He will find her.

Kate was wandering through the woods. She didn't even know where she was heading. But she didn't pay attention to where she was walking, she was thinking about her dad. Why did she always have to cry when people talked about fathers? Kate didn't know what time it was or for how long she has been gone. But there wasn't any time to think about it, when she looked up to the sky and saw grey clouds. It was getting dark and it was going to rain, she had to go back. She turned around, but because she didn't pay any attention to the road, she didn't know where to go. It began the rain, she heard thunder and she saw lightning. There's a storm coming. She ran though the woods, but it was too dark to see anything. Then she stood still and froze with fear. A couple feet in front of her stood the man from her nightmare. Her father. She couldn't run towards him, so she took another road, at least, what was left of it. But when Kate ran, the man stood in front of her again. And like in her dream, suddenly he wasn't alone. The men surrounded her and asked her again if she missed him, if she wanted him back.

'Stop! Leave me alone! Stop!' She screamed, but they didn't listen. Then everything went black and she fell on the ground.

Rick was still running through the woods. Where could she be? He tried to follow the road, but the rain washed it away. Then he heard a girl screaming. It was Kate! He ran towards the voice, but then he didn't hear it anymore.

'Kate! Kate where are you?' No reply. He ran again, until he saw someone lying on the ground. Rick ran towards the person. Scared that it would be Kate, afraid that something happened to her. When he came closer, he knew it was Kate.

'Kate! Kate! Wake up, please wake up! KATE!' His eyes filled with tears. She was still breathing, but why wouldn't she wake up. He closed his eyes and heard someone whisper.

'Rick!' Kate opened her eyes and saw Rick in front of her. 'Oh my god, Rick!' She sat up and hugged him, happy.

'Kate, I thought something happened to you -'

'Don't worry, I'm okay.'

'I heard you screaming, you told someone to stop. Stop what? There is no one here.' He asked her confused.

'I will explain everything when we get back.'

'Okay let's go then.' Rick helped Kate stand up and gave her his jacket.

It was still raining and now there was no road left anymore. They didn't know which way they had to go, but they were still running. But then Kate stopped, because she saw a little house between the trees.

'Rick look.' She pointed at the little house. 'I don't think we are going to find the lake house in this weather, let's just spend the night there.'

'You're right, come on.'

Back at the lake house, Lanie, Javier and Kevin were still worried.

'Do you think something happened to them?' Lanie asked. 'We have to go and find them.' She walked towards the door. 'No Lanie wait.' Javier and Kevin said at the same time and Javier walked after Lanie. When she opened the door, she saw how hard it was raining, she saw lightning and heard thunder. She screamed and closed the door.

'We can't go and look for them in this weather. We will go tomorrow morning.'

'But what if something happens to them?'

'If Rick found Kate, he wouldn't let anything happen to her. And so wouldn't she.'

Rick and Kate walked to the house and knocked on the door, but there was no answer. The door was open, so they walked in.

'Hello, anybody home?' Still no answer.

The house was really small. There was a little kitchen and in the corner was a bed. There was a little fireplace with a sofa in front of it. Although the house was little, it was cute and romantic.

'There is nobody here and I don't think someone lives here anymore.' Rick told her and closed the door behind them.

'Look, there is some wood next to the fireplace.' Kate told Rick.

'That should be enough for one night.' Rick walked to the fireplace and started to make a fire, while Kate was searching in the house for blankets.

'I'm done with the fire.' Rick turned around to face Kate. 'I only found one blanket. Do you mind sharing it?' Kate said with a smile on her face. 'No I do not.' He said and gave her a charming smile. They sat on the couch and put the blanket around them.

'It was my dad.' Kate suddenly said. 'What?' Rick was confused, her dad? What's wrong with her dad? 'The man I told to stop. I wanted him to stop asking questions. I know he wasn't there, that I was just imagining it.' Then she told him everything. About the nightmare, about tonight. And he listened.

When Kate was done talking, she wasn't crying like she expected she would. She was calm. Rick turned to his left so he was facing Kate.

'Listen, I don't think your father left because he doesn't care about you. I mean, how can someone not care about you. You're a smart, caring, extraordinary, sweet, lovely and beautiful girl. It was a really stupid decision to leave you.' Kate couldn't believe her ears. Did she heard it right? She leaned in and kissed him and he kissed her back. It felt so right. His lips brushing against hers. When they separated, they looked in each other's eyes and they both couldn't keep the big smiles from braking out on their faces. This time Rick leaned in for another kiss and she met him halfway, this time the kiss got deeper and she moaned into his mouth. Rick smiled into the kiss and they broke apart. They kept looking into each other's eyes while Rick said: 'That was amazing.' She couldn't stop the blush that was forming on her cheeks. 'I agree.' She said still blushing. Kate then yawned. 'Let's get some sleep, we'll go to the lake house tomorrow.' Rick suggested and Kate agreed, she then rested her head on his shoulder. But before she drifted of to sleep she said something.

'Thank you for everything.'

'Always, Kate.' All the while Rick was watching her till he self drifted of to sleep.

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