InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It's Not Over Yet... ❯ Prom & Dump ( Chapter 9 )

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Wow, what a chapter that was, huh? What are your thoughts on something that strange? It really did happen, just to let you know. If you have any questions, feel free to ask, and I am more than willing to share, just as long as the questions are not too raunchy, K? Thanks for reading, and please leave a comment, K? Ja ne!

Chapter 9: Prom & Dump

Hey, it's Katie. Yeah, you could say that I needed my head examined. *Sigh*...Sherry was so right that day. Yeah, this is a new chapter of my life, and I'm going to tell it from my own mouth. This part I'm not proud of. Reason being, I let my thoughts get in the way of my heart. What I felt for Brian was so pure that I thought it was not real. You know, how love at first sight is just so Hollywood! Well, I got back in contact with Jason, and I asked him to my junior prom. I had still considered him my boyfriend, so I decided to not go with anyone else. Yeah, my acquaintance relationship with Brian was getting more interesting, and we had become like friends, but even if we saw each other in the halls, we didn't say anything to each other, but when together, we were a great team.

It's funny, now that I think about it. How well we fit together, but we didn't make any notice of it to each other, or ourselves. My head and heart were somewhere else, and Brian put himself on hold. Knowing I had a boyfriend, he stayed on the wayside, but made sure I didn't forget our companionship, however strange it was. Well, Jason and I started to actually date, and get to know each other better. Yeah, that's an understatement. Jason was no longer the guy I knew from Junior high. You know, the nerd. I found out, especially with our first kiss, that he was a sugar daddy. The kiss wasn't just an affectionate kiss. It was needy. Needy of something I could not provide. The night of the Prom, he and I went double with our buddy Todd, and his date. Todd's date, Jennifer and I, had a great time hanging out and dancing together, while Jason and Todd sat at the table, waiting for a slow dance. Huh...Men, you know? Why is it that they are so afraid to express themselves on the dance floor? We only danced one slow dance, then left to go to the prom all-nighter.

The Prom All-nighter was a fun time of gambling with play money, and a chance to make special music videos. Of course, being the person I am, I decided to get up in front of everyone and enjoy the fact that I can have fun and be serious if I chose to. I was in a bunch of music videos that night, and not one was with Jason. It was as if he was unattached from me, like he didn't even take me. Huh...the jerk. And when we got back home, which was pretty late, we were planning to get ready to go to the nearest theme park, one near Chicago. It's a big park! I was looking forward to it. I left home happy and excited. Not when I came home, though. Jason and I planned to go with my sister, Tabitha, and her fiancé' Dan. When we got there, I found out that my dream man, Jason at the time, was afraid of heights!

"Oh my God!" I shouted while staring at one of the smallest rides in the park.

"I've never been on a roller coaster before! I'm afraid of heights! This is my first time here!" Jason shouted over the roar of the ride.

"Wow, how can you be alive?! You haven't really lived if you've never ridden a roller coaster!" I shouted and Tabitha nodded her agreement.

"Well, I guess I'll give it a whirl. You sure it'll be all right?" Jason shouted with an uneasy look on his face.

"Yeah! Be a man, Jason! Show me you're a man!" I shouted, and he then looked at me with understanding and determination. The determination to go through even hell for me. Man, I'll never forget that.

So, needless to say, Jason and I boarded the small, but fun ride, and we sailed into the air as we winded our way to the straight away before the take-off. I could feel his hands shaking, but he held onto my waist firmly, probably trying to show me some reassurance. *Sigh*, like I needed any. Well, I had never heard Jason scream before, and I laughed the whole time. 'Wow', I thought, 'Men do scream out of fear!' I had a great time that day while hearing him scream, and then laugh after he got off every coaster we went on. He had a great time, and he said he would like to come back, and that he couldn't believe he was afraid of them. Well, that was the good part about that day.

Until towards the end, when things started to wind down. Tabitha and Dan decided to play some games, and try to win some stuff. So, I joined in and we all were fighting to win stuffed animals and prizes. Well, my dumb luck took a vacation that day. I didn't win anything, but Jason and Tabitha both won stuffed raptors from the movie Jurassic Park. Naturally, you would figure that if the guy won something, he'd give it to his date, right? Wrong! Jason held on to his prize, and walked proudly around the park with his raptor. Of course, I didn't want to sound greedy, so I just decided not to say anything. After that, Jason and I decided to just sit down on a bench and rest our feet. Bad idea, I guess we should have kept on walking.

"Hey Katie, can I talk to you about something?" Jason asked as he stared into my eyes.

"Sure, what is it?"

"I've had a really great time today, and I never thought I'd have so much fun. But there's something I need to tell you, something about this summer."

'Uh oh, what's this about now?' I thought as I asked, "What is it?"

"Well, I just found out that my boss at the go-kart track back home is going on vacation for most of the summer, and I'm the assistant manager. So, I'm sorry, but I'll probably have to work at the track all summer long, and...well...I don't know if I'll have any free time to...you know...see you." He said as he let his eyes stray to the ground straight ahead of him.

"Oh, so...you mean you're...dumping me?" I replied with tears swelling in my eyes.

"Yeah...I have no choice...I'm sorry. I don't mean to hurt you, Katie. I've always liked you, and this past month has been great. Please, forgive me." He looked back up at me with a solemn look in his eyes.

I searched his eyes for a few second to see if he was lying, or telling the truth. What was going through my mind that second was, 'Yeah, because I wouldn't put out for you last night, right?'

He looked at me for those few moments and saw the contempt in my eyes form. Then he did something unexpected, he stood up and started playing the carnival games, trying to win something for me to make it all better. All the while, I thought 'Gee, what about the little raptor you have under your arm! What an idiot!' I guess you could say I would have loved to have that raptor. Heh...heh...He wanted me, and all I wanted was that raptor! Funny, huh?

Well, we finally left the park. On the way home I was having problems with my contacs, and I was also not feeling to well. Jason had deduced it to being all his fault. He stayed in the way back with me in the suburban, and tried to comfort me. He even farted for me to get me to laugh, what a geek! Well, to make a long story short, I made the wrong choice. I had decided that Sherry was in fact correct. I did need my head examined, and it came at the cost of my heart.

When I got back to school the following Monday, I acted like nothing had happened. I told Cassy and Sherry about my date with Jason, and how he dumped me the day after prom. Sherry gave me her 'I told you so' speech, and Cassy comforted me and gave me some reassurance. I was so upset and depressed at how much a fool I was that I never did get the chance to tell Brian. I dated Jason, even though I knew he had become someone I would usually avoid when it came to guys. I guess I just wanted to find the perfect guy, and I thought I could make a difference in his life. But boy was I wrong. At least he respected my feelings. He did tell me, when we had our first kiss, that he wanted me, but I told him no. He stopped and was a perfect gentleman after that, but I think that may have been the main reason why he left me.

That summer was the one where Tabitha and Dan were to get married. Since I was so wrapped up in her wedding and the choir show plans, I still had forgotten to establish a relationship with Brian, even though I really wanted to see what Cassy was talking about, and to find out why I felt the way I did around him. I felt drawn to him, like there was something there. But, what? What was it? Well, I decided to invite Jason to my sister's wedding, since he was a friend of my sister's as well. More of an acquaintance, but she liked him and thought he was a nice young guy. Plus, Tabitha allowed me to invite some of my high school friends. I didn't get Cassey's phone number, nor Sherry's. The friends I invited were my friend Tiffany and her boyfriend James, and Todd. Tabitha used to baby-sit Todd when he was little, so he was like a part of the family. Jason being like a brother to Todd, made Jason a part of the family to my parents. Since I knew the truth, I just decided to consider him a friend.

The wedding went well. We partied and danced to the best DJ in the United States. Ron, the DJ, was a part of the family, so my sister got him at discount. We couldn't believe the show he put on. He even performed! It was a wedding we'll never forget. Jason did his usual while I was on the dance floor sweating' off the lasagna I had for dinner. He was leaning back in his chair, with his feet up on the table. I asked him to dance one slow dance with me, and he accepted. Other than that, it was as if I didn't even invite him. But, he took me home after my sister and her husband left. On the way home, all he could talk about was how beautiful I was. I was dressed as one of the bridesmaids in a pastel flower patterned floor length dress with poofy sleeves. I had a fish-tail braid that went half-way down my back, and curly tendrils down the side of my face. My sister chose her friend Jenny and I to be her bridesmaids. We stood up tall and proud to support her on her special day. I even sang at her wedding. Their song was "One Hand, One Heart" from the musical `A Westside Story'. On the rehearsal, my throat closed during the main note, and I was embarrassed, but the performance for Tabitha's wedding went perfect.

As Jason pulled up to my parent's empty house, he turned off the engine and looked over to me. I was going to ask him if he wanted to come in, but I never got a word in.

"I wish I didn't have to leave you here. I wish we could stay out longer. I don't want tonight to end so soon." Jason said as he leaned over and kissed me tenderly.

'Yeah, bud. You really mean that? Why did you dump me then?' I thought as he kissed me. I just decided to indulge him just a tad and give him that kiss.

"Why do you have to leave me so soon, Jason?" I asked, wondering why he had to leave, just to understand why he wouldn't try to get into my pants, or under my dress.

"I have to get back to my grandma's house before she gets worried. I can't stay out any later than midnight." He replied, and I thought, 'Yeah, right. like I'm gonna believe that.'

"Well, I won't keep you then. Say hi to your Grandma for me." I said as I got out of the car and pulled the keys to the garage out of my little purse so that I could get into the house before my parents got home.

He gave me one last wave and waited for me to get the garage door going before he pulled out of the driveway and drove off down the street. Well, that's that. I didn't think I would want to have anything to do with him after those pathetic excuses. I just couldn't completely figure him out! He says he loves me, then he avoids me! What's with that? It didn't even seem like he knew why he was with me himself. I don't know. I decided to just forget about it and get myself ready for a much needed rest after all that partying. I was definitely exhausted! I didn't even wait up for my parents. I just fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

Well, since Tabitha's wedding took place in early August, the first day of school wasn't to far off from that fiasco with Jason. School started out with a good day, and I looked forward to that day to see what would happen next. As I suspected, I had Brian in choir with me. A Cappella that is. I got to hear him audition and again, he took my breathe away. He was wearing a plain t-shirt and jeans and he didn't look extravagant in any way, but again, there was that feeling. I found myself paying him an awful a lot of attention from afar. I couldn't take my eyes off him. I even struggled to find his voice out of the group of tenors he was amongst. I could hear him, but faintly. Hearing his voice was a comfort to my ears. It was clear, angelic, and such a tender sound. Talk about falling in love with his voice alone! Man if I was blind, I still would have felt the same about him, just at the sound of his voice.

then it was my turn to sing a solo in order to demonstrate the part for the first sopranos, since they all followed me. I was the leader because I could be heard over all of them. I didn't strive for that, it was just the strength and clarity my voice demonstrated. I looked at the teacher, and then after I was finished, an applause shocked me out of my trance of music and I looked down to see Brian staring at me with surprise. I blushed and sat down once I realized I was still standing and I just got really nervous and flustered. 'I wonder what he thought of my voice, of my God given talent' I thought as the class rang on. Once the teacher decided to give us a chance to hang out before the bell rang, I was heading down the wooden bleachers from the top row to get a drink of water from the fountain.

Brian then came up to me and asked me, "Hey, how was your summer?"

I turned around and saw who it was and replied, "Nice, yours?"

"Boring." He said flatly. There was no expression on his face with that response.

"I'm sorry to hear that. My sister got married this month, so it was a busy summer for my family. It's good to see you." I replied

"Yeah. I was wondering, would you like to go see a movie with me this weekend?" Brian asked innocently.

"Yeah! I'd love to! What movie?" I asked enthusiastically.

"Mortal Kombat. Unless you'd like to see a different one, it doesn't matter."

"No! I've been wanting to see that one! I'd love to go with you! So, when do you want to pick me up?" I asked excitedly.

"Well, I don't have my license yet, so I can't drive." He said with a sheepish look of embarrassment on his face.

"Oh, neither do I, that's interesting. Well, do you want my parents to drive? I could ask them to see another movie. I don't think Mom is interested in Mortal Kombat. Would that be all right?" I replied.

"O.K., that would be fine! How about Saturday? Would that be good for you?"

"Yeah! I'll let my parents know. Here, I'll write down my number." I said as I walked back to my chair to write it out on a piece of paper. "Call me later, k? I've gotta go, bye!" I said as I handed the number to him. That's when the bell rang.

"Bye, Katie. Thanks, I'll call you!" Brian said with a big smile on his face. A smile I will never forget.