InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It's Not Over Yet... ❯ Figures ( Chapter 17 )

I do not own Inuyasha & co.

Well now, this fic will definitely start moving forward a bit, ya know…Skipping months of time on end. I'm only still as far as scratching the surface, so this fic is nowhere near finished. And I'll tell ya what, all of you readers who only like to leave on review for the last chappie, if ya have anything you'd like to say about anything I've written, please don't try to hold it in `til the last chapter. Honestly, I'm toying with the idea of this fic not even having an ending. ;-) So, please tell me what you think, okay? I'd really appreciate it. I've been holding so much info for the present back due to having to start all the way at the beginning of everything, so you can imagine how quickly I'm trying to get to the present. What I'm afraid of is how hard it will be to update every week once I've caught up. So please, don't be afraid to comment, okay? Enjoy!

Chapter 17: Figures

Katie and Brian had stuck together through the hurdle of `The Ex' for about a couple of months. Valentine's day was coming soon, and funnily enough, still no word from Jason. Brian still held his anger and disappointment inside. He knew Katie needed him by her side to help her. She didn't like the fighting attitude. All Brian could think about was how Jason was more than likely cheating on Katie. Especially since he hadn't come out to West High to visit since October, and how he hadn't answered her calls, or even come by her specifically.

It amazed him to no end how devoted and faithful Katie was to any man she loved. It angered him knowing that she tried to do that for both of them at the same time. But, he was afraid he'd loose her if he pointed that out, or acted upon that anger. `Man, she knows how to keep the puppy begging, doesn't she?' He thought to himself as he looked at a bouquet of flowers, and the box of chocolates in his hand. He was beginning to wonder if it was worth it. She was ignoring his heart that he had been holding out to her all that time. At least that was how it seemed to him.

As he handed the cashier the money for the bouquet of flowers and the box of chocolates, he just shrugged when the lady asked how long they had been together. The lady raised an eyebrow at him. Since there was no one behind him, and it was pretty late, she folded her arms and said, "Spill it, Romeo."

Brian was shocked that a total stranger even cared about his relationship. "Well, we were dating until her ex came into the picture. Ya see, she realized she wasn't over him yet when she started dating me, and he came around again and told her he still loved her. She's confused, so she broke it off between us so she wouldn't hurt me, but she said she wanted to get to know me still. So, I'm being there for her in hopes she'll recognize my heart again, even though the jackass has no clue what he has pinning over him when he totally ignores her…Tsch" Brian drawled out as he crossed his arms over his chest, closed his eyes, and shook his head.

"Oh my God! You have got to be kidding me! A wonderful young man like you, waiting for a girl to make up her mind? Geeze! I wouldn't wait. Is she worth all this?"

"Yes. She's worth any heartache. I'd go through fire for her." Brian stated proudly.

"Wow. Does she know that?" The lady inquired.

"Yes. She knows. And she told me that she's glad to have me near. She feels terrible about it, but she said she could never forgive herself if she hadn't dropped our relationship from dating to friends. She was beginning to feel like she was cheating on me. I have to give her that much for being honest about how she feels, and about her heart."

"Wow…Sounds confusing…Well, good luck and I hope those gifts will help." The cashier offered with a smile and a nod.

"Thank you, so do I." Brian answered as he turned and walked out the door.

`Funny how strangers seem to know what's going on, even if we don't say anything.' Brian thought to himself as he got into his mother's Dodge Spirit. He was allowed to drive the car every now and then when his mom didn't need it.

During school the next day, Brian stopped Katie at her locker. He had a smile on his face, his hands kept behind his back. Katie looked him in the eye and asked him what he was hiding.

He chuckled a bit and said, "Hold out your hands and close your eyes."

Katie gave him an inquisitive look, but did as he asked. That's when he placed the chocolates in her hands and then placed a flower from the bouquet in her hair. Katie opened her eyes when he allowed her to, and she saw him holding a big bouquet of flowers. They were a mix of carnations, roses, and daisies. It was beautiful. She looked at the box of chocolates, opened it quickly, shoved a piece in his mouth and offered him to do the same for her.

Once they both had their pieces of chocolate, she grabbed the flowers and said she'd carry them with her throughout the whole day proudly. To see her graciously accept his gifts made him happy. She even grabbed a card and a small box of convo hearts just for him. He ate them throughout the day, keeping the box in his pocket. The day went fast, and Katie kept getting questioned by her peers about who the bouquet was from. When she told them, they all cuddled their arms and responded with, "Awww…Wish I had a boyfriend who would do that for me."

Katie felt very special that day, and she would never forget it. But, getting the flowers and the candy from Brian wasn't all that made February 14th, 1996 a day she would never forget. Exactly a year ago, her dad had promised her with a new car! Of course, it wasn't going to be hers per say, but it would be bought that very day with her in mind.

Her parents went out to buy a 1992 Caprice Classic. White, of course, with dark blue interior, and the complete looks of a cop car. It was beautiful, and it rode like a charm. There was nothing wrong with the vehicle, just that the previous owners just wanted the newest and last model year made. After Katie's dad drove and she rode in the Caprice home that night, they had cooked up dinner, and were about to eat, when they received a phone call.

The phone call happened to be about an accident with Katie's Grandmother, Marion. Apparently, Patrick's mother collapsed earlier that day, and hit her head on her dresser. She was rushed to the hospital. Tests and x-rays already taken. The family rushed out to Berwyn, IL to see what was found and what the cause could have been.

The family was distraught and hoped it was just a moment of unconsciousness. Well, it turned out she had collapsed due to her not getting enough oxygen in her system. They looked at the x-rays and saw that her lungs were full of cancer. Her lungs would be the indicator of how much longer she would live. The doctors wanted to radiate her chest to see if they could get rid of the cancer, and the Lindens refused. Marion had only requested for a place to rest for her last days.

A resting place was what she received as she only lived one month longer, to March 15th. Marion was not known as the loved Grandmother amongst Tabitha and Katie. Due to their parents were related as second cousins, Marion never truly accepted the union. And in having those feelings, she treated Tabitha and Katie as the misfits of the grandchildren. To Marion, they could never do anything she had ever asked them to do correctly. She believed they were worthless grandchildren. She gave Paula a lot of stress, and she considered her feelings right over anyone else's.

To the Linden's, Marion was the Matriarch of the family. The family was only getting bigger, more kids were introduced every few years, and of course, the Christmas's were beginning to get interesting. Marion would only have the presents opened one way, Always on Christmas Eve, and it had to always start with the youngest of the family to the oldest, her of course. Save the best for last, in her eyes…Yeah right…The only good part about the past year as far as Tabitha, Katie and Marion were concerned was that fall to that point in time, when Marion finally found good things in Tabitha and Katie.

Tabitha found her niche in college, and found a man who was a penny pincher, like her. Katie began voice lessons and finally made her vocal talent known to Marion. That was all Marion wanted Katie to do for her, was to sing. It didn't matter what song she sang, just as long as her voice was heard in her ears. Patrick had even bought Katie a Karaoke machine so she could sing to her hearts content with a microphone and she could make tapes for the family of her singing.

Then when the fateful day for Marion came, she asked the family to gather around her bed in the nursing home, and she gave each member of the family her last words of love, and told them how she truly felt for all of them. That day, even after the rough life Patrick lived under her roof and her thumb, she finally said the words he never heard her say, or even expected her to say. She said she loved him. Hearing those three words come from her mouth made him bow his head and cry. He knew his father loved him through his short life, dying at forty of a heart attack in his sleep, but to hear that from his mother put all his feelings to rest about her.

To Tabitha and her fiancé' Brad, Marion had said how proud she was that Tabitha had found such a worthy man to take care of her, and that she was going to become a successful nurse. To Katie, she told her she was going to take her voice in her heart to heaven with her. After those words had been said, she closed her eyes and fell asleep after a shot of morphine had been given through her IV.

The next morning, Marion died peacefully, the funeral arrangements made, and everything went as planned in the past to have both Patrick's father and his mother to be laid to rest next to each other in a mausoleum.

Katie had been reminded of it due to the date. She was happy that her Grandmother was no longer suffering. Her death went over as a mercy death. She was 80 when she died. Katie remembered that as she thought about how fast things went that year.

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Katie was suddenly awoken out of a trance by Brian turning her chin towards his face just to get her attention. He had driven her home from his house that night in his mother's Dodge Spirit. She hadn't noticed he had been trying to get her attention the whole way home.

"What happened? You were soo lost…Did you even hear a word I said?" Brian asked Katie as she stared at him in confusion.

"Oh! I'm sorry; I was just remembering what happened on Valentine's Day just last year." Katie mentioned.

"What happened?" He asked solemnly.

"We found out my grandma on my dad's side was gonna die." Katie replied as she turned her eyes down to her fidgeting hands.

"I'm sorry to hear that. I noticed you were gone for a week, but I had no idea that was why." Brian pointed out.

"Oh, it's okay. It was a good thing she died actually. She suffered for various health reasons throughout her life. She's at peace now. Plus, she wasn't my favorite Grandma anyways." Katie shrugged.

"Oh. So, what would you like to do tonight, after you drop off your backpack, of course?" Brian winked.

"Oh, uh…Can we go to show? Do you have enough money for that?" Katie asked.

"Sure! Would you also like to go eat?" Brian inquired.

"Yeah, I'm starved!" Katie exclaimed as they both got out of the car to take her things inside, and greet her parents to let them know what they'd be doing.

As Katie took her bouquet and put it in a vase full of water to keep the flowers alive, Brian talked to her mother and father and mentioned what the night would entail. Her parents agreed to let him take her out for the night, if he'd have her back before 11:00pm. He promised her parents, and they left the house.

They had a good time having dinner and talking. Brian had borrowed money from his parents to make sure he could give Katie a wonderful Valentine's Day to remember. Brian promised to do some housework for them to work the money off since He wasn't old enough to have a job yet.

Katie was just having a good time, and enjoying the night as friends with benefits. That night, Jason never entered her mind, not even once. They went to go see a comedy, and laughed and held each other's hands throughout the movie. It was lucky for them that they had gotten to an early show, with the possibility of shows being packed that night.

Katie had decided to skip choir practice at the church she became involved in because of Brad and Tabitha. She figured she wouldn't have been the only one to miss choir that night. So far, with every holiday, Brian had treated her to something. This would have been the best Valentine's Day she had ever had due to her not having many chances to be taken out by a guy on that holiday. Sure, she got cards, but that was about it. Most of the boyfriends she had before, they mainly lasted two weeks, and were in the fall. The longest relationship she had up to that point had been with Jason.

Brian caught her attention, and certainly did not let on that he would give up anytime soon. It surprised Katie that he stuck by her, and treated her as if she was everything to him. She began to realize she was his life. That night, when he drove her home, they parked the car across the street and turned off the ignition.

Brian turned towards her in the seat and proceeded to ask her, "So, did ya have a good time tonight?"

"Yeah, I did. Thank you very much." Katie said with a genuine smile.

"Good. I'm glad you had fun, so did I. Katie? Can you answer a question for me?"

"Sure, what is it?" Katie asked innocently.

"Are you sure you're still confused? You just seem so happy with me. I'm confused now. I know you said you didn't want to hurt me or lead me on, but I think you know that we are getting closer than just being friends. This didn't feel like friends going out on the town tonight. This felt like a date to me. I need to know how you feel about me truly, Katie." Brian drawled out, as he looked her straight in the eyes to make sure she knew he was being truthful.

Katie looked into his eyes for a moment, trying to think about how to answer him. All of the times he asked, she couldn't even get out a sentence on the matter. She hadn't thought about Jason once that night. She did have a good time, and it did truly feel like a date to her. He was right. She was confusing him. She was doing what she tried to avoid doing.

"Brian, I actually realized something tonight. While we've been together tonight, I hadn't thought about Jason at all. Not once. My world was focused on us. I was happy, as if nothing else existed or mattered. I have been doing what I tried not to, and I feel a bit terrible. Why did you stay with me if I was hurting you all this time?" Katie asked as she shifted in her seat to face him.

"You know how I feel about you, Katie. I wasn't about to give up on the chance that you would figure your head out and come back to give me a chance again. You know you mean the most to me. If I treat you like you're everything to me, it's because you are! You are all that matters in my life. Without you, I feel I have no direction or purpose. You make my life worth something, Katie." Brian responded as he grabbed hold of her hands and leaned a bit closer and gazed into her eyes with need.

"I know that, Brian. I want to be with you. Can I just take a little more time? You have proven yourself more than worthy, Hell; you're a dream come true! What I need to do is realize that the cliché' means nothing. I've just had that drilled into my head and that's all I know. I'm sorry, but I certainly am not going to deny you of another chance, Brian. I promise." Katie responded as she smiled and met his gaze with acceptance in her eyes.

Brian smiled and leaned in closer, closed his eyes, and kissed her lips finally. His hands let go as he raised his arms to go around her shoulders. She reached out and put her arms around his waist as he put his left hand on the back of her head and deepened the kiss. As they played tongue hockey, they held each other close, and kissed very aggressively. Deep in their hearts, they both knew they needed each other, and these kisses were what kept it going.

Once the kiss became more aggressive, he released her lips, held her close, and then began to kiss and lick her ear. Katie had never felt that before. She released a barrage of moans and her breathe became labored as he tantalized her sensitive spots. She never felt anything soo strong before. She began to notice her body reacting to his licks and sucking in a strange way, and something was happening to her body. She began to buck her hips as she then tried to do the same to him. She reached out and stroked his leg slightly, her body knowing more than she did at that point.

What he could do to her, no other date got the chance. He could tantalize her body in ways she never thought possible. For her to be the first girl he's ever dated, was just too strange with how he was making her react. The first thing she decided she'd do when she regained control over her body was to ask him where he learned to drive her soo nuts!

"Brian…Oh God…you have no idea…What you're doing to me…How you…knew how to…drive me soo…" Katie stopped to moan loudly.

"Soo what…" He asked between kisses on her neck.

"Ahhh!...Soo nuts!...Ahhh hahaha!" Katie screamed out as he continued to suck, lick and kiss her tender spots.

Katie was getting to some sort of breaking point she had never been to before. One thing she knew was she couldn't even get herself to feeling that far over the edge! She thought she knew her body's cravings better than anyone. She realized that night, she was dead wrong. When he stopped kissing her, he pulled back and let her fall back into the passenger seat and try to catch her breathe. Even though she hadn't tantalized him, he felt like he had been pushed to his limits as well.

"Dang, I never knew you could make noises like that." Brian exclaimed.

"Ya wanna know why? Ya wanna feel what I felt?" Katie asked as she sat up, leaned in towards him and began to kiss and suck on his right earlobe. He began to moan loudly himself. He learned quickly that just this simple action made him want to pin her down and ravage her right there in the passenger seat. Some animal instinct he never knew existed wanted to take over him and make her his. That instinct was soo strong, he realized he couldn't fight it. He pushed her back to her seat and kissed her roughly as he maneuvered himself towards her seat and just pressed into her roughly. He had never felt such strong emotions before.

What was strange was he felt he had done that type of kissing before, where he pinned someone and just kissed the fuck out of that person. The strange part was, Katie was his first kiss, so where could something like that have come from? When the question came to his mind, he stopped kissing Katie, and just held her tightly to him and tried to gather his thoughts. He needed to stop otherwise they would certainly have gone too far.

"Oh God, Katie…I'm sorry…I guess I lost myself there…" Brian said between puffs of air.

"Oh! What time is it?" Katie asked as Brian turned the key in the ignition to turn on the clock on the radio. It was 10:50pm. They had ten minutes. "Brian? What should we call this? It seems that we are like being pushed together no matter how we feel about each other, doesn't it?" Katie pointed out as she tried to catch her breathe.

Brian sat there and looked at her as he breathed rapidly. "Yeah. I feel like I'll die if I can't be with you like this, but strangely it seems like I've done this before, when I haven't."

"Really? I thought you said that I was your first." Katie said.

"You are! But, I just feel like I become someone else, someone who knows what he's doing. I don't understand that other me. He's soo demanding. He wants me to take you, Katie. He wants you badly. Have you noticed that?" He asked as he took her hand in his.

"Yes, I noticed the change. What do you think this means? I've noticed that you already know what you're doing! I've never been turned on like this, not by anyone! It's like you know my body inside and out. Freaky, if you ask me." Katie explained as Brian's eyes get big and he then turns and sits back in the driver's seat.

"What should we do, Katie? That was intense. It seems that the longer we're together, we become more and more intense. It's like there's something we know about each other that we've been missing badly. What would you suggest we do?" Brian turned his gaze towards her again.

"Well, let's try to cool it. We haven't dated for all that long, and it's moving kinda fast. Plus, part of me knows we're meant to be together, and the other part is confused. I wish I knew why my heart was such an annoyance. It's like my soul is fighting my heart. I don't get it." Katie said as she sat back in her seat and faced forward.

"I guess we'll know soon enough, huh?" Brian said as he grabbed hold of her hand and rubbed his thumb over the back of it.

"Yeah. We definitely have something great, don't we? Definitely something's there. The way we met was even strange, wasn't it?" Katie pointed out as Brian brought her hand to his lips for a kiss.

"Definitely. It's like we've been lead the whole time. Clearly someone or something wants us to be together whether we like it or not. I'm getting to the point where I can no longer control myself when I'm with you, Katie. I'm not a perve or anything, I just don't know what to do with myself when I'm holding or touching you. I hope you're not afraid of me." Brian added as he held her hand in both of his.

"No, I'm not afraid. But I don't want to become one of those statistics of teenage sex. That's something I pride myself on, doing things right. You agree?" Katie asked.

"Yes. I don't want to do that to you either. I love you, but I think sex will only get us into trouble. I will do what I can to control myself. I don't want to scare you, or get you pregnant." Brian added as he looked into her eyes lovingly and reached his hand towards her cheek, marveling in her beauty.

"I know. Well, I guess we should call it a night before we start up again." Katie stated, and Brian nodded in agreement. They both looked to each other, about to say goodbye when they leaned in for a goodnight kiss. Only, it wasn't a short one. Once again, the kiss got hot and heavy. They tried desperately to hold each other as close as they possibly could. Their pursuit to become one was soo evident this time the kissing even turned to petting, and touching.

That was when Katie noticed the porch light flickering on and off in front of her house. Katie pulled away from Brian and gasped at the thought of her parents seeing everything that was going on. She sat back in her seat and Brian did the same. They once again struggled to catch their breathe. They both realized that if the night were to end, they would have to forgo the goodnight kiss. Katie reached for her purse on the floor, and unlocked her door. Brian put on his seatbelt and turned the key in the ignition to hear the roar of the engine as Katie stepped out of the passenger seat.

As Katie stepped around to his side of the car, he rolled down his window and shouted, "Katie!"

Katie turned to him and gave him her full attention when he asked, "Would it be alright to just say we're together again, and stop listening to our hearts? I don't think I could take this anymore. I love you too damn much!" He said through still labored breathes.

Katie smiled. She could see all of his feelings for her in his eyes. He was surely hurting. When she saw that, she knew what her answer was. She couldn't turn him down again, no matter how much she felt for Jason. He couldn't do for her what Brian could. She stepped back towards his car and leaned her elbows in the window to look straight into his eyes.

"Yes, Brian. I'm done hurting you and me. We're together again. I can't live without you either. I love you."

Brian grabbed her head and kissed her hard, but short. He was soo happy for her answer. Happy enough that he said his goodnight, and then sped away down the road and then around the corner, squealing the wheels on his car shouting, "WOO HOO!" Loud enough for the neighborhood to hear. Katie laughed as her mother opened the door to see what the noises were all about when she saw Katie running back with a smile soo big it looked like it hurt.

~*~

Well now, wasn't that steamy? Phew! *fans myself* Man, these chappies keep getting more and more intense, don't ya think? But, funny enough, that was how it went. At least to the best of my knowledge. He and I did feel drawn to each other somehow, and to this day, neither one of us could explain why. But, the mystery sure is a lot of fun, wouldn't you agree? Hee hee hee! Well, `til next update! Ja ne!