InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It's Not Over Yet... ❯ Pals ( Chapter 18 )

I do not own Inuyasha.

I can't believe how far along I am! Well, I have this chapter in my head, and I'm excited to be able to spew it out to you! LOL Okay… (Clears throat) This chapter will not focus as much on Katie and Brian, but Katie and her friendship with a very good friend of hers. Awww…C'mon! You had the juiciness last chappy! Geeze! Okay, enjoy!

Chapter 18: Pals

Well, Katie and Brian were doing well. A month had gone by very quickly and before she knew it, Katie had bumped into her friend Tiffany, and they both had time to hang out like old times. Tiffany was a year ahead of Katie, and had graduated in 1995. Tiffany and Katie were like two peas in a pod. Once they were in the same room, they would laugh together for hours, and they always wound up bubbly and giggly. Tiffany's friendship meant a lot to Katie, and Katie to Tiffany. On March 11th, Katie and Tiffany got together and went over to Tiffany's for the rest of the afternoon after school. They had a good time, and played with each other's hair.

Tiffany was a beautiful blonde girl. Her hair reached all the way down past her rear, and she was a bit on the heavy side, but she had a beautiful soul. Tiffany and Katie met in the concert choir during Katie's sophomore year. They were both sopranos, only Tiffany's range wasn't as high as Katie's was. The two sang next to each other every chance they got during choir. They both went into the same choir, A Capella during Tiffany's senior year. One thing they definitely had in common was `him'. Yes, Jason. They were both good friends of Jason's.

While they were painting their nails in Tiffany's bedroom, Tiffany decided to ask Katie a question. "So, Katie…How's Jason been? Have you heard from him recently?"

Katie stopped giggling for a second and thought about her answer. She had lived without thinking about him for over a month now. She hadn't gotten around to mentioning what had transpired since that past fall. "Uh…No. I have no idea how he's been. I haven't seen or heard from him since October." Katie replied.

"Oh. What's wrong?" Tiffany asked as she noticed the somber tone in Katie's voice.

"Oh, just that he came around in October to visit the library again, and then decided to stop by and ask me if I wanted to go bike riding with him. He asked me why I hadn't asked him to Homecoming." Katie chuckled as she focused her eyes on her fingernails.

"He did? What did you do? Weren't you dating Brian at the time?" Tiffany asked in surprise.

"Yeah. I told him I had a bad case of pink eye and I missed it myself. He told me he was sorry, but he also told me he still loved me and wanted to start up the relationship again. I told him I already had a boyfriend. I don't know. I got soo confused I had to break it off with Brian though." Katie sighed.

"WHAT? You broke up with Brian? Oh my God!" Tiffany shouted.

"Yup. I had to. I didn't want to cheat on Brian. He's to good a guy."

"But Jason lives over an hour away! And you said yourself, he didn't come see you, call you…It's as if he jumped off the face of the earth! I think you made a dumb move there, Katie." Tiffany stated.

"It's okay now, we're back together. I realized I couldn't stay away from Brian or put him at a distance any longer. I kinda gave in to my heart and let my head go on vacation." Katie said as her eyes lit up and she smiled.

"Good. You made the right choice. So, you think mister Fair-weather is gonna wait for you to invite him to prom?" Tiffany giggled.

Katie laughed as she said, "I bet he's waiting for it now!" They both laughed for a few seconds until Tiffany came up with a wild idea. She grabbed her phone and lifted her eyebrow at Katie.

"What?" Katie asked.

"How about we find out how quickly he answers, huh?" Tiffany said with a deviant sparkle in her eye.

Katie's cheeks reddened as she stared at the phone. "Why? I don't really want to talk to him."

"That's okay; I'll do all the talking. Plus, he hasn't heard from or seen me since your sister's wedding last year. I think he'll be tickled pink to hear from me." Tiffany said as she wiggled her butt on her bed just to get Katie to laugh.

"Okay, just tell me what he says after the convo's over, okay?" Katie mentioned.

"That's fine. This'll be fun…" Tiffany squeaked as she dialed his number.

The phone rang for a few seconds then a man's voice answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Hi, Jason?"

"Yeah, who's this?"

"It's Tiffany, remember me? From Prom and Katie's sister's wedding?"

"Oh! Hi! How are you? It's been a while, hasn't it?"

"Yeah, since the wedding. So, what's new, dude?"

"Yeah, that long? Geeze! Time flies. Well, not much. Just hanging out with friends and my girlfriend." Tiffany's eyes opened just a bit more at that last line `my girlfriend'.

"Oh yeah? That's cool, so whatcha doin'?" Tiffany inquired, trying to keep it vague for Katie's sake.

"Oh, we're at my house playing pool. Not much to do around here during the winter." Jason shrugged.

"Yeah?"

"Hey, you're still buds with Katie, right?" Jason inquired suddenly.

"Uh…yeah. Why?" Tiffany asked sheepishly.

"Oh. No reason." Jason spouted.

"Why?" Tiffany asked again.

"It's nothing." Jason threw back.

"Whyyyyyy…?" Tiffany was getting an even more devious glint in her eye, making Katie a bit nervous.

"*sigh* Okay. I was curious about her, that's all."

"Uh huh…suuuuure…Yeah…I reeeeealy buy that one…" Tiffany threw at him.

"Okay, I was wondering if she still talks about me. Ya know, if she's still head up on me. I was curious because I got a lot of girls interested in me up here at school." Jason released finally.

"Uh…I don't know. I haven't seen her lately. Why?" Tiffany faked.

"Oh. Well, I was wondering if she was gonna ask me to prom this year. Mine is on a different day." Jason pointed out.

Tiffany had to try hard to hold it in, her face beet red. Katie leaned over and whispered, "What? What did he say?" Tiffany covered the receiver and told her they were right. Katie put her hands over her mouth as she tried desperately to hold in her own laughter.

Tiffany composed herself and then put the receiver up to her ear once again, watching Katie try not to laugh. "Why don't you call her? I'm sure she would like to hear from you."

"No. I don't have the time. I've been really busy this semester. That's why I was asking you. I was hoping you'd know."

"Nope, I haven't even seen her either since the wedding. I just thought I'd give you a ring and see what's been happening with you. I've been really busy with college and stuff. Go ahead and give her a call. If you don't catch her at home, I'm sure she'll be more than happy to call you back." Tiffany suggested.

"I told you, I can't. Please, can you call her and then call me right back?" Jason asked.

"No, this concerns you and her, I'm not the middle man. If you wanna go to her prom, you call her. You guys used to date, why are you afraid to call her and ask her?" Katie was really nervous now. Something wasn't right. Jason had never turned away an opportunity to talk to her like that. Strange. He didn't wanna call her? Why not?

"Well, Okay…I'll try." Jason said finally. "Listen, I gotta get going now, my girlfriend's calling me. It was nice talking to ya." Jason said as a girl's voice came up in the background.

"You better! I'll talk to you soon, and good luck. Bye, Jason."

"Bye, Tiffany." Click.

Tiffany hung up the phone and looked at Katie with a straight face. Katie sat up straighter, ready for the news. "Well, here's the jist. He was hoping you were planning to call him to ask him to prom. But here's the funny part…He has a girlfriend." Tiffany gave Katie a serious look as if she was an idiot.

"He does? Did he say how long they had been dating?" Katie asked.

"Nope. I didn't ask him `cause I didn't want him to get suspicious. He said he would still go to prom with you because his prom was on a different day than yours. Can you believe the nerve of him?! He has a girlfriend, and he still wants to go to prom with you, girl!" Tiffany shouted in jealousy.

"Oh my…What an idiot!" Katie laughed out as she grabbed her tummy and rolled on her side. Tiffany started laughing as well. What a weird situation!

"So, what was with the stuff about him not wanting to call me?" Katie asked.

"Oh. He was wondering if I knew how you felt about him. I asked him why and he said that he was wondering if you were still head up on him."

"And?" Katie asked.

"Well, he said he was wondering because he had a lot of girls at school after him. Sounds like our Jason has become quite the sugar daddy…" Tiffany spelled out.

"Well, he did tell me about his antics at school since he moved up there while we were dating." Katie spilled out suddenly.

"What do you mean?" Tiffany asked.

"He's not a virgin, Tiff. He's had sex already. He's not the same person I knew before he moved. I think he's some gigolo or something up there. He knows what he's doing, Tiff. I believe now that he had probably cheated on me all along. Brian was right. He may be in love with me, but he did tell me when we shared our first kiss that he wanted me badly. I rejected his offer. He scared me that day. It was the perfect set-up for me to have lost my innocence with him. Believe me, it was a close call." Katie drawled out, making the atmosphere turn to a serious one. The look on Katie's face angered Tiffany. He obviously hurt her.

"Well, then I believe you made the right choice. Don't even bother calling Jason. Just let him have his fun. From what you said, it sounds like he may be comparing girls to you and he's finding out he can't. Let him be an idiot, that's what I say." Tiffany shrugged and put her hand on Katie's shoulder for reassurance. The rest of the evening, they talked, giggled and laughed. Katie stayed over for dinner, and they said their goodbyes at the end of the evening.

~*~

The next morning, Katie decided she would mention the phone call to Brian to let him know that her heart was finally free. She was happy to know the confusion was over, and that she could fully give her heart to Brian. She realized she had her heart back all along. She went through the day with a light heart. She couldn't wait to tell Brian the good news.

When A Cappella Choir came up, she right away walked up to Brian. He was surprised to see her soo enthusiastic. She asked him to come to a corner of the room away from the other kids as the bell rang.

"So, what's got you all happy, babe?" Brian smiled.

"Well, I just wanted to give you some wonderful news." Katie said as her eyes sparkled, and her smile spread across her face.

"What's that?" Brian asked as his arms snaked around her waist, bringing her closer for a kiss.

"Well, my heart now completely belongs to you." Katie said with a glowing smile.

"Really? What happened?" Brian asked enthusiastically.

"Well, ya know how I went and spent some time with Tiffany last night? Well, she got this crazy idea to call Jason and talk to him to find out what he's been up to. I acted as if I wasn't there. We found out what his plans were, and I just wanna say…I believe you now. You were right about him. He's a player. He's been cheating on me the whole time. I'm sorry I didn't listen to you, and I'm sorry I took time with me away from you. I love you, and I'm completely yours." Katie said as she looked him in the eyes, giving him the assurance that she meant every word.

Brian was soo happy inside, he felt as if flying was overrated. He smiled and embraced Katie tightly as he kissed her neck and said, "I love you too, and I'm the luckiest guy alive to have all of your heart, my love. You have no idea how happy this makes me." Brian said as he put his hand on her cheek and stared into her eyes lovingly.

The gaze they shared felt like it lasted forever. Then Brian leaned in and their lips locked in the tenderest kiss they had ever shared. That was when the teacher walked up behind them and reminded them that the class had been watching the romantic scene from start to finish. As they turned around, the class laughed and Katie and Brian shared another kiss on purpose, just to hear the whoops and hollers. They both felt on top of the world. Nothing could get them off their pedestals that day.

~*~

Well now…I know how you all love the juicy chappies, so I decided to end it with a small bit of romance and a happy ending. I know this one was a bit shorter than my other chapters, but I figured I wanted to focus on Katie's (My) revelation. This was soo important in the relationship, and you will see why soon here. There are only a few more chapters to go before I will be speeding things up and I will warn you, I may be skipping plenty of time here with the next few chappies. Believe me, you won't miss much. So, `til next chapter, and again…Thank you very much for your support. Whether you just view the fic, or you actually find it in your heart to give me a Christmas review!

Ja ne!