InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ It's Not Over Yet... ❯ Time Passes ( Chapter 21 )

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Well, now. It seems this fic is starting to see more viewers. I'm glad to see that this fic is catching more eyes. I'm sorry if it seems very slow, but I assure you, it will begin to speed up more now that we are past the character development. I certainly hope you all have been able to catch the little things I've stuck in that point out that they definitely aren't in control of their fates. Also, some of those points may have no significance right now, but they certainly will in later chapters. Anyways, thanks for reading, and don't be shy in leaving reviews. That definitely lets me know people love the fic and want to read more, k? Enjoy!

 

Chapter 21: Time Passes

 

 

Katie had become wrapped up in college. She was involved in the choir, with her job at the library, and she enjoyed her friends who joined her every day. Scott had also decided to get his associates there at the local community college. He was in an interesting class, Rock Ensemble. Katie went to their concerts and enjoyed listening in when she wasn't busy with classes. Scott played guitar and he was great at it.

 

For as long as Katie had known Scott, he played his guitar for her. She became interested in writing poetry in high school. Getting together with Scott gave her a chance to write lyrics, which became her number one hobby other than singing. He'd write the riffs, and she'd come up with lyrics as she listened to the tone of the song. She didn't have the imagination to write the bars, but words were her specialty. They created quite a few songs together, and they had hoped to open a band while the two of them were in high school. Problem was, either no one knew who they were, or they just weren't interested `because they already had their own bands.

 

Scott found his calling when he found Rock Ensemble at the college. He got the chance to play and perform on stage and do what he does best and be appreciated for once. At the first concert in Rock Ensemble, Katie was smiling widely. Yes, it was loud, due to there being five rhythm guitarists, when they only needed no more than two, but to see her friend doing what he had always wanted to do, that was a thrill to her.

 

Even though Katie was dating Brian, Scott remained by her side as a close friend. He let her in where no one else was allowed. They bike rode together, they watched movies, and they played games. But most of all, they made music. To Scott, she was his world. There was no other woman he would allow to touch his hand let alone his heart. Her family soon became his family due to his family breaking apart. In high school, his father left the family for another woman. To Scott, his father leaving him and his mother was devastation. He felt pain he didn't even have the heart to express to Katie even. After that, he called Katie's father his adopted father.

 

One thing that had been going on during the week while Brian was not able to be with Katie was Katie, Brandon and Scott began going out at night to the River Walk where Katie and Brian had gone to after prom before. The threesome became very close. They would go out at 11:00pm and they would just go out and walk around. They all had things to get off their chests and talk to someone about. Katie was there mainly to be their ears. She listened to their hard times, what was going through their minds and their hearts at the time.

 

They would stay at the River Walk until two or three in the morning. Katie's family had dubbed them `The Night Riders' since most of what they did together was at night. Brandon's life was nothing short of sad and hard. He was the only one out of his family who was not loved. His father played favorites and didn't even show him appreciation for things he did. He looked to Katie's father for the love and guidance he never received from his own father. Katie and Tabitha treated him like a brother and their mother even showed him love he needed.

 

They were sister and brothers and they became very close. Every now and then, they would invite Brian along, but the two brothers became a bit over protective of Katie secretively. They both treasured her company and her love above anyone else's. In some ways, they felt Brian had some growing up to do, but they felt it wasn't right to step in between their sister's relationship with Brian.

 

Katie would often get together with Scott on the beautiful weekdays when they had no school. They would go to the main bike trails that followed the river. They would go to the hotdog place where Katie went to with Jason, and they would go to the nearest fast food restaurant in the town north of them off the river. Every time, Scott would treat, since she was the woman.

 

One thing she never understood was why Scott never had any girlfriends, or any girls chasing after him for that matter. He was very sweet, sensitive and handsome. He was a talented musician and an artist. He treated her even better than Brian had in some respects. He was a man to her, not a boy as he saw himself.

 

Brandon was the type to be a bit rebellious. He was the type of guy who would excel in shop class and loved to build things. He enjoyed the thrill of creating things. He was a true carpenter. He was typical when it came to a man, but a little lost in his ways when it came to the hearts of women. Katie sat back and watched him date her friend Millie for about a year or so. But, she felt smothered by him due to his pursuit of love and acceptance. He was the kind of man who had scarred hands that were always dirty, dressed in flannel and tattered t-shirts and jeans. He was no Casanova, but he did have a heart yearning for more. He wanted nothing more than to share the love in his heart, and needed it in return.

 

Katie saw this, and felt for him. Though he looked after her in some ways, she knew what he truly felt for her. She figured it out a long time ago. Both Scott and Brandon were in love with her. Scott, of course, could never say it, but he did express it in silent ways. Mainly through his actions and through his devotion. Brandon, pretty much tried to stay impartial with his feelings, but he did show her in his devotion as well.

 

As time passed that semester, Katie and Brian became closer and they began to open up to each other emotionally and physically as well. That winter, Katie turned 19. They shared some great memories together that fall and winter. They tried as hard as they could to stay true to each other's promises of virginity, but it was hard. They scrambled to try to get privacy every now and then due to their urges to need to be together.

 

They had found out about what it meant to go `parking', as in what their parents had talked about. Katie and Brian discovered how much they needed each other, and found out how hard it was to not join the numbers added among the statistics of teenage sex victims. Their vow to each other as long as they were together was they wanted to be virgins the day they marry. Brian had seen his siblings make mistakes and felt he didn't want to follow suit. Katie's parents were good kids when they were young and made sure they too saved themselves for marriage.

 

Though hard, it was, they did what they could, and Brian gained knowledge of Katie's body. He learned from her first hand how to drive a woman crazy. To Katie, he was the hunk of her life. He wasn't tall and thin, he was about her height and bulky. He was a teddy bear. He was only an inch taller than her, but he was so strong both in body and in mind. He was hard to tackle when it came to football, he very rarely got sick, and he was strong at heart as well.

 

Soon, Katie became his every breathe. He realized how much he needed her and wanted her. It got hard for him to be away from her for too long. Katie realized that she couldn't see any other man as wonderful as Brian. She even overlooked Scott.

 

When Brian's Prom came around, he invited Katie and she accepted. It was to be at the Aurora Round House restaurant. It was very romantic. She got him on the dance floor more than once that night. The food was more of a buffet and the DJ was a change from the previous couple of years. The prom took place all in one room. Most of his peers who had been in choir with both of them the previous year were shocked to see Katie there with Brian. Katie reveled in the shock and just smiled and dragged him off, making them guess how far they've gone. They didn't go to the Prom All Nighter that year. They decided to go home and relax and enjoy their time together afterwards and go to bed early, since they had planned to go to the nearest theme park the next morning with a group of friends from his class.

 

 

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I know, short chappy. But, don't fret. I did a double chappy day. I decided to pass the time with this short chapter to lead up to the next one focusing on their time at the theme park. Some things happen that will put into perspective what Scott and Brandon had already known about Brian, but Katie was too blind to see. So, onto the next chappy!