Chasing Kate

Chapter 22. Crashing Down.

I hear a buzzing sound and It takes me a minute to register that it's coming from the table beside of my bed.

I blink my eyes open, adjusting them to the darkness of my room but trying to cast away the feeling of slumber that held onto my eyelids.

I hear the buzzing sound, I feel hot and I feel heavy. I shuffle beneath the covers on my bed and I realize that Kate is still lying with her arms and legs entangled in mine. Just seeing her sleeping next to me is the most captivating sight I've ever saw.

I slowly reach up and glance at the phone where the noise is coming from. It's Kate's, not mine.

I can't see the message on her phone but I see that it is from her mother. Penelope has always liked to keep tabs on Kate-Anna's where abouts.

I nudge her and she mumbles beneath her breath as she lazily opens her eyes and smiles when they met mine.

"Katie, your phone. It's your mom." I say.

It's been years since I have called her Katie. It was kinda another one of our things.

"What?" She asked.

"Your phone. " I said handing it to her.
"Keeps buzzing and saying Mom across the screen."

"Oh." She says as she begins to look at it.

"Oh shit, Lucas. I can't believe I feel asleep. My mom is going to kill me! "

"What? Why? You live by yourself?"
I asked.

"You know my mother." She said.

She stood up and wrapped the sheet around her body and I watched as it embraced her figure.

"I'm going to call her, and I need the bathroom." She said and walked out of my door.

I lay my head back against the headboard. The more I think about what happened in my bed, the bigger the smile gets on my face.

I feel like I am smack dab in the middle of a damn Nicholas Sparks movie.

I can hear Kate talking in the bathroom, but it's all mumbled because of the thickness of the wall.

If I ever could make a exception for anyone in my life, it would be Kate-Anna. She is exceptionally exceptional and I want her to understand that.

She walked back into my room and starts gathering her clothes that are littered around my room.

"Lucas, i have to go. I hate too, but it's Rhett."

"Rhett? Can he not take care of himself?" I ask.

Rhett has to be Kate-Anna's boyfriend. It's the only logical scenario. She comes here unannounced, we have sex, she falls asleep, Rhett is mad, calls Penelope and now he has her mom chasing after her. Rhett must be insecure for calling Penelope where Kate- Anna is concerned.

"Kate? " I asked.

"Yeah?" She says as she jumps into her jeans.

"How long have you and Rhett been roommates?" I asked cowardly.

"Umm, Lucas. It's definitely not what you think it is. "

"Ok, but how long?"

"Almost 3 yeas."

"Has he lived with you the whole time?" I asked her.

"What? " "I mean he has."

Rhett has to be a serious boyfriend.

I was just a temporary fix to a empty space in her heart.

Damn it Rhett. I just want to remember her as mine, mine as in how she was before and especially how she was in my bed last night.