𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 || 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

CHAPTER 21 - in case you haven't noticed

i wrap my arms tighter around kate's waist while i hear tiktok audios coming quietly from her phone. i open my eyes, turning my head a little to see kate's screen as she watches the tiktok. i take my hands off her waist, loosely wrapping them around kate's neck. "what time is it?" i mumble. "uh... 8:46." she whispers. "so early." i say, closing my eyes. 

a knock on the door wakes me up abruptly, and the door swings open. "y/n?" mom asks. i push myself off kate, both of us sitting slightly up. mom's gaze switches between kate and i, eyes widing as she realizes what might've happened. "no! mom! we didn't- no!" i say, panicked. "uh-" she says, but i cut her off. "sorry, mom. this is kate, we was here when ya know, all that happened." i introduce awkwardly. "hi, kate. nice to meet you." mom says, holding the door. "great to meet you too, ms-" kate says, getting cut off. "amanda. you can call me amanda." she says, smiling. "what did you need me for?" i ask. "all your friends are downstairs, and your dad and i made burgers if you guys wanted any." "yeah, we'll be down in a sec." i say, and she closes the door.

i look at kate and her face is flushed in red. "do you think she saw what we were doing?" she asks. "no- i mean, i hope not." i say, chuckling. kate groans, falling back into the soft pillow. "plus... what's the worry?" i say, laying on my side to look at her. "there isn't, it was just really unusual way to meet- again. as if the first time wasn't bad enough." kate complains. "it's cool, she knows about my sexuality anyways. she always thought i had something in me since we met again." i say. "does your mom know?" i ask. "yeah, told her a few years ago. she actually thought it was a joke at first, since i coincidentally told her on april fools, she felt so bad when she realized i was serious." kate says, smiling.

kate and i walk downstairs, and i smell the burgers. "hey dad, this is kate." i get to the point, as he places the dishes into the dishwasher. "hey, kate! i'm tony, how're ya?" he asks, walking up to kate as he wipers his wet hands on his clothes. he puts his hand out for a handshake, and kate shakes his hand, letting go after a few seconds.  "i'm great thanks, how about you?" she asks. "i'm good." he replies.

kate and i join the rest of the group after eating, listening to the conversation. "if i were an animal..." peter says, thinking. "i'd be a spider." he says confidentally. "a... spider?!" ned says, bursting into laughter with mj. "what?! it's perfectly reasonable." peter says, crossing his arms. "it's just an unusual answer!" mj says, and i stand up, tapping kate on the shoulder. "i'm gonna go brush my teeth, if you wanna come." i say, and kate stands up, following me.

"so... i was thinking that we could go out for lunch. it's a nice saturday today." i say, opening the blinds to the window. "where abouts?" kate asks as she fixes my bed blanket. "somewhere..." i say, not sure where to go. kate chuckles, and i flatten out the blanket, laying on top of it. kate flops beside me, both of us staring at the ceiling. 

kate's pov

i stare at y/n ceiling, a smiling forming on my face as i remember what happened in the music room. no way i pulled y/n stark... no way, mom was totally right!  "you good?" y/n asks. "ye- yeah, why?" i ask, looking at her as we meet eyes. "you're smiling to yourself." y/n says, smiling. "and that's a bad thing?" i tease, lifting one eyebrow slightly up. "no! i'm just... wondering what you're thinking about that makes you smile, that's all." y/n says. "you really wanna know?" i say, y/n nodding. "i'm thinking about... what happened," i say, taking a deep breath, "in the music room." i finish my sentence. 

"what about it?" y/n says, smiling as she turns to her side towards me. "nothing, i'm just thinking about it." i respond, laying on my back again. y/n moves closer to me, placing her hand on my waist. my heart bursts at this subtle touch, and y/n and i meet eye contact again. "kate..." y/n whispers, getting closer to me. our noses are inches away and y/n breaks the eye contact, looking at my lips. "hm?" i hum, y/n coming closer. "in case you haven't noticed," y/n whispers, "i like you. a lot." she says, making me smile. "i like you too, y/n." i whisper back. "are we... dating? i'm really confused." she says, slightly chuckling. "if you want to, stark." i insist. "do you want to?" she asks a little concerned. "yeah, of course." i say, and y/n nods, laughing quietly. "what was a weird way to ask me out, y/n!" i exclaim. "i know, it wasn't perfect, but let me make it up to you! let's go out for dinner and do some other stuff one day, whadya say?" she says, moving closer as our noses touch. "i'd love that." i say, and y/n moves closer, kissing me.

y/n's pov

i pull away slightly out of breath, not being able to stop smiling. no matter how many times i kiss her, i'll still feel butterflies in my stomach. "we should probably go downstairs." i say, standing up. i lean forwards, wrapping my hands under kate's waist as i pull her up. "hey, before we go down," kate says and i turn around. "yeah?" i ask. "when are we gonna tell the rest of the group?" kate asks. "yeah... when the time comes." i say, smiling. we walk downstairs, and i see peter, mj and ned outside playing soccer. "how did you get so dirty already?" mom mumbles. i look at her, seeing her wipe evans face with her thumb as she bends slightly down. i stare at her and evan, feeling a wave of sadness wash over me. do you get deja vu, mom?

kate's pov

i watch y/n as she watches her mom and evan, seeing her fidget with her hands. i move closer to her, separating her hands. i interlock one of her hands, placing my other hands loosely on top of our interlocked hands. i squeeze her hand, speaking,"let's go to everyone else." i say quietly, pulling her hand to the back door. 

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