WES BENNETT WAS LATE. shocker.
milo harrison was perfectly on time, he and liz had already left. double shocker.
"maybe you should go over there." her dad suggested as he watched kat tap her finger nails. "i mean it is wes."
"translation," helena smirked. "your finger nail tapping is driving him mad and he thinks your date is capable of forgetting you entirely."
"it's not a date."
kat liked helena, she was cool, like a blonde lorelei gilmore, but she also was the opposite of kat's mother, while helena wore band t-shirts and jeans, her mother wore dresses and heels.
kats dad and her met when they were stuck in an elevator, literally. they'd spent two hours together and by the end they were infatuated.
talk about meet-cute.
"be home by midnight?"
"yep."
"not a second layer you hear me?"
"yes i'll call you if-"
"no. no ifs, you'll be home on time,"
kats dad gave her same lecture liz had gotten minutes before. he's always been strict on curfew although he was laid back about other things, ever since her mother death.
he always said. "if your mother wasn't out last midnight she wouldn't have been hit by that drunk driver."
kat continued to tap her nails.
she hated keg parties, she hated alcohol in general, it reminded her of her mother. of her death.
she tried to avoid it, except tonight.
she spotted wes stepping down his stairs in his jeans and hoodie then walking across their lawn.
"he's here. bye guys."
"bye sweetie, have a good time." kat's dad said.
kat opened the door before anyone else could say anything, she already heard helena's back to the future talk.
"hey." i breathe.
"hey." he replies. "i don't have to come in for the parental talk?"
"nah." i shrug. "they know this isn't a date."
"but what if i want to clear my intentions with your father?"
"funny." kat scoffed. "by intentions do you mean annoying me all night?"
"i was thinking ditching the party and using you ask a shield at the nearest paintball range."
"don't even think about ruining this shirt."
he unlocks the car door and opens it for me. huh, who would've thought wes bennett is sort of a gentleman.
"yeah. yeah. at least as a human paintball you'd be noticed by milo."
"i hate you."
