Accidentally in love- A Kate Martin story

Chapter 9

  Emma's POV
Me and Kate have been dating for a few weeks now, and everything is great, except for Kate, I haven't been the only one to notice her decline lately Caitlin texted me and asked if we could talk about it in person. So now I find myself driving to her apartment, once I reach it I knock on the door and Caitlin opens it and whispers, "Hey, try to be quiet, Kate's been knocked out for a few hours." I give her a nod and we slowly walk to Caitlin's room. After a few minutes of silence, I'm first to speak up, "Cait, I'm worried about her."

"I know Em, come here." she says as she hold out her arms, I collapse into them and start to cry, "I don't know what to do Cait. She won't talk to anyone." Caitlin, now stroking my hair says, "I know, me and basically the whole team tried to talk to her, she won't budge, I don't want to but we might have to force it out of her." I finally pull away and look at her, "I agree, but how would I even approach a conversation like that?" Caitlin shakes her head and says, "Maybe just ask her about it? I know she'll listen to you." I nod my head and I go to her room and slowly open the door, she was still asleep so I walk back to Caitlin's room, "She's still asleep, I'll just let her, I know she hasn't been getting much lately." Caitlin nods and says, "I'm going to go shoot around in like an hour and I'll wake her up. I'll let you know when I do."

"Thanks Cait."

"Yeah of course, let me know if you need anything."

I nod my head and I go to my car, me and Caitlin have never been close but since me and Kate started dating we've gotten a lot closer, and dating Kate means she's kind of a package deal, which I'm not complaining about, I've grown to really love Caitlin, she's awesome. I finally get to my car and I'm consumed by my thoughts, I need talk to someone, obviously I couldn't talk to Kate, I just talked to Caitlin and I don't want to annoy her any more, and Gabbie is out with Spencer somewhere for their anniversary. So I pick up my phone a call Jada, the line rings for a minute and she picks up.

"Hey Em! What's up?"

"Hey, are you free for a little bit?"

"Yeah of course! Are you okay?"

"Honestly I don't know, I just need someone to talk  to."

"Come over to my apartment, we can maybe take a walk when you get here?"

I smile and say, "You know me so well Jades, I'll be there soon." She laughs and says "Well I am one of your best friends, I'll see you in a little bit, bye Em."

"Bye Jades."

The line goes silent and I make my way to Jadas apartment which is like a 5 minute drive. I reach her door and give it a knock and I am immediately met with arms wrapping around me, "Hi Em." she says as she pulls away and tucks a piece of hair behind my ear, "You okay?"  I give her a nod and say, "Yeah um, can we just start walking? I'll tel you everything." she nods and says "Yeah just let me put on some shoes really quick." she comes back and we start walking, I could tell she was eating for me to say something, so I finally do, "I'm worried about Kate." I say looking down, Jada wraps her arm around my shoulder and says, "I know Em, me too, I tried to talk to her the other day and she brushed me off, I've never seen her like this before." I slowly nod at her words and say, "I'm going to talk to her once Caitlin goes to shoot around. She said she's been sleeping all day and I didn't want to wake her up."

"Yeah I get that, are you nervous?"

I look up at her and nod, "Yeah but I feel like I shouldn't be. I mean, Kate's my girlfriend, I just don't want her to get mad at me."

"Em, Kate could never get mad at you, even if she does, it won't be for very long, she's like majorly in with you, it's so disgustingly cute." I laugh at her and give her a hug, after a few more moments of talking I feel my phone buzz and I get a text from Caitlin.

Caitlin Clark🫶:
Hey I'm about to leave, Kate's awake

Me:
Thanks I'll be over soon

"Kate's awake, I'm going to go talk to her." I say as we reach Jadas apartment, "Good luck Em, call me if you need me." I giver her a smile and nod, I walk to my car and click on Kate's contact, she immediately answers.

"Hey pretty, everything okay?"

"Hey, I'm fine, do you mind if I come over for a little?"

"No not at all, I was actually just about to call you."

"Okay, I'll see you soon, I love you."

"I love you more."

I start to drive to Kate and Caitlin's apartment and I am dreading this conversation, I hate fighting, me and Kate never fight. I'm anxious to see how she'll react. There are so many what ifs going through my head as I finally reach her apartment, heart pounding, I finally knock, and after a few moments she opens the door and pulls me in by my waist and closes the door behind us, "Living up to the pretty girl name I see." she says as she kisses me slowly, I wrap my arms around her and sink into her touch she pulls away and looks at me, "You okay? You seem anxious." That's exactly how I was feeling right now, Kate can read me like a book. "Yeah um, I think we need to talk." Kate gives me a worried expression and says, "Okay...did I do something?" I shake my head, "Kate, you know what this is about, what's had been up with you lately?" Kate lets go of my waist and makes her way into her room, I follow her and close the door behind us."

"Ka-"

Kate, voiced raised says, "Emma I'm fine. God why does everyone keep asking me that!"

"Because believe it or not Kate, there are people that fucking care about you!"

"I'm fine! I'm tired of people treating me like I'm about to fucking self destruct or something!"

What I say next is wrong and ultimately kind of cruel, but I had to get it out of her somehow, "Kate. If you don't tell me what the hell is going on with you, I will walk out of this door. I will walk out and never come back." I say with a stern tone.

"Emma that's not fair. And you know it."

I lower my voice and say, "Kate I have hit rock bottom. You can't keep your emotions bottled up like this. I seriously don't know what to do anymore."

Kate looks down and her starts to mess with her fingers, "I'm scared." she admits . A tear rolls down her cheeks and it breaks me, "Scared of what, K." I walk over to and I grab her cheeks, making her look at me, still crying, she says, "A lot.... I've been in Iowa my whole life, here for 6, I'm scared of what's going to happen after basketball ends. I hate not knowing what to do or what's going to happen next. And I guess it's really taken a toll on me as the season becomes shorter." I move my thumb to wipe away a tear from her cheek, "I know it's scary K, not knowing what's going to happen next in your life is terrifying. But whatever you decide to do after Iowa, I'll be there, every step of the way K,  because I love you, so much." She leans into my touch and says, "I love you too Em, like-a lot." I laugh and pull her into a hug rubbing her back. When we pull away, I lean in and give her a soft, tender kiss. "I'm sorry Em, I know I've been an ass for the past few weeks."

"I'm not mad K, just worried. And yeah you were kind of an ass." She laughs and says, "Yeah but you still love me."

"I do. So much." I say as I lean in to kiss her once again.

A/N
sorry i haven't been updating recently school has been kicking my ass but we back 😻😻