Because she was different

Keeping An Eye On Her.

Chapter 6.

So, you might have noticed I updated a little later… sorry but I had a busy/lazy week. When I didn't do homework, I was too lazy to do anything and updating this slipped my mind.

I just got home from the hospital, had surgery, and now I have a week off vacation. So I think I might, if I get the re-write written this vacation, update twice more in this week. At least once: Next weekend.

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Kate and Rick arrived not much later at her place. Rick was wondering around in the living room while Kate was in her bedroom changing. “Nice book collection you have here.” He smiled seeing all his books.

“Yeah, well, what can I say? I like the genre” she teased as she stepped into the living room. They decided on hanging out at Kate’s apartment instead of going back to his loft. He wanted to get to know her more, and he wanted to spend time here since they hung out at his place yesterday.

She made them coffee and they just talked some more.

“So, now you know my story. Now I want to know yours.” Kate said as she looked at him from across the kitchen counter, wondering if he would agree. And she was glad to see a little smile form on his face. “That seems fair. But what do you want to know?”

“I don’t know… maybe why you became a writer? Or how you ended up having the smartest 6 year old ever?” she chuckled.

“Well, there’s not much to tell about why I became I writer. I always wanted to be, and growing up without a dad, and a mother like mine… I had enough imagination. And well, I met Alexis’ mom when we were both young. In collage actually. We had a short relationship before she told me she was pregnant… and I wanted to do the right thing and marry her you know.” He sighed as he looked up at her for a second. She was studying him like he did with her just the day before. He looked back at his hands that were resting around the coffee mug on the counter. “After Alexis everything went south. She was more interested in her job then Alexis. And we grew apart.” He sighed again and closed his eyes. He remembered the next part very well. “One day, I came back from an appointment with Black Pawn, and found Alexis asleep on the couch. So I tucked her in, then I went looking for Meredith. And looking back to it now it didn’t surprise me, but I was still shocked to find her in our bed, with her publisher.” He stopped talking and looked up again to see a shocked Kate. he smiled to himself, “I was so mad at her. Not for cheating on me, I kind of knew we weren’t going to last, but for doing it in our bed, that I threw out by the way… and with Alexis in the next room.”

Kate didn’t know what to say, or if she should say something. “I’m sorry that happened Rick.” She said as she took his hand in hers from across the counter.

“Don’t be. I’m glad it ended. And I have Sole Custody of Alexis because she was too immature to raise a child and she was more interested in her job anyway. She now lives in Malibu or somewhere in LA. I don’t really know, I haven’t seen her in a year I think. She came to visit Alexis but turned out, she was just here for an audition. And Alexis had just turned 6, and when she heard that her mother wasn’t here for her, she was mad at her. I think she still is. She likes her mother, but Meredith will never be Alexis’ mom. And I’m sorry if this scares you or anything but…” he said as he looked up again seeing her confused look. “But you, and your friends became kind of close to her, and I think that you and Alexis have done more together than Meredith and Alexis ever did together. Well other then shopping...” He was glad to see a small smile covering her face.

“It doesn’t scare me Rick. And from what I hear about Meredith, she’s not cut out to be a mother. And as weird as it is, I think you are the first friend I had that I didn’t meet at my work in a long time. And you’ve already become a really good friend.” She said as she stood up from her bar stool to put her cup of coffee away and walked up behind him as he turned on his stool.