Fifteen Layers of Steele

Chapter 3

Back at my apartment, I waited for Kate to come home. Today was just so crazy that I needed some good old friend time to get my mind off of it. Kate had been too caught up in some lab work to meet with me for lunch, so I just ate in the outside courtyard alone. My body wouldn't stop shaking when thinking about the moment Christian had offered his help to me. Ooooo that no good guy! One of the most famous therapists just waltzing up to me and offering free sessions so that he can learn more about me. This all just has to be one really long dream. It just has to. Maybe I'll have Kate pinch me when she gets home.

The intruding thoughts kept me on my feet. Walking up and down the hallway in a loop, my mind just kept diving deeper and deeper. Getting angry at him probably wasn't the best idea. The shakiness I'm feeling must be from the adrenaline wearing off from that moment. It was a pretty bold thing to do to somebody famous like that. But if he really is just scamming me to make me obsessed with him and then dump me the day after then he deserves it. On the other hand, if he was sincere then I feel pretty bad for lashing out like that.....ah who am I kidding it was super rude of him to make that assumption about me anyway. I never said I needed help. He just decided to pity me without even knowing anything about me. Maybe I hate people and don't want to touch them anyway! Bet he didn't think about that one! Then again... maybe he's right and I do need some help....gah! Would you look at that! He's getting into my head again! Well...but I've never gone to seek out therapy before and maybe it wouldn't be so bad if I could get rid of this and start living a normal life again.....wait no I'm definitely fine my life has been great. Who needs to be normal! Normal is so overrated anyway.

I continued to pace back and forth in the apartment having an internal war with myself while waiting for Kate. It seemed like she was never going to show up. Just when I thought all hope was lost I heard the sound of the door opening.

"KATE!!" I burst out in an overly excited tone and ran toward her before she could even finish getting through the door.

"Jeez Louis what in tarnation's is going on here? Why are you so excited to see me?" She finishes coming inside and starts to take off her shoes.

Realizing that what I just did was kind of embarrassing, I stop in front of her. "Oh you know it's just been a while since I've gotten to see you. I was feeling pretty bored sitting in the apartment all by myself."

"You don't have any homework or anything to do?"

"Nah. The start of the quarter has been pretty slow."

"Well in that case, let's cook dinner together and watch a movie while eating. We haven't done that in a while."

"Sounds great!"

Agreeing one hundred percent with her suggestion, I skipped off to the kitchen to look for some ingredients to prepare the meal. A nice movie night with Kate should be just what I need to get my mind off of things, I happily thought while purposefully sliding through the kitchen on my socks. Managing to find some tomato sauce and pasta, as well a thing of garlic bread, I decided on spaghetti for tonight's menu.

Kate joined me by the counter, and we prepped everything for the meal. Cooking together was really fun. We blasted some of our favorite music off of our playlist. The two of us danced around the kitchen like maniacs while waiting for the water to boil. Kate tried her best to do a K-pop dance cover impression, but failed miserably. It was pretty entertaining to watch. She often got inspired after staying up all night watching music videos. One of her life long dreams was to be a dancer after all. Too bad she just so happened to suck at it. Guess we can't always have what we want, I smiled at her as she thrashed about the kitchen, nearly slipping and falling on her face. It never stopped her from dancing though.