Moving Forward (Completed)

Chapter Twelve

"Have you been here long?" Amanda asked as she joined Katherine at the bar they had agreed to meet at thirty minutes ago.

"This is drink number two, and that," Katherine gestured with her eyes to a man across the bar from them, "is the man who thinks you're my girlfriend."

"You couldn't have just told him you weren't interested." Amanda chuckled.

"I tried that, but ten minutes later he decided I might have changed my mind, so I told him I wasn't single which still didn't seemed to deter him. Then I bluntly told him I was meeting my girlfriend and I had no interest in his penis."

"That worked?"

"Seems to have." Katherine shrugged.

Amanda glanced in the mans direction and rolled her eyes. "You do realize he's just picturing himself with both of us now..."

"As long as the thoughts remain in his head and he leaves me alone I really don't care."

"How are things with Barba?"

"Rafael is great. Schools great. Everything's..."

"Great?" Amanda chuckled.

"I can't help it, I'm happy." Katherine grinned.

"Are you going to Atlanta for Thanksgiving?"

"I only get Thursday and Friday off so I wouldn't be able to make it for the holiday itself. I promised my mom I'd visit this Christmas instead and I only agreed to that because I haven't been home at all since I moved." Katherine shrugged, she wasn't exactly happy about the idea of being in Atlanta again. Her mother hung out with a specific grouping of women and they could make the city feel extremely small at times. Especially since she knew her mother would want to do Christmas Eve dinner at the club and would be surprised if Scott wasn't there.

"In other words she guilted you into it."

Katherine nodded and took a drink of her martini.

"Take Barba." Amanda suggested.

"You think I should take him home for Christmas?"

"Why not?"

"It's only been six months." Katherine stated.

"Please, that man would do anything you asked him to." Amanda chuckled.

"I doubt that."

"Ok... with in reason, but he'd spend Christmas with you. What are you doing for Thanksgiving?"

"Probably what I did last year, set up my tiny Christmas tree and watch the parade." Katherine shrugged.

"He hasn't asked you to spend it with him?"

"No. What are you doing?" This time last year Amanda had been going through her own issues and hadn't been around much. It hadn't really bothered Katherine as she knew Amanda had been seeing some guy and busy with work. Not to mention the holidays had made her feel more lonely than she would ever admit to anyone and she had mostly sulked in her apartment the year before. Her and Scotts relationship my not have been great, but the holidays had been one of the few times he acted the way he had when they first started dating... mainly because they were always around people.

"Kate!" Scott called from the living room as she finished getting ready. "We're going to be late." Katherine slipped the back on her earring and carried a necklace out for Scott to fasten for her. "I'm ready once you clasps this for me." She smiled, handing him the necklace. "Is this a new dress?" Scott asked as she lifted her hair out of the way. "No, I bought it last summer for Uncle Jerry's funeral, but it's a simple black dress and I didn't see the point in only wearing it once. I thought it'd work for tonight." Katherine adjusted her hair once he'd finished with the necklace and smoothed out the front of the dress. "You look nice in it." Scott smiled. No, it hides the weight well... or I'm surprised it still fits you. Just a compliment. That rarely happened anymore... "Thanks." Katherine said, returning his smile. "Are you ready," he grinned, "if we get there early enough we can watch as everyone tries to avoid sitting next to Ken's wife... what's her name again?" "Emily... she's not so bad." Katherine chuckled. "And this is why my family loves you." Scott smiled again, almost dragging her out the door behind him.