I'll be here for you

Chapter 30

 - - - Kate’s P.O.V - - -

The All Saints showcase day crept up on us extremely quickly. Ever since Cody has been out of hospital he has been frantically practicing the song to perform with Nusi. He showed good dedication and how much he loved playing. I know this because he brought his guitar a couple of time for ‘music’ classes, and ‘practiced’ during some lunch times. Cool lunch and a show.

Walking into the gates in the morning was a bit awkward. Carrying Cody's guitar in its case, while carrying my bag at the same time proved more difficult that I first thought, as I didn't want to damage his guitar. Plus everyone kept coming up to me asking why I had it and if I played. Couldn’t anyone see I was struggling?! Obviously not.

I saw Cody sitting under the old oak tree with Jake and a couple of other mates, so I made my way quickly over towards the hall keeping out of the teacher on duty’s sight. Which to her was playing temple run on her iPhone.

When I got there I saw the massive black stage there for the talent show, I looked around and saw that nobody was there so I dumped my bags down and hid behind the stage. I pulled out my phone and texted Cody to meet me there.

Sent. 

A couple minutes later a knock at the door startled me. I stood up expecting Cody...

Wrong, it was Mrs Megan the assistant principle standing there.

"Well hello Kate, what a wonderful surprise to see you."

Great I'm gonna have detention at the end of the school year. Perfect. 

"Hello Mrs Megan," I replied shyly.

She just stood there for a moment, arms crossed whilst tapping her foot. 

"You do realise that un-permitted entry to the hall without a teacher is breaking one of our school rules?"

"Yes," I replied bowing my head .

She just glared at me thinking of a suitable punishment.

"1 week of detention, you start today 1:00-2:30."

"But -"

“Plus a 1,000 word essay on why un-permitted entry to the hall without a teacher is one of our very important school rules”

I said nothing more, picked up my things and headed to the door. On my way out she handed me a pink detention slip from her book. 

“I expect the essay on my desk at 8:30 sharp on Friday.”

“But that’s only 2 days away!” I complained.

“Then you better get moving.” She said with a slight smirk.

Once outside I saw Cody standing there. This was not how I expected it to be. I mean for crying out loud I just wanted to give him his guitar and maybe watch him play a bit in peace. Just thinking about it made me smile stupidly into space when I saw him. Those full blue eyes, were staring straight into mine. As I looked closer I saw them full of concern and at the same time he seemed to be giving me a comforting smile which made me turn slightly pink. His smile was defiantly one of his best feature, it made me feel all mushy inside every time it lit up on his face. It was the type that could make me blush at the drop of a hat, sending a tingling message down my spine that just wanted to make me want to collapse.

"Hey..." I said.

"Hey, how’d you get caught?"

"I honestly don't know, teachers never check the hall before school hours"

"Aww shame!" I voice said from behind me, I new that voice well enough to know who it is without even looking. I turned around to see Taylah standing there with her arms folded and a massive smile on light up on her face "Now you’ll miss out on the talent show and have to spend a lot of your free time writing a stupid essay”