Chapter Forty-Three
I woke up to see Candice unpacking.
"Candice what you doing here?"
"Matt told me that I'm moving in with you while he, Simon, the Chris guy, and Carter in the room next door."
"That's great,"I paused, "what's with the face?"
"Kate, I never knew I could be this happy. I mean I love Matt very much: loving his smile, the interesting conversations, the dimples, I mean really, who would ever want him." We both giggled.
"Don't get ahead of yourself. You still have a huge future."
"Your right - you have a boy that loves you, right? And you want more than that right?"
I bit my lip, as I pulled my hair in a ponytail. "You wanna live life to the fullest; I want that too." She said as she walked over to pick up her dresses,
"Ah, but Can, being with the right person, can actually make life more full; and maybe if you have the same passion, the same drive - or maybe that doesn't help at all," I say quietly, looking down at my socks, "and maybe he just has to respect your passion, and, ... I dunno, it's all pretty confusing. Carter is so bipolar. I mean he likes me and then the next he doesn't."
"Hey, Kate, your going to be okay. Okay?"
"Yeah. Okay."
"Lighten up! I get to see Paris with my best fiend!" And she hugged me.
"I know." A knock was on the door. Candice sprinted up,
"Oh hey Matt." She purred,
"Hey baby, I was hoping I could talk to Kate, alone." Candice nodded, and grabbed Matt's hand and entered the room to see me.
"Hey Kate." He smiled,
"Hey Matt."
"I'll leave you two to talk." Candice kissed Mart goodbye. He smiled, and sat down where Candice just was,
"So.., you and Carter huh?" I shrugged.
"I guess."
"He really likes you."
"I know. He took my first kiss. I loved it." Matt smiled, but then his smile faltered, "what?"
"Nothing, Kitty."
"Okay." I said giggling.
"I want to talk to you about Candy."
"Okay. What about?" Playing with my socks,
"I want to do something that will show her how much I love her." I peered at him,
"But she already knows that you love her?"
"I want her to know exactly. 100%." I thought for a moment,
"What does she like about you?"
"My hair and dimples."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah, she's obsessed with them. She'll always touch my cheeks and squeeze them like a guppy. The fish." I laughed,
"That's new." He chuckled.
"Yeah, also her birthday is tomorrow, and I forgot so I was uh hoping I could talk to you about it too since your her best friend."
"Right, she's into jewelry."
"Okay, how about a necklace." He raised an eyebrow.
"A necklace? She would like that."
"Yeah."
"Thanks. I'll find one." He got up with a wry smile and left. I got up and went to put on some jeans and a tight t-shirt and thought
Candice loved his hair? Dimples? I laughed to myself. That's funny. I'm so going to use that against her.
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