"Five years and that's all you have to say to me?" he asked. Standing so close she could taste his breath.

She wanted to move away from him. But she didn't want him to know just how much he affected her. So she stood right there. She wasn't going to let him intimidate her.


"Well... Is there anything else you want me to say?" she asked 

The side of his mouth moved upwards.

He was smiling? Why the hell was he smiling like that? She thought. She didn't remember saying anything funny.

"You left... Kitty" he said. "I asked you to stay... Begged you to stay... And you left anyways.. With him. And now you come back... Acting like everything is okay between us...?"

There was something about him... She thought. Something about the way he called her 'Kitty' that made her heart flip. He was the only one who called her that. She hadn't even realized how much she missed him calling her that. 

"You shouldn't have gone with him". He said. 

"Oh really? Why not? Because you didn't want me to?" she asked. She was starting to get angry. 

"Yeah that's right" he replied. "And because of what you felt for me -what we felt for each other. When I came near you, you felt an excitement so intense that you ceased to breathe --like you are feeling right now. You wanted me just as much as I wanted you. And that should have been enough to make you stay"

ALWAYS BEEN YOU 

Monica was the one who spoke. "Urmmm... So Emma, I wanted to ask you... Is your friend Tom seeing anyone?" 


"Tom Casey?... No he is not... At least not anyone that I know of. Why are you asking... You wanna ask him out?" 


"Wow...That's new. I remember one time I told you he wanted to go out with you, you said he looked like a nerd. You said he wasn't your type... If I remember correctly... So what happened?" 


"Hey" Monica said. "People change their minds.. Okay?... Especially when certain people start looking hot all of a sudden. I don't know.. Maybe he started working out of something.. I guess" 


"Oh Monica " Karen said. "I really think you should do it" 


"Of Course you do." Emma said. "You know you are the last person anyone should come to for advice because you suck at it" 


"Because I tell people to do what they want?" Karen replied. "You know it's not my fault you are such a wuss" 


"Oh I'm a wuss?...well you are a....." 


Chapter Three Hundred and Sixty Four