A/N: I'm on semestral break and I'm back for a week!! hahaha... I've got like 7 days to finish this story so, wish me luck! ) good to be back even for a while...
Time Of Your Life: HOME
By: peach83
Katherine Singer
Arra Jessica Sammler
Alessandra Warren
Reewa Banks
Ysabella Cage
Thaddeus Pincus
PROLOGUE
Stanford University, Stanford, California… Alessandra Warren couldn't seem to believe what her roommate and close friend, Katherine Singer, had just told her. College life at the university was going great, and she couldn't understand why Katie is leaving now. Alex watched as Katie hurriedly packs her clothes into boxes…
"I can't stop you, can I?" Alex looks sadly at Katie.
"It's NYU, Alex." Katie replies, as if it justifies her reason to leave. To Alex, it's too shallow.
"This sucks, you know. Stanford is both our dream. We've always wanted this. I don't know what forced you to move, but I do hope it's worth it." Alex tries to sound reassuring, but the thought of Katie going to New York is sort of depressing. And plus, it means that she's gonna have to hang out with Reewa more. Not that she hates Reewa, they are really close. It's just that Reewa has too much energy for Alex to handle.
"Trust me, it is." Katie forces a smile and continues packing.
"I, uh… I heard about you and my brother…" Alex wished she didn't open the topic, but it was too late to take it back. Katie had dropped what she was doing, and focused her attention to Alex.
Katie actually expected that Alex would open the subject about Damien… She hates breaking someone's heart. But the relationship is going nowhere, and it was a waste of time. Besides, she's leaving for New York, and she finds no reason to keep fooling both of them…
"Alex, I'm sorry…"
"Katie, it's your life, and you have to do what you have to do, right?" Although if Alex had a choice, she wanted her brother Damien back with Katie. Katie is good for him.
"I did not intend to hurt Damien…" Katie says sincerely.
"I know, Katie… But I was hoping you'd tell me why." Alex stares at her friend. Katie stares at the floor, for a moment contemplating whether or not to continue this conversation or not. But she anticipated that it would all come down to this.
This is the moment of truth…
"I'm not in love with your brother…"
"Oh…" But Alex could vividly remember that look she had seen on Katie just last week. She definitely looked in love. So what is Katie talking about? She couldn't be mistaken… Katie is in love, she knows it…
But with whom?
"But are you?"
"What?"
"In love." Alex meets Katie's gaze as the dirty blonde finally looks up at her friend.
"Yes… With someone I'm not supposed to fall in love with…" The thought of how it felt brought a smile in Katie's already somber face, at the same time, a painful sting in her bleeding heart, Alex observes.
"Is that why you're leaving?" Alex looks at her in disbelief. Katie's determination had always been unshakable. "Katie…" Alex suddenly feels sympathetic.
"It hurts too much just being here…" Tears form in Katie's green eyes, and she managed to stop it from falling. Alex had never seen her so vulnerable. How can these feelings make her feel so strong and so weak at the same time?
"Oh, Katie…" Alex wraps her arms around Katie, to which Katie was very grateful for. Alex pulls away and looks determined at Katie. "You know what? I think you should stay. Why do you have to sacrifice for him? You should stay, and then we can avenge your broken heart and make him realize how stupid he is. Let's make him drool!" Alex looks excited about the idea. Katie is amused and manages a smile.
"Alex, it's more complicated than you thought…" Despite the smile, the heartrending pain remained in Katie's eyes.
"Yeah? How complicated? Come on Katie, why are you throwing everything you've started here just for the sake of this person who obviously is too clueless to even care? To be honest, I don't think this person is worth any of your sacrifices at all. Why are you doing this?" Alex wonders who managed to win Katie's elusive heart that her gorgeous brother wasn't able to?
Pause…
"Because it's Jessie…" Katie finally admits. She waited for Alex's reaction, but Alex is looking at her, obviously not understanding her.
"Jessie?" Alex couldn't think of a guy named Jessie. There was a cute guy named Jesse in her anatomy class but Katie hadn't really met him. "I couldn't remember any Jessie. The only Jessie I know is Aiden's girlfriend Jessie." Alex says. While Damien is her eldest brother, Aiden is the youngest one of the three of them. Both of them are also in California, studying in UC Berkeley.
Then it hits her like lightning. Alex slowly looks up Katie, her jaw dropping to the floor…
"Oh my God…" Alex reacts, and Katie just confirms what seems to be the answer to this very complicated puzzle…
"I knew you'd say that…"
"Oh my God. You're---" Alex repeats, staring wide-eyed at Katie…
"In love with your other brother's girlfriend…" Katie sighs. Alex was too surprised to even say anything… It was a confession she never thought she would hear from Katie Singer, ever…