After Kait had rationally explained everything to me, Tay and I went to look for
Zac. When we couldn't find him, Kait began to get worried. By 11:30, there was still no
sign of him, so we called it a night. The next morning, Kait threw on a huge black sweater
with red yellow and blue stripes down the arms, and silky smoke-gray pants with light
gray stripes down the sides and across the bottom. I put on a white tank top with orange
trim and jean shorts. Kait sat in the desk chair staring blankly and the TV. She had thrown
all of the things Zac gave to her into a pile just outside the door earlier that morning. As
we sat around, Tay came in.
"Kait, Zac needs to talk to you."
"He's back?!??!" She jumped up.
"Yeah." She ran next door and burst into the room. She went over to where Zac
was standing near the bed and slapped him across the face.
"That hurt, but I guess I deserved it."
"Damn right you deserved it!!! You stupid bastard! I hate you so much! You were
such a JERK! Then you disappear all night and scare the SHIT out of me!! And how
could you EVER want me to be like that?? I smoked, I drank, I did drugs, I screwed
meaningless people, I stole, I did all that crap and I was totally messed up! I was SO
worried about you last night! I thought you were hurt or something, and I love you so
MUCH!! I-" She stopped as she realized what she had just said.
"What??"
"I don't know..."
"Did you say you love me?" His voice cracked when he said 'me'. Zac slapped his
hand over his mouth. Kait smiled and giggled. Zac said something with his hand on his
mouth, and Kait couldn't understand him. She moved his hand, but kept it in her's.
"Now talk."
"Okay. I'm sorry. I'm VERY sorry. I'm stupid, I'm a loser, I'm an idiot, I can't
believe I started to pressure you into it, it has to be OUR decision, not mine, you have to
enjoy it too, I don't want to turn into one of those guys that pressures people into having
sex, if I was you, I'd hate me SO much right now, I'm surprised you didn't dump me, if you
were sane, you would've dumped me, I take that back, you're normal, please don't dump
me!!! Last night I cried and cried because I thought I lost you, I'd kill myself if I ever lost
you, I don't know what I'd do, I don't know how I've survived without you for so long, I
can understand if you never want to see me again-" She put her mouth on his and kissed
him. When she pulled away he said, "Slap me!"
"Why?"
"Because I'm the biggest asshole that ever walked this planet!!"
"Zac I'm not going to slap you. That was the most AMAZING apology that I've
ever heard, but it isn't enough. Sorry isn't enough..."
"I know. I wrote something." He handed her a piece of paper. She read:I love you
and I screwed up, I miss you now, and I want you back, but I don't know if I can, I've
done some stuff that can't be taken back, All I can do is beg for your forgiveness and hope
that you'll understand how much you mean to me. "I really love you SO MUCH!"
"I love you too!" She started to cry.
"Why couldn't you say it yesterday?"
"Cuz I was unsure, and I didn't wanna say it if I didn't mean it, but when you
disappeared, I realized how much I love you and I was hysterical ALL NIGHT!!" Zac
started crying too. "Don't cry!"
"You said I was your baby before, and babies cry!" They hugged and Zac pulled
them onto the floor.
"Zac!" They started laughing.
"I LOVE KAITLYN SMITH!!!!" Zac bellowed. Then he started to frantically
tickle her. When Tay and I came in because of all the noise, Zac and Kait were rolling on
the floor laughing, they looked like they had been crying, and Zac was tickling Kait to
death.
"What the hell's going ON in here???" They looked up as Tay said this. "I thought
the BED broke!"
"Kay slapped me and chewed me out, I apologized, I gave her something I wrote,
we said we loved each other, we cried, I knocked us over, we laughed, and I tickled her to
death." Zac had Kait in his arms the whole time.
"You guys are odd." I tell them.
"So the bed DIDN'T break??"
"No Tay, we weren't even ON the bed, and does it LOOK like it's broken??"
"Oh, I guess not. Kait, did you know that there's a pile of junk in the hall that
belongs to you?"
"Crap!" She gets up to go pick up her junk.
"Huh?" Zac was confused.
"This morning she threw everything you ever gave her into the hall."
"Why?"
"She was very upset. I think I'll go help her." I leave and find Kait in the hall. She's
sitting on the floor crying softly. "Why are you crying?"
"The rose Zac gave me is dead. It got squished."
"I'm sure he'll give you another one." she shrugged and scooped up some of her
crap. I took the rest and we dumped it into our room. "Where were you and Zac
yesterday?"
"In this cabin Zac found."
"Is it by any chance near the parking lot?"
"Yeah."
"I found him over by the parking lot yesterday."
"What?? You found him???"
"Yeah. He asked me to help him, but I don't think I helped much."
"You found him and you didn't TELL me??"
"You both needed to cool off. I slapped him for you too." I lied.
"You slapped him? I slapped him! The poor baby!" She ran out of the
room and went next door. She went to where Zac was sitting in the chair and sat on his
lap. "You poor baby!" She started kissing his face.
"What?"
"You got slapped TWO times!" She kissed his mouth, then his face again.
"I did? Yeah I mean, I did! It hurt too!" They start kissing.
"Man! Get a room!" Tay protested. Zac stood up and Kait fell on the floor.
"You're real nice Zac!"
"I'm SO sorry! I forgot how little you weighed!" He reached down and helped her
to her feet. Then he took her hand and pulled her into the bathroom.
