Guess What?! [Anthony]

[katie]

10th December, 2008 - Evening

It had been four days since Katie had met that guy Sam in the Calpyso Club. He was slightly older than her, not that it bothered her of course, but something about the way he was with her, well it just didn't sit too well with Katie, and she began to wonder if there had been something he hadn't told her.

Then of course earlier that day, she'd magically found both her older brothers Jason and William back on the scene again after being away overseas. It had been a brilliant afternoon catching up with them, even if Jason was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or what ever it was called, but Katie was sure he'd get that sorted somehow.

So she was now back in the Calypso Club and decided to send a text to Anthony and ask him to meet her there.

Hi Anthony, I'm in the Calypso Club, Mid-Town Manhattan, meet me here, I want to talk to you. Love Katie xx

[blackregret21a]

Anthony at the table as he twisted his fork in the bowl full of left over spaghetti. The noodles pulled around the fork, pulling the sauce with it. He lifted the fork as a few noodles dangled. Sliding it into his mouth. He pulled the scoop of noodles of the fork with his teeth. As he began to chew slowly out of boredom, his phone vibrated vibrated with a text.

Hi Anthony, I'm in the Calypso Club, Mid-Town Manhattan, meet me here, I want to talk to you. Love Katie xx

He read the text as he pulled the phone out from his pocket. As he saw who it was from Katie. He couldn't believe it. He liked her a lot and he wondered what she wanted to say. So he sent a message back.

Well I will meet you there. Give me twenty minutes.
-Peace! Anthony-

Overjoyed about the fact that he would be seeing Katie, he tried to quickly finish his lunch. He threw the bowl in, carefully of course, into the sink. Ran up stairs and quickly brushed his teeth. Two minutes later he walked into his room, grabbed his coat. Looked in his mirror and through his blue hat on from the corner of his mirror. He left the room, shutting off the lights as he did.

Leaving the hardware store, he unlocked his car. Jumping into it, he ignited the ignition. Pulling out he began his way there.

[katie]

Katie had now been at the Calypso Club for an hour, and had a few drinks by that time. So naturally she was now a little bit tipsy. She had to put her cell phone onto vibration mode, so she'd hear it going off in the Club.

She took herself off to the ladies, and almost tripped over someone on the way. "Sorry" she mumbled, Katie realised she could be very accident prone.

Five minutes later, her phone vibrated, and she flipped it open, Anthony had replied. Saying he'd be there in twenty minutes, which was fine to Katie. A few more drinks she'd have. So she was sitting drinking her fifth Moscow Mule when she saw him walking into the Club.

She immediately got off the bar stool to greet him, and instantly toppled over, and fell toward him, she then began to giggle. Oh was she doing it again? Didn't she fall for Sam a few nights ago. "Hi Anthony" she said, as she smacked a kiss on his lips for that was the nearest place she could reach when she'd toppled over, realising where her kiss went she blushed slightly.

[blackregret21a]

Driving the streets, annoying stopping at every intersection possible along the way. Finally arriving at the club, he parked in a parking slot that was just opened from someone leaving. Exitting his black colored car, he made his way to the enterance of the club. He paid the man before entering, $12, and also showed him his I.D. He had to because you had to be atleast 18 to enter this club and he knew he didn't look like the age he was. So he understood and accepted having his I.D. checked.

Entering the club he saw Katie and so did she. She made her way over to him, but then tripped about a foot away from him. He attempted to catch her, and he succeeded, only to be accidently kissed on the lips. He did like this though. He loved Katie. But he had to pretend he didn't, he didn't believe it was the right time. He pushed her away and set her back up straight. Walking her over back to the table in which she came from. Helped her sit down, before sitting in his own chair. "Katie? Are you drunk?" he says with a serious look in his face.

[katie]

Katie was glad that when she fell over, Anthony catched her, which was just as well, even if she had accidentally planted a kiss on his lips which was meant for his cheek. Katie was very giggly and she knew she shouldn't be drinking, technically she was still under the legal age for alcohol, but she always managed to get away with it, she must look old for her age or something.

He then steadied her, and helped her to a table to sit down and he sat down opposite her. However he then began to ask if she was drunk and he looked so serious. She liked Anthony, he was a good friend, but sometimes he was just a little too serious. But then she was doing something wrong.

"No, just a bit too happy" she replied, not wanting to admit that she actually was pretty drunk. This was the last time she was going to drink like this she decided, beckoning to the barman to bring her a diet coke over instead.

"I'm just a little happy that's all, guess what Anthony? Guess whose back home?" she said in a very excited voice, and not even waiting for an answer she continued, "Jason and William, Josh and I's older brothers, isn't it just amazing?" she asked shrilling slightly and giggling.

[blackregret21a]

Anthony waited for an answer, as he waved over to the barman. "Dr. Pepper, please." he said with a smile." Then after he said that she responded. He was saddly then disappointed in her. She lied to him. He couldn't believe, she actually lied to him. But he was glad she ordered a beverage not containing alcohol.

She began to seem happy, as she continued to talk. He loved her, loved to see her happy. So he began to feel happy himself. He tried to respond, but she beat him too it with a answer for herself. He never really knew her older brothers, Jason or William. He heard lots about them, and he was glad that they were coming. He loved to see her happy. "When are they coming?" he asked her as he sighed staring at her with amazement of her beauty.

The barman then returned with his drink. "Thanks." he said with a smile and a nod to the barman. Lifting his glass, he took a sip out of it. "How's Josh?" he asked another question.

[katie]

Katie had lied to Anthony and she immediately felt guilty for doing so. Katie hated liars, so why was she lying herself, it just wasn't right. She shook her head slowly, and looked at him with a sad smile, "Actually I am kind of drunk, sorry, I blame the guy from the other night" she said quickly and immediately regretted it, she hadn't meant to tell him about Sam, not quite like that anyway.

"But I'm actually not feeling too great, so I'm not going to be doing that again in a hurry" she said with a weak smile. She smiled when the barman gave her over the diet coke. "Thank you" she said to him, and then returned to her conversation with Anthony.

"Oh, no they're already home, that's what I mean, we actually bumped into them this morning on our way to work" she explained some more. Then he asked her how Josh was, her face just lit up, she loved talking about Josh, Josh was her life, well pretty much her life.

"Josh is doing just fine, at least he was when I left him earlier today, he was just as happy about Jason and William being home as I was" Katie said, her face bright, she really was in her element talking about Josh. However, her thoughts went back to the other night when she'd met Sam, she thought she better explain her little slip up from earlier more.

"I met this guy a couple of nights ago, but I'm not too sure about him, he got me a little worse for wear" she said to him, hoping he'd understand what she meant by that.

[blackregret21a]

Anthony was glad that she was excited for Jason and William. And he was glad that Josh was okay. He didn’t seem fine a couple days ago. But then Katie had a depressed look on her face. She then began to talk about a couple nights ago, when she met the other man. He then became saddened to hear that something had happened to Katie.

“Are you okay? Will you be okay?” he asked with love and worry both in his voice. He lifted up his glass again. Taking a sip, he waited patiently for Katie’s response.

[katie]

Katie wasn't sure why she'd begun to tell Anthony about Sam, because she could see the look of worry on his face when she'd said she was unsure about him. Not exactly unsure of Sam as such, she'd kissed him after all and it had been quite a kiss, but she'd been drinking and he hadn't helped matters.

"Let's just say I was drinking tonight to try and get over the other night, if that makes any sense at all?" she said softly and sadly as she looked down at her feet for a few seconds and then looked back up at him and continued, "It was like we had some sort of a connection, we even kissed, but he got me very drunk and I felt really silly afterward, like maybe I was being used or something" Katie rambled slightly.

She now felt like crying, but she bit down hard on her lip so she wouldn't. She didn't want to cry in front of her friend Anthony. Besides, hadn't she just told him the happiest news of her two older brothers being back in town? She should be happy, not upset.

[blackregret21a]

Anthony listened to her as she explained the previous night. He had no words of comfort he could say, so he decided he would try to come up with something. He reached his right hand across the table and grabbed her hand closest to him. "I know these are no words of comfort, but you should just forget about everything that happened. It wasn't your fault." he said with attempted comfort. He stroked her hand with his thumb.

With his other hand he reached for his drink. Taking a drink, he thought if he should just give up and confess his love for Katie. Making his decision he set the glass down. Breathing in, he began to speak.

"Katie. I love you." he said, hoping she would understand. He knew if she didn't understand, he thought he couldn't bring up the courage to say it again.

[katie]

Katie looked down as Anthony reached across and grabbed her hand. She hadn't really expected that, yet at the same time it felt nice and she wasn't really sure why it felt nice. It felt even more nice when he began stroking her hand with his thumb as she listened to what he was telling her. She smiled as he spoke.

"You're right, it's not that easy to think I may have got myself into serious trouble for not being careful or having Josh with me looking out for me" she explained softly, looking into his eyes. Or you she thought, but didn't say it. She had only ever looked to Anthony as a friend, but they had been friends for a long time, she had never thought of him as anything more than that.

However, when he spoke again and said he loved her, she wasn't sure if he meant like she loved him as a friend or something more, and if he did mean something more she wasn't sure how she felt about it. His comforting words, and his hand in her own felt really nice, in fact his hand in her own felt natural, was it so natural it was because she actually felt the same way about him, and until this day hadn't realised it before?

He had to mean it more than just as a friend, because if it was just as a friend he probably wouldn't have said it to her at all. She smiled at him, and allowed her smile to grow bigger as she thought about his words some more, and realised that him loving her and her loving him back might not be such a bad thing after all.

"Like, love me, love me?" she had to ask, because she didn't want to go and make a fool of herself. "I mean I've always loved you Anthony, as a friend, but this what you're doing, holding my hand it feels really nice and I'm beginning to wonder if the love I feel is more than I've felt before" she tried to explain, not sure if she was confusing him, because she was confusing herself slightly. She could have kissed him to try and find out, but she didn't want to do that, she didn't want to take the initiative into her own hands.

[blackregret21a]

He laughed to himself. "I mean. I love you. I have had a crush on you for the longest time." he said as he continued to stroke his thumb on her hand.

((Sorry for short post))

[katie]

Katie was definitely glad that he meant he loved her, like properly loved her. So he had a crush on her and had for a long time why hadn't she noticed that she wondered. And yet here she was the other night fooling around with some guy, getting herself into a right mess only to find out he was married. It had wrecked Katie, totally wrecked her.

Now here she was with Anthony, her best friend for the longest time actually telling he loved her. Sure she loved him too, but as she had thought before, only ever as a friend, or was it more. The fact he was expressing his love was making her feel special, and maybe the love she felt for Anthony was more than just friendship. She looked down at her hand in his and at his thumb stroking her hand.

"Well, I've always loved you Anthony, you know that" Katie began slowly, and then looked up into his eyes, "But I think I might love you more than just a friend now" she finished, still looking into his eyes, and pulling herself closer to him, so close she actually leaned her head on his shoulder. "So, where do we go from here?" she asked simply, because now Katie was somewhat a little confused.

[blackregret21a]

Anthony couldn’t believe his ears. He couldn’t believe that she actually liked, loved, him as well. But then confusion flooded his mind when Katie leaned in and asked him on what to do next. His mind felt like it was going like 80 m.p.h. then suddenly the brakes were applied, full force. He mind finally came to a conclusion, a solution, a resolution.

“Well, I guess we try out this love thing. And see where it takes us, I guess.” he said. He knew that was the best he can come up with. For only a minute ago, he thought Katie would shut him down. But he was wrong. He wasn’t prepared for her to agree with him. His mind was idol.

[katie]

When Anthony seemed to change with the way he casually said about giving the love thing a go, she wondered if she'd done something wrong. So she pulled away from him. If Katie was confused before she was a hundred times more confused now.

"Okay then" she said, and looked away from him as she felt a tear in her eye. What was wrong with her. Maybe she'd have been best to just say no, we're friends, I'm sorry. But of course she hadn't said that, she'd said she liked him too. Now she was certain she'd confused him as well as herself.

"So what exactly do you mean by trying it out?" she asked, "Like go on a date or something, or I could make it easier and just take back what I said" she didn't mean it, but she really didn't know what else to say.