Chapter 5 "The Apology"
I was walking down the school corridors feeling all numb. The look on her face when she slammed her locker... I just don't want to see that again... its disorienting my thoughts its just making me feel disgusted about myself, it had me thinking to myself as to why the heck I did that to her..... I thought to myself as to how I can make it up to her conflict was rising in my head, my subconscious..... so loud inside my head.... as I was arguing with myself I managed to bump into the least person I want to talk to at this moment " Oh hey, would you look at that if it isn't little Tommy Anderson" Jonathan said in a mocking voice while looking down at me " Okay Jonathan, sorry I bumped into you so will you please move out of my way? " I said as kindly as I can but it seemed like it still came out rude as Jonathan's face looked annoyed. he then leaned in closer to me and said " Listen here Tom, I tried my best to be "NICE" to you and this is the attitude you showed? You know if I wasn't such a nice guy I would have totally punched you in the guts to make you know your place' he said in a near whisper as to not raise any kind of commotion that may capture the attention of the others, he then grabbed my shirt and shoved to the wall " Be sure to remember that..." He then walked out together with his circle " Really? just my luck " I said as I was fixing my clothes and then right before my very own eyes it was her.... " Ka- katherine..." I said in a voice that sounded like I was in pain (well honestly speaking I did get slammed into the wall a few seconds ago) " Hey Tom, it seems like your alright so .... " she then turned her back and begins to walk away, and I on the other hand just stood there and looked I talked to myself " what the heck are you doing! this is your chance, YOUR ONLY CHANCE to be able to reconcile with her" as I was arguing with my own thought I never noticed that I ran up to her and suddenly grabbed her wrist "sh*t" I said under my breath , Katherine gasped due to the fact that I suddenly grabbed her wrist. I said to her "Katherine just.... just wait for a second please" I pleaded with her as hard as I could " Even for a minute please just let me talk to you " I looked at her on the face to show how serious I am to fix this problem that the two of us had I was not gonna turn tails and run I'm sick and tired of always running away from my problems this is the moment where I must take care of things myself and face them head on, and after a few seconds she said " Fine, maybe later when lunch starts then we can talk, and please can you let go of my arm? your are kind of hurting me" I then just realized that I truly did grip her hand really hard, I did not notice because I was tensed on how she was gonna reply, whether she would accept or not but I am glad that she did, at least this way I can fix things between us...
Seconds turned into minutes, then minutes into hours during the whole day I was pre occupied with my thoughts and was unable to focus in class, my brain kept thinking of various possibilities on what may happen during our conversation, I kept thinking of ways on how I should talk to her without adding more fuel to the flame that I created, few more hours passed the tension within myself just kept growing, getting nervous as the clock is nearing the end of our class, the school bell rang signifying that the first half of school is now done lunch is in session, I tell myself " Come on Tom, calm your nerves you don't want to mess this opportunity up " I then took a deep breath and left the classroom.
Finally arrived at the Cafeteria, busy as always students frolicking on what they should eat and where to sit, I on the other hand was busy looking for Katherine I did not have the proper appetite as the suspense was killing me, it made my stomach into something soft like it just makes me want to puke all of my insides.
In the most corner part of the cafeteria there I saw Katherine, with her food in her hand, I swallowed really hard as I was extremely nervous to approach her, as I approached the table my heart slightly dropped because she didn't look at my direction when I was approaching, she had this fierce look on her face but despite her looking all menacingly it actually looked the opposite it just made her cuter and it really made her beauty stand out but still it was nothing compared to her smiles though. " So uhh Katherine? You okay?" I said with a ton of uncertainty in my voice, " Huh? oh... thought you'd up and ran away" Katherine said in a cold voice that sent chills down my spine because well..... despite me having a few enemies and a few people who hated me I have never heard anyone say words as cold as ice as the one Katherine just said to me but usually I would retaliate but ..... honestly speaking though I kinda deserved it considering on how I treated her so I'll just suck it up for now and accept it. " So?, what were you gonna say to me? " she looked me dead in the eye and it made my heart dropped, " So? what is it Tom? I haven't got all day to deal with this crap ", man those words pierced right thru my heart " So uhhh Katherine I just wanted to say that I am sorry for saying those harsh words to you last week " I said rather nervously since I did not expect this kind of outcome I didn't even knew that Katherine was capable of harboring strong emotions, guess we can truly say that we should not judge a book by its cover, " And? do you expect me to just accept that crappy apology? Man you are so dense you know that? "she said in a voice that made me shiver even more since anger was now clearly present here, I racked my brain as hard as I could on how I can do this without angering her even more, I then came up with a solution but it's a rather risky one considering how angry she is towards me " Well, how about I'll take you to my favorite café this weekend? " accompanied by a nervous smile and trying my best to hold the little ground that I have left, there was an awkward silence that filled the air for a moment and then Katherine, finally out of her deep thoughts she has finally decided, " I'll take you up on that deal, but this does not mean that I forgive you just yet Tomas Anderson " Yikes she said my full name, man what have I gotten myself into, I hope nothing else happens this weekend...
"END OF CHAPTER 5"