Understudy by Wy Denise Kim

Author:Wy, Denise Kim [Wy, Denise Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-12-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Eric

She was avoiding me. It shouldn't have bothered me, but I felt a nagging itch to know why. I was pretty sure it had something to do with me following her to the woods and walking her home. But I did that because it felt like it was the right thing to do. I also reminded myself that I apologized to her. Twice, if I wasn't mistaken. It would've made Adam proud. Unless he was the jealous type. Or maybe it was her BFF, Sara, who was jealous. She loathed me and she made it clear that night. I bet she told Kat to stay away from me, not that I didn't expect it.

Kat was sitting by the edge of the stage when I came in to the gym. She wore a white sleeveless button down shirt with her wavy brown hair tucked to one side, creating a curtain that shielded almost half of her face. She didn't even glance up from her clipboard as I stood in front of her.

All around us, people were busy with the rehearsals. If I didn't know any better, I would've believed that they were actually passionate about this stupid play, but on close inspection, it was easy to see that they hated every part of it. I knew because I felt the same. The only one who seemed to be interested in all this aside from Mr. Blake, was Kat. At least that was how I saw it ,as she studied her clipboard so seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if the thing disintegrated in her hands.

I didn’t know how long I was standing in front of her, or if she even knew I was there, but I almost jumped in surprise when she finally looked up with an annoyed expression in her face. Yep, she knew I was here alright.

"Can I help you with anything?"

Yes, a lot actually, I thought, but I ended up gaping at her.

She tapped her pen against the clipboard, and shook her head. "Look, I'm busy, if you have any questions about your costume, please ask Tina or Diana instead." She started walking away, and that's when I finally found my voice again.

"I brought my props."

She stopped and stared at me for a while, confused. Then her gaze shifted to the leg brace I was holding and she blinked.

"Oh."

"I just want to make sure that it passes your standards, since you're the creative one," I said. I meant it as a joke, but it came out wrong. She didn't seem to mind though.

"Where did you get this?"

"I made it."

Her brown eyes widened but she immediately regained her composure. "That's...good."

"I told you I could do it."

"Yes, I can see that," Kat said, her eyes still fixed on the leg brace.

We were both silent for a moment, and she avoided my gaze. I wanted to ask her if something was bothering her, but I had the gut feeling that if there was anything, then it was probably me. That made me want to apologize to her again.

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