166 That dinner wasn't happening after all !!!
As Katherine entered Shawn's place, the very first thing that she noticed in the living area was the huge photograph of her along with Trent and Shawn on both the sides. It was a happy picture of the three of them from the graduation day in college and it perfectly adorned the wall.
She was suddenly hit by a wave of nostalgia.
"That was from the graduation day", Shawn said when he found Katherine intently looking at the picture.
"Yeah, good old days", Katherine said and sighed.
"Who is the other guy in the frame?", Kate asked.
"That's another friend of mine as well", Katherine replied instantaneously like she was programmed to avoid any questions about the existence of Trent.
"So you have fought with him too? Like you fought with Shawn?", Kate asked all innocently.
"Well, kind of", Katherine said, hiding away all the pain that was surfacing in her heart.
"No wonder you are always lonely, devoid of any friends. Soon Raymond is going to be with Akira aunty, then what will you do?"
"Why don't you ask her to make more friends Shawn?", Kate said and then looked up at Shawn.
Katherine had no clue for what she had to speak and thus decided to stay just quiet.
"I will don't worry. Plus I am always there in case your mom needs me anytime", Shawn said and glanced at Katherine who still appeared to be lost in her thoughts.
"I knew it that I was going to like you. You have a happy vibe", Kate said and gave a high five to Shawn.
"So what do you want for dinner princess?"
"I want a pepperoni loaded pizza, like a huge one without any jalapenos".
"And I guess a Pepper Barbeque Chicken pizza for you?", Shawn asked looking at Katherine.
She just nodded, amazed to see that he still remembered her preferences.
"How do you about my mom's favorite pizza?"
"Because that's the only one that she eats, back from the uni days", Shawn said and went into the kitchen to call the Pizza Delivery Service.
Katherine looked at him as he left towards the kitchen, he hadn't changed a bit. He gave the same warm and homely vibe that he always did in college.
After placing the order, Shawn came back and took them to his entertainment room and fixed a game for Kate to play on his Xbox. Kate got so involved in her game that she completely ignored the two of them and their conversation.
"Did you hear anything from Trent?", Shawn asked.
"No, not after you know", Katherine replied and shrugged and looked towards Kate to see if she was listening to them.
"We can go downstairs if you aren't comfortable talking in front of her", Shawn said.
"That's ok, there isn't anything left to talk about. I haven't heard from him ever since and that's totally ok. I am really happy in my life the way it is. I don't want anything more", Katherine said and looked into Shawn's eyes like she was indirectly trying to tell him something.
"Then I am happy for you", Shawn said and sighed for he clearly knew what her statement meant.
"Can I use the washroom please?", Katherine asked cutting him through.
"Umm... yeah. Straight and left".
She got up and left.
Somehow Shawn sensed that she wasn't ok. So he looked at Kate and said,
"Sweety I am gonna check if your mom could find the washroom or not. Can you stay here by yourself?"
Kate didn't say a word and just showed a thumbs up sign for she was totally engrossed.
Shawn smiled and went towards the washroom and stood outside the door.
A few minutes later, Katherine opened the door and came outside and was surprised to see Shawn standing outside.
Her eyes were all red.
It was clear, that she had cried inside.
His insides curled seeing her in this state and he asked,
"Are you ok Kat?"
"Oh yeah totally !!! Just some soap got into my eyes", she said and smiled.
"Kat !!!", Shawn said softly and looked into her eyes like he was begging her to stop being so rigid like we wanted her to cast away the facade that she was trying to pull off.
"Why are you still like this Kat? Why can't we talk like we used to? We are still friends right?", Shawn said and took a step closer.
"You are kidding right?"
"Where was this friend of mine when I made the biggest mistake of my life?"
"Where were you when I was walking down the aisle with a man, who you knew would leave me eventually? Why didn't you pull me back? I listened to everything that you said throughout my life. You were all I had after mum left me and I counted on you. Then how could you let me go? How could you?"
Her anger was slowly translating into pain that dripped through her eyes.
Shawn stood there all stupified, for he had no answer that could justify the qualms that she had against him.
He took a step ahead and stretched his hands to wipe away her tears, but before he could she moved his hand away and said,
"I have survived that, so I will survive this too. I don't need anyone in my life", she spoke with nothing but anguish.
"You loved him, Kat, you loved him more than anything else in the world. How on earth I could have stopped you? You were madly in love with him. So much that I didn't matter. So much that nothing that I would have said, would have mattered".
She looked at him all disappointed for even after all these years he was still the same, all clueless.
"If you would have said, then I might have. I could have done anything for you, Shawn. Anything".
She said and stormed ahead but he held her hand and stopped her.
"What do you mean Katherine?"
"You see, that's what the problem is. You call yourself my best friend, but you really never understood me or my heart. You just let me go away. Just like that without a fight. Like I didn't matter to you because if I had then probably we won't be having this conversation in the first place. Was I so easy to let go?"
She said and then jerked out her hand from his grip and stormed towards the entertainment room.
That dinner wasn't happening after all !!!
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