When We Met: First Impressions

The next night, Christian saw her again. It was around 11:30 PM, and he had just gotten off work. He was on his way to Cody's house. He pulled up outside, and saw her car. The silver outline of her VW Beetle stood out like a ghost next to Zack's white truck and Leslie's Black one.1

Christian entered the house cautiously, to find Joe, Cody, Zack, Dustin, Brandie, Leslie and Matt sitting in the basement. His gaze flickered to her. Cat. There she was, dancing and taking money from Brandi as a joke. She was smiling, and it was a real smile. He got a chill. 2

She was shifting her hips to the rhythm of "All Falls Down," by Kanye West. She had a certain graceful air about her when she danced that radiated sexuality and life. She shifted her attention to the computer, changing the song to something More chilled.3

Her short skirt was sitting on her hips, and her pink t-shirt was slightly above the top of her skirt. It exposed a sliver of flesh that sent a chill down Christian's spine. Her shirt clung to her small chest, and read in white letters, "Brunettes are so hot right now," which he understood the humor in that, because she was blond, and very sexy, if he did say so himself.4

She adjusted her shirt, covering the skin that had been showing. She sat on the couch and shivered in the cold. She covered up with a blanket that Cody handed her, and put a pillow against her legs to serve as a block from the cold air that the humidifier was blowing directly on her.5

Christian sat on the floor, and leaned against the couch, about a foot from where Cat's legs were sitting. After a while, she leaned down and said, "Hey will you do me a favor?"6

He turned and looked at her, nodding his head.7

"Well, will you lean on my legs cuz I'm like...freezing to death. My legs are going to get all prickly from goosebumps and I'm still cold under this blanket."8

"Sure." He leaned against the pillow on her legs. She was shivering. So was her. It was cold where she was sitting, but she didn't complain about it. She just sat there, drinking huge gulps out of the bottle of vodka she had sitting next to her. 9

When Cody suggested playing "Confessions," she was the first to agree, listening to each person's confession as they went in a circle. Leslie and Matt's were funny, and Cody's was something ridiculous that brought a sarcastic smirk to Cat's shiny lips.10

Joe's confession was not one that Christian wanted to hear. Joe told him that his ex-girlfriend, Michelle, had made a bet with Joe when they were younger that she was going to meet a guy, make him love her, and then break his heart. Christian wasn't over Michelle completely yet, and so this thoroughly pissed him off."11

"Why did you tell me that? I don't wanna hear shit like that."12

With that, Christian disappeared upstairs to play on Cody's computer. Cat played another round, and heard Cody confess that he had been in love with Cat since the day he met her over the summer. She smiled graciously, grabbed the vodka bottle, and headed upstairs to try to cheer Christian up.13