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Katrina "Kat" Copeland. 17. || Please let me touch your cat. That's not a euphemism. I really want to pet your cat. ||

[allonthefirstday]

“Don’t worry about it. It doesn’t bother me honestly.”

[katcopeland-blog]

“Well that’s good. I would be worried if it did.”

[acacia-is-queen-deactivated2018]

[merelyalaskayoung]

“I’m glad more people can relate to that! There’s just something special about seeing people excited,” she grinned. “You know, I’m kind of disappointed Axl hadn’t introduced us to each other sooner. Can’t believe we had to run into each other in the hallway to actually meet.”

[katcopeland-blog]

“Yeah, that’s pretty crazy. Though I’m sure he was just worried we would team up against him and then overpower him with our awesomeness and all.”  Kat smirked. “Or it could be the fact that I think I’ve spent more time recently avoiding him than actually talking to him...”

[allonthefirstday]

“I’m not sure this is the same thing, honestly. But yeah, that too.”

[katcopeland-blog]

“Oh awkward... for some reason I keep tripping over my words lately...”

[axl-like-the-rose]

|| Make-Ups & Pizza | Kat & Axl ||

[axl-like-the-rose]

Axl sighed and pushed his fingers into his hair again, pulling at the short locks lightly. “It makes sense, but it is a situation and we can’t just take back what just happened,” he told her, shaking his head and dropping his arms back to his sides as he turned to look at her again. He’d messed up yet again, something that he felt he excelled at but was hoping to have to stop, or at least slowed down. Apparently that was too much for him to ask of himself. “No, don’t…” he told her softly, shaking his head again when she motioned to leave. “Stay. I want you to stay,” he admitted, chewing at his lower lip. Axl wasn’t sure if that was really the best thing, but he couldn’t be alone with his thoughts and he wanted to be with his best friend. “We just… We need to talk. We never talked about any of it and we should. We can’t keep doing this, Kat,” he said, motioning between the two of them. “We keep shoving everything down, shrugging it off and we never talk. It’s not okay, and I won’t let something that we can help or stop from getting between us.” It was the truth, they’d never spoken about what had happened on halloween, about him and Hemmingway or how Kat felt about that. About his own feelings for her, it was all a huge mess that they just tried to push aside and if they didn’t do something it was going to end up breaking them.

[katcopeland-blog]

“Yeah... ok. We can talk...” Kat sighed. “You know, it’s much nicer to blissfully avoid situations but here goes nothing.” There was somewhat of a pause and then she just said everything on her mind. “I’m not the kind-of dumb bitch who isn’t happy when they see their best friend happy. And I thin- thought that you were happy with your... life situation. So, I was happy for you and it was all good and fine and I was fine. But, at some point, I think I realized that I was not actually happy but I was coping. In some not so desirable ways... but that’s irrelevant to this conversation.” Pause to breathe and keeping talking so you don’t forget what you are trying to say and end up saying something worse. “It’s probably easy for me to just shrug this kiss thing off because I’m not worried about hurting you. You’re probably worried about hurting me but don’t be. I’m ok... Well, actually I’m a little disappointed that there were no cupids or roses and shit but hey only in the movies. And yeah...”

[universitywexfordhq-deactivated]

“I have just came to the realization that at the end of this month my brother ans i will be eighteen…thats not okay”

[katcopeland-blog]

“But 18 is the start of many fun things! You could buy a lottery ticket and some cigarettes...”

[allonthefirstday]

“Yeah, no I totally agree.”, The boy lied. The truth was he hadn’t heard a thing the other had said. “Have you noticed the things you try to ignore the most just don’t seem to go away?”

[katcopeland-blog]

“You could say that again...” Kat sighed. “I just feel like I’m stuck in a hamster wheel sometimes...”

[merelyalaskayoung]

Laughing, she nodded at Kat’s words. “I know how you feel. It’s better to see the reaction of other people than getting presents yourself. There’s just something special about the excitement in their eyes and how they rip the paper off to get to their gifts; especially during Christmas.”

[katcopeland-blog]

“I couldn’t agree more! It doesn’t even matter if I don’t get gifts as long as I know the people I gave gifts to are happy.” Kat smiled.

[merelyalaskayoung]

“You New Yorkers; always so mysterious,” she giggled. “I know what you mean. I’m just quite lucky that Axl and I have a lot in common in these kind of aspects. He’s almost like the male version of me, just more extroverted and weird. But I promise you, he’s going to love it!”

[katcopeland-blog]

“I would say that’s definitely an accurate description of him. Emphasis on thew weird part.” Kat smiled. “I’m hoping! Buying presents for people is something I live for. I just like seeing them happy.”

[merelyalaskayoung]

Alaska’s eyes widened at the mention of the game, surprise appearing on her features. “H- how did you manage to get that?? It shouldn’t even be out before April! He’ll love it, I promise you!” she grinned. “How did you manage to get your hands on that?”

[katcopeland-blog]

Kat smiled. She was glad that Alaska had confirmed what she had been thinking. “Well... in a very cliche way, let’s just say I know a guy.” She laughed. “But I’m glad you think he’ll like it. I mean, I figured he would but you can never be too sure. Especially with boys. And I totally trust your opinion.” 

[musingxmemes]

       ᴊᴜsᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ʙᴀᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ɪ'ᴍ ᴀ                 ＢＡＤ ＰＥＲＳＯＮ．

                                       … ʀ ɪ ɢ ʜ ᴛ ?

[axl-like-the-rose]

|| Make-Ups & Pizza | Kat & Axl ||

[axl-like-the-rose]

Axl ran his fingers through his hair and shook his head, tugging lightly at the short strands and clearing his throat, seconds away from pacing around his room. “You’re aware?” he parroted, looking at her with slightly widened eyes at how she was just brushing this off. “You’re very welcome, you just never can be too sure these days,” Axl replied sarcastically and rolled his eyes. “That, whatever that was, was so not a middle school kiss thing, that was a high school kiss thing,” he clarified further for her understanding. “Hey, no, it’s not your fault. It takes to kiss, it takes to lean in and do the…” he trailed off, doing hand motions of their heads moving in and repeating it in the motion of kissing. “It’s, I just, I don’t know!” he said, feeling the need to ramble, pace and obsess all at once in that moment. He’d just cheated on his boyfriend and hurt his best friend all over again, he could just not catch a break. 

[katcopeland-blog]

Kat sighed. This was not going well. “I know that...” She paused, trying to find the right words to say what she meant. “I’m just trying... to make this whole situation not a situation, if that makes any sense.” It took a lot of willpower to hold back a sarcastic remark about Axl’s lovely hand motions. He did have a point though, somewhere in his rambles. “I understand. I’m sure you’re more worried about other people than yourself but trust me, I’m totally fine. I can go if that makes things better...?” She motioned towards the door with her hand. Kat wasn’t really sure what to do or how to help. The situation was already awkward and messed up and she certainly wasn’t going to make it any better with her callous attitude. Well, to be more specific, her front of a callous attitude. 

[merelyalaskayoung]

“That’s fair enough. It’s different in every household,” she smiled, scratching the back of her neck. “I’ll probably just go hide outside on the balcony. Let’s hope my mom won’t find me there.” Alaska tilted her head to the side, gesturing for her to continue. “I’m all ears.”

[katcopeland-blog]

“Hopefully you can escape for even a few minutes.” Kat said with a hopeful smile. “Awesome! So I happened to get a copy of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and I was thinking about giving it to Axl as like y’know a gift... would he like it?” She wasn’t even sure what the game was about. Kat just knew it hadn’t technically been released yet.

[merelyalaskayoung]

“Oh– sorry. Religious circumstances or it’s just not something you do?” she inquired, attempting to understand why. “My family is coming over to visit. It usually gets pretty heavy; children and adults everywhere and all. It’s the second most stressful holiday, the first being Thanksgiving.. But I’ll manage, I hope.”

[katcopeland-blog]

“It’s just not something we do...” Kat said matter-of-factly. She listened to the other girl with wide eyes. “Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun. I’m sure you can find a way to escape and blow off some stress.” She tried to sound reassuring, but she had no idea what having a big family was like. “I do have a quick favor to ask...” Kat began. 

[katcopeland-blog]

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[katcopeland-blog]

merelyalaskayoung:

“I don’t think I can promise anything,” she joked. “Anyway, since we were talking about the holidays; what are your plans?”

“Well I’m just planning on exchanging gifts with some friends. My family doesn’t really celebrate...” Kat shrugged. “What about you?” 

[starsnoeli]

“You should really work on that.”

[katcopeland-blog]

“Yeah... you’re right about that.”