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[sub][color=slategray]A [@smarty0114] & [@Hey Im Jordan] collab
Featuring: [color=e2e520]Scott Lyon[/color] & [color=ba314c]Katie Callaghan[/color]
Location: Mulholland Drive[/color][/sub][/center][hr][hr]

Scott had given AJ the explanation that he’d received a DM back from Katie, and had left in short order after that. He let Haylee and Brad know that he’d be back, and he’d jumped in his car. Was he excited? Sure, a little, but more than anything? He was [i]nervous[/i]. She wanted to talk to him, but did she want the same things? What did he even want?

[sub][color=e2e520][i]Her.[/i][/color][/sub]

It really was that simple; he’d had trouble admitting it to himself, but ignoring her had made him realize it. Why fight it at this point? His dad was right [i]to a certain extent[/i]. Scott [i]had[/i] been pouting and moping since he’d told Katie they should never talk again. Now, though [i]she[/i] wanted to talk to [i]him[/i]. It was a good sign? He didn’t know for sure, but he was about to find out.

Or like, soon anyway. He parked in front of Katie’s house, and pulled out his phone to text her.

[center][b]To:[/b] [color=ba314c][b]Katie[/b][/color]
[color=e2e520][b]here[/b][/color][/center]

And now, he waited.

It was now or never. Katie stood in the entrance hall of the Callaghan’s mansion, nervously chewing her lip, looking out through the windows at Scott’s car. Taking a deep breath, she opened the front door and hurried over, her boots [i]clacking[/i] against the pavement. She opened the passenger side door, and got inside, smiling nervously over at Scott. [color=ba314c][b]“Hi.”[/b][/color]

Okay, now was the hard part? What did he say? [color=e2e520][b]“Hi.”[/b][/color] Okay, good start. He should have mapped the conversation in his head, then maybe he’d stand a chance. He reached out to push the button to turn the car back on, then pause, [color=e2e520][b]“Do you want go somewhere, or should we just drive around, or…?”[/b][/color]

[color=ba314c][b]“Why don’t we go up to Mulholland Drive?”[/b][/color] Katie suggested. She knew a spot up there that looked over the city,  and tonight it would probably be pretty quiet. Most of the BHHS kids were at Captain Cuddles. Plus, the drive would give her some time to get her head together. She’d had this conversation so perfectly planned, like lines in a script, but now that she was here, her brain was fried.

[color=e2e520][b]“Sure.”[/b][/color] Scott said without much complaint, before hitting the button to start the car and begin driving that way. Almost as soon as they pulled away from the Callaghan home, they were locked in an awkward silence, and Scott wasn’t about to let that be their future. [color=e2e520][b]“Thank you. For agreeing.”[/b][/color] He glanced at her with the slightest hint of an appreciative smile, though when he spoke, his voice was almost unsure of what he was saying, [color=e2e520][b]“Katie, I don't think we should ignore each other.”[/b][/color]

Katie looked over at him, and smiled, ever so slightly. Her stomach was tying itself in knots, she didn’t know how to feel. Was he wearing cologne? Why the fuck did he have to wear cologne? Why the fuck did he have to go and get her head all jacked up on pheromones, so much so that she could hardly even talk? [color=ba314c][b]“I...agree. I think we should do the opposite of ignore each other,”[/b][/color] Katie said awkwardly. This was not their language. They spoke in shouts, in insults, in barbs and quips. They didn’t say nice things, or profess their love. They weren’t open with each other. 

[color=e2e520][b]“I really fucked up. And I didn’t realize that I fucked up until like a day after I said we shouldn’t talk. It was like a whole part of my life was just [i]poof![/i] gone. Then I thought about it some more, and I realized that… really, you’re like, the only person who knows me best? It sounds weird, because I have my best friend, yes, but it’s… I guess different? with you. Y’know what I mean?”[/b][/color] Okay, there. It went alright, right? This was harder than he thought, so he basically just word vomited on her. He’d never really [i]talked[/i] to Katie before — just the one time on the boat, and [i]that[/i] had fucked him up. If this messed him up as badly? Then it was done. So far? So good.

Katie sat there for a moment in stunned silence for a moment, unsure of how to respond. She turned to face him, her heart beating so fast she could hear the blood pumping. [color=ba314c][b]“I know exactly what you mean.”[/b][/color] She sat still for a moment as Scott turned onto Mulholland and began heading up the hill, before speaking again. [color=ba314c][b]“We’re drawn to each other, for better or worse, and I don’t know what to do about that.”[/b][/color]

[color=e2e520][b]“This is a good first step.”[/b][/color] Scott said, staring out the windshield as he continued to drive up the twisting, winding road, driving with one hand on the wheel and one hand on the stick shift. [color=e2e520][b]“Maybe we can… play nice? Try to, anyway. It’s nice when we do. It turns out that I actually like talking to you? I like you. I thought I hated you, but I was just doing what dumb kids do, and fighting with the girl I’m crushing on.”[/b][/color] 

He said, he was crushing on her, and it made her stomach fill with a million butterflies. She hated that, how he made her [i]swoon[/i]. It was insufferable, it was everything she never wanted to be. She was supposed to be kicking ass and making boys fall in love with her, and now she was [i]swooning[/i]?  What was the world coming to? [color=ba314c][b]“I-I guess that’s the best way to do things,”[/b][/color] she said. [color=ba314c][b]“I’ll be honest, I have no clue what I’m doing though. I mean, this...this is so not...me?”[/b][/color]

[color=e2e520][b]“It’s not really me either. I’m being honest with you, which is good. I haven’t even been honest with myself lately, but I’m gonna try. And if I’m being honest… what I want…”[/b][/color] Scott again kept his eyes trained to the road in front of him, though his hand crept off of stick shift and toward Katie, finding its way to one of her hands and slowly interlacing their fingers, [color=e2e520][b]“...is you.”[/b][/color]

A jolt of electricity ran up her arm. Her brain flooded with dopamine at Scott’s touch, thrilling her to the core. She chewed on her lip, but couldn’t resist the smile that broke out on her face. [color=ba314c][b]“Okay. I’m, very okay with that,”[/b][/color]  she said, as Scott pulled the car over to the side of the hill, where a wide clearing sat, overlooking the city of LA.

Scott put the car into neutral and pressed the brake down, then let out a huge sigh of relief. [color=e2e520][b]“Good.”[/b][/color] With that, there was only one thing left to do. 

Scott turned his body to properly face Katie, and leaned over the dashboard, pressing his lips against hers in a kiss that should have happened months ago.