Thursday, November 22, 2007 @ 2:39 PM
:: Dance 12::Katherine went home loaded with NTUC plastic bags. She’d decided to cook her own dinner today. Katherine put on the apron and started preparing her signature dish-Love Spaghetti. Her grandma had taught her how to cook the dish and also told her why the dish was named Love Spaghetti. Love Spaghetti is obviously a dish of spaghetti. But why the name Love Spaghetti? Grandma had chuckled and said “Ah Kat, Love Spaghetti means to cook the dish with lots of love. Only when you cook it with love will the spaghetti taste heavenly even without any special ingredients added to it.” After Grandma passed away, Katherine had not cooked Love Spaghetti since. But today, she had a strong will to cook the dish again. Katherine spent the whole evening inside the kitchen, preparing Love Spaghetti…
Katherine had her dinner while watching the television. She washed up after her dinner and went to bed early. When Daren returned, it was 3 plus in the morning. His face was grey with fatigue as he dragged himself into the house. As he walked passed the dining room, he noticed that there was a plate of spaghetti on the table. Daren walked over curiously. There was a note under the plate. “I’d cooked spaghetti for dinner. Left some for you. Heat it up and have it okay.” Daren picked up the note. A smile crept up his lips. As he took the plate into the kitchen and waited for it to warm, he felt overwhelming happiness boiling inside him and he felt a lot less tired.
When Katherine woke up the next morning, Daren was nowhere to be found. “He didn’t come back last night?” Katherine wondered as she walked down the stairs. The plate of spaghetti she’d left on the dining table the night before had vanished. “He must’ve went back to work.” Katherine smiled as she poured herself a cup of milk. “Did he sleep though?” I remembered that I hearing his him park his car at around 3am. After eating, it should be around 4...” Katherine’s thoughts were filled with concern for Daren. She shook her head to clear all those thoughts and went back to the living room. Berry was eating her breakfast in a corner. She looked up immediately when Katherine walked near her. Katherine squatted down to pat Berry. Berry barked happily and jumped up suddenly. Berry ran and retuned with a ball in her mouth. She nudged Katherine. “Sorry, Berry. Have to go to the studio! I’ll play with you some other time okay?” Katherine smiled. Berry released the ball in her mouth and licked Katherine before going back to eat her breakfast. Katherine chuckled as she took her handbag which was on the table.
When Katherine reached the dancing studio, there was only Josephine and Madeline there. Madeline ran over when she saw Katherine. “Good Morning!” Madeline greeted brightly. “Morning!” Katherine returned the greeting and opened her locker. Katherine let out a piercing scream. Inside her locker was a transparent container filled with maggots and dead cockroaches. Katherine started to vomit. Madeline ran out of the locker room and pointed a finger at Josephine. “It was you! You placed that disgusting container inside Katherine’s locker didn’t you!” Josephine looked back at Madeline innocently. “What container? I don’t get what you’re saying.” Katherine walked out of the locker room with a tissue over her mouth. “Stop pretending! It must be you!” Madeline shouted. Katherine placed a hand on Madeline’s shoulder. “Forget it.” She said weakly. She knew that Josephine was the only one who would do such a thing and she would never admit it no matter how they question her. Madeline turned and stormed off, pulling Katherine with her. Josephine revealed a victorious smile and continued with her warm up exercises.
“Why so moody?” Wendy nudged Katherine as they walked home together. “You’ve been so moody looking since this morning. One whole day! What’s wrong?”
“Josephine placed a box of maggots and cockroaches inside her locker that’s why. So disgusting! Only Josephine is capable of doing something as stupid as that.” Madeline chirped.
“That Josephine again! I wonder what’s so good about her! Why did Daren dump our talented and beautiful Katherine for that Josephine?” Wendy replied.
“Don’t know what Josephine fed Daren with.” Lucy butted in.
Madeline noticed that Katherine’s facial expressions have changed. she signaled for the other two to keep quiet and changed the topic. “Let’s not talk about her anymore. Where do you guys want to go?”
“Singing?”
“Shopping!”
Suggestions came at top speed. “Crazy Monkey.” Katherine said simply. All three girls turned to look at Katherine and replied simultaneously. “Crazy Monkey?”
The three girls kept turning this way and that as they walked into Crazy Monkey. Katherine actually comes to such places? It seemed so… So unlike Katherine…Katherine spotted Chris sitting at a table with a few guys. “Chris!” Katherine called as she walked over. Chris looked up and waved at Katherine. “Gosh, he’s hot!” Lucy squealed as they walked closer and closer to where Chris was sitting. Chris invited the group of girls to sit with them and ordered juice. Soon, the guys Chris was sitting with were pestering Chris to make introductions. Chris raised his fist slowly and they ran so fast that they vanished in the blink of an eye. The girls could not stop giggling and laughing. Katherine made quick introductions and the whole group of them went off to hit the dance floor.
As Katherine opened the gate to Kang household, she could see that Daren’s car was not parked at the driveway. “Still busy recording?” Katherine thought as she walked passed the garden. Berry leaped at Katherine suddenly and startled her. Katherine immediately reached out and caught Berry. “Naughty Berry! What would’ve happened to you if I hadn’t caught you!” Berry looked at Katherine happily and licked her. “Ack! Stop…Berry! I can’t see! Hey…” Berry jumped from Katherine’s hand and landed neatly on the floor. Berry scampered away at top speed and left Katherine not knowing whether to cry or to laugh.
Katherine bathed and prepared dinner. She left some for Daren again before going to bed. When Daren reached home, he spotted a plate on the table again. The pizza is nicely wrapped and similar to last night, Katherine left him a note stating that she’d left some for him and to heat it up before eating. “Katherine…” Daren whispered. “Why are you still so good to me… You should forget me… Katherine…” His hands clutched the plate so tightly that his knuckles were white.
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