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Kate frowned to herself as Phillip went upstairs, "Tina?" She frowned at the name. Phillip was still seeing her? Kate couldn't stand the girl, everything about her screamed face, including her chest. The two of them had a rough introduction which already had put a bad taste in her mouth about the girl but Kate tried to still give the girl a chance.

The more she interacted with everyone, the more she realized that the girl was just like the others. A superficial gold digger who probably didn't care about anything other than Phillips looks. She probably didn't even know much about his interest or care about them.

Kate sighed grabbing a bottle of water from the from the fridge opening it up and taking a drink as she headed for the stairs, her mind on the last things Phillip had said. What did he mean, why now? She hadn't seen Phillip to often and when she did get to talk to him he seemed otherwise preoccupied somehow.

That and she wasn't sure about Jace for the longest time. She knew any boyfriend she got might not be okay with Phillip and her being as close as they were but it was something that wasn't optional for her. Phillip was going to be a permanent fixture in her life and she needed someone who could accept that. And over the past three months Jace had seemed to show it didn't bother him.

She was reluctant at the same time for another reason...one she still couldn't figure out. Like she was waiting for something else to happen, something better but it never came.

Walking upstairs Kate opened the door to her room turning on the light, she looked at the picture on her nightstand as she sat down. The one of them both as children, smiling to herself. She missed this, when they were closer than anything else...not like this with this almost mile high wall in between them. With her keeping things from him and probably him keeping things from her.

She didn't want it there anymore...and she was gonna do her best this summer to get rid of it.

"Hey, you okay?" Jace asked scrubbing his hair with a towel.

Kate looked up smiling putting the picture back down, "Yeah. I am fine, just thinking about everything memories and stuff." She said with a shrug. "Mind's just kind of in overdrive like normal, you know."

Jace smirked, shutting the door behind him walking in as he leaned over Kate. "Well, I know the perfect way to distract you." He said kissing down her neck slowly towards her chest. The thing was even as he did, Kate's mind still lingered on Phillip.

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"I really didn't mean to babe." Jace said seeing the mark on her neck. "I just got a bit carried away...that new stuff you got from Victoria's Secret was hot. Combine that with how beautiful you already are and all self control goes out the window." He said kissing the spot murmuring an apology.

Kate sighed, as she covered it with make up. " We are late for breakfast. " She said closing her make up kissing him gently. "And I forgive you." She said walking to grab her cell phone and checking herappearance one last time. Her mind had been distracted on the fact that Tina was coming this morning...for how long she had no idea. Hopefully not too long.

"Do you still want to practice today so you stay in shape?" Jace asked her remembering her request earlier. Katelynn nodded grabbing his hand as they made their way downstairs to the garden.

As they approached the table Kate frown momentarily seeing Tina chatting up their parents. She put a smile on her face, "Bonjour tout le monde!" She said happily, "Désolé, nous sommes en retard pour le petit déjeuner." She said with an apologetic smile kissing her mother and father on the cheek before taking her seat next to Jace across from Tina.

"Tina!" She said with a look of surprise. "Wow, I hadn't even realized you had gotten here." She said putting a polite smile on her face. "You look so different from the last time I saw you." She said noticing her chest was notably bigger probably from pastic sugery, internally scoffing.

She kept a critical eye on her until she realized she hadn't introduced Jace. "Oh this is my boyfriend Jace. He is a Junior at Julliard...he's in the dance program."

"Nice to meet you...are you and Kate friends?" He asked as he swallowed his food.

Katelynn looked at Phillip and his arm around the back of her chair shaking her head. Same type of girl, different name, she thought to herself filling her plate with food.

"Oh Katelynn sweetheart, Madelaine came of with the wonderful idea of us possibly seeing a small performance from you two. Its been so long since I have seen you dance and it would be wonderful to see." Her mother said with a hopeful smile.

Kate smiled nodding, "Sure mother...I can show you something from the last dance recital we had."