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Kit Tanthalos, rich, loyal, a little spoiled, handsome, rebellious, and down right in love with her best friend, Jade Claymore.
Kit and Jade had known each other for years. They met when they were both five years old. It was both their first day of Kindergarten, and by faith they were put together. They were put next to each other and that sparked a friendship that has been going for almost fourteen years. “Hi! I’m Kit!” The young girl introduced herself with confidence. “Hello, I, I’m, my name is Jade.” The little red curled girl sounded nervous. “I like your shirt! I love that show, it’s one of my favorites!” Kit pointed to Jade's shirt, across the top were the words ‘The Real Ghostbusters’. “Oh, thanks!” Jade replied, sounding more comfortable with Kit. They had just moved and didn’t have a lot of money but had what they could. Jade's father was doing his best right now and some of their clothes were from yard sales and Goodwill. But even though this ragged almost worn out shirt was old, Jade loved that shirt. “I think your shirt is ugly, and it looks dirty, and so does your face!” Some little shit from across the table shouted towards Jade, and everyone pointed and laughed. All except for Kit, who instead stood up and walked over to him with a ruler and smacked him across the face with it. The ruler cracked and the kid shouted out in pain. “Don’t make fun of my Friend!” Shouted a very angry brunette. The first day of school didn’t last long, but it was a memory Kit and Jade would remember forever. And possibly the boy who was hit with a ruler, he switched schools after that.
Since then, Kit learned why Jade sounded ‘fancy’. Jade was from Whitby, a small town in Northern England. Her parents were divorced and she has an older sister, Scorpia. They moved to America for her Dads job. Mr. Ballentine, Mr. Tine as Kit used to call him. Was a kind, honest, hard working, loving, protective man. Scorpia however was rebellious, stubborn, and an all around leader. Kit always enjoyed their company. It was a lot different than her house. Her parents were big in the business of well, everything. They owned a number of Microsoft companies, movie theaters, medical science labs, dairy farms, etc. If it had the name Tanthalos on it, you knew who Kit was. Madmartigan and Sorsha were Kit's parents. They had two very different personalities. Mads was a very energetic, manly, kind, caring, outgoing, and open minded man. Sorsha was more serious, more of a ‘tell it like it is’ type of woman. Airk, Kit’s older twin brother by a minute, was similar to Mads. He was very energetic, caring and outgoing. Jade enjoyed being in Kit's home and Kit enjoyed Jade's home. You could rarely go out and see just one of the two. If you saw Kit, then you know Jade was somewhere around and vice versa.
They were around each other all the time. They had their peers, but never wanted anymore friends then just the two of them. They associated with other people, but only considered the two of them as their only friend, and that's how they liked it. They never dated, they never went somewhere without the other. They spent holidays with each other, bought gifts for each other, they spent every second together and was each other's first everything. First friend, first sleepover, first call, and even first kiss. However, that occurred eight years after they met when they were thirteen. They were so sick of listening to all the other kids in school talk about kissing and dating. So one night during one of their sleepovers they wanted to get theirs over with. They were watching a classic horror film of 1988, Pumpkinhead. It was the scene where Billy was about to be run over with Joel's Dirt Bike, but before it happened Kit paused the TV. “Something on your mind? Or do you have a fun fact about the movie for me?” Jade asked, as this was nothing unusual when Kit showed Jade a movie. This time though it had nothing to do with the movie. “I’m sick of everyone talking about kissing!” Kit admitted a bit louder than she wanted. Thank God her room was the entire basement in the whole damn Mansion. “Huh?” Jade sounded confused. “It’s just, they all talk about it. It’s all they talk about. I just, I don’t know.” Kit sounded as if she wanted to tell Jade something. “Kit? Do you want to kiss someone?” Jade asked with a little hint of sadness, but only later will she know why. Kit looked at her, then looked away. “Not just someone.” Kit looked back at Jade slowly. Her bright blue hues seemed to tear up a bit. “Who?” Jade calmly asked. “Jade.” “Yes Kit?” “Would you… Can I… Do you… I want to…” This was the most nervous Kit had ever been. “Kit, I would be honored to kiss you.” Jade finished for her. Kit looked at Jade and smiled. “Do you mean it? I won’t make you.” Kit assured her, but that assurance was not needed. “Kit, I want to.” Jade sounded more excited. “Okay.” “Okay.” They both exclaimed. They were face to face, all the lights were off, minus the glow from the TV. It was quiet, but it felt so loud, their hearts were racing and pounding in their ears. Kit put her hands on Jade's shoulders, and Jade put her hands on Kit's face. They had no idea what or how to do this, but took what they knew and saw. They looked at each other before closing their eyes and leaning in until their lips met. The pounding in their ears stopped and heart rate slowed. They both felt a feeling, until they pulled apart. That feeling remained unknown until two years later.
Kit had broken her foot after falling off the balcony into the Olympic pool in the Tanthalos’s backyard. Kit was in the hospital for a week and Jade made an effort everyday to come see her. The last night she was in the hospital, Jade paced back and forth around her room. It was nearing two in the morning and she couldn’t stop worrying. Eventually she crawled into bed and tried to sleep. Jade had only been asleep for half an hour before she realized Kit was stuck in her head. Her eyes that were so blue she wanted to swim in, the smile that made the stars seem less bright, her voice that had a melody no song could beat, the lips that were softer than any cloud could be. That’s when that feeling came back. Jade roughly woke up, falling out of her bed. It made sense now, It was love. She was in love with her best friend. She was excited at first, then faded to sadness. She knew Kit loved her, but was she in love with her? She decided to wait till she knew before telling Kit. Until then she decided that Kit would be hers in her dreams.
Halfway across town in Tir Asleen Medical Hospital. Kit was in her private room, bored out of her fucking mind. Why did she take Airks stupid dare to jump off the balcony? Because she wanted to impress Jade. She’s always wanted to impress Jade, she never knew why. Because she is her best friend of course. Or was there something deeper? She wondered about that for a bit. Kit adored Jade. She was Kit's favorite person. The best person in the world. Most enchanting girl in the world. Anyone would be happy to fall for Jade. Fall? For Jade? Oh, oh. That was it. Why she wanted to impress Jade. She fell for Jade and never knew it. Jade couldn’t love her back, she thought. At least not in that way. How could she love someone as reckless as Kit? Kit let her mind wander for too long. She decided to shove those feelings aside for now. Little do they both know the feeling is mutual. Since then they both did their best to hide how they felt. They both knew damn well they were both Lesbians, and were right by each other's side when they came out to equally accepting families. However their families weren’t blind and knew all too well that they were into each other. They decided to wait till they knew they could tell each other how they felt. They both on their own decided to wait for the similar time, College.
Three years later, They’re seniors in High School. They applied to the same colleges and were accepted into many. But they both held out hope for the big one. Nockmarr University. The top college in their state. And after months of waiting, they both got in. Their dreams are coming true. All except for telling each other how they feel. That time was nearing close. They were put in the dorm together, so they could be together. They’re careful and are going to try to tell the other they love them. Hopefully, nothing happens to ruin it.