notice how quiet it is and breathe a sigh of relief, the less craziness the better right now.
Walking down the hall, I check each room sign to see which class is what. Then I finally find Psychology and walk in to see a balding man organizing his desk.
I clear my throat and step further into the room. "Excuse me, sir?"
He looks up and raises an eyebrow at me. "Can I help you?"
"I'm hoping so." I smile at him nervously. "I have a question. My wife is in your first class."
"Who is your wife?"
"Kate Parker. Is there any way it would be ok for me to sit in with her today? You see, I'm an actor and I never get to see her. It would really mean a lot to me to be able to spend time with her, even if it is just in her class."
He scrunches his eyebrows together as he looks me over. "Kate's a real good girl. Are you sure she'll want you to be here?" he asks me curiously.
I stand up a little straighter and look him in the eye. "I have to win her back, sir. She's supposed to be with me."
He gives me a sad smile and nods. "Ok, just this one time. But if she doesn't want you here, I won't force my hand."
I nod and stand back as students start filing into the room, and as soon as they notice me and realize who I am, there's a lot of silence. Then fan girls start freaking out. I hear the whispers of, "Is that really Liam Warren?" over and over throughout the room, but I ignore it. These people aren't the reason I'm here.
I start feeling anxious when Mr. Wallace is getting the class settled to begin. Katy's still not here.
I walk towards the door to walk off being so antsy when I hear her voice. “Excuse me?” She’s frozen in front of some guys and I breathe a sigh of relief. But she’s pissed I’m here, I can see it in her eyes.
I lean against the door jam and cross my arms and I smile at her. "Hey baby, just thought I'd sit and spend some time with you while you’re in class today." I look behind me at the teacher. "Mr. Wallace already said it was ok. I told him that we just never get to see each other anymore."
Katy's eyes pop out as she looks at me and says, "Are you freaking crazy?" She looks over my shoulder into the classroom. "First off, you don't get to call me baby anymore, ok? And second, you can't think you can waltz back into my life. I told you, I want a divorce, so I can put all this behind me!"
All my muscles tighten and I step forward, closer to her, and answer with one word: "No."
She looks confused for a minute, "No, what?"
"No divorce. I refuse to give you a divorce. I'm not dating anyone. Never gotten even close to serious, and I still love you Katy. You don't get to just sign the dotted line and be rid of me. I refuse it!" I step even closer and get face to face with her. "You are mine, Katy Warren."
A single tear rolls down her cheek and it breaks my heart as I reach out to wipe it away. "Give me another chance baby, please," I whisper, and fumble for my wallet to pull out the picture I've kept there the last four years--the picture of us at the theater just before everything went crazy. "Give that Liam and Katy their chance."
She starts full out crying, but before I can comfort her the boyfriend comes around the corner. As soon as he notices me he gives me a dirty look, and then his face is almost murderous when he sees Katy's crying.
He pulls her away from me and asks her what's wrong. I want to deck him--this was my real shot!