I Need to Know

Chapter 2

Just a minor note that there will be sexual content in this chapter (and the story as a whole).

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Kellin felt like shit.

His morning started with being accidentally woken by Kate as she got up to go pick up the kids. Head pounding, Kellin took the painkillers he was handed by Kate before she kissed him and headed off.

He downed the rest of the glass of now stale water, and managed to pull on a pair of boxers before passing out again. He didn't sleep for long.

When Kate came home, Kellin was back over the toilet, throwing his guts up. She came up the stairs with Copeland in her arms.

"Ewww!"

Kellin looked up at his wife's worried expression, and his daughter's slightly grossed out one.

"Are you sick, Daddy?"

Wiping his mouth with toilet paper, Kellin gave a reassuring grin. "Don't worry Cope. Daddy's okay."

Feeling like the nausea had finally passed he got up, flushed the toilet, made use of the mouthwash once again, and quickly brushed his teeth.

They walked out of the bathroom and Kellin sat back on the bed, his headache only slightly lessened from when he first woke up.

Kate put Copeland on the bed next to him, and she quickly climbed over onto his lap for a hug. Kellin held her close.

"Hey baby girl. Did you have a good time at Grandma and Grandpa's?"

"Yeah!" Copeland replied excitedly. Kate went back downstairs, as Copeland told Kellin all about what she did.

She was happily chattering away when Kellin's text notification went off. He leaned over to the night stand and picked up seeing it was a text from Vic.

V: hey! You up yet?

Kellin typed out a quick response. He had almost forgotten.

Yeah, I'm awake. Got a hell of a hangover though.

V: Hah, I told you not to drink so much. You still okay to meet up?

Yeah, I think I'll be okay. Maybe take another pain killer.

V: As long as you're sure. You want me to come pick you up?

Yeah, sounds good to me.

V: Alright. I'll head over soon then. ETA is probably a half hour.

Kk. See you then.

Kellin put his phone back down and picked Copeland up, carrying her downstairs.

"Hey Kate." He walked into the living room, putting the young girl down. Copeland immediately ran over to some toys she had out on the floor.

"I forgot I made some plans today. Vic is coming to pick me up."

"Oh?" Kate looked up from the magazine she had been reading. "You sure that's a good idea?"

"I should be fine. He'll be on his way soon though, so I'm gonna go get ready."

With that, Kellin headed upstairs to his room. He decided on taking a shower and stripped himself of his boxers before entering.