𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 || 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

CHAPTER 17 - truth

"you don't get it... you and dad were who i looked up to. every time you left for a short period of time, dad always told me that you were just out with your friends. those time periods got long and longer, until you never came home." i say, staring at her. her facial expressions soften, realizing how much she hurt me. "i was the chore... the job you didn't want to do. to me, you were everything... everything and more!" i yell, making a fist with my hands from frustration. "i'm sorry i hurt you y/n, but i did it to protect you." she replies calmly. i scoff, rolling my eyes.

i shut myself in the room, locking the door. tears form down my cheeks, and i lay in bed, covers all the way up. i take out my phone, going to text kate.

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kate

kate can we talk

please

i'll explain everything to you

kate??

you have every right to not respond

but please just hear me out

kate seriously

can i come over?

i'm sorry

when someone doesn't respond

it usually means you stop texting

you're right

but can we talk?? please?? 

delivered 15 minutes

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2 days later

i get ready for school after not going for a few days, not going into the kitchen to have breakfast to avoid mom and her son, who i found was named evan. "are you going to have breakfast, y/n?" she yells from the kitchen. "not hungry." i partly lie, walking to the garage. 

i walk into maths late, sitting next to peter as mj was sitting next to kate. "why weren't you here? you never answered my texts." peter asks. "family problems." i say vaguely, taking everything out. 

i sit on the bleachers by myself at lunch, watching people train on the track fields. never realized how relaxing this was. i hear someone beside me and i turn, seeing will walk over to me. "hey, y/n!" he says, sitting next to me, out of breath. "hi will." i respond, still looking out to the fields. "you okay? why aren't you with kate and that?" he says. "just... needed some time to myself." i reply and he nods understandably. "why're you here?" i ask. "oh, i was just training down there. i saw you up here so i figured to come up." he says.

i run up to kate as she walks down the steps, stopping beside her. no avoiding me now, kate. kate stops, looking at me. "explain then." she says, straight up. "explain how your mom rose from the dead." she continues. "how long have you been waiting to bring it up?" i ask. "oh i dont know, ever since i saw her at your house, well, not dead?" she says, slightly angry. i take a sigh, realizing this is where she'll think of me different. "listen, i'm sorry, okay? but i hate to say this but i'm not sorry you didn't know the truth," i start out, "because that would mean you would know about her mental health issues, her drug problems, and how she abandoned me." i say, kate listening. " i told the lie because it was easier than telling the truth. but once you say something like that, how do you unsay it? you sound like a fucking psycho at that point." i say, looking down as i feel my eyes start to water. "everyone has such high expectations for me, high grades, perfect house, perfect family. but little do they know..." i trail off. kate takes a few seconds to take everything in, looking around. "you didn't have to lie to me, y/n..." kate says, softly. "i would've understood." she says.

kate and i sit across from the table at a coffee shop, stirring my hot chocolate. "so now they're both at my house." i end off. "are you still talking to them?" she says. "i try and avoid them. i'll have dinner in my room and only go down if it's necessary. it's not like they come knocking down my door, they know i need time to... adjust. who knows how long they're staying for, apparently my mom's been sober for years now." i say, taking a sip. "i think... it's best if you talk to them. you're going to have to at some point, right?" kate advises. i nod agreeing, looking up. "enough about me,  how are you?" i ask, and kate and i keep eye contact. it's hard not to get completely mesmerized in her blue eyes, but i snap out of it when she starts talking. "it's good, jack and i are finally on good terms. like we clicked as a step-dad step-daughter." she says. i smile, nodding slightly. "anything else happening?" i ask. "no, nothing else." she replies.

kate and i sit on the grass on a small hill , watching the sunset in silence. "thank you for understanding." i say, breaking it. "yeah, of course. like my mom always says, always give people second chances. you never know what they're dealing with." kate says. "you mom seems like such a sweet person." i say, and kate smiles, moving towards me as our knees touch. "she is, when she wants to be." kate says and i chuckle. we sit in silence again, and kate rests her head again my shoulder. it feels like a weight lifts off me, and i smile to myself, watching the sunset. my phone vibrates and i take it out of my pocket, and kate slowly lifts her head off my left shoulder. quickly, i get my right hand and place it on her jaw, gently pushing it back on my shoulder. kate smiles, adjusting her head on my shoulder. i turn on my phone, reading the message from dad. "when are you coming home?"  the text reads. "not sure, why?"  i respond. "no reason."  he replies. i turn my phone off, placing it on the grass in front of me. "sorry." i say quietly, watching the sun.

"do you need to go home at a certain time?" i say, checking the time as it shows 6:32. "no, i can go home whenever you want." kate replies. "do you wanna grab dinner? i'll drive you home after." i say, and kate agrees. she lifts her head off my shoulder and i stand up, offering my hand to kate. kate's hand connect with mine, and i pull her up. i wait for kate to let go of my hand, but it doesn't. i keep our hands connected, and we walk to the other side of the small field to my car, hand in hand.

a/n - please remember to vote! i didn't wanna keep the drama for too long lol