Algebra and irish;) (student/teacher)

Chapter 47

Chapter 47--------------------------------------------------------------------They had rushed off as soon as the plane had touched down. They where now in a cab speeding toward Alex's childhood home. All the painful memories were banging at the door of her brain but Alex forced them back. She didn't have time to focus on herself. She had to get Kate back. She instructed the taxi driver to park a block away so her father couldn't see them coming.

" I'll go in. You two have to stay out here."

"what? No!" Luke interrupted

"Luke you can't come with me! He'll see you. I can sneak in the window and get her. I've snuck in and out of this house plenty"

He gave her a questioning look which she ignored.

"if something happens to you" he began. Laying his hand tenderly on her cheek.

"it wont" she assured.

She turned to start jogging toward the house.

"lass?"

She turned to see Collin staring after her pleading with his eyes.

"bring her back to me?"

Alex felt her heart soften for the boy. She knew if she opened her mouth a sob would escape. So she just nodded and hurried off in the houses direction.

When she reached the old oak tree right beside her old bedroom window she took her jacket off and started the climb. A couple splinters and some curses later she managed to propel herself from the tree onto the steep slip of roof close to her window. She managed to pry the window open and slip inside without much noise. She cursed herself for not checking the garage first to see if her father was even home. She opened the door and crept down the hallway toward Kate's room. She paused at the door listening closely and all she could hear was water running in Kate's adjoining shower.

She quickly opened the door and slipped inside. Her bedroom was empty but she could see either Kate or their father had lost their temper in the room. Kate's bed was in a mess the dresser was knocked over. There were multiple broken glass vases and whatnots strown all over the room. The steam from the bathroom was over flowing through the cracked door into the bedroom. Alex poked her head in the bathroom and could barley see two feet in front of her.

"Kate?" she whispered quietly.

No response.

"katelyn!" Alex tried again using her full name.

No response.

She finally made her way over to the shower and jerked the door open. Alex couldn't surpress the blood curling scream that made its way out of her throat. It was her worse nightmare. Worse than any horror movie she had ever witnessed. There was so much blood she could smell it in the air.

There in the shower lay her fully clothed little sister soaked to the bone and bleeding from her wrists.

"KATE! KATE WAKE UP!" Alex screamed bending down to shake her sister.

"Kate please" Alex said sobbing. She ran grabbing a towel pressing the fabric to her sisters gaping wounds in an attempt to stop to bleeding. Alex heard her sisters bed room bang open and she turned around with murder clear in her eyes.

Her father stood at the shower door his eyes cold as ice as he stared at his possibly dying daughter.

"see what you've done" he mummbled.

Alex wrapped Kate's arms in the towel and hauled her up into her arms. The adrenaline making her seem like a feather. As she walked past her father she stared in his eyes.

" If she dies I'll cut your heart out myself" she hissed.

"put my daughter down!" he roared grabbing her arm almost making her drop Kate.

"get your hands off me you bastard! She needs a hospital and you will not stop me from helping her!"

Alex heard the snap before she felt it. Her father had struck her across the face again and she'd landed through the door and into Kate's bedroom. Her sister was still limp on top of her but Alex could feel her blood boiling. She knew her only chance to get Kate to safety. She quickly got up and ran to the window. Without having time to open it she put all her force into banging and screaming at the two figures in her back yard. Before either could look up she felt her fathers hand wrap around her hair And jerk her back to the floor.

"your mother left me." he sneered.

Besides the pain and the worry Alex worked up a smile.

"good. You deserve to die alone"

Alex's head snapped to the side and he punched her temple. Her vision was swimming and spots were starting to interrupt her eye sight. She was facing Kate's unconscious form on the floor. Alex then noticed Kate's left eye was swollen shut and her lip was split.

"I'm sorry. I love you" she whispered right before she felt her fathers boot heel hit her ribs and everything went black.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------