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THE HVAC WASN'T WORKING. YET another problem on top of all the other problems that The Bear was having, because why would anything in life be simple for the employees of the restaurant? Kitty knew that a lot of corners were cut when Mikey was in charge, but she didn't realise just how many corners had been cut and what an issue it all would be in the future, aka, right fucking now.
And that is how Kitty had found herself still at The Bear in the late hours of the evening with Sugar, Richie, Syd and Neil. Although, there was a part of her that was glad about it. The day before when Ben had arrived at the restaurant with no warning it had left Kitty shaken up. Worried that he would find her flat, maybe follow her from The Bear, and corner her when she was completely alone. She hadn't slept the whole night, lying wide awake in bed, her eyes widening and breathing halting whenever she would hear a car driving by slowly or parking up near her apartment building.
But Ben hadn't come back.
He showed no sign of coming back.
But until she knew for sure that he wasn't in Chicago, Kitty knew she wouldn't be able to sleep or even be alone in her own home, but she was Katie Fak, after all, and she refused to tell anyone about how she felt, not wanting anyone to worry and certainly not wanting to be a burden on anyone who would have to come stay with her for a few nights. She just hoped the anxiety would slowly dwindle away and in the meantime, she was the first one to volunteer to stay the night to help out. And unlike most people in her situation, secretly hoping that things would take the whole night. That was until Sugar and Richie began to go at each other, just like usually.
She sighed and rubbed her forehead. Closing her eyes as she tried her best to block out their shouts, which was pretty much impossible to do. She stood beside Sydney, the two of them standing in between Sugar and Richie, hoping they could defuse the argument or at least calm them down enough to keep the yelling and anger to a minimum. Whilst Neil stayed back, too scared to get involved, but with watchful eyes.
"--'cause you are irresponsible!"
"Natalie, I'm trying to fuckin' help!" Richie yelled back.
"This is unacceptable!" Sugar yelled back at him, shaking her head.
"Unaccep-- It's called bein' proactive!"
"Okay, what were you thinking?!" Sugar screamed. Her face getting redder by the second.
Kitty walked over to stand by her friend, placing her hand on the blonde's shoulder, hoping she could calm her down. Out of everyone there Sugar was the one that shouldn't be getting this heated about anything. It wasn't fair on her and her body that was growing another person inside.
