Stay With Me (by V.A.R)

CHAPTER THREE

Kara hears a voice coming from the hallway, but she is still sleepy so she doesn't understand what it says or who is it.
A minute later Mike enters to Kara's room trying not to make any noise so she will not wake-up, but Kara is a light-sleeper so she woke up the minute she heard voices in the hallway.
"So... can I help you?" she says opening her eyes and stretching.
"Sorry I didn't mean to wake you up, but Jenna called and she is in the airport and she sounded frustrated... I don't know, I'm just looking for the keys of your car, mine doesn't work." Kara notices that Mikes is shaking and his voice sounds desperate.
"They are here." she takes them from her night-stand "I'll go with you." she says, getting up her bed.
"You don't have to." he says and grabs the keys from Kara's hand.
"Oh, I'm coming." she puts some shorts, a t-shirt and a pair of flip flops and they both get out of the house.
Already in the car, Kara sees the hour and realizes it is 7:05am and she first thinks that this has been the earliest that she has wake up this summer and thinks 'what is Jenna doing on the airport at this hour and today? And why will she need Mike's help?'
"What's going on with Jenna?" she asks and Mike opens his mouth to say something and closed it without answering "Is she drinking again?" she asks worry.
Jenna had drinking problems in the past year.
She went to rehab and everything and for now she was doing great, but Mike knows both of his sisters' well and the way Jenna talked to him on the phone was the way she talked when she is drunk.
He doesn't want to alarm Kara, but he doesn't want to lie to her either, so he nods and without looking at Kara he says "or that's what I think."
"What did she told you over the phone?"
"That she was at the airport and she asked me if I could look for her."
"And why is she early?" he shrugs and says frustrated "I don't know."
"Why are you early?"
"Kara I don't want to talk right now."
"Oh no, don't quote mom please. Tell me why both of you are early."
Mike stops because of the red light and looks at Kara in the eyes "I don't know why she is early-."
"But-?"
"But I'm early because I had a call from dad and mom and they were talking about taking you to boarding school." the light switched to green and he drives again.
She gapes and says angry "What!!!"
"They are worry about you and they think it's better for you if you go far away from here, for a year." he says trying to calm her, but the angry expression on Kara's face told him that he didn't help her so he continues "I would not let them do that before I saw how you were and for me you are fine, when I found your note I was so relief. Start changing how you behave in front mom and dad because they have that idea from some weeks now."
"Does Jenna know?" she says whispering.
"They told Jenna that they were thinking it the last day she was at home before going to New York, and she told me she tried to change your mind but that she didn't tell you exactly. I found out yesterday, and I came here to stop mom and dad and to help you."
"God! They are unbelievable, I don't see them or talk to them all summer and they want to be 'caring parents' for once in their whole freaking life and they are planning to take me to a boarding school"
"They are trying to help." he assures her.
"Do you think that's help? Help is to be with me. They've never asked how I am doing with the whole Austin situation. They just acted like nothing has happened." she says rolling her eyes.
Kara has a mix feelings, anger toward her parent's choice, sadness for them not being with her, happiness for having the most amazing brother and it makes her want to break something and at the same time to cry and scream until she doesn't has any voice.
"I didn't know I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault."
"I know, but I know how it is to have them as parents and it sucks." Kara grimace in response and they stay in silence for a while.
A phone rings and Kara checks her phone and it's a call from Jorge and she answers it "Hey."
"Hi, how are you?" She stills hates that question, but this time she answers it "Good, what's up?"
"Well, I'm planning to have a party at my house. Would you like to come?" normally she will say no and she was about to but she thinks about boarding school and she is definitely not going to a boarding school so she says "Sure, when?"
"Around nine o'clock. Adam will be there, he likes you."
"I don't think that, he is just new and wants friends."
"Yeah right, I'm telling you he couldn't shut up asking questions about you."
"What questions?" she asks worry thinking what did Adam asked and what Jorge told him.
"Where were you all summer and all kind of stuffs, but don't worry I didn't tell him anything is not my place to say those stuffs, that's why I gave him your phone number, hope that's okay."
"Oh yeah, I saw he wrote me last night. I forgot about it, I didn't answer to him, it was late and I wanted to sleep."
"Well, you'll see him tonight, see you later."
"Okay, see you." she hangs up.
"Who was it?" Mike asks frowning with his eyes on the road.
       "Oh, it was Jorge. He invited me to his party tonight, I said yes."
"Yeah I noticed... did you say yes because of the boarding school?"
"Yes. I will not let them get rid of me so easy, if they want to see I've move on then I'll act like I did."
"I'm kind of glad you said that." he says relieve.