Chapter 12: Kara’s POV
I was angry and upset. I didn’t know where I was going, I didn’t have a clue, all I knew was that I wanted to get away. Summer finally caught up with me, ‘Summer, im sorry but I just really want to be left alone’ I spoke quietly. ‘Come on, I’ll take you to this place I go when I really need to think about stuff’ Summer smiled before taking my hand and dragging me towards the tube station. I know she was my sister and was just trying to help but we were just too different, I didn’t know how to get on with her anymore.
We finally entered a huge park; I looked around at my surroundings. ‘Where are we’ I questioned. Summer just laughed before turning towards me whilst walking backwards and taking my hands. ‘Hyde Park, silly. London has big open spaces too, you know’ she grinned. I giggled and bowed my head in embaressment. Summer finally dragged me to a big Peter Pan statue. ‘The boy who never grew up’ she whispered. ‘Don’t you just wish you didn’t have to grow up sometimes?’ Summer continued. ‘Most of the time’ I answered with a whisper. We sat down on the bench overlooking the statue. ‘So…. Whats going on with you and Taylor’ Summer questioned. I raised an eyebrow at her before replying; ‘She’s my bestfriend’. Summer rolled her eyes as if to say shes not stupid. ‘It would have been our first date tonight but she has been my best friend since I was six’ I smiled. ‘Wow, so you have always been close, I wish I could have someone like that, I don’t even have a best friend’.
I smiled slightly, ‘so… are you into girls or guys’, she giggled and bowed her head as she blushed. ‘I don’t know, ive never been with either’ she said in response. ‘no way! You are 17 and have never been with anyone?!’ I exclaimed. ‘Nope, why is that so hard to believe? I’m not pretty or anything’ Summer questioned. ‘Yeah, you are. You just need to make an effort and girls and guys will be lining up. I’ll take you shopping tomorrow, ok?’ I smiled. ‘Ok’ she grinned.
I continued to stare at the statue with a small smile on my face. Maybe there was hope for me and Summer yet. I was actually looking quite forward to our shopping trip tomorrow. I looked up at the sky, ‘Summer come lie with me’ I said, I got up and laid on the ground, Summer came and lay next to me. Together we stared up at the stars, it was a beautiful night and the sky was really clear. I imagined that I was flying with Peter Pan to Never Never Land and didn’t have to grow up. Maybe then my life would be less complicated.
Kim’s POV
I held Cheryl as she cried. I didn’t know how she had coped bringing up Kara on her own and I knew that she would blame herself for the way she had turned out. Taylor had gone up to bed and Sarah was currently sitting on the sofa looking towards me with sympathetic eyes. ‘Sssshhh, they’ll be ok babe. Summer knows London like the back of her hand’ I whispered in a soothing tone. ‘Is it my fault’ Cheryl asked. ‘No babes, of course not, come here’ I said as I wrapped my arms around her to try and calm her down.
I slowly took Cheryl’s hand and pulled her up off the sofa before leading her upstairs. ‘Babe, what…’ Cheryl started, ‘Don’t worry, I just think you should crash here tonight, you can go into the guest room if you want’ I smiled, showing that I understood where she was coming from. ‘To be honest, Id rather stay with you tonight’ she whispered, looking a bit embaressed at her admission. ‘No problem babe, come on, I’ll find you some pyjamas’ I smiled. After giving her one of my old t-shirts and tucking her up in bed, I gave her a kiss on the forehead before making my way back downstairs. Sarah smiled at me once id walked back into the front room. ‘You ok’ she asked. ‘Yeah, bit worried about Chez though’ I smiled slightly.
‘So….’ Sarah stated raising an eyebrow at me. I giggled, ‘So….’ I replied back with the exact same expression on my face. ‘Oh come on Kimba, I want details! How was it? Did you have a good time? Did you make out? Did you do it on the London Eye coz ive always wanted too!’ she almost screamed in excitement. ‘Sarah’ I screeched. ‘What?! Atleast give me something!’ She complained. I laughed before replieing; ‘it was nice, I had an amazing time, I think she enjoyed herself. I mean, we need to talk, theres so much to talk about, I don’t just wanna jump back in at the deep end, if we do start again properly, I wanna take it slowly but we need to talk first which we may have got round to doing if it wasn’t for this mess’. Sarah was grinning like a cheshire cat, ‘So… Did you kiss her?’ She screeched again. ‘Ow Sarah, you are going to give me a headache but no we didn’t, not really’ I sighed. ‘What do you mean not really’ Sarah questioned. ‘Well we shared a peck on the lips and that was it, but we did kiss at lunch earlier’ I smiled. ‘Awwwwwwwwww you guys are so cute’ Sarah grinned. I rolled my eyes at Sarah’s over enthusiasm. ‘God you seem more excited about this than I am’ I giggled. ‘No im just glad you are happy. You guys were always made for eachother. And im so glad Chez is back’ Sarah smiled. ‘Wow, you actually have a heart’ I smirked before Sarah sent a cushion flying my way which hit me square in the face. ‘You *Female Dog*’ I screamed before collapsing in a fit of giggles.
Suddenly the front door opened as Summer crept in dragging Kara behind her. I looked over towards the door and raised my eyes towards my eldest daughter. ‘We were in Hyde Park’ Summer whispered. I just nodded my head in response. ‘Taylors in the guest room, Kara can either go in with her or in with you’ I stated. Kara just looked towards Summer and nodded. ‘Im sorry mum’ Kara finally whispered. ‘It’s not me you need to be appologising to’ I smiled. Kara just nodded before turning to make her way upstairs. Summer sighed and glanced towards me, ‘Can I go shopping with Kara tomorrow’ she asked. ‘mmm You will have to ask your mam, Kara is supposed to be ground which was probably made worst by tonights events’ I stated. Summer just nodded before heading upstairs herself. Sarah smiled before getting up, ‘Im going to head off’. ‘Ok babe, I’ll speak to you tomorrow’ I replied before showing her out and then joining Cheryl in bed.
I was laid flat out on my back nervous as hell. Why was I so nervous, we were just sharing a bed, it wasn’t as if we were doing anything. However, I don’t think we had ever shared a bed and not had sex. Even before we got together officially, we ended up sleeping together. This was just different. I don’t think I got any sleep that night. How long was this taking things slow business going to last if I was struggling to keep my hands to myself now? And it did not help that the cover had been pushed almost completely off her and her t-shirt had began to ride up showing almost the complete extent of her thigh.
