Onward and Upward ||Colby Brock fanfic||

Chapter {25}

Virginia again.

I was shaking. Fear building up like a brick wall inside of me.

I'm outside at my old house, it's Christmas Day. Colby's grandmother ended up getting sick, so his family went to visit her.

Colby suggested we should go visit my family instead.

I denied at first but then I realized I haven't seen them in so long. Last time I saw my little brother was in the summer when I moved with Nicole to California.

Wanted to see my little brother Kendall so bad, but I would have to go through my evil stepmother first.

I was dreading when I would have to do that, and now I have to.

"Are you sure you're ok with this?" Colby asked grabbing my hand for comfort and reassurance.

I nodded bleakly and looked at the door in front of me. It seemed like a battle, in my mind of course.

I knocked on the door quietly, feeling the cold glass of the door against my knuckles, it was such a nostalgic feeling.

I saw the door swing open and I was met with the eyes of my father.

He looked shocked at first. Almost like he didn't believe I was actually there. That I was just some hologram and I wasn't real.

He smiled tears welling up in his eyes.

"You've grown so much." My father's voice echoed throughout the house.

I merely nodded and looked over to see Kendall coming down the stairs. He didn't see me yet, but I was so happy to see him.

I smiled my own tears welling up in my eyes.

"Kendall." I said to almost like a whisper, but loud enough for him to hear me. Because he looked over to where I was standing.

"Kenzie!" He shouted with his arms spread wide open ready to break out into a sprint.

My father stepped aside so I could get a full look at him before he went full speed towards me.

I bent down and gave him the biggest hug I think I've ever given. He was so small like I remembered, but he had grown since I last saw him too.

He is getting older, and so am I. I never realized how much I missed him until now.

"I missed you so much." He whispered in my ear, only so I could hear. I smiled and broke the hug.

"So the snot rag is back in town I see."

Looked up to see my arch nemesis a.k.a. my stepmom Theresa.

She gave me a wicked frown and turned to the kitchen.

"You know I've saved a lot of money since you left. Maybe you should leave now before I have to call the police." She said in the evilest tone I've ever heard of her cruel mouth.

Her words spit fire as I sat there.

"But this was my house before yours. This was my family before it was yours. And you can't take that away from me. I have no restraining order so I should be fine on my own property." I grinned as I glared at her.

"But that doesn't mean I can't get one now. And that doesn't mean I want you on my property that is mine now."

"Hey now don't you think that's a little unfair. I mean it's your own daughter of course ,not your flesh and blood but by marriage. I mean you guys are mother and daughter......kind of." Colby said uncalled for. I gave him a look that said "shut up before you get killed by the evil cracked lady"

He wasn't looking at me though he was looking at Theresa.

I gave Kendall goodbye hug and kiss, and I grab Colby's hand and led him out the door.

"Are you crazy you could've got us killed." I said in a strict tone as we walked down the street together.

"Don't you think you're over exaggerating a little bit? I mean she wouldn't kill you or me." He said nudging me.

Well apparently he doesn't know his own strength because he shoved me into the busy street.

I looked around to hear honking everywhere. I remember, her hair flowing as she was paralyzed in place. She stood like a deer in headlights, defenseless to her own fate. In a split second she was gone.

I felt a hand grab my own and pull me back to the sidewalk.

Seconds before a car hit me.

Colby was still holding my hand and looking at the with a shocked face.

"I-I'm sorry I'm sorry I didn't know that wo-"

"Shut up." I said laughing and pulling him along the sidewalk.

"It's not like I got hit or anything, but you should be a bit more careful where you horseplay you know." I said chuckling and grabbing his hand.

He just laughed nervously and apologized again.

I pulled him into a nearby coffee shop me and my mother used to go to when I was just a kid.

We'd have girl talk while I drank Coke in a mug because I was too young to have coffee.

I breathed in the same familiar scent of the shop and had a moment of pure happiness.

"Is that you?" I heard Colby ask, snapping me out do my trance.
I looked over to where he was pointing.

The shop was covered in heart warming photos of the customers that went there.

Since me and my mom were regulars they got a picture of us in the middle of my mom and I laughing.

It was a proud memory I had as a child.

I was about 14 when the picture was taken. My mom died later that year. And my dad married Theresa when I was 16.

Tears welled up at how much I looked like my mother. We had the same eyes and nose but I had dads full lips instead of moms thin ones.

I remember people always asking if she was my older sister.

"Yea that's was me and my mother 2 months before she died." I said my smile faltering.

"I'm sorry but may I ask how she died?" He asked calmly, being careful to be gentle.

"We were on our way to this very coffee shop. We had to drive up a mountain to get there though. Our car ran out of gas so she pulled over while we were still on the mountain. We both got out but I sat in the grass and watched her cross the street to get cell service to call someone. It was like slow motion. She was in the middle of the rode. She looked back at me unaware. She looked forward. Like a deer in head lights. Her hair flowing in the breeze. She was hit by a car right in front of my very eyes. And in a second she was gone." As I finished I noticed the warm tears flowing down my cheeks.

"I miss you mom." I whispered to the picture on the wall.