Her Red Lips (Kaylor fanfic)

Chapter 21

I opened my eyes to see Taylor holding my hand while sitting next to me. She was kind of pale and her eyes were closed. I put my other hand on her cheek and then she opened her eyes.

"Karlie," she whispered in a tone of relief. She lent in and gently pecked my lips and sadly smiled as she pulled back. Then it hit me.

My mother is dead.

"Is she awake yet?" I heard Cara's worried voice.

"What else did Kristine say?" I shouted out as I sat up instantly. I was utterly frustrated and confused. I didn't have any family. My sister? Well, we were not close which is very obvious.

"Never mind," Cara said as she suddenly appeared before us.

"She said that she wanted to let you know the rest not through anyone else, so you should call her," Cara said but before she could finish talking I immediately started searching for my phone. When I found it I called Kristine.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Karlie I think this is gonna a be a bit hard for you to take in but I will try my best to soften it," I stood up and went out of the dorm. I began pacing up and down the lonely hallway.

"Just tell me,"

"There is this small family secret,"

"First I wanna know how mom..."

"Okay, Karlie I'll tell you that first... mom got into a car accident and she was in the hospital for a week... but she couldn't pull through-"

"Wait! She was in the hospital for a week? Why didn't I know about it?"

"I'm sorry Karlie, in her serious condition I couldn't think about anyone except her and I forgot to call you,"

"How..."

It's not her fault she just wanted to take of mom...

"I'm sorry, Karls,"

"No, I'm not angry with you, I'm just sad,"

"Are you sure you're not angry with me?"

"Yes,"

"So can I now tell you about the secret?"

"Go on,"

"Ugh, Kurt never meant to leave us,"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, mom cheated on him," I pressed my back against the wall.

"What?!"

"But mom also loved us a lot but he couldn't live with her as it just was eating him up, so mom said that it was best that he left but he still sent money for our needs," I slowly slid down the wall onto the ground.

"I don't know if I should be angry with him or sympathize, or should I be angry with mom?"

"Karlie, you should come back to town and see him, he's coming for the funeral,"

"I don't know why I should,"

"Please just come,"

"Okay..."

"It's this Saturday, and take care of yourself, okay,"

"Uh-huh, bye,"

"Bye," I hung up.

I stood up and entered my dorm and saw that Cara was sitting on the edge of her bed. She stood up and hugged me. I stood motionless but let her warmth pierce me. She pulled away.