Black Abyss

Chapter 2

It's been a month since Stiles' stair accident, and a week since I hadn't seen my boyfriend. That night before we went to join the McCall/Deaton family instead of me answering directly I just kissed him. Even though me and Stiles had always acted like a couple we had never kissed, so my doing that pretty much answered his question. I wasn't sure at first if i should accept but after seeing his sad eyes and his smile fall I just couldn't say no. He was static, he ran to the dining room and yelled that me and him we're finally boyfriend and girlfriend, as I entered the room they told me that it was about time, making me blush even more than I already was.

After Frank heard of the news, me telling Lip, Ian hearing, telling Fiona, Fiona telling Ve, Carl eavesdropping, which led to him telling Frank, Kevin, Debbie, Mandy, and he even told his class that his older sister was dating a north side rich kid. Even though Stiles is from the north side, he's not rich or anything like that. Anyway, ever since Frank heard he hasn't let me out of the house, just for school. I had to call Deaton telling him I was sick in front of Frank but then texted him explaining everything, he told me not to worry and that I would still have a job when I was able to return.

To be honest I have no clue as to why Frank doesn't let me go anywhere if I'm the only member in this house besides Lip that makes a salary check every week, and have been for 6 years, 3 years in this house. Fiona always finds a way to fuck up in her jobs, and recently she slept with her boss' brother while she was dating the boss, so she obviously got fired. Now we have one less salary, and with me not going to work we aren't making it through. That's probably why Fiona and Ian had been trying to get Frank let me go to work. Not because they wanted to help me or anything, but because they needed me working to give them money.

"I'm going to let you start going to work, only because apparently we have no food or anything in this house, and that's what you're here for. But you're to be with one of your brothers at all times while you're in the north side, I don't want you seeing that boy, you understand Kennedy?" Frank came through the door smelling like shit. I wasn't surprised, he smells like that 70% of the time sometimes 90%.

"It's Kennet, Frank" I whisper turning from washing the dishes.

"What?" he says look up from rolling a joint up at the kitchen table.

"Nothing never mind, and yeah I guess I can take Lip with me if he wants, if not, I'll take Liam" I answer him.

"Alright, also when you get your check, you have to buy groceries, and you have to give me maybe, 30% of whatever you have left"

"I only make 62 dollars a week Frank, and I have to buy groceries, and pull ups for Liam. That probably only leaves me like 10 dollars for myself" I tell him.

"And I don't care, thank me that I don't take all 10 bucks, I'm letting you keep 3 bucks, thats a lot of money for a 12 year old such as you Kennedy" he smiles up at at. Lip comes into the kitchen frowning at what Frank just said.

"Fuck off Frank, it's her money and if she decides to help the house by buying some groceries it's her choice, but giving you money for drugs isn't" Lip told him standing in front of me protectively. "By the way she's 16 almost 17 and her name is Kennet, not Kennedy" he pushes past his father and up the stairs dragging me along by the wrist.He takes me into his shared room and sits me down in his bed, he sits next to me.

"Thanks" I whisper, trying not to cry, the weight of not seeing my 2 best friends in a week, being stuck in this house full of dumb misfits and my confrontation with Frank overwhelming me. I'm 90% of the time overwhelmed by my feelings, thats what its like for me living here.

"No problem baby, don't cry, Frank's not worth it" he tells me while taking me into his arms, while laying down in the bed, pulling me down with him. I start crying into his neck.

"I'm not crying over Frank, Lip" I say pulling away from him so I can look him in the eye. "I'm crying because first time I have a boyfriend and I'm forbidden from seeing him, he also happens to be one of my best friends and has been of 5 years. I have also been forbidden to see my other best friend of 6 years, and I wasn't able to go to work for a week" I hiccup.

"And now that I can go back, I'm still forbidden to see Stiles and am only allowed to go to work because I'm a piggy bank to all of our siblings, I'm tired of living like this Lip, you have no idea, I'm so tired of living here that I'm starting to think that living with mom wasn't so bad. Over at mom's I only had to feed myself, and give her 20 dollars a week for herself, here I have to feed 5 people 2 of which are capable of working but stupid enough not to hold a damn job, both because they slept with their bosses"

"You and I are the only ones that work, and they aren't even grateful, Fiona just takes and doesn't give, Ian just plainly doesn't give a shit, Debbie thinks she can ask me for money whenever she wants with the excuse that her life is miserable and she wants a candy to make her 'Life a little more bearable', Carl is too young to work, yet doesn't thank us that we give him food, and Liam is a baby that doesn't really talk but even him shows me how grateful he is" I ramble and ramble and ramble on, Lip only listening to me waiting for me to finish.

After a few moments of silence I finally say. "Okay I'm done" and cuddle back into my big brothers' chest.

"Alright, that has probably been the longest ramble you have ever thrown at me in the 3 years I've known you, and I mean for the few months that you lived here after birth you were pretty bitchy to me" he chuckles a bit, making me smile.

"But about Stiles, don't worry about it baby girl. I'll let you see him, I'll be the one to go with to the animal clinic everyday after school and I'll even just walk around to leave you alone with your boyfriend" he hugs me tighter. "But also warn him about Frank, he cannot come over here Ken. Before I came home from Karen's house I bumped into him and Scott, they were walking in hoodies and glasses. The south side isn't a place for them, Kennet. You must tell them not to come visit you. If they get caught and get themselves hurt, I can't help them" he whispers.

"I'll tell them, thanks Lip. For everything, you're probably the only blood family I have, because the rest of the Gallaghers' pretty much hate me and are hated back. Well you and Liam" I pull away just to kiss his cheek before laying down again. Closing my eyes starting to drift off into an unconscious filled world.

"No need to thank me Ken" is the last thing I hear and a kiss to my forehead is the last I feel before knocking out completely in my big brothers' arms.

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A heart to heart between Kennet and Lip. Nice nice.

-Sarai

All right to Jeff Davis and Paul Abbott.