When Everything Collided (On Hold)

I messed up.

Fernando' POV
I'd been here before. It was always the same. The grey, walls, floors, clothing - just grey everything. Even the food.
I sighed, laying down on my bed. A year. Much longer than last time. But if you worked in the drug company, prison was always the risk. Prison and overdose. Luckily, that hadn't happened to Jordan but I knew from experience he was now extremely harmed. Nothing long term, but long enough to need a lot of care.
Teddy's not going to like that. Kate will have to be with Jordan 24/7 and Teddy won't get any time with her. Unless someone else looks after Jordan. I closed my eyes, a bad gut feeling expanding up my throat. I gulped, forcing the feeling down.
What part could Zoe really have in Teddy's life?

Zoe's POV
"We're all somewhere in the middle!" I sang along, "we're all just looking for love to change the world. What if the world stopped spinning tomorrow. Can't keep running away from who we are..... If your gay, then you're gay. If your straight then that's great."

"If you fall in-between, that's the best way to be." I jump, turning and seeing Kate smile at me.
"I didn't mean to scare you..." she says, and I sigh.
"I'm good." I say, turning back to the stove, "I'm sorry if I woke you."
"You did, but it was quite funny." She leans against the side, looking at me.
"Why?" I ask, flipping the pancake.
"Out of everyone song you choose this one." She says as the song draws to the end.
"Yeah, and..." I say, placing the pancake onto a plate.
"Well you only came out recently and you're playing gay songs already." I look over at Kate and smirk.
"Who says I wasn't playing them before?" I say pouring more batter into the pan.
Kate gives me a questioning look.
"I was by the way, playing the songs well before I came out. Just with headphones on instead." I explain.
"Oh, okay." Kate says, nodding, "but wait how long had you been in the closet then."
"Well I umm..." I sighed, bitting my lip. How could I explain this,"I started questioning it back in high school, when I started developing a crush on someone. So I guess I've been in the closet since."
"Ohhhh, who did you have a crush on?"
I blush, "I'm not saying."
"You can't bring it up and then not spill!" Kate says, pointing at me accusingly.
"Nope, not telling." I say flipping the pancake.
"Oh come on, who have I got to tell?" Kate says, staring at me.
I placed the pancake onto another plate and turned the stove off.
"Here food." I say giving Kate one of the plates.
"Changing topic are you?" She says, walking over to a bar stool. I sit down next to her.
"I'm not, I've said I'm not telling."
"No fair." Kate says, then she turns to me. A mischievous smile on her face. Then she leans forwards, attacking me. Tickling my sides. I laugh. I laugh, uncontrollably.
"Stop!" I cry.
"Tell me first." She demands, still tickling me.
"No..." I whine.
"Tell me and I promise I'll stop."
"But..." I laugh. "I can't tell you."
"Why not?" Kate tickles me more.
"Because....." I giggle, trying to push Kate's arms away but she holds strong.
"Because what?" Kate questions.
"Because it's you." I breath heavily as Kate draws her hands away.
"Oh." Was all she said.
"See, I told you." I say, trying to calm my breathing.

The room was silent. Kate sat fiddling with her food.
"I'm sorry." She mumbles, "I didn't know."
"I know you didn't know and it's fine. Just teenage hormones." I shrugged, lying.
"Yeah..." Kate sighed, "I'm going to go get dressed." She said then got up and walked out the kitchen.
Oh great, I've just fucked up another friendship. I help her out and then give her more emotional problems.

"Kate?" I ask, as I knocked lightly on the bathroom door. There was no reply. "Kate?" I ask again, worried as she'd been in there for over twenty minutes.
No reply. I place my ear up against the door, that's when I hear quiet sobs.
"Kate, are you okay?" I ask. She doesn't answer.
I sigh, reaching down and trying the handle, "I'm coming in." I state turning the handle and opening the door.
Kate sat on the floor, sobbing.
Quickly, I walk over to her, sitting down next her, pulling her into a hug. "What's wrong?" I quietly ask, stroking her back.
She just cries into my shoulder.
"Kate, I'm sorry if it's what I said..." I say, and she opens her eyes looking up at me.
"You shouldn't cry over that." I say, looking down at her. Tears still streaming out her eyes.
"I." She began, her voice breaking. She close her eyes, breathing in. Then she spoke,"I'm sorry."
She open her eyes, then sat up. Pulling out of my hug. Raising her hands and wiping away her tears.
"Kate, you have nothing to be sorry for." I state.
"But, I do." She sighs, "I... I messed up." She whispers. More tears running down her face.
"If you're on about Jordan, that's also not your fault." I say and Kate shakes her head.
"No, I'm not on about that." Kate wines, "I messed up." Then she lifts up her phone, I look at it. Seeing all the missed calls from Teddy.
"What?" I don't understand.
"I messed up, I messed up, I messed up." Kate kept repeating it now, placing her phone on the ground.
"Kate, I don't understand."
"I-I, " Kate tightened her fists, she was annoyed but with who?
"I can't hurt her feelings." Kate blurts out and I raise my eyebrow confused.
"But, I..." she raises her hand to her face, covering it.
"Kate, talk to me." I say, she was wound up over something. She shook her head, her hands still covering her face. I move forwards pulling her hands away. Holding them down. Slowly, she looks up to me.
"Kate, I'm here for you." I say and she nods, she looks down at my hands and then back up to my face. She bites her lip. I watch her carefully. Her eyes watery, her clothes from yesterday crumpled.
She looked at me, her blue eyes piercing through me. That's when I noticing her moving. I'm froze, what do I do? She's inching closer to me. Glancing at my eyes then my lips. I don't know what to-
Her lips are on mine and I panic. Pulling away.
"I-I umm..." I release my hold on her hands and Kate sits up.
"Fuck." She mumbles, "I'm sorry." She says, standing up.
"Kate, wait." I say and she ignores me turning towards the door.
"Kate!" I say demanding, climbing up to my own feet. I reach out and grab her arm, she turns.
"I-I didn't think you would..." I sigh, not really knowing what to say.
"Well neither did I, but now I have and fucked everything up." She states, "just forget it ever happened." She pulls her arm away and walks away.
"Kate, but..." I watch her walk to my door, open it and leave. What the hell just happened?