Best Friend's Brother- a liam payne fanfic

Chapter Sixteen

 songs to listen to: Wanted by Hunter Hayes

KAITLYN POV

I had made up with Liam and I couldn't be happier, but the situation with my parents and their divorce has taken a toll on me. I was depressed. We had been such a happy family and now it hurts that I will never get to experience that again. All the times we eat dinner out, the movie nights, the game nights, the family trips. Gone. All of it was gone.

Erin came home today. She only had a week before she left for boarding school. I know it seems early, but this was a requirement so that the new students can have enough time to get asscociated with the campus and find their classes and get their textbooks. Which meant that the court date for the divorce and who gets custody was set for this week. I had requested emancipation.

I can take care of myself. And I will be eighteen in October, four months from now, so when Erin comes back for holidays and for summer, she can stay with me, and hopefully Liam. I plan to ask him to move in with me in a couple of months, assuming something terrible doesn't happen before then.

I was sat in my bedroom, getting ready for a date with Liam. Erin would be home in fifteen minutes and my parents, believe it or not, were both in the house waiting for my sister. They had decided that they should explain the reason for their divorce instead of havng her hear it from me. 

I brushed out my hair and put on my white Aritzia T-shirt, a floral Brandy Melville skirt, with Stuart Weitzman Booties and a blue cross necklace my sister picked out for me at Forever 21. I curled my hair a little bit, just so there were bouncy curls. By the time I was finished, Erin had arrived home.

I walked downstairs to see her. She was about four inches shorter than me. She had strawberry blonde hair(she got that from our grandmother), brown eyes, and pale skin. She was beautiful and I was proud to call her my sister.

 I sat as my parents explained to her the reason for the divorce. I stayed quiet. Something inside of me knew it was my fault. All the arguing and yelling. I felt a pang of guilt erupt in my stomach. I was so deep in thought, I didn't hear my mother call my name. "Kaitlyn?"

"Huh? Yeah, what?" I said snapping out of it.

"You are dressed nice. Where are you going?"

"I... uhm, I'm going out with some friends." I lied. I never talked to my mom about boys and I wasn't about to tell her that I was in love with my best friends brother.

"Thats nice. Is Anna going along?"

"Yeah, I am picking her up in an hour," I lied again, knowing that in the next five minutes my parents would be gone off to work.

"I'm glad you are spending time with your friends." my mom said. Her words sounded real, but her tone was so fake. Part of me didn't trust her. And how shitty is it to not trust your own mother? Pretty shitty, but whenever I thought about talking to her about my problems, I got this not so good feeling that something would happen. Something bad. But thats why I talked to Julie all the time. "Well, we have to get going. I have work and your father has to finish signing the divorce papers." She said sending him a warning glare.

"Ok. I will make dinner for Erin and I tonight." I told her.

"Good. The court date is on Thursday. Two days. Be ready, okay?"

"Yeah. Okay." I said a little irritated. As soon as they were out the door and pulling out of the drive, I pulled Erin to me and said, "I have some good news."

"And whats that," she asked.

"I talked to a lawyer. I've requested to be emancipated." She looked at me confused, clearly not knowing what the word meant. "It means, I can live on my own early, and I requested to have you in my custody. If thats all right with you? I just assumed that you wouldn't want to jump around from house to house when you start boarding school. You would only be home for such a short time. I thought you'd like it better if you stayed with me. But if not, it can easily be changed."