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Chapter Five

Chapter Five - Parents

KARA

I was laying on our bed. Kyle laid his head on my stomach and was telling me about this girl he met at lunch. I didn't want to purposely ignore him, but I was thinking about Connor's reaction about Jessica being my ex-friend. Why would he care so much? This is all so confusing.

"Earth to K!"

I snapped out of my trance and looked at Kyle. He already sat up and was looking at me with a worried expression.

"What's wrong, K? You zoned out."

"Oh, it's nothing to be worried about, Ky."

"Are you sure?"

He wasn't believing me, but I had to make sure he did. I didn't want to burden him.

"Positive," I smiled at him.

"If you say so."

He moved closer and wrapped his protective arms around me.

"Remember, if there's any problem, tell me, I'll do anything to help you."

"Always," I leaned into his warmth.

I've grown familiar with this type of embrace. I remembered my really young days in pieces, but I think my brother always held me like this to calm me down, but one thing I remembered really clearly, was how he put me to sleep.

I spent a lot of nights not wanting to sleep, so he would use two fingers to softly draw circles under my ear. I would sleep after 30 seconds of that.

Thinking about him brought tears to my eyes. He was the only biological family I had left, and he's gone. I found myself holding onto Kyle's shirt as he gently stroked my hair.

"Go to sleep, K. You need the rest."

"Okay."

He laid me nicely on the bed before laying down himself. He pecked my forehead before going to sleep.

"Good night, K."

"Good night, Ky."

***

The next day was like any other. Connor and Kyle giving each other the death glare for who knows why, him eating lunch with us, and him walking us to Kyle's car. We got there and I turned to face him.

"I'll see you tomorrow," I said.

"I actually wanna bring you somewhere."

I was surprised. First, he wanted to eat lunch with us, and now he wants to bring me somewhere?

"Where?"

"Just trust me."

Kyle placed his arms on my shoulder and stared at Connor dead in the eye.

"Wherever she goes, I follow."

CONNOR

Well, for once you need to let go.

"Just for a day. If you don't trust me after this, you can ignore me for the rest of high school."

She looked at me with those mesmerizing fucking eyes.

"Tell your mom that I'm going out, okay Ky?"

"But-"

"I'll be fine. I'll text you if anything's wrong."

Kylendaer looked at her, then me, then back at her. He pulled her into a hug.

Who does this piece of shit think he is, touching coniuge?!