The N-Files
Chapter 1: Kayla returns
Notes: I didn't want Kayla to leave, so I brought her back. I know this is a crappy chapter, but it does get better.
Dedication: jackieleanne, for being such a helpful critic
Kayla Thomas looked out the hostel window. Baby Ashley was snoozing in her cot, which was really just the top of her pram taken off the frame. Not 5 miles away was the gentle suburb of Erinsborough. The only place where she had friends. Anthony had been murdered in a run in with drug dealers. The hostel was a nightmare. A spot of rain soaked Kayla's head, and she knew what she had to do. As quietly as possible, she fixed Ashley's pram to the frame, packed her few belongings, and since her room was on the ground floor, she slid everything out of the door, and ran away from the shelter, to the Hoyland's place. They wouldn't want her back, but she was desperate.
Just then, Kayla saw a sight that made her almost throw up. A green light, splashing blood, and….
Kayla was terrified and ran the rest of the way.
The doorbell rang, early the next morning. Steph , clad in a yellow dressing gown, and clutching some toast, stumbled to the door. She got a shock and a half, when she saw Kayla, and Ashley on the doorstep. Kayla was crying and looked exhausted.
" Kayla!" Steph exclaimed, a note of delight and surprise in her voice. " What are you doing here?"
Gasping, Kayla tried to explain." Anthony was murdered, so we went to the hostel. But the conditions were so awful, they made Ashley ill, mice and leaking roofs. I just gave up."
Steph took pity on her, and invited her in. Summer came downstairs, and Kayla steadied herself. " Hi, Summer. How was music school?"
Summer also steadied herself. " It was great. How are you and Ashley?"
Unfortunately for Kayla, Boyd was also coming downstairs. He spotted Kayla and stopped dead in his tracks. Kayla knew Boyd would never forgive her for running away. She was right. Boyd was angry. Very angry. He lost it.
" What the hell are you doing back here!" he snapped at Kayla.
" Listen, Boyd," Steph began, but Boyd interrupted her. " No, you listen. Kayla wrecked our lives, by running away, and I for one am not glad to see her back!"
As dignified as possible, Boyd stormed to the kitchen for breakfast. Kayla sank on to the stairs in shock. She knew Boyd would be unhappy to see her, but she didn't expect that. A thought about the horrible sight she had seen crossed her mind, and she had to confide in Steph, although she expected her to not believe her.
Steph however did believe her. She confided in Kayla that she had seen that as well, when she was 16 years old. The same age as Kayla