I deleted finding home and I only have one chapter of along came Kate.
"What's wrong with you baby girl?" Johanna asked her daughter Kate who was seating on the lounge picking at the thread on her jumper.
"His marrying her mom,"
"I'm sorry Katie I know this divorce has been hard on you but you've always wanted a sibling,"
"He hates me,"
"You just need to get to know each other,"
"I won't let her replace her mom,"
"It's okay baby she won't" Johanna pulled her into a hug.
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"How are you Katie?" Jim asked his daughter as they drove in the car.
"Hmm..let me think..I still hate you,"
Kate pulled her earphones and started listening to her music.
"So how was the weekend with your mother?" Jim asked.
He waited a minute for an answer but when he looked over to see Kate listening to her music.
"Okay silence is golden," Jim said to himself.
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"Javier baby," Lori called out to her son from the patio outside.
"What?" Javier snapped walking outside.
"Please Javier not day,Kate and Jim are coming today and I want them to feel welcome,"
"Kate hate's us anyway,"
"Please Javier Please just for me" Her mother begged looking at him.
"Okay but only for you,"
"Thank you,"
/
Kate looked around the upstairs decorated house that her dad and Lori brought together as a sign of their new life.
The house that Lori and her dad had brought was a ran down house that was about to fall down now it was a house with creamy coloured wall,wooden furniture and picture frames of flowers on the walls.
The house was dull and boring and looked better when it was ran down in her option.
Kate heard footsteps coming from the steps and was walking towards her.
"Hey that's where you went," Lori said to her.
"No place I would rather be," Kate said with a fake smile.
"I'll show you too your room,"
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"Can I paint it and put up posters?" Kate asked looking around.
"Sure I think I have some paints in the shed and as for the poster yes,"
"Thanks" Kate said throwing her ratty bag onto her mattress.
"I didn't do anything to your room cause I thought maybe you could decorate it to your style,"
"I have no money,"
"Your father and I will give you some money,"
"Okay thanks Lori,"
"It's okay sweetie,Javier has friends over if you want to meet them so you know so people on your first day of your new school,"
"Okay,"
"It's in the basement I could show you?" Lori suggested.
"I think I could find it," Kate said walking out of the room.
/
"What are you doing down here,don't you have some shopping to do?"
"I don't like shopping" Kate said sitting down on the lounge. "Can I play?"
"I only have two remotes," Javier said.
"You can use mine," Javier's friend said giving her the remote.
"Thank you,"
"I'll order pizza and get more soda" The boy said standing up.
"Do you want a pizza?" The boy asked her.
"Meatlovers please,"
"Sure"
/
He shouldn't be thinking about her his her best friends step sister Javier is like his bother it would just make things awkward and ruin his brotherhood with Javier.
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"Whose he?" Kate asked Javier.
"My best friend Rick and don't get any ideas,"
"Whatever," Kate rolled her eyes.