True Love

Chapter Two

Safe

Kate had gotten up early to make sure she was ready for her first class. She was still getting use to the campus surroundings. She grabbed her backpack with her note pads and pens in it. She's wearing black jeans, with a black t-shirt and her black flats. Her hair is falls hanging down to her shoulders. She left dorm heading towards the main building. She entered the classroom along with several other students. The professor comes in through the side door. Kate looked up to see a gentleman staring at her. The gentlemen in question is Garrett. He smiled at her. She smiled back. She was shocked to see him in that class. She hadn't realized Garrett was a history buff. She'd have to ask him about that later on. The professor began his history lesson. Garrett paid attention but would often look in Kate's direction.

"Wow. Kate looks amazing this morning. I'm definitely gonna talk to her today." Garrett thought to himself. No doubt about it. The guy is in love.

Making his way through the library, Laurent is looking for a study guide for his law class. He had gotten up pretty early to attend his first pre-law class. He and Rosalie are in the same pre-law class and would be each other's study partner. He needed to find the right book to study from. He finds the book near the back of the library and skims through it smiling. He turns to go pay for the book when he spots a young woman standing there looking over a book. He recognized the woman to be Irina Denali. He smiled staring at the tall beauty. He found Irina very attractive. He smirked staring at her firm body. She had the best pair of legs he's ever seen. Her ass is plumped just right. She's wearing a black mini skirt showing off her shapely thighs. She had on black flats because she was five feet eight inches tall and didn't need heels. She's also wearing a black blouse on. Laurent was definitely noticing her. Irina's hair was pulled back into a bun. She looked stunning to Laurent. She had her back to him so she didn't know he was watching her. Deciding not continue eye-humping Irina, Laurent decides to speak.

"Ahem." He said casually. Irina turns to see the smiling Laurent standing behind her. She smiles at him. "Hey beautiful." He said smoothly.

"Hey handsome." Irina said smiling. "Didn't see you there." She said to him.

"But I saw you." Laurent said to her.

"You enjoying the show?" She asked him.

"Oh yeah." Laurent flirted smiling.

"So why are you here in the library so early?" Irina asked.

"I had a pre-law class and was getting a study guide." Laurent told her.

"Isn't Rosalie in that class?" Irina asked remembering that is her cousin's girlfriend's major.

"Yep. We're study buddies." Laurent said. Irina smiled. She liked Laurent's smile. She thought he was so sexy. He was wearing black jeans which Irina was focused on. He was wearing black slacks with a white dress shirt and his hair is cut short. She wondered if that myth about black guys was true. She herself wasn't a racist and got along with just about anyone. To her guys were guys. It didn't matter where they came from. "What about you?"

"What about me?" She asked smirking.

"What's your major?" He asked her.

"Social Work." She said to him. Laurent looked on surprised.

"Didn't know you wanted to work in that field." Laurent said to her.

"Yeah, I like to help people so I was thinking that getting into the social services field will help." Irina said. "Either that I'd get into fashion somehow." She said to him.

"You wanna go grab a coffee and talk?" Laurent asked.

"Sounds good." Irina said as she grabbed the book she needs for her class and headed to the front of the library. Both paid for their books before leaving together.

At the local café on campus, Tanya is seated at a booth with Bella, Alice and Rosalie. The four women are about to enjoy breakfast together. Rosalie had an early pre-law class with Laurent and was starving. Bella had a drama class while Alice had her first teaching class. Tanya had her first crack at giving a needle to a test dummy in her pre-med class. Edward had made fun of her for it. Both did a good job though and was praised by their professor. All four ladies had just sat down and are about to order.

"I'm so hungry I can eat a whole pig." Rosalie said.

"Be careful not to eat like one." Alice comments as Bella and Tanya chuckle. Rosalie glares at her smirking.

"Anyways, I'm loving my pre-law class. You'll never guess who's in my class?" Rosalie said.

"Who?" Alice asked.

"Laurent Du Boise." Rosalie said.

"Oh I knew that." Tanya adds.

"Really?" Bella asked.

"Yeah. He's been wanting to take that class for a long time but it was always full so he took other classes dealing with the legal system." Tanya said.

"Well he's smart. We're going to be study buddies." Rosalie said smiling.

"I think that is so cool." Alice said. "It's good to have a friend in the same class as you."

"It makes it that much easier to pass the class." Bella said. They agreed. Tanya looked out the window. Alice could tell something was wrong. The waitress comes over to their table.

"Hey ladies can I take your orders?" The waitress asked.

"I'll have vegetable omelet with home fries and a tea." Bella asked.

"I'll have the same." Alice said.

"I'll have scrambled eggs, bacon, hash brown and coffee please." Rosalie said.

"Make that two." Tanya adds.

"Ok coming right up." The waitress said politely. She turns and heads back into the kitchen to place the orders.

"What's on your mind Tanya?" Alice asked.

"What?" Tanya asked. She hadn't heard the question.

"What's going on in that head of yours?" Rosalie asked.

"Well, I'm glad to have my baby sisters here with me attending the same college." Tanya said.

"But?" Bella asked.

"But, I'm worried about Kate." Tanya said looking at the table as if it had become interesting.

"What do you mean?" Alice asked.

"Well Kate doesn't seem like herself. She's been acting weird." Tanya told her.

"How is she acting weird?" Bella asked.

"Well for one thing Kate hugged me so tight when we saw each other in the parking lot yesterday. She hugged me as if she'd never see me again. It was weird. She's never hugged me like that before." Tanya said to them. Alice thought about that for a moment. It did sound a little out of character for Kate. Kate wasn't known as the mushy type. Rosalie and Bella didn't know what to think. They didn't know Kate the way Tanya and Alice did. "Then she doesn't talk about where she was all summer. Meanwhile my dad was sick and she was gone. We didn't even have a way to contact her. Who does that?" She asked a little angered.

"Kate was about to reveal something but stopped. Then she said she didn't want to talk about it. That's not like her." Alice said.

"I know that's why I'm worried about her." Tanya said. She sighed.

"It sounded like she may have broken up with her boyfriend and that's what's got her acting weird." Bella said.

"No. If you suffer a broken heart then you go to friends and family for comfort. You don't take a trip someplace and not contact your family." Rosalie said.

"True." Alice said. "I understand what you mean."

"I think something happened to Kate and she won't say what it is." Tanya adds.

"Well whatever it is, we can't speculate unless she tells us." Bella said.

"Bella's right. Until we know what's going on with Kate, we shouldn't think about it." Alice said. Tanya nods agreeing.

"It helps that they both attend this college. You can keep an eye on them." Rosalie said.

"Especially Irina. That girl's got a one track mind." Tanya said.

"Yeah boys." Alice said as they giggled.

"Ok where is my breakfast? I'm starving over here." Rosalie complained. Alice, Bella and Tanya laughed. Moments later the waitress brought their food out. "Finally." She said as they all began eating. Tanya glanced out the window thinking about her kid sister. Alice could tell Tanya's mind wondered back to Kate. She understood why she worried for her sister. It's similar to her worrying about Emmett, Edward and Carlisle. She knew Tanya would watch over Kate. Seeing as though she and Kate on the same dorm, she'd keep an eye on her cousin as well.

Garrett is walking towards his dorm when he spots a beautiful woman sitting on a bench reading her history book. It was Kate sitting at that very bench. Garrett watched her for a moment. She was so beautiful to him. He couldn't help but noticed the young lady. He liked everything about her. He liked the way her long blond hair blew about in the wind, the way she crossed her legs, the way she smelled, the fact that she has a big brain. Her chest stood out to him to. Garrett admired every inch of Kate and hoped to one day explore her. He loved the fact that in class she answered a lot of the questions the history professor threw at them. She was smart and that in itself was a turn on to him. She looked amazing sitting there going over her book and making sure her notes were perfect. She looked especially cute in her glasses. After eye groping her for what seemed like an eternity, Garrett makes his way over to her.

"Hey beautiful." Garrett said boldly. The words left his mouth before he could stop them. Kate smiled at the comment.

"Hey handsome." Kate responds teasingly. Garrett smiles. "I saw you in class. I didn't know you were a history buff."

"I could say the same for you." Garrett said to her. Both smiled clearly attracted to each other. "You know the semester just started, you don't have to read the whole book." Garrett said teasing her.

"I know. I'm just going over the chapter and my notes." Kate said to him. "It's the assignment remember?" She asked.

"Yeah. Speaking of the assignment, I was wondering if you wanted to work on it together?" He asked her. She looked at him smiling. She could tell he was nervous about asking her. "We could be study partners. What do you say?" He asked.

"Sure." Kate said to him. It didn't hurt to have a study partner. Besides, she wanted to get to know Garrett and she knew he wanted to spend time with her so this was perfect. His smile widen.

"I have another class in an hour. Can we talk later?" Garrett asks her.

"Ok." Kate said softly.

"Later." Garrett said walking off slowly.

"Bye." She said smiling. Kate watched the young tall handsome guy walk off. She was definitely attracted to him. What stood out was the fact that he called her beautiful and asked her permission to see her later. Her ex hadn't done that. He demanded to see her. He called her pretty. Pretty isn't such a bad word but it was the way he said it. He called her pretty as if she wasn't hot enough for him and that if someone else hotter had come along he would've dump her. Garrett meanwhile wasn't like that. She smiled and went back to reading her book.

In a maximum security prison located in Miami Florida, criminals can be seen coming and going about their daily routine. One inmate especially is going about his daily routine. He's in his cell doing pushups thinking about the day he can escape this hell hole. He didn't care that he's there. All he cared about was carrying out his plan to kill his ex-girlfriend. The bitch had put him in prison. It was her fault that he beat her up. She deserved it. She hadn't listened to him. She abandoned him like some others had. He wasn't having that. No that bitch must die. As soon as he was able to find a way to get to her, her ass was his. For the time being, he'd keep his head down, his mouth shut and keep to himself. When the time was right, he'd make his escape. He stopped doing pushups and stared at the photo before him. He frowned hard squeezing the picture in his hand.

"Lunch time line up." A booming voice can be heard. One of the security guards informed the inmates that it's time to eat another meal. He lined up with all the inmates and proceed to the cafeteria to eat while in the back of his mind trying figure out how he was going to escape.

The football team gets in its first practice before they play their first game of the season. Amongst the players on the team are Edward, Emmett, Riley, Jasper, Laurent and Garrett. Edward is a wide receiver, Emmett is an offensive linemen, Riley is a wide receiver, Jasper is a kicker, Laurent is wide receiver and Garrett is a quarterback. The coach watched as Garrett moves like a cat away from a potential tackle then throws the ball 40 yards to Edward near the endzone. He repeated this motion about ten times. The coach found Garrett to be an exceptional football player. The guy has a cannon for an arm and is quick in getting away from the opposing team's defensive linemen. He knew he had a star in the making. Once practice was over, the guys hit the showers and are getting redressed into their street clothes.

"Practice was amazing. Garrett, that arm of yours will win us another championship." Laurent said to him patting him on the shoulder while dressing. Garrett smirks.

"I can't wait to get out there for our first game. It's going to be amazing." Emmett said to the group excitedly.

"Me neither." Riley said. "With our lightning legs, and Garrett's canon arm, this will be an easy season for us." He said as the others laughed. He referred to Edward, Laurent and himself when it came to receiving the ball. All three were very fast.

"You got that right." Edward said as the group high fived each other.

"Yo Edward, your cousin Irina." Laurent said to him. Edward and Emmett looked up.

"She's so hot. She wants me." Laurent bragged. They all smiled.

"Be careful with our little cousin man." Edward said.

"Yeah, I don't need her big brother kicking our asses." Emmett said to him.

"Or mine. I promised him that I'd look after his sisters." Riley said.

"Don't worry about it. I'm a treat her like a lady. If she wants to get a little freaky, well…" Laurent said smirking.

"Ok see I didn't need to hear that." Riley said as they laughed.

"Speaking of sisters, Garrett have you asked the lovely Kate Denali out yet?" Laurent asked.

"I'm working on it." Garrett responds.

"What the hell does that mean?" Riley asked.

"Well we're in the same class so I asked her to be my study buddy." Garrett told them.

"Wow." Laurent said sarcastically. The others laughed. "What are you gonna do next carry her books?" He asked as Garrett smirked. The others laughed.

"I'm taking it slow with her." Garrett said.

"Garrett admit it dude, you've got it bad for Kate." Emmett asked smirking.

"Yeah I'm love with your cousin. I can't help it. She's hot. She's beautiful." Garrett said as they stared at him while he put on his shoes. Garrett was fully dressed now. "I'm gonna take my time with her." He said to them. "Speak of which, I have to go find her. We have an assignment to work on." He said smiling. "See ya fellas." He said before taking off.

"Late bro." Laurent said smirking continuing to get dressed.

Kate found herself at the library. She hadn't gotten the opportunity to go shopping like she planned but there's still tomorrow. She had her literature book sitting on the table in front of her going over the chapter that was covered in her first literature class this morning. She was finding it difficult to concentrate on her studies. Her mind took her back to her ex. The way he treated her was cruel, downright abusive. The fact that the abuse escalated from name calling to physical assaults. Kate found herself fidgeting in her seat trying to shake those thoughts away. But the images were coming in flashes. She found herself crying. The image of her ex punching her to the face caused Kate to jump out her seat. Some of the students in the library watched her as she looked around at her surroundings. She realized she was in the library. Kate ran to the ladies rest room. She stood over the sink crying. The abuse she suffered at the hands of her ex-boyfriend caused her great pain. It wasn't that long ago when he put her in the hospital. She hadn't heard Alice come into the bathroom. Alice had watched her wondering if she was ok. When she saw Kate run to the ladies room, she realized something was wrong.

"Kate." Alice asked. Kate realized it was Alice calling her and splashed water on her face. She took a paper towel and attempted to wipe her face, but the tears kept coming. Alice came up behind her. "Kate, are you alright?" she asked.

"Yeah. I'll be fine." Kate said.

"You're not alright. What's wrong?" Alice asked.

"I'm just dealing with a break up. It's got me upset." Kate lied. The truth was she was still blaming herself for what happened to her and it bothers her.

"Come here." Alice said holding her arms out. Kate moves towards her and is pulled into a tight hug. "It's ok." She said soothingly as Kate cried on her shoulder. Alice rubbed her back comforting Kate who had her guard up until this point "I'm here." She said comforting her cousin. Kate slowly pulls away. "You ok?" Alice asks.

"Yeah I'm fine. Thanks." Kate said wiping the tears away from her face. "I'm fine. It's just that breakups are hard is all." She said wiping more tears from her face. Alice watched her a moment. She realized there was more going on then met the eye but she wasn't going to pry until she's ready to talk.

"Breakups are tough but you can't let it get the best of you, besides there are a lot hot guys on campus. One I think you're becoming fond of." Alice said smiling. Kate smiled. She knew who Alice was referring to. "Listen, if you ever need to talk, I'm here. We're family and family looks out for one another ok?" Alice said as Kate nods. "You don't just have family here, you have friends and if you want to you have Garrett."

"Alice." Kate said to her.

"Don't tell me you don't like him?" Alice asked.

"I do it's just that I'm not ready." Kate said to her.

"No one says you have to rush. All I'm saying is that you just give him a chance and take it slow." Alice said.

"Ok." Kate said smiling. She loved her cousin Alice. She always knew just what to say to make her feel better. Not that she didn't like talking Tanya or Irina, it's just that Alice was a bit more soothing about how she comforted people.

At the maximum prison, the inmate made his way to the laundry room. He had been given a job at the laundry mat. A far cry from the rich guy he once was. Now he was an inmate. He smirked realizing that this would be his way out. All he had to do was come up with a decent plan that would work. For now he'd play nice and do what he was told.

Irina walks into the lounge of the dormitory building B. This is where Edward, Emmett and Jasper reside. Edward is sitting on the couch reading his medical text. He had just come from his pre-med class after football practice. She wanted to talk to him about Laurent.

"Hey Eddie." Irina said. Edward looked up recognizing his cousin. She was about the only one who could get away with calling him by that knick name other than Emmett, Alice, Tanya, Kate and Bella. "Glad I found you. I wanna talk to you." She said going over to sit next to him.

"What's up?" Edward said closing his book making sure to mark the page he left off.

"What is Laurent's reputation with the ladies?" Irina asked.

"Why?" Edward asks her.

"Well because I really like him and we're going on a date but I was just curious about his reputation." She said to him.

"Well, he does have a tendency to be a little loose with the ladies." Edward said to her.

"You mean he sleeps around?" Irina asked. Edward nods. She looks away a little down. "Listen, if you're planning on being with him, just don't give it up to him right away. Take it slow. Make him earn it." Edward told her. Irina smiled.

"Ok. Thank cuz." She said giving him a kiss on the cheek. Edward smiled as she bounced up and left the dormitory. Edward shook his head before going back to his medical book.

Alice headed to Tanya's dormitory. She needed to speak with her cousin about Kate. Tanya was walking into the dormitory with her two other friends and classmates Nettie and Lucy.

"Thank god I found you. Hey Nettie, Lucy." Alice said greeting Tanya's friends.

"Hey Alice." Lucy greeted.

"Allie." Nettie greets.

"What's wrong?" Tanya asks.

"Uh, Nettie Lucy, would two mind giving me and Tanya a little privacy. We need to talk?" Alice asks.

"Sure." Lucy said as she and Nettie head towards their rooms.

"What's going on?" Tanya asks.

"It's Kate." Alice said to her.

"What about Kate?" Tanya asked alarmed.

"You were right about there being more to why she didn't come home than she was telling." Alice said to her. Tanya looked at her.

"Is she ok?" Tanya asks.

"She says she's fine but I saw her in the library earlier and she looked like she was bothered by something. Then she got up and ran into the ladies room." Alice said. Tanya listened. "I found her in the bathroom crying."

"Why was she crying?" Tanya asked.

"She said because her break up from her ex is bothering her but I think there's more going on there." Alice said.

"What do you mean?" Tanya asks.

"Well break ups are hard to deal with but you get over it. She was literally balling in the bathroom. I had to calm her down." Alice explains.

"Ok." Tanya said sighing deeply. "Irina and I will talk to her." Alice nods. "Thanks Allie."

Kate is heading to her last class of the day. She was disappointed that she couldn't go shopping earlier since the class was rescheduled. She was also thinking about her crying session earlier. Her cousin having to calm her down. She had let her guard down for that one moment. She hoped to god that she didn't tell Tanya who would then tell Irina what happened today. She sighed. She's been trying to cope with what happened to her but it's getting harder to deal with. Kate realized she couldn't keep this charade up for long before she really had a meltdown. She was so engrossed in her thoughts she hadn't seen Garrett come up behind her.

"Hey Kate." Garrett's booming voice called to her. She turned around startled. Garrett noticed how jumpy she was. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you." He said flashing that smile at her. Kate gave him a small smile.

"I didn't see you behind me." Kate said to him.

"You ok?" Garrett asked her. He noticed her eyes were a bit red. Just one of the things you notice about someone when you're in love with them.

"I'm fine." Kate said to him flashing a fake smile. Garrett saw right through it.

"Did someone do something to upset you?" Garrett asked. Kate smiled realizing he genuinely cared about her.

"No, it's allergies." Kate lied smoothly. Garrett isn't a fool. He knew something was up.

"Ok. I was wondering if we could work on that assignment right now?" He asked.

"I can't." Kate said.

"Why?" Garrett asked.

"Because I have another class right now. I gotta go." Kate said rushing off leaving Garrett watching her. Garrett didn't say another word. He just watched her and smiled. He'd find a way to get to her. He turned around and headed in a different direction. Kate hurried to the main building where her last class was. She was glad that Garrett hadn't bothered her. She likes him and gets so nervous around him but she really wasn't in the mood to talk.

The evening had come way too soon. The gang had all decided to get together at Alice's request on the dormitory she, Bella and Rosalie reside. Sitting in the huge lounge are Edward and Bella on the love seat. Emmett and Rosalie share the long couch with Alice and Jasper. On the second love seat are Riley and Tanya. Laurent has Irina in his lap tickling her. She's giggling. They are seated on the third love seat while Garrett and Kate are on the fourth love seat. All are in their most comfortable clothes.

"Kate." Tanya called to her sister. Kate looks in her direction. "Come." Tanya said more of a request. Whenever she did, Kate and Irina would do as they were told. Kate got up from the seat and walked over to her sister who met her at the door.

"What?" Kate asked.

"Are you ok?" Tanya asked her. Alice looked over in their direction but turned around when Jasper tickled her.

"Alice told you didn't she?" Kate asked. She sighed.

"Yeah she did. She said that you cried." Tanya asked.

"Yes. I did but I'm fine. Stop worrying." Kate told her.

"I know there's more going on then you're telling me but when you're ready to tell me the truth, I'm here." Tanya said. Kate looked away nodding. Both went back to their seats.

"Ok Alice what are we watching tonight?" Bella asked.

"We are going to watch a couple of comedies, then some action movies and finish with a love story." Alice said.

"She's a mother hubbard." Emmett said teasing his sister. The group laughs. Rosalie slaps Emmett's arm. "Ouch."

"Shut up Emmett." Alice said.

"She's the one who kisses your boo-boo when it hurts." Edward teases in a kid voice as the group laughs. Bella does the same to Edward who looked at smirking.

"Shut up Edward." Alice said firmly.

"Tanya is the same way." Irina adds. Tanya glares at her. The group continues to laugh.

"I have to be the mature one since Kate still sleeps with a stuffed animal and you still suck your thumb in your sleep." Tanya retorts back. The group continues to laugh.

"At least I don't snore like a bullhorn 'HHHHOOOONNNNKKK.'" Kate said imitating a bullhorn causing more laughter from the group.

"I don't snore." Tanya defended herself.

"Yes you do." Irina adds as the group continued to laugh.

"Says the girl who snores like a wolf." Kate adds. The others are laughing harder.

"Ooh I'd like to hear how that sounds." Laurent coos in Irina's ear. She blushes.

"Dude you're a pig." Riley adds.

"OINK, OINK." Laurent said as the others continued to laugh.

"Who told you that secret anyway Tanya?" Irina asks as if Tanya had spilled a big secret.

"Kate did when you ran into her bed during a thunderstorm." Tanya said as Irina looked over at Kate who was laughing. "She said Katie, Katie it's thunder storming outside and I'm so scared." Tanya continued as the group continued to laugh. Irina frowns hard at her sister. "She climbs into Kate's bed falls asleep sucking her thumb."

"I was so tempted to take a picture but I chose not to." Kate said smirking.

"Good." Irina said like a child who had just been picked on by her sisters. After all she is the youngest. "Why did you tell Tanya my secret?" She asked.

"Hey that's payback for telling mom and dad I snuck out late to see that horror movie with my friends. I was grounded for two weeks." Kate said as they all chuckled. Garrett chuckled.

"I didn't tell mom and dad that. Tanya did." Irina said as Kate looked over at her glaring.

"Yeah I did but you ratted me out to mom when I told you Ciara and I were getting tattoos." Tanya said to her.

"That wasn't me that was Eleazar." Kate said. All three look at each other.

"Eleazar's got the three of you arguing with each other." Edward said to them.

"He's officially the man." Emmett said as he and Edward laughed. The group laughed as well.

"Well, I think it's cute that you suck your thumb in your sleep." Laurent cooed to Irina who smiled loving the attention he's giving her.

"Give me a break dude." Riley said smirking. Laurent winked as the group continued their laughter.

What about you Garrett, you think it's cute that Kate sleeps with a stuffed animal?" Emmett asked as they others laughed.

"Actually, I do." Garrett said winking at Kate who smiles blushing.

"And we have a love connection." Riley said as they both blushed.

While the group talked amongst themselves, Kate found herself sitting next to Garrett he was listening to their conversations but was glad he was be sitting next to his dream girl. Kate looked over at him. She did like him. His rugged good looks athletic build was very attractive to her. She found herself staring at him. Tanya, and Irina couldn't help but look over at her smiling. She remembered how she had hurried away from him earlier to get to class and knew she needed to apologize.

"Hey Garrett." Kate called to him. He turned to her. "I want to apologize for what happened earlier."

"Oh you mean brushing me off." Garrett said smiling. Kate smiled seeing his humor. "It's cool. You said you had to get to class. I respect that." He said to her. She smiled relieved that he wasn't mad at her.

"So can we work on that assignment tomorrow?" Kate asked.

"Sure." Garrett said smiling at her. "I'm glad you're here."

"Yeah?" Kate asked. "Me to." she smiled at him.

"Yeah. These guys are no fun. I'll bet you're a lot more interesting than they are." Garrett said. Kate giggled at that comment. Garrett stared at her smiling. He loved her little giggle. The others watched them. They noticed they had an audience and Kate quickly changes the subject.

"So when are we watching that movie?" Kate asks.

"I got a question for you Kate." Emmett said to her.

"What's that?" Kate asked.

"How come you left Miami?" Emmett asked her. The room fell silent as the others waited for Kate to answer. There was that question again. Kate didn't want to talk about that. She shifted in the seat next to Garrett. Garrett could tell she was uncomfortable with the question.

"Em, I told you I don't want to talk about it." Kate said. She was trying not to raise her voice.

"It was a bad break up." Alice said. Kate glared at her. Alice felt bad. She didn't realize it was a secret. She quickly looked away. Tanya turned to her sister. She could tell there's more to why Kate doesn't want to talk about it.

"You changed schools because some dude broke your heart?" Irina asked using a sarcastic tone. Kate frowned hard at her. Tanya could see where this conversation was going. "Give me a break. If some guy breaks up with you, you don't change schools, you fuck his friend and see if that doesn't piss him off." She said as the others laughed.

"It's not that simple Irina." Kate said firmly.

"Yes it is. You don't let someone get to you causing you to change schools. Its unheard of." Irina said as the others looked on.

"You have no fucking idea what you're talking about. You know nothing about what I went through." Kate said raising her voice surprising the others. Tanya knew there was more to what she was saying than just some broken heart. There's something more serious. "So back the fuck off." Kate said getting up and leaving the lounge. She headed straight for her room. Irina stared at her. Tanya gets up to chase after.

"Really Irina." Tanya asked leaving the lounge to check up on Kate.

"What did I say?" Irina asked clueless.

Garrett watched the whole scene. He knew she had gone through something terrible but didn't know what it was or how serious the situation had been. He sighed hoping Kate was ok.

Tanya found Kate sitting at her desk. She could tell that whatever was bothering Kate she was struggling with it big time. She stood at the door and knocked. Kate knew it was Tanya but didn't turn around in the chair.

"I'm fine Tanya." Kate said with her back to her sister.

"You say that but I know you Kate." Tanya said moving into the room. Tanya goes to sit on Kate's bed. Kate has her hand over her forehead. "Wanna know how I can tell you're hiding something?" Tanya asked. Kate looks over at her but doesn't respond. "You do that right there." She said referring to Kate's hand on her forehead.

"Tanya, I'm fine. I'm just…" Kate sighs. She doesn't know what to say at this point. She doesn't want to reveal what really happened to her because she's afraid of putting her family at risk.

"You're struggling with whatever it is that happened to you." Tanya said to her. Kate looked away. "I know there's more going on than meets the eye but I won't push you. If you wanna talk, you know where to find me ok?" Tanya asked. Kate nodded. "I'm here for you. I know Irina in her own annoying way is here for you to." Kate smiles at that comment.

"Thanks." Kate said to her.

"I love you sis." Tanya said to her.

"Love you to." Kate responds. Tanya stands up and kisses her forehead before leaving Kate to her own thoughts. Kate thinks about her life thus far. Tanya was right about one thing, there was more going on than met the eye but Kate just wasn't ready to talk about it and Kate was struggling big time. Her life had been perfect until she met her ex. That's when things changed for the worse. The hell she experience had changed her as well. She didn't trust men the way she use to. She didn't talk as much as she use to and she was hiding things from her family. Something she never did. If Kate didn't know how long she could keep this up. She needed help and fast.