CHAPTER TWO
"Mrs Knight, what's going on?" James spoke up, as he usually did. James had a habit of becoming the unofficial leader of the group of friends, it wasn't decided but James had always made the decisions in the past; that was how their friendships' worked. Kendall was the sporty one; he loved everything to do with hockey, he was also the cleverest of the group. Carlos was the joker, he was fun loving and always stuck up for his friends in a time of need. Logan was the prankster, he had only been they're friend for a little over a year but the boys had bonded quickly upon seeing that he was the missing piece of their group. Then there was James, James was the leader and the decision maker, he kept all of his friends in order.
"Honey, I think we ought to go home and sort this out, come on." Brook Diamond told her son. James looked to his left to see his friends; Kendall nodded slightly as if to tell him to do as his mom says. James Looked up at his mother as she grabbed his hand and walked out of the room and front door, nobody moved or talked again until they heard a car door close and the crunching of the snow underneath the vehicle as Mrs Diamond drove herself and her son back home. Carlos' mom, Sylvia Garcia, was the next to move, closely followed by Logan's mom, Joanna Mitchell.
"Come on, sweetie, let's go home. I need to tell you the news." Mrs Garcia smiled sweetly at her son before taking his hand and leading him out of the house, Carlos smiled back at his mother, looking over his shoulder at Logan and Kendall before exiting.
"C'mon, Logie, we'd better be goin'." Mrs Mitchell took Logan's hand and led him out of the house in the same fashion as the other moms' except Mrs Mitchell looked over her shoulder at Kendall's mom one last time before leaving. Once his friends had gone Kendall looked up so he could see his mom, she smiled at him and began fumbling with her cardigan sleeve as she spoke.
"Kendall, honey, once your dad gets back with Katie we'll talk." Jennifer Knight told her son. Kendall didn't move.
"Mom, what's happening, I'm scared." Kendall asked his mother in a quiet tone of voice, he didn't know what exactly he was scared of though; maybe he was just scared of the fact that everyone was so serious.
"Honey, you don't have to be scared! There is nothing to be afraid of! I tell you what; do you want some of mama's special cookies? The chocolate chip ones, that is." Mrs Knight smiled, watching Kendall's face light up from the mere mention of cookies, he nodded frantically and ran into the kitchen.
"Thank you mom! These are gonna be the best cookies I've ever tasted!" Kendall squealed, jumping up and down eagerly taking a chocolate chip cookie from his mothers' cold hand.
"Do you want some soda, too?"
"Yeah!" Kendall yelled; taking another cookie from the plate set on the kitchen side.
"Kendall, go into the living room, I'll bring the soda and the cookies in, okay?" Mrs Knight laughed, watching her son sprint into the living room and sitting cross-legged on the floor, waiting for the cookies and soda to be placed on the coffee table. "Save some for your dad, okay?"
"He'll hafta hurry up then, 'cause I'mma eat all these cookies!" Kendall giggled, taking his third cookie. As if on cue; the front door opened and Mr Kevin Knight walked in holding little Katie's hand, the small four-year-old was complaining about the cold, again.
"Daddy, why is it so, so cold?" Katie whined, shuffling into the living room and struggling to take her mittens off.
"C'mere, let me help you." Mr Knight laughed, he pulled her mittens off for her, then her coat, scarf, hat and boots.
"Cookies!" Katie squealed; much like Kendall had; Kendall and Katie chomped loudly on their cookies whilst Mr Knight went over to hug his wife. When they released, Mr Knight quickly bent over and stole a cookie out of Kendall's unsuspecting hands.
"Hey!" Kendall yelled,
"Mmm, these are nice cookies!" Mr Knight exclaimed, rubbing his stomach as he ate the chocolate chip cookie as if to deliberately wind Kendall up.
"Shall we tell them now then, Kevin?" Mrs Knight whispered into her husband's ear, Mr Knight turned around and nodded, taking a deep breath before speaking.
"Kendall, Katie, can you listen up for a minute please, me and your mother have some news."
"What news?" Katie asked innocently wiping some crumbs from her mouth. Kendall slowly finished eating his cookie before averting his full attention to his parents.
"Well, you know about Grandpa Fred? Remember how I told you that he was ill?" Mrs Knight asked Kendall,
"Yeah," Kendall purposely drew out the word for a few seconds longer than needed.
"Um, Grandpa Fred has gotten very poorly and can't look after his farm anymore. Kendall, I'm sorry but we all have to be there for him." Mrs Knight seemed to be beating around the bush and Mr Knight had noticed this. Kendall's heart thudded violently in his chest as he knew there was bad news coming, his palms were sweaty and he looked up at his parents with sad, green eyes.
"What do you mean?" Kendall spoke so quietly he almost whispered.
"It means; we've got to go, Kendall. We have to move." Mr Knight rubbed the back of his neck with his hand nervously.
"We aren't moving far though. Are we? Please tell me that we're not moving far! I'll still be able to see the guys, won't I?" Kendall laughed nervously, not believing what he was being told.
"Buddy, we're moving to Kansas." Mr Knight told his son. Kendall shook his head in disbelief, tears filling his eyes.
"No! I am NOT moving all the way to god damned Kansas! NO! You can't make me!" Kendall's voice faltered halfway through speaking and a few tears trickled down his face. "No!" Kendall whispered standing up and shaking his head, slowly moving backwards.
"Kendall, buddy, we've gotta go! We leave the day after tomorrow. It's the only time we could get the flight for; we wanted all the flights to be on the same day so that you guys all had the same time together. I'm sorry, but this is how it has to be!" As soon as those words left Mr Knights mouth, it was as though the normally sweet, kind and loving ten-year-old boy disappeared and swapped with a the opposite of what was just mentioned. Kendall's new found anger erupted, his clenched fists shook and little Katie was scared, unknowing of what was going on around her.
"NO! THIS ISN'T FAIR!" Kendall screamed at his parents, pulling at his hair. "YOU CAN'T TAKE ME AWAY FROM MY BROTHERS! You can't!"
"Sweetheart-" Mrs Knight began, reaching an arms out towards her son, Kendall pushed her away an ran to his bedroom, slamming the door behind him causing a picture from the wall to fall to the floor. Katie started crying from all the noise and was quickly lifted up by Mrs Knight; she sat down on the sofa with Katie crying into her shoulder and Mr Knight holding her free hand.
"This isn't fair!" Kendall sobbed, slapping the wall. Kendall sobbed loudly as he trashed his bedroom; he lifted one of his battered, old hockey sticks and began smashing as many things as he could to vent the anger out. He threw his maths homework to the floor and screeched in frustration when his foot got caught in a pillow case; Kendall lifted the cotton case and threw it across the room. Next Kendall took it out on his wooden desk, pounding at it mercilessly until his hockey stick smashed in half. Looking around and realising what he'd done, Kendall sunk down the wall furthest from the door and cried; he was taking this a lot harder than many other ten-year-old would. The small boy cried and cried until his head pounded viscously and his eyes felt like they were made from lead, still sniffling, Kendall lay down on the floor and wrapped his arms around himself. He quickly fell asleep due to all of the crying and destroying taking its toll on his body.
Downstairs, Katie had fallen asleep and Mr and Mrs Knight were huddled together, with Katie in-between them. Mrs Knight was tempted to cry her eyes out when she saw Kendall's distraught face when he was told the news, she was tempted to cry even more when she heard him screaming and smashing things upstairs. She only hoped he wouldn't have another break down tomorrow when he went to school and talked to Logan, James and Carlos, she knew he none of the boys would take it lightly but she hoped and prayed that they'd all be alright as time passed on.
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Ps: The next update will be James' reaction to the news when he gets told about it all, :)