Life is Strange: Surprises

Chapter 6 of Life is Strange story, enjoy.

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Chapter 6

It had been three weeks since Kate and Melvin had officially befriended each other. A couple of months after the Hawkhirst twins had arrived. Jane's strange spate of pranking, targeting Max, Kate and Victoria specifically seemed to have passed. Yet she remained a loner, and seemed to be acting strangely lately, becoming possibly more unbalanced by the day.

Melvin was worried for her, but she refused to listen to any of his attempts. Meanwhile, he confided in Kate and grew closer to her. He did however still hesitate in telling her some things.

Like my biggest secret...She, she'd hate me if she knew, but...I still feel bad, hiding this from her.' He thought sadly.

He was currently hanging out with Kate, just outside the school, both of them were seated on the edge of the fountain.

"Melvin?"

He stated. "Huh, oh, yeah?"

She looked at him, worried. "Are you alright?"

He realized he had been spacing out, worrying and quickly composed himself. "Yeah, yeah, sorry. I just, I've had a lot on my mind lately, I'm fine though."

Kate smiled softly at that and Melvin bit his lip, studying her profile. The way her hair shone in the sun, her soft smile, the gentle contours of her face.

'She's...really beautiful, so pure and...' He mused before realizing. 'What is wrong with me, these thoughts, it isn't the first time. Do I, do I..Really have feelings for Kate?'

He did his best to remain impassive but the thought of it scared him. He was lucky to be her friend, just the thought of becoming more, especially when his secret could ruin that in a moment, it was almost too much to bear.

Unbeknownst to Melvin, Kate was actually finding herself in a similar turmoil The time they spent as friends had been nice. He was polite, caring, good-natured, everything it seemed his sister was not.

Kate sometimes wondered just how the two could be related. Yet as their time together grew, so too did the feelings of warmth and happiness she felt. Until suddenly, she realized just what she was feeling and it surprised her.

'What the, do I actually have feelings for him?' She wondered; tugging awkwardly at her skirt. 'Whenever I'm around him, I feel so...and while they don't mean any harm by it, ever since my skirts were shortened, boys tend to state at my legs more. But Melvin he's...he's different.'

She bit her lip, still musing on it; she then became aware of Melvin talking to her. She quickly focused, noticing his concerned look.

"Kate?"

She nodded. "Yes?"

He shook his head. "Now you're spacing out, are you okay?"

"Y-yes, of course." She replied quickly.

He did not look so convinced, but nodded. "Well, okay, if you say so."
They relaxed, trying to keep their thoughts under control; but they both found themselves wondering about each other and were hesitating in taking that next step.

Unbeknownst to both of them; they were being watched, by Jane. She glowered angrily as she saw, of all things, her own brother, fraternizing with Kate Marsh of all people, one of the enemy. Now she understood why Melvin had been acting so strange, why he hadn't been helping her in her plans, which was the only plausible reason for them all to have failed.

'That bitch, she's turning my own brother against me, making sure my pan to ruin her failed and turned it to her advantage.' She thought furiously. 'That bitch, she plays the pure religious girl, but she really is a slut, she took advantage of me shortening her skirts, rather than humiliate her, she now uses them to seduce my brother and turn him against his path, his legacy, our legacy.'

She could see it plain as day and hated it. Her brother was lusting after Kate Marsh, and she no doubt planned to use that to satisfy herself. She couldn't let her get away with that, Kate Marsh had already ruined Jane's family, along with those other girls, but she would protect her brother.

She shook her head. 'This cannot stand, she must be taught a lesson, all of them must be...'

She turned away, glowering, she had to do act fast, make plans and ensure she would have total privacy to do so, she needed to come up with a distract too, Victoria Chase, Kate Marsh, Max Caulfield, all three of them would soon be at her mercy, then she would fulfil her legacy.

But first, a little something to ensure Kate Marsh would be taught a bit of a lesson for trying to seduce Melvin.

At lunch time that day everybody was sitting, eating, talking to those closest to them. Max and Kate were sitting together, relaxed, the day having gone well. As Kate sipped her tea, Max spoke up.

"So, Kate, I heard you managed to make friends with Melvin."

Kate nodded. "Yeah, I'm glad I did too."

Max smiled at that. "True, he is a little more outgoing now."

Kate nodded and soon Warren and Melvin joined them at their table. They continued to eat; as they did so however, Kate suddenly found it hard to breath. Noticing the change in her breathing Max turned to her.

"Kate?" She queried, worried.

"I...I..." Kate choked out; before suddenly collapsing off her chair.

She was turning purple and choking, coughing, immediately panic set in.

"Kate!" Max cried out.

At once everyone was clamouring around them, Max was trying to help Kate, Warren aiding her.

"She needs help, quickly!" Melvin cried out.

Dana called out, not to anyone in particular. "Someone get the nurse, hurry!"

Max was fearfully as Kate continued to struggle to breathe. A sudden thought occurred to her and she quickly made sure Kate's lunch wasn't touched. She'd ask if there was any way to check out exactly what was in it.

Max let out a soft sigh as she entered Chloe's room; Chloe was sitting at her desk, working on the computer. She looked up as Max entered, she was aware of what had been happening, Max had phoned her and updated her on what had happened.

"How's Kate?"

Max smiled lightly and nodded. "She's fine now; the nurse managed to save her. Turns out there was something put in her food, that she was allergic to; it caused her throat to close up."

Chloe growled. "Shit, that's crazy, who the fuck does that? Let me guess the number one suspect."

"We've got no proof, but yeah, those of us who are already suspicious certainly think so." Max replied."This is just way too suspicious."

Chloe sighed. "Doubly so, with what I've just uncovered. Now Max, I don't have any concrete evidence, but you better look at this, see if you see what I see."

Biting her lip, Max looked at Chloe's screen, her eyes widened. "My God, Chloe, that's..."

"No evidence, but, I think it's right on the money, the likeliness it too much to be a coincidence." Chloe said in reply.

Max nodded as the two of them took this in; looking at the screen. On it were pictures Max had taken of the Hawkhirst twins; next to them, another picture, of a man who had an unmistakable resemblance to them, he had to be their father. What disturbed the duo the most, was who the picture was of. Mark Jefferson.

"That fucker had kids?" Max whispered in awe.

Chloe nodded; that was certainly what it looked like.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.

Now the Hawkhirst twins secret is revealed, at least to Max and Chloe, they are the illegitimate children of Mark Jefferson.