So here we goooooo. Chapter7 for yah. Hope y'all enjoyed your new year. Enjoy& remember to review :)
Kate and Rick decided to leave after awhile. Kate told Ryan and Espo to keep her update on any new leads they may have. She didn't care what Gates had told her, she wanted to know everything. Rick went straight home and got started on dinner. But as for Kate she decided to take her time, so that she could have some quiet time. Once she had gotten home she jumped straight into the shower. About ten minutes later Kate came out wearing trackpants and a tee with her hair wet.
"So tell me, what did you talk to Gracie about?" she asked
"Nothing much, she just talked to me about Christmas and her decision to move here and about the whole guardianship thing."
"That's it? What about the whole part how she's broken and torn?"
"That part is all up to her, but I invited her over for dinner on Christmas Eve and lunch on Christmas Day and she said she'll have to think about it and ask Sophia."
"Rick, you're a genius, why didn't I think of that before. Gosh I'm an idiot sometimes" she exclaimed.
"Well, you'd have to talk to her before then. I mean we can't have you too not talking to each other on Christmas." he said
"You're absolutely right we can't that happening." she stood and began setting the table, but stopped after awhile when she heard a knock at the door. She moved towards the door and she opened it.
"Sophia. Hi." she said smiling
"Hi Kate. Um is Rick here?" she asked
"Uhh, yeah he is." she said, she turned and allowed for Sophia to come in. "Rick, Sophia's here." she announced and she made her way to the bedroom. Rick had told Kate about what had happened between Sophia the day that Kate had found out about Gracie being in New York and to be honest Kate just didn't want anything to with Sophia.
"So are you here to bite my head off again?" he asked.
"No, I'm not Rick. I'm here to apologize for the way I have been acting. I've been acting like an immature teenager and that wasn't fair on or Kate. I wanted to say that I have been overreacting a lot lately, and there is not excuse for the way I acted and I just want you to forgive me if I ever made you feel bad, it's just," she paused and breathed in before continuing, "its just, I've been having a hard time dealing with Gracie's emotional state and you were the first guy there and I just decided I would take it all out on you. So I apologize for the way I acted towards you and I take full responsibility for it. That's all I had to say, and I just wanted to get it off my chest. So thank you for listening. I just hope we're algood and we can put this behind us and not have to tiptoe around each other at every family event, because Rick you make Kate really happy and I'm glad she is. So if she's happy, then I'm happy." she said, she looked at Rick and he had a stunned look on his face.
"So I might as well just go now." she said pointing towards the door
"Sophia, thank you for having the courage to apologize and admitting what you did. And yes we're algood. But what's this about Gracie's emotional state?" he asked
"Oh I really shouldn't be the one to tell you guys. I think you should really talk to Kate and then maybe Kate should talk to Gracie." she replied as she put on her coat.
"Yeah, we'll definetly talk about." he said as he opened the door, "Oh I forgot to tell you that we invited Gracie over for dinner on Christmas Eve and lunch on Christmas Day and you are more than welcome to come, we've already told Gracie but I didnt know if she would've told you." he said
"Don't worry Rick, she told me. And we'll definetly be coming, I'll drag Gracie's butt down here, even if it's the last thing I do. I think her and Kate need to talk." she replied back
"Thank you Sophia-"
"No thank you Rick for everything. For forgiving me, for inviting us over and for my cousin the happiest woman. I'll see you guys on Christmas Eve." she said smiling back and waving.
"See you then." Rick waved back before closing the door.
A few moments later Kate came out from the bedroom, "What was that all about?" she asked.
"Oh she just wanted to apologize for the way she acted, and she said that her and Gracie will be over during Christmas." he said as he placed the food onto the table.
"Really? Their coming her? For Christmas?" she asked sounding surprised
"Well not exactly. Sophia said she's going to try and drag Gracie's butt over here." he replied placing the last of the food on the table, "Come on now let's eat."
After dinner they decided to watch a movie, just some typical romance movie that they had seen more then five times. Midway through the movie Rick thought it would a great idea to bring up Gracie.
"So, um my conversation with Sophia was great, but there was one thing I didn't understand." he began
"Oh yeah and what was that?" she questioned looking at him.
"Well Sophia kinda hinted that Gracie wasn't doing to well, emotionally that is."
"Did she say what was wrong?" she asked, sounding very concerned.
"She said to talk to you about it and then maybe you could talk to Gracie."
"How am I supposed to talk to her when I don't even know what's wrong or what's happening with her?"
"Kate, I have to confess," he began "When I was stalling she said that she was having nightmares, ones that brought back memories of your mothers murder. She know we arrested Bracken, but she said something happened and that they brought back memories of earlier childhood. That's why she's so broken. She began hyperventilating and she just ran off. I was so close to finding out what brought all the memories back. But Kate, I think you have to be the one to talk to her."
"Rick why didn't you tell me this before, preferably when I first walked out of Gates' office?" she asked
"Well, I didn't want you acting like this while at the precient, and if I told you before dinner you wouldn't have eaten."
"You're absolutely right." she paused, "but what do I say to her?" she asked.
"I don't know Kate. You listen to her and you tell her what you think."
"God, you're amazing, and I love you." she said, pressing her lips against his and kissing his passionately. They pulled apart and continued watching the movie.
That night Gracie could bearly sleep, the memories of the murder in the alleyway was bringing up images of her mothers murder. The last time Gracie had come to New York she had ran away from her aunt Teresa, she showed up on Kate's doorstep and was welcomed by Kate. Once Gracie had stepped into Kate's apartment she saw the murder board. Photos from the crime scene, showing their mother dead in an alleyway with blood pouring out of her. Her and Kate argued for almost an hour until she just left and went back to her aunts.
Todays interrogation was to blame for all these flashbacks and Gracie couldn't contain it anymore. She shot up, sweat running down from her forehead and tears streaming down from her face. She wanted to just scream until she had no more energy to do so, but she looked at her clock and saw that it was already 5:37am. She decided to take a shower and go to the gym instead of lying in bed crying about it.
By the time she had gotten back it was already 6:34am, she decided to take another shower. After a long fifteen minute shower and some breakfast, she heard Sophia's door open up.
"Your up early." Sophia commented
"Yeah, went to the gym, thought about some stuff on my way there and back." she said.
"Oh yeah? Like what?"
"Oh nothing big, just about Christmas and everything." she lied
"Yeah... About that, we're gonna be spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with Kate and the Castle's this year, isn't that great?" she said smiling.
"Are you serious? I'd rather knife my eyes out. Why would you even agree on that?"
"Come on Gracie it's gonna be fun, and I'm sure you're gonna love spending Christmas with Kate again."
"Are you kidding? Seriously anything but Christmas with them pleeease." she begged Sophia.
"If you come up with something better to do within the next three hours, then your off the hook." Sophia said as she left.
"How the hell am I going to find something with the next three hours. I'm screwed." she said to herself.
THREE HOURS LATER
After thinking about numerous thing they could do and running them by Sophia she had run out of ideas, and so it looked like they were spending the holiday with the Castles.
Sophia flicked a text to Rick confirming that they would be coming to both dinner and lunch, but that Gracie was still against it all and telling him that she's coming against her own will.
Rick passed the message onto Kate and she was ecstatic, Rick had never seen her so happy. She even started whistling and that was just creepy he thought but he loved seeing her happy.
PHEWWW. Chapter7 done and dusted. Again, I will be updating either tomorrow or in a few hours so stayed tuned followers. Oh and don't forget to review. Hope you enjoyed :)
