Luke POV
I heard the elevator doors open and close and Jessie calling for me and Kat but I just pulled Kat closer. "Luke..." she sighed. I let her go and she moved onto the chair next to me, holding my hand. she gave me a quick kiss before calling out to Jessie. Jessie came in and saw us watching the fight together but completely missed our hands, fingers tangled. "Kat,I just wanted to let you know that dad wants you to talk to you asap" she grinned before walking out. "I should go see what he wants" she said before walking out. "see you in a minute"
Kat POV
I scrolled through my numbers and rung my dad. "Dad?" I asked. "is everything OK?". I tried to keep the worry out of my voice. "everything is great sweetheart. I've been given a promotion!" he sounded happy; good sign. "that's great dad!" I exclaimed. "But you see, I'm going to be fighting in Africa and I won't be around to look after you. Do you want to stay with Jessie or come back and live with your mom?" the words your mom stung me like a wasp in my heart. "If I can, can stay with Jessie?" I muttered, trying not to let on about how much he had hurt me with a simple phrase. My hand was shaking so bad I had to put my mobile on the table and was suddenly thankful that it was already on speaker. " Sure honey. I will go tell your mom. Bye, love you" he said and hung up. He had said it again; your mom. I turned and saw Luke looking at me with concern from the entrance to the screening room. I flung myself into his arms and wrapped my arms tightly around his neck. "what's wrong?" he whispered in my ear. "you suddenly seemed all upset when he said something about your mom."
"my mom" I scoffed. Luke pulled his head back slightly and gave me a questioning look. "my mom died shortly after giving birth to me. Jessies mom is the only mok I have ever had but I have never really called her mom. When my dad said 'your mom' it felt like he had forgotten her. That's why I reacted the way through I did"
"oh" he muttered. "It's ok. On the bright side you might live here if my mom allows it"
"yeah" I laughed and he picked me up and carried me back to the screening room.
