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Chapter 9
I don't own Waterloo Road.
Katie and Rachel were still sitting in her office; Katie was feeing a bit better after her tears.
"Why don't we go home honey" Rachel said.
Katie nodded and stood up from her seat.
"Rach, do you want me to stay with you?" Katie asked
"Of course I do sweetie, it's your home now"
"Thanks Rachel, I just don't want to get in your way, like an annoying little sister"
"Your not annoying, I mean don't get me wrong, I wish Dad was here and still healthy and you were happy with him, but that's not to be, anyway, you and I have always got on, we could have some fun together"
"I guess, it will be like when I was younger and I used to stay at yours when Dad was away on Business. Remember we always watched loads of films and get pizza all the time."
"Yeah, it will be like that again, except maybe not every day" Rachel replied.
They left Rachel's office and met Mel on the way out.
"How is Philip?" Mel asked Rachel
"He's upset, what do you expect" Rachel replied irritably to her sister.
"Look Rach, I'm sorry, I just am not good at dealing with this sort of stuff, it reminds me of when Mum died"
Rachel turned to her youngest sister.
"Katie, can you go wait in the car please" Rachel handed her they keys.
"I'm not a kid Rachel, I don't need to be sent away" Katie replied back.
"Katie Please" Rachel asked again
Katie turned and walked towards the exit.
"Mel, you can't leave me to deal with it all, I can't be there for Katie and Philip whilst trying to organise everything, there is so much to do, including trying to contact all of Dads friends from home"
"I'm sorry Rachel, I'm just not as strong as you" She replied "I'm sorry" she repeated before walking away.
Rachel was furious, how could Melissa be so self centred, she walked out of the school and got into the car beside her youngest sister.
"So what did Mel say?" Katie asked curiously as her sister put her seatbelt on.
"Just what you heard," Rachel sighed " Melissa took Mum's death badly, ever since then she just blocks everything out, its not that she didn't love Dad, or that she isn't hurting, she just finds it hard to show her emotions"
"I'm sorry Rachel; I didn't mean for you to do this all on your own, I promise I'll help you"
"Only if you want to love" now how about we get home.
Just at that, Rachel's phone rang, she answered it.
"Philip, what's wrong?" she asked when she heard the worried tone of her nephews voice.
After Philip explained about some unexpected visitors at Rachel's house she quickly replied "I'll be home soon Love don't worry"
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