A third sister
Chapter Ten
A few days had passed and things seemed to get back to 'normal', although 'normal' hadn't actually been established yet. Megan had to get used to living with Kelly and Silver, living with people who actually cared about her. It was completely new for her. She'd grown up without anyone really caring about her. There were a few people she latched onto over the years, but never really had a proper connection. Nothing like the connection Kelly had with Silver. She'd always wanted that, she'd dreamed of that for 16 years. And now she finally had it. She just couldn't help but wish Jackie was there too. But she knew you can't have everything.
They seemed to be settling into a routine now. And they were all bonding really well. Everything was just fine. They seemed to be turning into your average family:
"Silver!" Kelly shouted, "Get up! You're gonna be late" She grabbed her coffee and proceeded to drink it, "Meg!" She then shouted up the stairs, "Have you finished that assignment?"
"Definitely not doing it now!" Megan sarcastically shouted back.
"Honestly the things I have to put up with" Kelly muttered to herself. Silver rushed out of her room, practically half dressed, throwing clothes on as she grabbed some coffee. Kelly just stood there and raised her eyebrows whilst sipping her coffee.
"Late one last night?" Kelly said.
"Kel I was at school"
"Really?" Kelly asked sceptically.
"Yes." Silver claimed, "I was working on the Blaze with Navid"
"Sure"
"I was" Silver replied, Kelly just nodded her head. Megan walked into the kitchen with her head in her notebook speedily writing.
"Has anyone seen my English textbook?" Megan asked. Silver lobbed it at Megan as she yawned.
"Honestly you two!" Kelly said, "related much?" They both stopped for a moment and looked at each other, but then continued rushing. "You're both going to be late. I am leaving in 10 minutes if you want a ride"
They both continued to rush, they clambered into Kelly's car. Silver was still eating her breakfast and Megan was still intentively concentrating on her assignment.
"Hmm don't forgot to mention irony" Silver said with a mouthful of toast.
"Oh yeah thanks"
"I had to write that paper last year" Silver said, "For Mr Matthews right?"
"Yeah"
"Urgh, he sets so many damn assignments, and..." Silver's moaning voice faded as Kelly raised her eyebrows at her looking at her through her mirror, "Never mind" Silver and Megan turned to each other and cheekily smiled.
They arrived at school, Megan was still writing her assignment. Kelly was ranting about something but she clearly wasn't listening. Megan automatically got out of the car whilst she was still talking.
"I'll talk to myself shall I?" Kelly said to herself, "No Kelly that's fine, I was listening, sure I'll see you after school, yeah I have finished my assignment, I'll do it on time next time" Kelly continued saying to herself. Silver just laughed and got out of the car, catching up with Megan.
"Hey Meg" Silver said, "Here" she handed her a piece of paper, "my assignment from last year, just to help" Megan smiled.
"Thanks"
"No problem" Silver replied, "I know the feeling of doing an assignment on the day it's due in"
"I heard you talking to Kelly, were you really at school last night?"
"Well not for all of last night" Silver admitted, Megan smiled. She was just happy that Silver was being honest with her, and treating her like one of her best friends, "I was at the Blaze, but then we all went out afterwards, just to blow off some steam. Kelly would go mental if she knew, you won't tell her will you?"
"No course not" Megan replied.
"Thought not" They both smiled.
"What was Kelly saying in the car? I wasn't listening"
"Clearly. You got out when she was still ranting"
"Whoops" Megan replied, they both laughed.
"Oh she was talking about some counselling thing. She wants us to go, you know to talk about Mom. And I guess so you can talk about everything"
"Oh great" Megan sarcastically said.
"Might help"
"Really? I don't wanna talk about it" Megan admitted, "Does she think it'll help?"
"Yeah, cause apparently we're not coping and I quote 'you'll have another breakdown, because you're bipolar' urgh it just annoys me, like she uses it against me" Silver said.
"Do we really have to go?" Megan asked.
"She'll flip if we don't"
"Great" Megan said with very little enthusiasm, "Who's it with?"
"I dunno, some other guidance counsellor I guess"
"So not with Kelly?"
"No, now that would just be weird" Silver said, "Hey you might get to miss some of Matthew's lesson"
"I can only hope, I'm never going to get this done" Megan said.
"Kelly said this shrink will come and find us when she's ready"
"Urgh" Megan moaned.
"Welcome to my world sis" Silver said, putting an arm around Megan's neck and walking into school.
Megan sat in the library still trying to finish her assignment, a woman dressed in a suit came and sat opposite her.
"Hi" she said.
"Hi" Megan replied, she saw that the woman had a school tag on, so assumed she was a teacher.
"You're Megan right?"
"Meg. Yeah" Megan replied slightly confused.
"Hi"
"We already did that part" Megan said. The woman smiled slightly at Megan's humour.
"I'm Julia Bateman, your guidance counsellor" the woman said, Megan rolled her eyes and started to gather her things, "Please Megan, uh Meg, just give me a chance" the woman reached for Megan's hand and held it as Megan restrained to sit back down.
"Make it quick I've got a lesson to be in"
"You've been excused" Julia said.
"No I can't miss this class. I've gotta hand this assignment in"
"Meg, it's fine don't panic. Come on let me help you"
"I don't need any help! What makes you think I need help!" Megan shouted.
"Meg Taylor" One of the librarians shouted, she approached Megan, "If you cannot be quiet you should not be in here. Out."
"What?"
"Now."
"Fine" Megan huffed. She gathered her things and left the library. Julia followed her.
"Please Meg just talk to me"
"No thanks" Megan replied.
"You don't have a choice"
"Says who?" Megan exclaimed.
"The school have requested you speak to someone about your recent experiences"
"So you mean my sister has requested that I talk to someone about my mom's death?"
"Yes Kelly did request you see me, but the school are concerned"
"I don't want to talk to you"
"Then will you at least talk to someone else. Another counsellor, a teacher, a friend."
"No!" Megan shouted, by this point they were walking down the main corridor of the school as Megan headed to Mr Matthew's lesson. "What part of I don't want to talk about it don't you understand?"
"I just thought that you might talk to someone else about it"
"Why would you think that?"
"Because it's going to help you" Julia said.
"How is talking about my mom's death going to help?"
"Help you move on"
"I am 'moving on', talking about it, reminding myself of it is not going to help" Megan exclaimed.
"How do you know that unless you try?" Julia insisted.
"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Megan screamed. Ryan came rushing out of his classroom, fearing for the worst when he heard Megan's cry.
"Meg?" He said as he skidded over to them on the shiny, smooth, slippery floor. "Is everything okay here?"
"No" Megan replied quite upset. "She won't leave me alone!" Megan sulked.
"Hi I'm Julia Bateman, I'm a guidance counsellor" Julia said introducing herself to Ryan. He turned to Megan, "Meg, why don't you go inside and get ready for class to start" Megan rushed away as the second Ryan finished talking.
"Err she's been excused, I need to talk to her" Julia said.
"In all honesty she's fine"
"Her sister doesn't seem to think so"
"Who Kelly?"
"Yes" Julia replied.
"What? You've gotta be kidding right"
"Nope. Kelly doesn't think her sister is handling well with the death of her mother"
"That's probably because Kelly herself isn't" Ryan said, "And what 16 year old kid deals with their mom's death well?"
"I have been requested to spend at least an hour with Meg to discuss how she is coping"
"Well she clearly doesn't want to speak to you"
"She would if you didn't let her go"
"I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have spoken to you anyway" Ryan confessed. "So why don't you just leave her alone. You're making matters worse. She just wants to get on with things"
"No I must talk to her" Julia said trying to get past Ryan into the classroom to pull Megan out. Ryan blocked the door, and refused to let her in.
"Please leave my classroom, or I'll have to call security"
"I've been permitted to be on the premises Mr..."
"Matthews. Ryan Matthews"
"Mr Matthews, you can't have me removed."
"You are not welcome in my classroom, you are distressing a student. I can sure as hell have you removed. So back off"
"I'm going to have to report you to Kelly" Julia threatened.
"You do that. Go ahead" Ryan said. Julia looked surprised at Ryan's comeback and scurried off to Kelly's office in a huff.
Ryan went into the classroom and knelt by Megan's desk, "Meg are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just don't wanna talk about my mom, especially with a stranger like her"
"Okay, well if you ever want to talk, my door is always open" Ryan replied.
"Thank you Mr Matthews" Megan said, "And thank you for standing up for me out there"
"No problem, anytime. Kelly is gonna kill me though"
"Nothing's new there then, she's always out to get someone" Megan joked, they both laughed, "Here's my assignment" Megan said handing it to Ryan.
"Oh thanks, it's okay if you're struggling Meg, with home and work and stuff, I'll understand if you don't get assignments done"
"Honestly it's fine"
"Sure?"
"Yeah"
"Any normal kid would jump at the opportunity for an excuse of not to do work" Ryan said. Megan smiled.
"Well I'm clearly not normal" Megan said, Ryan laughed. More students began to flood in, so Ryan stood up and went to his desk and resumed what he was doing.
About 20 minutes into the lesson Kelly interrupted.
"Ryan can I have a word?" She demanded, it sounded serious. Ryan looked over at Megan and then to Kelly.
"Sure" He replied, "guys continue reading page 276" he walked out of the classroom into the corridor. Kelly closes the classroom door as she sees Megan look over, trying to listen to their conversation.
"What are you playing at?" She exclaimed.
"What am I playing at? What are you playing at? More like" Ryan said, "Making her talk to a stranger about a sensitive subject"
"She needs to, she needs help"
"Kelly she's fine"
"No she's not" Kelly exclaimed.
"Yes she is, she's fine, she's great in class, she's settled in well, made friends, she always gets the work done and is holding up really well"
"She's needs to talk about it"
"Why?"
"Because otherwise she'll breakdown"
"No she won't"
"You don't know that" Kelly replied, "Silver will too"
"Even though Silver is bipolar she's not going to breakdown, and even though Meg has had a tough upbringing she's not going to breakdown either" Ryan assured, "Kelly, at the rate you're going you'll breakdown" Kelly's eyes were welling up with tears.
"I just want to help her, I feel so useless" Kelly confessed letting her guard down and opening up to Ryan.
"You're not Kelly, you're helping her so much, you can see it in her, she wouldn't be getting on so well without you"
"I still think she should talk to someone"
"I don't"
"I'm a guidance counsellor"
"And I'm her teacher" Ryan replied.
"I'm her sister" Kelly argued.
"Fine" Ryan reluctantly gave in, "It's your decision"
"Exactly" Kelly said, turning to the door and opening it again. Ryan went back into his class, Kelly got eye contact with Megan and pulled her out of class.
"I don't want to hear it Kelly" Megan said.
"Back at ya Meg" Kelly replied defensively, "I'm trying to help you"
"What makes you think I need help?"
"All of the stuff you've been through, you need to talk to someone about it" Kelly said.
"Talking about it isn't going to help"
"Yes it is" Kelly said.
"How do you know that?" Megan back chatted.
"Cause I'm a guidance counsellor" Kelly said, "And most of all I'm you sister"
"Sometimes I wish you weren't" Megan snapped, she went back into Ryan's class and slammed the door, leaving a very upset Kelly in the hallway.
The bell indicating the end of school had rung hours ago. Silver had stayed behind to work on the Blaze, she finished up and headed out of school. Megan was sat on the wall at the front of West Bev.
"Hey, what you still doing here?" Silver asked as soon as she spotted her sister.
"Didn't wanna go home" Megan replied.
"Why?"
"Had a bit of a disagreement with Kelly"
"What about?" Silver replied hoisting herself up on the wall beside Megan.
"This stupid guidance counsellor thing" Megan said, "some woman tried to talk to me about it today"
"Who was it? I managed to get out of it"
"I don't know, she wasn't even a teacher, some person who had a visitors tag on, she boycotted me in the library and then stalked me to my lesson, luckily Mr Matthews got rid of her"
"He did?"
"Yeah"
"Doesn't seem like the sort of thing he would do" Silver admitted.
"I know, he seemed to have a bit of a disagreement with Kelly afterwards"
"I'm not surprised. I feel like having a go at her when we get home"
"I don't wanna go home"
"Meg, you've got to, she'll be even more mad if you don't"
"I just said something I shouldn't have"
"What?"
"That sometimes I wish she wasn't my sister" Megan said.
"Oh believe me I've said that to her so many times"
"I think I really hurt her"
"Meg, Kel doesn't hold grudges, she would have shaken it off already. I've said some horrible things to her in the past, and all she's ever done is loved me" Silver assured, "Nobody said that this was all going to fall into place and be perfect. We've got to smooth out our differences first. Just come home. Please" Silver pleaded. Megan reluctantly picked up her bag and jumped down from the wall, Silver smiled and did the same.
They both got home, by this point it was really late. Oddly Kelly didn't wait up for them, the house was dark when they got in.
"It's pretty late, you better go to bed" Silver suggested.
"Where's Kel?" Megan asked.
"She's probably in bed you know"
"Kay, guess I'll talk to her in the morning" Megan replied.
"Yeah, you shouldn't wake her" Silver said.
"Night" Megan said.
"Night" Silver replied. They both went their separate ways, Megan went up to her room and Silver went to hers.
Megan got ready and climbed into her bed, she flicked through the messages on her blackberry as she heard a light knocking on her door. The door opened and Kelly's head poked round it.
"Hey" She said.
"Hey" Megan replied.
"Sorry I couldn't sleep before I knew you were home"
"Oh sorry" Megan apologised.
"Where were you?"
"At school" Megan replied, "I came home with Silver after she finished at the Blaze"
"Why are you back so late?"
"I didn't want to come home, I thought you'd be mad" Megan confessed.
"I'm not mad, I'm just worried" Kelly owned up, she closed the door behind her and sat opposite Megan on her bed, "After everything that's happened I just thought you should talk to someone"
"I know it won't help" Megan stated, "I've had counselling before" She revealed.
"You have?"
"Yeah back at my old school, and it didn't help. It just made it worse. It made me realise how crap my life was. I just don't wanna have to go through that all again" Megan said, "Honestly I'm fine"
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"You know you can talk to me, or Silver anytime you want"
"I know, and I will" Megan replied, Kelly smiled, "I'm sorry about what I said"
"Honestly it's fine, you were mad I understand" Kelly replied, "Now kiddo get to sleep, it's late. Don't want you turning into Silver"
"I think that's kinda too late" Megan replied.
"I know" Kelly agreed, "I've noticed" They both smiled, "Night"
"Night" Megan replied, Kelly kissed Megan on the forehead and headed towards the door.
"Thanks for being you Kelly" Megan said, Kelly smiled.
"Goodnight" She turned out the light and gently closed the door, with a sweet smile on her face.
Hi guys, thanks for reading this, and thank you to those who subscribe, I really appreciate it. I need your help. I really don't know where to go with this, as Kelly isn't in it anymore. In season 3 Silver has mentioned her but we all know Jennie Garth isn't going to come back unfortunately . So I don't really know what to write about anymore. Have you got any ideas? I'm open to suggestions. I really don't want to stop writing this story.