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12: Fire
A few hours passed. Jake dropped Kitty and Kathy off home and, after a ten minute goodbye make-out session; Kitty walked into the house smelling nothing fresh. Entering the kitchen she found a note on the table.
Tried calling earlier, last minute faculty meeting. Unknown end time, find anything you want to dinner.
~ Will and Emma.
Kitty rolled her eyes as she set Kathy down on the chair and looked around for food. Emma had done some food shopping. The only thing she found that Kathy would eat was bow shaped pasta. She'd figured she's make that, add some butter and a bit of Alfredo sauce and have some sort of dinner ready for themselves.
She grabbed a silver pot and began filling it with water. Once filled she carried it over to the stove and before she did anything else she saw a difference. This was a gas stove. Kitty Wilde has never used a gas stove, only an electric stove. She knew she had to turn the knobs though, that's it.
She began turning the knobs, but nothing happened. She kept turning and twisting the knobs but had no results. Finally when she was just about to give up, she could smell the stench of something disgusting.
"Eww stinky!" Kathy yelled as she covered her nose. "Stinky, stinky, stinky Kitty!"
"Sorry!" Kitty yelled, covering her nose too. "What the hell…" She muttered to herself.
Kitty kept turning the knobs back and forth, fully and partially, for the next ten minutes or so. Kathy grew agitated and bored, so Kitty handed her sister a rag cloth to enjoy herself with. Somehow that rag made her happy and find amusement in it.
Finally after Kitty messed around with the gas stove Kitty was able to start the blue-orange fire. She grinned confidently as she turned around to get the materials ready. Although she could still smell gas from earlier, she was so sure everything was fine. Kitty felt the urge to use the bathroom before she could do anything else. "Kathy, I'll be right back, 'K?"
"K!" Kathy said.
Kitty went to the bathroom. Several seconds later before she could even wash her hands, a loud pitch screamed was heard. Kitty ran out of the downstairs bathroom and into the kitchen to find a decent size fire on the stove, the cloth that Kathy played with earlier was the cause. The cloth soon began to set some other cloths on fire (cloths that rested on the oven)
Kitty ran to the closet and began to frantically look for a fire extinguisher. Nothing. "Shit! Shit! Shit!" She yelled, opening and closing cabinets to find the extinguisher. "Shit! Shit! Shit!"
"Kitty!" Kathy cried out. "Kitty!"
"Hold on Kathy!" Kitty yelled, opening a closet door in the kitchen and finding the fire extinguisher. "Found it!"
Kitty pulled it out and tried to work it, but the white foam wasn't coming out. She tried several times before heard the front door opened.
"Kitty? What's that smell?" Will called out.
"I got it don't worry!" Kitty yelled. "Come on you stupid thing!" Kitty pressed the handle but it wouldn't work.
Emma and Will followed the sound of Kitty to the kitchen. Soon entering a screaming, crying Kathy, a worried Kitty and a stove on fire. In a minute Will was over at Kitty and grabbed the tool from her hands, pushing her back towards the direction of Emma; who had grabbed Kathy from the chair and held her far back.
Will managed to get the tool working and started putting the fire out. Soon afterwards when the fire was gone Will turned the tool off and settled the thing down. He turned back to where the three females were. "What happened?"
"I—I—" Kitty began, trying to think of what to say. "I stupidly threw the rag cloth behind me, missing the counter and landing the cloth on the fire!"
"Kitty, are you—!" Will shouted.
"I'm sorry!" Kitty yelled, losing grip of Emma. "I was just trying to make dinner for Kathy and I! I just won't ever make food in this shitty kitchen again!"
With that said, Kitty ran out of the kitchen and began towards the stairs. Will followed behind as Emma soothed Kathy down.
"Kitty, I'm not mad. I was just worried that you or Kathy got hurt, that's all" Will said as he followed her up the stairs. "Kitty stop."
"Bite me!" She yelled, still going up the stairs.
"Kitty—"
"Leave me alone." Kitty told him. Up the stairs Kitty ran into her room and locked it. Will came to the door and tried unlocking it, then knocked. "Leave me alone!'
"Kitty I'm not mad."
"Bite me."
"Talk to me, please?" he asked.
"Bite. My. Cheerio. Ass!" Kitty screeched. "Leave me alone Schuester!"
Will sighed. "Okay…well Emma and I are here if you want to talk." He said. He pretended to walk away then gently pressed his ear to the door, listening to the other side. All he heard was the sound of sobbing from the other side.
"How is she?" Emma asked, rocking in a rocking chair in Kathy's room, having to finish soothing the girl to sleep.
"She's alright, I think. Shook up." Will said. "Em, we need her to talk to us but she's not going too."
"We could always talk to her therapist." Emma suggested. "Or group support persons."
"No, they won't talk to us unless Kitty gives them permission." Will told her, sitting down on the foot rest. "You think she's spoken to anyone about any of this? Like Jake, Marley or Quinn? Maybe they could tell us a little something, just a little bit of something."
"Maybe, I don't know if they would though."
"Maybe if we just tell them that by helping us, we'll be helping Kitty, it's okay. It is the truth after all." Will suggested.
"True." Emma smiled. "Do you want to put her in bed while I start the clean up downstairs?"
"Sure." Will said.
Emma gently passed the sleepy toddler over to Will then left. Will, who took her graciously in his arms, smiled looking at the droopy eye child. "Hi Kathy. You sleepy?"
Kathy faintly nodded.
"Thankfully Emma dressed you already," Will said as he settled the toddler down on the bed. He took the sheets at the end of the bed and placed them over the girl. "All set now?"
"Fire." She yawned into a nod.
"The fire is out now, Kathy." Will smiled. "You're safe now."
"Bwin Bwasket Bwall." Kathy yawned again. "Night-night."
"Night Kathy." Will smiled. He leaned forward and kissed her forehead.
Downstairs Will was helping Emma clean up the mess when they heard the front door being knocked on. Will walked over to the door and opened it. He found Jake and Ryder at the door with a circular wash bin with several rag clothes hanging off the side.
"Hey Mr. Schue we know it's late, but we were wondering if we could go up and see Kitty." Jake said. "We know Kathy's probably already asleep, but Kitty can keep score."
"Uh for what?" Will asked.
"Bin Basketball." Ryder answered. "Take rag cloths, roll them into a ball, throw it into the bin and it's a score. Fun for everyone and easy for Kathy."
Bwin Bwasket Bwall. Will remembered. "Uh Kitty's kind of not feeling well."
"Oh, okay." Ryder said. "Have a good night." He answered.
"Night Shyster." Jake told him.
"Night guys."
Will shut the door.
A few minutes later on the left side of the house, where Kitty's room was, the boys waited at the bottom for Kitty to come out. In a matter of seconds the blonde girl came climbing out, jumped onto the branch and down the tree. She wore a white long sleeve sweater with jean pants and snow boots. "I forgot my jacket downstairs, but I'll be fine. Fuck Schuester." She said.
Aww, the Will and Kathy moment :3
