Chapter 13.
Sabrina, Bosley, Tommy and Kelly were on their way back home to Boulder Creek a few hours later, around dinner time. Bosley and Tommy were behind the wheels, the girls had been broken up into separate cars. They were laughing too much when they were together, and it was driving Bosley and Tommy crazy.
They had spent several hours at the hospital where they doctor had finally stitched Sabrina up after checking x-rays and mri. There was a good bit of muscle damage but with some rest and then some physical therapy she would be as good as new within a few months. She had been able to go home with a pair of crutches and a big box of painkillers. Right now she didn't need them. She was still being amazed by the wonders around her - right now it was Tommy's ears that she kept pointing at and pulling as he drove, he kept brushing her away. The doctors had checked both her and Kelly, making sure they didn't die from any overdose, and he said they were okay, just up in the blue. They would feel worse when they began falling back to the ground. Jenny had decided to stay with Kino as he was being kept at the hospital for observation; the graze was evidently deeper than she had thought from the beginning.
Now both the cars pulled over at the parking spaces outside the white house, and Kris, the girls, Jill and Anton together with Lucas on his arm walked down to meet up with them. Bosley had called them from the hospital, telling them about the boat, the truck, Sabrina's injury and the fact that they were both flying high. Kelly now hugged Ella and Sarah closely, even though both of them were dressed in bathing suits, completely soaked.
"Oh, you're so wet!" Kelly laughed as she hugged them.
"We've been playing in the lawn sprinkler."
"The lawn sprinkler is on!?" Kelly said as her eyes grow wide, and she begun unbuttoning her blouse. Kris realized that Kelly was probably on her way to strip down and run to it, and Kris hurried up to Kelly and started buttoning the blouse again.
"Hey, honey, why don't we take you inside and you can find something to do that involves being dressed instead, huh?"
Kelly looked at Kris and then she began laughing. Her legs got weak and she sat down on the ground, laughing hysterically.
"What's so funny?" Kris asked confused.
"Hick… hick!" Kelly laughed, faking hiccups as she sat on the ground laughing.
Kris looked down at her stomach – yeah, the kid was having hiccups again.
"Bosley." Kris pleaded, and he smiled at her and grabbed Kelly by the armpits, helping her inside. Bosley told Kris to take the girls elsewhere while he kept Kelly in a leash. Tommy helped Sabrina, she couldn't really use the crutches because she couldn't concentrate on them, and she couldn't walk by herself. So Tommy was practically carrying her up to the house. Anton put his hand on Sabrina's lower back as she came closer and she leaned forward and gave him a big kiss right on his nose.
"Oookay." Anton smiled surprised, helping Sabrina inside. Jill offered to take Lucas from him and Anton happily accepted it. Jill walked away to the garden where Ella and Sarah had gone back to playing in the lawn sprinkler. Jill smiled at the girls as she sat down on a lawn chair, Lucas sitting down in her lap with a big smile on his face. Kris looked at Jill with a concerned but yet relieved look. It was the first time on the entire day that she saw Jill smiling. Maybe she was coming around.
"Is the headache better?" Kris asked carefully.
Jill looked away from the girls and looked up at Kris. She was still smiling and she nodded.
"I took some of those aspirins and it helped. And Kris… I'm sorry about earlier. I don't know what got into me, I'm truly sorry."
Kris nodded, lowering her head.
"It's okay. Ella got more upset than I did I think." Kris sighed.
Jill stared at her.
"Ella heard that?"
Kris looked up at Jill, staring back at her.
"She was standing right next to me, she was worried about you. And then you cussed me out and she got scared."
"I don't remember her being there."
"Well she was, and maybe you should talk to her about it later."
"I will." Jill sighed. "I truly am sorry. My mind just shut off, I hardly remember saying what I did, yet I know I did it. It's confusing, I know."
Kris, Jill and the kids spent about an hour out on the lawn. They were all laughing and playing and had a good time. Kris kept looking over at Jill, she seemed to be just like herself. It was like the angry, irritated and jealous Jill never had been there. But she had. Kris knew that. Kris hoped that this smiley and happy Jill would stay and the dark Jill would stay away. But by dinner time, Jill was again irritated and had a headache. Kris forced her to take some more aspirin, but even if it worked or not, Jill was still not in a good mood as they sat down by the dining table. Kelly and Sabrina were a little calmer than before, but they were still most definitely up in the blue. Kelly was examining a potato on very close distance while Sabrina was talking to the plate.
"Jill, what's wrong?"
Jill looked up at her sister, then shrugged her shoulders.
"Nothing's wrong, I'm fine."
"You're just picking your food."
This made the room quiet, even Sabrina and Kelly. Jill didn't pick her food, she never did. She ate like a horse, most of the times several portions.
"I'm not hungry." Jill said flatly.
This made everyone around the table pretty much drop their forks to the plates, staring at Jill's statement.
"You're always hungry." Kris stated confused.
"Not now." Jill said irritated.
"Then you're sick." Kelly said, nodding so much that the gang thought she'd dislocate her neck.
"Absolutely." Sabrina smiled, and then the two of them began laughing. Jill muttered some words that should not be said out loud and then she left the room, walking upstairs.
That evening, hell broke out. Jill had walked down to the livingroom and sat down in front of the TV, and Kelly had walked in to the room to excuse her behavior earlier. Jill had muttered out that it wasn't her fault, and Kelly had kept pushing that it was. During the entire time Jill kept looking straight forwards, scowling and visibly angry.
"Jill, really I'm sorry."
"I've heard you, okay!?" Jill snapped, irritated.
"I… I just…" Kelly stuttered, being a little surprised with Jill's outburst, even though she saw it coming.
"You just what!? Jeez Kelly, why don't you just leave me alone? Did I ask for you to come here? No! I was watching TV."
Kelly suddenly rose to her feet, hands on her hips. She was fed up with Jill's scowling, she was fed up with Jill being mad and irritated on everything without reason, and the fact that she refused to explain fully or even excuse herself. Kelly was pissed off by the fact that Jill had cussed in front of her daughters and she was pissed that Jill had said it to Kris. And she was definitely fed up with Jill being mad at her all the time, why the grudge against her? A few days ago they were best friends.
"Come on Jill, just tell me why you're really mad, this isn't helping any of us!" Kelly snapped angrily. "What have I done to make you so mad at me? Seriously. Being there for your sister when you're not around, is that such a bad thing? Isn't it good she has a friend to turn to when it comes to things you might not want to discuss with your sister, and isn't it good that she can turn to my shoulder when you're not home? When you do come home she instantly turns to you instead so don't come here and tell me that's you're worried that she's putting me first because she never have and she never will! So why are you mad, you have to tell me because this is just ridiculous?!" Kelly said angry, waving her arms up and down before placing them crossed over her chest.
The room was dead quiet, you could hear Jill breathing. Jill looked up at Kelly, fire in her eyes. If looks could kill…
"You want to know what's been killing me?! You know everything about me sister, she talks to you about things she doesn't want to talk to me about, but before when Kris was scared or something else, and she turned to you to not upset me, then you told me about it. You let me know, so I could talk to Kris. Now you don't let me in either, so no one of you are telling me what's going on. You know her so much better than me, and you're there when needed. Jeez, my sister actually died, and I wasn't there. Do you know how much that hurt me? No, you don't, cause we don't talk anymore. I was your friend first, and you both just abandoned me to have fun with each other instead! So excuse me for feeling a bit left out!" Jill said, even angrier if possible.
The others heard them screaming at each other, and Sabrina, Bosley, Tommy, Anton and Kris walked inside the room, Sabrina had gone clean enough to be able to use the crutches.
"Guys…" Tommy began, but both Kelly and Jill turned to him, eyes burning.
"Shut up!" They both snapped to Tommy before turning to each other.
"Jill, it's not like you're calling me on the evenings just to talk, and it's not like you drop by just to say hi. You only come when something happens, and probably just because you feel you have to! I'm not the only one who doesn't try!"
"I call, but you're always busy, most of the times you're doing something together with my sister, and it always feels like I'm intruding when I try to talk to anyone of you! And it hurts to come over to you or Kris because I'm always a third wheel, and you have no idea how that feels to think that you're intruding on your own sister, you couldn't know because you never had one and you never will!" Jill screamed.
And that was it for Kelly. She launched herself at Jill, and Jill quickly turned around and hit an elbow into Kelly's ribs. Kelly leaned over for a second, furious, before letting out a roar before attacking Jill again. Jill tried to get a grip around her, but slipped, and Kelly punched her hard into her stomach. Jill landed some punches onto Kelly's back, and then kicked her legs away, making her fall to the ground. She then grabbed Kelly, holding around her neck, head under her armpit, pulling her up together with her, back to back. Kelly was growling, and she grabbed Jill's leg and pulled it up - forward, and Jill fell back and landed hard on the ground.
Next second Kelly was on top of Jill's back, and Jill used her strength to roll a few turns, pushing down some chairs and other furniture on their way, before changing direction, sitting down on Kelly's chest with her knees over Kelly's shoulders, holding down her hands with her feet. The following second Kelly pulled up her legs and pulled them around Jill's waist, heaving herself up into sitting position, Jill landed with her back towards the floor. Jill then sprung to her feet within an instant and now it was her turn to launch into Kelly, shoving her into a bookcase, her back hitting the bookcase hard and she moaned loudly in pain. Jill mad some powerful hits towards Kelly's ribcage with a clenched fist when a roar was heard through the house.
"GUYS STOP IT!!"
Jill stopped herself in the middle of the air, halfway towards Kelly's face with her fist. Both Kelly and Jill stared at Kris who was leaning towards the wall, holding onto it hard, tears streaming down her face. No one in this room had ever heard Kris roar like that, and now they all stood frozen in their spots, before Jill stormed out of the house, pretty much pushing Kris out of the doorway where she was standing.
"Jill…" Kris whispered as she passed, but Jill did no sign of even bothering.
They could hear a car start and as they looked out of the window, Jill drove past them, holding a speed of about 100 miles per hour down the avenue.
