Good morning! I'm sorry this update wasn't out yesterday, but we had a storm that knocked out the power and I had no internet connection. Sad sad day. But I'm here now at six in the morning. Gross. But I do have long chapter today.

This chapter is dedicated to: briorca18, Crazygurl5and11 and BTRlover98

Warnings: Fluff and swearing

Songs Used: Airplanes the Tyler Ward version.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Enjoy!

Chapter 14: Airplanes:

Can we pretend that airplanes In the night sky Are like shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now Wish right now Wish right now Can we pretend that airplanes In the night sky Are like shooting stars? I could really use a wish right now Wish right now Wish right now Yeah, I could use a dream or a genie or a wish To go back to a place much simpler than this 'Cause after all the partyin' and smashin' and crashin' And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion And all the pandemonium and all the madness There comes a time where you fade to the blackness And when you starin' at that phone in your lap And you hopin' but them people never call you back But that's just how the story unfolds You get another hand soon after you fold And when your plans unravel in the sand What would you wish for if you had one chance? So airplane, airplane, sorry I'm late I'm on my way so don't close that gate If I don't make that then I'll switch my flight And I'll be right back at it by the end of the night

(Kendall POV)

"You feeling better Katie?" I tugged the comforter up to my sister's chin later that night.

"I guess so." She answered and wriggled around to find a more comfortable position.

I sighed and sat down on the edge of her bed. "You don't sound very happy." I rubbed her cheek. "What's wrong? Besides the obvious."

"Kendall?" Katie asked in a sad voice that made my heart break. "Why did you offer to give me to James?"

I frowned. "It was supposed to be a joke Katie. It wasn't meant to make you feel bad. I'm sorry."

Katie shrugged. "I wasn't upset."

I looked at her and shook my head. "Don't lie Katie."

"Sorry." She dipped her head to her chest.

I sighed again. "You gonna behave really well tomorrow?"

Katie nodded. "Of course."

"What do you wanna do?" I asked, gently pushing my sister's hair out of her face. "You need a head band to keep your hair out of your pretty face."

Katie blushed. "Can we go swimming?"

"Of course." I told her standing up. "But it's getting late, you need to get some sleep." I kissed her head. "Sleep good. I love you Katie."

"I love you too big brother." Katie told me. "Will you lay with me until I fall asleep?" She made her eyes as big as possible.

"How can I say no to that face?" I kicked off my slippers and walked around the bed to the other side. Katie pulled back the covers for me to climb in. I plucked a brown hair off my sweats and released it to the floor.

"Lay down." Katie told me.

I smiled and slid farther down under the covers, resting my head on the pillow next to my sister.

She pulled the blanket up over my chest then she laid down close to me. I let her set her head on my chest.

"I guess I'm not leaving." I joked, rubbing my sisters back.

"No." Katie answered. "You're not."

I rolled onto my side to look at her. "You're so pretty, you know that?"

"You tell me that everyday Kendall." Katie's toes found mine under the covers.

"That's because it's true." I smiled taking her foot in between mine and slowly pulling her down under the covers.

"Hey!" She laughed. "Jerk."

"I know." I gave her a hug.

Katie curled up close to me and put her arm around my ribcage. I draped my arm over her slim body as well. "I'm lucky." Katie whispered.

"Why?" I asked genuinely confused.

"'Cause you're my big brother." Katie answered shyly.

I kissed her forehead. "Well then I'm luckier."

Katie sighed contently and began to drift off to sleep. "I love you so much Katie. Sweet dreams baby sister."

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(Kendall POV)

Danny was in the apartment as soon as we woke up. I was not pleased to see him, nor was the rest of my family. We all managed to go along as though it was a normal morning. We all acted very polite and morning breakfast went smoother than it did most days.

There was no fighting and no screaming. The conversations were smooth and I didn't have to work to make them kid friendly.

I helped my mom clean up while everyone else got ready to go swimming. I figured it would be easiest if we did one thing a day and let Katie chose what it was.

"Kendall, you can go get ready if you like, I can finish up here." My mom told me.

I smiled. "Oh, okay, thanks." I rushed off to my bedroom and threw on my favorite black board shorts and shook out my hair.

I left my room and knocked on Katie's door. "You almost ready?"

She opened the door immediately, looking distressed. "No!" She cried.

I raised my eyebrows, not understanding. "Well why not?"

"I have no bathing suits!"

Ugh, is this like one of those teenage girl problems? "What do you mean? I thought you had like four."

Katie looked as if she were about to cry, she tugged me into her bedroom. "None that will cover all my scars!"

Oooh. Now I get it! "Where are your scars the worst?"

"Um." She thought for a second. "My ankles and calf, my upper thighs and my stomach."

I took that into consideration as I rummaged through her drawers. I found a pair of black bottoms that I tossed onto her bed and a matching tankini top that was long enough to hide all but an inch of her stomach. "Put this on and I'll be right back."

I rushed to my bedroom and grabbed some red board shorts that we too small for me but I had kept anyway. Then I ran into the bathroom and found some makeup that was meant for pools, so it was water proof.

I strolled back to my sister's room. Katie was standing in front of her mirror.

I cringed when I saw her. Her legs were so scratched up, along with her arms. "I'm back."

"I look awful Kendall." Katie whispered to the mirror.

I gave a half smile. "No you don't. But I can fix all of these scars." I tossed her my shorts. "Here put these on. They might be a little big but they'll have to do."

Katie slid on my shorts. They were so big they were almost falling off my sister. "They're huge!"

I laughed. "Yeah but you look really cute." I walked over to her and knelt down. I rolled over the waist band and the shorts were hiked up to her knees. Then I pulled on the draw strings, instantly tightening them. "Better?"

"The shorts yes, but my legs and arms? No." Katie answered, examining her left leg.

"That's where I come in." I sat on the floor against her bed. "Sit down and put your legs on me."

She obeyed, blushing slightly as I examined her legs.

"Wow." I remarked. "You really didn't miss a spot did you?"

She blushed even more. "They weren't all me."

I wanted to believe her. I really did, but I knew she had cut again after I had caught her. I just hadn't mentioned it. "It might feel cold." I warned.

I gently rubbed the foundation type stuff on my sister's legs, erasing all the scars immediately. "I can't believe girls put this stuff on their faces. It's so slimy!" I gagged.

Katie gave a weak smile.

"Can I have your arm?" I asked gently taking her legs off of me.

Sheepishly, Katie gave me her right arm.

"I don't judge Katie. I know they're scarred. So are mine, remember?" I told my sister revealing the annoying scars on my own wrist. I began to rub the foundation onto both of her arms. "They're you go. And now you look nice and tan." I got up onto my knees but Katie stopped me with a hug. I returned the hug.

"Thank you Kendall." She whispered.

"I think that requires a little more than a thank you." I raised my eyebrows, tapping my cheek.

She gave me a kiss on the cheek then climbed onto my back.

I walked out into the living room where the others sat. "Y'all ready?"

They stood up and we headed down to the pool. Katie slid off my back and took my hand as we walked out to the pool.

I leaned down and whispered in her ear. "We'll go put the stuff down and be there in a minute." I let go of her hand and followed the guys to claim five chairs.

Katie walked over to the edge of the pool, staring at the water. I pulled my shirt off and crept up behind my sister. I pushed her in towards the pool then pulled her back towards me. "Saved your life!"

"That was rude!" She yelped.

"I know." I smiled. I watched as Carlos jumped in, James following him. Logan appeared a few seconds later.

Katie was watching me.

I glanced down at her. "Hey Katie, serious question."

She shifted uncomfortably. "Yes?"

"Can you…swim?" I asked uncomfortably. She couldn't swim very well before all of this happened but we had to rebuild all of her motor skills and we hadn't worked on this one.

"I was trying to figure that out myself." Katie admitted.

I picked her up and strolled over to the shallow end. "I guess we'll figure out." I set her down and jumped in. I surfaced again and swam back over to the wall. "It's really shallow Katie. Jump in."

"I'm scared." She admitted.

"I won't let you drown." I promised. "Now come here."

Uneasily, she stood in front of me. "I can't."

I tapped the concrete. "Sit down."

Shakily, Katie lowered herself onto the ledge. I took her legs and wrapped them around my waist. Then, I lifted her off the ledge and into the water.

"See it's not scary." I told my sister, walking further into the water.

Katie shrugged and rested her head on my shoulder.

"Take a breath." I warned. After my sister complied, I dropped beneath the water's surface. I managed to open my eyes just long enough to see my sister cute scrunched up face. My contacts started to come lose and immediately I snapped my eyes shut and emerged from the water. I dropped my sister and covered my eyes with both hands.

"Kendall!" She cried.

I took one of my hands away from my eyes and fished around in the water for her. I couldn't find her. I swam to the ledge as fast as I could. I got my contact situation handled and turned to face the pool. Katie was fighting to stay above the surface.

A wave of guilt hit me. I dove under the water, pushing off the wall, speed swimming to my sister.

I surfaced right in front of her and scooped her up. "You're okay now." I whispered, rubbing her wet back. That was now the only place on her body that wasn't scarred.

"Wh-what happened?" Katie asked my shoulder.

"I'm so sorry Katie." I whispered.

She wiggled around in my arms until she freed herself and landed in the water.

I tried to pick her up again.

"Kendall!" She exclaimed. "Stop it!"

"But…"

"I'm not going to drown!" She told me, paddling her feet.

"You almost did drown though!" I argued.

Katie tried to shrug.

I sighed and rolled my eyes. "Whatever." I swam over to the guys who were hanging out in the deep end.

"Is Katie okay?" James asked me.

I shrugged. "She won't let me help her."

Logan's eyes filled with sympathy. "Poor thing. Must be frustrating."

"Maybe she'll let me help her." James thought aloud, gazing at me.

I nodded. "Go for it."

He shot down under the water, speed swimming over to Katie. He popped up in front of her and started to talk.

We heard Katie yell, "No!" And James immediately dove back under the water and came back over to us.

"Spoiled brat." James spat once he resurfaced.

I wanted to say that's my sister you're talking about. But what good would it do? She was acting like a brat. "Nobody tells Danny."

Carlos started to laugh. "Nobody! That's such a funny word. Nooobody! It's like no body will tell Danny what happened. So something without a body could tell him!"

I chuckled at my youngest friend's stupidity.

James rolled his eyes, put his hands on Carlos's shoulders and pushed him under the water. "Problem solved!"

We all laughed as Carlos resurfaced.

"Carlos, where's your helmet?" Logan asked, pushing himself out of the pool and onto the ledge, he left his feet dangling in the water. I did the same and Carlos and James followed suit.

"I don't wear it to the pool. It's not normal. Duh." Carlos toe flicked some water at Logan.

"It's not normal to wear it all the time!" James told him. His comment resulted in a playful fight between the two roommates.

"Hey." I said in alarm. "Where's Katie?"

Logan surveyed the pool. "Right there." He pointed to the small body swimming towards us.

Katie popped up from under the water, panting. I stretched my leg out and let her grab onto it. "What's up Katie?" I asked, trying not to sound like she had been annoying the crap out of me.

She continued panting as I reached down as far as I could and lifted her out of the water and onto my lap. "I'm sorry." She whispered to me, running her wet hand down my chest.

"It's okay." I told her. "I know you were just frustrated." I kissed her chlorine scented head. There was something about her that couldn't allow me to stay mad at her. She was too sweet, and the way that she interacted with me was adorable.

"Sorry James." She told the brunette boy, who stopped wrestling for long enough to thank her and accept the apology.

"Kendall?" Katie asked innocently. "Will you play a game with me? I'm bored."

"Sure." I agreed. I dropped her back in the water, and then pushed myself in as well. I took her in my arms, resting one hand on the pool wall. "Anyone else want to play?"

Logan's gaze shifted from us to the pool chairs and back again. "Sure, why not?" He slid in right next to us.

"What do you wanna play Katie?" I asked her.

"If had a ball we could play monkey in the middle." She told me.

"There's one by the chairs." I lifted her out of the water and onto the pavement. She ran off and grabbed the ball while Logan and I swam to the shallow end.

"Hey Kendall." A voice said from the side of the pool.

I looked up and smiled. "Hi Jo."

"What are you doing?" She asked me, sliding off her shoes and putting her feet in the water.

I flicked some water at her. "Playing with Katie."

Jo narrowed her eyes. "Where is she?"

"Um," I scanned to pool. "Right there!" I pointed to Katie who was running towards me.

She chucked the ball at my head, but I managed to avoid it. "Hey you!"

Katie smiled innocently at me.

"Come here." I opened my arms and Katie jumped towards me. "Take a breath."

Katie complied and I pushed her under the water.

"Hey!" She giggled spewed when I pulled her back out of the water.

I wrapped my arms around her as Logan played with the beach ball.

"Hi Katie." Jo smiled.

Katie rested her head on my shoulder, in kind of a he-loves-me-more-than-you sort of way. "Hi Jo."

Logan threw the beach ball at us. "Are we playing or not?"

I nodded and gently set Katie down. "I'm in the middle."

Logan tossed the ball to my sister and I intercepted it immediately. Logan and I traded places and he managed to catch Katie's throw.

Katie slid into the middle, and I knew our game would be more fun now.

I tossed it to Logan, then he tossed it back, Katie didn't even come close to touching it.

Suddenly, Jo piped up. "Wait Kendall, aren't those your shorts?!" She pointed to the shorts Katie was wearing.

I nodded as Katie turned the same color as the shorts.

"I'm done." She whispered and swam over to me.

I smiled and picked her up before she had a chance to decide if she wanted me to or not. "No you're not."

Logan glanced at us. "Katie do you think you can balance on the ball?"

Katie grinned, and so did I.

"Thank you." I mouthed to him. He winked back.

"All right." He set the ball on the surface of the water. "I'll hold it still and Kendall will set you on top of it."

I lifted her onto the colorful ball and held her still. "Logan let go of the ball." He obeyed and Katie wobbled like crazy. I took her shoulders and tried to steady her. I let go of her shoulders and Katie balanced for a few seconds before falling back onto me.

"I don't think that I can balance for much longer." Katie told me. I moved out from behind her and let her fall into the water.

"Hey!" She cried as she resurfaced. "That was mean!"

"Yes." I agreed. "What's your point?"

She scowled at me, but it quickly turned into a laugh.

"Is your brother being mean to you?" Jo cooed.

Katie rolled her eyes and turned to face her. "Yes."

I laughed. "Come here baby sister." I slid down under the water, so just my head was sticking out, and opened my arms. Katie half swam over to me and climbed into my arms.

Katie rested her head on my shoulder once more, shooting Jo another look; this one was asking if Jo were jealous. I glanced down at her legs, and I noticed a faint scar. It was probably time for her to get out of the pool since the makeup was wearing off. I leaned down and whispered in her ear. "Makeup is fading Katie."

She startled and jumped from my arms and ran over to the towels, wrapping herself in one.

"Seriously Kendall, why is she wearing your shorts?" Jo asked me as a came and sat next to her.

I shrugged. "I think she looks cute."

"But…" Jo's voice trailed off.

"I gotta go." I told her standing up. She stood as well.

"Goodbye kiss?" She asked me.

"I probably taste like chlorine." I warned, then leaned down and kissed her. I pulled away first. "I'll see you later."

I walked to my sister, and sat down opposite her.

"You that cold?" I asked her, referring to the towel that was draped around her shoulder and covering the rest of her body.

"Shut up." She muttered.

I frowned.

Katie glanced up at me. "Sorry."

"It's okay." I told her. "Why are you all wrapped up like that?"

"Easiest ways to protect my scars." My sister told me.

"Katie, you can hardly see them. I just noticed because…"

She raised her eyebrows expectantly.

I sighed, racking my brain. "Because I'm your brother."

She laughed quietly. She was being kind of bratty, but I guess I couldn't blame her.

"You think I don't wish that I could hide these?" I gestured to the scars on my arm. "The more scars you have, the tougher you are." Trying to reason with Katie is like a colorblind person trying to do a rubix cube. It simply can't be done. Or can't be done easily that is. "Will you please just come swimming with me?"

Katie stood and dropped her towel from her shoulders. I glanced at her legs, the scars were coming into vision but only if you concentrated. "Kendall?"

I stood up and moved in front of my sister. "Ye-e-s?"

She glanced at me. "Thanks for being so nice to me, when I was being, so, well, bitchy. I guess."

I lifted my hand to the bridge of my nose and started to gently rub circles on it. "No problem. Although I don't appreciate the language. Why do you already know those words?"

Katie smiled innocently. "Kendall, I have four older brothers. I start to pick up on something's." She lowered her voice. "And dad used to call me 'a little bitch.'"

I felt a pang go through my heart. "Oh. But that's still no excuse for bad language." I threw her over my shoulder. "You're getting punished; you've been a baaad girl."

She giggled. "You sound like a goat."

"Baaaaah." I did my best goat imitation.

"You're a dork." Katie informed me.

I lowered my voice. "You're gonna pay for that!" I gently threw her into the pool then jumped in after her.

"You suck!" Katie squealed when I took her in my arms.

"I know." I wrapped one arm around her back; the other arm went underneath her.

"Put me down." Katie told me.

"Give me a kiss."

"No! Put me down!"

"Give me a kiss." I teased.

"Put me down." Katie ordered, trying to keep a straight face.

"Kiss?" I made a face, trying to get her to laugh.

Finally, she cracked. My sister kissed my cheek and I put her down for about three seconds, then I picked her right back up again.

"Hey!"

"I said I would put you down, I didn't say I wouldn't pick you back up." I teased.

Katie leaned down and rested her head on my shoulder. I felt weird pressure on my shoulder; then I felt tiny teeth sink into my flesh. "Hey!" I cried. "Ouch!"

Katie lifted her mouth from my shoulder and smiled.

"You little vampire." I teased setting her down.

"I know!" Katie grinned at me.

"Do you still have your baby teeth?" I asked my sister.

"Just a few molars, but they're loose." Katie told me.

I made a fist. "Here, I'll knock them out!" I slowly moved my fist to her face and rested it against her cheek.

Katie turned her head and licked my knuckles.

"Ew!" I laughed and rubbed my hand on her. She giggled. I scooped her up and swam over to James, who was sitting on the ledge with the rest of the guys. I set my sister in his lap. "She's yours now."

Katie laughed and squirmed off his lap and back into my arms. She traced the teeth marks she had left in my shoulder.

James glanced at me. "Uh no thanks dude. I don't need a little vampire."

I laughed and Katie smiled still tracing the tooth marks. "Anyone else?"

Logan and Carlos shook their heads. "She's a little troublemaker." Logan observed.

"I wonder where she got that from." I peered at Carlos. He shrugged.

"Can we go swim?" Katie asked me. I nodded and waved goodbye to the guys. I moved over into deeper waters and floated on my back. Katie was floating next to me and I was at peace with the world.

Soon I felt Katie move and sit up, I kicked my feet and managed to make myself perpendicular to the pool floor.

She tugged me over to the wall. Not only was she getting stronger, her swimming was improving greatly.

"What's up Katie?" I asked her.

She smiled shyly at me.

I wrinkled my forehead. "What's wrong?"

She pushed herself up onto the ledge and put her feet on my shoulder.

"Are you mute again?" I teased, tickling the bottom of her feet.

She squealed and tugged her feet away. "No."

"Then why aren't you talking?"

Katie traced her everlasting bite mark on my shoulder with her toe. "Did I…hurt you?"

I shook my head and moved to sit next to my sister. "Is that what this is about? You were afraid you hurt me when you bit me?"

"It's just that, I've been kinda mean to you today." Katie paused and dragged her foot around on the surface of the water. "You were trying to be nice and I guess I wasn't. Sometimes I guess I just take you for granted."

I slid my arm around her. "I love you. You know that? More than anything thing in the world."

Katie looked up at me. "I love you too. A lot. Probably more than you can imagine."

"Uh-uh." I disagreed. "I love you more. Way more than you can imagine. Way more than anybody."

"More than the guys?" Katie asked me, resting her head on my shoulder.

"More than the guys." I agreed.

Katie thought for a second. "More than Mom?"

I smiled. "Of course."

"More than Jo?"

"More than Jo." I told her.

"So that means I'm your favorite little girl in the world?" Katie asked me, her voice still calm.

I leaned down and kissed her head. "Most definitely."

"What if you have a daughter some day?"

I almost laughed. "I'll still love you more than her."

"Why?" Katie asked me innocently.

I set my head on hers. "Because I loved you first."

"You promise?" Katie asked me.

"I promise." I took a beat before speaking again. "You know what my daughter's name will be?"

"What?"

I crossed my ankles before I softly whispered. "Alexa."

Katie looked up at me. "That's my middle name."

"Exactly." I told her.

Katie climbed into my lap, smiling and nestled up against me chest. "I love you."

"I love you too." I told her kissing her forehead. As I lifted my head I saw Danny, he had been watching us.

He had tears in his eyes.

Awwww. :(: conflicted. Until tomorrow :) XOXO~Tay

Told ya I could direct!