Just another chapter and this will get more intense... You'll see. I missed ya on the updates folks! Huge thanks to LA who keeps on beta-reading my stuff. That said, I hope I will hear what you think about this chapter and the Kris/Kelly interaction. See ya folks. Merry X'mas or Have A Nice Day if ya dont celebrate
LK
14 Albert
Kelly looked over to the other side of the room, her eyes going out of focus as she dove in deep thought. She was forgetting something. There was something that needed to be taken care of, but what?
''Hmmm...''
She brought another bite of pizza to her lips and shot a look at the untouched plate next to a sleeping bundle on the sofa. She had not taken a bite from what Kelly had offered her. Instead she drifted into sleep, once again.
She opened her mouth for another bite and made a grimace as a bit of pepper ended on her nose. She wiped her face and snorted. Then, lying her head back she remembered.
''Oh my... Albert!'' she told herself and picked the phone.
Half an hour later a sleepy Kris poked her head through the door. A happy bark was the last thing Kelly heard before being attacked by a black hurricane that threw her on the floor proceeded to moisten every last bit of her face.
''Ow ow boy get of me will ya?!''
''Here happy now?'' Kris yawned. ''How long do you plan on staying here... with her?'' The slight nod she made towards the woman was not needed for Kelly to understand. Her eyebrow rose and she got to her feet, the black poodle following her close by.
''Hey...'' she said softly, dropping to one knee to pat Albert's head. ''She might help us you know?''
''I don't see her doing that Kell...'' Kris stopped and sighed. ''She's... just asleep you know? What if... she's dangerous...?'' She lowered her eyes on Kelly's white shirt, tracing the few drops of blood there. ''Hey... you okay? What happened?''
''Huh?'' Kelly had just noticed it. ''Oh...''
''Are you alright Kell? Did... did she hurt you?!''
''No...''
Kris knelt next to her. ''Then?''
''She hurt... herself.''
Both focused on Albert for a bit. Then Kris spoke. ''Why?''
''I dunno.''
''Hey Kell?'' Kris leaned over and put both her hands on her friend's shoulders. ''I know... I know you want to stay with her... 'cause she looks like Bri, okay?''
Kelly looked away. ''Mmmm...''
''But she's not Kell... she's not Bri... not our Bri... you... you owe her nothing hear me? She's not her... She just looks like her...understand?''
''Mmm...''
''Kelly honey... look at me...'' They both sat on the floor. ''Look at me now... it was not your fault okay?''
''What?'' Kelly looked up to meet her eyes, allowing tears to stream freely.
''It was not your fault that Sabrina... passed okay? She went... to save me... don't ya know? She... saved me ya know? And... there was nothing you could have done to stop her, do you understand?''
Kelly leaned her head on her knee, her free hand wrapped tight around Albert. ''She was so stubborn.'' she whispered. Her shoulders shook on a silent sob.
Kris cracked a barely audible sigh. ''I know...''
''And... and it... it just takes me every day... it takes me everything I got... just to move on... just to stop... feeling ... stabbed by all this guilt... Kris.. I... I should have done something... I should have gone instead... I-''
Kris rose to her feet at once, emotion overwhelming her logic, allowing her heart, bruised and bleeding by so many mixed and caged for so long emotions to take over. ''And you think I am not hurting?! You think I don't wake up every day thinking... 'Hey why the hell am I here?! Oh yeh! I am 'cause Bri isn't! That's the only reason!' I would be better off dead Kelly! Why don't you... ever... ever... think... I'm... hurting.. too...'' Her voice broke and she turned around, walked out and slammed the door behind her.
Kelly lowered her head even more, and sobbed at the silence of the cold room, sobbed, lost within her own screaming soul.