Aunthors Note: I hope this chapter makes up for my 2 day vacation. I know you guys like the sexy time, haha but I had to make this serious. The plot twist is still going, so I want you to keep reading. Also please review, the reviews motivate me to write faster, and better. Anyways Enjoy(:

Chapter 21 : Walking With A Ghost

Sara POV:

When I woke up this morning, I awoke to empty sheets. I panicked for a second, until I heard her sweet voice singing in the shower. I've been laying in bed for 30 minutes, just staring out the window.

I take the blankets off my naked body, and look at my bruises. Right now their a bright green, with yellow, and a little purple. The hickeys on my neck are slowy fading, and my cheek isn't swollen anymore. I hear the shower water turn off and the curtain opening. I don't cover myself up, I stay the exact way. I hear Tegan whistiling and seconds later, she walks into the room, in nothing but a white towel. She lifts her head and smiles at me.

"Hey babe."

I send a smile back to her and she drops her towel. She walks to her closet, and I feel a familiar wetness in my core starting to form. I close my legs, too tight, causing me to wince in pain. Tegan turns around when I whimper and climbs on the bed.

"You okay?"

I nod my head and bite my lip. She smirks, and I trail my hand down to my crotch. She follows my hands with her eyes and she shakes her head.

"We can't, doctor said no."

"Tee please, I know you wont hurt me."

She bites her lip and crawls on top of me. She leans down and places a kiss on my jawline. I shutter and she places her hands all over my neck, for a second, I think of Joe, his hands around my neck, grip tightening every second. I shut my eyes and feel fear wash over me.

"No!"

Tegan falls back and then looks at me.

"Sara did I hurt you? Im sorry baby."

She lays next to me, and I open my eyes. I whip my head around and see Tegan lying there. I wrap my arms around her and pull her into me tightly, not caring about her putting preasure on my bruises. She wraps her arms around my waist, and I cry into her chest.

She calms me by placing one hand on my back and rubing soothing circles. I nuzzle into her chest, trying to cover my crys, but she knows me better than that.

"Baby, whats wrong?"

Even though I know Tegan was filling my bruises on my neck, I couldn't escape the feeling of it being Joe, thats why I panicked. I look up to her and let myself breakdown.

"I thought . . . you were Joe."

I sigh and start to drop my head, she catches it with her fingers under my chin, and lifts my head up slowly.

"Never think that, Im not going to hurt you, Ever. I can promise you that."

Tegan POV:

I thought Sara would have been okay after last night. When I put my hands on her neck, to trace the bruises that I wanted to kiss away, she closed her eyes and yelled at me. I panicked and fell back. I thought that I hurt her, but I know now, that shes scared. Were laying down in my bed, wraped in eachothers arms. I won't lie to you, this isn't what I want. I wanted to come home, to a happy Sara, not a hurt Sara, of course I treasure every moment with her, but it hurts me to see her hurt. I'm not exactly sure what to tell her, I've never been in a situation like this before.

I look down to her and she trys to smile, I know theres so much pain behind it. I smile back at her and suddenly I hear my phone start to ring. Sara sits up, and so do I. I reach at the nightstand and pick it up, looking at the caller ID, its reads Montreal Police Department. Did I do something wrong?

I press the call button and place the phone to my ear.

"Uh Hello?"

"Hello is this Tegan Quin?"

I look at Sara and she mouths to me "Who is it?"
I mouth back to her "The police" And she makes a confused face.

"Um yes it is."

"Ms. Quin, Im calling from the MPD, Would you mind comming down to the police station, The detectives want to talk to you in person."

What the fuck is going on?!

"Did I do something wrong?"

"No No No , we just have you listed as Kayla Ortegas Legal Guardian, After her parents. So if you don't mind comming down right now."

I drop my phone, and it falls to the bed. What happened to Kayla!? I quickly jump off the bed and run to my closet, I hear Sara mumbling and then I feel a pair of hands on my shoulder and I try to calm down.

"Baby, what happened, who was that?"

I turn to her and explain.

"That was MPD Sara, they called about Kayla, telling me to go down there, to talk to me in person."

She makes a shock face, but grabs a pair of my jeans, and a t-shirt. We get changed quickly and I grab my keys, some Legal documents, my wallet, and we head out of the door. I live 15 minutes from the Police station, so with me speeding, it took about 5 minutes for me to get there. I park in the visitors parking, and head inside. When I walk in, I see two cops at a desk and I rush up to them.

"Excuse me?"

I feel Sara place a hand on my back, trying to calm me down.

"Yes Ma'am how can we help you."

"Um Hi, my names Tegan Quin, a woman called and asked me to come down, so detectives can talk to me?"

He looks at his partner and he makes a weak smile.

"Yes, Um follow me."

We follow the man down the hall, and into a room, where theres 2 more Officers. I start to panick as the guy explains to the 2 detectives who I am. They turn and look at me. They tell the guy thanks and as hes about to leave the room, he looks at me, and pats my shoulder.

What the fuck is going on!

"Hello, Ms. Quin,please have a seat."

I nod and grab Saras hand, we sit down and they look at Sara.

"Shes my partner."

They nod, thinking shes a stranger.

"So whats going on, why am I here?"

They look at me and the older detectives starts.

"Well first, Im Detective Carter, and this is Detective Bloom. Ms. Quin at around 11:30 AM, We got an emergency call. A car accident, on the 9 freeway, when we got to the scene, my partner and I the woman, whos was just Identified as Marina Ortega was pronounced dead on the scene,It was obvious that shes was carrying a child, and that child didn't make it."

I gasp and try to hold back my tears. I feel Sara clutch my hand, and I squeeze it tight.

"Her husband, Armando Ortega, was rushed to the hospital, he was pronounced dead this morning at 7:50."

I feel my heart drop, and my eyes are filled with tears. I look at the two men, and wait for them to tell me more.

"Now, there was a little girl in her carseat in the back, she was lucky enough to survive, without a scratch."

I start to choke on my sobs and feel a little bit of my joy come back to my body.

"Shes here, with social services. But Ms. Quin, the reason we called is because, your who she goes to, if anything were to happen to her parents. Now I understand that Armando and Marina, came here from Mexico?"

I nod my head as the tears stream down my cheek. I start to calm down, as Sara holds me and sooths me.

"Well if you don't want to take her in, we will have to send her back to Mexico, after of course finding some relatives over there."

I shake my head, and squeeze Saras hand.

"No, shes comming home with me."

I look at Sara and she nods to me, her face stained with tears too.

"Okay, would you like to see her?"

I nod my head fast and he gets up and walks out of the room. I look at the remaining man and lean onto the table.

"Did he say anything, before he went?"

I asks through sobs and hes nods.

"He told us your info, and he said to tell you to take good care of her."

I feel my heart stop and I want to cry harder. I hear the door open again, I have to be strong, for Kayla. I wipe the tears from my face and try my best to look strong. I stand up and turn around. There Kayla is, standing there, a sad exspression on her face. I walk up to her and kneel down to her size. She looks at me, and its hard not to breakdown.

"Hey Kay."

She doesn't respond, she wraps her arms around my neck and embraces me tightly. I wrap my arms around her and cry. She knows whats going on, for a 5 year old, shes not stupid. I feel Sara place her arm around me and Kayla and she holds us. After minutes of crying, The detective taps my shoulder and I stand up. Sara takes Kaylas hand and they sit down on the chair, Kayla in Saras lap.

"Umm, I know your her Legal Guardian, but Im going to need your ID, and Paperwork proving your her Guardian."

I walk to the table, and pick up the folder, I have everything in this folder, that proves Im her Gaurdian. I hand the folder to him, and he flips through it. He walks out of the room, and I just stare at the door.

My best friends gone. Who am I going to call when Im bored? Who am I going to hang out with when I needed to talk? Who am I going to ask to be my best man? I feel the tears runs down my cheek and I collapse to the floor, not caring how vulnerable I look. I feel a pair of tiny hands on my back, and I turn around to see Kayla. I look into her eyes and she says the most beautiful thing I've ever heard a child say.

"Were going to be okay Auntie Tee Tee, were going to pull through, Mama and Papa are in heaven watching over you, they won't let no one hurt us."

I smile at her, thinking how the hell she even knows what anyone of those words mean, let alone pronounce them. I wipe my tears with my sleeve and nod.

"I know we are, and of course there watching over us Kay."

She smiles and hugs me. We hug for what seems like minutes, but in reality, its 1 hour. I hear the door open and see a woman walk in and the same detective.

"Tegan, this is Social worker Patty, She did all the paperwork, now all you have to do is sign."

She smiles at me and I stand up.

Sara POV:

I hold Kaylas hand, as the social worker talks to Tegan. I can't believe that this happened. I know Tegans hurt, and so is Kayla. I scoop Kayla up, when she starts to rub her eyes. I place her on my hip, and she rests her head on my shoulder. I rub her back, trying to put her to sleep, when Tegan grabs a pen, and signs a piece of paper. I watch as they shakes hands, and share some sad faces with eachother. The detective hands Tegan a hello kitty Backpack and a carseat.

Tegan turns to me and nods her head. I say goodbye to everyone and follow Tegan out of the Police department. When we set Kayla in her carseat, she knocks out. Tegan leans on the car, and starts to cry again. I close the door halfway, and walk to her. I set myself between her legs and hold her tightly. She snuggles her face into my neck and I kiss her cheek. We stay that way until she stops crying. We get into the car, and I hold her hand. Our drive home is short, we get off the car, after grabbing Kayla, and her things. We walk into the house and Tegan takes her into the bedroom. She sets Kayla down right in the middle of the bed, and she sits on the edge. I stand over her, and she places her head on my stomach.

"Sara, whats happening. . . "
She mumbles into my stomach and I rub her head.

"I don't know Tegan, but shes right."

She lifts her head and makes a confused face.

"Whos right?"

I nod my head to Kayla and she makes an Oh face.

"Yea, we will. Are you okay though?"

I look at her and nod my head, pushing the bangs out of her face. I lean down and place a sweet kiss on her lips. She rest her head on mines and we stare at eachother.

"Lets take a nap with her."

She nods her head, and we climb into the bed, me on the right, Tegan on the left. With Kayla in the middle, I lay a hand on her legs, and Tegan does the same thing. I link our hands together and we keep them on Kayla legs. I lift my head up and so does Tegan.

"I love you."

I whisper trying not to waker up Kayla. She smiles and nods.

"Dido."

I smile and lay my head back down on the pillow. I feel myself start to doze off, and soon Im fast asleep.

When I wake up, its dark. I pull out my phone from my back pocket and look at the screen. My phone says its 7:25. I clap my hands and the lights turn on. I look at the bed, and find that its empty. I hear the front door open and close, then I here Kaylas Infamous giggle. I smile and get out of the bed. I walk downstairs and look to the kitchen, then to the living room. I see Kayla sitting on Tegans lap, opening up her toy from her Happy meal. I walk to the doorway, and watch them interact with eachother. I see that Tegans eyes are still red, and Kayla looks like shes a happy child. The good thing with children, is that they bounce back quick. I walk into the room, and they both look up to me.

"Look, its Auntie Sasa."

Tegan takes Kalya off her lap and she runs to me, she attaches her hands around my legs and squeezes them.

I kneel down and get her in a hug. When she pulls away, She runs back to her food, and sits on the floor. I walk to the couch and sit next to Tegan.

"You okay?"

She sighs and looks at me.

"Yea, since he has no one here in Canada, Im going to cremate them."

I nod my head and she kisses my cheek.

"Thank you."

I look at her and smile.

"Your welcome."

She grabs my hand, and links it with hers. She reaches into the bag and pulls out my food and hers. We eat in silence, until Kayla looks at us.

"Auntie Tee Tee?"
Tegan looks at Kayla and replys.

"Yea Kay?"

"Im not hungry anymore."

Tegan chuckles softly and Kayla hands Tegan her trash. Kayla starts to rub her eyes, and I look at Tegan.

"Well lets take you a bath, then your can sleep comfortable."

Tegan trys to stand up but I grab her wrists.

"I'll get her ready for bed."

Tegan sits back down and looks at me.

"You sure Babe, you don't have to?"

"I know, but I want to."

I stand up and Tegan pulls my upper body back down. She kisses my lips and I feel like I just want to ravish her. I pull away and she smiles.

"I love you."

I smile and cup her jaw.

"I love you too."

I stand back up and pick Kayla up, We walk upstairs and I grab her a sleeper, a night pamper, and her bottle. I start the bathtub for her and test the water. When its at the right Temperature, I take off Kaylas clothes and set her inside the tub. She starts to play with the water and laughs. I watch her as she has fun. I see Tegan in the corner of my eye, leaning against the door frame, smiling. I stand up and she walks to the toilet, she drops the lid, and sits down. She pats her legs and I sit on her lap. She wraps her ams around my waist and I snuggle into her.

"You really like her huh?"

She looks at Kayla and I turn my focus to her too, as she plays in the tub. I smile and nod my head.

"Yea, I really do Tee."

When Kayla starts to calm down, I wash her up. I drain the water and grab a towel. Tegan tells me, shes going to make her a Teta(Bottle) while I dress her. I wrap Kayla up and we walk to the bedroom. I set her down on the bed, and dry her off, I rub baby lotion on her skin, and put her pamper on. I put her in her sleeper, and comb her hair. Tegan walks in and hands Kayla her Bottle. Tegan takes her hand and walks Kayla down the hall, to the guest bedroom. I lay down on the bed, already tired again and wait for Tegan. I hear footsteps and see Tegan walk in. She smiles and falls back on the bed. I laugh and pull her up to me.

"Did you take your meds?"

She asks me and I shake my head.

"Sara, don't you want to get better?"

I look at her and I notice the little bit or worry in her yes.

"Tegan, Im fine okay, its just pain killers. Plus why do I need them, when I have the cure right here." I kiss her lips and she giggles.

"I guess I am pretty good huh?"

She laughs and I kiss her cheek.

"Hey I was thinking that tomorrow, we can go shopping for you and Kayla, She needs new clothes, and well new stuff."

I nod my head and reply.

"Can you take me by my house tomorrow, so I can get my things and I'll never have to go back."

She smiles and nods. I kiss her cheek again, and crawl under the covers, I snuggle into them, smelling her soiled sheets. She crawls under them too, and claps. I laugh as the lights turn off and she wraps her arms around my waist, I turn my back to her, and she spoons me. We start to doze off and we both fall into a deep sleep.

Tegan POV:

I feel my bed shaking, and the headboard is banging the wall. I open my eyes, to Kayla jumping on the bed, trying to wake us up. I smile and Kayla smiles back. I turn over to my beautiful Girlfriend and kiss the back of her neck. She starts to stir, and Kayla jumps on her, She opens her yes and smiles.

"Hey you guys."

We both greet her and she smiles.

"Can we get breakfast Auntie Sasa?"

Kayla asks Sara and she turns to me.

I Lean my face in and whisper.

"Yea, can we get breakfast Auntie Sasa?"

She bites her lip and nods. I place the kiss, she desperately craves, on her lips. She moans and I smile. Kayla jumps on us and we grunt. Sara jumps out of the bed and walks to the stereo. She turns on the radio and puts the volume up. I hear the song and its Call Me Maybe. I chuckle as Sara starts to dance and sing. She grabs Kayla and they both dance. I smile and notice how happy Sara looks. I focus on the way her body moves, how her body sways with the beat. Im too distracted, that I don't see them leap towards me. I come out of my thoughts when I feel Saras body collide with mine. She laughs and starts to make an ow face. She rolls off of me and smiles.

"Lets go get breakfast." She kisses me and I nod. After we get ourselves ready and Kayla, we get into my car and drive to a local diner. When we get seated, the waitress hands us our menus and we look them over. We all decide what we want to get, and when the waitress comes back, we order our food. She takes our menus and walks away.

"So Kay, want to go shopping today, for your room and for some new clothes?" Tegan asks, taking a crayon and coloring a piece of Kaylas paper. Kayla nods her head and Tegan kisses her cheek.

"What about you baby, want to go shopping for our bedroom, and some clothes?"

She laughs and I smile.

"Yea, but member I have to get my stuff okay."

"What if hes there though?"

I take a sip of my coffee and shrug.

"He won't touch me."

"Well either way, I'm gonna call my cousin just in case."

I nod and she pulls out her phone. I see her text away and look to Kayla. Kaylas eyes light up, and I look at what shes eyeing, I turn around and see our waitress comming with our food. She walks up to our table, and hands us our food. We all dig in, in silence, and fill our bellies. When we finish, we pay and leave. We drive to ikea and walk around. We let Kayla pick her stuff out first and when shes done, Tegan and I will pick out our stuff. Kayla picked out a cute bedset, and a white toddlers bed. When we enter the kids section, I remember Tegans locked room. We walk behind Kayla, whos in front of us, busying herself with all the toys. I figure this is a good time to talk to her about the room.

"Tegan?"

"Yea?"

"Uh I was wonder why your-"

"SARAA!"

I turn around at the sound of my name and see a familiar Face. I unlatch my arm from Tegan quickly and walk to Stacey.

"Hey Stacey, I haven't seen you in a while!"

She pulls me into a hug and I embrace her.

"I Know, its beens so long, what happened to your face?"

She examins my face and I remember my bruised cheek, and my busted lip.

"Oh well, I have to talk to you about that later, who are you here with?"

She turns around and I see her boyfriend Phil.

"Hey Sara."

"Hey Phil."

We stand in a awkward situation, and I decide to go back to Tegan.

"Well it was good seeing you, I have to get back though."

She nods her head and I hug her one last time, saying my goodbyes. I walk to Tegan and she looks mad. I try to touch her but she moves away from me.

"Tee, whats wrong?"

She looks at me and sighs.

"You pulled away from me, like I was not even with you."

She drops her head and follows Kayla. I run back up to her and wrap my arms around her waist.

"Im sorry, I didn't mean to."

I squeeze her tightly and I see her lips start to curl. I kiss her cheek and she smiles.

We walk around Ikea, taking down all the item numbers. When we get all of our things, Tegan tells them to deliver them to her house. We go back into her car and shes drives to the mall. When we get there, we go into childrens place. Tegan tells me to help pick out her clothes. I pick her out a cute leather jacket, a couple pair of jeans, some cute designed t-shirts. Tegan picked her out some coats, jackets, sweaters, beanies and all winter stuff. Kayla picks out a bunch of random clothes and shoes. Tegan pays for them, and we walk around. I buy a couple of clothes and we grab some Cinnabon. After we finish eating, we head back home. We settle our things in the room, and I hear the Ikea truck.

"Babe, Ikeas here."

I run down the stairs and walk outside to a warm breeze. The guys start to unload the truck and I see another car pull up. Tegan walks outside with Kayla and she stops next to me.

"When their done, were gonna get your stuff kay?"

I nod my head and She wraps her arm around my waist, She starts to walk, and pulls me along with her.

"Whats up chika!"

The guy yells at Tegan and She smiles.

"Hey man."

He walks up to us and smiles at me, then looks at Kayla.

"Is this her?"

Tegan nods and he kneels down to Kaylas height.

"You okay hunny?"

I look at Kayla and she nods, holding onto Tegans leg.

He stands back up and looks at me.

"You must be Sara, the girl Tegans all goo goo over?"

Tegan laughs and looks at me. I nod my head and smile.

We lead him back inside the house, and watch as the guys load up the house, we tell them to put it in the room, that already has Tegans boxes. When they finish, we all go into Tegans cousin Tahoe and head to my house. When we pull up to my house, I notice Joes car isn't here, meaning hes not here. We all get off and walk to the front door. I pull out the spare key from the flower pot, and unlock the door. I walk into the house and see that its a mess, theres food everywhere, clothes scattered around. I shake my head and make my way up the stairs, they all follow me as I walk into my room and pull out my suitcase. Tegan helps me with my clothes, while I pack all of my accesories. Tegans cousin Eddie is sitting on the bed with Kayla. As Im packing my clothes I hear a hushed voice.

"Sara?"

I turn my head and see Joe, standing in the doorway. I feel my heart stop and Tegan walks in front of me. I see a figure behind him move and he walks in the room.

"Where are you going?"

Tegan places her hand over me, and she looks to her cousin.

"Take Kayla outside."

He nods and picks Kalya up, and disappears. Suddenly, the figure behind Joe moves again and I see a familiar face.

I look at Tegan and her eyes are widen as a small child appears behind the woman.

"Ben?"