The song that plays during this chapter is Lost along the way by John Nordstrom (Since the song has no lyrics I suggest you just listen to the song on YouTube while you read this chapter.)

(FYI: The weekend is going to end after this part and we'll be going into the weekday in the next couple of parts.)

Chapter Twenty-one: With bitches like Fitch (Emily's POV)

Sunday at 4:30 PM

Emily slammed the car door of her mother's new car and stomped up the walkway to her house; thinking all the way up of ways to kill her mother and get away with it. Emily could soak her body in acid and watch her scream for release (but then she would hurt her own hands doing it. So scratch that! Bitch wasn't worth it), there was always usual method of poisoning her but with Emily's luck she would probably be immune to all deadly toxins, and then there was the shooting her in the back of the head thing but Emily couldn't look at the sight of blood without wanting to vomit all over the place; so with the opening of her front door, Emily gave up and deemed it a lost cause (Her mother was a cockroach, she could survive an nuclear attack!).

"How'd it go, sweetheart?" Robert asked sweetly, lowing the volume of the living room TV which caused James to groan in protest who was sitting next to him. Emily ignored her dad's question and after pushing James over, she sat on the living room couch next to her dad. It was a few seconds later when her dad asked, "Where's Katekins?" turning the TV back up. Emily simply shrugged her shoulders, trying to engross herself into the TV and off her blood curdling mother, "Still caught in mum's gravitational pull." Emily spat, kicking James when he had tried to take back up his old spot next to dad; James only glared and went back to watching TV. It was then that Katie walked through the door with a somber look on her face and with one look at Emily, dad, and James she kicked off her high heels and headed up the stairs to their bedroom.

Emily couldn't help but feel that Katie's sullen mood was her fault; she had forgotten how all of their mother's and Emily's fighting affected her but what Emily didn't understand was why it affected her so greatly: Their mother was a bigoted, selfish, slightly abusive woman who only cared about herself and how things could benefit her. Emily didn't get how Katie could admire that; no matter what Emily thought of her sister's sometimes similar actions and no matter how hard mom had tried to innate these things into them both: Katie just wasn't their mother and Emily hated it when she tried to be. It was like Katie was trying to lie to herself (Like she was trying to put a mask on); like she was afraid of people seeing the real her but Emily did and it only made Emily love her sister more every day.

Their dad also saw the look of griminess on Katie's face and he didn't like it, "What happened?" Robert Fitch asked sternly giving Emily a hard look "What's going on?" but Emily only got up and walked out in response to her dad's questions. How could she answer that when she didn't know herself?

"Emily!" Her dad shouted, angry with all the invasive and vague responses he was getting from her.

"I'll tell you later!" Emily shouted back as she headed up the stairs to her bedroom and knocked on her door, "Katie." Emily said softly as she continued knocking but Katie didn't answer and after the third knock Emily decided to open it; she was done waiting for Katie to answer and Once she did, Emily was a little alarmed and angry at what she saw: Katie had her back turned toward the wall to the left of her bed near her closet and Emily instantly knew that her sister was crying (if the sobbing was anything to go by). Emily walked the rest of the way into the room and hesitantly made her way to her sister's bed; she didn't ask question nor did she tell Katie to stop crying; Emily just laid down on Katie's bed and held her until she stopped crying. They stayed like that for what seemed like hours but Emily didn't complain about any of it; Katie hadn't let Emily do this (hold her) for years (since they were seven) and despite being Seventeen years old, Emily couldn't help but like the feeling holding her sister brought (it made her feel young). It was comforting; it felt like home.

It seemed like forever before either of them felt safe or sure enough to say anything and it surprised Emily a little that Katie was the one to break the silence first "I was really looking forward to seeing her today." Katie laughed bitterly as she sobbed lightly "Stupid, huh?"

Emily stuffed her head a little into Katie's pillow as she said "No, it's not stupid. I was kind of looking forward to seeing her too." Emily was deeply ashamed for admitting it (or feeling it) but she had missed her mother. That was until she became a super bitch again.

Katie turned her head in surprise, "You were?" Katie asked softly giving Emily a skeptical look which bother her a little, "She's my mum's too, Katie." Emily said, leaving it at that. No matter what Jenna had done to her, no matter how mean she was to her, or how much she put her down: a part of Emily still wanted her mother to be proud of her.

"You going to the wedding?" Katie asked, turning her body to face Emily.

"Why you going?" Emily furrowed her brows. She'd only go if Katie was going (but she wouldn't like it).

"Yeah." Katie said softly. Well, That answer Emily's question.

"Then I guess I'm going to." Emily smiled and Katie only nodded her head in response and turned back to wall behind her and Emily turned her head to the ceiling tiredly. God, her mother wore her out! Every time she went up against her mother; it took all her body, soul, and being not to just fall to heap on the floor. It took everything in her to fight for what she thought was worth defying her mom over; she'd defend it till the very end if need be. Emily had just hoped her mother had changed.

Exhaustion had almost taken over Emily when Katie spoke again, "Mum's marrying Naomi's dad, Emily." When Katie had first said it Emily had thought Katie's was pulling her leg but there was no laugh, no 'I'm joking' or anything to indicate Katie had been fucking around with her and with a sharp "What?" Emily was wide awake "You serious?" to say Emily was shocked would have been putting it nicely: she was a little disturbed by Katie's news. Naomi was going to be my new step-sister! That didn't even sound right in her own damn mind!

Katie smiled despite her sister's shock "Yep, the love of your life is gonna be your new step sister" Katie got up from the bed "Isn't god wonderful?" Katie mocked as she began taking off her outfit she had wore at lunch earlier.

"Yeah, he's grand." Emily agreed, also getting up from Katie's bed when a firm knock sounded outside of their door. Neither Katie nor Emily allowed that person in before the door swung open; it was obviously James (he always came in before they allowed him) "Dad said he was going to order some take out and have a family game night. He wanted me to ask if you guys wanted to join in." James said with his hands full of food. Totally ignoring the fact that Katie was half naked.

"Did we say you could come in?" Emily glared. She didn't have the patience to be nice to James today. She had used up all her nice points on her mom.

"Oh, Come On! It's not like you guys aren't doing anything that I haven't seen a million times before so…" James said, stuffing his mouth full of food. Emily had almost forgotten that for a year back when James was twelve, he used to peek on her and Katie in the showers. He still did (with Katie) but only because he knew it annoyed them.

"Get out! Pig!" Katie yelled as James made oinking noises at her. Katie pushed him into the upstairs hallway, kicking him.

"Bitch!" James yelped "Dad, Katie's trying to kill me!"

"Katie, stop hitting you brother!" Robert yelled from the living room.

"Sorry! Accident!" Katie yelled back as she kicked James again and Emily smiled. This is what Emily loved about her family since her mother left; everybody was able to be themselves without worrying how Jenna was going to react. It was tiring always having to your guard up.

Emily could hear her father making his way up the stairs as he shouted, "Katie, what'd I say? Stop hitting your brother!" Katie only groaned in response and made her way back into their room and Robert followed.

"Is everything okay?" Robert asked with a hard look at Emily.

"Everything's okay dad." Emily smiled.

Robert sighed happily, "Good because there's a football game on the telly and I was wondering if you two wanted to watch it?" He smiled.

Emily had never been more proud to be Robert Fitch's daughter then she was now. Football always cured everything.