Christmas eve
"why is Alissa acting jittery" asks Tori as she makes lunch
"I think I triggered a memory, I bit her ear trying to be cute and that happened" says Mikey
"you gotta be careful with that" says Tori as Trina comes over
"she said it was okay" says Mikey
"Tori she probably didn't know, also since when to you background sing for a beatbox dude and release it" says Trina
"the beat boxer is Ben, both Abigail and his sister aka Cat love music, he wanted to try it, honestly he isn't half bad, he's better than ninety percent of the "beat boxers" from Hollywood arts, I posted a clip of it and my fans went nuts, they said not every release has to be serious, they basically demanded I release it as a single, he's made about a hundred grand on this song alone, we recorded more" says Tori
"wait HE made money on his own, please tell me you aren't giving it all to him right away" asks Cat
"no of course not, I told him any money the songs make is his but that Rebecca would only give him what he needed, which includes food, I am providing him with a retro style fridge, it only cost me half a grand but he swore up and down he would pay me back for it, he may have his moments but my God when it comes to Abigail there is no limit to his compassion and drive" says Tori
"oh just so you know her aunt called and asked when she is coming home, they said she shouldn't be with Ben" says Cat
"ya well she hates her aunt, I have no plans to break them up, for one it would destroy Ben and for another she says they aren't shy about saying they want her committed to an institution, that her inability to try and speak means she's insane" says Tori as Trina walks over again after getting juice
"she says that she does try and speak but that she has seizures when she tries, that's how Lewis got her, she couldn't scream for help or say no to sex ala rape, that she only got away because he went to get himself food and she managed to crawl out a window and run as far as she could, she needs therapy yes but on her terms not anyone else's and I will make damn sure her right to love Ben isn't stolen from her, hell my dad would sue, he uses their love as an example to the legal system and the world in general as proof that love is here for everyone, he won't stand for Abigail being stolen away from the boy she loves" says Trina
"you went in with Abigail and Ben last night, how'd it go" asks Rebecca
"good, she definitely has a thing for girls and last night only affirmed it for her, she's talking with Ben today about how to move forward with the multi person relationship idea" says Trina
"I assume you don't actually mean talking as she doesn't speak" asks Akina
"she's on seizure meds now thanks to Maria and she can a tad, single letters mainly right now but she told me that she wants to at minimum be able to verbally consent to the sex her and Ben have been having, she's not expecting to be able to hold a conversation but at the very least she wants to be able to say yes or no" says Trina
"ahh she wants a audible record in case cops are called" says Rebecca
"that and apparently Ben isn't great at sign language, he'd ask if she wanted to make love and she'd reply yes please but he'd think she said no" says Trina
"to be fair her version of sign language is very stylistic in nature, she exaggerates each word, very Italian of her, he probably looked up standard ASL when he should have looked up the exaggerated forms of ASL" says Cat
"how do you know she's Italian" asks Rebecca
"because her favorite 'aunt" is my cousin Cassandra" says Cat
"wait so like Abigail is a Valentine…" asks Trina
"no God no, though not for lack of her older brother trying, my cousin is about Ben's age, he only liked her for her fair Italian skin and didn't take into account how their personalities would clash, Cassie is very OCD about a clean living space, she washes her dishes three times, her clothes and sheets twice, and she vacuums her entire apartment every three hours or so, the only time she doesn't vacuum is when she's sleeping, Cassie got very attached to Abigail, almost crazy crush level attached" says Cat
"so Abigail isn't Italian then" asks Akina
"no she definitely is, the hint is in her nose and ears, also her height, she might not be a Valentine but she defo has Valentine genes somewhere in her families past, ninety percent of the girls on my dads side of the family are shorties" says Cat
"you really think your cousin would join Ben and Abigail in love" asks Jade
"I mean she might, she's two years younger than Benny and she is the only girl in my family that doesn't have a problem with family dating and I know she has pecked them both under the mistletoe once on separate occasions, also when I told her Benny asked about her love life she said of course he would, she even called him the marrying type, which is true as he would do absolutely everything to please them" says Cat
"Cassie is hot cubed, there is no other way to explain it, her ears, eyes, nose and hair, all beautiful, to top it off her personality is to die for" says Trina
"do you have a crush on her because well she doesn't like you at all" states Cat
"I'm well aware she's doesn't like me, most people don't, doesn't mean I can't compliment her right.." says Trina
"that's fair, also we really need to show LA the real you, the cute stylish you, not the stuck up person they think is you" says Cat
"to be fair I was really really jealous of Tori's talent, wait is that Cassie at the door" says Trina as Cassie walks in
"I'm sorry for barging in but I had to get a new phone after I threw it at your mom Cat, they refused to admit to me that I was right that you wouldn't lie about what Lewis did to you, also Abigail texted me out of the blue saying love is real and to come over" says Cassandra
"her and Benny are probably gonna ask you out, I guess that peck two years ago at that Christmas party had an effect on her, she made out with Trina last night which affirmed her bisexuality to her" says Cat
"you do know she knew who he was long before they started going out right, they were friends growing up, really close actually" says Cassandra
"wait so Abby and Ben knew one another, she didn't randomly follow him home then" says Akina
"ugh I wish they didn't, when ben started showing symptoms Abigail's parents moved to Sanfran to keep her safe, not knowing how deeply Ben felt for her, she's always liked him, like always" says Cassandra
"but she signed that her first crush was hit by a car" says Rebecca
"she didn't consider how she felt about Ben as a crush but as her true love, she doesn't see them as the same thing, it's one of the reasons why her and I are so close, after the failed attempts at a relationship with her brother I realized I remembered her name, God she's so adorable" says Cassandra
"you have feelings for them right…." Asks Jade
"yes of course I do, you know last minute flights cost a fortune right, especially on Christmas eve, I'm not totally at peace with how I feel about Benny but I do love them both to death" says Cassandra as Abigail runs out of nowhere and tackles her
"man she could be a footballer with that tackle" says Tori
"that was Benny's dream, she'd long since considered him dead since she hadn't seen him in forever, Abby is hella strong, she used to lift thirty pound weights with ease but didn't like how manly it made her look" says Cassandra as Ben walks out
"we lovey you Cassie, will you be our girfwend" says Ben
"I'd love to Benny, I really wish those meds hadn't messed with your speech though" says Cassandra as Abigail kisses her
"he starts a new med to replace that one in January cuz, the doc says his speech will slowly return to normal, thank God Tori's health insurance plan covers it" says Cat
"wait why can't your moms plan cover it" asks Cassandra
"I may have paid off all their bills when I won the lottery Cassie but they can't afford the big plan anymore, a grand a month was just too much, as a rising artist Tori gets a deal on insurance" says Cat
"only fifteen percent, besides it helps that Benny has offered to help pay into the plan, its two grand a month for a home wide health insurance policy, Jade Cat and Trina help pay in as do Akina and Rebecca, can you afford to pay in" says Tori
"how much would I have to pay in" asks Cassandra
"a hundred dollars a month, you get an insurance card to present to eye doctors, dentists and hospital doctors and on the hospital thing say you had a stroke or something and needed to stay for multiple days at the hospital, the policy covers the ambulance ride and half of your hospital bill, however if the reason for the hospital stay was because you can no longer provide for yourself money or food wise and are disabled like in a wheelchair or something they cover the entire cost" says Tori
"God I could have used that last year when I fell down the stairs in my apartment building and broke my wrist, ankle and femur, I can do two hundred a month, I'm sure Benny can't afford that much on his government disability money" says Cassandra
"he manages ok actually, I helped him release a song or two and he's making some good money from it" says Tori
"wait he sings" asks Cassandra as she gets up
"in his own way yes, my fans are eating it up, they say it's adorable and awesome that I help people like Benny make a little money, I pledged to give him all the money I get from those songs" says Tori as she gets a little light headed
"uh oh that doesn't look good" says Cassie
"she's beating a normally deadly cancer and the treatment leaves her nerves a little jolt happy so seizures and being light headed happens a lot, oddly not often when she's driving though" says Cat as she sits Tori on the couch with a cup of juice
"ahh now I see why she opted for the pricey insurance, which cancer" asks Cassandra
"the one that normally turns bones to dust, her bones are kinda on the mend but still kinda fragile, she got out of bed last month and nearly went head first into the floor as her ankles fractured from just trying to stand and couldn't hold her weight, she only just took the stiff brace off last night" says Cat
"try trying to pee without being able to bend your knees Cassie, it's not easy, it's a good thing she has Cat Trina and I in bed with her so one of us could help her to the bathroom if she had to pee during the night" says Jade
"where are the teens you are hosting here" asks Cassie
"they often keep to themselves, Sabrina and Erica Tiona, Mikey West and Alissa Senica, while playful they do really tend to keep to themselves, Alissa was another one of Lewis's victims through a friend of his, when they found out they were getting raided force fed and injected Alissa with so many drugs it should have killed her, luckily she survived but she has a few problems with PTSD, yesterday she woke up thinking Mikey was her kidnapper and nearly ripped his arm off trying to make him let her go, I had to step in and calm her down" says Cat
"what drugs" asks Cassie
"ever the medical nerd cuz, it'd be shorter if I told you what drugs they didn't put in her, all you need to know is most of the time she's fine, but sometimes it's like she shuts down or goes on autopilot or something, she's a chatty girl but when she shuts down she will eat, drink and walk around but it's like she doesn't see us, won't talk or even look at us" says Cat
"she's on the house health plan right" asks Cassie
"yes why" asks Tori
"because I know what med to suggest she be put on, the condition is genetic but the PTSD would have put it in overdrive, she was likely on it during school but if she's been missing for as long as I think she has then she hasn't been on it and her body can't cope" says Cassie
"all that and you haven't even met her" asks Jade
"Cat has the same condition, her meds weren't adjusted right till our uncles got a hold of her so she was easily excitable, maybe too much, her emotions were running rampant" says Cassie
"oh God, I can't imagine how bad I'd be dealing with my PTSD without my meds" says Cat
"you'd be like Alissa or worse probably, Alissa literally can't deal with her emotions right now, her brain can't tell nightmare from reality, love from hate or calm from terror, I'll make a few calls and see what I can do, I'm not a doctor yet but I'm two years away, given the family history I've made a few doctor friends in the psychology department of the hospital in LA, mainly to keep up to date current mental conditions for my thesis so I can get my doctorate when I graduate, they said if I needed anything to give them a call" says Cassandra
"what do they owe you a favour or something" asks Akina sarcastically
"actually yes, I solved a few ER cases last month for them, it wasn't the typical presentation of the diseases so they never thought to test for them, they told the head doctor about my creative idea and diagnosis method and she said when it came time to look for a job to come there first as I have a first rate mind, I said I had feelings for my sixth cousin and asked if it'd be a problem and they said as long as I play the relationship safe the hospital would turn a blind eye to it" says Cassandra seriously
"Akina she's wicked smart, you could ask her a math question and before you even finish asking what the answer is she'd already say the answer" says Cat
"what is 1950x29, not eve….." asks Akina not even getting to finish the sentence
"fifty-six thousand five hundred and fifty" says Cassandra
"ok wow, not even my math teacher in college could answer that question that quickly, Ben and Abigail are so lucky" says Akina
"wait you can't have Ben's babies……" asks Trina almost sad
"that's right, he can sex me up all he wants but can't give me kids" says Cassandra
"awww but they'd be so cute" pouts Cat
"I know they would but I'd have to pull some crazy stuff to hide the fact that he'd be the father and I'm terrible at lying" says Cassandra