Here's the new chapter for you very patient readers.
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Olivia hummed quietly as she continued to make some dinner. She glanced over her shoulder and saw that Kat's bedroom door was still closed. Her daughter didn't like been disturbed while finishing homework. Olivia had offered to help her on her homework when she heard some cussing behind the door. But Kat refused. Her daughter told her that she wanted to it without help so she could be ready for the upcoming test.
The detective glanced back at the stove. The chicken was already done and all that was left were the potatoes that were been fried in the pan. She was stirring them when she heard the door opened.
"I'm done with the last of my homework." Kat yawned, walking out of her bedroom. She was clutching her worksheets in her hands.
"Let me check it." Olivia turned off the stove as her daughter entered the kitchen. When Kat passed her the worksheets, the detective's eyes widen. "What subject is this? Physics?"
Kat snorted. "Math."
"This is math?" Liv's said in disbelief. "No wonder you don't like the subject."
"Almost everyone hates math, mom."
Olivia sighed heavily. She checked through the papers and as far as she could tell, her daughter had completed all of her homework. "I recognize a few of the problems and those are right. But I don't know about the others."
"I exchange answers with a few friends and we all mostly got the same answers," Kat shrugged. "Do you need help on dinner?"
Liv passed the homework back to her daughter. "I just need to fry the potatoes. Why don't you put your homework away and wash your hands?"
"Okay," Kat said, going back to her room. Once back in her room, Kat put all of her homework, notes and pencils away in her backpack. She felt her phone vibrate and saw it was a text message from Madison. She has been in contact with the redhead since she got her new phone.
Any plans for tomorrow? – Mad.
No. Why? – Kat
"Dinner is ready!"
The teen heard her mom call from the kitchen. Kat tucked her phone in her jean's pocket and walked out of her room. "I just need to wash my hands." The young Benson went to the bathroom and washed her hands before joining her mom in the small round wooden kitchen table.
"So you never told me where Haden is taking you for the weekend?" Kat asked, after taking a bite off the piece of barbecued chicken leg that was on her plate.
Olivia took a sip of grape juice. "He hasn't. Are you sure that you will be fine staying with Cragen? I don't mind cancelling the—"
"Just go mom," Kat smiled slightly. "You need to go out even if it's just for the weekend. I don't mind." She felt her phone vibrate and took it out. "I was actually going to ask if I could stay here instead at Cragen's place."
Remember when I promise to take you to your first rave? Well there is going to be one underground. Want to come? – Mad
"So you can throw a party?" Olivia raised an eyebrow.
"I won't." Kat glanced up at her mother for a second before looking down at her phone screen. Her lips curled up in an amused smirk as she sent a text to Madison. "Cragen can check up on me if that will ease your mind. And I'll probably just invite Joe over."
I'm down. What time? – Kat
"Is that who you texting?"
"Yup," the teen quickly said, putting her phone away.
Olivia narrowed her eyes slightly. Her daughter replied way too fast. "If you're going to invite Joe over…what are you girls going to do all day?"
"The last time she was here, Joe wanted to help me with my closet. She freaked out when she saw how color disoriented my shirts were," Kat smirked. It was true. Her best friend had the tendency to organize people's clothes in a way that suited her. Not that Kat minded. It made picking shirts easier for her whenever Joe did that. "Then maybe just order some pizza before calling it a day. She can even sleep over if she wants."
"And what about Mark?" Olivia started to eat her dinner again.
Kat's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "What about him?"
"Are you not going to invite him over?"
"Oh! His brother is going to visit for the weekend and introduce them his new girlfriend."
"So only you and Joe will be here?"
Kat smile slightly, clutching the glass cup that was filled with grape juice. "Yes."
"Then I will let you stay at the apartment. I will tell Cragen to check up on you and Joe."
"Do you want me to keep Joe from organizing your closet?" Kat teased.
"Please do," Olivia let out a small chuckle. "I like my clothes just how they are."
Kat's phone started to vibrate but she decided to ignore it. She noticed when her mother narrowed her eyes at her very quick response. She will have to wait until she back in her bedroom to check Madison's text message. They ate in silence until Kat spoke again.
"I forgot to mention that some of us are going to visit Hudson soon," Kat explained her mother. "And was wondering if you can sign the permission slip once the teacher gives us one?"
"Hudson?" Olivia bit her lip. The detective will be lying to herself if she was tempted not to sign that slip. She had feared of her daughter going to that school. Not that she didn't trust Kat. She did. Liv just didn't really trust some of the students there. Some of their cases were because of Hudson. That school had a bit of a reputation in the squad room. "Are you interested in going to Hudson after high school?"
"It's one of the few universities that I'm interested in," Kat took a bite of her food. "I still have a year left of high school so I'm not set down on what school I want to go to."
"Good," Olivia nodded. "Don't settle down on a school until you know that's the one you really want to attend."
"That's why I'm going through their history. I want to see their percentage of graduates and all that."
"Smart girl."
The teen smiled. "Thanks, mom."
Kat was very thankful that Joe had organized her closet. She had easily picked her black distressed, white tank and black leather jacket. Madison told her to bring a jacket since it was cold outside. Her friend informed her that she could just wrap it around her waist if she got hot or leave it in the car before going to the rave. Kat was about to put on her shoes when she heard someone knocking on the front door.
She quickly left her room and slid her feet on the wood when she was close enough to the front door. She checked the peephole and grinned when saw Madison. She opened the door. "Hey!"
Madison smiled and nodded. "Nice outfit."
"Same can be said to you."
The redhead was wearing a green shirt and wash out skinny jeans with bright green vans. She was also wearing a black leather jacket. Madison chuckled. "Thanks. Ready to go?"
"Just need to put on my shoes. Come in," Kat stepped aside to let Madison in. She closed the door once her friend was inside. She walked to her the living room and turned to look at Madison. "Make yourself comfortable. I won't take long."
"Okay."
Kat padded to back to her room and found her black chuck on the bed where she had put them earlier. She put them on and rested on her feet on the bed to tie the laces. She heard her phone vibrate on top of the nightstand and went to grab it. Kat saw who was calling her before answering, "Hey, mom. What's up?"
"Just wanting to see how you were, honey."
"I'm fine just like I was when you called in the afternoon," Kat put her mom on speaker and finished tying her shoe and went to start on the next one.
"Can you blame me for worrying about you?"
"I'm at home not out in the city."
"I still worry." There was a pause before the teen heard her mom talk again. "Did Cragen go to check on you?"
"He did and brought a bag of Twizzlers. I was about to watch a movie and then call it a night," Kat tried to keep voice nonchalant. She heard her mother chuckle from the other line.
"Did Joe's complaining wear you down?"
Kat rolled her eyes. "You have no idea. My ears still hurt. Cragen was lucky enough to arrive after she was done."
"I'm sure he would have fled the apartment in a second."
"No one would blame him," Kat's laid back on her bed. She stared up at the ceiling, continuing to talk to her mother. "And how are you? Is Haden treating you right?"
"I'm good. David is treating me just well."
"He better be."
"Next weekend it will just be you and me. No one will disturb us. I'm not on going to be on call."
Kat's lips lifted up in a smile. "What do you have in mind?"
"Not sure yet. But we can think of something."
"Okay," Kat heard footsteps coming towards her room and saw Madison standing on the doorway. "I got to go, mom. I forgot to charge my phone and it's dying."
"Alright. I will call you in the morning. Goodnight and sweet dreams honey. Love you"
"Love you too, mom. See you tomorrow." Kat smiled before hanging up.
"Mom checking up on you?" Madison asked.
Kat got up from her bed. "You can say that." She put her phone on the nightstand. No way was she going to bring her phone with her. It may fall off the pocket of jeans and wouldn't have a good explanation for her mom if it would happen. Better leave it here behind. She glanced at Madison and smiled slightly. "Ready?"
The redhead smirk. "Let's go."
Next chapter will be up in the weekend. Yup. That's right. This weekend. Most probably Sunday.
My life is getting a bit better so I will be able to update weekly again. Sorry if this chapter is a bit short. I'm going to make the next one longer.
So...review!