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The Loser's Club Ch.34
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"Charity, when did you get here?" And more importantly what did you see? The thought of what she might interpret the talk as made him cringe.
"Just in time apparently." The scene may have looked innocent to anyone else but she knew Miguel, and every movement had been about jealousy and anger. The possessive tone in which he spoke to Kay, the protective step he had taken toward her, and the hatred that he had shown toward his brother. "Interesting greeting you had for your brother, that almost died."
Miguel swallowed down his anxiety and tried to play it off. " I was just concerned for Kay, she's my best friend."
"You seemed more then concerned." "You seemed jealous, and it would be naive of me think that isn't about Kay."
"Charity, I know you think that it's about your premonitions, but.."
"This is not about a stupid premonition, this about what I just saw." Charity for once in her life was ignoring the feelings she was getting and focusing simply on what she saw, which was the love of her life acting like a jealous boyfriend when he saw her cousin and her boyfriend together. " You were practically foaming at the mouth with jealousy toward Brian, your brother."
Miguel stepped closer and tried to take her hand, but she flinched and moved back to avoid him. " I want to be honest with you."
"That would be a nice change cause it doesn't look like you have been." Things were coming in clearer and the picture she was seeing was tearing a whole in her heart.
" Can we sit?" Miguel motioned for the chairs that were nearby and sat down, but she once again moved away from him and chose the seat farthest from him.
"Start talking."
" I .... I don't know how to say it, but I've been thinking lately about Kay a lot." It was so hard to describe, because he didn't really understand his feelings for Kay, he just knew that he didn't like seeing her with his brother, and that he got dizzy when he saw her, but he couldn't tell that to Charity. " Which is only natural because she is my best friend."
"There is nothing natural about wishing your brother dead, so that he'll leave her alone."
" I just don't think he's right for her."
'Who do you think is right for her, Reese." Charity knew she was wrong, Reese wasn't the kind of guy for Kay, she needed Brian, but she had a feeling that Miguel didn't think that way either. " Or do you think that you're the perfect man for Kay."
He looked down at the floor not wanting to meet her eyes. "Charity it's not like that."
"No I think I finally see what it's like." Charity removed the necklace that had been the first gift Miguel had given her, and shoved it in his hand.
"Charity...." Miguel spoke not only to stop her, but also to calm her, he saw his mother and Grace Bennet out the corner of his eye, and didn't want to have to explain his confusion to anyone else. "Charity let's talk about this."
"No Miguel, I don't think you have any idea what you want, and I'm not going to be your consolation prize until you figure it out." She choked back the tears, and focused instead on the anger that was driving her. " I don't know what's going on with you and I don't know if I can be here waiting when you figure it out, so maybe it's best if you just stay away from me for a while."
"Charity…." Miguel stepped closer to take he hand but found that someone was holding him back.
"I don't think she want to talk to you anymore." John pulled him back and moved in front of Charity, and thanked god that Jessica was right behind her trying to comfort his cousin. " Why don't you give her a few days, and then try."
"Mind your own business John." Miguel hadn't forgotten or forgiven John for his behavior at the Valentine's Day dance, and wasn't in the kind of mood where he could fake civility to the older man.
"Miguel." Pilar gave her son a warning glance that made him step back. "Come Mijo, let's go see your nephew." Pilar took her son' s hand and let him toward the nursery. Leaving Charity's family to help the devastated girl home.
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Next Night
Kay couldn't believe she was doing this, she should be at her dorm room getting ready for her date with Brian, but here she was at her old house standing outside Charity's room. It wasn't that she didn't want to help her cousin or that she felt she needed to prep for her date with Brain, but she didn't think she was the right person to comfort Charity. " Isn't this ironic." Shaking off her insecurities she timidly knocks on the door, and prays that she doesn't answer.
"Come in." Kay pushed open the door and found Charity on her bed her eyes red and puffy form crying looking holding a picture of her and Miguel at the Senior Prom. She gave a watery smile at the sight of her cousin. "Hi Kay."
"Hey Charity, how are you?" The question was rhetorical, because the room said it all, several empty boxes of tissue where strewn about, as well as several pictures of Miguel that had been balled up.
"I'm…" Her small shoulders shook as tears overcame her again, and Kay began thinking of ways to make Miguel pay for hurting her cousin.
"Charity, I want to talk to you about what happened with Miguel." Kay sat on her cousins' bed and searched her head for the words to tell Charity the whole truth, she wished Brain had come with her for moral support but had told him it would better not to be seen around the house by her father. " I think it's important that you know before I say anything else that I truly love Brian with my entire heart."
"I'm so glad that you're happy."
"Yeah." Kay looked away, it was really hard t do this, especially with Charity being so understanding, but it was important that she was honest with her. " But before I fell in love with Brian, I thought that I was in love with Miguel." Kay jumped up and began pacing. "I actually thought I was in love with him for several years, and I.." " I've done some bad things in the past, all so I could be with Miguel, but I'm over that now." She stopped walking and closed her eyes, not prepared to see the pain and or hatred in her cousin's eyes.
" I know Kay." Charity wasn't as naïve as people seemed to think she had felt Kay's dislike of her quite often, and had seen many premonitions where her cousin had been leading crusades for her downfall, but she had always known that deep down Kay cared for her, and was merely been manipulated by the forces of evil. " I know that you weren't really that accepting of me when I first came here."
'That's an understatement." Kay muttered the phrase under her breath; amazed that Charity wasn't as dense as she always thought. " Once again I'd like to reiterate that I LOVE Brian, and now I think you should know that a while ago after the picture of Brian and I came out, that Miguel came to see me."
Charity tensed up, she hadn't known that. " What did he see you about?" She asked not really wanting to know the answer.
"He uh… he said that he thought he was developing feelings for me." Kay sank down on the bed and took her cousins hand.
" What did you say?"
"I laughed." " I don't think Miguel has feelings for me, I think he was just use to me 'loving' him, and is more then a little annoyed that he's not the center of my world anymore." "Charity he loves you, I know it was made clear everyday for the last three years, he's just confused."
"He's an a$$hole."
Kay laughed shocked at the sedate woman's wording for her boyfriend. "Yeah, he is acting like one right now, but he's a guy so what can you do."
Charity finally gave into her first impulse and hugged Kay. " Thank you for coming and telling me the truth." She stepped back and notice the tears running down her face, and wiped them away. " Can't have you crying, you have a hot date tonight, tears are not permitted at the Seascape."
Kay wiped the remaining tears way and looked at Charity with wide eyes. "How did you know?"
" You should know by now that small town gossip works very fast." In actually she had heard Brian make the reservations at the hospital, but she didn't need to tell Kay that.
"Of course I forgot." Kay stood gave her cousin a last hug before heading out to get ready for Brian. Charity walked her to the door, and waved her off, just as her aunt Grace came in the living room.
"Charity Hon, are you feeling better?" She smoother her nieces hair back, and wondered if they would ever be a time when all the children were happy.
"Yeah." It was true the talk with Kay, had helped in the back of in her mind she thought that there was a possibility hat Kay would go for Miguel if he approached her but Kay seemed to be completely over whatever it was she felt for him.
" Really, because your uncle wants to go out to dinner tonight, but if you don't feel up to it then we can stay in."
"No I think it's a great idea, you and Uncle Sam should go out, you've had a really eventful couple of weeks."
"Yeah, we have." She inches closer to her nieces and lowers her voice." I was actually hoping this would be a good time to talk to him about Brian."
Charity grins as a thought occurs to her, but quickly hides it from her aunt. "You know that's a great idea, you should go to the Seascape." " You know sweeten him up for the kill, so to speak."
"That's a excellent idea." Grace kissed her cheek and hurried off to make reservation for the night.
" Have fun." Charity smiled, it was a little sneaky, but she was hopeful that once her Uncle Sam saw Brian and Kay together he would see how perfect they were for each other, that or he would finally snap and kill him. " Either way it should be an interesting night."
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Brian went over everything he wanted to say to Kay, again in his mind. It had to be perfect after all he wanted her to say yes, but he didn't want to rush her. "Snap out of it Lopez-Fitzgerald, you can do this." Brain takes one last look at the ring box on his hotel room bed. Firming he resolve he checks the clock and goes to take his shower.
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Coming Soon:
Seriously next time dinner at Seascape.
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The Loser's Club Ch.34
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"Charity, when did you get here?" And more importantly what did you see? The thought of what she might interpret the talk as made him cringe.
"Just in time apparently." The scene may have looked innocent to anyone else but she knew Miguel, and every movement had been about jealousy and anger. The possessive tone in which he spoke to Kay, the protective step he had taken toward her, and the hatred that he had shown toward his brother. "Interesting greeting you had for your brother, that almost died."
Miguel swallowed down his anxiety and tried to play it off. " I was just concerned for Kay, she's my best friend."
"You seemed more then concerned." "You seemed jealous, and it would be naive of me think that isn't about Kay."
"Charity, I know you think that it's about your premonitions, but.."
"This is not about a stupid premonition, this about what I just saw." Charity for once in her life was ignoring the feelings she was getting and focusing simply on what she saw, which was the love of her life acting like a jealous boyfriend when he saw her cousin and her boyfriend together. " You were practically foaming at the mouth with jealousy toward Brian, your brother."
Miguel stepped closer and tried to take her hand, but she flinched and moved back to avoid him. " I want to be honest with you."
"That would be a nice change cause it doesn't look like you have been." Things were coming in clearer and the picture she was seeing was tearing a whole in her heart.
" Can we sit?" Miguel motioned for the chairs that were nearby and sat down, but she once again moved away from him and chose the seat farthest from him.
"Start talking."
" I .... I don't know how to say it, but I've been thinking lately about Kay a lot." It was so hard to describe, because he didn't really understand his feelings for Kay, he just knew that he didn't like seeing her with his brother, and that he got dizzy when he saw her, but he couldn't tell that to Charity. " Which is only natural because she is my best friend."
"There is nothing natural about wishing your brother dead, so that he'll leave her alone."
" I just don't think he's right for her."
'Who do you think is right for her, Reese." Charity knew she was wrong, Reese wasn't the kind of guy for Kay, she needed Brian, but she had a feeling that Miguel didn't think that way either. " Or do you think that you're the perfect man for Kay."
He looked down at the floor not wanting to meet her eyes. "Charity it's not like that."
"No I think I finally see what it's like." Charity removed the necklace that had been the first gift Miguel had given her, and shoved it in his hand.
"Charity...." Miguel spoke not only to stop her, but also to calm her, he saw his mother and Grace Bennet out the corner of his eye, and didn't want to have to explain his confusion to anyone else. "Charity let's talk about this."
"No Miguel, I don't think you have any idea what you want, and I'm not going to be your consolation prize until you figure it out." She choked back the tears, and focused instead on the anger that was driving her. " I don't know what's going on with you and I don't know if I can be here waiting when you figure it out, so maybe it's best if you just stay away from me for a while."
"Charity…." Miguel stepped closer to take he hand but found that someone was holding him back.
"I don't think she want to talk to you anymore." John pulled him back and moved in front of Charity, and thanked god that Jessica was right behind her trying to comfort his cousin. " Why don't you give her a few days, and then try."
"Mind your own business John." Miguel hadn't forgotten or forgiven John for his behavior at the Valentine's Day dance, and wasn't in the kind of mood where he could fake civility to the older man.
"Miguel." Pilar gave her son a warning glance that made him step back. "Come Mijo, let's go see your nephew." Pilar took her son' s hand and let him toward the nursery. Leaving Charity's family to help the devastated girl home.
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Next Night
Kay couldn't believe she was doing this, she should be at her dorm room getting ready for her date with Brian, but here she was at her old house standing outside Charity's room. It wasn't that she didn't want to help her cousin or that she felt she needed to prep for her date with Brain, but she didn't think she was the right person to comfort Charity. " Isn't this ironic." Shaking off her insecurities she timidly knocks on the door, and prays that she doesn't answer.
"Come in." Kay pushed open the door and found Charity on her bed her eyes red and puffy form crying looking holding a picture of her and Miguel at the Senior Prom. She gave a watery smile at the sight of her cousin. "Hi Kay."
"Hey Charity, how are you?" The question was rhetorical, because the room said it all, several empty boxes of tissue where strewn about, as well as several pictures of Miguel that had been balled up.
"I'm…" Her small shoulders shook as tears overcame her again, and Kay began thinking of ways to make Miguel pay for hurting her cousin.
"Charity, I want to talk to you about what happened with Miguel." Kay sat on her cousins' bed and searched her head for the words to tell Charity the whole truth, she wished Brain had come with her for moral support but had told him it would better not to be seen around the house by her father. " I think it's important that you know before I say anything else that I truly love Brian with my entire heart."
"I'm so glad that you're happy."
"Yeah." Kay looked away, it was really hard t do this, especially with Charity being so understanding, but it was important that she was honest with her. " But before I fell in love with Brian, I thought that I was in love with Miguel." Kay jumped up and began pacing. "I actually thought I was in love with him for several years, and I.." " I've done some bad things in the past, all so I could be with Miguel, but I'm over that now." She stopped walking and closed her eyes, not prepared to see the pain and or hatred in her cousin's eyes.
" I know Kay." Charity wasn't as naïve as people seemed to think she had felt Kay's dislike of her quite often, and had seen many premonitions where her cousin had been leading crusades for her downfall, but she had always known that deep down Kay cared for her, and was merely been manipulated by the forces of evil. " I know that you weren't really that accepting of me when I first came here."
'That's an understatement." Kay muttered the phrase under her breath; amazed that Charity wasn't as dense as she always thought. " Once again I'd like to reiterate that I LOVE Brian, and now I think you should know that a while ago after the picture of Brian and I came out, that Miguel came to see me."
Charity tensed up, she hadn't known that. " What did he see you about?" She asked not really wanting to know the answer.
"He uh… he said that he thought he was developing feelings for me." Kay sank down on the bed and took her cousins hand.
" What did you say?"
"I laughed." " I don't think Miguel has feelings for me, I think he was just use to me 'loving' him, and is more then a little annoyed that he's not the center of my world anymore." "Charity he loves you, I know it was made clear everyday for the last three years, he's just confused."
"He's an a$$hole."
Kay laughed shocked at the sedate woman's wording for her boyfriend. "Yeah, he is acting like one right now, but he's a guy so what can you do."
Charity finally gave into her first impulse and hugged Kay. " Thank you for coming and telling me the truth." She stepped back and notice the tears running down her face, and wiped them away. " Can't have you crying, you have a hot date tonight, tears are not permitted at the Seascape."
Kay wiped the remaining tears way and looked at Charity with wide eyes. "How did you know?"
" You should know by now that small town gossip works very fast." In actually she had heard Brian make the reservations at the hospital, but she didn't need to tell Kay that.
"Of course I forgot." Kay stood gave her cousin a last hug before heading out to get ready for Brian. Charity walked her to the door, and waved her off, just as her aunt Grace came in the living room.
"Charity Hon, are you feeling better?" She smoother her nieces hair back, and wondered if they would ever be a time when all the children were happy.
"Yeah." It was true the talk with Kay, had helped in the back of in her mind she thought that there was a possibility hat Kay would go for Miguel if he approached her but Kay seemed to be completely over whatever it was she felt for him.
" Really, because your uncle wants to go out to dinner tonight, but if you don't feel up to it then we can stay in."
"No I think it's a great idea, you and Uncle Sam should go out, you've had a really eventful couple of weeks."
"Yeah, we have." She inches closer to her nieces and lowers her voice." I was actually hoping this would be a good time to talk to him about Brian."
Charity grins as a thought occurs to her, but quickly hides it from her aunt. "You know that's a great idea, you should go to the Seascape." " You know sweeten him up for the kill, so to speak."
"That's a excellent idea." Grace kissed her cheek and hurried off to make reservation for the night.
" Have fun." Charity smiled, it was a little sneaky, but she was hopeful that once her Uncle Sam saw Brian and Kay together he would see how perfect they were for each other, that or he would finally snap and kill him. " Either way it should be an interesting night."
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Brian went over everything he wanted to say to Kay, again in his mind. It had to be perfect after all he wanted her to say yes, but he didn't want to rush her. "Snap out of it Lopez-Fitzgerald, you can do this." Brain takes one last look at the ring box on his hotel room bed. Firming he resolve he checks the clock and goes to take his shower.
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Coming Soon:
Seriously next time dinner at Seascape.
