KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY

Disclaimer: Much as I wish I owned Patrick I don't own any of the characters in this story they are all property of the big wigs at Touchstone so don't sue me!!!

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"Bye Mom, I'm going out." "Hold on Elliot your." Kat Verona stopped speaking as she turned round just in time to see her 18 year old son disappear through the front door. She sighed as she put his supper back into the oven to keep warm. Although she always seemed to be mad at him at the moment she couldn't help smiling to herself. He was so like his father had been at the same age. Rebel with a heart though she knew it wasn't genetic as he was adopted and had no Verona blood in him at all. Kat thought back to how Elliot had come to be with her and Patrick. He'd been the result of a drunken one night stand between her sister Bianca and a guy she couldn't remember the name of the next morning. In the process she'd ruined not only her life but her marriage which had only been two months old at the time. After the birth she'd become depressed and when Elliot was 6 months old she'd left him with Kat and Patrick saying that she was going to spend a couple of days with their father and never returned. She'd never gone to see their father and no one knew what had happened to her. They'd adopted Elliot and never looked back though Kat often thought of her sister. "Mom have you seen my cheerleading uniform?" Kat was shaken out of her daydream by her daughter Bella bounding into the kitchen with her friend Laurel. "Try the ironing basket honey. When are you leaving for the game?" "Laur's dad is picking us up in about 10 minutes." "OK and do you want Dad to pick you up after?" "Yeah thanks Mom" Bella said as she exited the kitchen. Kat watched her daughter leave. A pretty, popular junior and a cheerleader she couldn't be much more different from her either Elliot or her parents. Only her long brown curls, though highlighted, gave her away as a Verona. "Hi Honey" Kat smiled as her husband came in and slipped his arms around her waist and kissed her on the neck. "Hey Sweetie. How was your day?" "Nuts but in a good way" he said smiling "Fine fine. Oh you haven't forgotten you've got to pick Bella up from her game tonight" Kat asked "Have you forgotten we're having dinner with Cameron tonight?" "Oh gosh I forgot. Maybe I can get Elliot to pick her up"

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