"Kristina you're late!" Julie put her hands on her hips as her cousin came into view at the Elm Street Pier.
"I know! I know! I got held up by my mom." Kristen sighed.
"Let me guess, you are in trouble for the food fight?" Julie laughed.
"You two want to keep it down? I'm trying to sleep!" Alecz grumbled. Julie and Kristen walked across the pier to find their cousin lying on a park bench.
"it's a public place, what are you doing here anyway" Kristen said
"As I just said, sleeping!" Alecz repeated. "You two drag me out of my own warm bed at this early hour. I have to catch up somewhere."
"You do realize it's after noon" Kristen said again deliberately picking a fight
"And?" Alecz closed her eyes. Julie and Kristen stared at each other.
"And get your ass off the park bench as of two seconds ago before I sic Kristen on you." Julie warned.
" Wanna go come on bring it" Kristen said putting up her fists
"Hey!" Julie shouted, grabbing Kristen's shoulders. "Both of you, stop it! Now!" She said.
"Aww, are the three musketeers having a cat fight?" A voice drifted in from the other end of the pier, Alecz sat up, and all three girls looked over to find Brooke Lynn standing there.
" Go away Brooke! Nobody wants you here" Kristen said obviously pissed off about way more than her comment
"Nobody wants you period." Brooke Lynn threw back.
"Just shut up Brooke. Leave her alone." Julie sighed, and Brooke Lynn turned to her.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the accident." Brooke hissed
"I'll kill her!" Rage rushed over Julie as she flung herself towards the girl.
"Don't even bother" Kristen said "She's not worth it" Sounding just a rational as her mother
"How DARE you call me a mistake, you-" Julie started to say, but Brooke cut her off.
"Tisk, tisk. What would Daddy dearest think of that language? At least my parents were brave enough to split up. Never mind that his newest wife isn't a very good pick." She continued. "Look at the brats she produced."
"But it looks they might be getting back together" Brook added for Kristen to hear
"What are you talking about?" Alecz asked. "Ned and Alexis are perfectly happy and you know it."
"Leave my mother out of this!" Kristen said near tears
"Kristen, don't let her get to you." Julie consoled her. "She's just trying to get a reaction."
"They're happy to the untrained eye ain't that right sis" Brook said poking Kristen in the arm
"Suddenly this pier is smelling funny, and I don't think it has to do with the water." Alecz said, glaring at Brooke. "Let's go somewhere else."
"You might want to hear me out, Kristen." Brooke Lyn called. "Or did Mommy Dearest already tell you?"
"Tell me what" she stops and turns around
"She's just messing with you. Don't listen to her." Julie whispered.
Don't bother Kristen let's just go" Alecz said concerned for her friend
" No I can Handle whatever BratLynn has to say!" "Go ahead tell me since you seem to know everything!" Kristen screamed
"Ooh! Temper, temper. What will the Cassadines think?" Brook Lyn taunted. "But, if you must know..."
"Spit it out! Since you're so all-knowing, you must be God." Julie shouted.
"Or Satan." Alecz added
"Well, I've just came from the Ashton-Cassadine household, and it seems that there is a bit of an argument. I smell a divorce on the rise."
~Chapter 2~
"My parents are not getting a divorce!" Kristen said near tears again knowing the opposite was true
"Oh are they not? Well maybe the affairs-" Brook Lyn stopped, putting her perfectly manicured fingers to her glossy lips.
"Yeah, we just saw them 2 days ago for thanksgiving they were fine" Alecz said
"Oops! Now I've said too much." She gasped, and then ran off without a second look."
"That little..." she stopped when Julie touched her shoulder and motioned to Kristen who was staring out into the lake crying
"Oh Kristen." Julie sighed "Don't give her a moment's thought. And even if your parents are fighting, don't worry about it. My mom files for divorce at least three times a year."
Kristen laughed a little but still wasn't sure "She's right though there's something wrong I can tell, I can just feel it"
"What do you mean?" Julie, always curious, asked, now intrigued.
"There's a different air. I can feel it." Kristen replied quietly. "It has to do with Sonny though they fight about him a lot"
"Sonny Corinthos? Michael's step dad?" Alecz asked. She felt her heart sink, for both her brother and her cousin.
"Yes. "Kristen sighed sadly
"Well - what about him?" Alecz asked.
"I thought you dad always had a problem with her representing him?" Julie asked trying to console her fears
" I don't know, mom has just been acting off lately and dad seems to always be in Benson Hurst with Brooke (snotty) I don't know. Let's just drop it for now" Kristen said trying to be strong.
"Ok." Julie nodded, not wanting to push it. "Shall we shop?" She forced a smile.
Kristen nodded. "We shall shop." She agreed.