Authors Note: I am not going to stick completely with how the show is going. I used that for a beginning. Now some of it will be the same but not all of it or the story would be pointless, right?

Disclaimer: I don't own Passions.

Can't hold us down

Author: Cry me a River

Summary: Sam threatens to Leave Grace if she doesn't support Kay. A life-threatening situation changes things in Harmony. {savy, kaguel story. Ivy is not in a wheel chair in this fic.}

Can't Hold Us Down, Chapter 2.

Blizzards, wars, and injury.

Not long after Sam left Kay scrawled out a note for her father. She read it once more:

Dear Daddy,

I'm writing you this letter because I want you to know the truth. The real truth-not Mom's lame version of the truth. I know she's going to twist this whole thing around and make me look like the bad guy, because according to my dear, sweet Mom I'm always the bad guy! But I know you don't think that way. Unlike Mom, you have always loved me and cared about my happiness. You have always been the one I could turn to.

Okay yes, I did call Mom a bad name at the hospital. And maybe I shouldn't have said it, but the truth is that she needed a wake up call big time! Prisoners in jail get treated way better than how Mom treats me. Let's face it--each time a new member of Mom's long-lost family shows up (and these days that seems pretty often) I get pushed further and further to the side. Remember the bedroom I couldn't wait to move into? Well, thanks to Mom, now it's Charity's. And the new stereo system I've been dying for? Well, John has been Mom's son for all of five minutes and he scored one for Valentine's day or something ridiculous like that! But the worst part of all is how my own mother has totally disregarded my feelings for Miguel. She knows how much he means to me, so why is it so hard for her to believe that I might make Miguel happy? Well Daddy, I CAN make Miguel happy. I can't tell you how I know that, but I do...I know it for a fact. But Mom would rather make me feel like some monster that nobody could ever love, than see her precious Charity's feelings get hurt!

I know you don't see it Daddy, but Mom's not just hurting me-she's hurting you too! She says she loves you, but if that's the case then answer this question. Why hasn't she sent David away yet? She could end this whole tacky "I've got two husbands" situation just by opening her mouth and telling David to take a hike. But no-she keeps him hanging around like a pathetic little puppy dog. And I know exactly why. The fact is that Mom LIKES having two men fighting for her and falling all over her! She enjoys keeping the two of you dangling like her own personal slaves. Come to think of it, the word I called Mom at the hospital didn't do her justice...she's really no better than a common tramp!

As I'm sitting here writing this letter, I know I'm not going to give it to you. I know it would hurt you to hear the truth about Mom, and you're not the one I want to hurt-she is! But I have a feeling I don't have to tell you all of this anyway, because you're going to find out on your own. One day, Mom is going to throw you away like yesterday's trash so she can be with her new and improved family, just like she did to me. And then you'll learn the hard way that she's not Saint Grace of Harmony like she pretends to be. We'll just be two more of Mom's many victims...but at least we'll have each other, just like we always have.

I love you, Daddy.

Love,

Kay

Satisfied with what it said, she placed it on the bed and grabbed her duffle bag. Leaving would be no problem. Finding a place to go would be. With one last look around the room she headed down the stairs, leaving her pain and misery behind.

But, she never expected Grace to be sitting on the couch as she prepared to leave. Without saying a word, she placed a boggin, coat, and gloves on.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?" Grace asked, standing up.

Charity and Jessica came in the room at that moment, daring not to speak. They didn't want to get involved in another fight. At the same time neither of them wanted her to go. Especially not now that she was pregnant.

"I'm leaving." Kay said simply. "For once mom, I am doing as you say."

Grace sighed. She couldn't let Kay leave. She did love her, despite the fact that it didn't seem that way at times. But most importantly, she didn't want to lose Sam to Ivy. If only Kay weren't pregnant, then things might not be so bad. But she was pregnant, and well Grace couldn't change that. But the more that she thought about it, she wondered if she loved Kay as much as she should.

"Kay you can't leave. There's a blizzard out there. Think about your unborn child."

Kay rolled her eyes. "Oh I see how it is mother. You care more about my unborn child than you do me."

Was that true? Grace wondered. Did she love Kay's child more than her? She supposed it was possible. After the entire child wasn't evil like Kay. Or at least she hoped it wasn't. Evil had to be at play for Miguel to make love to Kay.

"No Kay, that's true." Grace insisted. "I love you and the baby. Please don't leave Kay."

Did she dare to believe that her mom really loved her? Was it possible that she had misunderstood? Well, there was only one way to find out. "And will you support this pregnancy?"

"Every step of the way." Grace promised.

"And what about my happiness?"

"Kay, I have always wanted you to be happy." Grace said, "and I know one day you will meet a great guy. Sooner than you think."

Kay was mad at herself for even believing her mother would be on her side. How could she have been so stupid? "I HAVE met a great guy, mom. Miguel is that man. The father of my child."

Grace shook her head. "No Kay. You know I believe Charity and Miguel belong 2ge+her."

Kay smiled bitterly. "Then adios, Mom." With that she turned on her heel to leave.

"Kay you can't."

"You can't stop me."

Grace stood there, with her mouth hanging open. Well, she supposed Kay was right. But she had to try for Sam's sake.

"You know Mother; you look stupid when you do that." Kay chided. "If it were Charity, Jessica, or even Noah you'd be barricading the door."

Grace knew that was true. But that was different, wasn't it. Because they were not evil like Kay. But again, thoughts of Sam leaving her drove her to throw herself in the front of the door.

"Move Grace." Kay insisted.

Just then the door was being opened from the other side. IT was David and John. They both argued with Kay, telling her she couldn't leave. But as they were discussing it, Kay slipped past them and out the door.

It took several minutes for them to notice she was gone and then panic set in.