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AN: This chapter is seen by every character, so it isn't just Kathryn's POV. It's basically from everyone else's. You'll understand why when you read it.
Tough Love
Chapter 13- Love and Loss
Summary- Sebastian finds out about Kathryn's deception. Tiffani pays Aaliyah and Kathryn a visit.
**4 days later**
**Sebastian's POV**
It had been four days since I had talked to Tiffani and I was still in denial. Why would Kathryn set me up with that Alanna chick just to get Annette and Tiffani to tear each other to pieces? I thought that Kathryn loved me and only wanted the best for me.
I just stayed away from her so I wouldn't blow up on her. I knew that I needed to know the truth and eventually I would confront her. But as I thought more and more about it, I realized that I should just ask her for the truth. I deserved it. Right?
**Aaliyah's POV**
I parked my brand new car in front of Kathryn's building and let the valet get in the drivers seat. I watched as he drove my baby away. I had just gotten my car custom made. It was a Jaguar SUV. I know they don't make them, but you'd be surprised at what you could get if you pay the right price.
I passed the doorman and was let into the bottom floor of Kathryn's luxurious penthouse. I called her name and she answered from upstairs. I trudged up the first half of her entirely too long staircase. Because her bedroom was two flights up, it meant the staircase was two flights long instead of one. As I climbed the last stair, I bent down to catch my breath.
I walked into Kathryn's bedroom to see her lying on her plush chaise reading a magazine. She glanced at me and smiled.
"You really need to get an elevator. Those stairs are entirely too long." She just rolled her eyes and chuckled.
I squinted my eyes. "What so fucking funny?"
"I do have an elevator. It's in the living room. Don't tell me that you ran up that long ass staircase?" When I sat down still panting, she started to giggle.
I threw the pillow I sat on at her and she caught it. As I grabbed a magazine off the floor, her phone started to ring. She got up and walked over to her mahogany desk to pick it up.
I started to skim through the pages when I heard the name Annette. I got up and walked over to where she was standing and she pressed the speakerphone button.
Annette's voice echoed through the room. "Kathryn, I arrived a couple of days ago, and I have yet to meet that guy you said would be waiting for me."
"I told you that he's going to find you in a few days and give you the information then. So just relax and enjoy London for now." Kathryn looked at me and rolled her eyes as Annette babbled about how much she loved London.
Annette paused for a moment before speaking again. "After this, I have to leave Sebastian alone. Right?" Kathryn nodded her head and answered.
"Yes, plus after the number my mother did on you, I doubt Sebastian wants to see you again. Anyways, that's been the plan for quite some time now. Just to get you away from him and take it from there." Annette sighed loudly.
"Yeah, well you got what you wanted. Anyways, I'll call when something comes up." She then hung up. I turned around to see Sebastian standing in the doorway looking quite peeved.
**Sebastian's POV**
I took the elevator upstairs and walked into Kathryn's doorway to hear Annette on speakerphone. They were talking about some kind of plan and taking Annette away from me. I guess that answered my question about Kathryn's part in all of this bullshit.
Kathryn hung up the phone and Aaliyah looked over at me. She noticed the pissed look on my face and nudged Kathryn in the side. Kathryn turned around and saw me standing there. She walked up to me and I backed away.
**Kathryn's POV**
Aaliyah nudged me and I turned around to see Sebastian looking like he was about to throw a fit. I walked up to him slowly and he backed away from me.
"Why didn't you tell me Kathryn?" As I tried to think of a reason, he just laughed at me.
"I didn't want to hurt you. I did what I had to to get you away from Annette and back into my life." He shook his head, looked over at Aaliyah and back at me.
"Was getting pregnant part of the plan as well? Because I really didn't think of you as a whore Kathryn." My mouth flew open as he said it. I walked away from him as Aaliyah walked past me and up to Sebastian. She looked mad and I knew that she was going to get violent. That's what I loved about her: the need to get hostile. One of her better qualities if you ask me.
She slapped him across the face and he looked back at her in shock. "Do you know what she's gone through? Huh? She didn't even want to tell you about the pregnancy. And when you find out about all of the things she's done to get you back, you call her a whore!"
I decided it was just time to tell him all about Annette's part in all of this. "Sebastian, Annette was hired to blackmail Aaliyah and I to stay away from you. Tiffani hired her and that's why we left you alone. I had nothing to do with the reception; we just took advantage of it to get Annette back for blackmailing us. She doesn't love you like I do." He threw his hands up in exasperation.
"I've heard enough Kathryn. Once a liar, always a liar, huh? I can't even trust you. I guess you'll have to raise those kids on your own, cause I'm through with you and the lies." As I watched him walk to the door I suddenly got very angry.
"So you're going to leave again. This time to leave me alone to raise the children that YOU helped make! Whenever something goes wrong, you always run away. You're not a man; you're a pussy!" He balled up his fists as he looked at me in fury, but I ignored him and finished my rant. "A real man would own up to his responsibilities, and as of yet you haven't. So go ahead, leave. That's what you're good at!" I looked at his back in desperation as he walked out the door and slammed it behind him.
**Aaliyah's POV**
As Sebastian slammed the door behind him, I watched Kathryn crumble to the floor. She blinked back tears that were starting to form in her eyes. She rubbed her belly and looked back up at me in despair. "What am I gonna do without him Aaliyah?"
I helped her up and she walked to the door to chase after him. As Kathryn opened the door, in walked Tiffani Merteuil. She gave her daughter an evil grin and walked past her. Kathryn glared at her mother.
"What are you doing here mother?" Tiffani turned around and shrugged carelessly.
"What I can't pay my beloved daughter a visit?" Kathryn walked to the door and gestured for her to leave.
"No you can't. You're the one who started all of this shit. I want you gone." Tiffani just walked past her and grabbed her arm.
When Kathryn tried to fight against her, she pushed her out of the room and Kathryn hit her head on a hall table. When she didn't get up, I started to get nervous.
"Don't worry dear, she's still alive." I balled up my fists and hit her as hard as I could. She stumbled in front of the stairs and put her hand on her bloody lip.
"I guess I hit a nerve. I hope she doesn't lose those kids. That would be a motherfucking Greek tragedy." She just started to laugh as she glanced at down at her daughter.
Kathryn didn't look too good as I gazed at her. There was a bruise swelling up at the side of her forehead where she hit the table. Blood was starting to bubble over her wound and she desperately needed medical attention. Her body was laid out lifelessly and she was as pale as a ghost. I wanted to help her, but I knew Tiffani would never let me get close to her whatsoever. That bitch was crazy and who knows what she'd do to Kathryn now that she knows she's pregnant.
I was so deep in my thoughts when Tiffani attacked me. She grabbed my hair and we tousled in front of the stairs.
I slapped her really hard and laughed in her face. "You could never be happy for me could you, mom?".
Her face twisted in anger and she hit me back. "No I could never be. You and Kathryn have been nothing but trouble for me. I hate you and I would never think of you as a daughter."
"Good. Because I don't want you to ever think you could be anything like my mother. You're a crazy bitch and you really need help. And let me promise you that after all of this goes down, you'll be in the best mental institution money can buy." She chuckled and punched me in the face. Blood started to stream down my face from my nose, but I held my ground in front of Kathryn.
"You know now that you think of it, you and Kathryn are very alike. No wonder you two get along so well. You're both so quick to spread your legs to the first person willing to get in between them. Now Kathryn beat you to being the first one to get knocked up." I smirked. I guess the almighty Tiffani Merteuil doesn't know everything.
"Kathryn got the relentless need to fuck from her father, but I guess you got that gene from your whore of a mother." I freaked out after that. Nobody and I mean NOBODY talks about my mother like that, even if she is dead.
She pushed me out of the way and I grabbed her so that her back was to Kathryn, who by the way was still passed out and lying in a pool of blood.
I hit her hard, and she reciprocated. I wasn't ready for it, and stumbled back. I was trying to regain my balance when she gave me a evil smirk and pushed me down the stairs headfirst. All I remember was the vicious smile on her face and overwhelming pain as I flew down the long set of stairs. Everything went black after that.
**
**Kathryn's POV**
I woke up to bright lights and an unyielding headache. I put my hands over my eyes and looked around. I was in a hospital room. I brought my hands to my head and yelped when I touched a very large bloody bruise.
I felt a hand touch mine and peered over to see Sebastian looking at me sadly. I pulled my hand away. "What happened? Where's Aaliyah?"
He looked down at the floor. "You hit your head on a table when you fell. The doctors said that you should take it easy for a few days because you almost lost the twins." I just rolled my eyes as I felt my attitude reappear.
"Why should you care? You left me by myself, with these kids in my gut to raise on my own. But when you find out I'm hurt, you come flying to my rescue." He blinked back tears and looked down at the ground.
My breathing stopped as I tried to figure out what was wrong. "Sebastian, what happened? Please tell me."
"It's Aaliyah. She's hurt. Really badly." I shook my head in denial, and started to get lose my breath. I clutched my chest and tried to catch my breath.
"No. She's going to be okay. Right? Please tell me she's okay. She has to be okay." He just looked away from me and I knew it couldn't have been good.
"Kathryn she's in a coma. She fell head first down the stairs. There was really bad swelling in her brain and they don't think she'll last any longer than a few days." He touched my hand and I yanked it away from his reach. "I'm sorry. I know you two were very close."
I glared at him. "You don't know shit! Get out of my room. I want to be alone." I looked out the window and heard the door close as he left. I didn't know what to do, and knowing that my best friend was dying just a few rooms over made it worse. All I could think of was: It's all my fault. My fault.
**Next Day**
I woke up and found that the nightmare that I thought was a dream was in fact reality. That my best friend, the only person I trusted with my life was dying. My own mother killed my best friend knowing that she was the only person that I really cared about. Besides Sebastian, but now all I could feel for him was contempt.
Sebastian was sitting by my bed and as I sat up, he looked at me. He was crying and it scared me.
"What happened?" He wiped away the tears that were falling.
"Aaliyah won't make it through the day. She took a turn for the worse and now she's brain dead. She's only alive because they have her on the machines." I felt the walls caving in on my chest and I pushed away the need to cry. I needed to be strong now, for myself and most importantly, for Aaliyah.
"I want to go see her before she dies. Please go get the doctor. I want to make a phone call right now." He nodded then walked out the door.
I picked up the phone at my bedside and dialed Annette's cell number.
"Hello?"
"Annette, it's Kathryn. Aaliyah was hurt and she's not going to make it. I need the information on my mother as soon as possible." I felt my headache coming back and closed my eyes to ward it off.
"I'm so sorry. But I should be back in a few days. I'll find you when I get back." I hung up as Sebastian walked in the door with a wheelchair.
He picked me up and sat me in the chair. He wheeled me down the hall until we met Edward and my mother. Edward looked rather tired and my mother just looked bored. She smirked at me mockingly as Sebastian wheeled me past them. He opened the door across from them and stopped me in front of her bed.
I asked him to leave and he walked out the door and into the hallway with our parents. I gazed at Aaliyah to see bandages wrapped around her head, and her once pretty face was now pale and covered in bruises. Her once lively frame was now laid out on the bed lifeless and badly beaten. I realized that this would be the last time I'd see her alive and she already looked dead.
I put my hand on hers and felt her cold clammy skin. I closed my eyes and began to cry. "I'm so sorry Aaliyah." When I realized she wouldn't sit up and give me a smart answer in return, I started to sob loudly.
"You were the best friend that I've EVER had. It wasn't supposed to end this way. Not this way." I sobbed as I put my head on her hand. My whole body shook as the tears streamed down my face.
I smiled and began to think of the good times we had together.
(AN: some of these weren't included in the other chapters. They're just Kathryn's random memories that I hadn't added. But they're in order in reference to time and the events that I did put in the previous chapters.)
~Flashback~
"Are you proposing an alliance?" I asked with a sly grin.
"Maybe." Aaliyah said smiling back.
"Revenge is a bitch ain't it?" Aaliyah said laughing, and I laughed as well.
**
I walked through the aisles at Gucci to see a dress that I just had to have. I picked up the hanger it was hanging on and called for Aaliyah. "Aaliyah. You've got to see this dress I found. It's so cute."
She was on the other side of the aisle and called out to me. "I found one too, come show it to me."
I walked around the corner to see her holding up the same dress I had in the same color.
She grinned and looked back down at the dress. "Nice dress Kathryn."
**
She hugged me tightly and I cried silently as she rubbed my back. It's funny how before all this happened, I had never cried, let alone in front of anyone. I guess I finally found someone to call a true friend. I trusted her and I know she trusted me. Because we are so alike, we have a special connection, and for once I was afraid. Afraid that I might have thrown it all away when I slept with Sebastian. Now I know that I'm not alone anymore, I still have my best friend, and something tells me that I'll need her in the future.
**
I looked out the window at the cars as they drove by. I felt eyes on me and looked over to see Aaliyah staring at me intently.
"What?" She shrugged and looked down at the floor.
"I was just wondering something." I've never known Aaliyah to be subtle so I knew she had to be embarrassed.
"Come on, you can ask me anything. What is it?" She looked me in the eye before spilling.
"Is Sebastian as good in bed as he was the last time you slept with him? I know this time you got a little souvenir but was the quality still the same?" I giggled as she looked at me seriously. You've got to be kidding me. That was the question she was SO embarrassed to ask?
She glared at me. "What's so funny?"
I shook my head. "If you have to ask, then you'll never know."
**
Aaliyah looked at me sincerely. "After this is all over with, we'll still be the best of friends right? No matter what?"
I smiled back at her and nodded. "Always, I'll always be there for you Valmont. Always." And for the first time, I pulled Aaliyah into a tight hug.
~End of Flashback~
I smiled and kissed her on the cheek. "I love you."
"I'll always love you," sob "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you when you needed me the most." sob "But I'll never forget you." As I sat back in the wheelchair, she flat lined.
Everything moved in slow mode as the doctors ran in the room and pushed me back so they could revive her. I just looked in horror as I watched my best friend die.
The tears fell freely down my cheeks as the doctor shook his head sadly. "Was she your friend?"
I looked at him miserably, desperately trying to hold myself together. "She.she. she was my best friend." I covered my face with my hands and sobbed hysterically.
It wasn't supposed to end like this. Not like this.
To Be Continued
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AN: I'm sorry but Aaliyah had to go. The only way I could think of getting her out of the picture was to kill her. Sorry.
AN: This chapter is seen by every character, so it isn't just Kathryn's POV. It's basically from everyone else's. You'll understand why when you read it.
Tough Love
Chapter 13- Love and Loss
Summary- Sebastian finds out about Kathryn's deception. Tiffani pays Aaliyah and Kathryn a visit.
**4 days later**
**Sebastian's POV**
It had been four days since I had talked to Tiffani and I was still in denial. Why would Kathryn set me up with that Alanna chick just to get Annette and Tiffani to tear each other to pieces? I thought that Kathryn loved me and only wanted the best for me.
I just stayed away from her so I wouldn't blow up on her. I knew that I needed to know the truth and eventually I would confront her. But as I thought more and more about it, I realized that I should just ask her for the truth. I deserved it. Right?
**Aaliyah's POV**
I parked my brand new car in front of Kathryn's building and let the valet get in the drivers seat. I watched as he drove my baby away. I had just gotten my car custom made. It was a Jaguar SUV. I know they don't make them, but you'd be surprised at what you could get if you pay the right price.
I passed the doorman and was let into the bottom floor of Kathryn's luxurious penthouse. I called her name and she answered from upstairs. I trudged up the first half of her entirely too long staircase. Because her bedroom was two flights up, it meant the staircase was two flights long instead of one. As I climbed the last stair, I bent down to catch my breath.
I walked into Kathryn's bedroom to see her lying on her plush chaise reading a magazine. She glanced at me and smiled.
"You really need to get an elevator. Those stairs are entirely too long." She just rolled her eyes and chuckled.
I squinted my eyes. "What so fucking funny?"
"I do have an elevator. It's in the living room. Don't tell me that you ran up that long ass staircase?" When I sat down still panting, she started to giggle.
I threw the pillow I sat on at her and she caught it. As I grabbed a magazine off the floor, her phone started to ring. She got up and walked over to her mahogany desk to pick it up.
I started to skim through the pages when I heard the name Annette. I got up and walked over to where she was standing and she pressed the speakerphone button.
Annette's voice echoed through the room. "Kathryn, I arrived a couple of days ago, and I have yet to meet that guy you said would be waiting for me."
"I told you that he's going to find you in a few days and give you the information then. So just relax and enjoy London for now." Kathryn looked at me and rolled her eyes as Annette babbled about how much she loved London.
Annette paused for a moment before speaking again. "After this, I have to leave Sebastian alone. Right?" Kathryn nodded her head and answered.
"Yes, plus after the number my mother did on you, I doubt Sebastian wants to see you again. Anyways, that's been the plan for quite some time now. Just to get you away from him and take it from there." Annette sighed loudly.
"Yeah, well you got what you wanted. Anyways, I'll call when something comes up." She then hung up. I turned around to see Sebastian standing in the doorway looking quite peeved.
**Sebastian's POV**
I took the elevator upstairs and walked into Kathryn's doorway to hear Annette on speakerphone. They were talking about some kind of plan and taking Annette away from me. I guess that answered my question about Kathryn's part in all of this bullshit.
Kathryn hung up the phone and Aaliyah looked over at me. She noticed the pissed look on my face and nudged Kathryn in the side. Kathryn turned around and saw me standing there. She walked up to me and I backed away.
**Kathryn's POV**
Aaliyah nudged me and I turned around to see Sebastian looking like he was about to throw a fit. I walked up to him slowly and he backed away from me.
"Why didn't you tell me Kathryn?" As I tried to think of a reason, he just laughed at me.
"I didn't want to hurt you. I did what I had to to get you away from Annette and back into my life." He shook his head, looked over at Aaliyah and back at me.
"Was getting pregnant part of the plan as well? Because I really didn't think of you as a whore Kathryn." My mouth flew open as he said it. I walked away from him as Aaliyah walked past me and up to Sebastian. She looked mad and I knew that she was going to get violent. That's what I loved about her: the need to get hostile. One of her better qualities if you ask me.
She slapped him across the face and he looked back at her in shock. "Do you know what she's gone through? Huh? She didn't even want to tell you about the pregnancy. And when you find out about all of the things she's done to get you back, you call her a whore!"
I decided it was just time to tell him all about Annette's part in all of this. "Sebastian, Annette was hired to blackmail Aaliyah and I to stay away from you. Tiffani hired her and that's why we left you alone. I had nothing to do with the reception; we just took advantage of it to get Annette back for blackmailing us. She doesn't love you like I do." He threw his hands up in exasperation.
"I've heard enough Kathryn. Once a liar, always a liar, huh? I can't even trust you. I guess you'll have to raise those kids on your own, cause I'm through with you and the lies." As I watched him walk to the door I suddenly got very angry.
"So you're going to leave again. This time to leave me alone to raise the children that YOU helped make! Whenever something goes wrong, you always run away. You're not a man; you're a pussy!" He balled up his fists as he looked at me in fury, but I ignored him and finished my rant. "A real man would own up to his responsibilities, and as of yet you haven't. So go ahead, leave. That's what you're good at!" I looked at his back in desperation as he walked out the door and slammed it behind him.
**Aaliyah's POV**
As Sebastian slammed the door behind him, I watched Kathryn crumble to the floor. She blinked back tears that were starting to form in her eyes. She rubbed her belly and looked back up at me in despair. "What am I gonna do without him Aaliyah?"
I helped her up and she walked to the door to chase after him. As Kathryn opened the door, in walked Tiffani Merteuil. She gave her daughter an evil grin and walked past her. Kathryn glared at her mother.
"What are you doing here mother?" Tiffani turned around and shrugged carelessly.
"What I can't pay my beloved daughter a visit?" Kathryn walked to the door and gestured for her to leave.
"No you can't. You're the one who started all of this shit. I want you gone." Tiffani just walked past her and grabbed her arm.
When Kathryn tried to fight against her, she pushed her out of the room and Kathryn hit her head on a hall table. When she didn't get up, I started to get nervous.
"Don't worry dear, she's still alive." I balled up my fists and hit her as hard as I could. She stumbled in front of the stairs and put her hand on her bloody lip.
"I guess I hit a nerve. I hope she doesn't lose those kids. That would be a motherfucking Greek tragedy." She just started to laugh as she glanced at down at her daughter.
Kathryn didn't look too good as I gazed at her. There was a bruise swelling up at the side of her forehead where she hit the table. Blood was starting to bubble over her wound and she desperately needed medical attention. Her body was laid out lifelessly and she was as pale as a ghost. I wanted to help her, but I knew Tiffani would never let me get close to her whatsoever. That bitch was crazy and who knows what she'd do to Kathryn now that she knows she's pregnant.
I was so deep in my thoughts when Tiffani attacked me. She grabbed my hair and we tousled in front of the stairs.
I slapped her really hard and laughed in her face. "You could never be happy for me could you, mom?".
Her face twisted in anger and she hit me back. "No I could never be. You and Kathryn have been nothing but trouble for me. I hate you and I would never think of you as a daughter."
"Good. Because I don't want you to ever think you could be anything like my mother. You're a crazy bitch and you really need help. And let me promise you that after all of this goes down, you'll be in the best mental institution money can buy." She chuckled and punched me in the face. Blood started to stream down my face from my nose, but I held my ground in front of Kathryn.
"You know now that you think of it, you and Kathryn are very alike. No wonder you two get along so well. You're both so quick to spread your legs to the first person willing to get in between them. Now Kathryn beat you to being the first one to get knocked up." I smirked. I guess the almighty Tiffani Merteuil doesn't know everything.
"Kathryn got the relentless need to fuck from her father, but I guess you got that gene from your whore of a mother." I freaked out after that. Nobody and I mean NOBODY talks about my mother like that, even if she is dead.
She pushed me out of the way and I grabbed her so that her back was to Kathryn, who by the way was still passed out and lying in a pool of blood.
I hit her hard, and she reciprocated. I wasn't ready for it, and stumbled back. I was trying to regain my balance when she gave me a evil smirk and pushed me down the stairs headfirst. All I remember was the vicious smile on her face and overwhelming pain as I flew down the long set of stairs. Everything went black after that.
**
**Kathryn's POV**
I woke up to bright lights and an unyielding headache. I put my hands over my eyes and looked around. I was in a hospital room. I brought my hands to my head and yelped when I touched a very large bloody bruise.
I felt a hand touch mine and peered over to see Sebastian looking at me sadly. I pulled my hand away. "What happened? Where's Aaliyah?"
He looked down at the floor. "You hit your head on a table when you fell. The doctors said that you should take it easy for a few days because you almost lost the twins." I just rolled my eyes as I felt my attitude reappear.
"Why should you care? You left me by myself, with these kids in my gut to raise on my own. But when you find out I'm hurt, you come flying to my rescue." He blinked back tears and looked down at the ground.
My breathing stopped as I tried to figure out what was wrong. "Sebastian, what happened? Please tell me."
"It's Aaliyah. She's hurt. Really badly." I shook my head in denial, and started to get lose my breath. I clutched my chest and tried to catch my breath.
"No. She's going to be okay. Right? Please tell me she's okay. She has to be okay." He just looked away from me and I knew it couldn't have been good.
"Kathryn she's in a coma. She fell head first down the stairs. There was really bad swelling in her brain and they don't think she'll last any longer than a few days." He touched my hand and I yanked it away from his reach. "I'm sorry. I know you two were very close."
I glared at him. "You don't know shit! Get out of my room. I want to be alone." I looked out the window and heard the door close as he left. I didn't know what to do, and knowing that my best friend was dying just a few rooms over made it worse. All I could think of was: It's all my fault. My fault.
**Next Day**
I woke up and found that the nightmare that I thought was a dream was in fact reality. That my best friend, the only person I trusted with my life was dying. My own mother killed my best friend knowing that she was the only person that I really cared about. Besides Sebastian, but now all I could feel for him was contempt.
Sebastian was sitting by my bed and as I sat up, he looked at me. He was crying and it scared me.
"What happened?" He wiped away the tears that were falling.
"Aaliyah won't make it through the day. She took a turn for the worse and now she's brain dead. She's only alive because they have her on the machines." I felt the walls caving in on my chest and I pushed away the need to cry. I needed to be strong now, for myself and most importantly, for Aaliyah.
"I want to go see her before she dies. Please go get the doctor. I want to make a phone call right now." He nodded then walked out the door.
I picked up the phone at my bedside and dialed Annette's cell number.
"Hello?"
"Annette, it's Kathryn. Aaliyah was hurt and she's not going to make it. I need the information on my mother as soon as possible." I felt my headache coming back and closed my eyes to ward it off.
"I'm so sorry. But I should be back in a few days. I'll find you when I get back." I hung up as Sebastian walked in the door with a wheelchair.
He picked me up and sat me in the chair. He wheeled me down the hall until we met Edward and my mother. Edward looked rather tired and my mother just looked bored. She smirked at me mockingly as Sebastian wheeled me past them. He opened the door across from them and stopped me in front of her bed.
I asked him to leave and he walked out the door and into the hallway with our parents. I gazed at Aaliyah to see bandages wrapped around her head, and her once pretty face was now pale and covered in bruises. Her once lively frame was now laid out on the bed lifeless and badly beaten. I realized that this would be the last time I'd see her alive and she already looked dead.
I put my hand on hers and felt her cold clammy skin. I closed my eyes and began to cry. "I'm so sorry Aaliyah." When I realized she wouldn't sit up and give me a smart answer in return, I started to sob loudly.
"You were the best friend that I've EVER had. It wasn't supposed to end this way. Not this way." I sobbed as I put my head on her hand. My whole body shook as the tears streamed down my face.
I smiled and began to think of the good times we had together.
(AN: some of these weren't included in the other chapters. They're just Kathryn's random memories that I hadn't added. But they're in order in reference to time and the events that I did put in the previous chapters.)
~Flashback~
"Are you proposing an alliance?" I asked with a sly grin.
"Maybe." Aaliyah said smiling back.
"Revenge is a bitch ain't it?" Aaliyah said laughing, and I laughed as well.
**
I walked through the aisles at Gucci to see a dress that I just had to have. I picked up the hanger it was hanging on and called for Aaliyah. "Aaliyah. You've got to see this dress I found. It's so cute."
She was on the other side of the aisle and called out to me. "I found one too, come show it to me."
I walked around the corner to see her holding up the same dress I had in the same color.
She grinned and looked back down at the dress. "Nice dress Kathryn."
**
She hugged me tightly and I cried silently as she rubbed my back. It's funny how before all this happened, I had never cried, let alone in front of anyone. I guess I finally found someone to call a true friend. I trusted her and I know she trusted me. Because we are so alike, we have a special connection, and for once I was afraid. Afraid that I might have thrown it all away when I slept with Sebastian. Now I know that I'm not alone anymore, I still have my best friend, and something tells me that I'll need her in the future.
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I looked out the window at the cars as they drove by. I felt eyes on me and looked over to see Aaliyah staring at me intently.
"What?" She shrugged and looked down at the floor.
"I was just wondering something." I've never known Aaliyah to be subtle so I knew she had to be embarrassed.
"Come on, you can ask me anything. What is it?" She looked me in the eye before spilling.
"Is Sebastian as good in bed as he was the last time you slept with him? I know this time you got a little souvenir but was the quality still the same?" I giggled as she looked at me seriously. You've got to be kidding me. That was the question she was SO embarrassed to ask?
She glared at me. "What's so funny?"
I shook my head. "If you have to ask, then you'll never know."
**
Aaliyah looked at me sincerely. "After this is all over with, we'll still be the best of friends right? No matter what?"
I smiled back at her and nodded. "Always, I'll always be there for you Valmont. Always." And for the first time, I pulled Aaliyah into a tight hug.
~End of Flashback~
I smiled and kissed her on the cheek. "I love you."
"I'll always love you," sob "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you when you needed me the most." sob "But I'll never forget you." As I sat back in the wheelchair, she flat lined.
Everything moved in slow mode as the doctors ran in the room and pushed me back so they could revive her. I just looked in horror as I watched my best friend die.
The tears fell freely down my cheeks as the doctor shook his head sadly. "Was she your friend?"
I looked at him miserably, desperately trying to hold myself together. "She.she. she was my best friend." I covered my face with my hands and sobbed hysterically.
It wasn't supposed to end like this. Not like this.
To Be Continued
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AN: I'm sorry but Aaliyah had to go. The only way I could think of getting her out of the picture was to kill her. Sorry.