" What are you doing in here Abbey?" Jed asked entering Kaitlyn's room the next morning.

" Jed I don't remember picking out a thing in this room."

" Sure we did, we get her Christmas and birthday gifts every year." Jed pointed out.

" Oh my God," Abbey whispered.

" What? What's the matter."

" Her birthday Jed. It's in June we're in July. Her dinner-"

" The dinner I didn't go to was her birthday dinner." Jed said remembering the poker game he'd went to instead.

" How could we for get her birthday?" Abbey said sitting down at Kaitlyn's desk.

" I don't know but I'm beginning to see why she thinks we hate her. I was in the oval office today and noticed that I don't have any pictures of her on my desk besides for a family portrait."

" I just wish I knew what she meant when she said she knew we didn't want her."

" Abigail we make a habit of ignoring her I'm pretty sure that would make anyone feel unwanted." Jed said walking over and rubbing her back.

" No-" Abbey began as a thought entered her mind," Gina."

" What about Gina?"

" Gina! Gina could you come in here for a minute." Abbey called out to the hall.

" Yes Mrs.Bartlet."

" Tell us about Kaitlyn."

" Well she's a wonderful girl. She is very sweet and sensitive. She loves the both of you very much."

" Why does she think we hate her?" Abbey asked.

Gina paused torn between keeping Kaitlyn secrets and obeying orders.

Jed sensing Gina's conflict thought he'd reassure her." Gina the First Lady and I love Kaitlyn very much and she's sick. We know you know that and we know that you want to be loyal to Kat but we can't make things better unless you help."

" After her birthday Kat was really upset- not angry she is never angry she suppresses her feeling. She was more sad and more depressed than usual."

" She's depressed?" Abbey asked.

" Sort of she get sad sometimes but convinces herself that everything will be okay or whatever so she'll be okay for a while. Anyway I think after her birthday she began cutting herself. I considered telling both of you but I saw Brenda first and she found out herself and told me not to bother you with it." Gina saw the agitated look on the President's face but since he didn't stop her she continued. " When you went to New Hampshire she was still upset, I attempted to get her to do something and she said she wanted to go to the attic. We did and found the chest you had for Jennie, Brenda and Carrie. She got excited because she thought that-"

" Kat doesn't have a chest." Abbey said softly," We never- I was busy and-"

" Anyway she found your journals Mrs.Bartlet and had me bring them down to read and on the way she pick up Carrie's tape. She watched that in New Hampshire she started on the journals in New Hampshire and finished a couple days ago."

" What was on the tape?" Jed asked.

" Her birth at the beginning, when her sisters first saw her, and then you two named her. The rest was either taken by or of Carmen."

" I didn't know that we had that on tape." Abbey said quietly remembering the day and days after Kaitlyn was born.

" Your journals didn't really say anything bad in them, but the fact they didn't mention her I think that's what upset her most."

" Tell us more," Jed instructed.

" More?"

" Yes what does she tell you? About school, us, anything."

" She does very well in school, she's an introvert however she doesn't have many friends."

" She doesn't?"

" No, not in Washington she has friends in Port Charles though. She draws very well. I really don't

know what else to say."

" Why is Kaitlyn hurting herself?" Abbey asked.

" I think the reason that she started cutting herself was because of you Mrs.Bartlet," Gina said after several minutes," If I had to name a reason. She always assumed that the President didn't like her but after the attic she started believing that instead of you being gone because of First Lady duties it was because of her. And that you didn't like her and only pretended too. I think that pain was too much for her to handle."

" That's all Gina, you can go now. Thank you." Jed said.

" I made her sick."


" No you didn't. Look in two weeks we'll go to Port Charles and fix things okay. We can go on a family trip to wherever Kat wants to go. Now come on let's get to work because if you dwell on this it will drive you crazy."