~Chapter 9~

Author 's note: WARNING!! This chapter is going to touch on two subjects that might either hit close to home or just be shocking. Some if you read this chapter please be warned that I am going to have both Depression and Suicide in this chapter.

"Theresa!" She opened her eyes and saw Miguel standing in front of her. He was smiling. She got up. "I don't ever want to know." She went over and started to brush her hair.

 She looked at the mirror and could see him frowning. "Why?"

"Because I know it'll be about Charity and I don't want to hear it."

"I can see you've spending too much time with Kay. She's so rude."

Theresa turned around and looked him straight in the eyes. "Don't you dare! After everything, you have done…"

 "I didn't do anything. She's the who's being a bit…"

She slapped him. "I've never been more ashamed to have you as a brother. Now get out!"

He looked at her shocked. "Fine! But remember you're the one who lost me!" He said and then walked out.

She slammed the door and sat down on her bed. "I lost you a long time ago." ~~ Resa knocked on the bedroom door. She did not get a response. Kat had been in the bed since they had gone to bed their first night except to g tot school and /or work.

"KAT? Are you ok?" She still did not get a response. She had told Travis that she thought Kat might be sick. He blew her off. She cracked the door and saw Kat sitting on her bed crying hysterically and from all the tissues that surrounded her she could tell that she had been crying for quiet some time. She sat down next to her and pushed something off the bed. She looked at what had fallen to the floor: Pictures. She looked at the bed. It was covered in pictures; some of Kat and Miguel, others of her family. She was ever clutching something in her arms. "Kat?" Resa asked. She was getting worried. She never saw her like this before.

"I can't take it… The pain is too much... I just want it to end..."

"Kat, honey what are you talking about?"

"Ending all the pain… Getting the painful memories out of my head."

Ending it? What was she talking about? "What memories?"

"Of Miguel, mom, Jessica, Charity and all of them,"

"What did they do?" She started crying again.

Resa held her.

"He said, "I could never love you or even be friends with someone so selfish and conceded. I never want to see you again."

Resa looked at there shocked. She knew she was talking about her brother but she did not think he would say anything like that. "My brother?"

She nodded.

 "What happened?"

"Well I went to Charity's room to check on her and he lit into me. He started to yell at me saying that I had no right to ever be in there. I told him that it was an accident and I was sorry. He said that I was a liar and that I did not to live. I think he meant it. Then I said, "But Miguel I love you and we're best friends." Then he said…"

"I could never love you or even be friends with someone so selfish and conceded. I never want to see you again."

Kat nodded. "I left the room and ran into her and she said, "I cannot believe you could ever do that to her but at least I know what you really are. You know I'm ashamed toe ver call you my daughter."

"Your mom?"

 Kat nodded. "She just seemed so ok with saying that and then she smiled and said that my father had something tot ell me."

"That's when he told you they were sending you away?"

"Yeah, they sent me away three days before my birthday."

"Is it today?"

She nodded.

"Well that explains a lot. Now what did Jessica and Charity do"

"What didn't Charity do?"

 Resa could tell that she didn't want her to answer.

"That girl took my life, my family, my friends… You know my mother stopped spending money on me. She said that Charity needed things."

 Resa was shocked she had never thought of Mrs. Bennett that way. "And what about Jessica?"

 "As I was packing to leave, she came into our room and she told me she was happy that everyone finally saw I was a convening liar who only cared about getting Miguel. And that now that I was gone and she hoped Charity and Miguel could get closer because he loved her and not me."

"I'm sorry, Kat. I never knew."

" Don't worry because I found away to get ride of them."

" How?"

"How else?"

She looked at the bottle of sleeping pills in her hands.  "By killing yourself? Kat, that's not an answer."

 "I didn't ask you!"

"Fine. I'll go fix you something to eat." She was shocked not to hear a smart comment about her cooking.  When she came back in her room with a bowl of her favorite soup and a cupcake with a candle on it, she almost dropped it. There lying on the floor was Kat and a bottle of sleeping pills and a full glass of water next to her. Resa ran to her and held her in her arm. "Oh Kat, I'm so glad you didn't do it..."

However, all Kat could hear was the Birthday song playing on the stereo in the den and see the candle on the cupcake. She smiled. "You did all that for me?"

Resa smiled. "You think that's good.? You ain't seen nothing yet." "There's more?" Resa just nodded her head.

"So there will be better day?"

 Resa nodded. "And they will be worth living for." ~~ Theresa grabbed her books and headed off to school but said a quick thank you to the man up above for giving Kay better day that were worth living for.

"Are you read yet?" Jessica asked for like the 20th time.

"I'll be there in a minute, Jessica chill!" Kay screamed back. She was trying to clean out her bag. She reached at the piece of paper in the bottom of her bag. "What the heck!" She opened the door.

"Theresa, my love…" as soon as she read this she knew what it was ~~ "Trey's here. Resa!" Kat screamed. She heard Resa's bathroom door slam and her bed squeak.

"Kat, can you go and check on her?" Trey pleaded.

"Sure. We will be right out. Just do not go any where's."

Both of the guys set down on the couch and turned on the game.

Kat walked into Resa's room and saw her sitting on the bed looking at a piece of paper. "Resa, what's that?"

"This?"

"No, the other thing you are holding." Kat said sarcastically.

"It's a letter from Ethan."

 "Oh." Kat said and sat down next to Resa. "He wrote you?"

"No, of course not. He would not write me."

"Then how did it get here?"

"I brought it with me I just couldn't leave all of him at home. You know it's the only time he ever wrote me at home."  She smiled. "He wrote it the night after he proposed and sent it the nest morning. He made it look like some business letter so Luis would not question it. Do you want to read it?"

"Sure."

Kat took the letter. "Read it out load please."

"Sure…" Kat picked up the letter. "Theresa, my love, I'm writing this letter to you because for the first time I can not explain nor control the feelings I have for you. Tonight when I proposed to you, I knew for once in my life I was doing something right. You mean the world to me and I cannot wait until we get to spend the rest of our lives together. I hope you feel the same way I do, Theresa and you must since you said yes. I do not know if this sounds crazy or something but what ever it is, I hope I never ends. I g/g Love Ethan. 

Kat looked up and saw Resa was crying.

"Oh honey. I am sorry. Why didn't you show this to your family?"

"What was the point then? He had already broken my heart and I didn't really feel like trying to prove something that he wanted to deny."

"So why now look at this?"

"Because my heart is still broken and by reading this it mends it. I do not know how but it does."

"I don' t think it does because of that letter there is an awesome guy waiting out side for you and you are in here crying."

"Then what would you recommend I do?"

Kat smiled. "Put on your makeup again and give me the letter and I'll hide it and you go on your date with Trey and have a wonderful time."

Resa smiled. "Thanks. I do not know what I would do with out a friend like you ~~ Kay put the letter in her pocket, zipped up her book sack. However, before she left she said a quick thank you to God. "Thank you for mending her heart."

~End of chapter 9~