Kirsty was woken up around 10am by the sound of nurses and doctors running into her room. Machines were beeping and a stretcher was being pulled in. What's going on, she thought. They walked past her bed and straight to Kane's. His lifeless body was pulled onto the stretcher and pushed out of the room. A tear fell down Kirsty's cheek. She was confused. Why was she crying? This was Kane, she kept saying to herself, Kane Phillips! The room felt so empty. She was on her own. The other teenage boy who had been in the room had been picked up by his family the night before. It was so silent without Kane. They'd been told off many times the night before for talking and laughing...what was wrong was Kane? Was he dead? Even though she felt that she should, Kirsty didn't want Kane to be in pain or to be dead. He'd made a mistake. She'd found that out the night before. They'd talked about everything, even about how and why he raped Dani. Kirsty had learnt of Kane's childhood and had a better understanding of what had really happened to her sister. Kane knew it was a wrong thing and he said that he would do anything to turn back the clock. Kirsty was scared...she'd finally found someone who understood her and now he could be gone.
That day, Kirsty was told that she was well enough to go home. As she was in the car on the way home, all her thoughts were on Kane. She didn't even know if he was alive or dead and she couldn't exactly just ask one of the nurses or doctors when her family were there. Another thing was on her mind, who had done this to Kane?
When Kirsty arrived home, she was greeted by her mum, Jade, Brodie, Seb and Nick. Dani was upstairs because she was still upset and depressed.
"Hey Kirsty, how are you?"
"I'm ok, thanks...a little bit sleepy though."
"Do you want to go upstairs then, honey?"
"If you don't mind."
"No, it's fine."
"Ok, thanks for making an effort though, all of you."
On her way up the stairs, she bumped into Dani, who was coming down to welcome her home. She looked terrible. She had bags under her eyes through lack of sleep and her hair was all over the place. She was still in her pyjamas even though it was 3 o clock in the day.
"Hi Kirsty, I was just coming down to see you."
"You look like you need some rest, Dani."
"That's easier said than done, anyway, you're ok?"
"I'll be fine."
"Ok, I'm glad."
Dani turned around to go back into her room.
"Dani?!"
"Yeah?"
"You'll get through this, ok? I know you will."
"Thanks, Kirsty, I hope so."
Kirsty had only said so because she felt so guilty. All she'd done was talk with Kane and she already felt like she'd betrayed her sister. She was about to do so even more.
Instead of going into her bedroom, Kirsty descended the stairs and found only her mum and dad still there.
"Mum, dad, I've decided that I need some air. I've been cooped up in a hospital ward for a day so I just need a bit of room to breathe. I'm going to go for a walk."
"Ok, do you want some company?"
"No thanks, mum, I'll be fine. I shouldn't be too long."
"Watch out for paving stones!"
"Ha ha, dad, you're so funny! Bye!"
She left and started to walk in the direction of the hospital. On the way there, she stopped many times thinking, what am I doing? She couldn't believe that she was going to see if Kane was ok. Why did she care so much? It troubled Kirsty to think that she liked Kane. He'd done such a terrible thing to Dani and it was obvious that she was still hurting from it now. No matter how much Kirsty tried to stop herself, though, she kept on walking until finally she was in the hospital reception.
"I'm here to see Kane Phillips, please."
She'd dreaded hearing the nurse say that he had passed on...
"Ok, sure, are you a member of family?"
Kirsty breathed a sigh of relief...he was ok!
"Eh...no, I'm just a...a friend."
"Ok, we'll let you in but only because he's not had any visitors."
"Thank you."
"Just down that corridor to your left."
Kane was still in the same room. It saddened Kirsty that he'd had no visitors, did no one care, did anyone even know? When she entered the room, Kane's curtains were drawn. Perhaps she should've just gone after she'd heard that he was ok but something had pulled her towards Kane. She hoped he wasn't asleep.
"Kane?"
"Kirsty! What are you doing here?"
"I, eh, I came to see you."
"I thought the worst when I was brought back here and you were gone!"
"Oh my god, I thought that you were dead! All I saw was the nurses taking you away and then I was discharged, I'm so glad you're ok!"
Kirsty leaned forward to hug Kane then realised what she was doing and stopped herself.
"What am I doing here?"
"I've been thinking about you all day."
"Same here. How can we like each other, Kane, how can we?"
"Because you're beautiful..."
"Kane...this is wrong."
"I know but I can't help how I feel."
"Neither can I."
Kirsty leaned forward and kissed Kane. It was a long kiss and when it finished, they kissed again. The spark between the two was obvious and they couldn't keep it to themselves any longer. Two days ago, thought Kirsty, the thought of kissing Kane Phillips would have made her sick. Now, she couldn't get enough of him. Kane stopped.
"Are you sure this is what you want?"
"Yeah. I know it's wrong, I know, but you understand me Kane, you understand me like no one else does."
"I feel exactly the same way. It was so easy for me to talk to you about everything last night, Kirsty, and I've never felt like that before, with anyone."
"Kane, I think that you're just misunderstood and if everyone had just given you a second chance after the Shauna kidnapping then Dani wouldn't have been raped. This isn't totally your fault."
"Try convincing your family that."
"Oh no, I can't let them know about this. Not now anyway, not when Dani's the way she is. To find out that me and you are an item would just be enough to make her have a breakdown. She's on her way there already."
"Is that what we are...an item?"
"I don't know...I suppose so...yeah! We are!"
"Kirsty, I've known you for less than a day..."
"What are you saying, Kane? Are you saying that you don't want to do this?"
"No! Let me finish! I'm saying that even though I've known you for less than a day, you're already so special to me."
"Kane..."
The pair kissed again, just as Flynn was walking into the room. He was shocked to see Kirsty Sutherland who was only fifteen years old and Kane Phillips who was nineteen, locked in each others arms, kissing and hugging. The ringing of Flynn's mobile alarmed Kane and Kirsty. They both froze and Flynn glared at them both before dashing outside to answer his mobile.
"Flynn Saunders..."
"It's Dani."
"Oh, em, hi."
"I've been thinking...do you think we can try the mediation again?"
"Dani, I, I don't know."
"Why not? I know you said that we approached it in the wrong way but I know that now and I think I know what to do now."
"I don't think so, Dani. Kane's been beaten up, pretty badly, so I don't think he'd be up to it, look, I'm at the hospital just now, I have to go."
Flynn cut Dani off, feeling guilty after what he'd just saw. He made his way back inside the building as Josh made his way into Dani's room.
"Hey babe, how you doing?"
"I just got off the phone to Flynn, he said that Kane's been beaten up."
Josh didn't seem at all surprised.
"So, what would you care? Doesn't that make you happy?"
"I, eh, I don't know...how are we going to work things out now?"
"I can't believe that you're not happy to see your rapist in hospital!"
"Josh, why are you shouting at me?"
"I'm not, sorry...let's go back to my caravan for a while."
"Ok, I need to look at a different four walls for a while!"
Dani told her mum and dad where she was going and her and Josh went to her caravan.
"So, Dani, do they know who beat up Kane?"
"No, I don't think so, well, Flynn didn't say."
"That's ok."
"What do you mean, that's ok?"
"Nothing."
"Josh?"
"I said nothing, Dani!"
"You don't need to shout at me!"
"I can't believe how ungrateful you are!"
"What?"
"I did it for you, babe, for you."
"You, you, you beat up Kane?"
"I thought you'd be happy!"
"No, Josh, how could you?"
"He raped you, Dani!"
"Don't you think I know that but what you've done just makes you as bad as him!"
"I didn't rape anyone, Dan."
"It's all about the violence, Josh, I don't believe this!"
"The violence?"
"I need to go home, Josh, I can't be in the same room as you just now."
Josh stood infront of the door.
"You're not going anywhere, Dani."
That day, Kirsty was told that she was well enough to go home. As she was in the car on the way home, all her thoughts were on Kane. She didn't even know if he was alive or dead and she couldn't exactly just ask one of the nurses or doctors when her family were there. Another thing was on her mind, who had done this to Kane?
When Kirsty arrived home, she was greeted by her mum, Jade, Brodie, Seb and Nick. Dani was upstairs because she was still upset and depressed.
"Hey Kirsty, how are you?"
"I'm ok, thanks...a little bit sleepy though."
"Do you want to go upstairs then, honey?"
"If you don't mind."
"No, it's fine."
"Ok, thanks for making an effort though, all of you."
On her way up the stairs, she bumped into Dani, who was coming down to welcome her home. She looked terrible. She had bags under her eyes through lack of sleep and her hair was all over the place. She was still in her pyjamas even though it was 3 o clock in the day.
"Hi Kirsty, I was just coming down to see you."
"You look like you need some rest, Dani."
"That's easier said than done, anyway, you're ok?"
"I'll be fine."
"Ok, I'm glad."
Dani turned around to go back into her room.
"Dani?!"
"Yeah?"
"You'll get through this, ok? I know you will."
"Thanks, Kirsty, I hope so."
Kirsty had only said so because she felt so guilty. All she'd done was talk with Kane and she already felt like she'd betrayed her sister. She was about to do so even more.
Instead of going into her bedroom, Kirsty descended the stairs and found only her mum and dad still there.
"Mum, dad, I've decided that I need some air. I've been cooped up in a hospital ward for a day so I just need a bit of room to breathe. I'm going to go for a walk."
"Ok, do you want some company?"
"No thanks, mum, I'll be fine. I shouldn't be too long."
"Watch out for paving stones!"
"Ha ha, dad, you're so funny! Bye!"
She left and started to walk in the direction of the hospital. On the way there, she stopped many times thinking, what am I doing? She couldn't believe that she was going to see if Kane was ok. Why did she care so much? It troubled Kirsty to think that she liked Kane. He'd done such a terrible thing to Dani and it was obvious that she was still hurting from it now. No matter how much Kirsty tried to stop herself, though, she kept on walking until finally she was in the hospital reception.
"I'm here to see Kane Phillips, please."
She'd dreaded hearing the nurse say that he had passed on...
"Ok, sure, are you a member of family?"
Kirsty breathed a sigh of relief...he was ok!
"Eh...no, I'm just a...a friend."
"Ok, we'll let you in but only because he's not had any visitors."
"Thank you."
"Just down that corridor to your left."
Kane was still in the same room. It saddened Kirsty that he'd had no visitors, did no one care, did anyone even know? When she entered the room, Kane's curtains were drawn. Perhaps she should've just gone after she'd heard that he was ok but something had pulled her towards Kane. She hoped he wasn't asleep.
"Kane?"
"Kirsty! What are you doing here?"
"I, eh, I came to see you."
"I thought the worst when I was brought back here and you were gone!"
"Oh my god, I thought that you were dead! All I saw was the nurses taking you away and then I was discharged, I'm so glad you're ok!"
Kirsty leaned forward to hug Kane then realised what she was doing and stopped herself.
"What am I doing here?"
"I've been thinking about you all day."
"Same here. How can we like each other, Kane, how can we?"
"Because you're beautiful..."
"Kane...this is wrong."
"I know but I can't help how I feel."
"Neither can I."
Kirsty leaned forward and kissed Kane. It was a long kiss and when it finished, they kissed again. The spark between the two was obvious and they couldn't keep it to themselves any longer. Two days ago, thought Kirsty, the thought of kissing Kane Phillips would have made her sick. Now, she couldn't get enough of him. Kane stopped.
"Are you sure this is what you want?"
"Yeah. I know it's wrong, I know, but you understand me Kane, you understand me like no one else does."
"I feel exactly the same way. It was so easy for me to talk to you about everything last night, Kirsty, and I've never felt like that before, with anyone."
"Kane, I think that you're just misunderstood and if everyone had just given you a second chance after the Shauna kidnapping then Dani wouldn't have been raped. This isn't totally your fault."
"Try convincing your family that."
"Oh no, I can't let them know about this. Not now anyway, not when Dani's the way she is. To find out that me and you are an item would just be enough to make her have a breakdown. She's on her way there already."
"Is that what we are...an item?"
"I don't know...I suppose so...yeah! We are!"
"Kirsty, I've known you for less than a day..."
"What are you saying, Kane? Are you saying that you don't want to do this?"
"No! Let me finish! I'm saying that even though I've known you for less than a day, you're already so special to me."
"Kane..."
The pair kissed again, just as Flynn was walking into the room. He was shocked to see Kirsty Sutherland who was only fifteen years old and Kane Phillips who was nineteen, locked in each others arms, kissing and hugging. The ringing of Flynn's mobile alarmed Kane and Kirsty. They both froze and Flynn glared at them both before dashing outside to answer his mobile.
"Flynn Saunders..."
"It's Dani."
"Oh, em, hi."
"I've been thinking...do you think we can try the mediation again?"
"Dani, I, I don't know."
"Why not? I know you said that we approached it in the wrong way but I know that now and I think I know what to do now."
"I don't think so, Dani. Kane's been beaten up, pretty badly, so I don't think he'd be up to it, look, I'm at the hospital just now, I have to go."
Flynn cut Dani off, feeling guilty after what he'd just saw. He made his way back inside the building as Josh made his way into Dani's room.
"Hey babe, how you doing?"
"I just got off the phone to Flynn, he said that Kane's been beaten up."
Josh didn't seem at all surprised.
"So, what would you care? Doesn't that make you happy?"
"I, eh, I don't know...how are we going to work things out now?"
"I can't believe that you're not happy to see your rapist in hospital!"
"Josh, why are you shouting at me?"
"I'm not, sorry...let's go back to my caravan for a while."
"Ok, I need to look at a different four walls for a while!"
Dani told her mum and dad where she was going and her and Josh went to her caravan.
"So, Dani, do they know who beat up Kane?"
"No, I don't think so, well, Flynn didn't say."
"That's ok."
"What do you mean, that's ok?"
"Nothing."
"Josh?"
"I said nothing, Dani!"
"You don't need to shout at me!"
"I can't believe how ungrateful you are!"
"What?"
"I did it for you, babe, for you."
"You, you, you beat up Kane?"
"I thought you'd be happy!"
"No, Josh, how could you?"
"He raped you, Dani!"
"Don't you think I know that but what you've done just makes you as bad as him!"
"I didn't rape anyone, Dan."
"It's all about the violence, Josh, I don't believe this!"
"The violence?"
"I need to go home, Josh, I can't be in the same room as you just now."
Josh stood infront of the door.
"You're not going anywhere, Dani."