A/N: Special thanks to Erika for review for a second, glad you are enjoying
the story and glad you liked the 'Aunt Grace, Uncle Jack and Uncle Will idea. And another special thanks to C.T. Torris, I am especially honored by your reviews because I thought that you ff 'I am Karen' was just fantastic and I think you are a great writer. So getting a review from you just made my day and I am so glad that you believe I've got the characters down (which is really amazing since I haven't seen every episode of the show). I hope that the both of you will continue reading and reviewing this!
A/N #2: I made up the restaurant 'Le Asiatique', which means 'the Asian' in
French.
Disclaimer: I don't own Will and Grace or its characters, nor do I own tic-tacs, which get a mention here.
Chapter Seven Discussion on the Terrace
For the next week and a half, the air inside Grace's office was so thick that a person would have been able to cut through it with a butter knife.
Katherine and Grace, who had been informed by Will about the DNA test that was about to happen, were waiting to hear the results from Karen, and to see when the letter from England would arrive.
Karen herself was eager to hear that the DNA of her mother and Katherine didn't match.
~~~
At the end of that week and a half, Will came into his apartment and was greeted by an uneasy Katherine. "Nothing Kat," he said before she could ask. "Only a few bills for me."
"I talked to her yesterday," Katherine said sadly, sitting on the couch. "And Sara said that she sent it five days ago."
"Don't worry ," Will said. "I'm sure it'll get here by tomorrow."
"Did it come?" Jack asked, walking in through the open door.
"Hi Jack," Katherine said.
"Not today," Will said, throwing the mail on the table.
"It'll come soon Kat, don't worry," Jack said comfortingly.
Katherine got up off the couch and started pacing in front of the coffee table. "If it doesn't come within a day or two," she began. "Then it means the letter has been lost."
"It will come Katherine," Will said firmly.
"That's very easy for you to say Will," Katherine said, tears welling up into her eyes. "You don't have to worry about being accepted by your sibling or siblings. Excuse me." With that she turned and went into her room, slamming the door behind her.
"I don't see how you can be so chummy with Karen," Will said to Jack. "The way she's treating Kat."
"Well it's not like I approve of the way she's handling this," Jack said. "I have been trying to get Karen to accept Kat, but it sure isn't easy."
Silence descended in the apartment until Grace opened the door and came
inside. "Hi Jack," she said. "Did the letter come Will?"
Will shook his head.
"Poor Kat," Grace said. "It's been hell for her at the office this week."
"Is that why she's not eating?" Will said.
"She's not eating?" Grace and Jack said at the same time.
"I cook dinner and Amber, her and I eat together, and she eats very little," Will said.
"That's it," Grace said. "We're all going to go out to 'Le Asiatique' and see if we can't distract her from this whole business with Karen for a while."
"Good idea Grace," Will said. He glanced over at Jack, who was smiling
broadly, and said, "Yes that means you can come too."
~~~
"I've never had Franco-Chinese food before," Katherine said as she, Will, Grace, Jack and Amber left the restaurant. "I didn't even know that it existed actually."
"But you did like it right?" Grace asked.
Katherine laughed and said, "Of course I did, whatever gave you the idea that I didn't?"
Will and Grace glanced at each other and remained silent, but Jack did not. "You barely ate anything," he pointed out.
"I don't have that large an appetite to begin with Jack," Katherine said, looking straight ahead.
"Well I guess we should all call it a night," Will said. "I've got to go to the office early tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll talk to you later Will," Grace said, hugging him. "And I'll see you tomorrow at nine Kat. Night Jack, Amber."
"Bye Grace," Jack said.
"Good night Auntie Grace!" Amber called out.
Katherine waved to Grace and then hurried over to the street to flag down a cab.
"I think someone needs to talk with her," Jack said, watching Katherine
raise her hand up in the air.
"I'll do it," Will said, walking over to where a cab had stopped in font of Katherine. "I need to ask her about somethings."
~~~
At eleven thirty, Will came out of his bathroom, where he had taken a shower and changed into pajamas, and went to Katherine and Amber's room. He slowly opened the door and saw the little girl asleep in the bed, but Katherine wasn't inside. Will closed the door and walked out, checking to see if Katherine was watching T.V. She wasn't there either, and then Will saw that the door leading to the terrace was opened.
"Katherine?" Will said, seeing her in one of the wooden chair that was out there.
"Everything okay Will?" Katherine asked, not turning around. Her voice
sounded as if it were trembling.
"I was going to ask you that question," Will said, walking out and dragging the other wooden chair so it was facing her.
Katherine was wearing blue silk pajamas with a Celtic knot pattern on them, and an open dark blue robe was worn over this as it was freezing on the terrace. Her face was pale, her cheekbones sticking out a little. There were tears falling down her cheeks, dripping onto her hands. "I'm just fine," she answered, trying to smile weakly.
"You consider me a friend, right Katherine?" Will asked, reaching out and taking her damp hand.
"Of course I do," Katherine said, looking up at him. After a few moments, she sighed and said, "It hurts, the way she has been acting towards me."
Will sighed and said, "I tried to warn you when I first met you."
"I didn't think that she would be capable of actually ignoring me," Katherine said.
"Oh, Karen has hurt a lot of people," Will said. "Especially, me, Grace and Jack. But what she's doing to you is the worst I've ever seen."
"I know now that she'll tell Grace, Jack and you that the DNA doesn't match, even if it actually does," Katherine said. "Which is why I am so anxious to get the letter, and soon."
"Why are you going though this Kat?" Will said. "I mean, Karen drinks alcohol likes it's water, pops pills like they're Tic-Tacs and-"
"It doesn't matter to me what her vices are," Katherine said, interrupting Will. "She is my sister, and like the old saying goes, 'Blood is thicker than water'... Or I suppose in Karen's case it should be vodka instead of water."
Will laughed softly at that and squeezed her hand. "I'm worried about you Kat," he then said. "I saw you in the firm that I work at yesterday. And a friend of mine said you were updating your will."
"That I was," Katherine answered, looking down at the ground.
"Why?" Will asked.
"I don't want to say Will, and don't make me pull out the lawyer-client
privilege card," Katherine answered.
"Okay, okay, fine," Will said. "I think you should go and get some rest, you've been looking really pale the past few days." He stood up and pulled
Katherine out of the chair.
"I hope you don't get mad," Katherine suddenly said. She wrapped her arms around Will, hugging him tightly and then burying her face in his shoulder.
Will was taken by surprise for a minute, before he put an arm around Katherine and used the other to stroke her hair as her body began to shake,
signifying that she was crying again.
After a few minutes, Katherine pulled away from Will saying, "I'm sorry, I just need a shoulder to cry on."
"It's no problem," Will said smiling. He put his hand on Katherine's back and then led her back into the apartment. When they stopped in front of the door to her and Katherine's room, he said, "You know Jack is another person
who's shoulder you can cry on, if you ever need it again."
Katherine smiled and said, "Thank you so much for being so supportive Will." Then she stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek. "Good night," she said as she opened the door and went into her room.
"Night Kat," Will said softly. "Sweet dreams."
the story and glad you liked the 'Aunt Grace, Uncle Jack and Uncle Will idea. And another special thanks to C.T. Torris, I am especially honored by your reviews because I thought that you ff 'I am Karen' was just fantastic and I think you are a great writer. So getting a review from you just made my day and I am so glad that you believe I've got the characters down (which is really amazing since I haven't seen every episode of the show). I hope that the both of you will continue reading and reviewing this!
A/N #2: I made up the restaurant 'Le Asiatique', which means 'the Asian' in
French.
Disclaimer: I don't own Will and Grace or its characters, nor do I own tic-tacs, which get a mention here.
Chapter Seven Discussion on the Terrace
For the next week and a half, the air inside Grace's office was so thick that a person would have been able to cut through it with a butter knife.
Katherine and Grace, who had been informed by Will about the DNA test that was about to happen, were waiting to hear the results from Karen, and to see when the letter from England would arrive.
Karen herself was eager to hear that the DNA of her mother and Katherine didn't match.
~~~
At the end of that week and a half, Will came into his apartment and was greeted by an uneasy Katherine. "Nothing Kat," he said before she could ask. "Only a few bills for me."
"I talked to her yesterday," Katherine said sadly, sitting on the couch. "And Sara said that she sent it five days ago."
"Don't worry ," Will said. "I'm sure it'll get here by tomorrow."
"Did it come?" Jack asked, walking in through the open door.
"Hi Jack," Katherine said.
"Not today," Will said, throwing the mail on the table.
"It'll come soon Kat, don't worry," Jack said comfortingly.
Katherine got up off the couch and started pacing in front of the coffee table. "If it doesn't come within a day or two," she began. "Then it means the letter has been lost."
"It will come Katherine," Will said firmly.
"That's very easy for you to say Will," Katherine said, tears welling up into her eyes. "You don't have to worry about being accepted by your sibling or siblings. Excuse me." With that she turned and went into her room, slamming the door behind her.
"I don't see how you can be so chummy with Karen," Will said to Jack. "The way she's treating Kat."
"Well it's not like I approve of the way she's handling this," Jack said. "I have been trying to get Karen to accept Kat, but it sure isn't easy."
Silence descended in the apartment until Grace opened the door and came
inside. "Hi Jack," she said. "Did the letter come Will?"
Will shook his head.
"Poor Kat," Grace said. "It's been hell for her at the office this week."
"Is that why she's not eating?" Will said.
"She's not eating?" Grace and Jack said at the same time.
"I cook dinner and Amber, her and I eat together, and she eats very little," Will said.
"That's it," Grace said. "We're all going to go out to 'Le Asiatique' and see if we can't distract her from this whole business with Karen for a while."
"Good idea Grace," Will said. He glanced over at Jack, who was smiling
broadly, and said, "Yes that means you can come too."
~~~
"I've never had Franco-Chinese food before," Katherine said as she, Will, Grace, Jack and Amber left the restaurant. "I didn't even know that it existed actually."
"But you did like it right?" Grace asked.
Katherine laughed and said, "Of course I did, whatever gave you the idea that I didn't?"
Will and Grace glanced at each other and remained silent, but Jack did not. "You barely ate anything," he pointed out.
"I don't have that large an appetite to begin with Jack," Katherine said, looking straight ahead.
"Well I guess we should all call it a night," Will said. "I've got to go to the office early tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll talk to you later Will," Grace said, hugging him. "And I'll see you tomorrow at nine Kat. Night Jack, Amber."
"Bye Grace," Jack said.
"Good night Auntie Grace!" Amber called out.
Katherine waved to Grace and then hurried over to the street to flag down a cab.
"I think someone needs to talk with her," Jack said, watching Katherine
raise her hand up in the air.
"I'll do it," Will said, walking over to where a cab had stopped in font of Katherine. "I need to ask her about somethings."
~~~
At eleven thirty, Will came out of his bathroom, where he had taken a shower and changed into pajamas, and went to Katherine and Amber's room. He slowly opened the door and saw the little girl asleep in the bed, but Katherine wasn't inside. Will closed the door and walked out, checking to see if Katherine was watching T.V. She wasn't there either, and then Will saw that the door leading to the terrace was opened.
"Katherine?" Will said, seeing her in one of the wooden chair that was out there.
"Everything okay Will?" Katherine asked, not turning around. Her voice
sounded as if it were trembling.
"I was going to ask you that question," Will said, walking out and dragging the other wooden chair so it was facing her.
Katherine was wearing blue silk pajamas with a Celtic knot pattern on them, and an open dark blue robe was worn over this as it was freezing on the terrace. Her face was pale, her cheekbones sticking out a little. There were tears falling down her cheeks, dripping onto her hands. "I'm just fine," she answered, trying to smile weakly.
"You consider me a friend, right Katherine?" Will asked, reaching out and taking her damp hand.
"Of course I do," Katherine said, looking up at him. After a few moments, she sighed and said, "It hurts, the way she has been acting towards me."
Will sighed and said, "I tried to warn you when I first met you."
"I didn't think that she would be capable of actually ignoring me," Katherine said.
"Oh, Karen has hurt a lot of people," Will said. "Especially, me, Grace and Jack. But what she's doing to you is the worst I've ever seen."
"I know now that she'll tell Grace, Jack and you that the DNA doesn't match, even if it actually does," Katherine said. "Which is why I am so anxious to get the letter, and soon."
"Why are you going though this Kat?" Will said. "I mean, Karen drinks alcohol likes it's water, pops pills like they're Tic-Tacs and-"
"It doesn't matter to me what her vices are," Katherine said, interrupting Will. "She is my sister, and like the old saying goes, 'Blood is thicker than water'... Or I suppose in Karen's case it should be vodka instead of water."
Will laughed softly at that and squeezed her hand. "I'm worried about you Kat," he then said. "I saw you in the firm that I work at yesterday. And a friend of mine said you were updating your will."
"That I was," Katherine answered, looking down at the ground.
"Why?" Will asked.
"I don't want to say Will, and don't make me pull out the lawyer-client
privilege card," Katherine answered.
"Okay, okay, fine," Will said. "I think you should go and get some rest, you've been looking really pale the past few days." He stood up and pulled
Katherine out of the chair.
"I hope you don't get mad," Katherine suddenly said. She wrapped her arms around Will, hugging him tightly and then burying her face in his shoulder.
Will was taken by surprise for a minute, before he put an arm around Katherine and used the other to stroke her hair as her body began to shake,
signifying that she was crying again.
After a few minutes, Katherine pulled away from Will saying, "I'm sorry, I just need a shoulder to cry on."
"It's no problem," Will said smiling. He put his hand on Katherine's back and then led her back into the apartment. When they stopped in front of the door to her and Katherine's room, he said, "You know Jack is another person
who's shoulder you can cry on, if you ever need it again."
Katherine smiled and said, "Thank you so much for being so supportive Will." Then she stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek. "Good night," she said as she opened the door and went into her room.
"Night Kat," Will said softly. "Sweet dreams."