A/N: This is almost an alternate universe. I have Kay leaving and coming back, teaching Harmony a good lesson. I don't own any one from Passions. James E. Reilly does. I don't even own the title. Stephen Schwartz owns it; it's a lyric from one of his songs from "Godspell."
Chapter 1: Good-bye Evil, Hello New York!
Kathleen (Kay) Bennett stood in front of a New York City apartment, luggage in hand. She was starting her freshman year in NYU and was moving in with her cousin, Pearl Donahue. Kay left her hometown of Harmony and all the heart ache she suffered there. She was going to have a fresh start in a new city, with new friends. She climbed up the five flights of stairs to Pearl's apartment.
Kay and Pearl were three years apart. Peal hadn't been to Harmony in a long time. Kay's father and Pearl's mother were brother and sister, but Pearl's father was offered a job in New York and the two cousins were separated. Pearl and Kay were almost sisters it seemed. Both preferred playing catch than having a tea party with their dolls. Both dressed alike in dungarees and tee-shirts, wore their hair in the same way and sometimes even said the same thing in the same manner at the same time. When Pearl moved away when Kay was 5 and Pearl was 8, Kay turned to her best friend Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald more than ever.
Then, Kay hit her adolescence years and started to fall in love with Miguel. Just as Kay worked up the nerve to tell Miguel how she felt, Miguel fell in love with a girl he met at the carnival. To make matters worse, the girl turned out to be Kay's long lost cousin Charity Standish! (Kay's mother Grace had amnesia and didn't know about her sister Faith and Faith's daughter Charity.) When Faith Standish was killed in a fire, Charity moved in with the Bennetts and practically ruined Kay's life, it seemed to the heartbroken and sometimes forgotten teen. Since the day Charity moved in with the Bennetts, Kay had tried everything to separate her cousin and best friend, even turning to evil one too many times.
So when the time for college choosing came, Kay made an important call. Pearl agreed to let Kay board in her apartment and would help her in school. Kay knocked on Pearl's door, which Pearl opened. Pearl was an inch or two taller than Kay, with dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes. She hugged her cousin and pulled the younger girl into the apartment. "Let me see you!" she said. The Donahues hadn't been back to Harmony within the past five years, so Pearl hadn't seen Kay since she entered her teenage years.
After Kay put her stuff away in her new room, the two cousins sat in the little kitchen, catching up. As Pearl poured the tea, she inquired about the small New England town. "Things are crazy in Harmony, Pearl. Be glad you left," Kay said, sighing. "Really? What happened?" Pearl asked, interested. "Well, remember Miguel?" Kay asked. "The Latino boy that used to play with us? He was your age right?" Kay nodded. "Yeah, well, I developed feelings for him." Pearl looked at Kay and asked, "Crush feelings or true feelings?"
"True feelings," Kay said in an absolute manner. "Ah," her cousin replied. "So, did you get the nerve to ask him out?"
"No. You see, when I did this beautiful blonde stranger comes to town and steals him away from me."
"Ouch."
"Oh no, it gets worse. It turns out this beautiful stranger is my cousin, Charity! My mom had a twin sister named Faith, and Charity is her daughter. Then, Faith dies in a fire and Charity moves in with us, ruining my chances with Miguel. Then Charity starts to get special treatment and I seem to be forgotten." Kay wiped away some tears, as Pearl hugged her favorite cousin. "Seems bad," Pearl said. "Oh, just wait. After Charity came, my family just kept growing. It seems that Ethan Crane wasn't the son of Julian and Ivy Crane. No. He was the son of Ivy Crane and my father. After we find out Ethan was my half-brother, I find out I'm not even legal. My mother's first husband, David, shows up, revealing Mom and Dad weren't legally man and wife. Then he brings in his son John, Mom's first son. So now I have two new half brothers who get more attention than me. Even Jessica gets more attention than me! But that's because she's the good daughter, never turning to evil to get what she wants." Kay had to laugh at her cousin's confused look. She preceded to tell Pearl things only Simone knew, all the evil things Kay had done to separate Charity and Miguel. "Well, I think being here New York will help that," Pearl said. "You don't hate me?" Kay asked, surprised. "We've all done things we regret."
"I sold my soul!"
"Okay, that's a little overboard," Pearl said, "but jealousy is something we all deal with. Back in high school, my best friend Cheyenne had a huge crush on this one guy. When the new girl started to date him, Cheyenne had my other friend Alyssa and I join her in dumping paint all over her during their date. We got a good laugh, Cheyenne was grounded for a week and her crush and that girl are still going strong. But she moved on and is currently living it up single." Kay smiled. "Sounds like when I dumped fish guts on Charity."
"See, you weren't all that evil. Fish guts come out easily, maybe a few washings to get rid of the smell. The girl's hair was blue for a week! It took so many washings to get it out. She wore a wig the entire week. The clothes were probably ruined as well. So no, I don't hate you. Come on, go to bed. You're probably tired and I want to show you around the City tomorrow." Kay told her cousin good night and went to bed.