Russian Christmas Music
A/N: Still, the music and characters are not mine. This chapter deals with Kaitlyn and her love for Brad!
The flame on the campfire was now gone, leaving only a think line of smoke that rose from the burned wood. Smoke, so fragile...
Rebecca looked across the pit, taking her eyes off the sky and centering them on Kaitlyn. She watched Kaitlyn watch the sky, and began to wonder how they had gotten here, why they did not talk often, and why they had so much in common. She often thought that Billy was dead, and so she thought about killing herself to see if she could find him in another life, one after this. She wondered if there even was a life after this one.
"Kaitlyn?" she asked quietly, not sure if this was a place she wanted to tread. When Kaitlyn did not look at her right away, she began to wonder if her soft question was even heard. Then Kaitlyn slowly turned her head to look at Rebecca. Their eyes met for a moment before she replied with a, "Yeah?"
"If you don't mind me asking..."
"Ask away," she said in a serious, calm voice. It had a certain monotone ring to it.
"How did you and Brad... meet?"
Kaitlyn seemed confused for a moment, and then a dark cloud passed over her face. The color drained, the small light that had crept in her eyes died quickly, and Rebecca immeadiatly regretted asking the question in the first place. But now it was out in the open...
"I was a secretary for the RPD three and a half years ago..." she began, speaking softly and slowly. "I wasn't sure if I wanted to join in the force or if I just wanted the job to work through school, but in either case I realize now it didn't really matter.
"One day I accidentally bumped into Brad Vickers, this kind, handsome man. I was trying to balance coffee in one hand and a stack of copies in the other. When we bumped into each other I felt horrible, thinking that I might have spilled some steaming hot coffee on him. I was scared, thinking that I would be fired for this, that I was surely going to lose my job and have no money to get through school. He tried to help me up, but I started to cry and started gibbering about how sorry I was...
"He pulled me up and held me to his chest in his strong arms, running one hand through my hair and whispering in my ear how everything was okay, how he would help me pick up the papers and mop up the coffee that was leaking over the linolium floor. I didn't know what I was thinking, but I leaned up and kissed him then, and he kissed me back!
"We started seeing each other a couple times a week, and became friends. Within a month we were dating. This was around the time that the 'bizzare' murder cases started. I blame those, as everyone in our group does, for the death of one so dear. He was supposed to go help Chris and Jill, but once the going got tough, he ran. Everyone thought it was because he was a wuss, but I knew he had come back to make sure I was okay. He had to know that I was safe or he could not go on.
"When the city was overrun with monsters I had become a member of S.T.A.R.S., but was just a rookie so he made sure that I had left the city. I never saw him again. I want to blame Jill for his death. She was the bitch that let Nemesis rip him apart!"
Kaitlyn had to stop to take several deep breaths. Anger had flushed her face. She had renewed revenge against Jill now, and made an attempt to stand. As she did so, Rebecca began to speak, "But Kaitlyn! We all know that sometimes there is nothing you can do to protect those around you! You were with us when we raided that Umbrella Plant in London!"
As she got to her full height, Kaitlyn looked around, dissoriented. "What the-" she said as she collapsed to the ground. Everything just faded away, nothing felt like anything anymore.
"Oh God! Kaitlyn!" Rebecca screamed and ran to her side. "Oh God..."
There was no pulse.
A/N: Still, the music and characters are not mine. This chapter deals with Kaitlyn and her love for Brad!
The flame on the campfire was now gone, leaving only a think line of smoke that rose from the burned wood. Smoke, so fragile...
Rebecca looked across the pit, taking her eyes off the sky and centering them on Kaitlyn. She watched Kaitlyn watch the sky, and began to wonder how they had gotten here, why they did not talk often, and why they had so much in common. She often thought that Billy was dead, and so she thought about killing herself to see if she could find him in another life, one after this. She wondered if there even was a life after this one.
"Kaitlyn?" she asked quietly, not sure if this was a place she wanted to tread. When Kaitlyn did not look at her right away, she began to wonder if her soft question was even heard. Then Kaitlyn slowly turned her head to look at Rebecca. Their eyes met for a moment before she replied with a, "Yeah?"
"If you don't mind me asking..."
"Ask away," she said in a serious, calm voice. It had a certain monotone ring to it.
"How did you and Brad... meet?"
Kaitlyn seemed confused for a moment, and then a dark cloud passed over her face. The color drained, the small light that had crept in her eyes died quickly, and Rebecca immeadiatly regretted asking the question in the first place. But now it was out in the open...
"I was a secretary for the RPD three and a half years ago..." she began, speaking softly and slowly. "I wasn't sure if I wanted to join in the force or if I just wanted the job to work through school, but in either case I realize now it didn't really matter.
"One day I accidentally bumped into Brad Vickers, this kind, handsome man. I was trying to balance coffee in one hand and a stack of copies in the other. When we bumped into each other I felt horrible, thinking that I might have spilled some steaming hot coffee on him. I was scared, thinking that I would be fired for this, that I was surely going to lose my job and have no money to get through school. He tried to help me up, but I started to cry and started gibbering about how sorry I was...
"He pulled me up and held me to his chest in his strong arms, running one hand through my hair and whispering in my ear how everything was okay, how he would help me pick up the papers and mop up the coffee that was leaking over the linolium floor. I didn't know what I was thinking, but I leaned up and kissed him then, and he kissed me back!
"We started seeing each other a couple times a week, and became friends. Within a month we were dating. This was around the time that the 'bizzare' murder cases started. I blame those, as everyone in our group does, for the death of one so dear. He was supposed to go help Chris and Jill, but once the going got tough, he ran. Everyone thought it was because he was a wuss, but I knew he had come back to make sure I was okay. He had to know that I was safe or he could not go on.
"When the city was overrun with monsters I had become a member of S.T.A.R.S., but was just a rookie so he made sure that I had left the city. I never saw him again. I want to blame Jill for his death. She was the bitch that let Nemesis rip him apart!"
Kaitlyn had to stop to take several deep breaths. Anger had flushed her face. She had renewed revenge against Jill now, and made an attempt to stand. As she did so, Rebecca began to speak, "But Kaitlyn! We all know that sometimes there is nothing you can do to protect those around you! You were with us when we raided that Umbrella Plant in London!"
As she got to her full height, Kaitlyn looked around, dissoriented. "What the-" she said as she collapsed to the ground. Everything just faded away, nothing felt like anything anymore.
"Oh God! Kaitlyn!" Rebecca screamed and ran to her side. "Oh God..."
There was no pulse.