A/N: Thanks to itsnotrightbutitsokay for reviewing the last chapter.
A/N #2: Not really Jack/Karen stuff in this chapter. But I promise that chapter 7 will have some of that ;)
Disclaimer: I don't own Will and Grace or its characters.
Chapter Six
Painful Realization
A week after she had come out of her coma, Katherine was allowed to leave the hospital.
On that day, Karen, Jack and Grace all went to the hospital to pick her up and take Katherine back to her apartment.
While Jack waited outside, Karen and Grace helped Katherine change into a set of clothes Karen had brought her.
"It will be so nice to get out of this room," Katherine said as she settled on a wheelchair a nurse had brought.
"If I had been you, I would have gone crazy by now," Grace said as she walked alongside the chair.
"I didn't mind it too much, but I'll be glad to breathe fresh air," Katherine said, shrugging.
"Where is this fresh air Kat?" Jack asked, grinning. "'Cause I'd like to breathe some too."
Laughing, Katherine said, "I suppose I'm thinking of England. But even there, the fresh air was out in the countryside."
At the entrance to the hospital, one of Karen's limos was parked at the curb.
Standing up carefully, Katherine walked to the car, limping slightly from not having walked for three weeks. As soon as she sat down, Karen came in and sat down next to her.
"So what are you going to do first thing when you get back home?" Jack asked as the limo set off for 155 Riverside Drive.
"I suppose I'll need to clean the place up," Katherine said, leaning back against her seat. "I can hardly imagine the mess it must be in after three weeks."
"Will took care of that for you yesterday," Grace said. "He didn't have anymore of his apartment to clean, so he figured he'd clean yours."
"I'll have to thank him then," Katherine said. "Well, I don't know what I'll do when I get home. I could go to the office and get some work done."
"No Kath," Karen said. "You heard the doctor say you need to get some rest or else you'll get sick again. When we get to your apartment, you are going to rest in your bed."
"Yes mother," Katherine said in a little childlike voice.
Grace and Jack laughed, while Karen rolled her eyes at her sister.
~~~
"I can't believe I'm going to bed at eleven o'clock in the daytime," Katherine said, getting under the covers of her bed.
"You're not going to sleep though Kat," Jack said.
"Very true Jackie-boy," Katherine said as she propped up her pillows and leaned against the headboard. "Mayhap I could do some sketches while I'm stuck here Gracie?"
"Oh, well..." Grace began, glancing over at Karen.
"Kath, what part of rest don't you understand," Karen said sternly.
"You know Kare," Katherine started to say. "I'm not sure whether I should be happy or scared out of my mind that you're actually making me follow the doctor's orders."
Karen looked annoyed for a second and then she smiled. "I know you hate to be stuck in bed, so I'm not doing you any favors," she said sweetly.
"You two are the most dysfunctional sisters I've ever seen," Grace said as Karen and Katherine started to laugh gleefully.
"If you think Kare and I are dysfunctional," Katherine said once she had stopped laughing. "You should have seen Robert and I after our parents died."
The room grew silent as the other three looked away from Katherine uncomfortably.
Sighing, Katherine said, "Nevermind that now. Are you guys hungry at all? I can make some lunch." She started to pull back the bedcovers when Karen stopped her.
"I'll go and order some Chinese food for you guys," Grace said.
"You're going to the office?" Katherine asked.
"I need to get a few things done for that Morse suite I told you about," Grace said. "But I'll stop by and see you later okay?"
"Sure thing Gracie," Katherine said. "I'll see you later."
~~~
An hour later, Katherine was sitting on her couch, wrapped up in a blanket and pillows propped up behind her. She had manage to convince Karen to let her eat there so she wouldn't have to worry about spilling food on her bed sheets.
Jack was opening all the containers of Chinese food Grace had ordered for them. "Do you want one thing Kat or a little of everything?" he asked.
"Just take some from each and put it on a plate," Katherine answered. "You and Kare can eat from the cartons."
"Now I'm ready to eat," Karen said, walking into the apartment. She had gone over to Will and Grace's to make herself a martini, as her sister didn't have any liquor in her apartment. Taking a sip of her martini, Karen set the shaker on the table and sat down in one of the chairs.
"Thank you Jackie-boy," Katherine said as he gave her a plate with food on it. She started to eat, but after taking a few bites, she sighed and put her plate down on the coffee table in front of the couch.
"Robert, Kath?" Karen asked, looking over at her sister.
Katherine sighed and nodded.
"Uh, what was that?" Jack said, looking at Karen and then at Katherine.
"What was what?" Katherine asked, confusion on her face.
"How did you know she was upset about Robert?" Jack asked Karen.
A look of surprise on her face, Karen shrugged and said, "I just knew."
"Okay," Jack said slowly. "I'm feeling a weird X-Files vibe from you two and it's scaring me." He stood up and walked to the kitchen, getting a drink from the fridge.
"I don't know why this is bothering me so much," Katherine said to Karen. "A few months after I left England and until I came out of the coma, the reason why I was kicked out of Eadoin wasn't too important to me."
"What's Eadoin?" Jack asked, coming back to the table and sitting down.
"Her family's manor poodle. That's what her family called it instead of Clintonshire," Karen answered. "I know why it didn't bother you Kath, you were busy looking for me. And then you found me."
"Ah yes," Katherine said. "I recall that I was busy during that time." Her right fingers went over the scar on her left wrist, an action that she did out of habit.
"I talked to Sara last night Kath," Karen suddenly said.
"That's nothing new," Jack said. "You've been talking to her almost every day at the hospital."
"Quiet Jackie," Karen said, smiling at him so he wouldn't think she was angry. "Anyway, she told me that she knows why you were kicked out of the manor."
Katherine straightened up a little and looked at Karen, her eyes wide. "Did she tell you why?" she asked in a low whisper.
"Do you want me to tell you?" Karen asked.
"Please, I have to know," Katherine pleaded. "If I know why, I may be able to put this fight to rest between Robert and I."
Karen sighed and said, "Sara told me that the reason was because Robert is in love with you."
"Oh..." Katherine began. She suddenly looked pale and she started gasping for breath.
"Kath?" Karen said, hurrying over to her sister.
"Inhaler... Bathroom... Cabinet!" Katherine gasped out, clutching at Karen's hand.
"Jackie, go get it!" Karen said.
Jack ran into Katherine's room and opened the cabinet behind the mirror in the bathroom. He saw a blue inhaler and grabbed it, running back out of the room. "Here Kat," he said, handing the inhaler to her.
Katherine put the inhaler to her lips and pushed down, blasting the medicine into her mouth and breathing in deeply. She did it once more, and then she seemed to recover her breath.
"Are you okay Kath?" Karen asked worriedly, still clutching her hand.
"Alright," Katherine said slowly. She sighed and lay back against the pillows. "Could you get me a glass
of water Jackie-boy?" she asked.
"Of course," Jack said, he turned and went into the kitchen.
"So he's in love with me," Katherine whispered, tears filling her eyes. "Did Sara know how long he's been-"
"Since he was six and you were five," Karen answered.
"Oh god," Katherine said, putting a hand over her eyes.
"That's really nasty," Jack said, giving a glass with water to Katherine. "He's your brother and he's in love with you? Ew."
Katherine sipped her water and looked at Karen and then Jack. "I have to talk with Robert," she said. "I have to put an end to this."
"You can't stop love," Karen said. "That's not possible honey."
"No, but I can try and set things right between the both of us," Katherine said. "I have to try before they leave."
"You've got until tomorrow night," Jack said.
"Will you guys come with me tomorrow?" Katherine asked. She realized something and then said to Karen, "I know I should rest but-"
"We'll pick you up at eleven Kath," Karen said, grinning.
Katherine smiled and then sat up, hugging her sister tightly. "Thanks Kare," she said.
"No problem Kath," Karen said, hugging her back.
A/N #2: Not really Jack/Karen stuff in this chapter. But I promise that chapter 7 will have some of that ;)
Disclaimer: I don't own Will and Grace or its characters.
Chapter Six
Painful Realization
A week after she had come out of her coma, Katherine was allowed to leave the hospital.
On that day, Karen, Jack and Grace all went to the hospital to pick her up and take Katherine back to her apartment.
While Jack waited outside, Karen and Grace helped Katherine change into a set of clothes Karen had brought her.
"It will be so nice to get out of this room," Katherine said as she settled on a wheelchair a nurse had brought.
"If I had been you, I would have gone crazy by now," Grace said as she walked alongside the chair.
"I didn't mind it too much, but I'll be glad to breathe fresh air," Katherine said, shrugging.
"Where is this fresh air Kat?" Jack asked, grinning. "'Cause I'd like to breathe some too."
Laughing, Katherine said, "I suppose I'm thinking of England. But even there, the fresh air was out in the countryside."
At the entrance to the hospital, one of Karen's limos was parked at the curb.
Standing up carefully, Katherine walked to the car, limping slightly from not having walked for three weeks. As soon as she sat down, Karen came in and sat down next to her.
"So what are you going to do first thing when you get back home?" Jack asked as the limo set off for 155 Riverside Drive.
"I suppose I'll need to clean the place up," Katherine said, leaning back against her seat. "I can hardly imagine the mess it must be in after three weeks."
"Will took care of that for you yesterday," Grace said. "He didn't have anymore of his apartment to clean, so he figured he'd clean yours."
"I'll have to thank him then," Katherine said. "Well, I don't know what I'll do when I get home. I could go to the office and get some work done."
"No Kath," Karen said. "You heard the doctor say you need to get some rest or else you'll get sick again. When we get to your apartment, you are going to rest in your bed."
"Yes mother," Katherine said in a little childlike voice.
Grace and Jack laughed, while Karen rolled her eyes at her sister.
~~~
"I can't believe I'm going to bed at eleven o'clock in the daytime," Katherine said, getting under the covers of her bed.
"You're not going to sleep though Kat," Jack said.
"Very true Jackie-boy," Katherine said as she propped up her pillows and leaned against the headboard. "Mayhap I could do some sketches while I'm stuck here Gracie?"
"Oh, well..." Grace began, glancing over at Karen.
"Kath, what part of rest don't you understand," Karen said sternly.
"You know Kare," Katherine started to say. "I'm not sure whether I should be happy or scared out of my mind that you're actually making me follow the doctor's orders."
Karen looked annoyed for a second and then she smiled. "I know you hate to be stuck in bed, so I'm not doing you any favors," she said sweetly.
"You two are the most dysfunctional sisters I've ever seen," Grace said as Karen and Katherine started to laugh gleefully.
"If you think Kare and I are dysfunctional," Katherine said once she had stopped laughing. "You should have seen Robert and I after our parents died."
The room grew silent as the other three looked away from Katherine uncomfortably.
Sighing, Katherine said, "Nevermind that now. Are you guys hungry at all? I can make some lunch." She started to pull back the bedcovers when Karen stopped her.
"I'll go and order some Chinese food for you guys," Grace said.
"You're going to the office?" Katherine asked.
"I need to get a few things done for that Morse suite I told you about," Grace said. "But I'll stop by and see you later okay?"
"Sure thing Gracie," Katherine said. "I'll see you later."
~~~
An hour later, Katherine was sitting on her couch, wrapped up in a blanket and pillows propped up behind her. She had manage to convince Karen to let her eat there so she wouldn't have to worry about spilling food on her bed sheets.
Jack was opening all the containers of Chinese food Grace had ordered for them. "Do you want one thing Kat or a little of everything?" he asked.
"Just take some from each and put it on a plate," Katherine answered. "You and Kare can eat from the cartons."
"Now I'm ready to eat," Karen said, walking into the apartment. She had gone over to Will and Grace's to make herself a martini, as her sister didn't have any liquor in her apartment. Taking a sip of her martini, Karen set the shaker on the table and sat down in one of the chairs.
"Thank you Jackie-boy," Katherine said as he gave her a plate with food on it. She started to eat, but after taking a few bites, she sighed and put her plate down on the coffee table in front of the couch.
"Robert, Kath?" Karen asked, looking over at her sister.
Katherine sighed and nodded.
"Uh, what was that?" Jack said, looking at Karen and then at Katherine.
"What was what?" Katherine asked, confusion on her face.
"How did you know she was upset about Robert?" Jack asked Karen.
A look of surprise on her face, Karen shrugged and said, "I just knew."
"Okay," Jack said slowly. "I'm feeling a weird X-Files vibe from you two and it's scaring me." He stood up and walked to the kitchen, getting a drink from the fridge.
"I don't know why this is bothering me so much," Katherine said to Karen. "A few months after I left England and until I came out of the coma, the reason why I was kicked out of Eadoin wasn't too important to me."
"What's Eadoin?" Jack asked, coming back to the table and sitting down.
"Her family's manor poodle. That's what her family called it instead of Clintonshire," Karen answered. "I know why it didn't bother you Kath, you were busy looking for me. And then you found me."
"Ah yes," Katherine said. "I recall that I was busy during that time." Her right fingers went over the scar on her left wrist, an action that she did out of habit.
"I talked to Sara last night Kath," Karen suddenly said.
"That's nothing new," Jack said. "You've been talking to her almost every day at the hospital."
"Quiet Jackie," Karen said, smiling at him so he wouldn't think she was angry. "Anyway, she told me that she knows why you were kicked out of the manor."
Katherine straightened up a little and looked at Karen, her eyes wide. "Did she tell you why?" she asked in a low whisper.
"Do you want me to tell you?" Karen asked.
"Please, I have to know," Katherine pleaded. "If I know why, I may be able to put this fight to rest between Robert and I."
Karen sighed and said, "Sara told me that the reason was because Robert is in love with you."
"Oh..." Katherine began. She suddenly looked pale and she started gasping for breath.
"Kath?" Karen said, hurrying over to her sister.
"Inhaler... Bathroom... Cabinet!" Katherine gasped out, clutching at Karen's hand.
"Jackie, go get it!" Karen said.
Jack ran into Katherine's room and opened the cabinet behind the mirror in the bathroom. He saw a blue inhaler and grabbed it, running back out of the room. "Here Kat," he said, handing the inhaler to her.
Katherine put the inhaler to her lips and pushed down, blasting the medicine into her mouth and breathing in deeply. She did it once more, and then she seemed to recover her breath.
"Are you okay Kath?" Karen asked worriedly, still clutching her hand.
"Alright," Katherine said slowly. She sighed and lay back against the pillows. "Could you get me a glass
of water Jackie-boy?" she asked.
"Of course," Jack said, he turned and went into the kitchen.
"So he's in love with me," Katherine whispered, tears filling her eyes. "Did Sara know how long he's been-"
"Since he was six and you were five," Karen answered.
"Oh god," Katherine said, putting a hand over her eyes.
"That's really nasty," Jack said, giving a glass with water to Katherine. "He's your brother and he's in love with you? Ew."
Katherine sipped her water and looked at Karen and then Jack. "I have to talk with Robert," she said. "I have to put an end to this."
"You can't stop love," Karen said. "That's not possible honey."
"No, but I can try and set things right between the both of us," Katherine said. "I have to try before they leave."
"You've got until tomorrow night," Jack said.
"Will you guys come with me tomorrow?" Katherine asked. She realized something and then said to Karen, "I know I should rest but-"
"We'll pick you up at eleven Kath," Karen said, grinning.
Katherine smiled and then sat up, hugging her sister tightly. "Thanks Kare," she said.
"No problem Kath," Karen said, hugging her back.