What Comes Up, Must Come Down---Chapter twelve
Geez I haven't written at all this summer and I feel bad :/ I start school MONDAY though. I've been working mostly on my sites. I'm going to try to wrap up all the stories I have going now before I start any new ones. I have new on Higher Ground (this one, and Denial, which I don't know if I'll finish), one under Boy Meets World (The Mistake), one under Pacific Blue (It's Been Awhile) and one under Law and Order: SVU (Conceal). I'll try to update a lot in the next few days!
RECAP: Kyle told Kristin about his rough past, from the death early-on of his biological mother to the sadistic life he lived with his ultra- religious father, stepmother, and siblings. At the very end of the chapter, he tells Kristin that her mother told him that she was coming to live with them.
Kristin swirled around quickly and stepped into Kyle's path, causing him to stumble a little. "What the hell..." He demanded.
"What exactly did she say?" Kristin demanded, balling her fists..
Kyle stared at her. "You don't know?" He asked quietly.
"No I don't fu-freaking know!" Kristin's eyes were tearing up now. "She's never told the truth. Never. Just tell me, please."
"She just told me that she talked to your headmaster and arranged for you to come home. That you were going back this week, but just to get your stuff in order and get your files and belongings."
Kristin turned back around and broke out into a run. She couldn't believe Peter. He wanted to get rid of her this bad...
She was running pretty fast, but Kyle has obviously a runner. He quickly caught her and grabbed the back of her shirt. She struggled for a moment but calmed down. "I'm not coming to live here. I couldn't. I hate her more than anything. How could Peter do this...? She doesn't even have custody of me! I'm not her kid!"
Kyle didn't say anything. Kristin broke off into another run and finally reached Martin and Scott's house. Scott was upstairs in his room.
"I know, I miss you, too," Scott said into the phone. He gave a little wave to Kristin. Kristin didn't wave back. "I need the phone, Scott, now," she demanded, stomping her foot. She knew she was acting like a little kid, but she couldn't help it.
"Wait a minute, I'm talking to Shel," Scott said. "I swear, she gets more like a little sister every-Shel? Shel? SHELBY?" Scott demanded into the phone. He looked up to Kristin holding the cord. "What the hell was that for?" He snapped at her. "I need to call Peter!" She yelled. "You can't just do that, Kristin!" He snapped back.
"She's lying to everyone! I want to talk to Peter!" She screamed.
Lynn and Martin soon appeared at the door. "What's all the yelling about?" Martin demanded. Kristin ignored him and Scott handed the phone to her and glared at Lynn.
"Get. Out." He sneered and closed the door on them. Kristin dialed Horizon's number and waited while Scott sat back on his bed.
"Peter?"
"Yeah, hey Kristin. What's up?"
"Has Lynn talked to you at all this weekend?"
"No, why?"
"Peter I wanna come home, now. She told Kyle that I'm going to Horizon only to get my things. I hate it here, Peter! She lies all the time. She doesn't...Please, I want to go home!"
Peter was quiet for a minute. "Who's Kyle?"
"Mom's boyfriend. Fiance'. Whatever. Peter, I want to go HOME."
"Kristin, you're tough. You've been in worse. Stay there for me, until Sunday. I have no way of getting you here until tomorrow. You're not going anywhere except Horizon. And after this weekend, if you never want to see her again, you don't have to."
"Well I won't."
"Kristin, sorry to cut this short but I've got to go. David has a question. I'll see you tomorrow. And don't worry. I know this is all coming to fast for you, but you know she can't touch you. You know that you'll be coming back. You know this. Just remember that. You have Scott there. Don't do anything stupid," Peter added, his fatherly side coming on.
"Bye, Peter."
"Bye, Kristin."
Scott stared at her as she hung up the phone and sat next to Scott.
"I'm sorry."
Scott shook his head. "Don't worry about it, kid. I can't believe she did that. I just...She hasn't cared about you your entire life, and all of a sudden she wants to take you back?"
Kristin let his bluntness about her obviously not giving a damn about her slide. "It's like she doesn't know that I'm not hers anymore. She gave up custody of me two years ago. Why couldn't she just leave me alone?"
Kristin started crying and Scott put his arm around her. Then they heard loud shouting and Kyle's booming voice was heard all the way up the stairs.
"Take your fucking ring back. I can't believe you! You treat your kid like shit just to get a man? Are you fucking insane?"
Kristin sat up.
"What are you talking about? What did she tell you?!"
"Don't play innocent with me, LYNN. You tried to act all mother-of-the- year. Where we you when your husband was beating the shit out of your kid? Huh? Where were you when your son was...Don't touch me! You've lied this entire time. I was going to try to get custody of my brothers because I thought you'd be a good mother for them. But you can't even care enough to take your kid out of something like that!"
"Kyle! You'll believe her over me?"
"Yeah, yeah I would. Bye."
Kristin felt a pang of guilt. He had loved her...
She ran down the stairs, despite Scott calling her name. She tore out the front door and yelled for Kyle. "Don't, Kristin. Just..go back, okay? Get your life back on track. Be a good kid, okay?" Kyle called back over his shoulder. He must've known that she was still following him because he turned around quickly.
"Damnit, listen! Go away! I'm not going to get attached to some kid, okay?"
Kristin watched as he walked down the street, with his hands in his pockets.
"HA! TAKE THAT PETER!" David yelled as he slammed down his pencil. He was done with exactly half his assignments, and it was only Saturday. "I am the GOD of homework!"
He heard Shelby behind him. "Really now? And here I thought you were just the 'GOD' of jack-"
"Here comes Peter!" David sneered.
Shelby whirled around but Peter wasn't there.
"Funny. Really, I, promise," Shelby replied.
"So what's been up?" David asked. "How's life without the mister?"
She ignored the 'mister' comment. "I was just talking to him but we got disconnected. Probably Kristin, I heard her yelling about something in the background."
"She shouldn't have gone," David said quietly.
Shelby quickly changed the subject.
"So what was your punishment?"
"I didn't HAVE one. I just have to pull up my grades."
"Wow. That's like, torture. David Ruxton, do work?"
"Yeah, who would've thought?" They heard Peter ask from behind.
"Oh hey, Peter. You might want to call Kristin. She-"
"I've talked to her, thanks Shel. How's it going David?"
Shelby heard someone call her and got up quickly and headed towards the girl's cabin.
"Good. I got half the assignments done already. I'm going to divide them up now, though, because that seriously hurt my brain."
Peter smirked then turned serious. "I'm really proud of you, David," he said sincerely.
David blushed and relished a first. "Well, thanks, but don't get all Leave it to Beaver on me."
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Geez I haven't written at all this summer and I feel bad :/ I start school MONDAY though. I've been working mostly on my sites. I'm going to try to wrap up all the stories I have going now before I start any new ones. I have new on Higher Ground (this one, and Denial, which I don't know if I'll finish), one under Boy Meets World (The Mistake), one under Pacific Blue (It's Been Awhile) and one under Law and Order: SVU (Conceal). I'll try to update a lot in the next few days!
RECAP: Kyle told Kristin about his rough past, from the death early-on of his biological mother to the sadistic life he lived with his ultra- religious father, stepmother, and siblings. At the very end of the chapter, he tells Kristin that her mother told him that she was coming to live with them.
Kristin swirled around quickly and stepped into Kyle's path, causing him to stumble a little. "What the hell..." He demanded.
"What exactly did she say?" Kristin demanded, balling her fists..
Kyle stared at her. "You don't know?" He asked quietly.
"No I don't fu-freaking know!" Kristin's eyes were tearing up now. "She's never told the truth. Never. Just tell me, please."
"She just told me that she talked to your headmaster and arranged for you to come home. That you were going back this week, but just to get your stuff in order and get your files and belongings."
Kristin turned back around and broke out into a run. She couldn't believe Peter. He wanted to get rid of her this bad...
She was running pretty fast, but Kyle has obviously a runner. He quickly caught her and grabbed the back of her shirt. She struggled for a moment but calmed down. "I'm not coming to live here. I couldn't. I hate her more than anything. How could Peter do this...? She doesn't even have custody of me! I'm not her kid!"
Kyle didn't say anything. Kristin broke off into another run and finally reached Martin and Scott's house. Scott was upstairs in his room.
"I know, I miss you, too," Scott said into the phone. He gave a little wave to Kristin. Kristin didn't wave back. "I need the phone, Scott, now," she demanded, stomping her foot. She knew she was acting like a little kid, but she couldn't help it.
"Wait a minute, I'm talking to Shel," Scott said. "I swear, she gets more like a little sister every-Shel? Shel? SHELBY?" Scott demanded into the phone. He looked up to Kristin holding the cord. "What the hell was that for?" He snapped at her. "I need to call Peter!" She yelled. "You can't just do that, Kristin!" He snapped back.
"She's lying to everyone! I want to talk to Peter!" She screamed.
Lynn and Martin soon appeared at the door. "What's all the yelling about?" Martin demanded. Kristin ignored him and Scott handed the phone to her and glared at Lynn.
"Get. Out." He sneered and closed the door on them. Kristin dialed Horizon's number and waited while Scott sat back on his bed.
"Peter?"
"Yeah, hey Kristin. What's up?"
"Has Lynn talked to you at all this weekend?"
"No, why?"
"Peter I wanna come home, now. She told Kyle that I'm going to Horizon only to get my things. I hate it here, Peter! She lies all the time. She doesn't...Please, I want to go home!"
Peter was quiet for a minute. "Who's Kyle?"
"Mom's boyfriend. Fiance'. Whatever. Peter, I want to go HOME."
"Kristin, you're tough. You've been in worse. Stay there for me, until Sunday. I have no way of getting you here until tomorrow. You're not going anywhere except Horizon. And after this weekend, if you never want to see her again, you don't have to."
"Well I won't."
"Kristin, sorry to cut this short but I've got to go. David has a question. I'll see you tomorrow. And don't worry. I know this is all coming to fast for you, but you know she can't touch you. You know that you'll be coming back. You know this. Just remember that. You have Scott there. Don't do anything stupid," Peter added, his fatherly side coming on.
"Bye, Peter."
"Bye, Kristin."
Scott stared at her as she hung up the phone and sat next to Scott.
"I'm sorry."
Scott shook his head. "Don't worry about it, kid. I can't believe she did that. I just...She hasn't cared about you your entire life, and all of a sudden she wants to take you back?"
Kristin let his bluntness about her obviously not giving a damn about her slide. "It's like she doesn't know that I'm not hers anymore. She gave up custody of me two years ago. Why couldn't she just leave me alone?"
Kristin started crying and Scott put his arm around her. Then they heard loud shouting and Kyle's booming voice was heard all the way up the stairs.
"Take your fucking ring back. I can't believe you! You treat your kid like shit just to get a man? Are you fucking insane?"
Kristin sat up.
"What are you talking about? What did she tell you?!"
"Don't play innocent with me, LYNN. You tried to act all mother-of-the- year. Where we you when your husband was beating the shit out of your kid? Huh? Where were you when your son was...Don't touch me! You've lied this entire time. I was going to try to get custody of my brothers because I thought you'd be a good mother for them. But you can't even care enough to take your kid out of something like that!"
"Kyle! You'll believe her over me?"
"Yeah, yeah I would. Bye."
Kristin felt a pang of guilt. He had loved her...
She ran down the stairs, despite Scott calling her name. She tore out the front door and yelled for Kyle. "Don't, Kristin. Just..go back, okay? Get your life back on track. Be a good kid, okay?" Kyle called back over his shoulder. He must've known that she was still following him because he turned around quickly.
"Damnit, listen! Go away! I'm not going to get attached to some kid, okay?"
Kristin watched as he walked down the street, with his hands in his pockets.
"HA! TAKE THAT PETER!" David yelled as he slammed down his pencil. He was done with exactly half his assignments, and it was only Saturday. "I am the GOD of homework!"
He heard Shelby behind him. "Really now? And here I thought you were just the 'GOD' of jack-"
"Here comes Peter!" David sneered.
Shelby whirled around but Peter wasn't there.
"Funny. Really, I, promise," Shelby replied.
"So what's been up?" David asked. "How's life without the mister?"
She ignored the 'mister' comment. "I was just talking to him but we got disconnected. Probably Kristin, I heard her yelling about something in the background."
"She shouldn't have gone," David said quietly.
Shelby quickly changed the subject.
"So what was your punishment?"
"I didn't HAVE one. I just have to pull up my grades."
"Wow. That's like, torture. David Ruxton, do work?"
"Yeah, who would've thought?" They heard Peter ask from behind.
"Oh hey, Peter. You might want to call Kristin. She-"
"I've talked to her, thanks Shel. How's it going David?"
Shelby heard someone call her and got up quickly and headed towards the girl's cabin.
"Good. I got half the assignments done already. I'm going to divide them up now, though, because that seriously hurt my brain."
Peter smirked then turned serious. "I'm really proud of you, David," he said sincerely.
David blushed and relished a first. "Well, thanks, but don't get all Leave it to Beaver on me."
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