A/N: This is the sequel to Scared and Alone: A Troubled Time for Katey. Here's a little summary. It is set a few years after that story. Katey and Javier moved out of Bert and Jeannie's house with Dominic. Javier is working at the local grocery store and he drives a taxi at night. They live in a small apartment. They have another kid. Katey and Javier aren't married.
"Javier, can you please get the baby? I don't feel like hearing her cry anymore!" Katey screamed across the small apartment.
"Why don't you get her?" Javier shot back as he picked up Dominic who was also crying. "Your son is crying too."
"Ughhh, you are so lazy!" Katey walked away from the stove where she was boiling potatoes to go into her bedroom. She returned carrying a small baby dressed in pink. "Shhh, Julie, its okay." Katey hushed her daughter. She walked over to the stove and stirred the potatoes. Javier came over and took Julie out of Katey's arms.
Javier sat on the floor with the baby in his lap while Dominic played with his little toy cars. He only had a few since they were so poor.
"Will you hurry up and cook that dinner?" Javier called over in a grumpy tone. "I only have a little bit before I gotta go to work."
"Its cooking as fast as possible."
"Don't take that attitude with me, Katey."
The two screamed and fought for several minutes before their shouts were drowned out by their children's tears. Ever since Katey became pregnant with Julie, they had fought almost non-stop. They were doubting their love and only seemed to be staying together for Dominic's and Julie's sake. They had almost completely cut off communication from Jeannie, Bert, and Susie.
An hour later, Javier had eaten his dinner and bitterly left the apartment to drive his taxi. Katey put the other two kids to bed before sitting in the living room with a book. She could barely read. She sat there for hours just sobbing and crying. She loved Javier and she wished he felt the same. Around midnight, Katey wandered to her bedroom to check on Julie. She crawled under the covers and cried herself to sleep.
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When Javier rolled in around 1:00, he saw Katey shaking in bed. He knew it was his fault. He climbed into bed next to her and wrapped his arms around her, hoping to make up for what damage he caused.
At 8:00 AM, Katey pushed Javier's arms off her stomach and stood up to tend to the crying Julie. Dominic had wandered out of his room and was tugging on Katey's nightgown. She took the kids and went into the kitchen to make breakfast. Dominic was whining because he wanted waffles.
"Okay, Dom, I'll make you waffles." Katey was becoming frustrated. Dominic continued to cry, and Julie echoed her brother. Katey couldn't take it anymore. "JAVIER WAKE UP AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS!"
Meanwhile back in the bedroom, Javier jolted out of a peaceful sleep. He was always tired because he had to work two jobs. It was hard to work and take care of two kids. He groaned as he stood up, pulling a t-shirt on.
"What, Katey?" Javier immediately regretted saying that with an attitude, knowing for sure it would piss Katey off.
"Here," she shoved Julie into his arms and pulled the waffle maker out of the pantry. Dominic kept crying. She picked him up and tried to calm him as she started making waffles. Javier tried unsuccessfully to soothe Julie who sobbed even harder.
"Why did we have kids?" Javier asked, frustrated.
"They were accidents, remember?" Katey glared at Javier. "And if I didn't get pregnant with Dom, we wouldn't be together right now."
"Maybe that would have been best for both of us…" Javier retorted.
"Excuse me?" Katey angrily stirred the batter.
"You could be off at some fancy-pants college getting a degree in God-knows what so you can make a million bucks and I could be back in Havana dancing still. I'd probably have more money there than we have now."
"Look, do you think I wanted to have kids this early? I did want to go to college but I chose love." Katey was near tears. All of the shouting wasn't soothing the kids.
"You really aren't showing it, Katey," Javier shot back. "I just wish you didn't tell me about Dominic and then I would be trouble-free and you would have your parents to take care of the little brat and we wouldn't have to worry about Julie because she wouldn't exist."
"Javier, what is wrong with you?"
"I'm leaving." Javier shoved Julie into Katey's arms. She almost dropped Dominic.
"What?"
Javier went into the bedroom and tossed some clothes into his suitcase. He muttered in Spanish as he slammed the door of the apartment without saying good bye to Katey, Dominic, or Julie.
