A/N: amsterdamsbitch: I'll try and make the chapters longer! Glad you like it so far. Thanks for the review.
Chapter 2
Katey stood bewildered as Javier stormed out the door. She joined her children in tears as she realized what happened. Javier was gone… maybe for good.
Composing herself, she gently patted Julie on the back and placed Dom's waffles on a plate. He always seemed to stop crying when food was nearby. Katey pulled a bottle out of the pantry and began filling it with milk for Julie. After breakfast, Katey settled the kids down for their nap. Once they were sound asleep, she went into the living room and cried. She cried long and hard. She didn't know what to do. Finally, she decided to call Susie. She had so many boyfriends in the past few years, that she had to have some clue about what to do when times get tough.
"Hi Mom, is Susie there?" Katey tried to hide her tears as best she could.
"Yeah, Hun, is everything all right?" Jeannie seemed concerned.
"Yeah, Mom, don't worry." Katey reassured her mother on false hope.
"Hey, Katey!" Susie was awfully perky this morning.
"Susie, are you alone? I need help." The tears began rolling down Katey's cheeks.
Katey confided in Susie about all of her fights with Javier and how he left that morning. Susie offered her deepest sympathy, and tried to empathize.
"I remember last year when I went out with Jacob Daniels. We screamed constantly at each other, but we lasted for so long because we were too dependant on one another."
"Um, thanks Suze. But I think the only reason Javier and I are together now is because of Dom."
"Yeah, and why did you decide to have Julie? I mean I love my niece dearly but…"
"They were both mistakes," Katey sobbed. "Dom was a mistake that I wanted to undo but as soon as I saw him and had Javier back, I regretted feeling that way. Same with Julie. Now I think that me and Javier were never meant to be and he's gonna go back to Cuba and I'm going to be stuck with two kids and on my own."
"I'm sorry, Katey," Susie was also near tears. "Maybe I can come over after school and help with the kids until Javier comes back."
"If he comes back…"
"I'm trying to help you here. Do you want my help or not?" Susie shot back.
"I'm sorry, thanks Suze, if you can that'd be great."
The sisters said their good-byes and hung up the phone.
Katey got up to tend to Julie, who was crying from her crib.
The days continued in this way. Susie came over everyday after school. She played with Dom and Julie while Katey made dinner. She still didn't have a job, and was about to lose the apartment. Javier was no where to be found. And Bert and Jeannie had no idea about what was going on. It got so bad that Katey wanted to die. Without Javier, she was nothing. She had no love, no money, no one to hold, no support, and no father to their children.
"Susie," Katey cried on her sister's shoulder one night after the kids were in bed, "I want him to come back!"
"Oh, Katey, I know," Susie did her best to comfort her big sister. "He'll come back sooner or later."
"I wish," Katey said through sobs. "If only he knew how much he was missing."
A/N: After I get at least 5 reviews on this chapter, I'll start writing chapter three. I'm going to spend time on my ASOUE fics, if anyone wants to read those…
