Sorry about the fact that I just flat out stoped updating this story. This one I may regret doing that to over all. I got a review for this recently that just brought me back into this whole story. So once again I am sorry for the delay but review and let me know what you think. There will be more soon. I promise.
xoxo Jules
Chapter 9: "And it's good"
It had been two weeks since Eli, Katie, and Jessie had brought Ethan home from the hospital and it had really begun to take its toll. Katie had been staying at Jessie's house and helping with Ethan, a lot of the times even over night.
Katie sat slumped over in her chair in Dimitri's class.
"Kate!" Tad said shoving her roughly in the shoulder.
"What?" Katie asked her head snapping up as she looked around the room.
"You almost fell asleep." Tad said moving to the seat next to her
"I always sleep in this class." Katie said wiping her eyes, brushing off his comment. She really needed a cup of coffee, or cocaine… cocaine would do it. Katie thought with a laugh.
"Baby Sammler bogging you down?" Tad asked almost sincerely.
Katie shrugged as the bell rang.
"See you around Tad." She said quickly making her leave of the room. She went to meet Jessie at her locker as she usually did. "Hey Billie." Katie said leaving against the locker
"Hey." Jessie said mid yawn.
"Want to grab a cup of coffee after school?" Katie asked hopefully.
"Um, yeah, I just have to check and see if E can watch Ethan." Jessie said her eyes meeting Katie, "and if past events are at all indicators of future behavior I think that it is doubtful."
"I'm sorry baby." Katie said taking hold of Jessie's hand.
"I just wish that I could get more than two hours of sleep." Jessie said
"Well let's go then." Katie said.
Jessie looked at Katie and raised an eyebrow.
"We can go to my house so we won't be bothered." Katie said smiling
"What did you have in mind?" Jessie asked smiling slyly
"Nothing!" Katie said holding up both hands innocently, "just good old fashioned sleep."
Jessie smiled and nodded as the older girl led her out of the school. The two laid in Katies bed in complete silence. Katie watched Jessie as she slept; the color was drained from her body by stress. She wanted so bad to make things easier on her… She found out that she got into art school in New York two days before. Of course the first person that she wanted to tell was Jessie. She actually had the phone in her hand and had dialed the area code when it dawned on her, what was going to happen if she left? What would happen to Ethan and Jessie? Who would help Jessie with Ethan, who would make sure that she didn't cut, or that she ate? She knew though that she had to tell her… and it had to be soon. The year was drawing to a close and Katie would be graduating at the end of two weeks.
"Katie?" Jessie said gently shaking the girl next to her awake. "Katie, I've got to go." Jessie whispered in her ear.
Katie sat up groggily and wiped her eyes. Katie unlike Jessie wasn't too pleasant when she woke up, until she had a donut and a couple of cups of coffee in her.
"What?" Katie asked turning back over.
"I've got to go!" Jessie said again. "We overslept, it's five. I was supposed to watch Ethan two hours ago." Jessie said in an even tone
"No!" Katie said pulling Jessie back down on the bed, her eyes still closed.
"Kate!" Jessie persisted kissing her. "I've got to go."
Katie sat up slowly and shook her head a couple of times. She then stood up, slightly tripping on her own feet.
"I'll come with you." She said smiling a little
"I think that you may need a little more sleep."
"Please Billie, we just slept, I'll be up for awhile now. I will need you and the little man to entertain me." Katie said changing her shirt.
"Alright." Jessie said smiling.
The drive to Jessie's house was silent. The two girls were just enjoying one another's presence.
"JESS!" Eli said storming out of the house. "Where the hell were you? I had to be at practice at Coops at four!"
"Sorry!" Jessie said
Katie rushed past the two as they argued, and into the house to find Ethan. He was lying in his bassinet in the living room screaming his head off. His little face was all red and scrunched up.
"Oh baby!" Katie said picking him up holding him close. "Ssshhh… It's gonna be alright." She said carrying him up to his room where she laid the still crying infant on the changing table. She quickly changed his diaper and re-dress him, he was a little warm. She then went downstairs and grabbed a bottle, trying to feed it to the baby but he wouldn't take it.
She felt him, he felt hot, very hot. She could hear Eli's car speed off and then Jessie slam the door.
"I can't believe him! GOD!" Jessie said throwing up her hands
"Jess" Katie said
."And even worse he's high!" Jessie continued yelling
"JESS!" Katie said a little firmer
"Yeah?" Jessie breathed out in the middle of her rant
"I think Ethan is like sick or something…" She said looking at Jessie with worried eyes. Jessie just looked back.
