Chapter 8
"Well I'd say that's a first, and maybe even a last." Kendall said long after Erica had gone
"Still not able to get over the shock either huh?" Bianca asked
"Not really. Hey Binks, you want me to go get you some coffee or something? Maybe breakfast? You didn't eat all day yesterday."
"I wasn't really that hungry." Bianca said hanging her head from the sudden flashbacks. "But I can't lie. I would love some pancakes, bacon, and orange juice."
"From anywhere special?"
"Not really. Just please not the cafeteria."
"You got it sis. I'll be back in a little bit. Anything else you want?"
"Yea…a miracle."
Kendall couldn't take it. She couldn't stand seeing Bianca like that. She couldn't hold it in anymore. She broke down.
"Kendall, I'm sorry. It just kinda came out. I don't expect you to do anything like that." Bianca walked over to hug Kendall.
"It's just that I hate seeing you like this. No smile on your face. It's killing me."
"Hey, look at me." Bianca said smiling at Kendall. "It's gonna be OK." Suddenly the roles were reversed.
"So…" Kendall said not wanting to show Bianca her weakness. "Miranda is still with the nanny. She said she would keep her as long as you need her to."
"Thanks Kendall."
"For what?"
"Everything. Being there when I needed you. Watching Miranda. Making sure she's OK. Putting your life on hold for me. Accepting me. Loving Maggie…"
"Binks how could I not love someone who loves you so much?"
"Ask mom."
"Still hurts?"
"Yea. I know she says she's changed, she understands now, she's behind me…but it's not going to be that easy for her. I won't let it be. We have to talk about everything she has done to me. And when I find out what she's done to Maggie, I'll get her for that too."
"That's the Kane way." Kendall said laughing.
"So, how about that breakfast?" Bianca asked
"I'll be back in a flash."
"Hey Kendall." Bianca stopped her as she opened the door. "I love you."
"I love you too Bianca."
"Alright Maggie, it's just you and me now. You have to wake up if you're going to face this ghost. But then, Leo and Frankie said you wouldn't wake up until you got over your fear. You can't very well face my mother in a coma. So there's something I'm missing." Bianca thought back to the unusual encounter with her past. She went over everything for what seemed like hours. 'A ghost she has to face down, something to do with her past, never being good enough, doesn't want to hurt me, until she decides to tell me, something she isn't telling me…' "That's it!" Bianca said aloud. "She can wake up when she decides to tell me, not when she faces Erica. We have to face Erica TOGETHER!" Bianca was so overjoyed by her incredible discovery she hadn't even heard Kendall come back with her food.
"Something you want to tell me Binks?" Kendall asked startled by her sister's outburst.
"I know what Frankie and Leo meant! Maggie has to decide to tell me what mom has done to her before she can wake up!"
"So she can hear us right? Will she just wake up and that be the first thing that comes out of her mouth? Just ask her to tell you."
"I don't think it will be that simple."
"So, you've only solved half of the mystery."
"Hey, I'm only one person." Bianca said defensively.
"I was kidding." Kendall said noticing the tone in Bianca's voice.
As they sat down to eat Bianca was still trying to figure out the rest of the puzzle. Kendall assumed she was, so she ate in silence, wanting the puzzle to be solved herself so the light would be put back in Bianca's eyes. However, Kendall got the feeling that it wasn't Bianca who would figure out the rest.
'So, I have to tell Bianca what Erica has done to me in order to wake up? That should be easy enough.' Maggie thought to herself. She tried to open her mouth the tell Bianca everything, but couldn't. 'Once again it's harder than I imagined.' Maggie still wasn't sure about the whole telling Bianca thing. She didn't want what she had to say to cause two Kane women to go head to head. 'That could get ugly. Real ugly. Maybe I'll just wait until they are arguing about something else to bring it up.' Maggie jokingly thought to herself. And then it hit her. That was her piece of the puzzle…her loop hole. 'Bianca said she wasn't going to let Erica off that easily. She said she was going to talk to her about everything she has done. That's when I could tell her. Then technically I wouldn't be solely responsible for hurting Bianca. She would already have been fighting with Erica. But that confrontation might not come for weeks. I'll just have to wait that long then because I'm not giving up on Bianca. Not now, not ever.'
TBC
