It was Tuesday and Chloe had just arrived at Ange's house. She had her appointment at 9 and was nervous. However, she knew it was the right thing to do. She opened the door and noticed her mother and cousin running about mad.
"Come on Kisaiya, I gave you a lot of notice that we needed to leave early today" Ange shouted up the stairs.
"Sorry sweetie, we just need to drop Kisaiya off at school first. How are you doing?" Ange asked supportively squeezing her daughter's arm.
"I'm fine" Chloe said as she forced herself to smile. Ange looked at the girl. She knew that she wasn't telling the truth but decided to speak to her later.
Kisaiya came running down the stairs and it wasn't long before they were all getting into the car. They arrived at the school and Kisaiya clambered out.
"Bye mum" Kisaiya said "Bye Chloe"
Chloe looked at Ange.
"Well this is a new thing" Chloe said and Ange nodded.
"It started at Dom's wedding, well meant to be wedding. Clemmie came and was horrible to her and then since then she has called me mum" Ange explained.
"Are you okay with it?" Chloe asked and Ange nodded.
"Of course, I am. Are you?" Ange asked and Chloe nodded.
"I did always want a little sister and Kisaiya basically is my sister anyway" Chloe said and Ange nodded. They pulled up in front of the clinic and they both got out.
"Are you sure you don't mind coming with me?" Chloe asked.
"Chloe you are my daughter. Of course I don't mind" Ange explained. They walked into the clinic together and Chloe gave her name. It wasn't long before she was taken into a room. She was spoken to in depth about her decision and she explained that she'd actually had a counselling appointment the previous day and had spoken about the abortion at length so she was clear. The nurse was happy with the wellbeing of Chloe and explained the two processes. Chloe decided that she would go for the tablet. She felt very wary about being toucher privately due to the rape and thought the pill would be a better option for her. Chloe was given the first pill and told that she'd have to come back tomorrow for the second.
"Will you come with me?" Chloe asked Ange and Ange nodded.
"Of course, I want you to stay at my house tonight and for the next few days" Ange explained. Chloe nodded knowing that Ange would not accept no for an answer.
"So I'll drop you off at the house and then I have to go to work" Ange explained and Chloe nodded. When she arrived home, Chloe got the duvet from the spare room and snuggled up on the sofa. She put Netflix on. She jumped when she heard the door opening and turned around.
"Hey" Chloe said as she noticed Kisaiya walk in.
"What are you doing here?" Kisaiya asked.
"I'm staying here the next few days" Chloe explained.
"Why?" Kisaiya asked.
"Because I am" Chloe said. She really didn't want to have to explain everything to Kisaiya especially just now. Kisaiya shrugged and nodded.
"Why are you here anyway?" Chloe asked.
"Not feeling well" Kisaiya said as she dumped her bag.
"Yeah, right" Chloe said as she looked at her watch and saw it was just after 2 o'clock.
"Have you had lunch?" Chloe asked and Kisaiya nodded.
"Yeah had lunch with my friends then it was meant to be PE but I'm not well so I came home" Kisaiya explained. Chloe got up and walked into the kitchen. Kisaiya followed her. Her sister/cousin started making herself some soup. Kisaiya realised that she hadn't spent a lot of time with Chloe recently.
"Can we watch something on Netflix together?" Kisaiya asked and Chloe smiled.
"That sounds good. Try and find something" Chloe said as she heated the soup up.
Kisaiya disappeared to the living room and started looking through Netflix and soon Chloe returned.
"This looks good" She said putting on Somewhere Between. Chloe nodded and they put the first episode on. They were both instantly hooked and watched another 4 episodes before Ange arrived home.
"Oi, I got a text saying you didn't turn up to class this afternoon" Ange said looking at Kisaiya.
"I wasn't feeling well" Kisaiya said.
"How?" Ange challenged knowing that nothing was wrong with the girl.
"My head hasn't been good since my mum came here. I needed some time away" Kisaiya said.
"Well can you please make sure your time away is not during school time in the future please" Ange said and Kisaiya nodded.
"Can you write me a note though?" Kisaiya asked not wanting to have an unexplained absence. Ange thought for a moment but then nodded.
"Just once. I mean it" Ange explained and Kisaiya nodded.
"What are you watching?" Ange asked and instantly Kisaiya went off on one explaining exactly what had happened so far and Ange laughed.
"Well I guess I don't need to watch it myself" Ange said.
"We still have 6 episodes left" She said excitedly. Ange laughed and disappeared to make dinner for them all. It didn't take Ange long and she returned with plates for both Chloe and Kisaiya. Ange sat on the other sofa and watched another two episodes with the girls.
"Right, it's almost 11 o'clock so I am off to bed. Kisaiya I want you to bed as well. Chloe it's up to you" Ange said and Kisaiya went to make a fuss.
"I'm going to bed as well" Chloe said so Kisaiya admitted defeat and headed to bed as well.
"I enjoyed spending the afternoon with you" Kisaiya said and Chloe smiled.
"I did as well" Chloe said as she gave her cousin a hug. Kisaiya hugged the girl back before going to bed. She got ready for bed and nipped to see her aunt.
"Everything okay?" Ange asked as it was unusual for Kisaiya to come into her room.
"I wanted to say goodnight" Kisaiya said.
"Oh sorry sweetie" Ange said as she pulled the girl into her chest.
"Are you okay now?" Ange asked and Kisaiya nodded.
"I'm sorry. I was just having a hard time at school and I knew if I stayed I'd end up doing something stupid and get into trouble" Kisaiya explained and Ange nodded.
"Next time just let me know though" Ange said and Kisaiya nodded. They hugged for a bit longer before Kisaiya disappeared back to her room and Ange got into bed and went to sleep.
Sorry it's short. Next chapter will be more exciting I promise :)