Hey all! I am so sorry I've taken so long to update, but I'm here now and I really hope you enjoy this chapter!

Much love Bex.

Chapter seven

Your own Disaster

She arrived home to the hustle and bustle of a city that never slept. People whose faces were unfamiliar and uncomprehending of the grief stricken presence they were in, walked on as Audrey rushed past them, head down and subtle.

By 10 pm she was climbing the numerous stairs towards her apartment which was situated on the 5th floor of the run down Victorian building, at 10 past 10 she was standing outside her door which to her great concern was slightly ajar with the lock lying discarded on the ground.

'Are you fucking serious?' she demanded to herself.

Looking braver then she felt, Audrey strode into her apartment and stood at the threshold trying to figure out what it was that was out of place; she didn't have to look far to see her drunken father sitting smugly in her favourite leather arm chair.

"Dad, what in gods name are you doing here?" she demanded.

He looked up "You didn't tell me Katie was dead."

She opened her mouth to speak, but found no words to voice her hatred. He looked at her and grinned "what do you care, dad, what the fuck do care?" she cried.

"Oh, Audrey of course I care, she was like a daughter to me."

The word daughter struck her, it was such a lie, such a fabrication of the truth Audrey found she could only laugh; she doubled over and began to cackle with pathetic irony. In a moment she felt his hands clamp around her shoulders as he righted her so that Audrey could look into his face.

"Don't you dare laugh at me." He screamed.

She seized laughing to stare at him "You son of a bitch, you left her back there to die, just like you left my mother, they were the best part of us and now they're gone leaving only us assholes behind!" she roared, beating at him hysterically.

He grabbed her fists and forced them close to her body "why do all the good ones die?" she screamed, only to be silenced by a fist which sent her falling to her knees.

Her father, bent down so he was almost level with her. Audrey in a last act of defiance turned away from him, hiding the tears which had accidentally fallen. "Look at me." When she didn't he grabbed her chin and forced her face upwards "you are nothing without me, you'd be dead and don't you fucking forget it, my girl." He smiled, and stood up hand outstretched to grab for the door handle.

Audrey looked up, knowing what she had to do. "Hey dad you remember Bobby Mercer"- She didn't wait for a response.

"Well I fucked him…Oh yeh he really straightened me out, something you could never do."

The bomb had been dropped and detonated. She watched mesmerized as he turned and walked towards her, grabbing the nap of her neck and dragging her into the center of the room. He then proceeded to kick at her, beat at her, awaiting the moment like all the others time when she would cry out and beg for mercy. The time never came and he never saw the smile that played across her face. Audrey Rose was smiling at the knowledge that she had hit a nerve and the fact that she had finally won was worth more then her life.

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He found himself bending down to meet her slumbering form, her face unlike the rest of her body remained untouched and beautiful leaving no sign of its broken counterpart which was torn and ravaged.

Jack brushed away the silky strand of hair which had fallen like a black slash across her peaceful face. "Katie, sweet heart it's time to wake up." He whispered, resting her head in his lap.

She stirred momentarily, but then lay still again. Jack kissed her brow thanking God with everything he had that somehow a miracle had been preformed and Katie had been returned to him once more. He shook her again and this time she regained consciousness, her lips parted with a deep moan and she wiped at her eyes. Jack looked down at her with anticipation, those amber jewels would blink back at him any moment now and then all this; all the events that had happened leading up to this moment of magnanimous proportions would be set aside and there would be nothing else but her.

"Katie-

At the use of her name, the flesh which encased her eyes flew open to reveal ice cold, deep and distraught blue eyes so blue that they must have mirrored the ocean. Jack cried out in horror, recoiling into the corner of the room. How was this possible, how could the heavens play such a cruel trick he had held her in his arms for those short moments of sleep of that he was certain and now there was nothing more then an imposter residing there now.

The girl moaned and crawled towards the back of the couch, were she slowly eased herself up to sitting position. "Jackie, Jack do you remember me, its Audrey- Katie's sister?" she said, clutching her side.

His mouth was agape, the hatred and fear was evident in his eyes.

"No, no you're Katie, please remember me, baby." He begged, easing himself towards her, arms outstretched ready to receive like a child awaiting the promised gift.

"Oh jesus, Jack Katie is dead, I am not her."

Jack couldn't believe it, maybe he was beyond the point of even comprehending the words she was speaking, all he knew was that as he encircled the weeping woman in his arms and kissed her tender lips was that this was Katie, it had to be no one else could hold him this way, no one else could kiss him and take his breath away like Katie could. Jack was too lost in relief and love that he didn't even notice the glimmering maroon substance which was inching its way further across the floor and staining their perfect alabaster flesh.

'Hey lush have fun it's the weekend No I don't think that you know what you've been missing forget me it's that simple' – Your own disaster by Taking Back Sunday