Chapter 6

KAY'S POV

The garage is there in front of me...staring down at me with so many memories. The one now most vivid in my mind. Tim and me in the garage creating one of the most incredible memories in my life, in my mind. My stomach hurts. I can't believe Tim is the hospital, why ... how could he be in teh hospital? Not Tim...not Tim! I kneel in front of the garage and cover my face with my hands, I can't believe this. My stomach really hurts. Clenching my fists, scratching my face I look back up and see the stupid garage that ruined my life.

"DAD! Why did you do this to me! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!" I cry at the sky, not knowing what to do other than scream. My god why does my stomach hurt so bad. Staring up at the sky I stand up, tears falling down my face somewhat like a waterfall...why had it been me? Why'd it have to be me? Not my family, Quinn doesn't even know. God...what do you want from me? My stomach is freakishly hurting. Putting my hands to my stomach I turn around and stagger towards my car, my hands falling out in front of me. The ground is spinning. My world is going black. What is happening?

My baby...

ASHLEY'S POV

"Kay!" I cry running forward, Quinn and I sit by her side. I rip out my cell phone and explain the situation to the 911 dispatcher. How could this have happened.Putting my fingers to her wrist I feel a pulse, she's alive, suddenly she starts to shake and then she's still again. She's alive, but she's in shock...horrific shock. Quinn's eyes are wide. She's thinking this is Tim's fault I have no idea, but I'm guessing that's what to blame for the look on her face. Placing my hand on her shoulder I sigh. "I'll tell youa bout the garage later baby, I promise." She shakes her head. "What?"

"I don't wanna know mama, I don't wanna know why this garage is so good or bad, it scares me to be here I sing that song and I don't know why, I have dreams...or maybe they're nightmares about my dad, he was mean? I don't knwo what happened...but I don't want to." She looks down at her hands and her sister's, clenched tighty together.

"Then what do you want?" I quesiton, the ambulance only a minute or so away.

"I want everything to be the same..." She says quietly. "and mama can I tell you a secret?" She askes me, biting her bottom lip. She's scared to let me know the truth.

"Anything baby," I brush some hair from her face with the hand that isn't holding Kay's hand. "Anything," I cup her cheek in my hand as she tilts her head and smiles.

"I'm a lesbian..." She trails off. She doubts this is the time to tell me. But she had to..wait what? My daughter is a lesbian? How why...god dammit not another issue to deal with.

"Does anyone else know?" I asked, now biting my own lip. How do I respond to this?

"I've been dating," She says slowly. "Kay knows," She starts to cry, putting her head on her sister's stomach. No wonder she doesn't want to know what her past is, she has her own demons in the present to deal with, without memories crowding her head too. I smile at my two strong daughters who made it through everything they've been through.

"I love you baby soft," I whisper in her ear, not knowing why I called her by that name.

QUINN'S POV

Mama isn't mad at me. Now it's only a matter of time before I tell her everyhting else...it's going to take some time to tell her all of my secrets.I stare at Kay's limp figure and her chest rising slowly up and down slowly. Kay's boyfriend could die. Tim is a good guy, he can't die. What about Kay's baby? What about what about what about, what is there to say other than we're just going to wait and see what happens with everything. Life is catching up with us at last. They think I don't know, I've seen the pictures and studied the papers. But if they haven't told me now I dont' want them to. I can just pretend I don't know.

Whiping the tears from my cheeks I watch as the ambulance carries my sister away and climb into the car with my mother. We're following the ambulance but that doesn't mean we're going towards anything horrible. We're just facing life like my family has been afraid to for so long. I look out the window and a tear falls down my cheek as it starts to rain outside on the garage. "Good for you Kay," I whisper at the rain. She was facing life.

Now all we needed to do was see where it led us.

I can't believe I'm only a freshman.