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Chapter 05. Keelie's Confession Part 02.

"Mom. Do you think we should be doing this? They're going to get mad, they might kick Travis out of school?"

"Keelie." Penelope said with concern. "You stood up for Aaliyah, we're going to stand up for you."

Penelope continued their walk into the office of the school district. Behind her was Derek and JJ who tagged along to help the young girl she considered her niece, be enrolled back into the school.

"But-"

"No buts, that's what family do." Penelope interrupted her as she made the both of them take a seat outside of the head honcho's office.

"So, what's our plan of attack?" Derek asked his wife.

"We open up with Kee's school record; straight A student, honor roll, that kinda thing." She smiles impressively. "And then we point out that there are thousands of students at this school... and she only decked one."

Keelie quirked a brow in amusement at her mothers plan while Derek just stared at his wife for awhile with an unreadable face before he gave in and patted his thighs. "Sweetheart you're brilliant."

JJ chewed her gum slowly giving Pen a look that said 'fail' before she focused her attention on the teenager walking down the hall.

"Aaliyah." Penelope beamed as she stood up and walked over to her oldest daughter, taking her hand. "It's so sweet of you to come down here and support your sister."

"Are you kidding me? After what Kee did for me there is no way I'm letting them kick her out of school."

"Mom, do we really have to do this?" Keelie said with a shaky voice as she stood up.

"Sweetie, I know you're nervous but we've gotta go in there and tell them what happened."

"I just wanna go home." She responded tiredly.

"Sweetheart it'll be fine." Derek stepped in rubbing his daughter on the shoulder.

JJ observed the scene before her and cleared her throat.

"Excuse me, but I need to go to the little girls room." She looked at Keelie and her brows shot up expressively. "Kee, do you mind coming with me."

Keelie studied her aunt JJ's behavior and took a shuddering breathe before nodding her head and walking away with her.

JJ came out of the bathroom stall over to the bathroom sink where she began washing her hands. She made eye contact with her niece reflection in the mirror in front of her.

"There's something you're not telling everyone and it desperately needs to come out." She said softly.

Keelie heaved a sigh of sadness and her eyes got teary as she was on the brink of crying. "Oh aunt JJ, I messed up. I lied to mom and dad... and Aaliyah."

JJ nodded, having a feeling that is what she did. She turned around to grab a paper towel and began drying her hands.

"So you're going to go out there and tell them what really happened.."

Keelie looked at her like she was crazy.

"I don't really have a choice do I?"

JJ shook her head no with sympathy.

"But what if they hate me, what if they really can't save me from getting kicked out of school."

JJ pondered on the thoughts tilting her head side to side but wound up hugging Keelie. "I won't hate you and I'll help your parents find you a new school."

Kee chuckled softly, grateful for her aunts words.

"Okay, lets go do this." She said with an eye-roll before they emerged from the public bathroom.

"Mrs. Morgan." The super attendant called out Penelope's name to join her as soon as JJ & Keelie re joined their family.

"Mom don't do this! I wanted to get kicked out."

Everyone looked at Keelie in shock and disbelief.

Derek's eyes flashed with anger. "Uh, we're gonna need a minute." He told the super attendant with a finger raised.

She excused her self and closed her door.

"What are you talking about?" Penelope asked.

"Are you saying that that girl didn't call me a slut?" Aaliyah asked.

"No. She called you a slut and a loser and a teenage baby machine."

Aaliyah's ego deflated. She frowned and took a seat in one of the chairs as if those words had knocked the wind out of her. JJ sat beside her rubbing her back for comfort.

"She also said that I was gonna be just like Aaliyah which is what everybody says all the time!" She defended. "I guess I'm just tired of hearing, hey Keelie how many kids are you gonna have by prom." She cried.

"Well did you also say that Aaliyah is going to college and she has an A minus average?"

"It's not my job to defend her! I just wanna live my own life. I wanna go to school where nobodies even heard of Aaliyah." Keelie voiced tiredly as she sat down again.

"Keelie, I'm sorry that you're carrying all of this weight but you're going about this all wrong?" Derek stepped in, now that his anger sizzled over.

He was calmer now and felt sorry for his daughter.

"What am I suppose to do? Stay here and be miserable for the next 3 years?"

"Kee, when things are tough you stick with it. We gotta go in there and tell them what's been going on. Because if we decide to go to another school it needs to be on your terms, not because you were kicked out."

Kee frowned, but felt the courage to ask in a tiny voice. "So you'll let me transfer?"

He looked to his wife for answers and she didn't give him a distinct one, so he sighed and rubbed his daughter's arm. "We'll cross this bridge then we'll talk about it."

"Okay." She nodded.

Derek and JJ headed inside the office while Penelope stopped at the door, noticing Aaliyah's hesitation.

Keelie felt awful and needed to apologize to her sister for lying.

"I'll be there in a minute." She told her mom who gave her a hopeful smile before disappearing into the room leaving her two daughters to talk.

"Well I'm glad you had a good laugh." Aaliyah said nastily, a pure sign that her feelings were hurt. "You know I was an idiot to think that you actually liked me." She rolled her eyes.

"I did like you."

Aaliyah gave her a look.

"I do like you."

"Yeah right. You know what? You fool me once and..." she paused wracking her brain on the next part. "Well I don't know the rest of the saying but you are not gonna fool me again."

Keelie snorted a laugh because her sister was such a bubble head. But she was her bubble head and deep down she really liked her.

She loves her.

"At the mall, in the car, at home. All the times you weren't hugging me." She started. "I like talking to you."

Aaliyah gushed at her words. It touched her and opened a new beginning for them, always wanting a relationship with her sister.

She went in for a hug.

"All the times you weren't hugging me." Keelie repeated making her sister laugh who hugged her tight anyways.

THE END.