At lunch, even though Kitty wasn't there, the kids were arguing about whether or not she should go and live with her dad. Mike and Gina were busy in the office, so they didn't notice.
"Come on, you can't say that she should go and live with him after what he did!" Elektra said.
"Every girl needs a dad, Elektra, no matter what he did!" Lily said.
"You managed without one for years and years, Lily!" Carmen said.
"But I'm sure she feels much better now that she has her dad back." Johnny said.
"Family is family, no matter what they did." Liam said.
"He hit her, though!" Jody said. "That's horrible."
"But he might have changed." Frank argued.
"Frank, Kitty last saw him about a month ago, in that special care home, she said." Faith said.
"And she had to hit him with a chair!" Jody interjected.
"Maybe he feels guilty about that." Johnny said.
"But what if he doesn't?!" Carmen asked.
"Oh, and you would know?" Liam said.
"Carmen, I did think at first that maybe she shouldn't go with her dad, but Lily and the others have a point." Tyler said.
"Tyler, not you too!" Jody said.
"You can't be serious." Carmen agreed.
"You're just jealous because your mum never really wanted you back, because you're a stupid, ugly cow!" Lily snapped at Carmen, causing everyone to freeze.
"Lily!" Tee said, shocked.
Tears formed in Carmen's eyes, before she got up, anger flaring inside of her. She grabbed her cup of water and threw it at Lily, ice and all.
Soon, they were all food fighting, throwing stuff everywhere.
Kitty heard Mike shouting at the kids, but wasn't really listening.
Rick entered her room. "Hey."
"Hi, Rick." Kitty said.
Rick had always been like a brother to her, even if he wasn't.
"They're fighting about you downstairs." Rick said, sitting beside her.
"Really?" Kitty said, surprised.
"Yeah. Some of them think you shouldn't do and live with your dad, others think you should. Tee and I are trying to tell them that it's your decision, but it isn't working." Rick explained.
"Oh." Kitty said.
"But here, I saved this for you from the lunch table, before everyone started fighting." Rick said, handing over a cupcake. Kitty smiled and ate it gratefully. As soon as she swallowed, Rick began to talk again. "By the way, maybe you should talk to Carmen."
"Why? What happened?" Kitty asked.
"Lily called her a stupid, ugly cow and Carmen's really upset. She's sitting downstairs with those who think you shouldn't go with your dad: Faith, Elektra, and Jody. Tee's probably with them, too, though she doesn't want to get involved, like me." Rick said.
Kitty got to her feet. "Right." She said, and then she opened the door, walking downstairs, into the living room.
Carmen, Elektra, Faith, Jody and Tee were sitting on the sofa, and yet Lily, Liam, Johnny, Frank and Tyler were standing by the pool table.
Kitty stormed up to Lily, while Rick went to stand beside Tee.
"You called my best friend a cow, did you?!" Kitty demanded.
"Yeah, I did. You got a problem with that?!" Lily said.
"Yes, I do!" Kitty said, before she pounced; she grabbed Lily's hair and yanked as hard as she could, before pushing her onto the pool table and pinning her there. "You can't call people things that you are yourself, you know." Kitty said coolly. "And if you ever insult my best friend ever again, I'll make sure you don't live to see the end of it." She said darkly, letting Lily go. She turned to Johnny. "And you, I can't believe you didn't stick up for your girlfriend!" she said.
Kitty moved so that she could look between every one of the kids. "Something else I can't believe is that you're all fighting over something that has nothing to do with you. Even if you two," she gestured to Rick and Tee. "Pretend that you don't care, I can tell whose sides you're on. And it's sick. All of you, you're all just sick. Can't you leave a situation alone for once? People you love are all around you, and people who love you. You can't fight with them about something that none of you have control over!" Kitty walked towards the door, turning back as she did so.
"I hope you're all happy. You've ruined each other's friendships and, in one case, relationship. I'm really disappointed in all of you, because I thought you were my friends." And with that, Kitty left.
The kids looked around at each other. Carmen stood up and started to walk out, too.
"Leave her." Rick said.
"I'm going to my room, if that's allowed." Carmen said. As she got to the door, she stopped at a voice.
"Carmen, wait." She turned to face Johnny. He was still standing with the others but his eyes were pleading.
"You didn't stick up for me, when I counted on you the most. You obviously can't be my boyfriend, so I think its best that it's over between us." She said, and then she left.
Eventually, all the others began to follow her, just leaving Johnny and Lily standing there, both of them shell-shocked.