Sleepless Nights
Chapter 7
A/N: If you haven't read the 1st chapter to this story you need to else wise you'll be lost in this chapter!
She hated nights like this. When no matter how tired she was the minute she hit the bed she couldn't sleep.
Irritated she rolled over and looked at the alarm clock flashing on the night stand beside her bed. Two o'clock in the morning. She groaned.
Glancing at the communicator lying on the table. Kali grabbed and dialed her mom's phone. Her finger moved over to hit call and then she remembered. Her parents had disowned. She felt the pain grip her and tears started too slid down her face.
Kali sat there for a minute, letting the tears fall and then she dialed the one person outside the Titans who would answer her call in the middle of the night. Jennifer.
The phone rang four times before it was answered by Jennifer's quiet, calm voice.
"Hello?" Jennifer said into the phone.
"Jen!" Kali cried out using her nickname for Jennifer.
"Kali? Is that you?"
"Yes, Jen I can't sleep and I needed someone to talk too. I've missed you so much."
The phone on the other end was quiet for a brief minute.
"Kal, it's been about two months since you left without a word and now you call me?" Jen was using her nickname for Kali.
Kali felt herself being to cry again.
"I'm so sorry Jen. My parents they…" She paused for a minute trying to keep her tears under control. She hated crying. Especially when someone could hear or see her crying.
"Your parents what Kali?" Jen sounded like she was getting mad.
"They disowned me Jennifer!" Kali heard herself sob.
"Oh Kali! I'm so sorry." Jennifer's voice was immediately quiet and calm. "Look where are you at right now. I just got my licenses and it's obvious you don't need to be alone right now."
"I'm in Gotham Jen." She paused for a minute.
"What the heck are you doing in Gotham?"
Kali suddenly felt weary. "Jennifer can we meet at the small café at the end of Jump City tomorrow about noon, I really need to see you in person?"
"Of course," Jen said immediately. "I'll meet you there about twelve. And I have something to tell you to."
Kali and Jen said there goodbyes and hung up. Kali let the phone sleep to the floor and then she rolled over and pulled the blanket around her. She quietly drifted to sleep.
It was a restless sleep full of nightmares. And you could see the effects the next morning. Kali woke up at ten. The bags under her eyes were huge.
Not really caring Kali brushed out her hair which causes it to be extremely frizzy. Then she pulled it into a pony tail. She tried to get the frizz to go down with out success and finally gave up.
She put a little make up to try to hide the bags under her eyes. She put on colored Chap Stick on her very sore chapped lips.
It was warm outside so she threw on currant jam tank top with white lace across the top. And a pair of low rise destroyed surf blue wash denim pants.
Kali walked down the hall to the elevator she had finally found late yesterday afternoon.
She hesitated before stepping in. Kali hated elevators, she was always afraid of the elevator getting stuck between floors with her in it.
Finally deciding to take the risk she stepped in and hit the button that would take her to the first floor.
Kali walked out of the elevator and then made a bee line for the door hoping no one would stop her to ask where she was going.
Luck was with her for she was out the door two seconds later and no one had noticed.
She decided to fly to the center of Gotham and catch a taxi and us it to get to Jump City.
'Okay this is clearly the best place to land.' Kali thought as she seen the groups of people but seeing no are where she could land without being she dropped from the sky and unfortunately got more people's attention then she had wanted.
She was swamped by reporters and people taking pictures and wanting autographs of the girl who would be helping protect Gotham for a while.
Kali throw her head left and right looking for a taxi but could not see any. The feeling that she was suffocating in the crowed overwhelmed her.
Shooting into the air she spotted a taxi and as quickly as she could manage flew over to it and climbed in.
She gave the driver the directions and watched as they slowly drove out of Gotham.
Kali grabbed her communicator out of her pocket and called Jennifer.
"Hey Jen, I ran into a small problem on my way out of town and I'm going to be a little late." Kali left the message on Jennifer's voice mail.
About forty-five minutes later the taxi dropped her off at the front of the café. She grabbed the amount of money she owed him form her pocket. And got out of the cab.
Kali caught a glance of the newspaper stand sitting outside the café. And was glad for the cap in her hand.
She slammed it on her head and looked toward the ground as she walked into the café.
It wasn't busy at this time of day and Kali could walk unnoticed into the café and to the back both where Jennifer was sitting drinking coffee and looking out the window.
She slipped into the both and startled Jennifer.
"Hey, Jen." Kali said.
"Kal, I've missed you." Jen was quieter than usual.
They were both quiet for a while trying to come up with something to say.
Kali broke the silence. "You've heard I joined the Teen Titans right?"
"I heard the gossip about it. Why did you join them?"
Kali told Jen the whole story not leaving out a single detail.
After that they both talked and giggled like they had never been apart for two months.
It was when they were getting up to leave that Kali remembered Jen had said she had news too.
"Jen what was it you had to tell me?" Kali asked as they were standing outside the café getting ready to part.
"Kal, I'm pregnant." Jennifer said.
A/N: That's all for now. If you don't remember Jennifer go back the first chapter and read it. Anyway R&R!