AN: Disclaimer in earlier chapters. I own Chris and a few other OCs.
Chris and Carrie deal with the aftermath of the fight.
CHAPTER 14
"I can't believe this!" Emily shouted throwing her good arm up. "First I am called in for good news that Chris could possibly graduate at the end of the year and now I'm back here to the news that both my girls were involved in a fight!" Emily shouted as JJ tried to calm her.
"Em, calm down." JJ said rubbing her shoulder.
"I have to agree with Ms. Prentiss." Mr. Carter said. "What were you thinking Shay? Starting a fight?"
"Daddy, I barely got one hit in." Shay said motioning to her bruised arms and face.
"With what you said you deserve it." Chris said as Shay gasped.
"I thought you loved me?"
"I did and I always will as a friend, but you don't say things like that Shay, how did you find out about that anyway?" Chris asked.
"I googled it." Shay mumbled.
"So you use it to hurt her?" Chris asked.
"Hold on, what did she say?" Mrs. Carter asked as Chris looked to Carrie who seemed to be in a comatose state.
"Carrie?" JJ asked as the girl turned to cling to Chris.
"Shay brought up her family." Chris said as JJ and Emily glared at the teen.
"I'm sorry, she's a foster child?" the principal asked.
"Yes. Her family was killed by serial killers a few weeks back." Emily said as Mr. and Mrs. Carter glared at their daughter.
"Shay Monica Carter! What is the matter with you!" they cried.
"Given the circumstances of the fight I thought it best you as the parents and legal guardians decide the matter of punishment." The principal said.
"What was usually happen?" JJ asked.
"Suspension for three days." He answered.
"Will this affect her graduation?" Emily asked as the principal shook his head.
"The suspension would only apply to Carrie and Shay, Chris was trying to prevent it." The principal said.
"Don't suspend Carrie. We raised our daughter to be better than this." Mr. Carter said.
"Very well." The principal said writing up the forms. "And Chris, I think you should get that ice pack now." The principal said as Chris pulled out her phone and saw the swelling had increased.
"Noted." Chris said.
"Would it be ok to take them home?" Emily asked as the principal nodded.
"Of course, just sign them out at the front."
Chris and Carrie walked into the condo almost thirty minutes later an ice pack pressed against Chris' cheek.
"How did the fight start?" Emily sighed as Chris and Carrie exchanged a look before dropping into the huge recliner. "Well?" Emily asked dropping onto the couch with JJ.
Chris and Carrie exchanged a look.
"You can tell her." Chris said as Carrie looked at her hands. "Because honestly, I have no idea why you felt you needed to stand up for me."
"Because someone had to!" Carrie cried. "Your so called friends weren't about to and you just sat there taking it." Carrie said.
"I handle things in my own way! I don't need people fighting my battles."
"So you sit there and let Shay drag you back in to be the whipped girlfriend?"
Chris scoffed. "I am not whipped."
Emily snorted. "I have to agree with Carrie; while you were dating her you did whatever she asked with no questions."
"Then JJ's whipped?" Chris asked as Emily looked at JJ who was glaring at her and daring her to answer that unwisely.
"Uh, no, she's just making sure I recover nicely." Emily said as JJ smiled.
"So you're the whipped one?" Carrie smirked as JJ smiled.
"Yes, she is."
"But-"
"Hush and go take your meds." JJ said as Emily grumbled.
"I don't need them."
"But you do need some sleep, so go take your meds and get some rest." JJ said giving Emily a pouting look.
"Fine."
Chris made a whipping motion and sound making Carrie giggle. The sound of her giggle made Chris smile wide.
Once Emily was resting JJ came back down.
"You two gonna tell me what's going on?" JJ asked taking a seat on the love seat opposite the recliner.
They told JJ how the fight began all the way to how it ended.
JJ sighed and rubbed her temples. "Go to your room and do whatever, I'm not Emily so I can't really punish you or anything." JJ said as the teens bolted up the stairs.
"You're graduating early?" Carrie asked as they sat on the respective beds.
"I'm thinking about it."
"Why?"
"Because after today I'm sure you don't need me to look after you all the time. You don't need me." Chris said no matter how much it hurt to say it.
"That's not true!"
"How is it not true?"
"Because."
"You sound like a child." Chris said as Carrie glared.
"You act like one."
"I didn't have a decent childhood like you." Chris snapped but the second the words left her mouth she regretted it. "Carrie…"
"Don't. I should have known better than to think that you cared. Shay was right, you pity me." Carrie said walking into the bathroom but Chris followed.
"I don't pity you." Chris said shutting the door. "I care about you; nothing Shay said was the truth."
"How can you be so sure about that?"
"Because, I don't pity you and you didn't kill your family, you said so yourself."
Carrie sat down on the edge of the tub. "After I cut my finger helping JJ cook earlier this week I was about to cut myself in the shower."
"Why?" Chris asked kneeling in front of her.
"Because when I cut my finger it felt like I had control over the pain for once and it wasn't other people hurting me."
"Carrie, if I did, I never did it intentionally." Chris said taking her hands.
"I know and I know Emily and JJ don't either but I can't help but feel as if Emily is trying to replace my mom."
"She isn't, it's why she's giving you space, she wants to be your mother and wants you to think of her as one, but not your mother, no one can replace her." Chris said as Carrie took a deep breath.
"I feel that if I let her I'm letting go of her permanently."
"Carrie, just because they're gone doesn't mean they are truly gone, a part of them lives on with you and in your heart."
"Is that the same with your family?" Carrie asked as Chris nodded.
"Now what's the other reason?" Chris asked.
"What other reason?"
"You have more than that reason to want to cut." Chris said as Carrie looked at her shocked. Then remembered she grew up with a profiler.
"It was because of you." Carrie said.
"What?"
"Because I need you to be strong, I feed off the positive energy and everything you give off and when you're down I feel all the negative come flowing back and I hate it and I hate how you're letting Shay get to you."
"I don't mean to." Chris began but Carrie cut her off.
"Just like you didn't mean to bang her?" there was venom laced in her words.
"Ok, hold up! Why do you care who I sleep with?"
"I don't!"
"Then why all the venom in your words?" Chris asked.
"Because you are trying to move on and letting her get in your pants isn't helping." Carrie spat crossing her arms as Chris stood throwing her hands up.
"You don't know anything about me, you know my back story, but you don't know me! So screw you!"
"I'll pass, that's Shay's job." Carrie sniped standing up to walk away but Chris grabbed her arm.
"Why does this affect you so much?"
"It just does!"
"Why?"
"Who are you my shrink?" Carrie barked snatching her arm free.
"No! I'm your sister."
"Foster sister!" Carrie corrected. "And you can't tell me what to do! If I want to stand up to your ex I will and if I want to cut I will! And if I want to hit something or someone I will!" Carrie shouted.
"So what you wanna hit me? Hit me!" Chris challenged as Carrie threw her hands up and headed for the door again. "Can't even take a challenge." Chris muttered as Carrie spun on her heel and forced Chris to face her.
"Don't even start with me! Shay challenged me today and I followed through! I don't need this!"
"Then what do you need?" Chris asked running a hand through her hair aggravatingly.
"What I need is for you to not stand so close to me and stay out of my business, what I need is not to be smothered and I especially don't need you!" Carrie spat shoving Chris back.
"Are you seriously picking a fight with me?" Chris asked.
"Maybe I am!"
"Why do you hate Shay?" Chris asked shoving Carrie back.
"I hate her for hurting you and playing you!" Carrie shoved.
"Why do you care?"
"Because I care about you! You deserve to be treated better than that! I don't know what you saw in her, she's a bitch."
"What's with all the swearing lately?" Chris asked. "And she is not; you don't know her like I do."
"And I don't want to get to know her like you do. All you two seem to do these days is hook up! She's using you Chris!"
"Everybody uses someone." Chris retorted.
"I didn't think you were that type." Carrie scoffed.
"I'm not!"
"Then why are you using Shay for sex?" Carrie asked.
"I am not using her for that!"
"So what? She's just a warm body?"
"Why are you attacking me?"
"Because you can't see what's right in front of you!" Carrie screamed and the door flew open to reveal a shocked JJ and equally shock but drowsy Emily.
"What's going on here?" JJ asked as Chris grabbed her jacket and keys-Carrie made her place them somewhere she's sure they won't disappear- off the desk and pushed passed the two adults.
"I'm going out." Chris grumbled storming out and slamming the front door on her way out.
"What happened?" Emily yawned.
"Nothing, can you two leave? I'm gonna get some sleep." Carrie said trying not to be rude but her anger and irritation got the best of her.
"Sure." JJ helped Emily walk back to the room.
All they seem to be doing lately is fighting. *sigh*
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