AN: Disclaimer in earlier chapters. I own Chris and a few other OCs.
CHAPTER 16
The next afternoon Chris and Carrie were in New York meeting Lindsey and Ronnie at Central Park.
"Yo, love birds, we don't need a free show." Chris laughed as she and Carrie walked up.
Lindsey and Ronnie pulled away smiling.
"Hey, you must be Carrie, I'm Lindsey and this is my girlfriend Ronnie." Lindsey said as they shook hands.
"Nice to meet you." Carrie said.
"So, what are we doing today?" Ronnie asked.
"Whatever you want, I want to go visit a friend." Chris said. "Will you be ok with them here?" Chris asked Carrie who looked unsure. "If not you can tag along."
"No, I'll go with them." Carrie said.
"If you're sure." Chris said pulling out her wallet and handing her a card. "Here. "She turned to Lindsey and Ronnie. "Make sure she buys something, anything. I have to go, my meeting with her is in about twenty minutes."
"Meeting?" Carrie asked pocketing the credit card.
"Yeah, with a family friend, don't worry about it." Chris said waving as she hailed a cab.
"Don't you just hate when she gives you the cryptic crap?" Lindsey sighed.
"Yeah." Carrie said.
"So, how long have you been together?" Ronnie asked as Carrie nearly choked on the very air she was breathing.
"What!"
"Oh, you're not together?" Ronnie asked and Lindsey gave her a look.
"No, she's my foster sister, come on."
"It's not illegal." Ronnie pointed out.
"But it's immoral." Carrie pointed out.
"Carrie, the only reason me and Lindsey met is because her brother married my sister." Ronnie pointed out as Lindsey smiled at the fond memory.
Carrie didn't know what to say after that. She retreated into her head and began to think.
They met up with Chris three hours later to see her looking through files and utterly distracted.
"Hey." Lindsey said scaring Chris making her jump and drop the files.
"Christ!"
"Sorry." Lindsey said helping her pick them up.
"No, it's fine, they're just company files." Chris said sorting them.
"I thought you weren't supposed to have those?" Lindsey said as Chris nodded.
"Yeah, but these are copies, Matt gives me some when he needs a second opinion." Chris said tucking the folders under her arm.
"He doesn't ask his wife?" Lindsey asked as Chris shook her head.
"He does, but Patty can only do so much while taking care of the munchkin." Chris said. "That's actually where we are heading now." Chris smiled as Lindsey paled.
"No! I am not going over there." Lindsey said as Chris laughed.
"It wasn't that bad Linds." Chris laughed.
"They walked in on us." Lindsey cried.
"Doing what?" Ronnie asked crossing her arms. Carrie looked at them as well wanting to know the answer.
"Uh, making out, they decided to surprise me on my cousin's third birthday and they barged right into the room." Chris said.
"We flew off Chris' bed so fast we hit the floor." Lindsey said mortified.
"They don't hate you, they just like to tease you and Wes is adorable." Chris beamed.
"Fine, but the second it gets bad I'm gone."
"It never gets bad and you say that all the time." Chris said as Lindsey glared.
They got a cab and headed to Chris' cousin's house.
"CHRIIISSS!"
They walked into the house Chris had a key too and not one second later was Chris was tackled to the floor by a four year old blonde blur. Lindsey laughed while Carrie and Ronnie stared in shock but it quickly faded when they heard Chris laughing and the boy in hysterics as Chris tickled him.
"I give I give." He cried as Chris stood up propping him up on her shoulders.
"Lindsey, you remember Wesley, Wesley this is Ronnie and Carrie." Chris introduced.
"Nice to meetcha." Wesley beamed as two adults walked in.
"Chris, I see Wesley welcomed you in." the man said.
"Hey Matt, this is Ronnie and Carrie, Ronnie is Lindsey's girlfriend and Carrie is my new foster sister." Chris introduced.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Matt and this is my wife Patricia." Matt introduced.
"Please, call me Patty."
Matt was a brunette with the same sincere blue eyes as Chris. He was five foot eleven and had an athletic build. Patty had blonde hair like Wesley and blue eyes. She stood at five foot eight. Wesley was the spitting image of his father but his mother's hair.
"It's nice to meet you all." Patty smiled.
"Lindsey, nice to see you without seeing you under my baby cousin." Matt said with a teasing look and Chris punched his shoulder.
"Be nice Matt."
"Fine, you ruin my fun." Matt huffed leading them to the kitchen.
"What's for dinner?" Chris asked as they stepped into the backyard and placed Wesley in his seat.
"Patty is making the famous Cabot grilled steak." Matt said licking his lips and rubbing his stomach.
"Oh I love that recipe." Chris smiled.
"Cabot?" Ronnie asked.
"Yeah, Patty's maiden name is Cabot, that's actually how we met." Matt smiled.
"Our families were having a business party get together thing and they wanted the families to be joined by more than just business and pushed us together." Patty continued.
"They pretended to hate each other but they were madly in love." Chris smiled at the memory.
"I remember the name Cabot from somewhere." Ronnie commented.
"Probably my sister Alex." Patty said. "She was the ADA that went into Witness protection a few years ago."
"Oh, I heard about that." Ronnie said. "Sorry."
"We've gotten passed it." Patty said as she opened the grill and turned the steaks.
"So what do you think?" Matt asked Chris who cleared her throat.
"I think that I'll be joining Alex on the MIA list for the event." Chris said.
"Why?" Matt and Patty whined.
"Yeah, why?" Wesley pouted.
"I have things to do but as for the business problem, deal with it in a way you think is best, I only care about the one in DC unless I go to NYU for college."
"Emily called, and told me you can graduate at the end of this year?" Matt asked as Chris sighed.
"I'm not telling her things anymore." Chris said. "I'm thinking about it. I don't know yet." Chris answered.
"I think you should, the quicker you graduate the quicker you get your degree and can help me out." Matt smiled as Chris nodded.
"Matt, I learned that I should live my life the way I want and not by what others want."
"I thought you did that when you came out?" Matt asked.
"I did and I still deal with being outcast from the family when we get together, there is only me and you left Matt, Alex is one of the only people who actually get me lately." Chris said her voice rising in volume.
"Calm down, I was just asking." Matt said raising his hands in surrender.
"It just seems like everyone wants something from me! Mom wants me to graduate early, you want me to so I can help the business, the ambassador because it makes the family look good and the principal to show other schools that they're better and then there's Shay…"
"Who wants what's in our pants." Carrie blurted.
Chris looked at her shocked as did the others. "Yeah." Chris said. "I'm gonna do what I want, not what others want."
"What's best for you isn't always what's best for your future." Matt said.
"Are you really getting on me about what I want to do in life?" Chris asked.
"Matt, she's sixteen, she doesn't need this stress." Patty cut in. Chris gave her a thankful look.
"Patty, she needs to start thinking about this stuff."
"Matt!" Patty exclaimed. "When Alex came out mom threatened to kick Alex out of the house if she didn't stop all the nonsense. Your aunt and uncle were more understanding. Matt don't be a jerk, she's your little cousin, the only other family you have left." Patty said giving him a look that dared him to argue.
"But Patty, she has no clue what to do with her future yet! She's graduating and still doesn't know what courses she's taking."
"I hope you enjoy the couch tonight." Patty huffed.
"What?" Matt stuttered.
"You're making her be an adult then treat her like one." Patty said sternly. "Let her make her own decisions."
"Fine, Chris I'm sorry for being a jerk."
"Apology accepted."
"You're still sleeping on the couch." Patty added and Matt frowned.
Dinner went by without a hitch after that. After dinner they got a cab back to central to pick up the Jeep and dropped Lindsey and Ronnie back off at the dorms.
"We'll see you guys around." Lindsey waved as Chris drove off.
"You enjoy yourself?" Chris asked as she got onto the interstate.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about what I said about Shay."
"Don't. I'm tired of Shay being the cause of our fights."
"I don't know why I do it. But I do."
"Shay's got a hold on me, you said so yourself." Chris sighed reaching behind the seat with hand keeping the other on the wheel. Her hand grazed something lacy and she pulled it up to her face. She saw it and went wide eyed shoving it behind her back hoping to hide it but Carrie saw it.
"You screwed her in the back!" Carrie shouted as Chris looked away.
"I didn't screw her in the back, I almost did." Chris said as Carrie reached behind her and held the lacy underwear up.
"How is this almost?" Carrie asked.
"Why do you care?" Chris asked.
"Maybe I would like to know where you had sex before sitting or leaving things places." Carrie said tossing the underwear to the back.
"You don't need to know every intimate detail of my life."
"Your life or your sex life?"
Chris pulled off into a rest stop that was empty and put the Jeep in park. "Why does what I do with Shay irk you?" Chris asked.
"Because I don't like how she treats you."
"Carrie, I can take care of myself, I still don't know why this bugs you." Chris said.
"You really want to know why this bugs me!" Carrie shouted.
"Yes, because I'm tired of the third degree every time Shay comes up!" Chris yelled.
"Stop saying her name!" Carrie growled.
"Why? Is it her in general? Because I'll say her name all I fucking want!" Chris screamed as she began to repeat Shay's name over and over. "Shay, Shay, Shay, Shay, Shay!"
"Stop!" Carrie was reaching her last nerve and was beginning to lose control.
"Why!"
Carrie lost it and let out a frustrated growl before grabbing Chris' face smashing their lips together.
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