Thank you for reading everybody! I hope you like it so far. I'm going to try and put up two chapters every day (depending on what I'm doing…I am going to vacation for the next two weeks so if there aren't frequent updates I am terribly sorry) I am working on another story which is a crossover between Heist Society and Gallagher Girls and I haven't uploaded it yet (as of June 26, 2011 at 1:30 pm) but once its up I hope you read it and like it! By the way, when I say I want to upload two chapters a day, this could mean one chapter from this and one chapter from the crossover. I hope you like both though and I hope you like this one. I own nothing, it all goes to Ally Carter and Disney – Hyperon.
Hale slumped down to the floor on the wall of his room.
Kat slammed her door shut as she took long strides to the balcony doors in her room.
Abigail flipped through the stations on the TV, wondering if she should talk to Kat.
There was a light knock on the door. "By all means! Whoever it is, feel free to traipse in. I've nothing better to do!" Kat snapped through the door, immediately regretting it, seeing as it could be any number of workers from the hotel.
A small face peeked in. That small nose, delicate hands, Starbucks-Vanilla-Frappuccino-From-Safeway-Colored-Skin, dark hair, and dark eyes that she had seen earlier that day peeked into her room. "Oh. Hi." She said, unenthusiastically.
"Hey. Are you OK?"
"Why ever would I not be?"
"I heard you yelling in Hale's room…and I just wanted to check up on you."
"I'm fine really."
"OK. Well, we're leaving the hotel in 15 minutes, are you almost ready? Do you need help?"
"I'm not coming with you two."
"What? Why not?" Kat was silent as Abigail shut the door and inched her way closer. "Is it because of me?"
Kat was silent again, but not because she was ignoring the five foot ten girl behind her, but because she was thinking. It wasn't really her fault, she thought. "No." Was all she said.
But Abigail had sensed her hesitation. "Kat, you're a clever girl, a smart and beautiful girl," Kat turned away before she blushed, "And you shouldn't let anyone hold you back. You know you want to look for that work. You know it would be equivalent to the Henley robbery, because it is so valueable."
"No, it isn't because of you Abigail. It's Hale. Hale lied to me. And I don't like when anyone lies to me, but I can't stand when Hale lies to me. I already don't know a whole ton about him, and he's my best friend, but when he goes around lying to me, it ticks me off. Because at the end of the day, all the teasing, the smirks I get from him, and all cheek he has, when he lies to me, I don't tolerate it, because that is the worst thing of all. And the trouble is, I think I like him. I mean really like him." Kat stopped abrubtly. She didn't want to pour her heart out to this girl, who she didn't even know about.
"Lying…" Abigail muttered under her breath. "So you heard…"
"Heard what? I've heard a lot and I still don't know a lot."
"You know…that Hale and I…we're…well. I don't know if I will get in trouble for this or not but we're…"
"Together?" Kat blurted out, then immediately covered her mouth with her hand.
"Oh god no!" Both girls stood there blushing.
In the silence, they heard a knock on the door. "Come in!" Kat yelled. They heard the clicking of a card opening the door.
Hale stepped in and stopped when he saw Abigail. "Oh. Sorry. I'll just go now?"
"No. It's OK." Kat sighed. Hale closed the door and walked to the girls. "Tell me now Hale, or I leave on the next flight out of here."
Hale new she was serious and he didn't want to lie anymore, but he knew after knowing Kat for all these years and not telling her about this, she would be pissed. And after knowing Kat's attitude all these years, she might just as well get on the next plane out.
"She's…"
"Yes Hale?"
"She's my sister."
Kat stood there, shocked. It wasn't that big of a deal. They weren't dating. They weren't ex-s. She wasn't his mom…so why was she so angry? The gears started spinning in her head. Color contacts, wig, too dark spray tan, fake accent, same face as Hale though…how had she been tricked so easily into believing these people? She felt as though she didn't even know Hale anymore.
"I…" Kat started to say something but it felt as if something were lodged in her throat and she couldn't speak. She sat down on the bed instead.
"Happy Kitty Kat?" Hale said softly, without the usual tease tone in it.
"Yeah." Was all Kat said.
"Are you going to come…?" Hale asked hesitantly.
"Yeah." Kat said as she laid down on the cushiony bed. "Yeah." She repeated.
"I'm sorry." Hale tried.
"No, I'm fine. Don't worry about it. We'll talk later though."
"Bye Kat." Abigail inched towards the door in the uncomfortable situation talking with her native Californian accent. "See you on the plane." She said as she stepped into the hallway.
"See ya." Kat whispered to herself.
"Kat, I'm sorry. It just never seemed relevant."
"Your always with my family Hale. My family. And we have accepted you into my family. Yet you forget to tell us all the little fact of your sister. We know about your multi-trillionaire parents, but what does that matter. You have a sister. A normal one, who doesn't seem to care about getting a private jet to impress a girl. She seems normal. And please explain to me, why, you wouldn't tell me about this? It doesn't even matter that much. Maybe we could be friends. I still don't understand why she's here…but she seems like loads of help, and nice…I supposed. So she could join us in jobs…but you didn't tell me about her."
"She can't come with us. She might be coming with us to Germany, but she can't help anymore than coming with us."
"Why not?" Kat asked.
Hale hesitated. "See this is what I mean Hale! You keep holding things back! I'm not going to turn around and stab you in the back. I'm your friend. No matter how much you've been taught not to trust, you can trust me. I'm. Your. Friend."
"I know Kat and I'm sorry. I really am. I don't know…" Hale said meekly.
Kat had never seen him like this before. She didn't know what to do, so all she did was lean and kiss him. Like she never had before. She let all her anger out in that one kiss, all her feelings. She felt vulnerable. As he kissed her back her hands reached around his neck and his fell to her waist. "I'm sorry." He breathed out. Kat didn't say anything, she just kissed back with all she had. She loved this kid, not matter what he had done to her, and in that moment, she knew what she had to do.
