I'm writing this at my nanna's house, so it's pretty much going to be sat around until it can be uploaded lol.

I'm going to start introducing 1st person POV into the story too, to make it a bit more interesting :)

Seeing 'This Is It' on Friday!!!!!!!

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Katie's POV

I woke up curled in an awkward position on my bed, my face feeling dry and tight. I must have cried myself to sleep. I rubbed my eyes and looked at the time, reading 22:14. I had been asleep for almost four hours.

I moved slowly, grimacing at the pain that was still in my limbs from the accident (well, the death sentence). I felt my stomach churn abnormally; I must have missed dinner. I was pretty hungry, but I didn't want to go downstairs.

Not with her hanging around.

I decided to change into my pyjamas instead. Anything to do was good enough for me. Just as I was about to undress, there was a slight knocking at the door. I walked over, turned the lock and opened it about five centimetres.

Michael was stood there, looking tired and quite upset. He had a sad, half smile on his face and was holding a plate with a plastic cover.

"I thought you might be hungry so I brought you something"

I half nodded, and pulled the door open fully before sitting back on my bed. He gently put the plate down on the bedside table, being careful not to knock any of my pictures.

He then closed the door, locked it and came and sat beside me on the bed, pulling me into his arms. He then held me and rocked me slightly.

"Hunnie I am so sorry. Lisa was well out of order; I don't know what she's thinking. I feel this has spoilt of what you think of the ranch and of me. I'm sorry, Katie" he said, in a sad voice that I found really cute.

"Mike, I'm so upset but please, it wasn't your fault" I assured him, hugging him. He smiled and produced a tissue from his pocket, and gave it too me. Only then did I realise that tears were running down my face.

"Where's Lisa anyway?" I sniffed.

"Don't worry; tomorrow I'm going to spend lots of time with you. Lisa's gone to live with her mother for a few days to clear her head; we've had an argument…so we've got the day alone. We can make a fresh start, I promise!" Michael sounded so sad; the argument must have been pretty awful.

"I'd like that very much, but what did Lisa do?" I whispered.

Michael stared into space for a second, like he hadn't heard me. He didn't move or speak, just looked onwards; probably remembering what happened. From all the shouting it sounded huge.

"Mike?" I broke the ice and touched his hand. He jumped. He sighed.

"She…we had an argument, a really bad one over…well, you. She was judging you before she'd even got to know you, she does that. But it was worse, when I tried to defend you she lashed out and ended up hitting me full on in the face" Michael blurted out. I was instantly kneeling up to him, my arms firmly around his neck in a comforting hug.

"I'm sorry, this is all my fault" I whispered.

"No, not at all" Michael took my hands. "Listen to me. You have done nothing wrong, ok? You're MY lucky star Katie and nothing is going to change that. I'm going to make sure you have the best time here, ok?" Michael said, wiping new tears away from my face.

"Ok" I smiled, just as my tummy let out a huge gurgle. Michael giggled and passed the plate over, resting it on the bed next to me. He had brought me a small pepperoni pizza; my favourite. He'd even arranged the pepperoni pieces into the shape of a 'K'.

"Thanks" I giggled at his cheesy thought. He smiled that beautiful, cheesy smile he cherishes.

"My work of art!" he laughed.

I ate up the whole pizza, and once I was finished Michael took my plate.

"Be back in a second" he whispered, and he wiped the tomato sauce from my mouth and left my room. I then remembered Lisa, and what she said about me, and the way she looked at me. I curled up on the bed with my knees up to my chin. I was still very drowsy, and the room was warm making me feel slightly dizzy and queasy; I shouldn't have eaten that pizza so fast. I closed my eyes for just a few seconds…

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Michael's POV

I put Katie's plate into the dishwasher; she seemed to love the pizza I made her. I glanced over to the living room that I had argued with Lisa in.

It had an eerie sense to it, and the shouting from the arguing with Lisa still rung in the air. How dare she say those things to Katie; why couldn't she just get along with kids? I was glad she was going away for a bit, and then I could spend hassle free time with Katie. The poor love, she deserves it.

The memories made my cheek hurt where Lisa had hit me; that would come up in a bruise tomorrow. I touched it with my hands; the pain was uncomfortable.

I went into the library where a huge chest was standing by the window; it was locked firmly with one of those old fashioned, huge brass locks. I produced a key from my back pocket and opened it.

Inside the box were some of my most precious possessions; things from my childhood. Pictures, records, my favourite hats…you name it. I took out the thing I was hiding; a small box wrapped in pink paper, secured with a gold, shiny bow.

Janet did this for me; I'm hopeless at present wrapping.

Inside was something for Katie. I was going to give it to her at teatime, but since she didn't show up, and is currently more upset, now is a better time. I secured the lock back onto the box and took the present; I just hoped she liked it.

The house was much quieter without Lisa around. That was good; it gave Katie some quiet time to think. She looked awful when I checked up on her before.

I quietly walked back to Katie's room holding the present behind my back. I opened her door to find her lay on her bed with her back to me, looking very still.

"Katie?" I whispered. On further inspection I found that she had fallen asleep.

I walked round to the other side of the bed; she looked adorable. I could never part with Katie; she was like a daughter to me. I wanted so badly to give her the present, but I couldn't bear to wake her. Instead I took out a blanket from my room and tucked it around her. She looked slightly pale and felt cold when I touched her forehead. Was she ill?

"Goodnight Katie" I whispered, and I closed her door gently so I didn't wake her.

I walked back downstairs to deal with some unfinished paperwork, however standing there, suitcases in hand was Lisa.

"What are you doing back?" I asked, quite arrogantly for my personality.

Lisa put on a fake smile.

"Mike, I'm sorry. Can we start over? I also am sorry about what I said about Katie, I really want us to be good friends. Can I get to know her tomorrow?" Lisa asked.

I sighed. It seemed only fair to give her another chance. After all, I had to leave for a week in two days, so if Katie and Lisa got along it would make things a whole lot easier.

I smiled as best I could. "Why not?"

"Fantastic" Lisa beamed, and ran over and hugged me. I wasn't ready to forgive her yet, but if she could make it work with Katie then I was more than willing too.

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Katie's POV

I woke up early the next morning. The sunlight was streaming in through my window; it was a gorgeous day, and I couldn't wait to spend it with my best friend. I ran to my wardrobe and pulled out a bright yellow summer dress that Janet bought me and changed into it immediately.

I took my hair out of my usual plaited style and let it swing loose and wavy; there was no time for brushing it. I then ran down the stairs, meeting Michael on the stairs and greeting him with a huge hug.

"Good morning sweetheart Listen Katie, Lisa's come back but don't worry, she wants to make a fresh start with you. So will you be nice for me like you were yesterday?" Michael asked.

I was shocked, Michael promised me that I'd be with him. My face fell and nodded half heartedly.

"Thank you Hunnie. I'm sorry about today, I know we didn't get to do what was planned and I promise I'll do it with you the week after" Michael smiled.

"Week after?" I moaned.

"I've got a business week in England. Don't worry now, if all goes well today then you can stay here at the ranch, with Lisa.

Oh joy, I thought to myself. Michael then pushed me along. Lisa was sat outside at the table. I looked at her in awe; she was like a model, completely slim and beautiful. Her eyes met mine and she put on that fake smile again.

"Hi Katie! Sorry we got off to a bad start yesterday. I'm Lisa" she smiled, taking my hand and shaking it.

"Hi" I said, nervously.

"Right, well, I'll leave you two to get acquainted while I finish up" Michael clapped his hands together and walked off. Blimey, he was more nervous than I was.

"So sit down, tell me about yourself" Lisa said, pulling up a chair. I sat down nervously.

"Well…I've just turned 11 years old. I used to have a mum and dad who were good friends of Michael's, but they died after my house caught fire, I think. I was staying with Michael at the time." That was good. Playing on her sympathy would make her sweeter to me.

"I'm sorry to hear that Katie. Michael wants to make your stay here very welcoming. I'm Elvis's daughter by the way; you know who he is, don't you?"

Lisa was very patronizing. Did I have idiot tattooed across my forehead?

"Of course, I'm sorry about what happened" I said, in response to what she said about my parents.

I felt that this wasn't the time to say that I didn't like his music.

I spent the rest of the day more or less chatting to Lisa and wandering around the ranch with her. She showed me everything there was to see. I was nice and polite to her, but really I wanted it to be Michael to introduce me to Bubbles for the first time.

Bubbles was very funny. He jumped on me and began to play with my hair. He even did a little monkey moonwalk. But what I found the most funny was that he wouldn't go near Lisa.

Surprise surprise. All she'd done was talk about herself all day.

It was around three o' clock when we returned to the house. Michael was coming down the stairs with suitcases in hand.

"Babe, where are you going?" Lisa skipped over.

"I've been called over to England early. You'll be ok with Katie, won't you?" he asked her.

She gritted her teeth at the thought, but managed to smile in time for Michael to see.

"Of course, dear. Me and Katie will have a great time" she said, raising her eyebrows evilly at me. I knew that look wasn't good.

Michael checked his watch.

"Look, I have to go. Have fun you two" he rushed, kissing us both on the cheek. We followed him through to the front door and both watched him pile his bags into the boot of his limo. He opened his window to wave at us whilst the car was pulling away. We waved, mentally shouting for him to come back. As soon as he'd gone, Lisa bent down to me.

"Ok you, listen. Whilst Michael's gone, I'm in charge. So you follow my rules and do everything I say. Got that?" she said, in a nasty voice that I had never heard before. This was new. It made me fear her immensely.

"Ok!" I almost shouted from fear.

"Don't use that tone on me! Go to your room, now!" she shouted, shoving me. I lost my balance and fell on my knees.

"Stupid girl" she sighed, before walking towards the garden.

I stayed, knelt there in shock. What just happened? At least she was trying to be nice before…

Lisa returned shortly after.

"Why are you still here? Get up!" she shouted.

I got up immediately and decided to be brave.

"Why are you being so mean? You were nice this morning!" I shouted.

"Listen, I don't like you. I knew you were trouble, and you are, answering me back like that! I don't want you here; Michael is mine!"

"I'm not trying to take you away from Michael! If you want time with him I'll let you have it, just ask! I can't help it if he loves me too! You can't have him all to yourself! You've been nothing but a nasty cow to me!" I shouted in defence. I hadn't realised what I'd said and I didn't mean for it to come out so cruel.

Lisa took one step forward and hit me in the face. I screamed and fell back on the floor. She then grabbed my arm and dragged me to a small cupboard where all the cleaning products were kept. She opened it, shoved me inside and locked me away from the rest of the house. I yelled frantically, bashing furiously on the door.

"Let me out!" I cried. I didn't like the dark.

"You may come out when you've learned how to be kind to people who are better than you" she said harshly, before leaving me alone in the darkness.

I sat down and cried, feeling lonely. My face hurt where she'd attacked me. She'd been waiting to do that all day, I could tell. I was confused; I had only tried to be nice.

I wanted Michael to be at home now. I wanted to tell him everything that had happened, and most importantly I wanted him to realise how awful Lisa was.

That was my task.

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Thanks for reading. I really need some new ideas, so if you have any PLEASE don't hesitate to tell me :)

Also, enjoy This Is It if you are seeing it.

"This is the moment…this is it" x