Chapter 13. My story stats page says no one is reading this story. Literally no one. Is it telling me the truth or is it lying ot me. I am inclined to believe it because I haven't gotten a review in three chapters. (See last chapter for full version of this rant). But whatever…I am going to continue and hope that the computer is wrong…
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: I do not own Kate or Abby.
"Come on," Kate called up the stairs, "Anna wants to leave for Oak Bluffs now." Abby came out of their room and clicked the door shut behind her.
"Has the boat that Monica's on actually left Woods Hole yet?" Abby asked as she descended the stairs to stand next to Kate on the lower level.
"Nope," Kate replied, "and it does not leave for another ten minutes."
"And it takes what thirty minutes to get from Woods Hole to Oak Bluffs," Abby looked to Kate for confirmation.
"More liked forty five but yea," Kate corrected.
"So between travel time and unloading time at this end," Abby started, "it should be about an hour until Monica gets into Oak Bluffs."
"Yea," Kate agreed checking the math in her head, "That is about it."
"And about how long does it take up to drive there?" Abby asked Kate.
"Ten minutes," Kate replied then amended, "Maybe fifteen."
"And so with those calculations, we will be sitting there for," Abby considered the numbers in her head, "forty five, fifty minutes.
"That sounds about right," Kate agreed as she tugged Abby towards the door.
"So why are we leaving this early?" Abby questioned Kate who stopped walking and turned to look at her.
"Because Anna said we were leaving this early," Kate told her, "and in this house: what Anna wants Anna gets."
"Okay," Abby agreed, "That makes sense."
"Yea," Kate told her, "Yea it does now move in the direction of the car preferably at a high velocity." Kate opened the door, and Abby ran through it. Kate followed her and they both sprinted up the driveway to where Anna had the car waiting. Anna looked at them as they both slid into the back seat. The minute the door closed she hit the gas and the car sped off down the street. Kate and Abby exchanged a look. Anna's driving was not always the safest way to go. Actually very rarely was it the safest way to go.
"Anna," Kate told her grandmother gently, "You can slow down just a little and we will still get there with plenty of time to spare." Kate noted the speed limit sign they past that insisted it was a thirty-five mile an hour zone.
"We are already running much later than I would like," Anna told the girls, "We are not going any slower than this."
"Yes," Kate disagreed, "Yes we are because that cop behind you is not fond of the fact that you are ten miles over the speed limit. That's a thousand dollar fine right there." Anna looked over her shoulder and the speed of the car dropped dramatically until it was back under the legal limit. Kate and Abby exchanged another looked and Abby spoke.
"We will be in Oak Bluffs before her boat even leaves Woods Hole," Abby assured Anna then muttered so only Kate could here, "Give or take." Kate smirked at that.
They were on their way to Oak Bluffs to pick Kate's sister Monica up at the ferry. Monica was Kate's senior by four years, and the two girls had an interesting relationship. Monica would always think of Kate as her dorky kid sister and Kate could not stand that. In return Kate avoided Monica and her friends while they were in high school. When Monica left for collage the relationship became even more stained.
They reached Oak Bluffs faster than normal because there was very little traffic. Anna parked in the handicapped pick up zone and turned off the car. Abby and Kate hopped out and went over to look at the water. A thick layer of fog was rolling into cover the water, but the part right up close to them looked very pretty.
"So," Abby wondered, "Are any of you're brothers coming up this year?"
"I don't think so," Kate replied, "Nate is in the Caribbean somewhere with Lily. Mathew is somewhere doing a report on something. I don't have a clue where James is."
"Well don't you keep close tabs on you're family," Abby commented sarcastically.
"Hey," Kate told Abby, "I have four siblings. You have one. There's a lot more to keep track of when they all live on their own and can drive." She considered for a moment. "Why is Monica even coming?"
"I don't know," Abby suggested, "Maybe she wants has changed and she wants to see you guys." Kate snorted. The last time she had seen Monica was about six months ago at Christmas. That was about the time that Monica got her hair dyed black and white. She had also gotten a tattoo and a couple of piercing. Monica had rebelled from her parents religious ways while Kate adhered to them.
"Now I doubt that," Kate replied.
"Come on people change," Abby insisted.
"No way," Kate replied equally insistently, "Most people change but not Monica."
"Okay," Abby told her friend, "Ten dollars on whether she has changed or not. If the answer is yes, I win. If the answer is no, you win. Deal?"
"Deal," Kate agreed and the two girls shook hands to seal the deal. They stood at the railing looking out into the ocean for a very long time. Both of them were lost in their own separate thoughts. Finally the boat came into sight and docked. A few minutes after than people started unloading. "There's Monica," Kate pointed, "I win."
Monica approached their general vicinity and they could see her more clearly. She still had her hair dyed black and white and her multiple piercing were extremely visible. As for the tattoos…Kate would have sworn that she had more than before.
"Give her a moment," Abby insisted, "maybe her behavior has changed." At that moment Monica walked up.
"Kate, Abby," she said with an almost indifferent nod to each girl, "Where's Anna?" Kate pointed to the car. "Great," Monica said handing Kate her bag, "Let's go." Kate and Abby exchanged looks as Monica walked away.
"I stand corrected," Abby commented, "Apparently some people don't change." There was a pause and Kate shook her head.
"Someone owes me ten bucks," she reminded Abby holding out her hand.
I really hope someone reviews this because quite honestly this is probably my favorite chapter in a couple of chapters. Anyway…Here's hoping.
