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-Kitty's POV-
Before I know it I'm standing in front of my door and I'm scared as hell on what's waiting for me on the other side. I try to think of something to calm me down, butterflies? No. Uh, the ocean? No. Hmm singing? No. What about…Marley? All of a sudden all my nerves wash away and I'm not as scared anymore. Funny how just thinking of Marley calms me down and gives me butterflies.
God when are you ever not thinking about Marley?
When you're bothering me!
Ouch, rude much?
You're rude too
Anyway! You should go inside now, you've been standing here for a while now and it's cold, so get your butt in there!
For once I listen to my thoughts and go inside my house and it's just as cold in here as it is outside. It's so different from Marley's house, as soon as you step inside you're hit with a sudden warmth, whereas when you step in mine you're freezing. Her house is cosy, light and full of happiness, whereas mine is the exact opposite.
I close the door behind me and slowly walk more inside the house. Suddenly the living room lamp is switched on and my so called mother gets up from her chair and slowly walks towards me and stops a few inches away from me and I can feel my heart pick up its pace.
"Well?" she demands me, I jump a little from how sharply and loud she said it.
"Well what?" I say confusedly because I honestly had no idea what she was talking about.
"Don't act like you don't know" she hisses at me, I step back a little only for her to step forward.
"I'm not acting, I really don't know" I manage to get out, she looks really mad.
"Well then let me refresh your memory, I got a phone call from Principle Figgins telling me that you had gotten into a fight at school defending that fat lunch lady. Do you understand what you've done?! This could ruin our whole reputation Kitty, how stupid are you?!" she growls at me and normally I would be shitting my pants right now, but when she insulted Mrs Rose, all I felt was anger and for the first time ever, I stood up to my mother.
"Don't call Mrs Rose that, she's one of the nicest people I've ever met and I don't regret standing up for her" I tell her keeping a straight face, her face was surprised at first but then it slowly morphed into one of anger again.
"I don't care if she's nice, because Kitty nice will get you nowhere in this town. She's just a fat, waist of space and a no good single mother!" she growled again and I could feel anger boiling up in me at every word she just said, and I couldn't help what I said next.
"Yeah? Well she's a hell of a lot better mother than you ever were!" I yell at her and before I could blink her hand came smacking down on the right side of my face. SMACK!
This isn't the first time she's hit me, but it's definitely the hardest. The side of my face stings a little, but I'm still too angry to even think about the pain right now. I slowly turn my face back around to face her and her face is bright red with anger.
"Don't you dare compare me to that whale!" she yells at me and before she can say anything else, I cut in.
"Stop calling her names, and you're right it wouldn't be fair to her If I compared her to you, she's a better person than you in every way, you're just a drunk-" SMACK! I get cut off with another slap to my right cheek again, this time harder and I flinch a little from the pain.
"KATHERINE TAYLOR WILDE! You will not insult me in my own home! The Rose's will never be better than me, her or her good for nothing daughter!" she yells at me and I snap, no one insults my Marley and gets away with it.
"Don't say anything about Marley" I growl at her and her eyes widen a little from how I growled at her, but that quickly goes away when she realises what I said.
"Oh this is unbelievable Kitty! Now you're defending both of those things?!" she spits it out like they're disgusting, which only angers me even more.
"They're not things! They're people, amazing people, and the best people I have ever and will ever meet. They're caring, loving, funny, kind, sweet and I could go on and on. They are everything you're NOT!" I yell at her and once again WHACK! I feel a sharp pain on the right side of my face, but it's different this time, it hurts so much more than all the others. It's then I realized that she didn't slap me like the other times, she punched me and I go tumbling backwards until my legs luckily hit the couch and I fall onto the soft cushions. The right side of my face hurts and this time I can feel it, man I really need to stop getting punched, it's not fun at all.
"WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU KATHERINE?! YOU SHOULDN'T BE TALKING TO THE ROSE'S, THEY'RE BAD INFLUENCES AND THEY'LL JUST RUIN OUR REPUTATION!" she screams at me but I'm not afraid of her anymore, I may be in pain but I'm still angry and I won't let her talk about Marley and Mrs Rose like that.
"God all you care about is reputation! I've done everything you said to keep our 'reputation' intact but I'm not going to anymore. I'm not going to hurt people for you ANYMORE" I tell her, but I can't help the wince that escapes through my lips from the pain of moving my face to talk. She notices this and smirks a bit, bitch.
"Hmm y'know Kitty I really do wish you wasn't so stupid enough to get into a fight, I mean our reputation is one thing but those jocks got a head start on ruining your face" she hisses at me and to be honest I can't believe she just said that, I mean she's said some pretty mean things to me before but wow that is definitely the meanest.
"You heartless bitch" I growl to her and her face goes back to that red shade of anger before she slaps me around the face once more, this time on my lefts cheek SMACK! I'm glad it wasn't on my right cheek again, sure the one on my left cheek hurt but I don't think my right cheek could take any more pain, it had been slapped (hard) twice and punched once, and it hurt like hell.
"Never call me that again or you'll get a lot worse, now go to your room" she growled at me and I was happy to do so. I sprinted up the stairs to my room and jumped on my bed, after shutting and locking my door. I slowly put my fingertips to my right cheek and pulled them away quickly and winced at the stinging. I got up from my bed and walked into my bathroom to look in the mirror. I could see my left cheek wasn't that bad, just a little red, my right cheek however was a lot worse. It was dangerously dark red and I could see a bruise forming on my jaw from the punch. I tried putting my fingers to it again but cried out a little from the stinging pain.
I needed some ice or something but I couldn't go back downstairs, not now. Not when she was down there. I had to get out of here. With that thought running through my head I climb out my window and slowly scale down the tree outside my bedroom. It was still pitch black outside and I could hardly see a thing, I checked my watch for the time and saw that it was 1:00AM. I got to the ground, put my hood up and started to walk down my street, going somewhere, anywhere away from my mother.
I'd been walking for around half an hour, not really knowing where my feet were taking me but it seemed they knew exactly where they were going. Soon I came to a stop in front of a small, familiar looking house. Marley's house. Without thinking I walk towards the tree I had climbed down a few hours ago and started to climb up it this time. It takes a couple minutes but I finally make it to the top and look through the window to see a cute, sleeping Marley wrapped warm in her bed.
A small smile forms it's way on my face from just seeing the peaceful look on her face and how adorable she was with the covers pulled right up to cover her mouth. Smiling though makes me wince again and one of my hands falls from gripping the branch to knock lightly against her window. I see her move slightly before her eyes snap open and she rubs them whilst sitting up slowly and turning to look towards her window. I wave weakly and I can see she know it's me even though my hood is up. She rushes forward and opens her window.
"Kitty?" she mumbles to me and I nod my head slightly, to confirm it's me. She smiles at me sleepily and grabs my hand to help me inside.
"What are you doing here?" she asks me as she pulls me into a hug and I cling to her tightly, taking in the scent of roses.
"I needed to get out of that place" I mumble into her shoulder as she holds me tight. She pulls back slightly and looks at me worriedly, luckily it was really dark and my hood was up so she couldn't see my face.
"What happened?" she asks me worriedly and leads me over to her bed and we sit down while she holds my hands. She turns on the light and I must have run out of luck because she pulls my hood down and gasps, her hands covering her mouth. I can see tears start to form in her eyes and I start to feel sad too, I hate seeing her cry.
"Oh my gosh Kitty" she whispers and slowly reaches out to touch the right side of my face and as the tips of her fingers make contact with my bruising red cheek I pull back quickly, wincing from the stinging.
"I'm sorry" she says quickly pulling back also, her eyes were still shining with tears.
"No it's ok, it's not your fault my cheek hurts like hell" I try to make a joke to lighten the mood but it doesn't seem to work since a tear drops down the side of her face as she sniffs, probably sad about me being hurt.
"Oh no, no, no don't cry Marley, please, please don't cry, if you start crying then I'll start crying" I tell her as my voice starts to crack from almost crying. I take hold of her hands as she giggles slightly and wipes her eyes and nose as she cutely sniffles again.
"Ok but Kitty what happened to you?" she asks me sadly while looking down at our hands and running her thumb softly over my hand and it feels so relaxing. I think of what I should tell her, if I should say the truth about what my mom did or if I should just make something up and lie to Marley.
What? You can't lie to Marley!
Oh look whose back…
Yeah yeah but seriously Kitty, don't be an idiot, if you really care about her then you won't lie to her
You're right, I can't lie to Marley, I'm gonna tell her the truth about my mom
That's my girl
"My mother" I breathe out to her and she snaps her head up to me, her eyes wide.
-Marley's POV-
Oh my gosh, did she just say her mother?! No way, no way could her mom have done this to her.
You think Kitty would lie to you?
No of course not, never. It's just because I have the greatest mom in the world that I find it hard to believe a mother could be horrible to their child let alone hit them!
Listen Marley I understand but I really don't think Kitty would lie about something like this, and it must have been hard for her to tell you, so you should really say something now
Right!
"Kitty, did I hear you right just now?" I manage to get out from the shock that I feel, that her mother would do something like this to her.
"Yeah, my mom did this and it's not the first time either" she tells me and I can't help the gasp that escapes my lips at what she just said, it's not the first time?
"Why?" I choke out trying to keep the tears back because I know she hates seeing me cry, when I ask her 'why?' I'm really asking her what the heck happened at her house, and she seems to understand that since she answers.
"Well I went home and when I got there my mom was waiting for me and she started to tell me off for standing up for your mom. She called her names and normally I would just stay quiet but I couldn't this time, I was tired of letting her stamp all over people. So, I stood up for your mom and defended her. Needless to say she didn't like that and slapped me, she said some more things about your mom, once again I defended her and she slapped me again" Kitty started and I could feel a few tears run down my face at what this amazing girl did, she stood up for my mom even though she knew she was going to get beat up.
"Oh Kitty" I whispered, I couldn't bare to think let alone see her hurt, she didn't respond to me, only continued on with what had happened.
"But then she said something about you, and I just snapped. She can say whatever she wants about me, but if anyone ever says anything bad about you Marley, they're not gonna get away with it. So I yelled at her to not say anything about you ever again, and that you and your mom are better people than she ever could be and I called her a drunk. She didn't slap me this time but instead, she punched me then screamed at me to go up to my room. I did and I needed to get away from her, which is why I came here, which brings us to now" she finishes and I'm full on crying now, most of them sad tears for my Kitty getting hurt, but a few happy tears that she stood up for me and defended me again.
"Oh my gosh Kitty, you did that for me?" I ask her through my tears, she looks at me softly and brings both her hands up to my face, wiping away my tears with her thumbs and it feels so good. She looks deeply into my eyes, her hands still holding my face.
"I would do anything for you Marley Rose" she tells me softly and I swoon. I break down again and fall into her arms as she holds me and shushes me. She caresses my hair and rocks me slightly and I've never felt so safe in someone's arms in my life. I try to stop crying so I can say something to her, and it's not that hard to because of the way she's holding me, it calms me down almost instantly. I sniffle a little, but I don't move my head from where it's rested on her chest, I just want to stay in her arms forever.
"Y'know I used to get bullied a lot at all my old schools. I never had any friends because nobody liked me and they all picked on me, I mean they still do. I've never had anyone stand up for me before. People always talk about what it's like to have a best friend, how they're the one you share all your secrets with and they comfort you and make you laugh when you're upset, and know exactly the right thing to say all the time, and how they are the ones you go to when you need someone to give you advice or just listen to you. I've never known what that's like, to have a best friend. Until now. You are my best friend Kitty" I mumble into her chest, while closing my eyes at the feeling of her hand running through my hair. I can feel her smile into my hair and I can't help but smile too.
"You're my best friend too Marley" she tells me softly and my smile just got bigger. I've never had a friend before, never mind a best friend.
"I can't believe I have a best friend" I mumble to myself, but Kitty hears me and chuckles softly, one of her hands rubbing my back and the other still caressing my hair. I could fall asleep right now.
"Well I can, I just can't believe nobody's ever wanted to be your friend. You're perfect Marley" she tells me and I giggle softly when she says I'm 'perfect'.
"I'm not perfect" I tell her shyly, I've always been self-conscious about my body and I know that it's far from perfect, no matter what my mom tells me.
"Yes you are" she tells me and I shake my head against her chest, as she nods hers against my head.
"Kitty I'm so not" I mumble into her chest, still hugging her tightly around the waist while she rests her back against the headboard to get more comfortable. We're half lying down now, me slightly on top of her and she's still rubbing my hair and back, but I'm definitely not complaining.
"Marley you so are and anyone who thinks differently will have to deal with me" she tells me confidently and I laugh softly, snuggling more into her and breathing in the scent that can only be described as Kitty.
"If anyone's perfect it's you Kitty" I tell her smiling softly into her shirt, which was now stained with my tears.
"Me? Perfect? No way Marley, I'm nowhere near perfect, but you. You're the definition of perfect" she mumbles into my hair and I giggle again and shake my head shyly, burying it further into her chest to hide my blushing face.
"Kitty stop, you're making me blush" I tell her and she laughs softly into my hair.
"Sorry Marley but I'm just telling you what's true" she says to me with a cheesy smile, which only makes me blush harder.
"You're the sweetest person I've ever met" I tell her as I snuggle impossibly closer to her closing my eyes and I can feel her chuckle again.
"Thanks, you're pretty sweet yourself there Mar" she smiles into my hair and I giggle at the use of her nickname for me, no one's ever called me Mar before, but I really like it.
We don't talk for a few minutes, just lying there, happy and content in each other's arms. To be honest I can't remember a moment in my life where I've felt more safe, happy or peaceful than I do right now in Kitty's arms. I subconsciously smile into her warm chest and I feel her smile into my hair as well, I can only guess she's thinking the exact same thing as I am right now. She lightly kisses the top of my head, lingering for 10 seconds before pulling away and I have the biggest, brightest smile on my face from the cute form of affection.
I turn my head up towards her, the smile never leaving my face and see her smiling down at me also. A piece of my hair falls in front of my face and Kitty gently brushes the strand of hair out of the way, her fingertips brushing against my cheek and staying there. Our smiles don't leave our faces as we lean forward together and softly brush our lips together. It's so soft you would think we couldn't even feel it, but I could feel it just as much as every other time we kissed. I could see the fireworks again and it was a small kiss, but it was a perfect one.
As we keep stealing kisses from one and other, I lift my hand up to caress her cheek, both of us forgetting about her injuries. As soon as my fingers make contact with her face she pulls away abruptly with a gasp of pain, and groans a little.
"I'm so sorry Kitty, I forgot" I gasp out and wrap my hands around her neck, my eyes moving over her face, desperately checking to see if she was okay. She slowly opens her eyes that had been shut tight, from the pain I'm guessing.
"It's okay Marley, I'm fine" she reassures me but I know she's not, and I'm not going to sit by and watch the girl I lo- like suffer.
Wait, what did you just say?!
Oh great you're speaking again
Did you just say you love her?
…No, I said I like her, LIKED
No you didn't
Yes I did
Noooooo you didn't, you love her
I do not! Shut up!
Yeah you do, and I will not!
Ignoring my thoughts, I focus on Kitty again. Grabbing her hand I pull her up thus destroying our comfortable position. I'm disappointed that I had to get out of her protective arms, but I care about Kitty and I need to help her with her bruising face.
"No you're not fine Kitty. Now come downstairs with me so I can put some ice on your cheek" I tell her as I pull her out of bed and through the door before she can protest. I quietly pull her down the stairs, so not to wake my sleeping mom. Once we're downstairs and in my living room, I gently push her to sit on the couch and go into my kitchen to get some ice out of the fridge. I rap the ice in a towel, so it won't be too cold for Kitty.
When I walk back in the living room I see Kitty sat on the couch casually, with one arm resting on the arm rest, and the other on her lap. She's curiously looking around the room, seeing family photos and some photos of me as a kid. She looks so adorable. I look to the spot next to her on the couch, and think that it would be an awkward position to aid her cheek. Then an idea pops into my head and a thin lipped smile forms on my face as I walk towards her, holding the towel wrapped ice pack in my hand.
She looks back at me and when I reach her, I plop myself down in her lap, wrapping my arms around her neck and kiss her softly on her left cheek, as that one wasn't as bad as her right cheek. She looks at me and smiles hugely while she blushes a little, she wraps her arms gently around my waist and I smile down at her cheerily and she just giggles a little.
"What are you doin' Marley Rose?" she asks me as she motions down to where I was sitting on her lap, but she made no move to unwrap her arms from around my waist, so I'm guessing she was okay with me being there.
"I figured that if I sat on your lap, I could look after your cheek better" I tell her still smiling at her, she raises her eyebrow at me.
"You sure that's the only reason?" she asks me mischievously, I only grin at her.
"Mmmmhmmm, now stop talking so I can look after you" I say to her as she chuckles lightly and nods her head in response. I bring the ice pack up, so it's hovering over her right cheek.
"Kitty this is gonna sting a little okay?" I warn her and she takes a deep breath and nods again, without waiting any longer I gently press the ice pack to her cheek and she yelps a little in surprise at how cold it was and from the pain. I shush her softly while running one hand through her hair, while the other works on her injured cheek. After a few minutes of me softly pressing the ice pack to her face, she stops wincing and hissing in pain, and finally just relaxes while I take care of her.
"Y'know you're pretty good at this" she mumbles softly and I smile at her, still pressing the ice pack to her face as I respond to her.
"Thank you, my mom thought it would be good to teach me first aid when I was little, said it would come in handy in the future, I guess she was right" I tell her distractedly as I carry on working on her cheek.
"Yeah, I guess she was" she mumbles as she leans in to me, I smile down at her. It takes 5 more minutes but soon I stop pressing the ice pack to her cheek, lifting it off to see that it was a lot less red and more of a pink colour now, which was a good sign. There would be a bruise by morning though which makes me sigh a little internally.
"Okay, all done" I tell her as I set the ice pack down on the coffee table and turn back to her. She opens her eyes slowly and looks back at me, a small smile working its way onto her soft, pink lips.
"Wow, it feels so much better, thank you Marley" she tells me softly, and I breathe out a little laugh from how cute she is.
"You're welcome Kitty" I tell her while resting my forehead on her eyebrow, closing my eyes. It's then I realise how exhausted I was, it had been a busy day and it was around 3 in the morning. I snuggle into the warmth of Kitty and she chuckles at me.
"Someone's a sleepy Marley" she says playfully, I nod my head slightly against her and she puts one arm underneath my legs and the other around my back as she lifts me up effortlessly bridal style. I wrap my arms around her neck and snuggle into the crook of her neck as she carry's me upstairs.
Once we're in my room she gently puts me down on my soft mattress, getting in behind me and pulling the covers over us both. She wraps her arm over my stomach and a grab her hand resting on my stomach, entwining our fingers together.
"Goodnight Marley" she whispers into my hair and I smile.
"Goodnight Kitty" I whisper back and snuggle back into her, getting as close to her as I possibly could. I wait a few minutes until I know for sure she's asleep as she is softly snoring into my hair.
"I love you" I whisper into the darkness, as I too fall asleep, dreaming about a certain blonde.
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A/N: Hey guys, I just wanted to say thank you so much for the review on the last chapter! Every one of them made me smile and I'm very grateful to all of you :) So what did you think of this chapter? I would love to hear all your thoughts on it, so please click that review button! It makes me happy ;)