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FINALE || PART TWO

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"It seems to me now that the plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.

-NICK HORNBY, How to be Good


The biggest adventure of your life will be that one major experience that changes your life. Does that sound a little vague? Well think about it, everyone's lives are placed on a line along with an hour glass to match. From the moment we are born, we die but in between that time of existing you must live. As you grow, every moment that occurs becomes an adventure to those peering in as if they were viewing your life as a novel or some big motion picture or it's all based on your own mentality, it all depends how you look at it. Life's not supposed to be easy, the people in your life can't always be the ones to make a smooth path for you, in fact they might even damage it but in the end when you take your last breath and your heart takes it last beat, you'll either thank yourself for the occasions that you made count; knowing that you've enjoyed your ride on that line or you'll wonder why there was not enough time in the world to get this life thing figured out.

Korinna could see small patches of rays striking through Debbie's blinds while also reflecting off her burgundy curtains. She had woken around six that morning to find less weight applied to her chest, knowing that it had to do with herself being on good terms with both of The Gallagher's. It helped that things were becoming normal or at least their form of normal again as friends. The fifteen year old could feel the side of Franny's small fist pressing into her back as Korinna lay on her side staring out at nothing, and she knew that Debbie was of course on the other side of Franny. Korinna didn't move much in her sleep, she knew that she snored a bit and that Debbie happened to be the one all over the bed while she slept. Yes, Debbie Gallagher was a wild sleeper. However over the course of the night Korinna began to notice a change in Debbie as well. Debbie didn't use Liam's old crib to place Franny in, the newborn was always held close to Debbie even though she was going through a bit of PTSD. Debbie had told Korinna that she had dropped Franny because she had fell asleep while doing homework and trying to breast-feed at the same time.

She didn't pity Debbie. Korinna told Debbie that having Frances will be a lesson, that this didn't make her a bad mom. Korinna told Debbie that she needed to let people in, she knew that better than anybody. Debbie had to let people help her because being so young and having another little life to take care of isn't easy and she didn't know how Debbie thought that it would be. Korinna knew that Debbie was changing just like herself, she knew that Debbie allowed herself to fall in lust with Derek just to prove that she could be something that she wasn't. Korinna knew that Debbie had done a lot of questionable shit growing up beside her but Korinna couldn't judge her. She couldn't because life is funny (although it may not seem like it) but life will fuck you up in all sorts of ways although, it's always going to teach you something in the end. Whatever it may be, however long you live, life will dismiss you with wisdom.

Korinna had learned a lot in a year. She had learned that secrets hurt even if they served a purpose, she learned that people aren't always going to see things the way that you want them to unless you can show them your perspective, you will lose yourself and resort to other things to make things easier and it can help for a period of time but it'll still hurt, you will lose people you care about and you'll never get over it...ever, love will control and break you and sometimes you can't do anything about it, and lastly shit sucks but that's just the way it is. It's been that way and sometimes it's okay and sometimes it not but you can deal. Somehow.

Why did it have to take early hours or late hours of the night for your thoughts to spit some true wisdom at you? Why is that? Why is it when you dream it can easily shift to a nightmare but when you wake sometimes you forget the dream before the nightmare? Is life like that? Can it be like that? Well if you have amnesia. Korinna blew the smoke from her nostrils as her thoughts came at her like she were on the center of a free-way. She didn't know if anything she thought made sense to anyone else who opened up her brain but it did to her.

"What are you doing out here?" Carl's much deeper voice flowed with the winter air.

Korinna lifted her chin to look up at Carl who sniffed as he jumped down onto the step beside her. Korinna placed the blunt back between her lips as she watched Carl, "Just letting the weed talk to me."

"Well if you needed someone to talk to, you could have came and got me. You know that." Carl replied plucking the blunt from her lips to put it to his own.

Korinna sighed, "Nah. Sometimes you just need to keep certain thoughts to yourself."

"You okay?" Carl wondered blowing O's into the foggy sky.

Korinna stretched her arms out in front of her while taking a deep inhale, "Yeah. My noggin's all good up there, just thinking about how this year pretty much flew by. It's just funny to think about everything that happened from then and now."

"I don't want to think about it. I won't forget but I don't want to look back on it just yet." Carl said finishing the rest of the blunt, tossing it to the ground while staring ahead.

Korinna hummed as she took in Carl's words. Korinna knew she wasn't the only one that went through a lot these pass few months, everyone did. Carl preferred to push those thoughts to the back of his head while Korinna didn't mind thinking about it unless she had to.

The wind blew making the two teens shiver beside each other. Carl peaked over at Korinna to see that she was only sporting black knee-highs and one of Debbie's crew-neck sweaters. Her dark dyed hair was pulled up in the front into a tiny ponytail kinda like those Yorkie dogs. Carl really took the time to look at the girl beside him, she had a small smile on her lips as she rolled her arms close to her torso hunching over to keep herself warm. Her eyes still had bags underneath them but Carl still thought she looked captivating in her natural state.

Korinna shifted her head to meet Carl's eyes and it seemed as if she were staring right at a painting of a rain forest in a museum. Things were definitely different between the two, you could feel in the air if you were standing before the two teenagers. From Carl breaking up with Dominique yesterday morning to now, everything all seemed to fall correctly on the line; the two didn't know if when they decided to be in a relationship if everything would work out and that's something that Carl really feared but they couldn't keep on pretending.

Carl leaned back against the steps, his eyes still on Korinna's as he moved to rest his arm against the step behind them, his fingertips brushing her left side. "Aren't you cold?"

"A little." Korinna whispered, turning her head to search for the sun as if it were going to make an appearance this morning.

The clock was striking 9:45 am (After laying awake until 7 am, Korinna had fallen back to sleep until Franny demanded to have her diaper changed at 8 and Debbie seemed to sleep right through Franny's cries, shockingly. The girl deserved some sleep.) and the sun was nowhere to be found.

"Are you even wearing anything underneath...that sweater?" Carl asked, his eyes trailing to Korinna's socks then to her bare thighs.

Korinna quirked up her natural brows, "Why are you worried about it?"

"'Cause you can get sick staying out here in twenty degree weather." Carl stated the obvious as his eyes moved back to meet Korinna's eyes in all seriousness.

Korinna thought this conversation was going to turn dirty but was surprised to find that Carl was genuinely worried about her. I mean it's not that Carl was careless about her well-being before but this was different, so different.

"Maybe that will stop Nicky and Vito for sending me off?" Korinna tested with a small laugh, making Carl sit up straight and move closer to her so their hips were touching.

Carl licked his lips, "Are you scared?"

"I don't get scared."

"Everyone get's scared, Ren."

Korinna turned to face Carl, his eyes wavering as he awaited her next words, "I honestly don't know what to expect at this rehab or sobriety house or whatever you want to call it. What if I meet people there that's going to get me wrapped in more heavy shit that I don't want to be apart of? Over the past week or two I've been trying really hard not to pop anything or even drink hard liquor. I maybe cheating with marijuana but that doesn't really count, as least I don't think it does."

"The fact that you haven't touched anything is something you should be proud of. That's an accomplishment. If someone there tries to offer you stuff, you just gotta leave the situation. Try not to let your impulses get the best of you, you've done so well here you have to keep going." Carl encouraged.

Korinna nodded her head with a small smile as she turned her head again to stare out into the street. Carl spotted Ian making his way down the street towards the house but could feel Korinna shivering a bit beside him, he didn't know if it had something to do with the cold or her nerves. Carl moved to grip Korinna's left hip, "Come on let's go back inside. It's freezing."

"I actually uh- I have to get back to Nicky and Vito." Korinna sighed before turning to Carl who held a bit of disappointment in his eyes.

Carl helped Korinna stand as she continued, "Nicky was lecturing me about wandering the streets without them knowing and I came back here anyways. I also left my phone back at their place so there's no way of them reaching me so I think it's best if I go back home, it's been two days."

"Do you want me to come with you?" Carl offered.

Korinna hid her fingertips underneath the sleeve of the sweater, "No. It's okay."

Carl pulled on Korinna's hand as he nodded his head back to the door, "At least let's get you some warmer clothes before we send you off."

Korinna squeezed Carl's hand smiling a bit as she allowed him to pull her back inside of his home.


Carl sent Korinna on her way with a tight hug and her promising that she'll text him as soon as she get's home. It honestly felt as if they were heading to a new high in their friendship-relationship whatever you wanted to call it. That's something a couple would do and it honestly made Korinna feel as if she were walking on clouds. Korinna wasted no time as she set out on her journey to the Gimello's household. She immediately felt herself feeling much cooler now that she were walking the streets on her own opposed to sitting on the steps of The Gallagher's, now that said a lot.

Nicky didn't bother to question Korinna when she entered the home, He simply let out a laugh of pure disbelief behind the rim of his mug. Vito on the other hand mean mugged Korinna a bit over his shoulder while she shoved the door closed behind her.

"You're very hard headed." Vito greeted Korinna as she stood in the entry way.

Korinna made her eyes wide in annoyance as she began to strip out of her winter outerwear, "I know you didn't think I would stay here just because you told me to."

"Well it's a good thing you didn't." Nicky spoke, placing the mug on the coffee table making Korinna stare at him strangely at his statement, "Since you don't care to listen to our rules. The sobriety home will also teach you all about rules and discipline."

Korinna rolled her eyes, "What are you talking about? I haven't popped any pills since the whole hospital incident, no matter how bad my impulse screamed at me to do so."

"That's very good." Nicky replied, "Doesn't mean we're going to just forget about it."

"Is this really needed?"

"Yeah. Doc recommended you trying it out for the first month, we'll see what the head therapist at the place says after thirty days to determine what to do with you next." Vito said.

"Whatever man. Can I go now?"

"Yeah you can go. Take a shower, cause we're leaving in thirty." Nicky answered, his eyes trailing over the clock above the television.

"Wha-?" Korinna started, feeling her heart race.

"Relax. We're just taking a tour today, Friday will be your first day." Vito mentioned as he turned his attention back to Grey's Anatomy which was playing on the flat-screen.

Korinna held her hands out, "When was anybody going to tell me that we were doing a tour?"

"Well if you stayed in the house like I told you to then maybe we would have told you." Nicky smirked, meeting Korinna's cracking dark iris.

Korinna rolled her eyes, "Really? How petty."

"You've got twenty-eight minutes." Vito sang, his eyes not leaving the screen.

Korinna crossed her arms, "What if I said I didn't want to do this dumb ass tour?"

"I thought you said you wanted to get better?" Vito chirped.

"I am better! Do I look high to you?"

"Your eyes do look a little red, kid." Nicky commented while he stroked his beard.

"Well I'm not addicted to fucking weed!" Korinna snapped.

"AYE! Watch your mouth, sweetheart. This is exactly why you should have been here, for sure you wouldn't be smoking none of that here." Vito argued, his eyes in slits.

Korinna rolled her eyes again.

Nicky pointed at Korinna, "Stop with the rollin' of the eyes and get your ass upstairs to get ready. The place is half an hour away and I don't want to hit morning traffic. Stop stalling fat head and get up there!"

"Fila mou to kólo." (kiss my ass) Korinna muttered as she spun on her heels, jogging up the steps in defeat.

Nicky let out a snort as Vito shook his head turning his attention back to the screen.

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Korinna didn't know how to dress for this tour and didn't think much about it. Nicky and Vito were nice enough to get the rest of her belongings from her house across the street (They told her the home's been on the market for a while now) and placed most of it in Nonna's room and in the basement. Korinna sat in the backseat of Nicky's ride dressed in a black bomber jacket, a light gray hoodie underneath, a black beanie, leggings, and some white uptowns. She watched the sight of the south-side disappear from her eyes, it felt like she were leaving it all behind again. Korinna found herself always looking back at things in a rear view desperately wanting to know if it would ever be in her grasp again.

This was a huge step for her. She was going to get help so she didn't become like her mother or like Dacey, but it felt as if she were shutting the life she knew behind. To Korinna it felt as if she were shutting off the street lights on what she knew and opening herself to a new household she knew nothing about. That feeling was absolutely terrifying. Nicky and Vito both glanced back at Korinna from time to time in their mirrors at Korinna, wondering what was on her mind and if what they were proceeding to do was the right way to go about this.

In a matter of no time Nicky pulled alongside a curb. Korinna lifted her head from the car door to get a view of the place. There was a large hill leading up to the house along with a pathway of stairs leading up to it, on the right side sat a large driveway that would have made it easier for the three to travel up to the home but of course Nicky had to be difficult. Vito pulled the back door open waiting for Korinna to step out. Once she did she stared up at the large Victorian home. It was HUGE. The home was painted a light yellow with white trimmings and had lots of windows making it appear more open from the outside. Korinna figured there might be a lot of people in this place and she didn't know if she could handle meeting new faces.

"Let's go. We're a little late." Vito spoke, holding his arm out for Korinna to slip under.

Nicky already set off, jogging up the steps with Vito and Korinna following behind him. As they walked up the two flights of stairs they finally made it to the top of the home, where a small white fence surrounded the home and more parking space was made available in front of the house if you wished. Korinna turned to the left eyeing the large green area that lead to the back of the home. Nicky lead the way across the brick driveway towards the fence while Korinna and Vito stood back a bit.

"Everything is going to be fine, sweetheart." Vito gently said, looking down at Korinna who chewed on her lips.

Korinna swallowed, "You can't promise that."

Vito sighed as Korinna moved herself from underneath his arm to follow Nicky pass the fence noticing the extra detail put into this Victorian home. Two large trees were on either side of the fence as soon as Korinna walked through, the brick pathway continued upwards to the white painted steps that led to the small outdoor porch. On the porch sat multiple rocking chairs that almost blended in with the pillars that held the roof that covered the porch together. There were also a large amount of plants on the porch as well bringing the light colored porch to life. Nicky didn't waste time banging on the door of the home that Korinna dreamed of and put together. It was clear that he just wanted to get this over with as soon as possible.

The three waited at least a minute before the door was pulled open revealing a tall male. He was also dressed in a gray hoodie with the hood tossed up over his dark hair and plaid pajama pants on. He had tan skin, dark long eyebrows that looked as if they were naturally groomed well, pink plump lips, button nose, deep-set light green eyes, and a short but sharp jawline.

"Why hello! How can I help you?" The guy's silvery voice greeted the three, meeting each and everyone's eyes. His eyes stopping on Korinna's, easily knowing that she was one of them.

Nicky raised an eyebrow at the kids politeness, "Uh yeah. We're looking for Mrs. Davis and Mr. Williams?"

The guy nodded as he pulled on the draw strings of his hoodie as he held his finger out to the three in front of him, "Excuse me for the loudness that's about to come out of my mouth. VIOLA AND JAMES!" He screamed making Nicky glare at him for his early loudness while Vito smirked and Korinna smiled at his silly actions. The guy had to be in his twenties but he seemed goofy enough.

"I'm sorry I didn't ask your names, what are they?" The tall guy turned his head back to the three with a lazy smile.

"Tell them Gimello." Vito added.

The tan skinned guy nodded again as he leaned his head back into the house, "VIOLA AND JAMES THERE'S A GIMELLO HERE FOR YOU!"

Nicky rubbed his temple in annoyance as he stepped to the side giving the guy a good view of Korinna, "So you're gonna be chilling with us, huh?"

"Yeah I guess so." Korinna replied.

The guy stuck his hand out, "Call me Enzo. Anything you need, I'm your guy. Cam might also say the same thing to you but I'm better looking and a way better friend than he is, what more can you ask for?" He joked as Korinna placed her smaller hand in his much larger one.

Enzo gave Korinna's hand a gentle squeeze as he kept a smile on his face, "And you are?" He asked, with the deep of his head.

"Oh. I'm Korinna." Korinna offered a small smile which Enzo took.

"Korinna Gimello, Nice ring to it. That's...Italian right?" Enzo chatted.

Korinna didn't bother to correct Enzo to let him know that that wasn't actually her surname because it did have a nice ring to it. Plus it also made sense to refer to herself as such. "Yeah."

"Cool. Cool. I'm Brazilian." Enzo cheesed, proud of his heritage.

Enzo held his finger out again, "They usually don't take this long to greet their guests. I'll call them again-hang on a second. JAM-"

"Enzo if you scream one more time-" A man started, coming up behind Enzo.

Enzo smiled over at the man, "I'm just trying to get somebody's attention."

Mr. Williams shook his head with a smile, "You always need attention."

"Look at me. A guy like me deserves to have the spotlight." Enzo smirked.

Mr. Williams chuckled, "Whatever helps you sleep at night, my man. Thanks for greeting our guests, you can go back to whatever it was you were doing."

"My pleasure, James." Enzo slapped hands with the older man before turning back to Korinna, "It was certainly nice meeting you Korinna Gimello! Don't you worry, this won't be the last you see of I...me." Enzo thought to himself before cheesing back at Korinna then turning back to the two men beside her, giving them both a two finger wave previously walking off as if he were on a runway or something.

Mr. Williams shook his head once more with a smile before turning fully to grasp his hands together, "Don't mind him. That's just Enzo."

"Ah, seems like a nice guy. I would know, Nicky and Korinna here tell me how amazing I am everyday." Vito grinned resting his arms on both of their shoulders.

Korinna rolls her eyes while Nicky playfully glares at his younger brother, "Now that's a motherfuckin' lie."

"You have to excuse my brother Nicky's language. He has a bit of a sailor mouth." Vito tisked at Nicky who grunted.

Mr. Williams laughed, "It's nothing I haven't heard before Mr. Gimello."

"Please call me Vito." Vito corrected, holding his hand out for Mr. Williams to shake.

Mr. Williams gave Vito a strong friendly shake while Nicky's was much more business like. Mr. Williams then turned his attention to Korinna who seemed to be a bit quiet, "I'm guessing you're Korinna Rokos."

Korinna gasped sarcastically, "How'd you know?"

The two shook hands while Korinna got a good look at the head man in charge. He had tawny skin with a splash of freckles against his nose, eyes the color of the ocean underneath the blazing sun, a thick goatee, low-cut dark hair, and another friendly smile plastered on his lips.

"Something just tells me that you look like a Korinna." Mr. Williams joked earning a smile from Korinna's eyes as he let go of her hand.

Mr. Williams clasped his hands together again, "Let's get you all inside. It's pretty cold out there, huh?"

"Finally." Nicky grunted making his way inside as Mr. Williams stepped aside to hold the door open for his guests.

Mr. Williams shut the door behind the group as they all took in the appearance of the home. To the left and right of the front entrance sat a place where winter outerwear hung on hooks and shoes inside a built-in small box bin. Right across from the door sat a large set of stairs that had Spanish tile at the base of them as you walked up, everything felt pretty cozy with the earthy tones inside opposed to the lightness of the house on the outside. To the left sat a closed-in room that appeared to be the office, Korinna could see a woman sitting in there talking to another person with long pastel lilac hair.

"That's Mrs. Davis or Viola if you will, you can also call me James once you get comfortable. She's busy with one of the other housemates but she'll be with us shortly." Mr. Williams smiled as he moved to stand in front of the three.

Nicky stared up at the chandelier above them that happened to be covered in an open bird cage, "How much did you pay for that?"

Mr. Williams glanced up at the twelve lights above them that reflected off the crystals inside the brass cage, "Very little. Enzo actually found everything from a tag sale a few streets up and made this work of art in the center of our entry way. Enzo does very well at finding the littlest of things and putting them together. It's a good thing too because we desperately needed a light fixture to brighten up this room more."

"I love it. It's very rustic." Korinna commented making Mr. Williams smile.

"Oh. Do we have another art-head in our home?" Mr. Williams questioned with a friendly glint in his eyes.

Korinna shrugged, "I like making scrap-books and dollhouses."

Mr. Williams continued smile, "You'll fit in just well here. I'm sure of it."

Korinna smiled back at the man before dipping her head feeling a bit shy.

Mr. Williams clapped his hands together again, "Let's get started, shall we?"

"Yeah." Nicky muttered.

As the four began to head to the left of the home, a voice called out, "Hey James! Dove's going at it again with Janice and Viola's busy with Monte, so a little help would be nice."

Korinna glanced over at the soft voice that interrupted them. The older woman wasn't much taller than Korinna herself, her skin the color of honey and sun, her eyes were naturally low-set and a shade of dark brown covered in eyeliner, messy medium length brows, a set of freckles on her nose also, and dark braids pulled back into a low bun allowing others to see the sides of her head were shaved. She wore a set of navy blue flare jeans as if it were the sixties and a black long-sleeve crop top that hung from her shoulders.

The girl turned to stare back at Korinna taking her appearance in before smirking, "You're the new one that Enzo was talking about huh?"

Korinna didn't open her mouth to say more as the girl stepped forward as she drunk in Korinna's appearance just as she did of hers. Korinna now picked up that the woman had a beauty mark on her chin. "Hey I'm May Paz. I prefer to be called Paz, so call me Paz."

"Okay." Korinna answered.

Paz continued smirking as she leaned her head back to Jesse waving her hand, "Hello? James?"

"Right!" Mr. Williams yelped charging forward before walking back, "I don't have anyone to give them a tour."

Paz sighed, "I'll give the newbie's fathers the tour and you tell Cam to give her the tour. It's not like he's doing anything important anyways."

Mr. Williams squeezed Paz's shoulder, "Thank you, May. Really."

Paz shrugged her shoulders, "What can I say? I'm in a helpful mood today."

Mr. Williams turned back to the three, "I'm sorry I have to leave you with two of the other housemates but it's very important that I handle the issue that's going on right now. I or Viola will come find the both of you soon also, we'd love to have you for dinner."

Quickly Mr. Williams rushed to the open dinning room to the right of the entrance then through that room before disappearing. Paz yawned as she turned back to the two.

"I'm sorry did she just say we're the kid's fathers?" Nicky pointed out as he looked at Vito who grinned.

"What you two aren't married?" Paz asked shuffling her feet as she moved to stand in front of the two men around her age.

Vito laughed, "We're brothers."

"So incest?" Paz responded pressing the palms of her hands into her hips.

Vito watched as Nicky's face scrunched up in disgust, Vito knew that Paz was only doing this to get a rise out of them and Nicky was sure taking the bait. Korinna also found this a bit humorous since Nicky was always irritated in some shape or form.

"There's Cam! Welcome body, looks like we're giving the newbie and her family a tour." Paz punched Cam's arm.

The said boy rolled his head back giving Korinna a good view of his adam's apple as he stared at Paz blankly, "You did this on purpose. You knew I was trying to sleep, since Enzo brought his very hot girlfriend over to get dirty in the same room we both sleep in."

Paz snorted, "Sorry bud but it's your turn to show the newbie around." She pointed at Korinna over her shoulder who stared before waving.

Paz led Nicky and Vito to the left of the room which appeared to be the sitting room, Vito gave Korinna the thumbs up before following Nicky and Paz out of the room. Cam made his way over to Korinna letting her get a good look at him. He was dressed in sweatpants and a white short-sleeve shirt, he wasn't much taller than Korinna but he had a few inches over her. He had fair skin with freckles covering every inch of his face, thick dark eyebrows, wavy-thick dark hair, and a red bandanna tied around his forehead.

"Viola told us there'd be a new girl coming. I was rooting for another guy in the house but it's whatever." He started.

"What do you want? An apology?" Korinna asked with slits in her eyes.

He chuckled as he leaned close, "Nah. Your face is the apology. You're pretty."

"The hell? So if I were ugly you'd be pissed?" Korinna challenged.

Cam raised his eyebrows as he held his hands out while shaking his head, "Oh no. I didn't mean it that way at all!"

"Then what the hell are you saying right now, dude?" Korinna tested.

Cam stumbled over his words, "It's just that uh- this house mostly consists of girls and there's very few guys around. It's like you're all taking over this house."

" Are you gay?"

"What?! NO! I-" Cam stuttered as he closed his lips and took a deep breath, "Let's start over."

"Yeah 'cause you need a serious do-over. You were beginning to sound like a super douche." Korinna exclaimed, in all honesty.

Cam sighed, "I gotta think about what I say before it comes out of my mouth. I'm Cameron or Cam, whatever's easier for you. How are you? What's your name?"

"Good to know. I don't know how I am, Korinna." She answered.

Cam smiled, "Yeah that was probably a dumb question. Do you have any nicknames?"

"Yes but I'm not telling you any of them."

"That's fine we'll figure out something to call you. We've all sorta made names for ourselves here. So apparently you'll be with us for a month, which is enough time for you to get acquainted with us all since you'll be living under the same roof as us. What brings you here?" Cam chirped crossing his arms.

Korinna frowned, "That's not any of your business. Can you show me around this place or what?"

Cam blew out a breath as Korinna took the opportunity to go the same way Paz took the Gimello's but turned to the left inside that room to see a set of french doors that led out to an indoor porch of some sort. Cameron jogged after Korinna finding her already heading through the doors.

Korinna stood in the center of the room which was very large and spread out. To the left of the room sat straw sofas and some sort of instruments. The porch was filled with large windows giving the perfect view of the front of the house and had doors that led outside. Korinna made her way to the left of the porch eyeing the guitar that sat against the small side-table that was placed in front of the window.

"Paz has a band. She plays for us all the time when she's not out practicing with them, she's pretty damn good. What about you, do you play?" Cam causally communicated, from behind the fifteen year old

Korinna ran her fingers over the strings of the guitar shaking her head, "No. My dad did. He actually used to play a lot when I was younger. He played the guitar, drums, and saxophone."

Cam remained silent as he observed Korinna slowly pull her hand back from the guitar turning back to face him briefly before walking by. Cam shifted on his heels with his arms crossed as Korinna made her way pass the door that led back inside, a large mandala rug was placed in the center of the room along with other mats surrounding it.

"Janice loves yoga. It's getting colder now so she can't do it outside, Viola thought it be best to put it here. You wouldn't think it but Janice is so into crystal therapy and all that stuff, her parents were hippies so I guess it does kinda make sense." Cam mentioned another girl, Korinna had yet to meet.

Korinna nodded then moved to go up the two steps that led back inside but stopped, "And what about you?"

"Me?" Cam pointed to himself.

"Yeah. Enzo puts things together from random items creating vintage art, Paz is in a band, and Janice is into meditation and all that comes with it...so what about you?" Korinna listed.

Cam stepped forward, "Not much to tell you about me. I'm Cameron, I'm seventeen, born and raised in LA, I have a younger sister, my biggest interest is dancing- I'm literally a walking version of the movie step-up, my favorite color is navy blue, and I'm here because I'm addicted to morphine."

Korinna's face remained relaxed especially at the bomb Cam just dropped on her.

"Interesting." Korinna retorted as she fully turned to push the door open.

Cam waited a few seconds trying to digest Korinna's reaction, which he's never received before. Snapping out of it Cam let out a, "Huh," Then continued his way after that dark haired teen.

"So you're not going to give me a little hint about your story?" Cam wondered after showing Korinna the sit-in room, the bedrooms upstairs, the kitchen and dining room, the basement which was divided as a work-out room and movie theater. The two were just heading back upstairs where they met two girls stop their conversation as Cam and Korinna made an entrance.

The taller girl with pastel lilac hair was the first to speak first, "Look what we have here Dove, another little sinner."

"Can you not do this today, Monte?" Cam defended, standing next Korinna.

Monte pursed her lips as shrugged her shoulder innocently, "Do what? I'm trying to get to know the new girl here! What do they call you?"

"Korinna."

"Ko-ren-na," Monte pronounced glancing over at Dove who smiled back at her, "What does that even mean?"

Korinna breathed out a laugh, "Google it and get back to me. I won't explain myself to anybody."

Monte raised her extremely long messy thick eyebrows, "There's no need for the hostility. I'm just trying to figure out what's your deal? What makes you like us?"

Korinna remained silent but kept her chin upwards as she continued staring at Monte, showing her that she would not back down from her earlier statement. She didn't know who this Monte chick was but Korinna already knew that she wouldn't like her vibe.

"Easy Monte. We wouldn't want to go and scare Ko-Ren-na off or anything, she has to come back to us or else we can't have fun with her." Dove suggested, now also standing by Monte.

Korinna made sure to get a good look at the two girls knowing that this is what they liked to do. Monte was already in the office with the head therapist Mrs. Davis when they entered so there was no doubt in her mind that Monte and Dove were going to be issue. However, don't think that Korinna can't handle them. Monte kept her brown doe eyes trained or Korinna's while Dove's mixture of green and yellow eyes eyed her up in down.

The stare-off was broken up by Nicky rushing into the entry way with his phone in his hand along with Vito following shortly after.

"Everything alright, sweetheart?"

The four turned to face the two men, Nicky turning his eyes into slits at the sight in front of him although he kept a tight grasp on his phone.

"Yeah everything's peachy." Korinna muttered, glaring at the two girls beside her.

Vito hummed although he didn't believe it, "It looks like we're going to be staying for dinner. We have an emergency situation on our hands and we need to get going, now."

Korinna didn't ask any questions as she stepped towards the two brother's, her heart began hammering thinking that it had something to do with with Nonna. Nicky threw the door back stalking out into the cold while Vito patiently waited for Korinna to come to him.

"Hey, Korinna. Maybe we can exchange numbers?" Cam called out, probably at the worse time.

Korinna shared a glance with Vito who nodded before exiting the house. Korinna turned back around, grabbing the held out phone to her quickly placing her number in.

The dark haired said her goodbyes to Cameron with her eyes, then jogging out of the house.

"Hopefully it's not a fake number." Dove cooed, running her fingers through her platinum blonde hair.

Cam disagreed throwing a aggravated glance her way,"Korinna isn't like that."

"How would you know? You don't even know her." Monte scowled.

Cam placed his phone back into his sweatpants pocket, "Whatever. Just don't start any shit with her okay?"

"Why? Do you want to make her your new victim?" Monte bit, getting into Cameron's space.

Cameron licked his lips, "No. Just being friendly, like you should be when a person in need enters this place."

"That's bullshit and you know it." Monte grilled, sending one last glare at Cameron before running up the steps.

Dove shook her head as she watched her best-friend disappear turning back to Cameron, "We all know how you are Cam. Look where your friendless got you with Monte. Don't treat Korinna how you treated Monte, I'm not afraid to expose you for the little manipulative bastard that you are."

Cameron watched as Dove walked by him, heading down the steps to the basement. Sighing Cameron turned toward the stairs to find Janice sitting at the bottom of the steps with a woman slowly coming down the rest of the steps.

"Hey Janice, hey Nevaeh." Cam greeted with a smile.

Nevaeh crossed her arms seeing right through the seventeen year old, "That was my daughter," She calmly said enjoying that Cam's eyes went wide at the new given information, "And if anything happens to her here in this house, you can already consider yourself dead."

Cameron gulped as he put his head down and took his leave.

Nevaeh's eyes watched the teen as he left before crouching down next to Janice who quietly played her Nintendo, "I know you'll protect my baby too, right Janice?"

Janice's bright blue eyes stared up at the woman, resting her hand on top of Nevaeh's which was placed upon her shoulder. She gave the woman a smile and a stiff nod promising that she would.


Korinna would never forget the look on Nicky's face. There were too many emotions to count written in his eyes at the news. Korinna completely felt for the man she viewed as another sibling. By the time the three got to the hospital Nicky's baby boy was pronounced dead. Nicky's baby boy was born with Omphalocele and his death rate was extremely fatal. Nicky didn't have the chance to meet his little boy, and although things were well with his baby mama he tried to make it worth knowing that he was 80% sure that this was his baby.

Korinna never had the chance to meet Nicky's fling and was unsure what to say to her as she lay in the hospital room, with her family surrounding her and Nicky sitting at the edge of her bed. Her wails were piercing, it was to the point where her body shook the entire bed and her father went to see if the doctors could get something to calm her down. Korinna didn't catch her name but she knew that the woman wanted her out of the room. So Korinna and Vito took their leave waiting for Nicky for almost an hour until he came out of the room with no words to share. Silently the two followed after Nicky but he told the two to go home, that he would see them later. Vito knew that his brother was going to get into something but Nicky was a grown man and when he needed him he would come back home. Nicky wasn't very vocal about his emotions, he rarely ever showed it so it was odd for Korinna to see him this way.

"I feel horrible." Korinna spoke, her voice breaking the quiet.

Vito ran his fingers over his face, "Me too. Nicky won't admit but he liked the fact that there was going to be a mini him walking around."

"Did he and-"

"Diana." Vito added.

"Did they pick any names?"

"Dino after our papino." Vito gave a tight lipped smile.

Korinna took a deep breath, "Life is full shit sometimes."

Vito nodded, slouching down into the couch.

The two began to let their minds shift on what it would be like with another little Nicky around, making their pain they felt for Nicky and Diana increase. Before the two could fall into deeper depression over their lost, a knock on the door interrupted their thoughts. Vito pushed himself from the couch heading to pull the door open revealing Carl in a tux.

Vito frowned, "Can I help you?"

Carl shifted against the cold winter breeze, "Uh yeah. Is Korinna here?"

"Yeah." Vito said, not budging one bit.

Carl licked his lips, his eyes wondering around a bit before standing up taller, "It's Fiona's wedding day and Ren said she would go."

"Oh she's actually going through with another wedding?" Vito questioned.

Carl didn't bother to reply, knowing that Vito knew the answer to that another wise he wouldn't be in this uncomfortable tux.

"Sweetheart...you're going to Fiona's wedding?" Vito called out, glancing over at his shoulder.

Korinna sat up on the couch quickly glancing at the clock to see that it was going on 2 in the afternoon. Running her fingers back, she pulled off her beanie as she got to her feet. "I-I don't have to I can just stay here with you and wait for Nicky."

Vito shook his head, "Nah. You deserve to have fun."

"You can come too. I'm sure Fiona wouldn't mind." Korinna suggested.

Vito smiled, "Maybe I'll stop by for the after festivities, send my congrats. Go on, sweetheart go upstairs and get dressed you got people waiting on ya."

Korinna peeked over Vito's frame to give Carl a wave, "Ten minutes?"

"Ten minutes." Carl smirked as Korinna skipped up the steps.

"You want come in?" Vito offered.

Carl glanced back at the car waiting on the curb where Kev sat in the driver's seat with V right beside him, Lip appeared to be smoking down a cigarette, and Debbie and Frances sat in the backseat. Carl knew that Vito was much different than Nicky, the calmer brother so he figured the Italian man wouldn't hurt him. Carl didn't know if Vito even had any sort of beef with him but he was going to find out if he decided to go inside the Gimello household.

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Carl couldn't keep his eyes off Korinna. He expected her to be dressed in pleated pants and a blouse but was stunned to see her in a simple black dress, her short hair pulled back into a ponytail with two strands framing the edges of her face, she sported very to little makeup- (as usual) filled in brows and chapstick to her lips along with a pair of the classic converse. By the time the group made it to the church everyone went in hectic mode. Svetlana called out to V who rushed out to the other side of the church to probably see Fiona.

"Aren't you going to see Fiona?" Korinna questioned Debbie who bounced Franny lightly in her arms.

Debbie gave Korinna an unimpressed glance hoping that would be a good enough answer. Korinna shared the same look at her friend, "I thought we talked about this."

"We did and I listened." Debbie sassed, "I don't want to go back there with good thoughts in the head just yet and then accidentally throw more salt at my sister making her wedding day shit. I mean me being here is good enough, right?"

Korinna shrugged her shoulders as she ran the back of her knuckle over Frances' soft cheek. The baby cooed in reply making Korinna smile down at her. Debbie watched as Lip walked away from Caleb, Ian, and Carl heading somewhere to probably be alone. Debbie knew that her older brother was hungover, he looked and smelled a little bit like alcohol the moment she woke him up this morning. Debbie didn't want to see her brother turn out to be like Frank at all.

"Caleb this is Korinna, Debbie's best friend and Carl's girlfriend." Ian introduced his new boyfriend to Korinna, the group now making their way over to the three girls.

Carl nervously ran his fingers through his hair, "Uh Ren's not my-"

"Yet." Ian corrected, throwing a wink at Korinna who tilted her head and gave Ian a playful shake of her fist.

Caleb smirked at the tit for tat between the two, leaning forward to shake Korinna's hand, "Nice to meet you."

"Likewise." Korinna gave a polite smile, shaking the guy's hand back.

The group stood around in small chatter before Debbie spoke up, "Carl and Rinna can you do me a favor and watch Frances for me? I want to check on Lip."

"Yeah, sure." Carl immediately answered, holding his arms out for his niece.

Ian shifted his gaze from Caleb's loving eyes to stare at his baby sister, "I was just about to ask where he went off to. I'll come with you, check out the bathrooms."

Debbie carefully handed over her daughter to Carl who supported her body with care as Debbie turned to follow after Ian throughout the church. Carl eyed Korinna who watched him with his neice.

"Hey Caleb! I have a question to ask, no it doesn't have to do with sex." Kev called out to the brown-skinned man.

"Yes it does." Sean chuckled.

Caleb excused himself from the two teens as he made his way over to the two men.

Carl turned his attention to Korinna he kept eyeing him with Franny in his arms, "Did I forget to mention that you look great?"

"Eh. Thanks dude, you look handsome." Korinna replied moving to sit down at the table.

Carl followed sitting across from Korinna as he moved to sit Franny in his lap after checking to make sure she were okay he smirked up at Korinna, "Handsome enough for kiss?"

Rolling her eyes Korinna kissed her fingertips then fanned her hands at the boy who laughed in return. Korinna rested her cheek in the palm of her hand as she looked around the church.

"I'm sorry about Dino." Carl started, making Korinna face him.

"Me too."

Carl broke his attention from Korinna as Frances latched onto the ends of his hair. Carl winced as he tried to pry her hands from his hair, "Hey you maybe cute but you can't touch my hair, little girl."

Smiling at the bonding moment between Carl and Franny Korinna said, "You'll be a good dad one day, Carl."

"You think so?" Carl quizzed, fixing his hair after Franny settled down.

Korinna dipped her head.

"You'll be a good mom some day."

Korinna laughed as she sat back in the chair, "You're just saying that. There's no way in hell I'm having kids."

Furrowing his brows Carl bounced Franny on his knee, "Don't say that. There needs to be more Ren's roaming this earth."

"I'm not having kids because I know I would fu-mess them up like my parents did my brothers and I. I don't want to put my child or children through that. Do you?" Korinna confessed, her eyes wrote that she seriously meant every word that fell from her lips.

"Wouldn't it be better to think that you could have these kids and give them everything your parents couldn't give you? To make up for their mistakes? I know that's what I would do for mine and I know for sure you would do that for yours." Carl told.

Korinna shook her head, "You have too much faith in me, Carl Frances Gallagher."

Carl used his free hand to interlock his hand with Korinna's. She stared at how their hands fit perfectly together beginning to wonder where they would be in the future. "Cause you're important to me, Korinna Olivia Rokos.

Korinna flashed Carl a smile, which is something he hadn't seen in awhile thus making him reveal a bright smile in return.

"Hey guys! Fiona's coming out soon, we need to get in our places." Caleb called out to the two young love birds.

Carl was the first to stand shifting Frances' weight in one arm while his held his hand out for Korinna to grasp. Korinna bit down on her bottom lip to hide her smile as she placed her hand in Carl's his skin warming hers although it was a little bit sweaty, Korinna didn't mind. The fourteen year old tugged on Korinna's hand pulling her a bit to her feet.

Debbie walked over to Carl taking Frances from his arms as she pulled Korinna to stand beside her. The priest had introduced himself to the group taking his spot in the center of the room while everyone circled around the man making an open pathway for Fiona to walk down. V made an entrance with Svetlana following shortly after with commercialized smiles and flowers in their hands.

Carl watched Sean wondering if he were feeling ansty knowing that he was going to hopefully spend the rest of his life with his sister. Would Carl feel nervous when his day came? He might even cry watching his wife walk down the aisle. Carl hoped it would extravagant in his own way. Holding his arms in front of him he turned his attention back to his brother's across from him that kept their eyes turned towards the archway Fiona would walk through. Soon enough Carl watched as his big sister slowly made her way down the aisle in a traditional white wedding dress. She looked lovely and happy, something Carl always wanted for her.

As Fiona got closer the wide grin on her face (where the little dimples around her lips were made present) could be seen. She stopped a few spaces away from Sean who looked at his bride in awe, Carl turned his head to meet Korinna's intense dark eyes.

"So who's giving the bride away?" The Priest broke the silence with a bible locked in his hands.

Lip raised his hand first along with Ian afterwards.

Fiona's grin would not leave her face as she gazed at her brothers before the smile was wiped right off her face.

"I-I am. Father... here I am, father of the bride." Frank interrupted as he made his way into the church, shrugging his winter coat as he did so.

"Frank." Fiona tiredly reacted.

Frank continued, "Where do you want me, padre?"

"No, absolutely not." Fiona groaned as Lip and Ian made their way over to their father.

Lip grabbed onto one arm, "Frank, come on. Get out of here. Come on." While Ian latched onto the other arm, the two beginning to shove the man towards the doors.

"Hey, I'm your father. I have a right. No. Stop. I have a-a duty... to walk my daughter down the aisle and to give her away." Frank shoved the hands of his son's off him as he stumbled towards his daughter.

Fiona scrunched up her nose, "Jesus, are you high?"

Frank hesitated as he looked Fiona up and down, "Whoa. Yes, I am, actually, but that's beside the point."

Frank ran his fingers through his hair, showing the bruises on his face as Kev moved to stand in front of the older man, "Come on. Come on, Frank. Let's go."

"Nobody wants you here, Frank, just go." Sean muttered.

Frank moved around Kevin to face his eldest offspring, "I'm your father. I may not have always been a great one, but I'm still your father and I'm gonna walk you down that fucking aisle."

Fiona didn't open her lips looking conflicted at her father's actions.

"Do we have a problem here?" The Priest demanded.

Sean claimed, "Uh, no, we don't. Go, Frank. You're not wanted here."

Frank spun on his heels to face the man, "Why, Sean? Why am I not wanted here? Am I a disappointment? Have I disappointed you, Sean?"

The two men were now face to face while Fiona rubbed the center of her forehead, "No, it's because you're a massive fuck-up who makes everyone around you miserable every chance you get."

"Well, no one's perfect, Sean. Isn't that right?" Frank bit, as if he knew something Sean didn't.

Fiona stood up straight, "I don't want you here."

"Get the fuck out Frank!" Lip exploded.

Korinna noticed Carl visibly moved Liam back into his frame, just in case a fight broke out.

"Take a hint." Ian added.

Frank faced the two again, "Oh, my loving family. So judgmental, all without faults. He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone. That's basically the gist of it, isn't it?" Turning back to The Priest.

"John 8:7."

Fiona declared, "Please. Please, Frank. This is my wedding day. Please don't fuck it up."

"We had fun planning for the wedding, didn't we? I love you, Fiona. My little girl," Frank tried to prove his purpose for being here watching as Fiona's eyes began to rise with tears, "I always accepted you for who you are, with all of your faults. Accepted all of you for who you are, even when you couldn't find a place in your heart to accept me for who I am. We're human. We make mistakes. Have faults. Lip's drinking his breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Ian's a bipolar queer. Deb's 15 with a baby on her hip, and Carl thinks he's a brother... with a foxy fucking girlfriend. I'm not sure how you pulled that one off."

Carl held his finger out, "Not my girl-"

Korinna hooked her arms with Carl's making him lift his eyes to meet hers yet again with the same intensity as before. He wasn't sure what that meant but the look seemed as if she wanted him to kiss her right then and there but he didn't.

Frank hanged a left to continue his speech, "And Fiona, my beautiful Fiona. You've let so many men drive up the freeway between your legs you're going to have to put an exit sign on your vagina. And now you're marrying Sean. Sean. Oh, yeah, I know you, Seanny boy. Takes a dope fiend to know a dope fiend, and you are world-class. I went by your business last night late when nobody was there, and I found some things. Maybe we should go back there, you and your bride-to-be, and show her the little box you hide under the invoices, the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet. The b... you know, with the needles and the spoon, the rubber tubing and the little, uh... baggies with this brown powder? How many hits did it take you this morning? How many did you think it was gonna take you to get through all this wedding shit?"

Fiona's eyes went wide with more tears as she tried to process everything her father was saying and the evidence that he wiggled in front of Sean's face. Korinna's eyes went quickly to Sean's little boy imagining herself in his situation when she found herself what her mom was really into.

"Is it true?" Fiona croaked.

Frank stood beside Fiona while pointing at Sean, "Oh, he's a junkie through and through, your husband-to-be. I'm surprised we're not better friends, Sean. We have so much in common."

Sean worriedly glimpsed at his son Will while Fiona whimpered. The room was completely silence at the exchange until Will shoved his way passed his father.

"Will. Will!" Sean stalked off after his son.

"You are a fucking asshole, Frank." Kevin annouced.

Frank circled around to the buzz haired man, "That I am. Never denied it," His eyes went back to Fiona's watery ones, "But at least I'm an honest asshole."

Fiona covered her mouth as she sobbed. All of a sudden Lip pulled on Frank's shoulder, throwing his fist right into his face. Before Lip could get another hit in Kev, Ian, and Caleb followed after trying to break up the fight. Kev managed to get Lip off Frank while Ian and Caleb kept Frank off to the side. Fiona quickly running away from the scene with V and Svetlana also coming to her aid.

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Korinna stepped out of the restroom saying her goodbyes to Deb, Franny, and Liam.

"She's not coming with us." Deb said to Carl as she passed by him.

The two slowly met face to face.

"You sure you don't want to help us toss Frank into the lake? It's gonna be pretty awesome." Carl tried to persuade.

Korinna linked her arms around Carl's neck taking the fourteen year old by surprise, "As fun as that sounds I want to get back to home and check to see if Nicky came back home yet."

"Okay." Carl understood, he couldn't be mad at that. Plus he figured Korinna could use a break from his fucked up family.

"Wait up for me okay?" Korinna extending, shifting on her feet.

Carl raised an eyebrow, "For...?"

"I want to build a tent, cuddle inside of it while watching horror movies and drink hot chocolate with you and I'm not taking no for an answer." Korinna boldly released her plans for the two tonight.

Carl smirked his eyes shifting to her lips before meeting her eyes again, "Alright. Cool. I'm down."

"Good." Korinna tugged Carl's face forward, placing a kiss on the tip of his nose before unlinking her arms around his neck.

Carl smiled, "Cute."

"You're cuter." Korinna challenged.

Carl shrugged, "We can be cute together."

"Good answer, Gallagher." Korinna concluded with a wink at the boy.

The two stepped away from each other, Carl's hand still holding onto Korinna's, their held out arms covering the space in between them. "I gotta go but I don't really want to."

"Go. I'll see you later."

"Promise?"

"Promise." Korinna agreed linking their pinkies before they both leaned forward to kiss their own skin on the back of their hands.

Carl let go of Korinna's hand to pull the edges of his green beanie further down his head, "Ight. I'm gonna go now before they leave me, this is something I don't want to miss out on. Maybe I'll see if Kev's got any DMX to go with the vibe with what we're about to do."

Korinna snorted as she blinked, "You do that."

Carl licked his lips then blew a kiss at Korinna then spun on heels going towards the front doors of the church.


A knocking at the door revealed the face of Nadia standing at The Gimello's front steps.

Vito opened the door half-way getting a good look at Nadia's curls since that was the first thing he saw, he knew it was her. He also knew that he wasn't allowing a liar to entire his house either.

"What do you want?" Vito investigated as he munched on some Lucky Charms.

Nadia reached her hand out to wipe away the milk that fell down Vito's chin, "I have to talk to you."

"If it's about us you might as well keep walking." Vito barked, moving his face out of her reach.

Nadia snapped out it knowing that her feelings for Vito had to be put on hold, there were bigger issues right now. "No. It's about Korinna, and if we don't get to her right now-"

Vito stopped the spoon that he was about to put into his mouth. He stepped back inside of the house placing the bowl onto the side table next to the coat hook. Vito walked over to the bottom step, his fingertips lifting the edge of the stair to pull out an oozie.


Making her way outside Korinna spotted Fiona sitting on a bench outside the back of the church in nothing but her wedding dress while smoking down a cigarette. Korinna made her way over to the older woman standing before her, "You're gonna catch a cold out here."

Fiona laughed humorlessly behind her cancer stick, "What are you still doing here? Shouldn't you be with Carl or Debbie?"

"No. I was going to head back home- well to the Gimello's for a bit."

Fiona nodded turning her attention back to the streets.

"Guys suck." Korinna began kicking at the pieces of snow that lay around like the owned the streets.

Fiona blew her smoke through her lips, "Fuckin' tell me about it."

"What're gonna do now?" Korinna examined.

Fiona shrugged, "Dunno. Maybe have a fuckin' pity party for myself."

"Sounds fun. Hey, maybe I can get Vito to make you some Tiramisu cake."

Fiona smiled, "You're a good person ya know? I see why my brother is in love with you and why Debbie has you as a best friend. You're good for them."

Korinna returned the smile although she didn't 100% agree with that statement but she smiled nonetheless. "Then what are we waiting for, let's go."

Fiona stomped the small of the cigarette on the bench as she got to her feet, "I just have to run inside and get my jacket, then I'll walk you home, okay?"

The brunette gave a tight lipped smile to Korinna as she walked by her heading back inside of the church. Korinna moved her arms off Fiona's disappearing form as she rubbed her hands together to keep them warm. She continued facing the the brick wall of the church to block out the wind with her backside since the wind was heading south.

Unexpectedly a hand gripped onto Korinna's shoulder making the girl turn to face no other than her mother standing before her. "Nevaeh? What the hell are you doing here? Are you stalking me?!"

Nevaeh sniffed against the cold, "Hush. I came to talk to you about something important, I know that you don't want anything to do with me but there's just something you should know."

"What lies can you possibly feed me now?" Korinna's dark almond eyes appearing droopier, as if she weren't interested in whatever her mother had to say to her.

Nevaeh sighed, "It's about us."

Korinna's eyes left her mother's frame as they got wide crossing her arms at the same time, "Oh this should be good."

Nevaeh stared down at the ground taking a deep breath before she met her daughter's eyes, "I know that you OD'ed a few weeks ago."

"You really are stalking me!" Korinna yelled into the cold taking a step back from her mother, "Do I have to get a restraining order from you or something?"

Nevaeh followed after Korinna who kept moving back from the woman, "No. You have to listen to me, I care about your well-being. Although we're not on the best terms at the moment, you're still my daughter and I love you with all my heart."

Rapidly Korinna shook her head at her mother, not wanting to hear her say those words that she hasn't heard since she were six years old. "Just stay the hell away from me, okay?"

Korinna took her leave taking a few steps away, wanting nothing more than to get away from Nevaeh Rokos. Something just didn't feel right about this.

"Korinna! Korinna, wait!" Nevaeh called out to her.

Korinna stopped in her tracks swinging around to face the woman. Korinna didn't know what made her do this but maybe it was the smidge of hope she still had in her chest for Nevaeh. Nevaeh actualized towards Korinna until the sound of squealing tires rolled down the street. It felt as if everything was put into slow motion.

"We want to send a little message to Dacey Rokos. If you see him, let him know we're looking for him!" A voice screamed out into the winter air before a round of bullets were fired, one flying through Nevaeh's chest, another lodging into her hip, one more to her throat, and the last right through the center of her head.

Korinna watched in horror as her Nevaeh's body fell to the ground much too quickly. She set off into a run turning the woman's body over in her hands as she cradled her to her chest, blood staining her clothes. "Mom! Ma, stay with me, please!" She cried her hands shaking as the warm copper stench filled her nose.

Nevaeh's light honey eyes stared right at Korinna as blood poured out of her mouth. Korinna rocked the woman in her arms, "I didn't mean it! I didn't mean i-it, I'm so sorry!"

Korinna felt her vision blur as she kept a tight grip on her mother's body, her own screams becoming silent however, the pain was anything but.


A/N: THE END! THIS IS OFFICALLY THE LONGEST CHAPTER I HAVE EVER WRITTEN ON THIS SITE SO I DESERVE SOME ROSES THROWN AT ME ;) I know you're all probably wondering how many people do I have kill in this story lol but I knew this was going to happen the moment I finished watching the season finale of season 6 awhile back, I thought this was make a decent ending for Korinna's story line no? There's probably a lot you guys want to say so feel free to do that. Shout out to everyone that took the time to review, favorite, and follow that's enough motivation to keep on keeping on but it was rough. I also wanted to have this completed before August 1st and I did just that so another gold star for me!

As for season 7 for Korinna I have some ideas for her already which can obviously change as season 7 premieres in October. As the housemates here are the cast members that they are all played by: Enzo - Jessey Stevens / Mr. James Williams (He was going to have his normal name as the person he's played by in my head but I have too many characters that share the same name so) - Jesse Williams / May Paz - Zoe Kravitz / Cam - Cameron Boyce / Monte - Lourdes Leon / Dove - Dove Cameron/ Janice - Joey King/ Nevaeh - Thandie Newton / Mrs. Viola Davs - Viola Davis.

I hope you all enjoyed this tragic TRAGIC finale.

If not...well hopefully I can make it up to with season 7? While we're waiting check out Mad Hatter which I want to update very soon.

Thanks again for the constant love.

p.s. - this is half edited so I will be editing the rest later along with the previous chapter because I noticed a few errors as well.

-ALES