Disclaimer: I do not own Big Time Rush or anything to do with it.
Celia woke with a start, it was July 1st the day she had been dreading the most. It was the ninth anniversary of her father's death. She felt like pulling the covers over her head and not getting out of bed all day; however Calvin would never let her do that.
Calvin knew what today was but he never acknowledged it, not that even surprised Celia. She quickly showered and dressed and made her way downstairs where her family was sitting at the breakfast table.
"Finally Celia I thought you were going to sleep the day away" said Calvin coldly.
Celia fought the urge to roll her eyes it wasn't even nine o'clock yet "I'm sorry Calvin" she said hoping she sounded sincere.
"Madison I thought we could do something special today" said Calvin.
"Okay" said Maddie sounding unsure as she glanced at Celia. Maddie knew what today was and she was hoping to spend the day with her big sister.
"I was thinking we could have a daddy daughter day. We could get hot dogs at the beach and go to the fair" he finished giving Celia a smug smile.
"Calvin" gasped her mom at how hurtful he was being on today of all days.
Celia felt all the blood drain out of her face and she felt like bursting into tears. How dare he mock her memories of her father. He was doing this for no other reason to be hurtful. He enjoyed seeing her in pain it made him happy. She blinked quickly and bit her bottom lip to keep from crying she would not give Calvin that satisfaction.
"How does that sound Madison?" asked Calvin smugly. Celia could see her little sister was too scared to answer as she let out a small whimper as glanced back and forth between her sister and father.
Celia needed to get out of there before she did something that would get her or her mom or sister hurt. She quickly jumped up from the table and grabbed her cell phone and car keys.
"Cecelia where the hell do you think you are going get back here!" roared Calvin. Celia ignored him and ran out of the house slamming the door behind her. She got into her car and sped off realizing there was only once place she could go.
Celia barely made it to Kendall's apartment she was so upset. This was the time she missed having friends, people she could count on beside Kendall. She knocked on the door tears building in her eyes.
"Hi Celia" said Mrs. Knight cheerfully as she answered "Kendall is out at the moment but you are more than welcome to come in" she finished opening the door the whole way.
Celia could not respond she burst into tears; the whole day really hitting her.
"Oh Sweetie what's wrong" said Mrs. Knight putting an arm around her and guiding her to the couch.
"My step-father" she finally answered taking a few gasping breathes trying to calm herself. She finally managed to tell Mrs. Knight what had happened. "I just had to get out of there and I did not know where else to go" finished Celia wiping the tears off her face.
Mrs. Knight was furious, how could a man be so evil "I am so sorry" said Mrs. Knight trying to keep the anger out of her voice. "Your step-father was very wrong to do that, and you are more than welcome here anytime" she finished giving Celia's hand a squeeze.
Before Celia could respond the front door opened and all four boys came in.
"Celia" said Kendall happily as he made her way over to her stopping suddenly when he noticed that she had been crying. "What happened?" he asked concern.
Celia could not help tears began to leak out of her eyes again.
"Hey don't we have that um thing by the pool" said Carlos suddenly grabbing James and Logan and pulling them out of the apartment so Celia and Kendall could have some privacy.
"I'll leave you two alone" said Mrs. Knight leaving the room.
Celia explained how today was the anniversary of her father's death and what Calvin had done that morning.
"Celia I am so sorry" he said sincerely pulling her into his arms rubbing her back soothingly.
"I just want to forget about it" said Celia finally pulling herself together wiping the last of the tears away.
"Okay" said Kendall, Celia could tell he was still worried about her. "Today is your day we can do anything you want" he said with a smile.
"How about we go to the boardwalk" she said with a small smile.
"Sounds great" he said taking her hand as they made their way out of the apartment.
"Despite everything I had a pretty good day" said Celia. It was later and they were head back to the Palm Woods, despite numerous calls from her mom apologizing for Calvin she was not ready to go home.
"How was your day?" asked Mrs. Knight warmly as they made their way into the apartment.
"All things considering, pretty good" said Celia with a small smile. "However I unfortunately have to be heading home soon, which should be fun" she muttered sarcastically.
"I was thinking about that" said Mrs. Knight with a smile "if you do not feel comfortable going home you could stay here tonight. On the couch far away from Kendall's room" she finished giving her son a look.
"Of course" said Kendall raising his hand defensively.
"That would be great, but Calvin would never ever agree to it" said Celia frowning.
"We'll see" said Mrs. Knight pulling out her phone, Celia could tell Mrs. Knight was still mad at her step-father "what's his number?" asked Mrs. Knight.
Celia quickly rattled off the number, nervous at how Calvin may react.
"Don't worry" said Kendall almost like he was reading her mind "my mom always gets her way" he said putting his arm around her.
"Well I think it is inappropriate to mock a young girl's memory of her father who has passed away" said Mrs. Knight into the phone. "Well sorry if it is a misunderstanding" said Mrs. Knight rolling her eyes clearly not believing him. "Unless you want me calling Celia every hour on the hour all night to check on her I suggest you let her stay. She will be on the couch far away from my son, you have my word nothing will happen" she finished taking a breath.
Celia watched as Mrs. Knight listened to Calvin on the other end of the phone before speaking "good Celia will see you tomorrow" finished Mrs. Knight hanging up the phone.
"Told you" said Kendall smiling giving her a quick kiss.
"Enough of that" said Mrs. Knight laughing "I promised Celia's step-father that nothing would happen. Kendall why don't you go see if you can find something for Celia to wear tonight."
"Yep" said Kendall leaving the room.
"I cannot believe that you got Calvin to agree with you" said Celia still somewhat astonished.
"I can be very persuasive" said Mrs. Knight grinning, Celia could not help but laugh.
"Calvin did sound like her was very sorry about what happened this morning" said Mrs. Knight seriously.
Celia felt her stomach clench she knew that Calvin had no remorse about what had happened he was putting on a show "I am sure he is I will talk to him tomorrow" said Celia putting on a fake smile and lying through her teeth.
It was almost midnight and Celia was curled up on the couch, but she was unable to sleep. She was worried about what Calvin would do to her when she got home tomorrow and also she really missed her father.
"Hey" said Kendall coming into the room.
Celia, who was so wrapped up in her own thoughts did not come in, gasped and jumped off the couch. "You trying to give me a heart attack" she said keeping her voice low as not to wake up the entire apartment.
"Sorry I knew you weren't asleep I could hear you thinking all the way in my room" he joked sitting down on the couch. Celia took a deep breath to calm her pounding heart as she set down beside him. He put his arm around her and she laid her head on his shoulder.
"How are you doing?" asked Kendall after a few minutes of silence.
"Okay, I'm just worried about Calvin tomorrow" she said honestly.
"Oh" said Kendall, Celia could feel him tense "If he hurts you" said Kendall not being able to finish his sentence his voice rising.
"Shh" said Celia "you want to wake everyone up."
"Sorry I worry about you, I love you" he said his eyes meeting hers.
"I love you too" she said leaning in and kissing him. He deepened the kiss and pulled her closer.
"Wait" Celia she said after a few seconds pulling away catching her breath "I'm not ready" she finally said biting her lip nervously. She hoped he understood that she was not ready to sleep with him.
"Ready for – oh" he said finally realizing what she meant, he started to laugh.
"Really Kendall thanks" she said scooting away from him.
"I mean do you really think that I would try that on today of all days and in the middle of my living room" he finished.
"Oh" said Celia relaxing and leaning into him again "but you are ready?" she asked.
"Yes, but I understand you are not ready. I can wait until or if you are ready" he finished putting his arm around her again.
"You are the best" she said with a smile "I know" he replied with a smile giving her a quick kiss.
"You should try to get some sleep" he said going to stand up, but she grabbed his arm to stop him.
"Please stay for a little longer?" she asked "of course" he replied covering the two of them with a blanket.
"Hey big bro, wake up" Katie said nudging her big brother.
Kendall woke with a start, he realized he was still on the couch and Celia was snuggled against him.
"Yeah, you might want to go back to your room before mom gets up which is any minute now" said Katie crossing her arms.
"Thanks Katie" he said laying Celia on the couch careful not to wake her "and just so you know nothing-" he started but was interrupted.
"Nothing happened, I know" said Katie with a small smile "but you might have a hard time convincing Mom so move" finished Katie.
"Thanks baby sister" said Kendall hurrying to his room. Within a few seconds of him leaving the room Mrs. Knight entered.
"Morning sweetie" Mrs. Knight said smiling at her daughter "what are doing?"
"Just seeing if Celia was awake" lied Katie.
"I'm awake" mumbled Celia sitting and then panicking when she saw Mrs. Knight Kendall had fallen asleep on the couch with her.
"Celia are you alright?" asked Mrs. Knight concerned.
"Um" said Celia glancing around the room "just fine" she replied relaxing when she realized that Kendall must have snuck back to his room.
"Good" said Mrs. Knight still giving her a worried look as she started breakfast.
Katie gave her a knowing look and Celia realized that she must have warned Kendall "thank you" whispered Celia, Katie gave her a smile and nod as she sat down across from her on the couch.
"Morning" said Kendall coming into the room "morning sweetie" Mrs. Knight said with a smile.
"Morning Celia" he said sitting down beside her and giving her a kiss.
"Morning" she said leaning into him, she could get used to this.
"Thanks again Mrs. Knight" said Celia it was a few hours later and she finally heading home.
"Anytime sweetie" said Mrs. Knight giving her a hug.
"I'll walk you out" said Kendall walking her out into the hallway and shutting the door.
"If Calvin does anything" he started.
"Relax he wouldn't do anything he knows I would come here and your mom would suspect something" she said really hoping that her words were true.
"Okay I will call you tonight just in case" he said giving her a kiss "I love you."
"I love you too" she said with a smile as she headed down the hallway with a smile.
"I'm home" she called as she made her way into her house, it was better to get Calvin's punishment over with then wait for the inevitable.
She saw Calvin come into the room her mom right behind him looking nervous. Calvin grabbed her arm and squeezed her arm so tight she lost feelings in her fingers.
"Cecelia what you did was unacceptable, I am only going to ask you this once" he said jerking her arm and pulling her closer so his face was right in hers "did anything happen between you and that boy?" he asked his eyes blazing.
"No sir" she said starring right into his eyes. When he did not respond Celia closed her eyes and held her breath waiting for the hitting to start. To her surprise Calvin did not hit her; she opened her eyes and looked back at Calvin.
"If anything happens between you and that boy all your punishments that you have had before will be nothing compared to what punishment I will give you. Do you understand?" he asked.
"Yes sir" she answered sincerely. Calvin finally released her arm and stormed out of the room. Celia let out a breath and flexed her fingers to get the feeling back, she looked and her arm and realized it would probably bruise, however she considered herself lucky that was the only bruise she received from Calvin.
"Yeah okay honey?" asked her mom.
"Fine" answered Celia "I am going to go say hi to Maddie" she said leaving the room and heading up the stairs leaving her mom behind. She could not help but think that even though Calvin had not hit her this time he had something much worse planned for the future.
(A/N: Sorry I have not updated in a while! I had pneumonia and was really sick for a while and did not really feel up to writing. I am better now and writing again and the next chapter should be up later today or tomorrow.)