Kate was released from the hospital within a week. And the first thing she and Max did was go to the diner and order some much needed breakfast. The blonde had missed the taste of sweet pancakes on her tongue. She was so sick of gross hospital food, and real food was just what she needed to help her feel better. And the next day that she was free, she and Max went to church together. There was a small one just outside of Arcadia Bay, and Max insisted that Kate go. "Are you sure?" The blonde girl had questioned her girlfriend. Albeit, Kate had wanted to go to church for a long time, she didn't want Max to go if the girl was feeling uncomfortable.

Max nodded, "I'm sure, okay? You need this." She replied, and that was that. But Kate was glad that Max was being so supportive and so great about this. Kate needed church, she needed to feel like her old self again, and for the most part she did. Now it was just the simple tasks of getting her disheveled life back together. And Max was there, helping her pick up the a strewn pieces along the way. So they sat in church together, listening to the wise words, and Kate cried, but it made her feel so much better. And the way Max held her hand, and rubbed her back helped quite a lot too.

They still hadn't talked about it, but Max wasn't going to pressure Kate about any of it. She'd let the girl confess on her own time. In the mean time, Max was just glad that she got her sweet little Kate back. The Kate that was as radiant as the sun, the Kate that always smiled, the Kate that loved to draw and laugh, and just loved life. Max was ecstatic to have that Kate back. And Kate had promised her that she was never going away ever again. The two girls were back to normal; just like it was when they first started dating at the beginning of the school year.

She returned to Blackwell, and the school was unusually quiet upon her return. Most of the students were surprised that she had even made it back, that she was even still alive. There were flowers and little notes and messages placed around her door, around room 222, and some of them were genuine. But most of them were so two faced and lies, and Kate hated that. The whispers about she and Max stopped, which was good, but Kate was infuriated at that. It only took a suicide attempt for people to stop talking crap about her? That was pitiful. She was so behind on her school work, all she and Max did was stay hoarded up in her dorm room trying to catch up on all the assignments that she missed. Of course, they got Warren's help too, what with him being a big nerd and all that, and he was so excited to see Kate as well.

"It's good to have you back, Kate." He told her, hugging her tightly.

"It's good to be back." Kate confirmed with a smile.

"We all missed you here." Warren replied.

"Yeah, but nobody missed me more than my bunny." Kate joked, remembering just how happy he was that she was back in her dorm room and that everything was all going back to normal. Even if Max had taken care of the bunny while Kate was away, he was still happy that his mommy was back. Things were turning out quite alright, and weeks passed before everything was completely back to normal. Max and Kate could finally breathe again, they could finally be happy again. And there were only a few months of school left, and then it would be time for graduation, and then everybody would be moving on with their lives. They would be adults, free to do whatever they chose.

It was a cool spring night, and Max and Kate were lying together in Max's dorm, in Max's bed. They were watching a movie, curled up together, Max running her hands through her girlfriend's long blonde hair. It was a content moment. But Max was lost in her thoughts, still wondering why Kate had never talked about the suicide attempt yet. Max had questions, although she didn't want to bother Kate with them, she really wanted them answered so they'd get out of her mind for good. "Kate?" Max spoke, her voice barely above a whisper. "Did you try to kill yourself because of me?" She inquired, not being able to look at Kate.

The blonde's breathing slowed, "No." She answered, laying unmoving in Max's arms. "Why would you think that?"

Max shrugged, "It's just been bothering me..." She answered honestly. "I knew you weren't happy."

"But it wasn't because of you." Kate defended. "You made me very happy, it was everyone else who was dragging me down... My own parents Max, at the hospital, I told them everything about me and you, and they said they didn't want anything to do with me anymore. They paid my hospital bills and left me all alone. You and God are all I have left Max..." Kate trailed off, her voice breaking, reliving the moments back in the hospital. It was so painful seeing her mother and father standing there and giving her the cold shoulder.

"I didn't know, Kate... I'm so sorry." Max replied.

"I saw him, you know."

"Who?"

"God." She revealed. "He came to me, and he told me that me and you were going to be fine. He said that in the end, everything will work out fine, even with my parents. And so far Max, I believe him. My life is slowly going back to normal, and I have you, and I'm finally happy. It was more than I could ever imagine." She continued to trail off, twisting her body so that she was looking up at Max. "I love you Max, and you have been so supportive and awesome... I just don't know what I'd be doing without you." She spoke, such clarity and sureness in her voice. And it was true, she felt as though Max was her everything, her rock, and her will to go on and live her life with being different.

The brunette grinned, a small smile pulling at the corners of her lips and she leaned down to kiss her girlfriend. "I love you too Kate."