Chapter Forty Nine.

Elena's Pov.

I nudged Katie at the sides when I regained my composure from that soul breaking glare, we'd been standing like some twin statues ever since, hands entwined. She woke from her trance when I nudged her, but then looked like she did not even know where to go, and that was something, owing to the fact that this was her own home, but then I did not really know about family drama since I did not really experience much of it, the tension was still need to me.

"Why don't we go to your room?" I suggested in whispers.

"yeah that is a good idea, given that the dinner is not yet ready, we would have taken some more time on getting ready" She said, probably regretting her choice of clothing, I snorted, " Nah, I think I am dressed pretty fine, it's you who is not dressed properly for the occasion."

She did not answer to that, instead she called out to her mother who was still busy in the kitchen " Hey ma, I think I will head up to my room, Elena here is bugging me and saying she would like to see it, just calle when the food is ready, okay?"

"Alright, you do not mean you have been standing there at the entrance ever since you greeted your dad" The mom called back and I could see the light colouration of a blush appearing on her cheeks, probably because Josette was now looking our way and she was embarrassed.

" Ma! I will be off now" She yelled and dragged me up the stairs, and into a large bedroom. The room was painted with a teal color and white furniture that went surprisingly went well together.

There was a large book shelf at one corner of the room and from the rumpled back covers, she must have read them for like over five times, the other part of the room was occupied by the large bed, which Katie currently plopped on, looking at me to tell her what I think about the room, but I was not going to answer her just yet, the piano and guitar that was at the corner of the room, looking untouched.

I raised an eyebrow, "you never told me you played instruments"

Her face contorted, " Yeah, that was a long time ago, in the past, I did play some instruments and compose songs, but then.... " she trailed off, zoning out on me, I knew from the far off look in her eyes.

" Katie, hey, what happened?" I was intrigued.

"Well, guess my mom has a bitter history with music, so hearing me play and compose songs, it just did not sure we'll with her, so she banned me from ever touching anything that could actually ignite my passion for music, I was actually supposed to dispose of those instruments, I just could not bring myself to do it." She shrugged indifferently, but I could see the longing in her eyes.

"Aww I am so sorry" I was sorry,for bringing back old memories.

"Yeah you do not need to be sorry, that was a long time ago" She waved me off, but I could tell that the thought of it still brought back the rush of passion,it was very evident in her face.

"so what do you think about my room?" she asked, looking expectant. 

" Huh, don't get too excited, it looks like the average fifteen year old room, no need to be over the top about it" I said smugly and she pouted.

Without warning she smashed me on the bed and we began to wrestle and roll around on the bed like a bunch of ten year olds, wrestling for candy, or something like that. It was in this state that Josette found us, we had not even noticed her or even heard her footsteps on the wooden stairs, until she let out a loud, 'ahem', clearing her throat really loudly and adding a little, "Marie said I should call you guys to come down, dinner is ready" and she swiftly swung around stomped down the stairs, LOUDLY.

"What's her deal anyways" Katie looked confused, but I had definitely caught on to what was happening.

"Oh, I think I know exactly what her deal is" I smirked.

"you do? enlighten me then, I want to be in the know too" She responded.

"I think our pretty blonde over there is completely jealous, her actions are giving her away, from her glare to the way she looked at our entwined hands to the way she spoke to us just now, I think she is jealous, and that is a very good start." I explained, but Katie looked hesitant.

" Jealous? ha, I do not think so, if she was in the least bit interested in me, do you not think she would have at least tried to contact me, I did not block her number you know, but she never called, does that not ring a bell that she does not like me," she replied, I wanted to say something, but she beat me to it, " if you want to say that maybe she came to my apartment,to have a talk with me or what so ever, then just know that you are wrong, I live in a pretty plush apartment that has CCTV cameras installed and when I went to get some of my stuff from the apartment the other day, yesterday to be exact, I checked all the CCTV footages and guess what, no trace of her, so I have learnt my lesson, if I did not learn it for the entire six years I have been with Matt, or more with her, then I have surely learnt it now, so I don't care.she may take the jealousy and shove it up her fine perfect ass." she heaved, but I knew she did not mean it, the hopeful glint in her eye showed it all, she had not stopped loving the woman.

I smirked and shook my head, "Yeah if you are done ranting, I just wanted to tell you that we should head downstairs now, it will only ignite suspicion, especially when you come out to them, they will think we were doing dirty in here"I said and she giggled, her rage had obviously gone down.

"Yeah, I guess we should go down now, we do not want them getting the wrong ideas." she looked flustered.

" Or maybe you do not want HER to get the wrong ideas huh" I smirked, wiggling my eyebrows suggestively.

"Stoppp, you know that is not what I meant" she got up from the bed dragging me along with her and veered me out the door.

When we got to the dinning area, we found everybody waiting for us, the food he'd been laid out, I felt embarrassed, we both muttered our 'sorrys' and sat down, me directly opposite Katie's brother (who was making googly eyes at me) and she directly opposite Josette (who was also staring at me), talk about being the center of attention.

"What kept you two so long" Marie asked.

"sorry ma'am, we just got carried away while we were talking, we did not mean to keep you waiting" I apologized, and I could hear a little scoff from Josette, I looked up at her and our eyes met, she had an expression that said, 'talking huh', I looked away.

"oh that is nothing, it is completely understandable, and please, call me Marie, I feel so old with you calling me ma'am" Marie smiled that nice boxy smile.

"You will obviously feel old because you ARE old, no big deal about it" Katie butted in and. earned a laugh from her father.

"I am always telling her that, now she got the confirmation she needed." He backed the daughter up.

"PETER" Marie called grinding her teeth and widening her eyes threateningly at him.

A few chuckles was passed around the table.

"Okay, amusement time is over, dig in peeps" Marie commanded and I willingly obliged, the aroma of the food was enticing and had been seducing me since I sat down at the table.

I took a bite and boy oh boy, I was hooked.

"Hmmmm" I moaned unknowingly, eyes closed, I was sure my facial expression matched the moan I just released.

Katie nudged me from under the table, I opened my eyes and snapped, "what!"

Then I noticed the stares of the people at the table, "what? this tastes shooooo delicious, I can't help it" I said in between mouthfuls, thereby distorting my sentence "reminds me if my mother's cooking" I smiled at that, a bittersweet smile.

" At long last, someone appreciates my cooking, at long last" Marie cried out and Katie rolled her eyes.

" Your cooking was never better than mine you know that right?" Peter declared.

" Agreed" Katie concurred.

"Why you! then why do you not cook, huh, why do you keep telling me to cook my delicious meals for you huh?" Marie raised her eye brows at him.

" Maybe because I can no longer reach the kitchen counter, and I have to flatter you so that you will at least put some effort and make the food edible" Peter clapped back and the whole table burst into laughter, except me, I was too busy chucking down the food before me.

Soon my plate was empty, " can I get a refill?" 

"sure you can" Marie looked pleased and Katie, well Katie was already familiar with my eating habits, the other people were flabbergasted.

"How do you even keep that slim and elegant body type when you eat that much" The black haired man, Katie's brother asked.

" I don't know, intense gym sessions?" I said but it came out more like a question.

" Shut up Derrick, it's rude to ask a woman that kind of question" Katie chastised.

" oh it's nothing, with the amount of food I am seeing in my plate, there is no way I can be angry, and Marie?" I called.

" Yes?" she answered.

" You have to give me the recipe, pleaseeee" I begged, but did not wait to hear her reply, I went back to my plate and faced the meal that was looking at me and beckoning on me to come.

 With the refill, I still finished before the rest of them, not because I ate faster, but because they were poking at their food, especially Katie, not having an appetite. When I stood up and carried my plate, they all looked up at me, amused, I could tell that I had gained the respect of Marie, when I came back and sat at the table, just to be polite, Marie asked, "What do you do for a living Elena"

"I am a model, pretty new in the business actually, Elena Young, Katie is my manager and assistant, so we have a pretty close relationship" I replied.

Josette almost choked when I finished.

" Do you need a glass of water" I asked.

" No thanks" she said, " So, has she been staying with you this past few days?" she asked. 

" I do not see anything wrong with that, do you?" I smirked,this was going really well.

"I don't" was the sharp reply, I heard a sharp breath intake from beside me, Katie was so nervous, I could tell from all the fidgeting she was doing under the table.

"Mom, Dad, I have something to say, that is why I risked the six hour drive down here" she started, pushing her plate away from her, I placed my hand on hers and squeezed it from under the table to show her that I was with her and there was no need to be scared.

"Go ahead darling, we are all ears" Peter urged.

" okay, so, I broke up with Matt, I don't know if he told you, but I did" She informed.

Matt cleared his throat when all eyes fell on him, "she did".

" Why did you do it?" Marie asked.

" Well for one, because he was cheating, he was cheating on me and he rubbed it in my face, I always tried to hold the relationship together even if my interests did not lay there, but he went ahead and cheated and I could not just hold it any longer." Her fists were now in fists in her laps.

" Wait up a minute, your interests did not lay there?what the hell do you mean by that" Marie asked.

" What do you mean, you were the one who pressured me into the relationship because they were 'family friends' I never liked him in that way, I just did it because I have a lot of respect for you" Katie replied hotly.

" Calm down everybody" that was Peter.

" And, I also have a confession to make," she took a deep breath, so did Josette.

"Go ahead" Peter urged, Marie had tried into a tight line.

"I am homosexual, I ..... like girls romantically, I don't have interests in guys, I have always been interested in the female population" she confessed.

Marie slapped a hand on the table, rattling the cups on the table, she stood up and towered over us, " Wait the hell up young lady, you do not know what you are saying, it's..... bizarre, abnormal, it can't be, you can't be."

Katie stood up too, now towering over the mom "I am twenty seven mom, I think I'm mature enough to know what I like and what I dislike, and I definitely CAN be" she pointed to the writing on her shirt and I realized that she must have worn it for this very purpose. 

"So what are you trying to say, huh, it's all abnormal don't you see?" Marie said, the rest of the table was quiet, this was a battle if wills.

" Abnormal, what exactly is abnormal. Do you know how hard it was for me, to be able to come out to you, to stay in a loveless relationship that I did not even have a single bit of respect, to be in love with my boyfriend's sister a the while and not make it obvious, to always be close to a girl I like and pretend that I like her like a sister, because I respect you and I feared that if I ever came out, this would happen? that I would not be accepted, rejected by the people that matter to me the most, that you would not understand me, you would do exactly what you are doing now, do you know how hard it was, for me to stay in that six hour ride over here, jittery and scared, not knowing how this would turn out, do you even know the amount of courage it took for me to be able to stop hiding behind the thin film of heterosexuality, not getting discovered, staying in close range with the one person I truly loved, for SIX FUCKING YEARS and having to play it off, do you even know how lonely I felt because I did not have any friggin body to share this with, until she came along, took me out of my shell of despair and loneliness, told me to accept my truth, and tell you my truth, but it was hard, having the fear that she too will reject me, now you, you are rejecting me, and it hurts so bad, DO YOU EVEN KNOW" she heaved, the tears flowing non stop, and my heart broke into a thousand pieces.

Author's Note:

Hey guys 🥰🥰, yeah, you probably know by now that I like drama and this was nothing short of it😁😁, feel for Katie though, one minute she is the bad bitch, teaching people life lessons, the next minutes, she's a lonely woman, drowned in despair and hurt, well, I guess it's the hardest part of life that teaches us the most lessons 😩😭😭. AND I am not trying to say that slim women are the most beautiful, neither am I saying that the slim and elegant body type is the best, that is a stereotype guys, fat and plump people are beautiful and really sexy too🥵, like have you seen them in action! gosh, the hotness be drippin🥵🥵. So I am portraying Elena as slim does not really mean anything, just to clear any doubts, anyway, anticipate. Bye for now✌️ XOXO😍😍♥️♥️❣️❣️.