[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/190705/8474d240a7bca25922bd85bd83eb379e.png[/img] [img]https://66.media.tumblr.com/119608e44f9619cf3e3e83606d798e0b/tumblr_o4d6q5YaZG1sim304o3_250.gif[/img][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d5/e8/81/d5e881969842341485885d05d6282721.gif[/img] [sub]Featuring [color=31ba9f]Jamie Callaghan[/color] & [color=ba314c]Katie Callaghan[/color] Location: Callaghan House[/sub][/center] [hr][hr] As the lights in the Callaghan house went out, and Alison and Henry slipped into a much needed slumber, Katie tiptoed down the hall, to her older brother’s room. She’d been listening to his fight with their parents, but she’d waited till now to go get the full story from him. Her parents were on edge right now, and considering her own escapades, she saw no need to draw any attention to her. At Jamie’s door, she gently turned the knob, and pushed it open, slipping in and shutting the door behind her. Jamie was lying on his bed, eyes focused on his ceiling. He turned his head slowly to see who had entered, and propped himself up on his elbows once he saw it was Katie. [color=31ba9f][b]“Come to see the prisoner?”[/b][/color] he joked, letting his head fall back into his pillows with a sigh. He’d been lost in a haze of thought since his fight with his parents, his mind jumping from annoyance, to anger, to self pity, to guilt, in an endless cycle that had him wishing he could text A Double and pick up something to shut his brain off. Katie rolled her eyes, and climbed onto Jamie’s bed, laying down next to him and resting her head on his shoulder. They hadn’t had a talk like this in years, and that time it had been Jamie in Katie’s bed, and he’d been coming out to her. Now, it was Katie who had something to say. [color=ba314c][b]“Do you love Marshall?”[/b][/color] she asked, her voice barely louder than a whisper. Jamie looked down at her from the corner of his eye, his face scrunched into a visage of confusion. [color=31ba9f][b]“Well, I mean, no. Not yet. I like him a lot, yeah, but… love isn’t something that comes in a week, I don’t think.”[/b][/color] Jamie said. [color=ba314c][b]“What about AJ? You loved him, right?”[/b][/color] Jamie sighed. He mulled it over for a moment, his mind replaying his relationship with AJ, the ups, the downs, and everything in between. [color=31ba9f][b]“Yeah. I did. Once upon a time. Maybe I still do. Love is confusing like that. No matter how much shit happens, it’s hard to forget what you loved about someone.”[/b][/color] [color=ba314c][b]“How did you know? That you loved him, I mean.”[/b][/color] Katie was sitting up now, staring at Jamie intently. Her face was steely, like it normally was when she was upset, but her eyes betrayed her to Jamie. She was nervous about something. [color=31ba9f][b]“I don’t know really. We’d been dating for a few months, and one night he told me he loved me, and I just knew.”[/b][/color] A pang of guilt shot through him, as visions of AJ morphed into Marshall, lying below him in the grass. He pushed it away, and turned to look at Katie. This wasn’t about his confusion right now. [color=31ba9f][b]“Why?”[/b][/color] Katie chewed her bottom lip, her eyes finding her lap for a moment and then looking back up at Jamie, a nervous smile spreading across her face. [color=ba314c][b]“I may or may not have slept with Scott. Lyon.”[/b][/color] She studied Jamie’s stunned face for a moment, letting them sit in silence for a few moments before the overwhelming discomfort forced her to speak. [color=ba314c][b]“Say something, for fucks sake!”[/b][/color] she hissed. Jamie’s mouth remained agape, and when it did shut, he kept silent, carefully choosing his next words. Part of him wanted to go toe to toe with Scott Lyon right then, but another part of him recognized that his sister was her own person. As much as he wanted to protect her, there were certain things she’d have to go through, and this was one of those inevitable events. [color=31ba9f][b]“Okaaaaay. Didn’t you hate him, like, two days ago?”[/b][/color] [color=ba314c][b]“Well that’s the thing. I did. And now I don’t. I think. I’m fucking confused, Jamie!”[/b][/color] she said, falling back down next to her brother, her hands flinging into the air in defeat. [color=ba314c][b]“He is confusing and infuriating but he’s also sweet, and funny, and smart, and very nice to look at and his dick is-”[/b][/color] [color=31ba9f][b]“I’m gonna stop you there, because I absolutely have no desire to talk about Scott Lyon’s dick,”[/b][/color] Jamie said, a comment which sent both siblings into a fit of childish laughter. For a moment, the years melted away, and they were kids again, laughing together, blissfully unaware of the pains that the future would bring. Finally, when the laughter died, Jamie spoke up. [color=31ba9f][b]“My advice is to stop freaking out. If he’s really all of these things, you don’t need to worry about love and shit like that. Just, go along with the ride, and if it’s meant to be, the rest will come.”[/b][/color] Katie smiled softly, a warmth flooding her veins. She knew what she wanted, clear as day. It had always been right there, just in front of her. [color=ba314c][b]“Thank you, Jamie.”[/b][/color] she said. Her head stayed resting on his shoulder, and he reached up and gently patted her head, smiling inwardly. [color=31ba9f][b]“Anytime.”[/b][/color]