4.19 Confession

The twins had just headed off to their second day of school, and Kaity was clearing the table, still feeling upset that her babies were so big now.

"Kaity, what the hell?!" A newspaper slammed onto the table, causing Kaity to drop the plate she was clearing in surprise. She'd not even realised Shaena was up, and yet here she was screaming in her ear.
"What? What have I done now?" She asked, resigned.
"This!" She tapped a picture on the front page of the tabloid. It was of her and Leighton in the club the day before.
"Oh, that..."

"'Oh, that'?!" Shaena shouted back, picking the paper up and slamming it down again. "Is that all you can say? 'Oh, that'?!"
"There's nothing else to say. Nothing happened."
"This doesn't look like nothing!"
"We're talking in that picture. A picture tells a thousand words, remember? I'm sure the journalist-"
"Kaity. I know you." Shaena glared, making Kaity suddenly a little apprehensive. She'd never been scared or worried or nervous about what her best friend would do.

"How could you do this to Winter?"
"I don't need to hear this!" Kaity screamed her reply as she clamped her hands over her ears. "I didn't do anything to Winter. Winter left me, not the other way around. And me and Lei-"
"Kaity, how can you be so stupid? The man clearly loves you, he's coming back."
"He's not."
"What is wrong with you?! Why can't you see? Why can't you trust him?" There was no reply, and a few moments passed as Shaena thought over her next words. "You love him too, don't you. You love him but you're too scared to admit that to anyone, including yourself, because then you'll seem like a normal person. You're so used to being the odd one out, the freak, that you can't handle the thought of opening up to anyone and proving to them that you're a sim. You're a sim just like the rest of us, and you make mistakes, you fall in love, you cry, you feel pain..." She paused a second, wondering whether to say anymore, Kaity's hands were loosening the grip on her head and she was starting to well up. "And you sleep around because you love the attention and the drama."

That last line hurt, and she wasn't sure what to reply.
"I'm right, aren't I?"
"No." She refused. "No, you couldn't be more wrong. I hate the attention, I'd do anything to be normal."

"But I choose not to delude myself into thinking someone would love me. Look what happened to you. You convinced yourself that he loved you, and now our best friend is dead."
"Kaity-"
"This is your fault, Shaena. You know it too. If you hadn't started seeing him, this would never have happened."
"How dare you?! If you hadn't told me that we'd live happily ever after and he'd treat me like a princess, I'd have never taken it any further than it was when I was a teenager. This is as much your fault as it is mine!"
"You know my visions aren't-"
"How could you get it so wrong?! Surely you'd learn what will and won't come true? You've had this gift all your life, and you still can't control it." A silence took over the room. Both girls panting, out of breath from the screaming match, neither knowing what to say. The sound of a baby gurgling filled the room through the baby monitor in the kitchen.

Kaity broke down in tears.
"What are we doing, Shae?"

"Look at us, what happened?" Both girls dabbed at the tears in their eyes, looking at the other.
"I didn't mean a word I said, Kaity. I'm so sorry."
"I didn't mean anything I said, either. I wish I could take it all back."
"We both regret it, lets just forget about it." Kaity nodded her response before pulling her cousin into a tight hug.

"We didn't do anything, Shae." Kaity whispered.
"What?"
"Me and Leighton. We kissed, we both wanted more, but I couldn't do it. I felt guilty and sick and I couldn't stop thinking about Winter and what he would do if he found out."

Shaena smiled, relieved and strangely proud.
"You should tell him, Kaity. You don't want him finding out through the press and not knowing the truth."
"There's no point, he's-"
"Kaity. Look at me." Shaena pulled out of the hug and held Kaity by the shoulders. "He's coming back. Ring him now and tell him about Leighton, and tell him you love him."
"No." Kaity shook her head. She refused to believe any of this. "If he comes back, I'll tell him about Leighton." Shaena sighed, and decided she'd leave it there.

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6 days later...

  Kaity couldn't help but beam as she watched the cab pull up. She'd been hovering around the windows and door all day, and as the sun started to set she'd decided she was right and he wasn't coming back. She gave him a shy wave as he stepped out the car door, and watched as he took his bags and paid the driver. He made his way towards the doorway where she was standing, but unable to wait anymore, she ran down the porch steps and threw herself into his arms.

"I can't believe you're back!"
"I told you I'd be back. Do you trust me now?" Kaity felt the guilt creep back up, turning her stomach and making her heart pound. She couldn't answer that. Not now, this was too perfect right now.

 So instead of replying, she wrapped a leg around his, and pulled him closer for a kiss. She'd tell him, like she'd said she would, but she wanted this happiness for a few more moments.

She led him inside and into the empty living room.

 Winter sat open-mouthed as he listened to her explain. Kaity didn't know if he was looking at her or not, as she spent much of her explaination avoiding his face. She couldn't bear to see the hurt that must've been etched among his strong features.

He let her tell the whole story. From the emptiness she'd felt when the girls had gone to school, the realisation she was alone; and really, truly a young single mother. The thought processes that led her to the club, and Leighton. To the dancing, the game, and the kiss. She even told him what could have been, what she'd wanted, but made sure he knew why she couldn't do it.

"Winter? Please say something?" The room had been quiet for the longest minute of her life. She finally got the courage to look him in the eye, but he turned away. She watched his hand move to hers, and her heart skipped a beat when she thought he'd forgiven her already, but instead she watched him push her hand from his thigh as he sat in silence.

She moved her hand to join the other on her knee, and waited for him to speak. He ran his hand through his hair before standing.

"Winter?" She reached for his hand as he took a step away. "Please talk to me! I'll do anything!"
"I need a minute." Winter sighed, jerking his hand from her grasp and leaving the room.

Kaity thought she was going to puke. Her heart was racing and she felt as if she couldn't catch breath. She waited a minute, and another, before heading to the doorway.

His bags were still in the kitchen, so he must've been in the house. He didn't have much, and although he'd had no time to explain, Kaity assumed everything else was following in a lorry to his new apartment.
He must be staying here tonight. She thought to herself as she climbed the stairs.

He wasn't in her bedroom, so the next logical step was down the hall to Autumn's room.

"Winter?" She asked, as she stepped into the room and lightly closed the door behind her. He was standing over Autumn's crib, just watching him sleep.

He stood straight, sighed again and rubbed his forehead with his hand. Kaity couldn't look again, and tried to find something outside the window to focus on.
"I said to give me time."
"You said a minute, and I waited two..." Kaity trailed off as she realised how stupid that was.

He turned halfway to her as he said: "I didn't mean literally."
"I know, I realise now. Sorry. I'm so sorry, really. Please forgive me." She begged.

Winter stayed quiet, watching Autumn stir a little in the crib.
"Winter? Please talk to me?" A sob escaped before she even realised she was crying, and Winter turned fully to her and looked her in the eye for the first time since she'd bought him inside.

"I have nothing to say." He said, his voice cold as his skin and emotionless.
"Please, I need to know that it will be ok."
"I can't tell you." He shrugged, his voice cracking the slightest bit. His stare broke her heart, and she fell to her knees.

 "Please! Please, I didn't know, I didn't think you'd come back! I-"
"I told you I'd come back."
"I know, I'm sorry. I don't know what else I can do, but I'm begging you, please! Think of Autumn-"
"Kaity. That's low. Are you trying to blackmail me?" Kaity frantically shook her head no, and tried to speak but instead her words were swallowed in a loud sob. "I told you I'd come back. I promised. I promised you I wouldn't leave, I promised the twins I'd be there for them, too. I don't break my promises, and I think you need to learn that."
"Winter..." She whispered.
"Get up. You're not a child, I bet not even your four-year-old girls beg and cry like this."

Kaity stood shakily. She had no idea what to say. She'd said she was sorry, and it hadn't worked, he hadn't forgiven her. She didn't know where to put herself.

"What can I do?" Kaity asked. Winter shook his head.
"I told you. Give me time. You essentially cheated on me, Kaity. You can't expect me to just get over it within an hour. You need to give me time to work out whether what I feel for you is enough to get past this. I need to know I can trust you, and right now I can't."

Kaity rushed to him, and gently shook his shoulders.
"You can trust me! Didn't I prove that by telling you all this? You'd have never found out if I hadn't, surely that's enough?"
"It's not right now, Kaity." He looked away, not able to look his betrayer in the eye.
"What can I do to prove you can trust me?"
"Listen." Winter sighed, exasperated. "You can give me time to process what you've done. There is no way to prove I can trust you if I tell you to do it, you'll just have to be faithful and patient." He pulled away, and took Autumn out of the crib. He gave his full attention to his son, and Kaity quietly left the room. She wasn't sure what to think, what to do. He was still staying, despite her stupidity, but she wasn't sure things would ever be the same.




 
Shae and Kaity's scene was honestly about 9am. There was a storm raging outside that made it look more like 9pm *rolls eyes*