kit kat

[katherinealexander]

     “So... I’m on my break right now, and pissed off at my boss for being a piece of shit and trying to cut my break short. Part of me wants to ditch, but I have a better idea. Just go along with it, yeah?” Kat wasn’t in the best mood, but she wasn’t in a horrible one too. Doing things out of spite to piss someone off was right down her alley. 

[katherinealexander]

thrustfists‌.

‘‘ That’s not a good reason. It would mean a lot to me if you could try to like him. even if it’s just a little bit. for me? ’’ he says it with a cheesy smile, nudging her shoulder. ‘‘ Not wanting to play tonsil tennis with girls doesn’t make me sexist Katherine. ’’ he follows her eyes over to Derek. ‘‘ some dude he picked up a party a few weeks ago, they’ve been like, all over each other ever since. ’’

     “Don’t tell me who to like and not to like,” Kat snapped at her best friend. She wasn’t going to like Felix. End of story. Out of the question. She wasn’t going to go out of her way to get to know him or be friendly. That wasn’t who she was. “Saying girls are gross does. We’re not gross. We don’t piss on the floor.” She was starting to get annoyed and she partially wanted to find Jude to make out with her just to spite Danny. “Picked up, picked up? Damn, I didn’t think he had the game.” 

[katherinealexander]

thrustfists‌.

Danny’s face instantly drops at her sarcastic tone, FUCK, Danny really wanted Kat and Felix to get along, what she thought meant EVERYTHING. ‘‘ you don’t Felix. ’’ he says, it’s more of a statement than a question. ‘‘ why don’t you like Felix? ’’ Kat’s his best friend, his family. ‘‘ I’m not super gay - actually, I am super gay, but my point still stands. girls are gross. ’’

     She wasn’t going to get along with Felix because she was dating a member of her family and even if they said they weren’t going to hurt each other, she was smarter than that. She didn’t trust any boy. She didn’t trust anyone not to break someone else’s heart. “I just don’t like him,” she rolled her eyes. “You are super gay, and that’s coming from me. Girls aren’t gross. Girls are amazing. Take that sexist shit out of here or I’ll make you wash your mouth out with soap.” Eager to change the subject, she glanced over at Derek. “They look super lovey-dovey. Who the fuck is that?” 

[katherinealexander]

thrustfists‌.

‘‘ the piece of shit. ’’ he mumbles, taking another drink before raising his glass to Kat ‘‘ here’s to SHITTY dads. ’’ HONESTLY, it was a miracle the two of them are so well adjusted (just kidding, they’re completely fucked). ‘‘ oh yeah - obviously, try to contain your jealousy over the fact that i have like, the best boyfriend ever. ’’ Danny needs to control himself before he starts babbling about Felix again. ‘‘ also, yuck. but I mean, I guess, if you want to, but like, don’t start dating her or anything, you’re way outta her league. plus girls are gross and i can’t hang out with either of you if you’re gonna start saliva swapping everywhere. ’’ 

    “Yeah, I know.” Kat didn’t feel like her situation was nearly as bad as Danny’s. Then again, she had no idea why her mom had just left them until now. Maybe she should give her mom a free pass because given what she new knew, she’d also leave an asshole like that. Then again, Kat wasn’t sure she’d just leave her children behind like her mom did. “Oh, yeah. Felix is just the best. So great, that he’s replacing you as my best friend.” If Danny didn’t catch her sarcasm, then he’d pick up on the best friend statement. Because she didn’t think of him as her best friend, Danny was her brother. “Oh, well now I want to date her. About time I start making reckless teenage decisions. And girls are not gross, you’re just super gay.”

[katherinealexander]

thrustfists‌.

‘‘ Believe it or not, my new year’s resolution is to avoid killing your dad as well. ’’ Danny responds, only half joking, offering Kat a CHEESY grin. ‘‘ I’m giving myself permission to punch him in the jaw though,’’ he says, raising his cup. he didn’t want to think too much, not about the SHITTY cards he and his best friend had been dealt with. 

     “Well good luck with that. He’s not been home for the last three days.” Kat was pretty sure he was still avoiding going home so he wouldn’t have to face her. Which she didn’t mind because she was also avoiding him so she wouldn’t kill him. “Okay, so clearly, you’re going to kiss Felix at midnight, which ew, but I guess I’ll give you a pass. And Derek practically is begging that other kid to kiss him. Like look at them, they both keep staring at each other when the other isn’t looking. Romance is gross. Anyway... does that mean I get to kiss Jude, since she’s the only one left?” 

[katherinealexander]

Kat hadn’t had a break in what seemed like years. Things had been tense at home and whenever her dad was home, she purposefully ignored him. But at least things seemed to get marginally better, ever sense the incident with her sister. She hadn’t wanted to leave them alone though. She was exhausted, trying to balance everything out and Kat really just wanted her mom. Maybe things would get better in a bit, wheb they had money, though she didn’t think that was going to happen, since apparently, her dad owed people a lot of money. God, she was still pissed. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Tonight was supposed to be fun though and she was determined to make it that way. She was already several beers in and having a great time. “Hey, my new year’s resolution is to avoid killing my dad,” she whispered to Danny. 

[katherinealexander]

thrustfists‌.

‘‘ No, TALK TO ME, the fuck did he do? and what do you mean? what happened to Emilie? ’” Danny says, anxiety spiking slightly. ‘‘ speaking of - I saved these for you to give to the girls if you want ‘em ’’ he leans over to the draw next to his bed, pulling out a stash of fruit cups and apple juice cartons. ‘‘ Mine refuse anything that could be remotely healthy. I agree, it’d certainly be satisfying but i think Roo would FREAK.’’ 

     She ignores his question, pointedly. “So I’m killing them both. Got it. I’ll get right on that.” She didn’t want to stress him out anymore than she needed to. And besides, she could take care of her own problems. Everything was fine. Or it would be. Kat was here for Danny. “I’ll take them. Even if my sisters aren’t gonna eat them, I will.” She wasn’t the type to refuse food from anyone, no matter if it was considered healthy. “Your mom would really care if I took out Josh? Josh is useless! What’s he good for, disappointing the family?” 

[katherinealexander]

felixmyers‌.

All Kat was doing at this point for Felix was giving him a migraine, he was getting restless. “Just fucking stay away from me,” he spits out, jaw clenched. He was fully aware of the situation, how high the tensions were in this situations. If you’re raised around fights, you learn to tell who actually has intentions to hurt versus not. And he knew Kat was more than willing to take a suspension to get her point across. He could either defuse the situation or add fuel to the fire. “So what, you’re gonna hit me? Show everyone how big and bad you are?” He lowers his voice to add, “You touch me, you’ll be on the ground in a fucking second. Don’t fucking test me.” Ball was in her court, his muscles were tensed up, ready to work with whatever followed. A group of nosy kids seemed to find their interaction interesting, and he knew there was only a matter of time before an after school teacher would be made aware of the situation.

     All she wanted to do was get her point across and Felix is either too daft to listen to her or is refusing to acknowledge her threat. Either way, it’s only making her more angry and she just wants to go home. Things there have been tense lately, so she really can’t stay much longer. But she’s so tempted to. “I’m literally going to do the opposite just to fucking spite you and you can’t stay away from me forever. I’m practically Danny’s sister, so fuck off.” Who the hell cared about getting suspended when it meant more hours at work? Who cared about getting suspended to prove her point? She sure as hell didn’t. Kat balls her hands into a fist, steeling herself. For a second she’s tempted to hit him, but he’s goading her and she’s too smart to let any boy tell her what to do. Instead she glares at him. “You will not, I repeat, not hurt my brother just because you want to get your dick wet.” She got right in his face, close enough that she wasn’t touching him, but enough to make her point across. “Go die in a hole, you piece of shit,” she spat and turned on her heel. 

[katherinealexander]

thrustfists‌.

Danny almost SENSES Kat before he sees her, he can feel her chaotic energy, practically hear her vulgur language, and he’s right, because as the door opens, there she stands, face like THUNDER, but what’s new? The boy raises an eyebrow at her, sitting up in his bed and gesturing to the seat next to him. ‘‘ Well, HELLO Katherine, nice to see you. ’’ there’s a smile on his face, he missed her. ‘‘ what’d your Dad do now? ’’

     She knows she’s angry and that Danny doesn’t need to hear her bullshit because he’s dealing with his own shit. She can’t help it. There’s part of her that can’t take it anymore. Her dad lies and lies and lies and it’s annoying, she’s tired of it. All she wants is a normal family. They don’t even live in a house. It’s just her and her siblings and that’s it. And of course she wants Danny to know about all the bullshit. “Never you mind what my dad did. All that matters is that Emilie is fucking safe. No thanks to that dirt bag.” But now she had to deal with the fact that her family was poor as fuck and apparently getting poorer and poorer by the second. She missed her mom. “Who am I killing for you? Can I kill Josh? That’d be satisfying.” 

[katherinealexander]

     Kat was… well beyond pissed wasn’t good enough for how mad she was. She couldn’t believe her dad. With his fucking problems. How could he have put the entire family in danger like that. She hadn’t wanted to leave the hotel in a week. Luckily, Em was alright. Her dad? Not so much. She’d gotten him to get out of the house. But that was it. If he was going to work, that wasn’t something she knew. She was too busy to keep an eye on her sisters to make sure they were okay. Kat wanted to stay with Em, but she wanted to go back to school and act like everything was alright. It wasn’t. She went to school today for the first time in almost a week because she didn’t know when she was supposed to get back to her life. But it had been beyond stressful and it was just the morning. The bell rang and Kat jumped out of her seat. “Pull it together,” she muttered under her breath. At least she hadn’t yelled at anyone today—so far. She gathered her books and shoved them into her bag, walking out into the hall. And that’s when she bumped into someone, all her books flying. “Hey, watch it,” she said.

[katherinealexander]

@thrustfists

    Kat usually wanted to kill someone. It was always on the back of her mind, somewhere. Today that anger was doubled. She had thought that she was going to get a break from the crap that life normally dealt her, but apparently not. Rarely did Kat ever want to act on her murderous moods, but today was different. She made a storm as she raced to the hospital. Having dealt with her fucking dad for the past few days, she hadn’t been able to get away for long enough to visit Danny. But now she had the chance, she was pretty sure that she was going to murder Danny’s dad herself. She didn’t even bother knocking on the door, opening it up. “And you know what, fuck you too,” she called after the nurse who kept telling her to calm down as they walked through the halls. She flicked the woman off and slammed the door behind her, as if they were somewhere other than a hospital. “I’m going to kill your dad. And then I’m going to kill my dad. And then we can be free because I’ll fucking take care of us all,” she said instead of a hello.

[katherinealexander]

felixmyers‌.

He doesn’t have time for this. Kat wasn’t getting under his skin, she was annoying him. He was getting secondhand embarrassment from her; he heard worse coming from his father. He looked once more towards the buses and sees the last one pulling out of the parking lot. Great. Now he really was mad. “Listen,” he starts lowly, inching forward the same way she was doing to him, “you don’t know shit about me. You’re not gonna do shit to me, you’re gonna leave me alone.” He didn’t want to do anything more. Kat meant the world to Danny and Danny meant the world to Felix. Under normal circumstances, maybe they’d get along well. But it was her fault for coming at him guns blazing when he had nothing but good intentions with their mutual friend. “I love your friend and I couldn’t do anything to him. Which is why I haven’t done shit to you. Your threats are fucking pathetic and you’re only hurting your case.” In a case with his dad, he’d get more physical. He’d spit out threats, grab a collar, whatever. But he couldn’t act like that and he needed to keep that in mind. “Let me know when you have to look at your sister coked up on the couch and have to get her into bed. ‘Don’t know what it’s like to be a sibling,’ go fuck yourself.” He wanted so badly to lash out, his mental state was screaming at him to. And it wasn’t Kat particularly, it was how he processed anger. None of this is what Felix meant, but he’d had tunnel vision by this point. “Danny doesn’t deserve a piece of shit friend like you.”

     She was beyond irritated with this situation—Kat was three seconds from just punching Felix and dealing with the consequences later. She vaguely wondered if he thought she was all talk like Danny and not ready to fight. Kat was half tempted to punch him just to show she was different. She wasn’t made of hollow threats and angry words. Kat was an action first, questions later type person—don’t apologize until you need to apologize type person. Who cared if she had to grovel for Danny’s forgiveness later. “You don’t know shit about me, asshole!” she yelled. While the halls were mostly empty, there were still some students. Some gave her a weird look, but she just glared at them. Kat didn’t care about her reputation anymore. “My threats are pathetic? Pathetic? Me?” she let out a hollow laugh. If anything was going to make her snap it was that. She was seeing red now. Clearly Danny was making a big mistake being with someone like Felix—and Kat intended to make it known she did not like him. Glaring at him, she drew her hands into fists and was doing everything in her power not to punch him. At least… that was her intention. Kat’s siblings would be waiting for her at home soon and she didn’t trust them to be alone. She was trying to tell herself not to punch him, but it was difficult—nearly impossible—and she just wanted him to listen to her and he wasn’t doing that. “You’re an asshole and I hope Danny realizes that sooner rather than later,” she spat, keeping her fist balled up. It wasn’t like she was aware of the teachers surrounding her, even if she was on school grounds, but she pulled her fist back and punched him in the arm. “You don’t know what Danny deserves, you asshole.” 

[katherinealexander]

thrustfists‌.

‘‘ Oh boo hoo, let me get my tiny violin out for you. ’’ he says with a pout before rolling his eyes dramatically at her words. ‘‘ fair enough, but just .. walk like a posho. you know, chin up, back straight, long strides. whatever else they do. ’’ Danny takes a few weird looking steps towards the door, opening it up and outstretching an arm. ‘‘ after you, dickface. ’’ 

     Kat shoved him. “You’re stupid. I think my baby sister is smarter than you,” she responded, rolling her eyes back at him. “So then are you going to emulate Derek? Isn’t he supposed to be posh?” Kat stood up straighter, hoping she was annoying the fuck out of Danny. He opened the door and she walked in. She tried not to gasp at the sheer beauty of their surroundings, but it was nearly impossible. Kat needed to act like she’d been here before though, so she steeled herself and impatiently waited for Danny to step in beside her. 

[katherinealexander]

felixmyers‌.

He loved Danny. He loved Danny more than he knew what to do with himself. And he needed to remind himself that as Danny’s best friend prevents him from getting on the bus as the crowd thinned out and his opportunity passed him to leave. “I don’t plan on hurting him, okay? It’s not on my list of things I have to do. Will he get hurt? Probably. That’s what the fuck love is.” He didn’t know shit about love. He knew that couples couldn’t be 100% all the time, and he feared that day because he knew Danny’d leave that instant, but he also had to be practical and admit Felix might accidentally screw up and hurt Danny and then he’d have to fix it; but not because Kat scared him, but because he loved Danny and never wants to hurt him. “What the fuck are you gonna do, huh? Break my arm? Spread a rumor I eat dirt? You sound like a fucking child,” he snaps back, jaw clenching. “If you think coming to me and threatening me is some knight in shining armor type shit, you’re selfish and immature. Danny can handle himself and doesn’t need me or you or anyone fighting his battles for him.” He could feel his skin crawling with anger and he didn’t like it. He knew she’d go tell Danny everything that’s being said or worse, pull that shit high school girls do and paint him out to be worse than he is, and then Danny would hate him. If that was the case, then he supposed he didn’t have to hold back. “You think I’m scared of you? You’re not gonna do shit.”

     She was getting angrier and angrier by the second. This was the guy that Danny raved about? This was the person that he was choosing to spend his time with? Kat didn’t feel threatened by him in the least. He might have been taller than her, but that didn’t matter. Height didn’t make her feel threatened. She glanced around the hall, hoping that the teachers weren’t paying attention to them. The last thing she needed was to get detention on a day she wasn’t even at school. Then she’d have to fucking text Danny to make sure her sisters weren’t going to kill each other. “Don’t even let that be an option,” she yelled. Danny didn’t need to be hurt anymore than he already was. Love made people stupid. Plenty of people thought that just because they were in love meant they weren’t going to get hurt. It was the opposite. Love was a weakness. “If you think that’s the worst I can do, you’ve got another thing coming to you.” Breaking an arm was easy. Spreading rumors was child’s play. Kat was better than that. She knew to destroy someone, you went after what they loved the most, made their lives a living hell. “Never forget I have the upper hand.” She was smarter than half the people in this school. Maybe not book smart, but she was street smart. “You’ve got one thing wrong there buddy. I’m not a knight in shining armor. I’m the fucking queen.” He was starting to irritate her. “I don’t want you to be scared of me,” even though he so clearly should have been, “but if you don’t think I’ll come after you, then you’re dead wrong. Danny’s not just my best friend, he’s my brother. And if you think I’m going to sit back and watch some asshole kid come in and hurt my brother, then you don’t know what it’s like to be a sibling.” She wasn’t stupid, she knew just who Felix Myers was. Kat was resisting the urge to punch him. 

[katherinealexander]

felixmyers‌.

Oh for fuck’s sake. He didn’t have time for this right now. Felix understood the sentiment of the protective talk from friends in relationships but they felt so stupid to him, and in an already irritable mood, his patience wasn’t on par with politeness. “Listen I’m sure if I was gonna hurt him by now I would’ve done it, okay?” His tone was pretty telling with how meaningless he saw this conversation as. “I’m sure you reading screenshots of our texts sure will make you angry enough at some point to write some indirect on Twitter about me, and that’s about it, but I don’t think you’re gonna do anything.” Dial it back, Mr. Hot Shot. “Besides, I’m not planning on hurting Danny, okay? Can I go now?” It’s like his nice filter was out the window. Everything Danny saw in him was gone, but Danny hadn’t seen a rough day take its toll on him before, and he could feel how tight his blood pressure was. He just needed to get on his bus and to meet the others; he wasn’t even looking at Kat, just the buses.

     She didn’t understand what Danny saw in this kid. He was rude and she was about to punch him in the face and deal with the consequences later. Could she get suspended from school when she hadn’t even been at school? “You say that until your faced with a consequence where you have no choice but to hurt him.” Kat rolled her eyes. Her mom had hurt her dad after ten years of marriage, so clearly there wasn’t a time limit on hurting people in a relationship. If Felix truly believed that, then he was dumber than he looked and Danny was better off finding someone with a little more common sense. “I don’t know what Danny’s told you about me, but I’m the least indirect person on the planet. If I want to make you suffer, I sure as hell am not going to post indirect tweets about you on twitter.I’m fully prepared to at you in my call out posts. I’m not Danny. I actually attack and don’t just pretend to.” She stepped even closer to him. High school relationships didn’t ever last. That’s part of the reason she wasn’t in one. ‘In senior year, when you two break up because of the future or whatever, I warned you. And don’t think you can get away with talking to me like that because I’m going to get you back for that some day. Just when you’re least expecting it.” 

[katherinealexander]

thrustfists‌.

He rolls his eyes dramatically, crossing his arms. ‘‘ That’s funny because you still look like shit,’’ he says jokingly. ‘‘ whatever, Katherine Alexander. Let’s go. stand up straight. ’’

     “Why are you so mean to me?” she fake sniffled, smacking his arm lightly. She looked amazing and Danny knew it. “Stand up straight? In what universe have I ever acted straight, Daniel?” 

[katherinealexander]

jfcdanny‌.

Danny stands outside the GRAND looking hotel rather impatiently, letting out an annoyed huff every few seconds to make sure everyone within a mile radius also knows how impatient he is. He’s HUNGRY, he’s anxious, he wishes kat would hurry the fuck up because there is no way anyone will believe him if he’s alone. FINALLY, he sees her approaching, and for dramatic effet he taps his watchless wrist in annoyance, ‘‘ I said NOON, it’s FUCKING HALF PAST, Katherine. ’’

@katherinealexander

     He’d said noon, but Kat needed time to get ready. Danny couldn’t just text her to be there at a specific time and expect her to get there on time. Kat was late to everything. If Danny had wanted her to show up at noon, he should have told her to get there at 11am. So she rolls up half an hour later. “It takes time to get as fabulous as me,” she says, waving her hand. “Posh boys don’t curse, Daniel. You have to act like they do. Just emulate your friend.” Kat looked at the hotel.