At 4:30AM the next morning Katrina woke up. She heard the TV still playing softly and decided to watch something on the tube. She flipped through a whole bunch of channels and hardly anything was on. She decided to just watch Jenny Jones for a bit, since there was really nothing on and she couldn’t get back to sleep. Zac, Tay and Ike wouldn’t be over until at least 5 hours.
“We interrupt this show for an important news break,” a voice said.
“Oh man! I wanted to see how that girls makeover turned out!” Katrina said outloud to no one in particular, “these stupid news breaks come on at the worst times!”
“We’ll be taking you to the accident scene, in a small town in Florida,” the news lady said.
They showed a gray car, or what was left of a gray car.
‘Yikes’ Katrina thought looking at the car.
“A drunk driver hit this car, making it swerve and end up in this ditch here, after rolling a few times, it crashed into this power line. There was 2 adults in the car. Both were killed instantly. The drunk driver is now in jail and his trial will start in 2 weeks. The bodies have been identified as one female and one male. No names have been given at this time,” the lady said.
“Wow!” Katrina exclaimed.
Jenny Jones came back on, then in 15 more minutes, the show was interrupted again.
“More news on the Drunk Driver case. The 2 bodies have been identified as Shelly Warrner and her husband Jeffrey Warrner. They’re daughter Nichole, is currently in a foster care, since they have no distant relatives. They’re other daughter Katrina has been missing for a few days, no one knows about where she is at this point of time. If you have seen this girl, phone the police as soon as possible. Now back to Jenny Jones,” the lady said, Katrina’s picture flashed across the screen.
“WHAT?” Katrina shrieked.
She burst into tears and collapsed on her bed.
“Ohmigod, Ohmigod!!!!” Katrina sobbed.
She couldn’t believe her parents were dead, she had just speaken to them the day before.
“Oh no! Oh no! Say it’s not true!” Katrina exclaimed.
She needed to talk to someone, even though it was 5AM. She picked up the shone and dialed the Hanson’s phone number.
“Hello, Taylor speaking,” a groggy voice said after 3 rings.
“It’s Kat.....” Katrina couldn’t finish her sentence, she just burst into tears and started to sob.
“Katrina? Are you okay?” Taylor asked.
He got answered by more crying.
“I’m coming over, okay Katrina? I’ll be there in 5 minutes,” Taylor said.
He sensed something was VERY wrong and that Katrina needed him right away. He quickly threw on a pair of baggy jeans on top of his boxers and his maroon shirt, which had been throwed on the floor.
He quickly ran over to Katrina’s cabin, after writing a quick note to tell his family where he was.
He knocked on the door and Katrina answered it, her eyes red and crying her heart out.
Katrina ran into Taylor’s arms and he just held her for like 5 minutes, even though they were still in the doorway.
Finally Taylor shut the door and came inside. They sat on the couch, Taylor held Katrina’s hand and Katrina told Taylor what had happened to her parents.
“Oh Kat, that’s horrible,” Taylor said softly, getting a little misty eyed.
“What am I going to do? No one knows where I am! Oh Taylor when I said I won that contest I lied to you...Oh Tay......” Katrina said, crying hysterically.
“Calm down....it’s okay, I’m here. I’ll stay with you as long as you like. Now can you tell me why your on this cruise then?” Taylor said as calmly as he could.
“I ran away from home and this is where I came. Oh, it was so stressful at home! But I never wanted them to die! Oh Taylor, what am I going to do??? Why them? Why them?” Katrina shrieked.
“Well sometime today, we’ll call the police. When ever you feel comftorable,” Taylor replied.
“Thanks Tay, I really appreciate you coming over at 5AM. But what about Nichole, my sister? She’s in foster care? Oh she’s going to be so lonely and confused! I don’t want them to put me in foster care, Tay!” Katrina said, burying her face in Taylor’s shoulder.
“It’s okay Kat, I’m not going to let them take you away,” Taylor reassured her.
“Oh, thank you Tay! You have been so kind to me, how can I ever thank you....” Katrina said weeping.
They just sat on that couch for another hour, talking and enjoying each others company. Finally at 6AM they both fell asleep, in each others loving arms.
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There was a loud knock on the door. Katrina and Taylor nearly jumped 100 feet in the air. When they realized that they had fallen asleep in each others’ arms, they shyly smiled at each other.
Katrina quickly washed her face with a washcloth, for her mascara and all her other makeup was all over her face. And got dressed in a very gloomy outfit, a black skirt and a black tee shirt. She didn’t care what she looked like, all she wanted was her parents. While she did this Taylor opened the door and invited his brothers in. He quickly told his brothers about what happened. When Katrina got out of the bathroom, she got sympathetic looks.
“Are you okay, Kat?” Isaac asked, putting his hand on Katrina’s shoulder.
“I’ve been better. I’m better then I was last night though, if Tay hadn’t been there, I would have gone crazy,” Katrina replied.
Zac gave her a hug and said, “Kat, we won’t let them take you away ever!”
“Thanks Zac,” Katrina said softly.
“Maybe, we should go tell mom and dad where you were Taylor,” Isaac suggested.
“Aren’t you tired?” Zac asked.
“We fell asleep,” Katrina and Taylor said at the same time.
“Are you going to be well enough to come to our cabin?” Isaac asked Katrina.
“I think so....” Katrina replied.
She put on a pair of her shoes (black of course) and Taylor quickly brushed his hair, which was a mess. They all headed out the door.
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When they arrived at the Hanson’s cabin, the whole Hanson family (minus Ike, Tay and Zac) was sitting in the living room. Mac was playing on the floor and Avery and Jessica were coloring. Mrs.Hanson and Mr.Hanson were sitting on the couch.
“Mackenzie go to your room, Jessica and Avery go play with him,” Mrs.Hanson ordered them.
“But mommy, I don’t wanna play with him....” Avery started, until she saw the look her mom was giving her.
“Avery Laurel Hanson, go play with your brother,” Mr.Hanson said.
The 3 kids ran up the stairs.
“Come sit on the couch,” Mrs.Hanson said.
Katrina sat beside Mrs.Hanson, Taylor beside Katrina, Mrs.Hanson by Mr.Hanson, Isaac on the other side of Mr.Hanson and Zac on the floor.
“We just heard on the news what happened Katrina,” Mr.Hanson said.
“We are so sorry, if you need ANYTHING just let us know, we’re here for you,” Mrs.Hanson said, giving Katrina a hug.
“Thank you,” Katrina said.
“Does this mean I’m not grounded?” Taylor asked hopefully.
“I suppose not,” Mr.Hanson decided.
“You do know that we should call the police, Katrina,” Mrs.Hanson said.
“I know.....” Katrina said softly.
“We’ll stay with you if you like, while you call them,” Mrs.Hanson said.
“It’s okay. If Taylor could stay with me, I’d appreciate it though. Thanks for the offer anyway,” Katrina said, forcing a small smile on her face.
“All right sweetie, just holler if you need us,” Mrs.Hanson said.
“Thanks,” Katrina said.
“Um.....we’ll go up to our room to use the phone, so Ike, Zac stay out of it for awhile, kay?” Taylor said.
“All right,” both boys said.
Katrina and Taylor walked up the stairs, hand in hand.
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