Dropping By [Katie]

[jason]

May 4th, 2009

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[katie]

Ever since Josh had died, Katie had gone into what you could only call a downward spiral of self destruction caused by the uncontrollable circumstances of Josh's untimely death and the abandonment of her friend Anthony. In the past four weeks since Josh's death Katie had allowed herself to dress provocatively with heavy make-up, went around clubs, lost her virginity to a random dark stranger who sexually attacked her a few nights later, and then had a tender one night stand with a guy called Ryan Linderman.

It was the tender one night stand with Ryan which snapped Katie out of her downward spiral when he made her believe that she wasn't ugly and hopeless, and that she was actually a beautiful girl inside and out with natural beauty which shouldn't be hidden. Katie made a good friend that night in Ryan, but it also left her pregnant. Up until this point she had yet to tell Ryan, she wasn't sure how he would take the news, seeing as they had agreed to keep their one night stand as that and stay friends instead.

Katie hadn't seen much of Jason, and in fact he hadn't even attended the funeral, Katie was somewhat annoyed at this, he knew about Josh, he shouldn't have needed an invitation to attend his own brother's funeral, but then Katie had no idea how things worked at the White House. She also knew she had given him some bad press coverage when she was caught during her wild moments.

At least she and William had made up, which was just as well seeing as Katie was now living in William's apartment because she couldn't stand to live in the apartment she shared with Josh. She was just about to call Ryan to invite him over to tell him the news when there was a knock at the door. Seeing as William lived here and had a key it could only be two people, Ryan or Jason, because Katie had no other friends.

She held the door open and gave a weak smile, it was Jason. "Come on in then" she said in a bit of a sour voice. She didn't want to argue with Jason, after all, she only had him and William left, and even though Jason was the one she'd never really bonded with in the way she had William or Josh, she felt she needed the bond now more than ever before.

"Nice of you to finally show your face Jason, just why the hell weren't you at Josh's funeral? It's not as if you need a god damned invite to attend your brother's own funeral you know?!" Katie snapped, although she really didn't want to argue with him, but she felt she had to get that out her system, Jason, like William should have known how close she and Josh were and how much his death would have affected her.

[jason]

Jason had no clue what was going on with his sister. Dear god. He wished that he had been a better brother. However, he had been the bad older brother. Yes, he was the bad older brother – not caring about his siblings. He really didn’t bond with his siblings. They never shared anything in common. It was very weird. Jason began to wonder if that man named Cale Anders was really his father. Perhaps that was his reason for not being close with his siblings. He was always the outsider it would seem to him.

He hadn’t attended Joshua’s funeral. Joshua was murdered or killed. To be honest he couldn’t remember how his brother died. He knew he had been killed by someone with a ability. There were a lot of people with abilities in this world now and he wasn’t sure why they could trust people. He just couldn’t believe that people with abilities would even think about killing people. Though Sylar did murder people. But Sylar was a different person.


Jason knew that his sister was now living with their other brother: William. So he went to that apartment to drop in unannounced he wanted to know if she was okay and why she was hurting his public image. He hated to be in the spotlight. Maybe he should have taken that offer to act in Canada when he got back from the war. However, he went with Nathan. Politics seemed a good run at the time and now it just seemed awkward.

He looked at his sister as she gave him a weak smile. He gave her a weak smile also. He walked into the apartment as he heard his sister talk to him in a sour voice. He didn’t say anything. He knew it was going to come to it soon. He just had a feeling. He hated having a feeling, but that was a part of life and he needed to face the facts.

The facts of life.

He tilted his head at Katie as she snapped at him. “Yes, I show my face” He snapped as he frowned a bit. “I didn’t come because I was the Middle East, and I just got back last week, I have a job” He said shaking his head “I swear if my staff wasn’t fucked up I just got a new Chief of Staff and I didn’t know that Josh was dead until…like two days ago” He replied defending himself. Knowing that this was probably going to be a yelling mathc between the two of them.

[katie]

Katie knew she shouldn't have snapped at her older brother, but she had. She just couldn't believe he hadn't attended Josh's funeral, he was the only member of the family who hadn't turned up. Jason snapped back at her, as she thought he would have done, however she couldn't say anything, because she had snapped at him first. She just sighed when he said he had shown his face.

He then went on to explain he had just got back and how he had a job, and didn't know about Josh until two days ago. This made Katie calm down a little, after all Jason did have a pretty high powered job and chances were high that what he said was true. She sighed again.

"Sorry for snapping at you, it's just been difficult, you must understand that much?" She said as she looked down at her feet. She sat down on the sofa, and then looked up at him. She knew that his visit would probably have a lot to do with her recent behaviour, she knew it hadn't gone unnoticed by the press, and with Jason being Vice President it was bound to have hit him hard. However, she wasn't going to bring that up, if he wanted to have a go at her about it, then he could bring it up instead.

"So, things are hectic with you at the White House then?" She asked, as her hand automatically laid itself across her stomach without her even realising it. She would tell Jason about the pregnancy, she had to, she was yet to tell William as well, but she just hoped that both her brothers wouldn't get too pissy with her about it when they found out. She hadn't planned on getting pregnant, but Ryan was so sweet, in a way she wasn't too bothered by it. They might only be friends, but she knew she had his support, and it was better than him running away from his responsibilities.

"Anything else knew in your life then, since we last spoke?" She asked him, just waiting for the fireworks to start when he blasted her out for her behaviour. She still wasn't completely over it yet, but she had been a little better recently than she was a few weeks ago.

[jason]

Personally Jason hated to snap at people especially family. However, he just had to snap back. She was the one that started it. Then again she did have the right to snap at him. Hell, he didn’t show up for a funeral – his younger brother. He just looked at her waiting for her reaction to him when he said that he had finally showed his face.

He expected her to say something. However, she didn’t say anything. That was a first usually you couldn’t get her to shut-up. Something was definitely up. He just couldn’t think of it at this particular moment and time. He was sure that he should figure that out. Perhaps she was still upset over the death of Josh. He had no clue that she could be pregnant.

It would seem as he explain more about his situation at hand. He could see the expression on his sister as it would seem that she did calm down a little. At least that calmed her down He thought to himself. He then placed his hands in his pocket, wondering what the two were going to talk about besides yelling at one another.

He nodded at his sister as she explained to him that she was sorry for snapping at him and that it had been difficult. He watched her then seat down on the sofa. He without even waiting for permission. "Apologly accepted" He said as he went and sat across from her on another sofa. Many thoughts were going through his mind. He just couldn’t believe that his baby sister would have bad press against him. He never would have thought in a million years and yet it happened.

Jason just slowly nodded as Katie asked him about if things were hectic. “Yeah, things have been hectic just got shot two weeks ago, thank god that didn’t make the press” He said shaking his head as he just looked at his sister not sure what else to say. Seriously what else was there to say? He couldn’t brag about his job even if she was family. He didn’t want to brag about his job and he just was going to leave it at that.

Finally after stalling for about fifteen minutes he was going to speak to his sister about her behavior. He was going to try and be gentle. “Things were going fine until the recent press about you” He said in a calm voice. He was trying so hard not to be mean. “Thank god the editor who is a good friend of mine, blocked the articles from going out of the country” He muttered as his phone went off. He grabbed the phone out of his pocket. He had received a text message from his friend. "That ain't good" He said as he rolled his eyes.

[katie]

Katie gave Jason a half smile when he accepted her apology and sat on the sofa across from her. Now she was just waiting for the fireworks, lectures, talk, whatever, about her recent problems which she knew had made news in the Chronicle Newspaper. Jason went on to say that things had indeed been hectic and when he said he had been shot, Katie's eyes opened wide. "You were shot? But that's terrible Jason, you're obviously alright now though, right?" She had already lost one of her brothers, she certainly didn't want to lose another.

Of course he mentioned about it not getting into the press, and the way he had said it, she just knew that in a way it was a dig at her and the bad press she had recently. Thing was, with her bad press, it wasn't just bad for her, it was bad for Jason with him being the Vice President. She really hadn't thought about all of that when she was, for want of a better expression, going off the rails.

Even now, she still wasn't completely calm about things. she was dressing slightly better, and didn't have as much make-up on her face now, but she was still going out almost every night and drinking, even though she technically wasn't old enough to drink in the States, and she was pregnant. He had also said that things were good until she gave him bad press. She did feel a little guilty about it, even if she knew that he was sitting there blaming her for everything which had gone wrong recently in his life.

"I'm sorry Jason, I really am, but things haven't been easy for me either, I took Josh's death really bad, and well I didn't really know what I was doing. You do know I was sexually assaulted don't you?" She said this before letting him know she was pregnant, thinking if he got to feel even the slightest bit sorry for her, he might take the news of her pregnancy better. Jason's phone then made the sound of an incoming text message and after he read it, he stated that it wasn't good. This alerted Katie, with a raised eyebrow, she couldn't help but ask, "What's not good?"

[jason]

Jason really didn’t want to mention that he was shot and that is actually come out without him realizing. He wanted to kick himself in the ass. He really couldn’t believe that he would actuallyhave something like that come out of his month. He just sighed and looked at the ground for a moment and then looked back up at Katie. He just caught a glimpse of her as her eyes opened wide. He slowly nodded. “Yeah, I was shot, hostage situation that turned out to be a hoax, my guys wanted to make me feel better” He said with a weak smile. “But yeah, I’m okay.”

He listened to his sister explain that she was indeed sorry. Of course she was sorry, every one apologized in this god damn world and it was annoying. However, he wasn’t going to say anything negative. Even though he so indeed wanted to say something negative. He was holding back and holding back was a good thing in his book. Jason had quite a temper and it was hard to control, sometimes. Of course, the temper was from his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Which he sustained in Iraq about a year ago it would seem in his eyes.

He just looked at his sister as his eyes widen when she informed him that she was sexual assaulted. He didn’t get this from anyone. He just looked at her with a clueless look. He wasn’t informed of this and it was shocking his little sister was assaulted. He was going to hurt something. “Who the fuck assaulted you because I’m going to fucking hurt them, I swear, Katie” He said in an angry voice. That was unreal. How the hell would someone assault a twenty year old. Perhaps it was a registered sex offender. Oh he was going to have a hay day this person. Unless, she knew this person…then that was going to be a different story.

He had a feeling that his sister would even ask about the text message. He didn’t want to tell her. However, he thought that perhaps it would be best for him to inform her that he was adopted. He couldn’t believe that he was adopted. That would explain why he wasn’t like his siblings. Personality wise and trait wise. He just gave a weak smile, “What’s not good is you ain’t my sister either was Josh or William” He said with a slight frown shaking his head. He was honest with his sister, so that was a good thing, but what would she think about this? This was new.

[katie]

Katie just continued to stare at Jason with eyes opened wide as he went on to explain about the reason why he was shot, over the hostage situation which turned out to be hoax. "And they thought a hoax hostage situation would make you feel better?" Katie asked incredulously. But she figured as long as Jason was alright, that was the main thing. "Well as long as you're alright." Obviously there were a good few idiots around thought Katie.

She should have known telling Jason she was sexually assaulted would get him angry. She just blinked a few times as he spoke and swore in an angry voice. Of course she would have to explain the full situation. "Guess it was partly my own fault, what with the way I had been acting. Consented to it first time, yeah before you say anything, I did lose my virginity to him, but Jason, I was a mess, I didn't have a clue what I was doing. Spoke to William about it, had a massive fight with him, walked out on him, and I met the guy again. But by that point, I was beginning to realise what William was saying was true, and I tried to leave, but he..." She trailed off, remembering it was harsh for her and she began to feel the tears forming in her eyes.

This was just awful, and she still hadn't told him she was pregnant yet, what a mess to get herself into. However Jason had received that text and she had asked him about it. What he said was a shock. As if what she had been through wasn't enough. He wasn't her brother. She had caused all this trouble for him, all this bad press and he wasn't even her brother. "Just something else to send me over the edge I guess, I was just about to tell you that you were going to be an uncle, but I guess you aren't really the uncle." She said as she bit down on her bottom lip, there it was out. Now he was going to think that it was the guy who sexually assaulted her who got her pregnant, but she'd go into the details more afterward. If the pregnancy had been due to the assault, she'd have got an abortion, no matter how awful that sounded, she wouldn't want a part of that beast growing inside her.

[jason]

“Yeah, that thought a hoax hostage situation would make me feel better and it of course did” He said speaking on the matter at hand about why he was shot in the shoulder. It was shame that he had been shot by some hoax thing. However it was still cool in his mind. He got something to do and that was all that matter. Indeed it was amazing. However, he wasn’t going to admit that to his sister. His sister would think he was crazy or something. He nodded. “Yeah, I’m alright” He said shaking his head agreement. Indeed he was okay.

He couldn’t believe that he was swearing in front of his sister. Of course, he could give a rat’s ass. Someone had assaulted his baby sister and he had to the right to curse and do all the things that guys did when they learned that someone did something to their sister. Males were over protective of females: especially if they were girls and their own god damn sisters. He just blinked as she explained it to him. To be honest everything she was saying was coming out one ear and out the other. However he heard bits and pieces. He was just enraged and just didn’t know how to react. Reaction was going to be bad. He did have angry issues. “Whatever, you dealt with it on your own” He managed to say, not sure if it was the right thing to say, but who cared.

He saw a formation of tears in her eyes as he looked at her for a moment. However he was indeed distracted at the moment. He had just found out that he wasn’t even related to this family. It just seemed unreal. It was crazy it was insane. This had to be a nightmare. It just had to be a nightmare. Perhaps this was a good thing. However, he just looked at his sister as she informed him that he was going to be an uncle – however, he wasn’t going to be an uncle. He wasn’t related to this family. He just looked at her shaking his head. “So you’re pregnant, how lovely” He said as he got up. He was going to walk out on her. “By the way, I don’t want any contact from you” He snapped “Your just a tramp” He said in angry as he made his way to the door. “You should tell Mom and Dad this, it would be interesting to see their reaction or wait we can’t tell them they are in Africa working on finding some lost civilization” He yelled as he walked out the door, slamming it behind him.

{LOL. He might come back. Don’t worry he is just mad at the moment. However he will come around}

[katie]

Katie was confused. Why would Jason say that a hoax hostage situation in which he got shot made him feel better? Katie could only shake her head as she tried to take in what Jason was saying. However, she decided to drop the subject, no point in dwelling on it any further she thought. She just smiled and nodded her slightly as he agreed that he was indeed alright, and despite it being silly to Katie that it made him feel better, the main thing was he was fine.

After pouring her heart about the assault, or more why the assault actually happened she had expected more from Jason than she actually got. However at the same time, what he said was true, she had indeed dealt with it. She should have known she wouldn't have got much more of a reaction from Jason than she did, William was always the more sensitive one. "Yeah Jason, I guess I dealt with it." She replied in a low voice as she just shook her head and bit down on her bottom lip again.

She had a feeling the pregnancy wouldn't go down well with Jason, but she had to tell him, she couldn't keep it from him, he'd find out soon enough anyway even if she did keep it from him. She wouldn't keep her trim figure for too much longer. "Yes, I'm pregnant, but not by the person who assaulted me thankfully." She said, not sure whether that would help her situation or just make it worse.

The next words from his mouth she wasn't expecting however. Even if he was the angrier sibling out of them all, she had hoped for a bit more compassion from him, how wrong she was. Tears now freelyrolling down her cheeks, she could feel the anger build up within her. "Don't call me that Jason, you've got to understand what Josh's death did to me." She said between her sobs, but when he spoke about telling their parents and then saying they couldn't because they were in Africa it was the last straw for Katie.

"Why would you care anyway Jason, you said yourself, you aren't even related to me, go to hell." She shouted, as she picked up an ornament and threw it at the door after he had slammed it shut and she just crumbled onto the sofa with her head in her hands. She would speak to William about it later, he'd hopefully help her to calm down, or she might just give the father of her baby a call and visit with him instead. At least he made her feel semi special.

[ooc: Assuming you are expecting this post of mine to be the last. If it is, feel free to archive it and I can make it off as finished in my thread list.]

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