Something A Bit Diffrent

Part 3

Pov Katrina

I ran so far away from Gabe. I felt so... so. I can't even think of a word right now. I went to my room quietly trying not to wake up the others. I never knew Gabe had these feelings for me. I know he isn't my actual brother but after knowing him for a long time he felt like my brother. I don't know why I started to cry. Maybe from shock? I went inside my bathroom and cleaned my face. I didn't want anyone to notice me crying. I heard my door open and I stopped moving. I prayed to God it wasn't Gabe. I went towards my door to see a... child? How did a child come here? I crouched at his height to see him better. "Hey what's your name?" I didn't want to scare the kid by asking a question I probably don't want the answer to. He loke at both ends of the hallway and whispered, "Jacob." "What are you doing here Jacob? Did you get lost or something?" He again looked both ways and spoke. I wonder if he was hiding from someone. "It's my mom. She told me to stay here." Who was this child's mother?! Does she think this is some drop off orphanage? "Don't worry your safe here," I smiled at the child, "come inside here I will try to see if I can get something for you." He looked up and nodded. When he entered I saw he was very dirty and malnourished. I found some leggings and a big t-shirt for him. "Can you bathe your self or do you still need someone?" He looked at the bathroom and looked at me. "I don't need one I'm fine." "I can see you're a bit dirty and these are clean clothes." "Ok." He stands there and waited there. "Take off your clothes so I can help you wash your self." I grabbed the clothes and a towel. I went towards the bathtub to turn on the water. When it was perfect I put him inside. While I was cleaning him I noticed he had bruises and cuts on his body. I don't ask because he was only a child and I didn't want to bring memories he didn't want. Once I was done I patted him dry and put on the clothes. "I don't have another bed and it's pretty late right now so I don't want to make noise. So you can sleep next to me if you're fine with that." He nodded a yes and climbed in with me. He came closer and cuddled with me.

•10 hours later•

I felt something warm right next to me when I checked it was the same boy. Guess I wasn't dreaming. I moved carefully to make sure he didn't wake up. I changed into comfortable clothes and checked on the child to see if he was up. I saw him open his eyes ready to wake up. I went to him slowly not to make him scared. He looked at me and... Trust me I, not one of those people who could see people through eyes but you could see his. I felt my heart hurt from this. "Hey. How are you doing? I'm going to make some food right now what would like." He looked at me not knowing what to say. "What if you come with me and you can see what you want. Then you can go see some animals. Do you want to do that?" He looked up and nodded happily. I slowly but carefully picked him up and went to the kitchen. He wanted some eggs and bacon which I gladly made him. I put him on a chair and gave him his food. While we're in the middle of eating Luke came in. "Hey Kat hey kid." After he said that he stopped in his tracks and looked at him. "What the actual fuck is going on here?" "Shhh. I don't want to ruin him so keep your foul mouth shut." "You also curse." I stuck out my tongue. "Shut up." "You shut up." "Fine then. You won't get to know the kid." "Oh shit. Forgot about him. Did you just magically birth a child or something? Was it, Xander?" He wiggled his eyebrows. I threw him a towel. "Okay to things. No, I did not give birth. And how in the world do you know his name?" "I may or may not have eavesdropped on your conversation. Which may I add very sweet to find you talking with someone." I felt a blush creep up. "The child was dropped off here in the night. He came here and I gave him some clothes but he is bruised up and has a few cuts." He face suddenly went blank. "Nothing that serious right?" "Yeah." "That's good. But the bad news is Mama Lou and Luna went out to get some food. They might not come back until next week." I nodded. I looked back at the child to see that he was done with his food. I saw that he was and told him to go back to the room to change. I cleaned the plates and talked a bit with Luke.

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"Do you like the lions, Jacob?" He nodded very happily. I carried him towards the elephants. I opened up the area since they were only babies. I put Jacob on my lap so he could come and go as he chooses. "You see that elephant over there in the corner." "Yeah." "Did you know I help that one grow." "Really." "Yup. It was hard but in the end, I grew an attachment to him." "Wow" I could see Jacob slowly going to sleep. I let him fall asleep. Once I knew there wasn't going to be a chance to wake him I took him back to my room. I covered him and gave him a stuffed toy that was my favorite as a child. I slowly closed the door to be faced with Gabe. I tried to leave him but he blocked my way. "What you hiding there." "N-n-nothing. And it doesn't involve you at all. So please move out of my way." "Sorry, not going to. Don't feel like moving right now. If you tell me I'll let you go." I didn't want Gabe to know about Jacob I didn't want him to feed poison to him. "I told you it's nothing. Now get out of my way you bastard." My voice was dripping with venom I pushed Gabe out of my way to move. I felt him grab my wrist. "What more do you want from me. Please just stop what you're doing.'" I was on the verge of tears. "I simply want you. That's all." I felt my whole body shake from what I heard. I wanted someone else to come in and help. "I'm sorry but I don't feel the same. Please accept that and live with that." "I know you may say that now but soon you won't be." He left right after saying that. I was afraid of what he was going to do. I slowly fell down the wall and started to breakdown.