Chapter 26

"How did it go?" Nick walked with me as I walked out of the court room.

"The Justice system is fucked." I walked at a fast pace and didn't stop.

"What happened?" He grabbed my hand and pulled me towards him.

"They wouldn't give me a restraining order for either of them." I stared at the floor and didn't look up at Nick.

"Are you fucking serious?! What the hell?"

"Well they explained to me that Brian has never abused me and there was no proof that Justin was outside of my house, so that equals no retraining orders."

"Kate."

"Can we just go I feel like shit." I had the look of frustration on my face.

"Yeah." He grabbed my bag and started to walk me to the door.

"Ms. Patrick." I turned around and saw my attorney standing behind me. I walked over to him and shook his hand.

"Thank you for all that you did." He pulled a card out of his pocket.

"If anything happens, If you see them again this is my card, do not hesitate to call me." I took the card and handed it to Nick to put in my bag.

"Thank you." I shook his hand one more time and so did Nick. We went to the car and I called Riley.

"Hey Kiddo how was it?"

"Horrible, they wouldn't give me the retraining orders."

"What, that's not fucking right! I'm coming up th..."

"Hold on Riley." I put the phone down and turned to Nick. "Nick please pull over."

"What? What's wrong."

"Please just pull over." He pulled over on the side of the Highway. I got out and puked up my whole breakfast. Nick Jumped out of the car.

"Jesus, are you okay?" He rubbed my back, I just stayed hunched over. "Kate are you sick?"

"I'm just nervous about this whole situation. I always tend to puke when I get really scared." I wiped my mouth with my sleeve and stood up.

"Can I please do something for you to make you feel better? I'm not going to let anyone hurt you." I stood still as he pulled me into his body. I rested my head on his chest.

"I know, everyone is saying that, I believe that Brian would never hurt me but Justin is a whole different story." I sat in the passengers seat feeling so disgusted. "I just wish I could go a year without having to worry about something." Nick looked at me and put his hand on my knees.

"I want you to feel safe with me." He rubbed the top of my back and neck.

"I really do with you, Riley and Josh, but I will never feel safe with Justin around." I leaned my head on the car window and we drove in silence back home.

"How you feeling?" Nick help me out of the car and walked me up to the porch.

"Fine I'm just nauseous." Riley opened the door

"Nicklas Backstrom! I must say I'm a fan. It's nice to meet you." Riley extended his hand to Nick.

"It's nice to meet you too, I'm kind of scared your going to kick my ass." Riley smiled and welcomed Nick inside.

"Nah man, any guy that can make my sister this happy is fine with me, It's Johnny you will have to look out for." Nick had a scared look on his face and I smacked Riley on the shoulder.

"Riley!" I looked at Nick. "That's not true he will love you, my whole family will! Cut it out Riley." Josh walked downstairs.

"Hey guys what's up. I ordered some pizza It's in the kitchen if you want some." Riley ran into the kitchen like he hadn't eaten in 2 weeks.

"You want me to get you a piece?" Nick sat my bag in front of the stairs.

"No my stomach is all messed up right now I better not eat."

"Okay." Nick kissed me on the head. "You should go upstairs and get some sleep you hardly slept last night."

Yeah I will do that." Nick walked into the kitchen but Josh didn't move. I started walking up the stairs. "Aren't you hungry?" I turned and looked at Josh.

"Um yeah but can I come upstairs with you for a second?"

"Sure?? but why." He walked in front of me.

"Just follow me for a sec." I followed him into the bathroom. He reached under the sink and pulled out a bag. "Are you still felling sick?"

"Yeah, you know that. I have been feeling sick for the past two days." He opened the bag and pulled out a box, I gasped.

"Josh you're funny." I walked into my room.

"Just take it." He threw the pregnancy test on my bed.

"No! are you joking. I'm not pregnant."

"Kat you have been getting sick about three or four times in the morning. Doesn't that seem weird to you?" He leaned on the door frame.

"No it doesn't. I'm just in a weird place right now. It makes me nauseous." He walked over and opened the box.

"Well if you have nothing to worry about then why not take it just for fun?"

"Why would I find that fun?" I pushed the box over and pulled the covers over my head.

"Just take it, please!" I threw the covers off of me, grabbed the test and walked into the bathroom.

"When this is negative I'm going to laugh at you, very hard." I opened the door and sat the test on the sink. "How long does this take?" Josh walked in and looked at it.

"It takes 5 to 10 minutes." He crossed his arms. "What would happen if it was positive?" He looked at me.

"It's not going to be positive." I sat on the bathtub ledge.

"But what if?" Right as Josh said that Nick walked upstairs and I threw the test on the ground hoping he didn't see it.

"What was that? Why are you both in the bathroom?" Josh spoke first. I covered my eyes because I knew how bad he was a lying.

"I had a weird mole! Kat was seeing what it was!" He was pretty much shouting it. All I could do was shake my head. Nick walked in a little closer and saw the test on the ground.

"What is that?" He stared at it.

"Nick it's..."

"Is that a pregnancy test?"