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real life

there was only music playing in the background in the car. kenna couldn't stop thinking about her mom and dad fighting. she reached for her necklace that chris gave her and started anxiously playing with it as she stared out the window.

she guessed chris noticed her playing with her necklace, because she felt his hand on top of her leg, giving her some confort. she turned her head towards him and he gave her a soft smile, in which she returned.

"you okay?" chris quietly asked.

"yeah." kenna softly replied.

"you sure?" he questioned her again as he furrowed his eyebrows.

"mhm." she hummed with a soft smile.

"okay." he softly whispered, following with a smile.

there was just something about him that made her feel comfort. maybe it was how he's always checking on her, or that he always listened to her vent to him and being there for her.

she smiled as her gaze was still on him. god he's so majestic. he was talking to matt to ease the tension in the car, which had made kenna a little nervous. as she watched chris and listened to him talk, all her worries started to go away just slightly. chris glanced over at her and gave her a small smile, and she returned the smile.

"okay, we're here." matt announced with a mixture of concern and anxiousness. her dads car was there. noah wasn't lying when he said this dad was home.

you see, kenna has always loved her dad more than her mom. that may sound mean, but it was the truth. her moms a crazy alcoholic who doesn't care about her kids or her significant other, or even herself. kenna never really understood why, but she's always though it was her fault that her mom ended up in that state.

"kenz." chris interrupted her thoughts as she was staring at her dads car sitting in front of matt's car in the driveway.

she blinked and slowly turned her head, "what?" she questioned as she furrowed her eyebrows.

"are you okay? you were like, zoned out." he asked her concerned.

"yeah, yeah. i'm fine." she reassured him as she nodded.

he stared at her for a moment, "okay, well. let's go inside. noah's probably waiting." he thought out loud as he got out of the vehicle, kenna following behind.

once they both reached the front door- were matt was waiting for them- they could hear muffled noises from inside that sounded like yelling. kenna's heart started racing inside her chest from the noises coming from inside her house. she exhaled shakily, and immediately chris put his hand on hers and started rubbing his thumb in tiny circles. they all looked at each other, and matt spoke.

"so, who's gonna open the door?" matt questioned as he emphasized the so in his sentence.

"i will." kenna answered as she reached for the doorknob and twisted it to open the door.

when the three of them walked inside, the yelling and screaming got louder the closer they slowly walked to the kitchen, which was were it sounded like it was coming from. kenna closed her eyes and took a deep breath and gulped. she hated it when her parents fought.

once kenna reached the entrance to the kitchen, she saw her mom holding a knife in one hand and a beer bottle in the other. kennas eyes widened at her mom and her mouth opened slightly. nick turned around and seen the three of them standing there and he immediately got up and sprinted to kenna.

"thank god you're here. she almost tried to kill your dad." nick whispered nervously as he quickly scanned her face, then he glanced at his brothers.

"what." she mumbled. she felt like she couldn't think. there was so much happening at the moment. her dad was home. him and her mom were fighting. she tried to kill her dad.

noah heard her and turned around, "kj." he breathed in relief and he quickly walked over to her and hugged her tightly and she hugged him back.

"hey bubs." she whispered while she watched her mom and dad fight. she hated it so bad.

suddenly, her mom and her dad stopped arguing when they heard her name. her mom turned to her and she rolled her eyes.

"what the hell are you doing here?" her mom slurred from all the alcohol she's drunk.

"i- well, noah texted me." she stuttered nervously.

"of course it was noah. he's always going to his sister when some shit like this happens." she grumbled angrily.

that hurt both kenna and noah. kenna hated it when her mom talked about noah like that. he doesn't deserve to go through this.

noah was really hurt by his moms words, even though there drunken words. she never was really mean to him or even talked about him like that, at least not in front of him. but now, it's like she didn't care. maybe it's because their dad was there. but that shouldn't be an excuse.

"you really think you can just run off to your friends house for a few days and come back home when your fucking dad comes back and your brother texts you saying that he needs you here?" her mom shouted at her annoyed at the sight of her own daughter.

kenna didn't know what to do, she felt numb. she glanced at her dad, then back at her mom.

"mom, stop! why do you always talk to kj like that?" noah shouted at their mom trying to step up for kenna.

she glared at noah, "noah, stay out of this!" she shouted back at him.

"mallory, calm down." their dad chimed in.

"calm down? you're telling me to calm down? i cant calm down!" she screamed at him as she got closer to him.

their parents started arguing again, and they were shouting and getting in each other's faces. kenna's breathing started to pick up quickly so she grabbed chris's arm tightly. chris glanced at her and intertwined her and his fingers together, making her body tingle. her having chris there with her made her feel a little bit better, but she still was having bad anxiety.

her mom pushed her dad into the wall, "why did you come back, john? like seriously? i didn't miss you and neither did your kids!" mallory shouted in his face.

kenna and noah exchanged a look, then they looked back their mom, "i can back because you need help and i want to take them home with me!" he shouted back as he pushed her off of him.

kenna's eyes widened after her dad said that. did he really want to take them home with him to get away from her? she didn't want to leave and move away from her friends. yeah, she wanted to get away from her mom, but she doesn't want to leave her friends. she glanced over at chris sorrowfully because she knew she wouldn't be able to see him for god knows how long.

she glanced back over at her dad, "what?" kenna spoke bleakly as she stared at her dad.

her dad looked over at her, "don't worry about it right now." he told her.

"no this is bullshit!" mallory suddenly shouted, causing everyone to look at her.

"how is this bullshit? i'm trying to keep the kids safe!" john shouted back at her. kenna's heartbeat started to speed up, and her breathing got heavier.

she squeezed chris's hand, shifting his attention to her, "hey, it'll be okay." he softly smiled at her as she faced him, and all she could do was smile back. she was trying her hardest not to break down into tears.

"you know what? yeah, take the fucking kids home with you. i don't give a shit anymore. and while you're at it, just take me to fucking jail too." mallory suddenly confessed. everyone's eyes widened and they all stared at her.

kenna broke the silence, "mom,"

"no, kenna bug. don't do that 'mom' shit." she interrupted her as her voice broke. it hurt kenna to watch her mom break down and cry.

kenna glanced at her dad and he glanced back at her, "kids, just go up to y'all's room." he sighed as he scanned the group.

they all nodded and walked upstairs. kenna and chris were stopped by matt. 

"do you guys want me to go home or?" he heisted as he pointed at the two. her and chris exchanged a look.

"if you want to you can." kenna smiled at him.

he smiled back at her, "okay. avery's probably gonna want me there when she wakes up." he added as he pointed at the door. kenna smirked and rolled her eyes as she shook her head.

"bye matt." chris waved and smiled at his brother, and matt smiled and waved back.

"bye chris, bye kj." he opened the door and walked out to his car.

chris turned around as kenna held her hand out and he slightly smiled as he took her head and they headed up to her room.

once her and chris were in her room and the door was shut, chris watched her turn around and wrap her arms around him and start uncontrollably crying after holding back tears from earlier. chris hugged her back as she buried her head into his chest.

𝐋𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐒!

uhmm hey..
i didnt post a chapter for this story in like over a month HELP.

anyways this chapter was hard to write omg i almost cried whiling writing this😅

i feel like this chapter is so long😭

chris is so cute and adorable omg and he's so sweet to kenna🥹

okay bye

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