Age Is Nothing But A Number

Chapter Thirty One

I took a taxi and wrote down an address then gave it to the driver.. I couldn't even describe how I felt..

Mom?

She was a mom to a child my age and she didn't even think about mentioning that to me? Why didn't she tell me.

"we are here ma'am..." the guy who's been driving said. I thanked him and got out. The wind started to blow as I took in the familiar surroundings.

God, I used to come here like crazy and then s**t happened and I didn't fucken know what to do.

I walked the stairs in the the flats as images of us played in my head.. one specific where we had just been in a fight coz I was called a dyke in the street.. And she protected me.

I reached her door and then asked myself what the hell was I doing here. Should I knock and go in or should I just leave and go home. I mean me rocking up here like this after everything that's been happening without her in my life is just...

Oh God.. I needed her.. because to be honest she's the only person who'd understand this and know what to do..

I wiped my tears.

But she might be mad at me. I wasn't there for her, I have been mad at her for over three months.

I turned and was about to leave when the door opened.

"Thandy?" She said in a hoarse voice. I turned around and my eyes landed on her for the first time since we were in my graduations.

She looked like she lost a bit of weight. And like she hasn't taken a bath in a while... Fuck.. what the hell happened to her?

"Hey...." I said as tears started to build in again.

We stood there looking at each other and not saying anything. Then that rush hit me suddenly, Katherine has a child I don't know about, I lost my sister, I wasn't on talking terms with my childhood friend.

A tear dropped and she pulled me in for a hug. She had no idea why I was crying but she was consoling me anyways..

"Come inside..." She said and we walked inside. The place was clean compared to her.

She walked past her kitchen to her bedroom and I followed. The bedroom was a bit untidy. Her clothes were all over the place. She scratched the back of her head, "Umhh I'm sorry the bedroom is a mess... I wasn't expecting anyone.."

I shrugged, "you look like a mess..."

"Like I said... I wasn't expecting anyone.. so yeah...." She said sitting on her bed. I went next to her and faked a smile, "yea... but you smell nice..."

She halfly smiled, "What's wrong?"

"What?" I asked as soon as she threw that question at me out of the blue. And my heart hurt like hell hearing her ask that, it wasn't because I suddenly remembered what a f****d up situation I was in with Kat, but it was because she could still see behind my fake smile..

"What's wrong?" She asked again and I kept quiet and looked at her not knowing what to say. She sighed, "besides your sister that is... because you wouldn't come to me about her, so I believe something happened that pushed you here.. so what's wrong?"

I shook my head, God I hated how much she knew me.

"It's nothing.. I just missed you..." I said and then looked away, not even wanting to look at her.

"I'm sorry..." She said and I looked at her. She shook her head, "about your sister and all that, I'm really sorry..."

And she suddenly looked like she was about to cry. I scooted closer to her and pulled her into a hug, "It's okay... I should have given you a chance too... I was just mad, I felt like you betrayed me."

"I cared about her okay... I wasn't betraying you... I betrayed myself when I tried to stop caring. I know i f****d up with the Chloe thing.. but I'm really sorry..."

My phone started vibrating and "you are mine forever" started blazing.

God.

That ringing tone was Kat's..

I muted it and concentrated on hugging my friend.

"Look.... I..." as I started to speak, it rang once again. Same ringing tone. I closed my eyes and pulled away from the hug, then my phone kept quiet.

"Why don't you answer that?"

I shrugged, "wrong number...."

She nodded a bit hesitant, "are you okay...?"

My phone started ringing again and it was Kat. Suddenly this anger in me started to rise and I started breathing fast..

Maudy looked at me terrified, "T... what's wrong? T... calm down please... what's wrong..."

It was like she opened the gates of heaven. I was angry at Kat and my tears were threatening to just walk freely.

I tried to be strong. Holding in, but she called for the forth time and I lost it. I left the Phone in bed, got up and screamed "nooooooooooo" as loud as I could.

When I turned Maudy was on my phone...

"No... she's not okay..."

"Maud?" I had Kat's voice on loud speaker and I felt like crushing that phone..

"Yes it's me..."

"Can I please talk to her... Please..."

Maud looked at me and I was just standing there like a lost puppy allowing tears to stream down my cheeks. Her mood suddenly changed, "Look you can't...."

"Maud...."

"No Katherine.... No..." She said that so firmly it made me feel safe.. I mean she was an FBI, she had that way of saying something and it literally sinks in because of the tone of her voice.

"I just want to...."

"Like I said. She isn't okay..." She hung up and then came to me, "what did she do?"

I shook my head as I kept on crying silently. She pulled me into a hug, "what did she do.... God T... tell me what she did before I go to her house and blow her head off..."

I shook my head and stupidly laughed at this stupid ass, "no maan.."

"What did she do? Let's go sit down..."

I took off the jacket of the suit, then I took off the shirt too and was left in a tank top and a my pants.. I then decided to take off the tank too.. when I turned around Maudy was looking at me.

I cleared my throat since she didn't realize that she was staring too much. She looked away immediately and apologized. I shook my head and decided to ignore her.

"Can I sleep over..."

She nodded, "yeah..."

I looked around the house, "but you'd have to clean here first..."

She got up, "I'm going to bath... you clean up this mess..."

I sighed, "God...."

And just like that she disappeared to her bathroom. f**k her... I thought as I got up and started putting her dirty laundry in the washing basket. And then I fixed her bed.

I then found an album. I opened it and saw a picture of Sindy... I paged, and then saw my sister in her bikini and Maud in her boxers. They were hugging. I felt a lump build up in my throat as I went to the next page. Maudy had my sister on her back and they were both laughing like it's no body's business.

They looked happy.. Before I shed another tears I put the album on her bed and turned around.

This was good coz it kinda put my mood at ease and I wasn't thinking that much. I slowly took the broom and started swiping in her room. After that I took the air freshener and sprayed it in then I opened the Windows..

It was clean now and smelled fresh...

"I swear if....." Maud said but shut up as soon as she walked in, "what the f**k? You are done?"

I shrugged, "I'm so done.."

"How did you do it so fast? It takes me hours..."

I rolled my eyes, "the difference between you and I Maud is that I'm not lazy..."

She shrugged, "alrighty then.."

After she said that, we sat there awkwardly, I don't know why, but it suddenly felt weird. I mean one could feel this three months gap that we spent not talking. I sighed,

"I don't know a lot about you and my sister and I prefer it stays like that.. I was mad and felt betrayed coz Maudy that is my sister... was.. I mean was my sister. The way I found out about it was worse coz I seriously felt like killing you."

She nodded, "I know and I'm sorry..."

"You know how that broke me. You weren't only f*****g her, you f****d her over by f*****g with someone else... I really felt like you was an asshole.."

"I'll forever be sorry for that... And the things I said there.. I'm sorry again. I guess I should thank your girlfriend for holding you coz I saw how mad you were..."

My face suddenly changed at the mention of my girlfriend. I felt like ripping off my heart the moment I heard that. It felt hot and cold. I had no idea what was going on.

"What did Kat do that is this big and got you like this?"

I closed my eyes and shook my head, "she hid a child my age if not older..."

Her eyes shot wide open, "what? How did you find out?"

"This is the best anniversary ever.. She just showed up.. Kat seemed as surprised too... I feel...."

I couldn't even finish the sentence, my friend looked at me and said, "empty... like your relationship was all just a big fat lie.."

I shrugged, "maybe.. or that she's ashamed of me because of my age.. so she didn't wanna tell her daughter about me.. but what I don't get is why not tell mee.. I had no idea and she doesn't even have her pictures in the house." Then a memory hit back. I saw a girl on her album and then I thought it was Kat herself because they looked so much alike.

I sighed in frustration, "why didn't she tell me.. why?"

Maudy pulled me into a hug and I held on as I rested my face on her neck. She smelled nice and fresh..

"You smell nice and fresh..."

She giggled, "I kinda bathed ass...."

Without thinking about it I kissed her neck and her body shivered. I pulled away a bit and looked at her, "I'm sorry... fuck.. I wasn't thinking..."

She gave me a weird look and then shook her head, "It's okay... I don't know why I reacted like that..."

"You didn't expect it...."

"Yah maybe... Maybe not... God I just suddenly got hot..." She got up and I furrowed my brows,

"Did I turn you on?"

She blushed like crazy but tried to hide it, "what no..."

I got up and went to her side, "I fucken did... oh God..."

She shook her head, "in your dreams ass..."

I stood in front of her and smiled, "When last did you have sex..?"

She cleared her throat and went to her closet, "umh... I'm not sure if you wanna ear that......."

I sighed out loud, "mhmm so I guess that's a way of you saying you were screwing my little sister... but then again.. do you know how to screw..?"

She turned to face me within a split second, "you don't know that.. just because I haven't screwed you, doesn't mean I don't know how to... so careful what you say..."

I laughed, "no you really don't... who thought you?"

"Wanna bet on it? Want me to f**k you right here, right now, so you can know that I can screw...."

I felt my insides twist when she said that in that confident tone she was using. God.. what the f**k was wrong with me?

I shook my head, "no... I'm good..."

She laughed, "scared you'll love it?"

I shrugged, "scared I'll be betraying a person who hid a part of her in our whole relationship..."

She shrugged, "your loss...."

I turned to her again, "or I can f**k you..."

She laughed, "again? You are crazy.... I don't wanna experience that s**t with you again... I'll hear myself screaming s**t I don't mean like 'i love you so much Thandy'... girl! You know what you are doing.. you can f**k, so nope I'll pass..."

I found myself laughing too...

She took out a gold shirt and shorts from the closet, "so, you are leaving in three days..."

I nodded, "yep..."

"Do you plan on talking to her before you leave...?"

I sighed knowing exactly who she meant by "her", "I don't know.. there's a 100% Chance I won't see her... She couldn't talk.. what would she say now..."

My friend shrugged, "like you said, she was shocked... She didn't expect her too, so, maybe now she is in a good position to...."

"..cover her secrets... nice... I can't wait for that." I said sarcastically.

Maudy shook her head as she put her clothes on, "Katherine loves you.. I bet her daughter is older so she just...."

"Stop making excuses for her... stop please..."

She shook her head and and went to the kitchen.. I shrugged and followed her still on my pants and bra..

We spent that day catching up, with junk food and lots of movies. We both cried and then ended up sleeping when the sun when down..

..

I spent that day and the following with her. It was like the past year. After losing my mom I went to her and we stayed together until I left. Now it was like that too.. After my sister I am here with her again.

Now, tomorrow I was supposed to fly back to New York and I haven't talked to Katherine since the incident.

"You have to talk to Kat..." Maud said as she dressed for work. I shook my head stubbornly, "No.."

"Just hear her out.. please..."

"No Maudy..."

"What the f**k is wrong with you?" She suddenly yelled startling me a bit, "Kat is fucken here and alive and she loves you you know that... now could you give her a chance to talk..."

"Look I know you'll say whatever you wanna say but if she couldn't tell her daughter about me cos she was ashamed of my being possibly younger than her, then she should have told me.... me Maudy... what did I do to not deserve to know?"

"Just stop it and go talk to her... please... I'm sorry for saying this but if there is one fucken thing I could do, It could be to be with your sister one last time so I can tell her how much she means to me. Life is so fucken short, a split second could cost you it.. you love her and she loves you too... just hear her out.. please.."

As soon as she uttered those words I felt my body immediately go cold.. Like I was dipped in a shower of ice. And it also hit home. I shook my head a bit, "you can't use that...."

"When Kat found out about your sister, she collapsed. She flipping collapsed and spent a day at the hospital... that woman loves you and is probably terrified coz she thinks she lost you... please don't be stupid and leave without talking to her.. please..."

"Jesus Maud fine... I'll go now then... jeez..."

It was like she was throwing bad luck at me if I wasn't going to see Kat. So I figured I might as well go..

"Good... I'll drop you off before I go to the office.."

I gasped at her and winked at me, "better dress up then.. now..."

I rolled my eyes but did anyways. After we got dressed we both went to her car.

"Did you call her?"

I shook my head, "no... I have the keys, she'll find me there if there's no one..."

I really was hoping she's there so we can talk, and since Sindy died I forgot Kat's schedule so now I had no idea if she was on or off...

We drove silently until I handed her the gate card when we approached it. She opened and I said hi to the security there and we drove in.

She parked outside and I got out, "thanks... see you later?"

She shook her head, "hopefully not.. I pray she f***s you and accompany you to the airport tomorrow..."

I rolled my eyes, "go f**k yourself...."

"I am so going to do that.. your ass ain't in my house..."

I scoffed as she drove off. I then took out the house key and opened. It was very clean and I could smell Kat's perfume but it was overpowered by by the new scent.. Gail's scent I assume..

I slowly got in and locked it. My first instinct was to go upstairs and check because it was still seven, so if she wasn't working she'd still be in bed.

I slowly walked down the passage only to see Gail come in from the pool. She walked in through the back sliding door in her bikini and a gown that was open.

"Hey.... Amanda.... I mean Thandy... sorry... we can never get used to saying your real name... I love your character..."

I smiled not able to remove my eyes from her smooth toned skin, "hey... Gail... how are you?"

She flashed me a warm smile, "good... I'm very good.. how are you."

God...

She was Katherine.. exactly her.. just a younger version..

"Umhh... I'm... I'm okay..." I stuttered.

Fuck...

I cursed in my head. The f**k was wrong with me..?

After I realized that we have been staring at each other far too long I cleared by throat, "so.. where's... your... Kat..."

She giggled, "you mean my mom.... okay I figured a lot of s**t the day I got here.... she's at work... she'll probably arrive anytime from nine, she has to start somewhere.."

I looked at my wrist watch and saw that I have about two hours before she got here.. I sighed and Gail closed the sliding door then followed me to the kitchen.

God she looked so sexy, she had on a black and red bikini which was only hiding places that were needed to and the gown was hiding the rest.

"So... you and my mom... wow...." She said and I just stared at her.

"I don't mean it in a bad way..." She said, "anyways do you need anything to drink?"

I shrugged, "appletizer..."

She nodded and opened the fridge then took out a can of appletizer. She rinsed a glass of water and then poured that appletizer there. I smiled, "this will taste amazing I tell you.."

She winked, "It's made with love.. it has to taste amazing"

She slowly approached me and then put the glass right in front of me before leaning on the counter with her elbow. Practically revealing her body clearly for me.

I had no idea what she was trying to do.. seduce me?

"Come here...."

She ached her brows at me, "what was that?"

"Come here to me..."

She slowly came closer and stood right in front of me.. "here I am..."

I slowly took her gown, took both her belt and fastened the belts, literally covering her now. I smiled at her, "you should put some clothes on.."

She laughed sexily and I felt the hair on my back stand up.

" You should keep your eyes on my face... not on my body Thandy..."

I laughs and she took out her phone, "Mom is coming.. put your numbers the, we should hang out..."

I smiled, "Really..? God...."

She laughed, "yea... I definitely want to hang out with my mom's girlfriend... who is younger than me..."

"Holy fuck...."

"I know... weird right... I'm like 27 and mom is 49 going to 50.. And you 're just what 24...?"

"Ohh f**k you are kidding with me right......."

Then there was a key at the door...

Well... Here comes nothing...