Forbidden Love

Chapter 1

Kathryn Stevens was an average fourteen year old girl, except she lived on the SS Billings. She went to school, hung out with her friends and got detention like the rest of them.

She was currently in detention. She was to wait for a lady by the name of Ashley. Just as she was about to leave, a lady walks towards her. She has blonde hair to the waist and is wearing a white long sleeve shirt and cream pants.

"Hello, my name is Ashley. Are you Kathryn Stevens?"
"Good evening. Yes, I'm Kathryn. I'm here to show you around." She answered as she looked over the information on the clipboard.

"Good. Now, I have some questions."
"I'll answer them if I can." She said as she looked at the third page of information.

"Ok, first. Are you in year nine?"
"Yes."
"Then how did you end up having to show people around?"
"It started when I was walking with my boyfriend and I kissed him. My teacher said it was inappropriate and gave us detention. Anyway, a couple of days later I fell over in front of her and Leo helped me up and gave me a kiss to make me feel better. She gave me detention and now every time I'm with him, I get detention." Her phone rang. The song 'sexy bitch' as the ring tone. "Excuse me, it's my teacher.'' She waited for Ashley to nod. "Hello Miss. What can I do for you?"
'Has the lady by the name of Ashley come to you yet?'

"Yes, she has. I'm standing with her right now."
'Put her on.'

Kathryn looked up and handed the phone to Ashley. "Miss wants to talk to you."
Ashley took the phone. "Hello?"
Kath watched as she talked to her teacher.

"Hello sissy. How's it been?"
She raised her hand to her forehead; she doesn't know what to do.

"Yes she's still here. Kathryn she…are you alright. You look like you're about to pass out."
"You're her sister? Shit." She mumbled before she passed out.

"Tina, she just passed out."
'I'll be there soon.'

Tina wasn't far away so it only took her a few minutes to get there. "Is she alright? Did she say anything before she blacked out?"
"Yeah, she did. She mumbled you're her sister? Shit. Then she passed out."
Kath groaned and opened her eyes, only to close them again. "Aww crap. She is going to kill me if she finds out I passed out again."

Ashley looked at Tina confused. Tina shrugged her shoulders and sat down next to her head and brushed away a lock of hair.

"Kathy? Can you hear me?" Tina was worried that she had blacked out.

"Oh god, my head hurts." She groaned.

"Kathy, what did you mean when you said she is going to kill me if she finds out I passed out again?''

"I tend to pass out for no reason and Miss goes all funny when something happens to me, like she did when I fell off the chair I was standing on a few days ago. I've passed out a few times but I didn't tell her. I can normally stop it before it happens, but it looks like I'm not paying attention."

Tina was brushing the top of Kath's head; as if she was trying to brush away the pain.

Kath opened her eyes, expecting to see Ashley but saw Tina's face instead. "Aww shit. That's going to be a lot of detention."
"Why didn't you tell me you have a problem with passing out Kathryn?"

"I didn't tell you because you get all worried and then you completely change."

Tina was just sitting there with her hands in her lap now. Her expression unreadable. Her eyes showed that she was worried but they also showed that she was angry at not being told.

"I'm sorry for not telling you, but I can handle it. I have been for years. Most of the time it's just my vision that goes." She sat up. "Ow. That fall hurt my wrist. That hasn't healed properly since I broke it." She said to herself.

Kathryn stood up in front of Tina and offered her hand to help her up.

Tina took the offered hand and stood up. "Thanks, but you should have told me. What would happen if you pass out and there's no one there to help you?"
"That's…umm…already happened. It was the first I passed out on the ship. I was in my room, I was getting sick from the waves hitting the side of the ship, so I blacked out."
"How many times have you passed out, exactly?"
"Well there was the time with the chair, then the one in my room, once in Lana's room and the one now. Can we get something to eat? I didn't have breakfast."
Tina nodded and waved over a year ten student. "Show Ashley around and answer all her questions."

The boy nodded and asked Ashley to come this way.

"Bye Ashley. It was nice meeting you." Kathryn said as she walked away. Ashley turned and waved at her and Tina. She crossed her arms and watched as she walked away with the year ten guy. "I'm in trouble aren't I?"
"Yes, but since you've told me, I can help you."
They walked into the lunch room and Kath lined up and got a coffee and an apple, while Tina just got a coffee. They sat down at a table and ate in silence for a while.

After a couple of minutes, Kathryn realized Tina had gone pale.
"Miss? Are you okay? You look like your going to be sick."

Tina didn't answer, she just stared Kath's arm. Kathryn looked down and saw her blood running down her arm. Then she remembered that she can't stand to be near blood and quickly put her arm under the table.

"You should get that looked at."
"Nah, it's nothing. I think."
"Still it could get infected and you could get very sick from that. Please get it looked at, for me."
"Ok, but you have to come with me. I hate the doctors."
Tina looked like she was going to protest but Kathryn cut her off.
"Please, for me."
"You fight dirty."
"Thank you. I try."
Tina laughed at that and took a sip of her coffee. Kath took a bite from her apple and saw Lana coming into the lunchroom and waved her over. Lana nodded and lined up. Soon she sat down next to Kath with a coffee and a piece of apple pie.

"Aww, where'd you get the pie from?" Kath whined.

"At the end of the line. Don't tell me you didn't see it, the whole pie was there. Oh, is it true that you passed out again?"
Tina looked at Kathryn pointedly. Kath stiffened and looked from her teacher to her best friend.

"How on earth, do you know I passed out again? The only time you've seen me out was in your room."
"It's all over the ship that you passed out in front of Miss."

Kathryn looked at Lana. "For your information, it was Miss's sister, not Miss."
Lana looked at Tina. "You have a sister?"
Tina nodded and looked at Kathryn. Lana followed her line of sight and saw how pale Kath had gotten.

"You alright?"
"I'm fine, anyway I have to go get my arm looked at."
"What happened to it? You didn't break it again, did you?"
"No, only a cut from when I blacked out." Kathryn stood up and saw Leesh walk in. "OI! Leesh over here! Come sit with Lana, I have to go!"
Leash came over and sat down with Lana. She started talking about some guy she saw earlier as Kathryn placed her cup on the table.

Tina stood up and walked over to Kathryn. "I have a question for you." She said as they walked out of lunchroom.
"Shoot."

"You don't have to answer if you don't want to." Kathryn nodded "Why don't you talk about guys with your friends?"

"Well I do, but since I broke up with Leo, guys don't really interest me at the moment."
Tina's eyes opened wide and she jerked her head to look at Kathryn.

"You broke up with Leo?" She asked disbelievingly and slightly hopeful.

"I did."
"Why?"

"Because I like someone else and I don't know if they like me back, plus their older then me."

They walked along in silence for a while, but when they got half way there, Kathryn's arm had started to throb.

"I think your going to need stitches." Tina said suddenly.

Kathryn stopped walking and looked down at her arm. "No. No way am I getting stitches. They leave scars and I have enough scars."

Tina turned around and had a confused expression on her face. "What scars?"

"I have a few on my back from when I fell out of a tree, one on my hand from when I cut myself, then I have one on my leg."

Tina had walked back to Kathryn and had taken her hand. She was staring at the scar. "Why didn't I see this before?"

"I covered it with foundation."

"Why did you cut yourself?"

Kath tried to remember why she had done it, but couldn't.

"I can't remember why. But I remember that I didn't feel a thing."

Tina was just staring at her now. She turned abruptly and started walking down the hall.
"We should get you to the doctor soon, it looks like you in pain."
Kathryn hadn't been paying attention to the pain but now that she remember it, it hurt. Kathryn looked up and saw that Tina had walked a fair distance up the hall. She started running after her, but the pain shot up her arm and into her neck.

"Miss, can you wait up please?"
Tina stopped and saw how far she had walked. When Kath caught up with her she started walking at a slower pace.

"Sorry, I didn't realize how far I had walked."

Kathryn noticed that her teacher wouldn't look her in the eye.

"That's ok."

They walked in silence for a while when Kathryn tripped on her shoelace.

"That one hurt the arm."
She went to bend down and tie her shoelace but the pain in her arm shot up to her neck again. Kathryn groaned as the pain move from her neck to her shoulder. She instantly put her hand to her shoulder to keep it from moving. Tina noticed this and knelt down and tied her shoe for her.

"Thanks." It was meant to come out loud and firm, but it came out as a strangled whisper.

Tina stood up and put her arm around Kathryn and slowly started walking again. Kathryn leaned into the hold, she felt safe in the arms of her teacher. She had only felt this safe when she was being held by Leo.

End Chapter 1