comparison ~k.v.~

chapter 3

she wakes up to the pattering of feet across the carpet. ryleigh is home.

according to her phone, which is playing jaymay's first album, autumn fallin', it is 12:59. ryleigh's curfew is 12:00.

kendall can hear the clash of words as her parents yell at her sister. she yells back. there is a slamming of a door, and ry is in her room, probably texting her newest object of affection, michael.

hiking her blanket up to her ears (so her parents won't see her headphones if they come in and yank them out), and waits for her mother to shift away from her door. there is a muffled sound of exasperation, then she pads off. kendall breathes a sigh of relief, turns her phone on, types in the password "soulmaponthewall", turns down the brightness, and logs on to tumblr.

tumblr is one of kendall's favorite things.

she shoots a message to her internet friend, jessa, who is fifteen and lives in melbourne, australia, and has probably just gotten home from school (there's a 14 hour time difference), and to her other internet friend, chase, who is seventeen and lives in new york city. he had been having a tough time lately. he had been going through all these treatments and therapy after deciding to become male.

kkbye-: hey bbb how u doing

he replied almost instantly.

lanadelcraycray: not good. hormones meds r killing me and my momma was complaining about me all day.

kkbye-: :*(((( aw. it gets better. stay strong.

lanadelcraycray: i try. thanks, lovie.

lanadelcraycray: how was ur day?

kendall blinks sleep out of her eyes and sips some water from her crackling white nightstand.

kkbye-: can u oovoo? i need to tell u w/ voice.

lanadelcraycray: sure but i have to whisper.

kendall logs off and presses the oovoo app. a sound beckons chase's call. she presses accept.

his face illuminates her screen. he smiles "hey girl."

she smiles back. "so today, school was basic, ignorant ratchet people as always." he chuckles, "and then today ry went to a party and i stayed home and read and..." she bit her lip. "i had another attack today."

chase hates it when kendall has attacks. "i love you baby girl. stay strong."

when chase says he loves kendall, it isn't romantic. it was brotherly.

she sniffs back some tears. "i love you too."

they talk for some hours until kendall sees the time on her phone. "shit, chasey. my mother wakes me up in like... two hours."

"get some sleep, baby girl."

"okay."

kendall shuts off the app and then her phone. it was four o'clock in the morning. she tries to sleep, but it seems as if the sun has gone up. kendall flicks her curtains open. they have.

she grips her bedspread and closes her eyes.

and she's off to dreamland.

(author's note: dO YOU LOVE CHASE'S TUMBLR URL OR DO YOU LOVE CHASE'S TUMBLR URL)