Yep she stuck around

Sarah saw you leave the office and got up from where she was leaning on the wall to meet you.

“Did I hear you shouting in there a minute ago?” she questioned

“Ah my bad, I was messing around and got my foot run over by a chair” you admitted, scratching your head in embarrassment. “You know if anyone else heard?”

“Hmm...The hallway was empty out when I heard so I don't think so, but if someone was in an office they might have.” Sarah explained.

You took a quick look through the door windows of the other offices just to check. The one on the left-hand side was empty but the right was much bigger and had a curtain similar to Rebecca’s. Looking at the name on the door revealed it to be the Principal's / Rebecca Mother’s office which made sense considering the size. You silently waited outside to see if you could hear anything outside but there was either nothing there or she was being too quiet for you to hear.

Feeling a bit of relief, you rejoined Sarah and headed downstairs to finally have some lunch. Sarah dragged you outside and to the corner of one of the sports buildings, where there were a few empty picnic benches. You both sat down opposite each other and got out what was essentially the same lunch that Mom had made for you both. That brought a smile to both of your faces but Sarah’s quickly faded as she got ready to bring up what she wanted to talk about.

“Do you know how long Lucy is planning on staying home?” she nervously asked.

“I’m not sure, to be honest. She’s off for at least two months but she might head back sooner than then. Why you asking?” you answered trying to get her to open up.

“Well… it's just that with the way she left last time, I was a bit worried she was mad at us” she replied.

“Well sure she was mad at Dad because of his shitty attitude and Mom for sticking up with him but…”

“That's what I'm getting at!“ she interrupted raising her voice before calming down. “Sorry, it's just that it's not like I stood there defending her as she got lectured. I just watched from the sideline and did nothing to help. I know she's been having calls with Mom and they have supposedly made up but…” Sarah stopped speaking before looking around her surroundings.

“Look, promise you won't tell Lucy about what I'm about to tell you” she pleaded.

“Depends on what you tell me” you joked, Sarah carried on staring at you, not letting you get away with a joke.

“Alright fine I promise” you relented.

“...well I’ve never really called her since then so what if she still hates me…” she mumbled.

You stayed silent for a few seconds processing what she told you. It felt strange to see a more **** side to your sister when you were usually the person she never opened up to. Or maybe it was that she had nobody she felt close enough to until you had started trying to speak with her more. The fact that you had ulterior motives to get closer in the first place left you feeling a bit guilty all things considered but without the KDK you may have never come to this realisation in the first place. Sarah seemed to pick up on your silence and carried on.

“See you agree as well don't you! “ Sarah yelled. “She’s gonna hate me and I’ve made everything worse and...” she rattled off before you stopped her.

“She doesn't hate you” you said trying to reassure her.

“How would you know, It’s not like you've spoken to her either” she shot back.

“Well… I spoke to her a few days ago actually...” you revealed.

“You should learn to lie better if you think that's gonna work. I haven't seen you use the house phone in weeks.” she sulked.

“Well about that… I may have got myself a phone. But it's not like I was hiding it from you, just didn't find the right time with Mom being around.”

“Oh yeah then prove it.”

Left with few other options. You took out your phone from your jeans pocket to show her. Sarah's eyes went wide as she saw it as if she couldn't believe you actually had one,

“It's a pretty cheap model all things considered. I was hoping to get Mom to agree to get you one before I revealed it, that way she might have given you some extra cash to put towards it. Why do you think I’m planning on bringing it up tonight.” you explained

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier!” she yelled

“Well like I said, I haven't had chance to speak with you outside the house until now so I didn’t want Mom to overhear”

“But you're perfectly fine with getting a handjob from your sister” she replied in a hushed tone.

“Hey! You can't talk about that in public” you warned, looking around your surroundings to make sure nobody had heard her. Luckily, you couldn't see anyone anywhere near the two of you but you still felt a bit worried about being overheard.

“Relax, nobody comes here anyway, why do you think I choose to eat lunch here. It's like nobody knows it exists” she said trying to calm you down.

“Look, the phone and ‘that’ are completely different scenarios. It’s not like I was planning ahead when I asked you to do it so give me a little leeway there. I’d planned on getting the phone for a while and picked something cheap just in case Mom did take it away.”

Sarah didn't seem totally convinced with your explanation but she didn't seem to have any reason to deny it either.

“Fine but if Mom does give us some money then you have to give me your share” she ordered.

“That was the plan anyway so sure. Now getting back on topic, Lucy doesn't hate any of us, well except maybe dad but that's a different story. She even asked about you when I rang her, wanting to know how you were doing”

“And what did you tell her?” Sarah perked up as she asked, showing no trace of her earlier foul mood.

“Well, actually not much, sorry I was busying trying to convince her not to let Mom know about the phone”

“And why don't you need to convince me then?” Sarah asked.

“She has nothing to lose if she told Mom, If you tell her then the chances of you getting a phone yourself probably become non-existent.”

“You got me there” she pouted hoping to have had some **** on you for once. “Why did you ring her anyway if you knew she was gonna mess with you?”

“I needed to ask her a favour before she got here. And before you ask, no I'm not telling you what it was. Consider you getting a phone to be payment for not asking about it” you

said trying to negotiate with her. Sarah didn't seem happy about it but she kept her mouth shut and didn't ask about it further and started to finish her already half-eaten lunch.

You talked for a little longer with Sarah but the free time you had left quickly ran out. Both of you finished eating and walked back around from behind the sports buildings before splitting off and heading to your respective classes. The rest of your classes were pretty mundane compared to how your life had been going recently. Well, they were probably mundane regardless of that but now they just bored you beyond belief. You managed to get some work done but you frequently ended up getting distracted by your upcoming ‘date’ with Emma.