She Is A Man

Chapter 4

Kate arrived home devasted.He found his dad sleeping on the couch waiting for him.He was having nightmares of him in the battle field."Take cover! take cover! go!go!go! hurry!." He turned about the couch and he was sweating .

Kate stood at a distance ,he was afraid to wake his dad up.He was confused and restless." Where is mum?" He said looking upstairs to see if she was coming down .He went back and took a glass of water on the table and attempted to sprinkle some on his face but stopped halfway.His dad kept turning around and throwing his hands in the air as if he was defending himself from someone. Kate stood at a distance and called him out.

"Dad! wake up !" His dad woked up startled. He stood firm and folded his fist as if he wants to fight someone. Kate walked towards him and hugged him.He took a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his sweat."Dad,relax,its just me Kate." He spoke softly patting his back not to worsen the situation.His dad looked at him with his eyes wide open.He looked worried. "Am so sorry dear, did I hurt you? where have you been?" searching for a bruise on his body.

"No dad,am fine." He asured him him raising his eyebrows."I can't sleep in peace this days. " His dad said with one hand on his chest and the other wiping his sweat. Having those nightmares again huh?" he asked as they both sat on the couch.

"yeah,where have you you been dear, ave been waiting for you." His dad could see he wasn't fine" Have you been crying? " he asked at tried to look at him on the eyes but Kate evaded it.

His eyes searched across the room.It's true he was crying ,but he just didn't want to talk about it."No dad,crying? no...am just tired. I should get some sleep now." He stood to leave but bumped into the table ."Am your father you can't fool me." His patted his shoulder. "But you can fool me right? isn't that what uve always done all those years? you have managed to fool everyone into believing that I am a girl.You and mum are the reason why am suffering right now." He pointed at his dad with so much range.

All the pain of Nixie leaving came back to him."But son ,it was not our intentions to hurt you,please understand. " His dad tried yo hold him but he shoved him away. His mum stood at the top of the stair case looking down."what's going on there!" She tried to shout.Atlest her voice could be heard across the room.Kate just looked at her and hit the couch."what's wrong Kate?" she claimed down the stairs quickly, but Kate just walked out on them and looked himself in his room.

"What's wrong with our child?''. she asked her husband wrapping her night gown round her waist."It's too late,everything is just too late."His dad sounded remorseful. "What's too late?" His wife looked at him and the Kate's room."I mean the time ,its late,we should go to sleep." He replied and started walking towards their room.His wife followed hurriedly. "Hun , I asked you a question! what is wrong with all of you? hey,am talking to you.Could you just answer me!". She threw her hands in the air. He stopped and looked at her.She was annoyed.He smiled for a while ."What are you smiling about. " You look like a puffed doll,all annoyed like that." He placed his hands on his mouth and laughed ."I asked you a question ..but you didn't answer me ." she rolled her eyes and lined against the wall." came here Darling, Kate and I ,are just tired.Why don't we just go to sleep.When we wake up tomorrow,everything will be just fine." He stretched his hand ,but his wife just walked passed him.

He shook his head and followed her.Kate laid on his bed and tears just rolled out. He threw his pillow away,calling Nixie's name. He was more than hurt,he felt as if he was slowly dying alive.He woke up and reached for a bottle of liquor. He sat on the floor and drank from the bottle. Memories of Nixie climbing the planes stairs came flashing back on him. He smashed the bottle he was drinking from on the wall and yanked his hair backwards. "Those mean people, they just had to take her away! " he cursed as he reached for another bottle of liquor.

"I swear some day,I'll make them pay!" He said to himself, as he sat on the floor and drank from the bottle.

Kate drank the whole bottle of liquor. He could barely see anything rather than stand.He made few attempts but he just fell." One last time." He said and tried to stand from the floor but failed."Why is that bed running away from me?" He said while trying to stand but failed.

He looked at the bed and laughed." I can just sleep here as well. " He fell down and just laid there facing upward. He didn't take long before he drifted into sleep.His room was messy ,from the mess he had created. It smelled of liquor from the bottle he had smashed on the wall,but that didn't stop him from sleeping. He couldn't see it nor smell it, talk of feeling cold.He was already deep a sleep and nothing mattered to him.The night would take care of itself, as the morning slowly made its way through the dark night.