One Shot Collections

Summary:

Kat's adoptive sister, Alex, is spending her summer break with Kat in New York City. Multiple chapters.

OC is based off me because who doesn't want Kat to be their big sister. "Ate" is Tagalog (Filipino language) for big sister. This is going to be multiple chapters.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Kat's baby sister came home from the Philippines when the future social media director was only 10 years old. Right after Kat would come home from school she would greet her baby sister with a gentle kiss to the forehead and then tell the 3 month old about her entire day. When Kat turned 15 she would practice her school presentations with the 5 year old. Although, the little girl would just scream/repeat random words Kat would say, the way she would look at her older sister was enough for Kat to think she could conquer the world with only the words in her note cards.

Currently, Kat is a 26 year old living in New York City with two annoying yet lovable bestfriends, an amazing job, and an incredible girlfriend. Her parents were surprised, obviously, when Kat told them about Adena but they were happy that their oldest daughter has finally found someone. They took an immediate liking to Adena when they met her during one of their visits to New York. Alex has yet come visit, but Kat had convinced her parents to letting the youngest daughter spend her summer break in New York with Kat.

And that is where Kat is right now, waiting in the airport, searching over the crowd of tourists and angry men and women in business attire, trying to find her sister. Multiple people flinched and ducked and one of the guards even reached for their night stick as a high pitched scream is heard, followed by a 20 year old women barreling her way through the crowd before wrapping a smaller girl in her arms and spinning her in circles.

"Ate, people are staring."

"Who cares, we're having a moment." Kat lets go of the smaller girl before squishing her cheeks and landing a kiss on her forehead, leaving a bright red lipstick mark.

During the drive to Kat's apartment the two sisters rambled on about every topic, from the hair Alex refuses to cut despite the fact it reaches her lower back to how Kat's cheeks make her look like a chipmunk that just stuffed peanuts inside its mouth. A few silent moments pass before Alex brought up a new topic, causing Kat to tighten her hold on the wheel.

"I saw the picture online."

"Did Mom and Dad show you?"

"No. I mean, they did. But I first saw it from one of my classmates. He was looking at it during lunch and showing the other guys around the table. I got angry and broke his phone."

"Mom told me you got in trouble, I didn't know it was about that."

"She didn't want you to worry. I didn't get into a lot of trouble because it was the first time I did something like that."

"Well, I can't say I'm not proud." Kat let out a forced laugh and took a deep breath.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just mad you have to deal with it at school."

"It's okay, after my little out burst everyone thinks I'm kind of a badass. They don't bother me."

"That's good. Don't let them."

"I know, I never do." Kat nods approvingly while parking in the curb in front of her apartment.

Alex immediately fell asleep the minute they got upstairs and Kat had to carry the 16 year old from the couch to her bed. While sitting down near her window , she calls Adena as she looks at the city lights illuminating in the night sky while waiting for the artist to pick up.

"Hey."

"Adena. Hey. It's so good to hear your voice."

"You say that every time we talk over the phone."

"I'm only speaking the truth."

Kat hears an angelic chuckle from the other line, "One of these days you're going to get sick of my voice."

"Like that will ever happen..." Kat takes a deep breath, "I picked up Alex at the airport."

"How is she? I can't wait to meet her."

"I can't wait for you to meet her, she can be a bit shy at first but after a while she will never shut up. But...she brought up the picture. The one that was sent out when I wrote that article about the VR Goggles."

"What did she say?"

"She said she saw one of the guys at school trying to show it around, and that was why she got in trouble a month ago."

"Didn't your mother say it was because a boy kept bothering her and her friends?"

"Yeah, she lied. To stop me from worrying, I guess...It just sucks that now she has to deal with it too."

"From what you have told me she seems to be a strong girl, maybe it does not bother her as much as you think."

"Maybe. But, maybe it bothers her more than I think it does."

"You can always ask her."

"I will, she's asleep right now. Fell right asleep the second she sat down on the couch. I had to carry her to my bed. I honestly think she is the smallest 16 year old in the world because I swear she weighs exactly the same as she did when she was a baby."

"Is that why you are so worried? Because she is smaller than the rest and cannot fight back as strongly?"

"No, she is the living definition of "size doesn't define strength". I'm just worried about her fighting a battle that's not hers to deal with."

"Love, do you remember when you punched that islamophobic man in the face that night before we started dating?"

"Yeah. My boss had to bail me out of jail, how could I forget."

"Well, when a person loves you, their battles become yours also. That man was my battle, but you took it upon yourself to fight alongside me. That is what she is doing, that is what me and Jane and Sutton are been doing. Your battles are ours. Not because it is something you forced us to partake in, but because we do not want to leave you alone in the battlefield. That is what your little sister is doing."

Kat leans her head against the exposed brick wall, sighing and smiling to herself, "You have a way with words, Adena El-Amin."

"Well, I am an artist."

"I have to go now. Thank you for being here for me."

"Always. Goodnight, Kat."

"Goodnight. I love you."

"I love you too."

Kat ends the phone call before double checking the locks and windows around the apartment and climbing next to the drooling teenager. The social media director smiles at the sight and then leaves a kiss on the smaller girl's forehead. Alex mumbles in her sleep, then turns to her side and cuddles against her older sister. While softly patting a beat on her sister's shoulder, Kat quietly hums a song as the two sisters fall asleep.

Notes:

Next chapter is coming up. Comment what you think and if you have any story ideas.