Re: Love Can Heal (M/L,AU, Adult) Pt 41 4/20/17
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:51 am
L-J-L 76 Liz and Max have a very good relationship. Carolyn and Matt are very close so of course he would come visit her on his way to report for duty.
Carolyn Yes it was a good reunion between Carolyn and Matt.
Part 42
Liz moved through the Crashdown the next afternoon. It was busy Carolyn, Maria and Serena were also working. Michael and Jose were manning the kitchen. Nearly every table had someone at it. Liz looked up when the bell over the door rang and Carolyn's brother Matt walked in. She went over to him.
"Sorry we are a bit busy. Seems that north side of town had the water go out." Said Liz
"Wow. Happen often?"
"No. If you don't mind sharing a table with a stranger I might be able to arrange something."
"Depends on what you have in mind."
Liz smiled.
"Just follow me G.I. Joe."
"Uh you know that G.I. stands for general in listed right?"
"Yes. I also know that you are are a lieutenant. An officer."
Matt smiled he liked this friend of his sister. He followed her to a booth were a young woman with blond hair and blue eyes sat.
"Excuse me Katie?"
"What's up Liz?" Asked the woman who seemed to be named Katie.
"I was wondering if you would mind some company? This is Carolyn's brother Matt."
Katie looked at the young man with Liz. She wouldn't mind if he joined her.
"No I wouldn't mind. I'm Kathleen Baker. Or as Liz likes to call me Katie. But that is how she knew me a very long time ago." Said Katie
"I am First Lieutenant Matthew Steven Dawson the third. But you may call me Matt."
"Have a seat Matt." Said Katie
"Like anything to drink Matt?" Asked Liz
"Uh just a coke. Oh and I will have a Will Smith with orbit rings." Said Matt after a quick look at the menu.
Liz wrote down the order and headed to get his drink. Carolyn cornered her at the drink station.
"Liz! Please tell me that you are not trying to set my brother who is just passing through town up with Miss Baker the school councilor."
"Katie, is nice. Besides it might give your brother another reason to come around."
"Uh in case you forgot I will be in Santa Fe in the fall for college."
"Yeah so?"
"Look I like Miss Baker and know she had an even shittier childhood then you did. But Matt he has never had a long term relationship. He had three girlfriends that I know of in high school. Well that was between two different ones but that is not the point."
"So he has a past. We all do."
"Liz, he doesn't know I know. But he has been having sex since he was sixteen."
"You are having sex with Justin. Serena is having sex with Kyle. Isabel and Alex have had sex. Michael and Maria have too. Brian and Jessica might be."
"Are you and Max?"
"Not yet."
"Why not?"
"We will not talk about it. Look your brother is hungry. Katie was alone so I asked them if it was OK for them to sit together. Tell me if they do get together would it be a bad thing? Would Matt force her to have sex with him before she is ready?"
"No. I guess I am a little scared to lose him. He is the only member of my family not counting Brian that has never treated me like I am different."
"I understand. I can see that he really loves you. Nothing will ever change that."
"You are right. Sorry Liz."
"No problem."
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Matt glanced at his sister talking with Liz.
"Carolyn will be OK. I think that she is afraid that if we become more then friends she could lose the only man in her family that means anything to her." Said Katie.
"Yeah you're right. My mom died when I was two. My dad met my stepmom when I was four. They married when I was six. Carolyn was born a year and half after that. Amber three years after that. But Care and I have always been close."
"You love your sister."
"Yeah. How do you know Liz? I mean from outside school?"
"Liz and I spent time in the same foster home. She was three I was thirteen. Our foster father was not the type of man that should have have ever been near a child."
"He beat you?"
"Worse."
Matt's eyes grew dark. He knew what that bastard did without her saying.
"I'm sorry you had that happen to you. Did he go to prison?"
"Yeah. He hit Liz once. After that I made sure he never touched her again."
"You became her big sister."
"Yeah. I spent my teenage years in a group home. Liz bounced around for another two years before ending up with the Parkers. They were not good homes for her. But she is happy now. Took her a long time but she is happy."
"Look I am only here for a couple more days. But maybe we can go out?"
"Sure."
Matt smiled. Maybe with the help of his sister's friend he may have found the woman he was meant to be with.
TBC
Carolyn Yes it was a good reunion between Carolyn and Matt.
Part 42
Liz moved through the Crashdown the next afternoon. It was busy Carolyn, Maria and Serena were also working. Michael and Jose were manning the kitchen. Nearly every table had someone at it. Liz looked up when the bell over the door rang and Carolyn's brother Matt walked in. She went over to him.
"Sorry we are a bit busy. Seems that north side of town had the water go out." Said Liz
"Wow. Happen often?"
"No. If you don't mind sharing a table with a stranger I might be able to arrange something."
"Depends on what you have in mind."
Liz smiled.
"Just follow me G.I. Joe."
"Uh you know that G.I. stands for general in listed right?"
"Yes. I also know that you are are a lieutenant. An officer."
Matt smiled he liked this friend of his sister. He followed her to a booth were a young woman with blond hair and blue eyes sat.
"Excuse me Katie?"
"What's up Liz?" Asked the woman who seemed to be named Katie.
"I was wondering if you would mind some company? This is Carolyn's brother Matt."
Katie looked at the young man with Liz. She wouldn't mind if he joined her.
"No I wouldn't mind. I'm Kathleen Baker. Or as Liz likes to call me Katie. But that is how she knew me a very long time ago." Said Katie
"I am First Lieutenant Matthew Steven Dawson the third. But you may call me Matt."
"Have a seat Matt." Said Katie
"Like anything to drink Matt?" Asked Liz
"Uh just a coke. Oh and I will have a Will Smith with orbit rings." Said Matt after a quick look at the menu.
Liz wrote down the order and headed to get his drink. Carolyn cornered her at the drink station.
"Liz! Please tell me that you are not trying to set my brother who is just passing through town up with Miss Baker the school councilor."
"Katie, is nice. Besides it might give your brother another reason to come around."
"Uh in case you forgot I will be in Santa Fe in the fall for college."
"Yeah so?"
"Look I like Miss Baker and know she had an even shittier childhood then you did. But Matt he has never had a long term relationship. He had three girlfriends that I know of in high school. Well that was between two different ones but that is not the point."
"So he has a past. We all do."
"Liz, he doesn't know I know. But he has been having sex since he was sixteen."
"You are having sex with Justin. Serena is having sex with Kyle. Isabel and Alex have had sex. Michael and Maria have too. Brian and Jessica might be."
"Are you and Max?"
"Not yet."
"Why not?"
"We will not talk about it. Look your brother is hungry. Katie was alone so I asked them if it was OK for them to sit together. Tell me if they do get together would it be a bad thing? Would Matt force her to have sex with him before she is ready?"
"No. I guess I am a little scared to lose him. He is the only member of my family not counting Brian that has never treated me like I am different."
"I understand. I can see that he really loves you. Nothing will ever change that."
"You are right. Sorry Liz."
"No problem."
********
Matt glanced at his sister talking with Liz.
"Carolyn will be OK. I think that she is afraid that if we become more then friends she could lose the only man in her family that means anything to her." Said Katie.
"Yeah you're right. My mom died when I was two. My dad met my stepmom when I was four. They married when I was six. Carolyn was born a year and half after that. Amber three years after that. But Care and I have always been close."
"You love your sister."
"Yeah. How do you know Liz? I mean from outside school?"
"Liz and I spent time in the same foster home. She was three I was thirteen. Our foster father was not the type of man that should have have ever been near a child."
"He beat you?"
"Worse."
Matt's eyes grew dark. He knew what that bastard did without her saying.
"I'm sorry you had that happen to you. Did he go to prison?"
"Yeah. He hit Liz once. After that I made sure he never touched her again."
"You became her big sister."
"Yeah. I spent my teenage years in a group home. Liz bounced around for another two years before ending up with the Parkers. They were not good homes for her. But she is happy now. Took her a long time but she is happy."
"Look I am only here for a couple more days. But maybe we can go out?"
"Sure."
Matt smiled. Maybe with the help of his sister's friend he may have found the woman he was meant to be with.
TBC