Who: Kate and NPC (Spanish host brother) Where: Madrid,Spain When: Flashback, sometime in late May What: Light of May Aftermath, Madrid Edition
The semester was almost over but for Kate and other American exchange students the end of term had just gotten more tricky thanks to the Light of May breaking in Spain only a few days prior. But for Kate matters had only gotten worse thanks to finally facing the fact she was indeed an empath and had to stop shoving her powers under the surface. Add in the fact the Catholic Church within Madrid was having a complete field day with the news and it left her on shaky ground in more ways than one. As she slumped against a bench near the campus fountain she heard a voice calling to her along with picking up the vibe, friendly and supportive. It was her host brother Luis, a fellow student at the university, and one of the few outside the American exchange students that knew of her struggle.
*in Spanish* "Hola Kate, holding up given all this?" Luis asked the girl who had become a second sister in the 6 months she had been in Spain. *in Spanish* "Hola Luis, holding up best I can given all this and the bombshells that tagged along" she finally confessed. "All this is just strange" Kate switched back to English since Luis also spoke the language,"I mean I knew I was a little odd but having a name for all this just ups the feeling odd factor among other things" she finally revealed. "I mean, I can't shut down the mental aspect of things forever but right now its so freaking tempting given what's going on!". Luis squeezed Kate's hand upon hearing this,"Can't blame you for thinking that, you only had a few clues till news broke. But you know mom and dad can help you get stable enough to fly home post program?" he reminded her. "I do, your dad is giving me a quick and dirty version of a crash course on my powers" Kate nodded. That was when Luis reminded Kate of the one thing she needed to hear more than anything as he pulled her into a hug, *in Spanish* "You know what mom and dad said, you have a place to come back to if things get bad in the States". That hit her like a ton of bricks but just knowing she could come back was huge as she got out in Spanish,"I know, you guys became the family I lost only months ago".
That was when Kate finally knew, she had a family again even if they were a few thousand miles away from America.