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"Kal. Kalliope. I gotta get up." Lewis whispered softly, looking down at Kallie who was clinging onto him as she slept. He had no idea how they even got in the position. He was sure he went to sleep on top of the covers so she would feel more comfortable. He couldn't help but admire her features, she always looked so peaceful when she slept. The dark spots under her eyes did concern him some bit, it looked as though she hardly slept but he knew she always got a good amount of sleep. And her cheekbones were a bit defined, and it didn't seem like a good thing.

"Why?" She mumbled against his bare chest, her fingers subconsciously rubbing against his skin.

"I'm supposed to work out with Kaylen. Can you let go?" He requested, his hand rubbing against her waist. "I'll go with you." She whispers tiredly, her grip loosening, giving him the chance to slip out of the bed not that he wanted to. He could've stayed in that position forever without a single complaint. But Kaylen had been blowing up his phone. "You should get some sleep, you were up all night." He advised, pulling the covers back over her to keep her warm.

"But I want to. I'll get up...in fifteen minutes." She trailed off, falling back into a comfortable slumber. "Crazy girl." He chuckles lightly, leaning down to press a kiss on her head before he headed to the bathroom. A few minutes later, Kallie sat up in bed with a yawn, rubbing her tired eyes. She could hear the shower going on, which meant he didn't leave yet. Slowly, her eyes fell onto her bare legs, noticing she was only in her underwear and a crop top.

"What the fuck happened last night." She whispered to herself, standing up and looking around for her sweats. The bathroom opened and Lewis walked out, towel wrapped around his waist, she jumped, quickly reaching for the blanket to cover herself. "We uh- we didn't do- what happened last night?" She stammered nervously, holding a hand to her head as it pounded, clearly she had a hangover.

"You don't remember?" He queried, a bit surprised at that. He knew she didn't drink much last night, so he wondered why it hit her that hard.

"I just remember leaving the apartment and coming here. Did we uh- did we have sex?" She asked nervously, dreading the possible answer of yes. If it had been yes, she would be so pissed at herself. "No, definitely not. We came back, ordered room service, you drank a few glasses of wine and it hit you really hard for some reason. You threw up on your sweatpants so I just helped you take them off and get into bed. I slept on top of the covers." He explained.

"Wait- fuck, I drank alcohol? Oh, my God." Kallie pulled her hands to her face, the blanket dropping away from her as she panicked. "You can't drink?" He questioned, trying to keep his eyes off of her body but it was hard not to when he noticed the scarring on her lower stomach. "It- it messes with the medication, it's not safe for me to drink. Fuck. I need to call my doctor. Where's my phone?" She ranted, searching around for her phone.

"You're taking medication? What kind of medication?" He questioned, walking over to the coffee table and picking up her phone. She looked up and walked over to take the phone from him. "I'm confused. You always drink, why is this any different?" Kallie sighs, unlocking her phone and calling her doctor who she could only hope would answer. "I can only have a glass, not a bottle. Excuse me." Ignoring his first question, she made her way into the bathroom and shut the door.

"Kalliope? What's this about? You weren't supposed to call until next week." Dr. Grey said.

"I did something really stupid, Dr. Grey. I had a lot of alcohol." Kallie said nervously, looking at herself in the mirror, her eyes flickering down to the scars on her stomach, hoping that Lewis hadn't noticed him. "Kallie...please tell me it was just a glass." Dr. Grey stressed, immediately putting the phone on speaker and typing on her computer, searching for the best doctor in Austria that was close by. "If I did that, I'd be lying to you."

"Why would you do that, Kallie? You know it's not safe, the risks alone..."

"I know, okay? I'm sorry. It's just...for the first time, I was with him and he made me feel normal. He made me forget that I was dying and I slipped up and I'm sorry. Just please tell I didn't make things worse." Kallie rants, going through her makeup bag to cover up her real face. Without makeup, she looked like a ghost, like she was numb to life. "I understand, Kallie, you're not the first person to do so. I reached out to Dr. Montgomery in Austria, she's gonna be waiting for you. Get there as soon as possible. I'll send the address."

"Okay. I'll call you when I'm there." Kallie hung up, hitting the counter in frustration. "How could I be so stupid?" Kallie rushed out of the bathroom, reaching for her suitcase and pulling on some pants. "What's going on? Are you okay?" Lewis asked in concern, pulling on his shoes, he already canceled the workout with Kaylen, getting ready to take Kallie where she needed even if she hadn't asked for his help.

"I don't know. I just need to go to the hospital. I'm sorry to leave like this." She said, pulling on a shirt and grabbing her purse. "How are you getting to the hospital?" He questioned. "Jamie can take me. I don't know. I'll figure it out." She shrugged, not seeing how that was very important. "Jamie already left, as did your sister and I have a strong feeling you don't want Kaylen to know about this so I will take you myself. I'm not giving you a choice either."

Kallie sighs, of course he was the only available driver. "Fine. Let's go."

Arriving at the hospital, Kallie had so far dodged all of his questions, and there was a lot. Kallie climbed out of the car and spotting Dr. Montgomery waving her down, "Kalliope? Dr. Grey sent you, right?" She questioned. "Yeah, that's me." Dr. Montgomery smiled softly, "okay, we're gonna take the side entrance so no one sees you. Is this your boyfriend?" She referred over to Lewis who was climbing out of the car.

"No. He's just a friend." Kallie quickly said, getting a nod from the doctor.

"That's fine. He's welcome to join us. Follow me." Dr. Montgomery instructs, gesturing them in to follow along. The two followed after her through the empty hallways, courtesy of Dr. Montgomery who made sure no one outside of some staff would know about Kallie's presence in the hospital. She brought them into a private room, having Kallie sit on the bed. "Uh, Lewis, could you wait outside the door please?"

Lewis gave her an unsure look, still very confused about all of this. "Please?" He sighs, he hated to leave her but he knew she'd tell him when she was ready, hopefully that was very soon. "Okay. I'll be right out the door if you need me." He pressed a kiss to her hand before leaving the room.

"I assume this means he doesn't know?" Dr. Montgomery questioned, pulling on some gloves after paging another doctor, most likely an intern, or maybe a nurse. "Yeah. I'm just not ready for him to know. I'm not ready for anyone to know." She mumbled, her tone feigning disappointment. "I understand. Dr. Grey explained your situation to me, said I couldn't convince you otherwise. I wasn't even gonna try. I know you're already aware of what a secret like this can do."

After a phone call with Dr. Grey and a some quick tests, Dr. Montgomery was discussing treatment. "I'm gonna run a few more tests just in case. But the way you're responding, everything seems to be good. We're going to have to up your dosage of medication. You probably don't want me to beat around the bush so I'll tell you straight, you will probably start to feel sicker, way worse than what you're already going through. But in my professional opinion, I have a good feeling that this is gonna work, and I'm usually never wrong."

Before she could leave, Kallie's voice stopped her. "What's your first name again? I'm sorry, you just look really familiar."

The redheaded doctor smiles lightly, "Allison."

Kallie's eyes brightened, "Allison Montgomery. You were my mum's intern. You were the best in the class."

"Yeah, I guess I was." She smiled softly before leaving through the door with with tests. Lewis joined them back in the room when Allison got back, his hand holding onto Kallie's. He still didn't understand any of this but he knew he was going to support her anyways. "Tests came back, and you got very lucky. When you threw up, it thankfully got the majority of the alcohol out of your system. We're going to continue your treatments once it's out of your system and search for any improvement." Allison says, being careful with her words as requested.

"Just, please stay away from alcohol. I know sometimes we all need a bit of stress relief but this was very dangerous. If you need a release, cannabis only." She said, removing the IV from Kallie's arm. "I will. I'm so sorry. It was a small slip. It won't happen again." Kallie assured. Dr. Montgomery smiled softly, "I know it won't. You're smarter than that. Dr. Tate will come in here to discharge you, and you will be free to go. Take it easy. If you feel any discomfort, come back in."

"What type of discomfort?" Lewis questions. "Stomach aches, nausea, headaches, really just anything that could be seen as unbearable." Allison answered.

She goes to leave but Kallie stops her again, "how can I reach you?"

Allison turned around and pulled out a notepad, writing something down on it. "This is my personal number. But I will only be in Austria for another week. I don't know if you're aware but your sister reached out last week and wanted me to join them in LA. I took the job and leave next week. So you'll probably be seeing me around a lot. Have a good day, Kalliope and tell your mother I say hi" She smiled, handing Kallie the paper and leaving the room.

Kallie was a bit confused on why Kez would just randomly reach out to Dr. Montgomery but she didn't question it too much. Allison was one of the best, being trained by their mother, so it made sense. Having someone like Allison at the hospital brought the hospital more eyes and investors. It was a good business idea.

Back in the car, it was filled with silence, Lewis had a million thoughts running around in his head. "So, you're not like an alcoholic?" He questioned, breaking the silence. Kallie shook her head, "nope." He furrowed his brows, "and you're not anorexic?" Once again he received another light shake of her head. "Okay. And nobody knows about these treatments? Not even Keziyah, or Kaylen? What about your mum?" He questions.

"Nope. Nobody knows, just Jamie and my doctors, and you too, sort of." She shrugs, leaning back in the seat, trying to get comfortable.

"I'll stop asking questions, but I hope you'll tell me what this really is, eventually." He said, keeping his eyes on the road but he really wished he could see her face and try to read her, see what she was thinking.

"Can you just take me to the airport? My flight leaves in a few hours and I don't want to miss it. I have to be in the studio tomorrow or my sister is gonna be on my ass." She sighs, looking down at the note that had Allison's number, contemplating on telling her mother about Allison. She wanted them to rekindle, obviously, but she was also scared that Allison might slip up and tell Kaikara about her being sick.

"What about your stuff at the hotel?" Lewis asked.

"Just give it to Kaylen, he'll send it back to me. And please, don't mention any of this to him. He can't know. It'll throw off his game and I really don't want to be the cause of him having a bad first year. Promise me you won't tell him." Kallie turns to Lewis with desperate eyes as he stopped at the red light, his head turning so his eyes land on hers.

"I promise."

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keziyah I'm so excited for you 🥲 but u stole Tay 💔
⇘ kalliopekumalo she loves me more hope that helps 😇

chloebailey oh you boutta eat with this baby 😍
⇘ kalliopekumalo you're so sweet stop 😘 (pls don't)

username3 kalliope has the best celebrity mansion and i stand by that idc
⇘ username no ur so right, it looks like a museum fr
⇘ username2 the house tour she did was perfection, she lives in a freaking castle 😭
⇘ username1 it's crazy how she even found that place in LA
⇘ username87 most of it was already there but she did renovate most of the house as said in the house tour

username44 pls post lewis bae, i need some kind of confirmation 😭 the way he hugs you and looks for you after a race makes me cry
⇘ username3 so real of you! the video of them talking in the garage is my new roman empire 🤭

lewishamilton Is that my hat?
⇘ kalliopekumalo yes it is, it looks better on me 😇
⇘ lewishamilton I guess you can keep it with everything else you take 🙄
⇘ kalliopekumalo it was one jacket get over it 😒
⇘ lewishamilton It was a special jacket I will not get over it 😐
⇘ kalliopekumalo omg move on it's mine now 😻
⇘ keziyah Yes, listen to the woman you child @lewishamilton
⇘ lewishamilton Oh my gosh can you stop attacking me in comment sections 🖕
⇘ keziyah Get out of the comment sections then 😍🖕
⇘ username8 stop this whole interaction had me dying 😭

taylorswift When did you take that?? 😭
⇘ kalliopekumalo when you weren't looking 😇

username3 taylor and kallie collab??? ahhh we're eating good swifties 🤩

theestallion I'm so excited
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danielricciardo New music? Why am I just hearing about this??
⇘ kalliopekumalo it never came up 💔

username54 kallie and kezie like this comment if we're getting a sister song
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champagnepapi Waiting for that call 🤔
⇘ kalliopekumalo it's coming don't worry ☺️
⇘ username65 wtf drake x kallie collab too?? oh we definitely getting an album
⇘ kaylenkumalo kal, you better let me meet drake 😐
⇘ lewishamilton Me first
⇘ keziyah Both of y'all move
⇘ kaylenkumalo you literally did a song with him mind your business 🙄
⇘ lewishamilton What he said
⇘ keziyah this is why you lost 😇

username78 kezie and lewis arguing in comment sections is giving brother and sister in law 😭
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arianagrande 💓💓
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meridamaharaj Where was my invite? 💔💔
⇘ keziyah In the trash
⇘ lewishamilton Like your music?
⇘ keziyah Says the one who bought all my albums I got the receipts too 🤔
⇘ lewishamilton Photo shop
⇘ taylorswift Don't argue in Kallie's comments please 😇💓
⇘ keziyah Sorry Tay
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⇘ lewishamilton You're so whipped
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⇘ keziyah Stfu bitch
⇘ username87 stop this whole interaction is my roman empire 😭

username54 kallie returning to social media just to tease new music that disses her ex is so girl boss of her 🤭
⇘ username as she should, their relationship made no sense tbh
⇘ username3 she's gonna drop all the tea fr
⇘ username65 ong he def cheated with jhene bc there's no way they suddenly broke off an engagement and then he starts dating her best friend coincidentally after
⇘ username3 right?! the whole situation is mad suspicious, i hope kallie doesn't hold back and calls their asses out

hallebailey so excited for the new music kallie 😇
⇘ kalliopekumalo thank you ☺️☺️

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"How are you feeling about the race in Britain? You still gonna go?" Kallie looks up from her nails when she hears Taylor speak up. The blonde singer had decided to stay for the night even though they had finished recording their collab song "Better Than Revenge" which had focused on Kallie's ex best friend Jhené, sabotaging her relationship with Sean from the beginning. Taylor had helped Kallie finish writing the song as the former driver felt like giving up on it.

"Yeah, I leave tomorrow. I'm not missing a single Grand Prix for Kaylen. He needs all the support he can get and I made a promise that I don't plan to break." Kallie answered, subconsciously twisting the ring around her finger. Taylor had noticed she was more fidgety than normal, she even had trouble playing the piano to which Taylor had opted to play it for her instead. She had no idea what was happening with Kallie but she knew she planned to call Keziyah about it. 

"What about Lewis? You make plans with him?" Taylor smiled, leaning back into the sofa.

Kallie gives her a confused look. "Uh, no? I haven't talked to him since I left Austria. Why would I make plans?" Taylor just gives her an annoyed expression, "seriously? Do I need to spell it out for you? He likes you, probably loves you, and you still haven't made a move! It's driving me insane! Correction, it's driving me and Kezie insane!" She blurted out impulsively at Kallie, forgetting that Kez scolded her about this exact thing.

"Is this why you wanted to stay over? So you can bother me about this? I will tell you the same thing I told Kez. It's way more complicated than you think. It doesn't matter if I want him or if he wants me, I can't pursue anything that won't end the way I want it to." Kallie stood up from the sofa and ran up the stairs. "Kallie! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to pry!" Taylor says in sad tone but the brunette doesn't listen, just continuing her way to the bedroom.

Taylor frowned, picking up her phone and calling up Kez. After a few seconds, the actress finally answered. "Hey T, what's going on?" Kez had sounded quite winded and from what Taylor could hear, there was some muffled noises in the background. "Hey, sorry if I'm interrupting anything, I can totally call you back later." The blonde says in a sad tone, feeling like she was a bother. "It's okay, you're not. Give me one second. I'm gonna go on mute." Taylor smiles, until she heard some small giggles that were clearly coming from Kez.

"Baby, just hold on one second. I'm on the phone with Taylor. It's important." Kez laughs lightly, her voice muffled with kisses. Taylor could practically feel her heart drop hearing this but she knew she couldn't be jealous. She was already in a relationship and Kez had the right to have her own. But it didn't stop that from hurting. "I'll go get us some food, darling." The unknown man pressed a kiss to her lips before getting up from the bed.

Kez looked back to her phone, cursing under her breath when she finally noticed she hadn't muted like she thought she did. "I'm sorry, did you hear all that?" She questioned nervously.

Taylor sucked in a breath, quickly wiping the tear that rolled down her cheek. "Yeah. Uh, who was that?" Kezie awkwardly clears her throat, "that was Will, he's my co-star for the movie. Uh, anyways, what's going on with you? You sounded sad." Taylor sighs, now being reminded of the argument or whatever it was with Kallie. "I might have brought up Lewis and said she should make a move but she got really defensive and rushed off. I really messed up."

"Wait what? That's odd, she never snaps at you. What'd she say?" Kez sat up in her bed, a look of concern on her face even though Taylor couldn't see that. "She said it was complicated and that even if she wanted to pursue him, it wouldn't end the way she wanted. I don't know, it's really weird. Today was really weird in general. Her mood is completely off and she looked so drained. She couldn't even play the piano, Kezie. Her hands were shaking too much and she can't stay still either. I think somethings seriously wrong."

"It's getting worse then. Fucking hell." Kez muttered to herself, Taylor luckily unable to hear that. "Uh, Tay, I'm going to call you back. Just, give her space, okay? She'll come and talk it out with you. She wouldn't be able to sleep if you two weren't talking. Okay? I'll call you back." They exchanged goodbyes, Taylor a little confused on Kezie's urgency but she probably figured that she'd been called back to set or something like that.

Kez was right though, because not minutes later, Kallie was coming downstairs with an apologetic look. They sorted it out, both apologizing for their responses. Eventually they ended up falling asleep on Kallie's bed with one of Kezie's old movies playing in the background.

Meanwhile in downtown LA at Kumalo Memorial Hospital, Kez was satdown in the large conference room, her eyes trained on the many piles of paperwork laid out on the table, all under the name of Kalliope Ae-Cha Kai Kumalo. Both Dr. Marilyn Grey and Dr. Allison Montgomery on both sides of the table with nervous expressions on their face, studying Keziyah's face for any reactions.

"I want you to tell me everything." The actress spoke in a blank tone.

"From the beginning?"

"All of it."

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a/n: uh oh 🧍‍♀️

lewis being such a concerned bf this chapter but also trying to respect her privacy bc he knows she'll tell him when she's ready 🥲

in case u didn't know, kezies co star is will poulter, bc i originally made a will book and it clashes with the taylor one and this one, idk when itll be released or if it will at all 😭 but yeah that's who kezies secretly dating rn

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