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After John's arrival, Helen had been more than a little unsettled and it took some doing to manage to get Kate alone in the vet's office without Coraline or Hiccup underfoot. Not that Helen thought Hiccup would do anything rash but Coraline would and the last thing she wanted was to endanger a little girl under her care because of John's showing up. Besides, Coraline reminded her of Ashley and it just opened too many wounds to discuss with her directly.

Kate, though, Kate had information that Helen needed. Helen didn't particularly like asking about her future but if what John had said was true, the island would have effectively nullified his madness and made him the John she'd known long ago, the John she'd been friends with and fallen in love with.

"Kate? Might I have a word? Some...things have come up."

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"She's not the only one who wants to hurt him for that." Kate finally looks away, glancing down at the stupid clothes she's wearing and wishing for her armory. But there aren't enough guns in the world to protect either of them from some of this.

"Listen, Magnus," she says and it's a little quieter. "I know this sucks. I know the timing of it really fucking blows." Coarse, she can hear Magnus thinking. But it's just plain true. "But don't let it spoil being with Will. It's kind of selfish of me, but...I liked seeing you guys happy. Not gonna lie and tell you it didn't send me into kind of tailspin thinking maybe I wouldn't matter anymore. But that was stupid. We're a team, you, me, Will and Declan. And..." Kate's not really sure what she's saying anymore except that it kind of feels like she should just say it and get it out. "We need each other." That's what Will would say. "I'm gonna be here. If you need me. I promise. Just. I need you to promise me something. Is that okay?"

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Helen hadn't been aware that she and Will being together had bothered Kate at all but if seeing them happy had made Kate happy, she wasn't going to bring it up. It wasn't going to change the fact that she and Will were married and would remain so.

"I'll promise you nearly anything, Kate, you know that."

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Kate's glad Magnus didn't ask about the whole tailspin. It's her baggage. Nothing they did. Explaining it's not important. If she needs to understand it, Will knows all about her feeling like a knife at a gunfight.

"Just promise me you'll try to be happy," she says, hearing Will in the back of her brain saying something snarky about pots and kettles. "Don't let him steal that from you again."

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It touched her that Kate would think about such a thing and think about it to the extent that she wanted her to seek happiness over seeking her past and Helen nodded, once.

"Absolutely. Will makes me so happy, Kate. I'm not going to let John ruin that."

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"Good." Kate grins at her, knife at a gunfight but a damned good blade. Today anyway. "Because on top of wanting you to be happy...I suck at this whole relationship thing and this whole trying to be happy thing. You've taught me a lot of other important crap and I kind of need you to teach me this too."

For once, Kate's not being selfish. It's just easier. For both of them. When Magnus is the one who knows which end is up.

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"Ah, well, if you need relationship advice with Declan, I suppose I am a bit of an expert. I am a newlywed and blushing bride, as it is."

She grinned a little. "You and Declan aren't planning anything...wedding related, are you?"

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Eyes wide, Kate shakes her head almost frantically. "No. No no. I..." Kate's cheeks warm and they'd be pink if her skin showed color. "Don't think that's in the cards for us. We're just together. And I've never had that before."