Author's note: In 1.04, Family Portrait, Nora mentions the superglue mess between Sarah and Kevin.

The Walker residence, 1986.

"Muuuum!!"

"MUUUUM!!"

Nora hurried up the stairs.

"MUUUUUUM!"

Nora flung the door open to find her 19-year-old daughter Sarah and 14-year-old son Kevin sitting on Kevin's bed with Sarah's hand in Kevin's hair and Kevin's hand on Sarah's neck, and with the other two hands together. Nora did not see the fun of their constellation.

"What have you done?"

"Sarah glued herself to me!" Kevin hissed.

"No I didn't! Kevin glued himself to me!" Sarah tried to get loose to hit her brother.

Nora started to understand how they ended up in that position in the first place.

"My god, you're both much too old for this. Where's the tube?" Nora located the small thing and started to read it for instructions to dissolve it. It read ULTRA STRONG QUICK DRY SUPER GLUE on the bottle in gigantic black letters.

Her kids had stopped fighting and were just sitting on the bed, looking tortured like never before.

Nora felt like screaming, but controlled herself. "I guess we go to the emergency room then. Hopefully they have to amputate both of you, that'll teach you a lesson." Nora looked at the tangled arms. "Can you both go to the car while I fetch Justin? NO ARGUING!" Nora turned around and left, leaving Sarah and Kevin to handle themselves to the car.

Nora pulled out of the driveway.

"So, tell me. How did you end up with the glue between you anyway?"

Sarah and Kevin looked at each other. Kevin had an insecure look and puppy dog eyes, glancing at his sister.

"I… I tried on fake nails. In Kevin's room." Sarah said, looking out the window.

Kevin knew his mom started one of her endless monologues about thinking before doing and caring about your family, but he didn't even try to listen.

After a couple of hours they were finally leaving the hospital, with bandages and Kevin's hair uneven and that annoying Justin jumping up and down around them pointing and laughing.

Kevin started walking slower to get further away from his mum. Sarah joined him.

"Thanks for not telling mum."

"Don't worry about it, kiddo." Sarah replied. "I guess you had your fair reason to use fake nails, it's none of my business." She smiled to her younger brother.

"I just hope you know you can come to me and talk. If you want to. I'm like a Swiss vault, I can keep a secret."

Kevin playfully nudged Sarah in the side before starting to catch up with Nora and Justin.