Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Angels. That privilege belongs to Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.

November 19, 2009

Kris Munroe sat up on her bed, a little too quickly at that, as she held her hand to her wound and could feel the perspiration on her body. Another nightmare. She had tried to work through it, but so far she wasn't having much luck.

She got out of bed and made her way to the shower. Feeling somewhat better from the fresh water she got out and headed to her bedroom.

Kris stood in her room slowly pulling on her blouse. She was avoiding anything still that required her to pull it right over her head as she still had some tightness in her chest where she had been shot over three weeks ago. She winced when she reached her arm back just a little too much and it pulled at where she had been hit. Taking in a deep breath she tried again.

It was then, she heard a quiet knock on her door and her sister poked her head in. "Need a hand?"

"No. I'm ok."

Jill walked in the room and took hold of her sisters blouse, "That's why you've been in here for over half and hour." It wasn't a question, more of a statement. Jill had given her sister time to dress but when it was taking this long she knew her sister was having an off day. "You can't expect it all over night Kris. You got shot in the chest and nearly died three times I might add."

"Twice." Kris shot back.

Jill looked at her sister, "They lost you in the ambulance going to the hospital." Jill finished as she pulled the blouse over Kris' shoulder and stepped back.

Kris didn't say anything as she knew talking about the shooting was still a rough spot for both of them.

She reached down and started to do up the buttons without looking at her sister. When she was done she started for the bedroom door, but felt the hand on her arm.

"Kris?"

"Jill please. Not today."

"When then? I heard you last night Kris, and I bet so did Kelly and Bri. You can't keep this bottled up. We all need to talk about it."

Kris pulled her arm from her sister, "You talk about it." she snapped as she left the room.

Jill watched after her sister and sighed as she left the room and headed down the stairs towards the living room, where she had left Kelly and Sabrina a few minutes before.

Kelly and Sabrina sat on the couch talking about the plans for the day. Charlie had given them all the time they needed and if it took three months he would give it to them. But they were all starting to feel a need to start thinking about heading back to LA.

They both looked up when they heard footsteps and were a little surprised when Kris came hurriedly down the stairs and went straight out the back door. They turned and gave each other a quizzical looked before getting up and then seeing Jill follow down the stairs a little slower then her sister.

Kelly looked at her friend, "Trouble?"

Jill looked towards the back door. "Maybe. She won't talk to me and when ever I do reach out she pushes me away." Jill held her gaze to the door.

Sabrina looked at her friend and then her sister, "Do you want one of us to talk to her?"

Kelly turned from Sabrina and then to Jill. "She maybe right Jill. Maybe talking to you is too hard for her right now. She knows the pain you went through. And maybe it's just she doesn't want you to relive that."

Jill listened to her friends, but Kris was her sister, how could she not want to talk to her? Then again maybe Kelly was right.

Sabrina placed her hand on Jill's arm. "Look we need to get some more groceries. I'll take her and talk to her. And get her to realize she needs to talk to you as well."

Jill gave her friend a weak smile.

Kelly draped her arm over Jill's shoulder, "And in the mean time you and I can plan what wineries we are going to go see today."

"Great idea. We haven't seen that many and there are loads around here." Sabrina agreed as she placed a hand on Jill's arm. "We'll work it out Jill."

Jill looked at Sabrina, "I know. Thanx Bri" as she then watched her friend go in search of her sister. A sister she should be talking too.

Sabrina walked out the back door to find Kris sitting in the chaise lounge that over looked the lake below. She made her way towards Kris thinking on the best approach, "Hey Kris."

Kris turned her head slightly waiting for a 'talk' with Sabrina, knowing her sister probably told them what had happened, "Bri not now, please." She said as she turned her attention back to the lake

"What? I was just going to tell you we're up for the next grocery run." Sabrina explained

Kris looked back up at Sabrina.

Sabrina reached her hand down to give Kris a hand up, "Come on, cause knowing your sister she'll eat whatever's left and be starving when we get back."

Kris took the offered hand and stood up beside her friend, "You have a point there." She made light of the comment as she walked beside Sabrina to the house.

Sabrina saw Kelly and Jill talking on the couch, "Hey guys we're going for food. We'll be back in an hour or so."

Jill looked at her sister but didn't say a word, there was just a look between them that both Sabrina and Kelly picked up on.

Sabrina took Kris' elbow, "Come on Kris, let's go spend more of Charlie's money." She laughed as she guided the youngest angel out the door towards the car.

Kris had to laugh at Sabrina's comment, "Absolutely. You know it's a good thing Bos isn't with us."

"Oh don't even think such things" she laughed, both of them knowing that Bosley hated spending money frivolously.

Having gotten most of their shopping done Sabrina had purposely parked right near a coffee shop. "Hey lets grab a coffee before we go back?"

Kris saw the small coffee shop right beside their vehicle, "Why not. It's not like we have ice cream that will melt."

"I knew I forgot something." Sabrina laughed as she started for the front door.

"Well get some on the way back out." Kris agrees with her, there had been a few days it was really hot and ice cream would have hit the spot.

Having gotten their coffee they sat outside on the small patio.

"Jill is going to kill us." Sabrina smiled at her friends' seemingly bottomless stomach.

"She'll survive." Kris smiled at Sabrina.

"Yeah that sister of yours can survive a few more hours without food. I do know however one thing she can't survive without."

Kris looked at Sabrina over her coffee cup, "And what's that?" she asked the question she wasn't sure she wanted the answer to.

"You." She held Kris face to her eyes looking for her reaction.

Kris put her cup down and turned to look out to the parking lot. "I know. And I know I've been pushing her away. It's just…"

"Just what Kris. She loves you and just wants to see you better again. Being your bouncy self once more. We all do."

"I know. It's just. Whenever the topic of me getting shot comes up I always see that look in her eyes. I don't want to be the one that causes her that pain."

"Hey! It wasn't you that caused her that pain ok. It was Stenson. He was the one that shot you. We all want to help Kris. We can't know what you are going through but we want to help especially Jill. I've known your sister a long time Kris and I have never seen her that scared. She needs to talk about it as much as you do."

Kris felt the lump in her throat that came right before her tears. She was pushing Jill way because she didn't want to cause her sister more pain but in doing so she was causing her even more.

"Kris you just need to let her help you and not over due things. It's going to take time. I know you want everything to be back the way it was but with the injury you had it's going to take a little bit longer honey. Jill is just trying to get you there with as little pain as possible."

Kris wiped away the tear on her face. "I've always been stubborn like that. Even when we were kids and she would try and help me with something. I always got mad at her telling I could do it just as good as she could." She looked at Sabrina; "I didn't want to always be the 'baby' of the family."

Sabrina looked at her, "I don't think she sees you as the baby anymore Kris. You have proved yourself to her and everyone you can do it. But this is a little bit different. You aren't trying to climb a cliff or push yourself on a swing. You were shot in the chest."

Kris wiped away another tear, "I know." Kris turned to look to the parking lot once again then back to her friend. "Let's get back. I think I need to have a sisterly chat."

Sabrina gave Kris a smile as she got off from her chair.

"First we have to go back for the ice cream." Kris laughed as she started towards the grocery store.

Sabrina was about to follow after her but stopped herself as she spotted someone across the parking lot. "Kris."

Kris turned to Sabrina.

"Skip the ice cream. We'll get it later. Let's just go." She said with urgency.

"What?" why?"

"Just get in the car." Sabrina repeated this time with a little more command in her voice.

Kris looked at Sabrina confused, but she could tell, by the look on her face and the tone of her voice something was serious. She looked around the parking lot but didn't see anything out of place, but she knew Sabrina, and she probably had.

Kris had urged Sabrina to tell her what was going on the whole way back to the house, but Sabrina just said she wanted to tell it just once.

As soon as they walked in the door they were greeted with silence.

Putting the groceries down Sabrina and Kris made their way to the back of the house and the first thing they could hear was laughter coming from near the pool.

Kelly looked up and saw them first, "Hey guys."

Jill turned around and looked up at her sister, "Everything ok?" she asked knowing that Sabrina had talked with Kris.

Kris bent down and sat beside Jill giving her a hug, "Yeah, well talk later but right now," she turned and looked up, "Sabrina has to explain to me why we left in such a rush."

Sabrina looked at her three friends; "We have a problem."

Kelly looked at Jill and Kris then up to Sabrina, "What kind of problem?"

"I saw Louie Demaux at the grocery store parking lot."

"WHAT?" both Jill and Kelly let out.

"Are you sure?" Kelly asked

"As sure as I am looking at you three. Captain Devane showed Bos and me a picture of him when we went to give our statements that day. It's a face I won't soon forget."

"How is that possible?" Jill asked.

"I don't know, the Captain seemed to think he may come up here to Canada."

Jill looked at Kris who seemed a bit quiet. They had explained everything that had happened at the hangar after she was hit so she knew the name. Jill placed an arm around her sisters' shoulder in comfort. "Why here? Why now?"

Sabrina looked at her friends, "I don't know."