The doorbell rang. Kerry looked down at her hands, deep in soapy water and over at Henry playing. "Kim..."

"Gettin' it... gettin' it..."

Kerry closed her eyes, she had a sinking feeling she knew who it was going to be.

Kim opened the door, "Lori... what's wrong?"

Lori shrugged as she stepped in the door, "Wanted to see if I could freak out your Kerry."

"One, that's not nice, two, she's not... my Kerry, and... I told her."

Lori gave a hurf as she hugged her big sister, "Spoil sport."

Kim laughed, "C'mon, I'll introduce you to Henry."

"Oh?"

Kim and Lori walked into the kitchen as Kerry was drying off her hands. "Oh..."

Kim did the intros, "Lori, this is Kerry Weaver. Kerry, this is my kid sister Lori, youngest, though not shortest."

Kerry shook Lori's hand and was surprised when the dark haired Legaspi pulled her in for a hug. She let go and smirked. She had the same smirk as her sister, and Kerry couldn't believe that she hadn't seen the resemblance that day. "We've met..."

Henry was watching the action quietly, chewing on his cereal. "So... who's the handsome chap?"

Kerry ruffled Henry's hair and Lori had to hold in a laugh when he quickly put it back the way it had been. "This is my son Henry... Henry, this is Lori Legaspi."

Kerry looked up as she actually said the name out loud, "I was the final Legaspi and my... our parents have a wicked sense of humor." She held out a hand to Henry, who looked at his Mom, and then shook it. "You can call me Aunt Lori..."

"Lori..." This was from Kim.

"What?"

Lori was unceremoniously dragged out of the kitchen by her shirt as a chuckle escaped Kerry's lips. "What a day..."

"Sunny..."

Kerry looked out the window, and indeed, it was sunny. "That too..."

Kim whacked Lori upside the head. "Are you stupid. I just told her yesterday that I lied about you being my girlfriend, what about that would make you think it's okay to spring Aunt Lori on her and her son... God Lori, I'm trying not to overwhelm her again."

"Sis... big sis... trust me. That is one chick who rarely gets overwhelmed."

Kim gave a growl, "You had no right. No, right."

Lori held her hands up in a defensive stance, "Alright, alright, I'm sorry, truce, truce, I'll take it back."

Kim sighed, "No, now you can't, we'll just live with it."

A throat cleared, "Hi... sorry, your door was open. are you... friends of... is Kerry here?"

Lori pointed at the kitchen, "That way."

Courtney went towards the kitchen and Kim gave Lori a full power whack on the shoulder, "Hey, what was that for?"

"You know little sister." Kim followed quickly after Courtney.

Kerry glanced up, expecting to see Kim appear in the doorway with a sheepish look on her face. Instead it was Courtney. "Courtney."

Kim and Lori weren't far behind though. Kerry stared over both ex and current girlfriends at Lori, "Stay with Henry... please?"

Lori shrugged, "Sure. I'll teach him all the fun things he can do with cereal."

"Lori..."

Lori blinked as Kerry and Courtney left the kitchen. "Wow..."

Kim nodded, "Yep, freaks me out how well she can do that Mom voice." She shook her head, "Never heard her use it with Henry. Even when he had spilled the grape juice on me... I should..."

Lori caught Kim's arms, "She's crazy about you Big Sis, any idiot can see that."

Kim smiled, "I know."

Kim walked out of the kitchen and Lori spoke to Henry, "I think she was refering to me as an idiot Henry."

Henry shook his head, "Not nice."

Lori smirked, "I know. You know, I think I'm gonna like you Henry."

"I'm sorry Courtney, I... I'm with someone."

Courtney closed her eyes for a moment, "I'm really not a crazy stalker, you know."

Kerry took Courtney's hands in her own, "I know, and I cared, care for you deeply Courtney. You're an amazing woman. And, you deserve to find someone who will love you with all their heart. I can't do that. I'm not sure I ever could."

"It's the dark haired one right? Lori I think." A sad grin came to Courtney's face. "You know, yo'ure pretty good at letting someone down gently Kerry."

A snort of laughter came from the doorway, "Actually, she mostly sucks at it. Oh, and it's the blonde. Lori's my sister." Kim stuck out a hand and Courtney shook it, "Kim Legaspi."

Courtney tilted her head to one side, "Shannon Wallace's Doctor. You..."

"No, she didn't. Shannon lied, she was... Shannon lied. Kim was only trying to help. There..."

Kim blinked, "Only seven years too late..."

Kerry shrugged and Courtney looked form one woman to the other, watching the interplay. "I'm going to go. It was... interesting to meet you Kim."

"Wait..."

Kerry went over to her phone pad and after a moment of thought wrote down a number. "This is a friend. You two can... trade horror stories."

Courtney looked down at the number and then up at Kerry and Kim who had moved to stand next to the shorter red head. "You know, you two... as much as I hate to say it, you look... right together." She walked out the door, closing it behind her with finality.

Kerry and Kim looked at each other. "She's crazy..."

Kerry shook her head, "Apparently..."

"So..." Kim put an arm around Kerry's shoulders, "Who's number was that?"

"Maggie Doyle."

"I don't think I know a Maggie Doyle."

"And, what, you know all the lesbians in Chicago."

"Sure..." Kerry chuckled, "Maggie Doyle... is a long story. Right now, I need to save my son from your sister's nefarious clutches."

Fin ~ February 6th, 2008