"Kirsten!", Ryan yelled out again pummeling into the kitchen. "You in here?"
Seeing no sign of his newfound mom he began to panic. He shook his head telling himself to not get so worked up and ran into the living room. He sighed a breath of relief when he saw Kirsten lying asleep on the couch. "Thank god", he whispered walking over towards Kirsten. He really didn't want to wake her but he had to make sure she was ok so he began to shake her lightly by the shoulders. "Kirsten, wake up, it's Ryan.", he said.
Kirsten moaned and opened her eyes to see Ryan standing over her. "Ryan?", she asked to make sure she wasn't dreaming.
"Yeah", Ryan said. "It's me."
Kirsten wiped her eyes and sat up. "What is it? Are you alright?", Kirsten asked in her motherly tone.
"Yeah", Ryan said. "I just wanted to make sure you were."
"What're you talking about Ryan?", Kirsten said now fully awake. "Why wouldn't I be fine?"
"I dunno", Ryan replied shyly. I just had a bad feeling and needed to check on you."
Kirsten, touched by Ryan's concern for her smiled & hugged Ryan. "Thanks sweetie, I'm fine though. You should probably go back to bed. It's late."
Ryan nodded. "Yea, it is", he agreed & began to walk up the steps. He stopped halfway when he realized Kirsten wasn't following him. "Kirsten?", he called out turning around to see that she had lied back down on the couch. "Aren't you coming up?", he asked.
"Nah", Kirsten yelled back. "I'm waiting for Sandy to get home. He should be here in another hour or so."
"Oh, ok", Ryan replied. "Call me if you need me?", he said.
Kirsten, realizing that Ryan wasn't going to drop this whole worried act, nodded & said that she would.
Ryan, satisfied that Kirsten was ok, rounded the corner into Seth's bedroom & laid himself down on Seth's couch. He closed his eyes & drifted to sleep. He had absolutely no idea of what horror was to come.