Hello, thank you for reading this story. This is another short chapter by me D: If find mistakes in my writing please do forgive me for I'm not really good in writing. Please leave a review and if you'd like to give an idea on how to improve this story, feel free to do so as I will take them into consideration! Thank you in advance :)

Chapter 7

Something was lurking in the dark. Kristy could sense a presence there. Oh goodness, where is Rose? Kristy thought uneasily. She knocked on the door and called for Rose over and over again. It was starting to frighten her. She looked behind her but there was no one, or she thought so for it was too dark. The street lights which had always brightened the place at night time seemed not to be working.

"Christine."

Kristy became rigid when she heard a soft yet commanding whisper. She knew the voice too well for it had been haunting her since- she did not remember when it first started. Her brows furrowed and her bottom lip was bitten, she was contemplating whether she should turn around, to search for the voice or not. Kristy knew that she would be disappointed again if she did not see anyone and yet she would be afraid if she did.

The girl sighed and slowly gathered her courage to turn around.

"Christine!"

The whisper became somewhat louder and that made Kristy release a shocked gasp.

She lowered her eyes and turned her head to her side to take a glance over her shoulder. She could hear her heart was pounding loudly. The air was suddenly changing from cold to warm. An overwhelming feeling washed over her in anticipation to see whose was the voice belonged to. Kristy cannot fathom why her eyes were starting to glaze with tears. Maybe she had been waiting so long for this to happen in her real life?

"Kristy! I'm sorry for making you wait, I tripped over James' toys and had to tidy them up for a minute." Rose exclaimed as she opened the door and gave Kristy a sheepish smile. "Kristy, are you alright?"

Kristy did not look at Rose as she did not aware of her sister's presence. Her chin was resting upon her shoulder and her cheeks glistened with tears. She quickly wiped away the tears when she finally realized that Rose was staring at her and only the stains left on her cheeks.

"Have you been crying? I'm so sorry if-" Kristy cut off Rose by hugging her rather tightly and gave her sister a small kiss on the cheek. She smiled and breathed in softly, trying to mask her tiny disappointment of not getting her wish fulfilled.

"Yes, I have and it's because I was excited to see you and the little ones! Oh, how much I missed you guys, Rose." Kristy hugged the confused Rose again.

"Okay, I think we should get inside before any psychotic stalkers barge into our house." Rose said jokingly but Kristy was slightly taken aback by her words. However, Kristy nodded and both of them got inside of the house.

An hour later, they sat on the sofa and had a small talk after they finished unpacking Kristy's luggage in her bedroom.

"Rose, before we got into the house, why did you mention "psychotic stalkers"?" Kristy was curious and she felt as though it had anything to do with her. Of course it did. Psychotic stalker, sounds like the Phantom. Kristy thought sarcastically.

"What do you mean?" Rose paused with a smile, not understanding. Kristy had noticed that Rose had dyed the tips of her hair with strawberry blonde hair dye and it looked good on her. "Um, I don't know. Why, I guess the word crossed my mind just like that at that time. I mean, it is not that odd, is it?"

Kristy pursed her lips and shook her head. It would be a waste of time if she said something strange. Kristy knew well that her sister did not like to hear such imaginations and fantasies as Rose had always held onto reality. Unlike Kristy.

"No... It's not. Actually, I'm quite hungry. I haven't had my dinner yet. Is any leftover in the fridge?"

"Yes! Come on, I haven't had mine either. The boys are sleeping so the leftovers are all ours!"

Rose jumped off of the sofa excitedly. Kristy laughed a little when Rose grabbed her hands and led them to the kitchen. Kristy hid the worry for an unknown reason so well that Rose could not see it or maybe she chose not to.