"Hey, Kurt, guess what today is?" Joe asked while happily jumping up and down eagerly, also shaking Kurt's desk so that he couldn't finish his outline for a level 3 house he had been recently designing.

"What?" He asked, placing his pencil down and leaning back in his chair casually.

"Its the Star festival!" Joe sang, spinning happily in circles. It was hard to believe these two were related. "Are you going to ask Abbi to go with you?"

"W-What?! Why?!" Kurt sat up, blushing a light tint of red at the name. Joe smiled evilly and leaned into his brothers blushing face.

"'Cause you like 'er." Joe snickered, running away as his brother tried to punch him.

"I do not!" Kurt shouted, throwing a board of wood. Woody sighed at his desk, trying to ignore the fighting and focus on his earnings.

'When will they learn...'

"Star festival!" Abbi gasped excitedly, looking at the marked up calendar Gwen had given her so she wouldn't miss anymore of the festivals. "Oh...that means that every thing is closed! I wanted so badly to ask Joe and Kurt to build me a barn today! This sucks!" Abbi had finally decided that she had enough money to build a barn and buy one cow until she could get more money by entering the mines again. She had been able to find allot of nifty jewels and have fun conversation with Ann.

"Hey Abbi! Your door was unlocked so I just decided to come right in!" Gwen walked through the front door with a smile and a basket full of delicious foods from the Inn.

"Hey! What's up?" Abbi asked, eyeing the food hungrily. Gwen smiled and handed Abbi the basket.

"Nothin' much, except for the fact that Bob asked me to go out with him for the star festival!"

"Whaaa! Really?! Good for you Gwen!" Abbi said happily, swallowing part of the sandwich she had just taken out and began to devoir hungrily.

"I know! I was so happy! So, whom are you going with?" She asked, pulling out one of Abbi's dinning room chair and sitting down. Puddles barked happily at Gwen's presence much like did every day she came over.

"I don't know? I never really thought about it until now." Abbi sighed, taking the last bite of her sandwich.

"You don't know?! Abbi, this is one of the most romantic festivals out there!" Gwen slammed her fist on the table, making poor Puddles jump in fear at the noise. Abbi picked up the puppy and gave him a reassuring hug.

"So? Puddles can be my date!" She said, kissing the puppy on the nose. Abbi really didn't care for dates, in fact when she was in the city; all everyone did was go out for dates. It was kind of annoying, but Abbi guessed here it was rare to go out since there was nothing to do here.

"Why don't you ask Alex? You had a crush on him for a while now haven't you?" Gwen asked, calming down a bit more. Abbi shrugged and set puddles down.

"I guess I could but...Lately I haven't been feeling so...attracted to him." She sighed and shrugged even more. Gwen rubbed her temple in annoyance.

"We've really got to find you a man."

"Sorry, Abbi, I can't go." Alex stated calmly, sad that he couldn't go with Abbi. "I already promised Gina that I would go with her."

"Oh..." Abbi sighed, feeling a bit hurt that he had turned her down, but she liked Gina and thought that this would be a great opportunity for her to get out of the sanatorium once in a while

"I understand."

"Thank you, Abbi." Alex patted her blonde head and smiled. "Maybe you should ask Kurt to go with you?"

"Not you too! Kurt hates my guts!" Abbi stuttered, taken a back by his proposal. True Kurt might not be going with anyone else, but she was pretty sure he didn't like her that much. But if she didn't ask him, Abbi might be the only one to not have a date. She stared up at the innocent doctor and sighed. "Fine..."

"Good! I saw him around the sanatorium this morning!" Alex stated, handing her a slip of paper with a letter on it.

"Hand this to Gina so it doesn't seem so obvious."

"Thanks..."

Abbi walked across the road to the Sanatorium, a little confused on why Kurt would be here. He wasn't crazy...or was he.

"It's not like him to be out of the woodshop..." Abbi mumbled, opening the door to the crazy house. Gina sat at the front desk, reading her novel before she glanced up with her with a look of alarm.

"Call in the troops! Man the stations! All hands on deck! Attack!" Gina took out a white straight jacket from under the counter and literally tackled the blonde to the ground. She took out a syringe from her pocket and prepared to stick it in Abbi's arm.

"Gina! Gina, wait! I'm not crazy anymore! I came to deliver this letter!" Abbi cried, wriggling under Gina's tight grip. Nurses must be very strong people in order to stop crazy people from hurting themselves and other around them. She sat up and smiled almost immediately.

"Oh, why didn't you say so?" She got off of Abbi and hung the coat up. Abbi laughed nervously and handed her the letter.

"I-Its from Alex." She stated, looking around the familiar place. "He also said that Kurt was here right?"

"Oh yes, Kurt is right up stairs talking with Ms. Dia." Gina giggled, reading her love note. Right at that moment Abbi decided to give up on Alex, just the look on Gina's face and the sound in Alex's voice made her see that they were at the end of each others red thread.

"Thanks." Abbi stated, walking up the echoing staircase to the room that her and Dia had once shared.

"So the Star festival is tonight..."

'Kurt...?' Abbi thought, immediately recognizing the voice that had echoed down the stairs. She stopped dead in her tracks to listen to the conversation.

"S-So it is." Dia's soft voice echoed through as well, making her feel just a tad bit of uncomfortable.

"Yeah...are you going with anyone?" Kurt asked. Abbi's heart beat jump. Why was Kurt asking Dia this? He barely knew her!

"N-No...I prefer to stay inside."

"Why? Its so pretty outside at night!" Abbi put a hand to her mouth. He was asking Dia to go with him! She felt her lip quiver and her heart stop all together. Why as she feeling so hurt if she knew he didn't like her that way.

"Why...?" Abbi whispered, holding her heart in pain. "Why does my heart feel like its being eaten away?" She couldn't take this anymore.

"Dia, why don't you go-Abbi?" Kurt looked up from his chair across from the darling Dia in surprise at Abbi's hurt face.

"What are you doing here?"

"I-I had to deliver a letter to Gina, and I thought I would say hi to Dia..." She lied, trying to hold back the fighting tears. This was just so odd. Abbi's feet made her move from the staircase and actually into the room. Dia could sense Abbi's sadness and stood from her chair. "But I guess I'm interrupting something important."

"Abbi, a-are you all right?" Dia asked quietly, trying to show her concern. Kurt was just as confused and began to walk towards Abbi; it wasn't like her to look this way. "Abbi?" Kurt put his hands on her arms and looked her straight in the eyes. This was just too much. Abbi felt the tears leak down her cheek, so Abbi pushed him away and ran down the stairs. She didn't want him to see her cry like this.

'I hate the Star Festival!'

To be continued...