"It's quiet." Terry mumbled after a pause.

Aria nodded saying, "Mmm". She and Terry (shame on them!) were eavesdropping on Kit and Mater's conversation pressing their ears against the door not hearing anything.

"What do you think their doing?" Terry asked. Aria smiled devilishly.

"I think I have thought..." she said waiting for Terry's response. He groaned after hesitation.

"Aw, Arie, your gross!" Terry said knowing what she was thinking. She chortled.

"Well, they could be!" she said. "Go ahead and check."

Terry sighed in annoyance. He opened the door just showing it a creek of inside the room. After a couple seconds, he closed the door and had a blank expression.

Aria waited for an answer. "Well?" she asked grinning.

Terry blinked. "Good night." he started down the hallway. Aria started laughing.

"I told you!" she called out to him. She started down the hallway following him.

Kit fluttered open her eyes waking. She looked out the window across the room and saw the sun peeking out.

Oops. She first thought. She forgot to leave Mater's room, which, was kinda funny to her.

She giggled softly and and turned over to look at the still sleeping Mater next to her.

Kit smiled and patted his back gently. She noticed him fidget. "Hey..." she said in a gentle tone.

Mater rubbed his eyes and looked up at her.

Oops. He thought as well. He also thought it was funny and he showed a soft smile.

"Mm, hey." he said yawning afterwards. He sat up chuckling. "Gess we dozed off las' nite, huh?"

Kit smiled and ran her hand through her hair. "Yeah..."

Suddenly, they heard a voice call out,
"HEY EVERYONE! I'M MAKING BREAKFAST!" Aria called out.

Kit lifted the blanket halfway looking down at her. She still had her clothes on.

She got out of the bed and faced Mater.

"I'm gonna go change..." she said getting her coat she left on the floor.

Mater got out too. "Yea, you do that." he said.

She waved her hand as she exited the room.

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Kit walked into the kitchen with a tank top and shorts going next to Aria who was making eggs.

"Hey Arie." she said smelling the food. Aria smiled.

"Salut." she said mischievously. "Did...you sleep okay?" she added.

"Hmm?" Kit said. "Oh, yeah. I slept well."

Aria nodded pausing before she said anything else. "Did...Mater, sleep okay?" she said holding back giggles.

Kit looked at her. Aria couldn't help it, she started laughing out loud. Kit folded her arms impatiently trying not to smile.

"You were spying on us?" Kit asked. Aria stopped laughing and turned off the heat of the stove.

"Terry did too." she said still grinning. Terry went over to them eavesdropping.

"Yeah, but it was your idea." he pointed out.

Kit giggled. "Okay. Guys, I went to his room last night to talk, right. Then, we started...well, you know," She mumbled "kissing". "And...I guess I forgot to go to my room...and no. We did not do 'it'" she said.

"HA HA!" Terry said pointing at Aria next to him. "You were wrong!"

Aria giggled again and slapped his arm in a friendly way. He went over to the kitchen table as Aria turned to Kit.

"Katherine!" she said. "I'm so happy for you!"

"Well, I just hope nothing weird is gonna happen." she said going to her friend's fridge. When she took out the orange juice, Mater walked in.

"Hey guys." he greeted.

"Salut." Aria and Terry both said.

"Hey Mater." Kit said putting the juice on the table. She didn't face him; but Mater was right behind her when he walked in and he kissed her on her head.

She turned to him smiling. It seemed like one of them was about to say something or kiss each other back; they didn't. It was just their moment of exchanging grins.

"Hey Kathy," Aria said interrupting. Kit turned to her.

"Since when did you start calling me 'Kathy'?" Kit asked furrowing her brow. "It sounds...icky."

Aria's eyebrow scrunched too. "Ookay..didn't know that." she laughed. "Anyways, I forgot to tell you this when we first got here. Before I was going to America, I decided to tell your parents about my trip."

Kit's eyes widened. "My...parents..?"

"Yeah, they're still your parents, no?" Aria asked. "Anyway, they asked me to have you visit them. Here's where they live." She handed her friend a post-it note with an address written on it.

She stared at the note for a while. Then she looked up. "Arie...I don't know..."

"Oh come on, Kit" Aria said. "They're your parents. You have to see them again."

Kit's mouth slanted. She sighed. "You're right." She sat down in the seat behind her. "I'll go this afternoon."

Ding-Dong!

Kit felt her legs shake. She didn't exactly know what to expect from her parents after all of these years. Would they be angry? Would they be happy? Would they be both?

The door opened. An elderly woman with brownish/reddish curly hair and glasses opened the door. Her eyes widened. She put a hand on her cheek.

"Oh my God!" she said. "K-Katherine!" She opened her arms as wide as she could and hugged her daughter.

"Hi Mom." Kit said lovingly. Her mother finally released her and let her in the home.

"Oh Katherine," Matilda said looking at her not-so-little girl. She put her fingers through her hair.

Kit suddenly looked sad. "Mom...I-I'm very sorry. I'm sorry for eloping and having a child without your permission so young and THEN running away to America away from Erik and Louis and you and Dad and everyone..." She hesitated and thought of something. "Where is Dad, anyway?"

"Oh, right." Matilda said. She went to the bottom of her staircase. "Geoffrey!" she called out. "Come down here!"

Kit saw an elderly man with gray hair come down. He looked at Kit who tried to smile but couldn't for some reason.

Slowly, he walked towards her. His eyes squinted as if he'd cry.

"Katherine..."

"Dad." she went over to him and hugged him. He hugged back.

"I'm sorry." she muffled.

She felt her father pat her back. He held her shoulders and faced her.

"It's alright." he said. "I just wanted to see you again."

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Obviously, Kit again started explaining everything in America, including Mater.

"All of this is okay with Erik, no?" Matilda asked.

"Of course it is." Kit said. "We're very good friends now."

Kit started to look around the room. She started to reminisce good an bad memories.

"Wow," she said. "The place isjust like I left it." All of the sudden, she noticed something was missing.

"Hey," she said looking back at them. "Where's Dru?"

The old couple looked at each other. "Oh,"Matilda said. "Drusilla, moved out two years after you ran away."

"Really?" Kit asked. She didn't know if she should sound happy or shocked.

"Yeah, she moved out after her honeymoon." Matilda added.

Kit widened her eyes. "Really!" she said again. She got married! She thought. She laughed under her breath. "Maybe I should go visit her."

She glanced up at her parents who were giving her a look.

"She's still mad, huh?" Kit asked.

"Yup." Geoffrey replied. Matilda sighed.

"Sweetheart," she said. "You know how broken-hearted she was when you went away and eloped with Erik, right?" Kit nodded.

"Well, she felt even worse the second time you ran away," she paused. "permanently."

Kit sighed. "I know, and I still feel terrible about it. I just want to talk to her. She is my sister."

Her parents still didn't reply.

"Fine," Kit said. "I'll go tomorrow."

This story is pretty close to an ending; that's why I put in a part where she meets up with her family. Besides, when you run away once and then come back, you GOTTA visit your family...right? Idk, I'm not a runaway...unlike someone I know (points to Kit) :-)