"Have you ever talked to Dru after I left?" Kit asked the next day.
"Not daily." Aria said looking in the mirror. "I used to when like, you know, to make her feel better and stuff. But now that she has her own family, she's been spending much more time with them. The last time I talked to her was like-"
"Wait," Kit stopped her and got up. "Did you say, family?"
"Oh yeah," Aria said looking at Kit. "Two years after you left, she got married to this guy named Joe. And they have the cutest baby twins."
"Awww!"Kit said.She then sighed. "I wish I could be there to help her through. I feel like a real jerk; she was always there for me and I go out and do something stupid."
"Don't worry," Aria said reassuringly. "Maybe having that talk with her will make everything better."
"Hey guys." Mater said standing outside the door. "Wher' ya guys goin'?"
"I'm going food shopping and Kit is going to her sister's house." Aria said. "Terry's still at work so the house will be empty."
"You wanna come with me, Mater?" Kit asked.
"Nah, it's okay." Mater said. "You shud talk to ya sister privately."
"You sure?" Kit asked. "Like Arie said, the place'll be empty."
"Yeah, it's fine." He leaned his back against the wall. "I wont destroy the place."
Kit giggled. "Okay." she said. She lightly kissed his lips and then looked up at him.
"Bye." she said. And with Mater waving his hand goodbye, the house was now empty.
He felt happy about having Kit at this moment. This would be the only time he'd do this (since the house was empty);
He ran into the middle of the house and jumped up kicking his heels together and yelled: YIPPEE!
Ding-Dong!
Again, Kit felt her legs shake. AGAIN, she felt nervous about seeing family she walked out on TWICE. Going to her parents was one thing, but Dru is the sensitive one in the family. Kit (growing up) just thought she was always stubborn and melodramatic. She couldn't be that stubborn now since she's almost thirty.
Her heart dropped as Dru opened the door. She hasn't changed a bit. She still had that wavy chestnut brown hair hanging past her shoulders. She looked a little taller than Kit remembered. She seemed to be aging from her slightly noticeable wrinkles. Kit could immediately tell that Dru wasn't too excited to see her when she noticed her expression.
After a minute, Kit spoke up. "Hey Dru."
Dru looked at her not-so-little sister head to toe. "Hey." she uttered.
Suddenly, Kit heard tiny footsteps towards the door. It was a small girl with brown curly hair.
"Maman," her tiny voice asked. She went right next to Dru's leg looking up at Kit. "Qui parlez-vous à, la Maman?" (Who are you talking to, Mommy?)
Dru glanced at her sister and then knelt down. "Le bébé, aller la pièce avec votre frère pour un instant, approuver?" (Baby, go play with your brother for awhile, okay?)
The toddler had a childish and innocent grin on her face as she started skipping away replying, "Approuver." (Okay.)
She looked back up at Kit. Kit was smiling in an "aawwww!" way.
"That's, Michella." Dru said. "She has a twin brother named Shane."
"Aww, that's adorable, Dru!" Kit said. Dru showed a faint smile while they both hesitated.
Dru finally stepped aside. "Come inside." she said. Kit went in. She was surprised, actually shocked that she didn't hug Dru when she first opened the door.
"Nice place, Drusie." Kit said looking around. Dru didn't reply.
"Seems like things are going well around town, huh?"Kit asked.
"Kit..." Dru started. Kit looked at her, waiting for what she wanted to say.
After hesitation, "N-never mind."
Dru was in her bathroom. She didn't want to talk to Kit;she didn't want to see Kit.She's walked out on her and her family twice which was too much. Dru looked at herself at the mirror. She cupped her face with her hands; she's been walked out on too many times. She couldn't handle it.
"Salut, Shane." Kit said watching her nephew playing around with building blocks.
"Salut." he said in a high-pitched voice.
Shane suddenly looked up at her. "Etes-vous ma tante?" he asked. (Are you my aunt?)
Kit smiled. "Oui." she said. She ruffled his brown hair. "Oui je suis." (Yes I am.)
As soon as little Michella started walking towards her brother, Dru came in too.
"Hey," Kit said getting up from the floor.
"Hi."Dru said. She plopped her self on the couch staring at the ground.
Kit looked confused. She sat down beside her sister. "Is anything wrong?"
Dru hesitated, still looking at the ground. She then looked at Kit beside her. "Look just...just say what you need to say, alright?" Kit thought she sounded pretty harsh.
"I really don't feel like talking to anyone." Dru added looking back at the ground. She pulled up her legs and shoved her face in it.
Kit paused. "Dru," Kit said putting a hand on her shoulder. "I know something's wrong. Just tell me."
Dru peeked her eyes out a little bit. "I haven't told anyone." she muffled.
Kit patted her shoulder. "Come on." she said. "I won't tell anyone." she whispered.
Dru sighed and put her legs down. She continued to stare down at the floor. "I've been walked out on too many times..."
"I don't know why or what I've done to cause people walking out on me." she added. "Maybe I'm just cursed."
Kit wanted to know who else walked out on her besides herself. "No you're not." Kit said.
Dru's eyes squinted in an angry way. She took a pillow next to her and pressed it against her face and yelled something into it Kit couldn't understand.
"What?" she asked. Dru looked at her furiously.
"My husband..." she said slowly. "My ex-husband," she corrected. "Left me three days ago for a STRIPPER!"
Kit's eyes widened. Dru plopped her face back on the pillow and started pounding on it. She started yelling in it again: "A SLUTTY, BITCHY STRIPPER HE MET AT A STRIP CLUB HE'S BEEN SECRETLY GOING TO BEHIND MY BACK!"
Kit glanced at Michella and Shane who stopped what they were doing.
"La Maman maudit-il encore?" Michella asked. (Is Mommy cursing again?)
Dru put the pillow down. Kit was surprised. Again? Kit thought.
"S'il vous plaît aller à vos pièce maintenant!" Dru said angrily pointing to the hallway. (Please go to your room now!)
The two started running towards the hallway.
Kit looked back at her sister who was desperately holding back tears.
"Drus..." Kit said feeling bad. "I'm so sorry."
Dru stood up sighing and started cleaning up the blocks the kids left on the floor.
"It doesn't matter anymore." she said putting the blocks in a corner. She then walked over to a drawer with photo frames sitting on it. There was one of them lying on the grass together two years ago. She held it in her hand staring at it.
"Nothing matters anymore." she said. Her face turned angry and she smashed it on the floor making a huge noise. Then she stomped into her room and locked the door.
Kit was speechless. She slowly got up and knocked on her door. "Drusie?"
"Love is a tragic thing, Kit!" Kit heard her sister call out.
"You think you love someone and then suddenly...suddenly something really bad happens and it makes you feel terrible!Like...there was something you were supposed to do to fix it...but didn't get the chance to.
"You'll get that feeling too Kit. Someday," Kit seemed confused. She started to walk away,
"REMEMBER THAT!" Dru yelled out.
Kit sighed. "Alright Dru!" she called out. "I'll remember."
Kit cleaned up the broken glass of the picture and walked out of the house.
What her sister had told her scared her. What if something terribly bad DID happen? She tried to ignore it as she went inside Aria's car she was borrowing.
Mater was sitting on Aria's couch flipping through the channels on the T.V. He didn't know why he'd bother since all of the shows and movies were in French.
He sighed. "So bored..." he murmured.
The phone started to ring. He didn't feel like picking up. Besides, it wasn't his house. After a couple of rings, the answering machine started;
"Bonjour! Vous avez atteint la maison d'Aria et Terry Chevior." it was Terry's voice. (Hello! You've reached the home of Aria and Terry Chevior.)
Then it was Aria's voice. "Nous ne sommes pas à la maison actuellement, donc s'il vous plaît partir un message et nous vous retournerons au plus tôt possible."
(We're not home at the moment, so please leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.)
"Au revior!" (Bye!) was both Terry and Aria's voice. Then it made the "beep" noise.
"Hey guys. It's me Erik." the voice said. Mater looked up.
"Uhh, I actually wanted to talk to Katherine right now, but maybe you can tell her." Mater muted the T.V.
"I have a business trip I have to go to for about two months and I wanted to know if she could watch Louis for that time."
Mater widened his eyes. "So, yeah. It would be great if you told her for me. I'm a little busy at work right now. Au revior." Erik hung up.
"Whoa," Mater said. "No way!"
Ding-Dong!
Mater got up and went over to the front door. He looked through the window of the door and saw Kit.
He opened it. "Hey Mater." Kit greeted coming inside. Mater closed the door after she came in.
"Hey," he said as she took off her coat. "Uhh, Erik called ya just now."
"Really?" Kit asked. "What did he say?"
Mater went to the phone and so did Kit. He pressed the button on the machine as it said,
"Vous avez un nouveau message:"
(You have one new message:)
...weird huh?
