"I'll tell you about everything when I come back." Erik said hugging Kit.

"Okay." Kit said smiling. Erik lightly gave Kit a friendly kiss on the head. They released the hug.

Kit was the last person to hug for Erik. After one last wave saying goodbye to Kit, Mater, Aria and Terry, he got in the cab and was headed to the airport.

One month later...

Kit was spending a lot more time with Louis since Erik's been gone. She was glad that she was bonding with him. She really wanted to teach him many things.

"So you see," she explained. "Since you're French, you're name Louis would still be pronounced Louey. Like, Louis Vuitton."

"Why?" Louis asked.

"Well, in French, 's' is silent at the end of a word." Kit said again.

"Oh, okay,"Louis said.

There was a knock on the open door. It was Dr. Revonix (Rev-oh-nee), Louis's surgeon.

"Madame Clemings?" he asked.

Kit stood up. "Oui?" she replied.

The surgeon decided to speak in English. "We need to talk privately." he said with an accent.

"Oh, alright." she said. She knelt down to Louis and murmured, "I'll be right back."

Louis nodded before she followed Dr. Revonix out in the hallway.

"Is anything wrong?" she asked.

The man hesitated. "Um..." he said sighing. "It's about your son's operation,"

Kit started to feel nervous. "What about it?"

"Well," he said. "A couple days ago, there was an article in the news about ineligible transplants."

Her eyes widened. Dr. Revonix continued. "It said patients reportedly can be listed as inactive for being too ill or too healthy. Louis seems to be too ill. Some critics even argued that ineligible patients are listed because of spending too much time waiting."

"But that's not fair!" Kit half yelled keeping herself quiet. "We have been waiting too long!"

"I know that. But it's your son's age. We had to keep him waiting. He was way too young to have a transplant that soon."

Kit looked down. She sighed and then looked up at him. "So...your saying he can't have this operation anymore?"

"Not exactly." Dr. Revonix said. "You see, the United Network for Organ Sharing statistics haven't decided to have Louis listed as one of the ineligible patients. They agreed that we can make Louis's operation a little earlier."

"Really?" Kit asked. She paused. "How early?"

"Well, the only available and appropriate time we can give him is next Friday."

Kit's eyes widened again. "Next Friday??" she repeated. "But, Louis's father is-is on a business trip and he won't come back until next month! And he's the one that planned this whole operation!"

Dr. Revonix shrugged. "I'm sorry, Madame Clemings. That is the only date we can give him."

Kit sighed. The only date her mind repeated. "Okay." she said. "Book him for that."

He nodded and wrote it down on the clipboard he was holding.

"Alright. Merci(thank you), Madame." the surgeon said before leaving.

"No problem." she lied. She slowly walked back into Louis's room.

"What did you talk about, Maman?" Louis asked when she went to the chair next to his bed.

Kit forced a smiled and started to smooth his hair.

"Louis," she said gently. "You know how you're father said you'd have an operation in a couple months?" Louis nodded.

"Well," she said. "We had to change it to make it a little sooner."

Louis furrowed his brow. "How soon?"

Kit frowned. She didn't know if her son was brave enough to handle the nervousness. "I moved it to next Friday."

"You did!?" he asked surprised. He looked really scared. "Maman, I'm scared.."

"Oh, don't be, mon chéri.(my darling)." she said before kissing his hair. "Because this is going to help you get better. And then you get to go to school and make new friends...and most importantly, you're gonna be a brand new healthy boy."

Louis showed a faint smile. "You and Papa will both be there, right?"

Kit smiled. "Of course."

"I can't be there!"

"But it's the only available date, Erik!" Kit said back on the phone. "Besides, I already booked it."

"Kit, I can't just leave. This job's really important." Erik said.

"Louis is far more important right now." Kit said sounding serious. "I really want you to get on a plane to France now. Please? For Louis?"

Erik sighed on the phone. He paused for awhile.

"I think your boss would understand why." Kit added.

"Alright." he said. "I'll get on a plane."

Kit smiled. "Thank you."

"It's for Louis." Erik reminded her smirking.

She laughed softly. "Oh, right," Erik didn't hear her after a hesitation; but another voice.

"Salut, Papa!" Louis said on the phone.

"Louis?" Erik asked cheerfully. "Hey buddy. How are you feeling."

"Good." Louis replied in his small voice. "I really hope you can get here in time."

Erik grinned. "I'll be there no matter what, champ."

After a pause, Erik spoke again. "I gotta go now Louis. I'll see you soon."

"Bye, Papa." the two hung up. Louis gave the cell phone to Kit.

"I can't wait until I can finally go home!" Louis said excitedly.

"Me neither, Louis." Kit replied with a grin.

"So wher's Louie gonna stay?"

Kit shrugged adding a sigh. "That's the hard part, Mater. He's never been in Erik's home and he's never really experienced Paris."

She put her hands behind her head as she and Mater lied on the grass of Aria's lawn looking up at the moon.

"Sometimes I have thoughts if I should just move back here." Kit confessed. Mater looked away.

Kit noticed what she said and looked at him. "But I won't." she added. Mater turned his face back at her.

"Paris is very beautiful and it holds many memories for me. But, some of the memories aren't ones I would like to look back on, you know?"

Mater nodded smiling. "Yea, I undastand..." he paused for a minute. "Thats wah we broke up." he said softly.

Kit looked at him. She sat up. "Oh yeah..." she said. Mater sat up next to her.

"Of course," Mater added. "It wuzn't exactly a break-up." he recalled.

"Yeah," Kit said remembering. She started to look at the sky across from her. "After weeks of dating, you told me you had to leave Montana...because of some bad memories, or something. We agreed to meet again after college was over."

Mater chuckled. "Gess we fergot." the two both laughed. Kit looked back at him.

"It's lucky we found ourselves in Radiator Springs, huh?" Kit pointed out. Mater nodded.

"You know," Kit added. "You never exactly told me the real reason you had to leave." she hesitated. "What did you wanna get away from?"

Mater sighed and showed a wry smile. "God...its such a long story..."

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