Chapter 9 *

The gang was sitting at Monique and Kirsten's, doing they're new breakfast rituals. Moni mentioned that she was glad that the WWF decided to do Smackdown. They continued to talk until they heard a car door slam. They hear the front door open, and footsteps running up the stairs. They all watched what looked like Kirsten running into the bathroom. Moni ran up the stairs and listened at the bathroom door. Everyone else was close behind.

Kirsten emptied the contents of her stomach into the toilet and flushed. She curled up into a ball on the floor and started to cry. Monique burst into the bathroom to see her sister in hysterics. Moni was at a loss of what to do. Matt, on the other hand, brushed passed Moni and held Kirsten as she cried. Feeling Matt's arms around her, Kirsten started to cry harder, if that was even possible.

Monique knelt down next to the two of them, held Kirsten's face. Moni saw nothing but pain, hurt, and loss. She was definitely gonna get to the bottom of this.

"What happened K?"

Kirsten tried to calm down, but just the thought of it made her cry again. Matt looked at Moni and then at Jeff and Amy who were standing in the doorway, then back to Kirsten who was now clinging to him. It broke his heart.

"Erika's brother is missing. He worked in the first tower that was hit." Kirsten started. They all knew something like that happened; now they had confirmation. "Her mom and dad went to a house to film a lil thing for the New Jersey news Channel; they were at a house where other people were missing someone." Kirsten paused again, trying not to lose it again. That was not a winning battle. "She told me whose house it was." She looked at Monique. "It was the de Martino's."

Realization hit Mon like a ton of bricks. "Oh no. Tell me it's not true K." Now it all made sense. "You just saw him on Monday."

"I know Moni, I didn't tell him how much he meant to me. I didn't tell him so many things." That's when they both lost it. Matt let go of Kirsten and left the two sisters to be alone.

Jeff looked at Matt and Amy and was glad he wasn't the only one who was confused. He analyzed his brother's face. He could tell that Matt was grateful that Kirsten is back, but now she seems to be in even more pain than she was when she left. Matt, Jeff and Amy left the two sisters alone so they can grieve.