So..this is the third time having to write this as, I save it, ex out, come back and it's GONE! I'm gonna try adamn disk this time! ANYWAY...go read hgmonkey017's stories "NEWCOMER" and "RECURRENT PAST"! And for you lazy bums who do read butdon't review, here's a hint....REVIEW!!!!!!!! ________________________

It was two hours later and Kristin hadn't left Peter's side when two kids around four-years-old ran up. "Daddy!" They exclaimed. Sophie trotted up next to them, carrying to large bags from Sears. "Let's show daddy what we got later, Aaron and Ashley," SOphie said, trying to grab their hands.

Kristin glared at him. "Daddy?" she demanded. "Yeah, this is my daddy," Ashley spoke up. "Ashley, Aaron, go with your mother," Peter ordered.

"So, I'm gone for what, 3 weeks? And you already tried to replace me?" she demanded, fighting the tears the threatened to roll down her swollen cheeks. "No, Kristin-" he tried to say. "No, it's okay, really, Peter," she explained, "I'm use to getting forgotten. SO don't even try to use those tired-out excuses."

She ran to the girls dorm, leaving Peter confused on her whole statement. Kristin flung hreself on her bed and pounded on a pillow, screaming into it. She didn't notice Shelby.

"Whoa, whoa there Muhammad Ali," she said, sitting next to her. "Leave me alone!" Kristin whined. "Not until you tell me what's wrong," she teased, tickling her. Kristin tried to hold back but exploded into giggles and writhered away from Shelby.

"Peter tried to replace me with those kids." She finally said. "NO, he didn't, they just want kids, Kristin," Shelby tried to explain. "I am their kid." she said darkly. "I mean...Younger ones. You're twelve, ya know? And you don't even live with them. That's all. Plus their little orphans; you should feel sorry for them."

"I don't feel sorry for them. I've never had a home and I turned out al- Never mind..." She said, trailing off, staring into space. "I don't wanna have any siblings. They're all mean." she said. "Just because Steven was mean does not mean all siblings are," Shelby said crossly.

"Name one sibling that isn't!" Kristin shot back. "My little sister, Jess. I love her to death. Auggie's siblings."

"Big deal!" she said but she laid back down and closed her eyes. "I don't wanna hate them, really. I just don't want Peter and Sophie to forget about me."

"With your loud mouth and the trouble you and David cause together, I don't think that's possible," she said with a smirk. "David's my big brother." Kristin mumbled before dozing off.

**The next chapter will be the last. By the David's my big brother it's not gonna be that he's her real brother it's just she gets along with her..Ya know? Riiiiiight! Just remember to read COLE'S STORY! hgmonkey017!