Chapter 7

Kitty's apology

Kitty looked at Amelia. Then she whispered something so quietly that not even Amelia could hear it.

"What did you say?" she asked.

Kitty sighed, looking Amelia in the eyes and saying clearly, "I'm sorry."

Amelia didn't believe her ears. An apology was the last thing she expected. Kitty laughed at Amelia's expression and said to her with a little giggle, "I haven't seen you look so puzzled since the time Delbert asked if you if just could let him drive when you escaped from Treasure Planet."

"Exactly how many times have you even seen that video?" Amelia asked.

"So many times that I can recite all your lines in my head," Kitty said. "Listen,"
she said, and then sat down in front of Amelia. "I'm sorry for all of this. But you have to let past be the past, and try to become friends with Silver. What has he ever done to you?"

The look Amelia gave her made Kitty add, "You know… he didn't want to hurt you," she said. "He tried to stop Meltdown when he tried to shoot you down. And to paraphrase what he said to Jim when they had their little talk, "If those driveling galoots(Amelia smiled at that coment) thought that he was gone soft they woud gutted you all."

"I suppose you may be right," Amelia said and sighed.

"You are confused," Kitty said.

"Why, yes, I am," Amelia said.

Kitty smiled. "Then I bring you three people that might be able to help you decide." She got to her feet, and opened the door. And within that room, there stood Delbert, Victoria, and Arrow. Amelia shed a small tear. "I will leave you all alone then," Kitty said.

"No problem," Victoria said. Kitty left, adding simply, "Enjoy."

Amelia just looked at her friends. When another tear appeared, Victoria said in a soft, teasing voice, "Well, I do belive you have gone soft, Sis."

Delbert looked at Victoria and said. "I have known my Amelia for eighteen years. You may indeed believe me when I say she have gone soft. And I could not be any happier." In reply to this statement, he grinned, when Amelia hugged him fiercely. Victoria and Arrow smiled and gave Amelia a hug as well. Amelia hugged Victoria the longest, because she was the one that she has missed the most.

"Listen here, Katherine," Victoria said.

"Katherine?" Delbert looked at his wife.

"Amelia is my middle name, which I prefer. Katherine, on the other hand, is my first name."

Now what to do with you with regards to Silver?" Delbert said and all three of them gave Amelia a bit of a glare and shook their heads, saying, "What in the world are we going to do with you, dear?"

"All right, you lot," Amelia sighed. "If it will make you all happy, I'll try."

Arrow smiled, and gave Amelia a hug while saying, "Glad you opened your eyes at last."

They opened the door where Silver and Kitty where having a little "palaver" of their own. "So did you got her to come to her senses?" Kitty asked.

Amelia smiled and nodded. "Yes, they have," she said. She looked at the scratches on Kitty´s cheek. "I really am sorry about that," she said.

"Don't worry. Your sister is quite good at sewing up cuts," Kitty said and looked on Victoria who was now blushing.

"Oh? Since when have you become a doctor?" Amelia asked.

"Yes… well…um, yeah, you could call it that," Victoria said.

"Well, and to think, you who was always afraid of doctors," Amelia said. "Talk about irony."

"Hmmph! Says the woman who married a astrophysicist Doctor," Victoria said.

Kitty smiled and said, "I have one thing on my mind: now that Victoria is only sixteen and Amelia is… what is your age again?"

"I will be forty human years," Amelia said.

"Yes," said Kitty. "Doesn't that mean that Amelia is now the big sister of the family?"

Amelia smiled when she realised what Kitty said was true.

"Great," Victoria said sarcastic. "Now, I´m the little sister."

"Oh, and by the way, Victoria," Kitty said. "How is your boyfriend?"

Amelia looked on her sister with eyes at the size of a basketballs. "You have a boyfriend?"

"Perhaps I should say it like this, Amelia," Delbert said.

Jim and Victoria

Are sitting in a tree

And K – I – S – S – I – N – G

First there is friendship

Then it is marriage

Then it is babies in a little blue carriage

Victoria went red.

"Jim?" Amelia said. "You are Jim's girlfriend?"

"He is a nice boy," Victoria said.

Then Silver looked on his watch and said: "It is getting a bit late. Amelia should be going home."

Amelia gave a last hug to Delbert, Victoria and Arrow. Then Silver followed Amelia back home.

"Thanks, Cap'n, for giving me a chance," he said.

"Oh, and like I had any choice in the matter," Amelia said. When they both stood outside Amelia and Jim's room, Amelia gave Silver her hand.

He took it and said to her, "Good night, Cap´n."

"Good night, Mr. Silver," Amelia said back. She went inside. Jim was watching a movie. Amelia saw that it was Treasure Planet. It was just after take off on the film.

"Have I missed anything?" She asked. Jim looked back at her.

"Are you back already?" Amelia smiled and sat down in the sofa and watched the film with Jim.