Ok so this is just a quick post before both Ally and I leave for the weekend. :)

CynthiaB: I'm glad you liked it, hopefully you like this one as well.. and we'll try to get more about Charlottes background in there along the way!

OClover1: I'm glad you thought it rocked.. lol!

Kierens: I'm sorry you didn't like it.

Ansy Pansy aka Panz: I hope this is what you were looking for!

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After Kirsten finally hung up the phone after her disastorous phone call to home. She walked over to Charlotte's room to talk to her.

Charlotte heard the knock at her door and walked over to answer, "Hey!" she said when she saw Kirsten at the door.

"Hi, Can I talk to you?" asked Kirsten

"Of course. Come in." said Charlotte opening the door a little bit wider for Kirsten to enter.

"Well I did what you said and called my family."

"And." said Charlotte urging her to continue.

"My son officially hates me; he hung up on me." she said as her eyes welled up with tears. "What am I going to do? My family hates me, why am I even here?" she asked as the tears finally fell.

"I'm sure your family doesn't hate you. I'm sure your son is just upset with everything that's going on and this is way of dealing." said Charlotte trying to comfort Kirsten. "Did you talk to your husband?"

"No, I talked to Ryan and then Seth hung up on me. I didn't get the chance to talk to Sandy." said Kirsten as the tears started slowing down.

"I really think that you need to talk to Sandy." said Charlotte. "It just might make you feel better."

"Yeah maybe. I'm going to go back to my room, maybe lay down for a little bit." said Kirsten. "Bye."

A few days later Kirsten finally got around to calling Sandy. She was afraid that his reaction would be like Seth's. Kirsten just kept telling herself that he would just be happy that she called. She dialed the number and curled up in the chair as she listened to it ring.

"Hello?" asked Sandy.

Kirsten froze. Nothing

"Hello?" said Sandy more frustrated. Just as he was about to hang up he hears.

"Hi." Kirsten says meekly.

"Kirsten? Hey!" he says. Neither really knew what to say to keep the conversation moving. They both had changed in the month that Kirsten had been gone. Sandy learning how to live on his own again and Kirsten growing up.

"How are things going?" he asked after a moment of silence.

"Fine. I mean its rehab, but I met this girl Charlotte and we've became really good friends." Kirsten answered.

"It's good that your making friends. When you get out we should invite Charlotte over for dinner so the rest of us can meet her." said Sandy.

"How can you be so for sure that I will get out of here?"

"Because I know that you can beat this. Kirsten your the strongest woman I know; you need to believe in yourself."

"Some days I'm not so sure that I will ever get out of here."

"The doctor told me that once you face the fact that you have a problem the road to recovery goes quite a bit faster."

"It's not as easy as it sounds, but I've finally faced the fact that I'm a drunk. Dealing with it is going to be tough, I was a strong, independant woman that was in charge of everything, and now I'm here." said Kirsten getting upset.

Sandy could hear the pain in her voice, it was a step in the right direction that she was admitting it; but he knew he should be there to hold her in his arms while she worked through this. He finally said, "Honey, I love you so much and so do the boys. We just want you to get better so that we can have you back."

"I know I just hate not being there and now that Seth has basically voiced his hatred for me, I feel like I need to be there even more to show him that I'm not the failure that he thinks I am."

"Honey, your not a failure. Seth's just upset and confused. I'm so sorry that he took it out on you. But sweetie I have to get going, I promise that I'll talk to you soon. I love you." Sandy said hoping to hear those three words that meant the world to him, but haven't been heard in awhile.

"Yeah, you too." said Kirsten as she hung up.