Sorry about the length between updates. Ally and I both have been extremely busy!

Ansy Pansy aka Panz: It was close to an I love you, hopefully you'll like this.

CynthiaB: This is the first of hopefully many.. we'll see!

"Hey Kirsten." said Charlotte as she sat down at the table for lunch.

"Hi." said Kirsten not really looking up.

"Did you hear about family day?"

"Yeah."

"Aren't you excited your whole family gets to come for the day and it's more than just a visit."

"I don't think my family's going to come." said Kirsten as she moved the food around her plate not really eating it.

"Why do you say that?"

"So much has happened this last year. I only let them down; and last time I talked to them Seth hung up on me, Ryan said everything was ok and that he forgave me but I didn't really hear it in his voice, and things with Sandy didn't really go as planned."

"They'll come, trust me. They want to see you as much as you know you want to see them. Keep telling yourself you don't but I don't believe you and I know that deep down you know that they'll come because it's important to you!" said Charlotte with such confidence.

"Well I haven't even told them actually." said Kirsten still playing with her food.

"How are they going to come if you don't even tell them?"

"I dunno. I don't want to hear them pretend that they want to go."

"Tell them. Trust me." said Charlotte smiling. "Are you going to finish that?"

Kirsten decided that she should probebly call and tell her family about family day. Sandy finally picked up on the third ring. "Hello?" he asked out of breath.

"Hey! What were you doing?"

"Kirsten hey! I was outside."

"Ooh. How are things at home? How are the boys?"

"Everything's great, the boys are fine."

"Good, um, the reason I called is to ask you... tell you.. find out if you and the boys are free next saturday?" she asked stumbling over the sentance.

"I don't know if next saturday will work for us. Seth has sailing lessons, Ryan has soccer practice, and I have court. Why what's next saturday?"

"Ooh." said Kirsten heartbroken. "It's nothing just some thing that the center is having but don't worry about it. It's no big deal."

"What kind of thing?" asked Sandy.

"A family day. It's no big deal though really, don't break your plans to come. I have to go, talk to you later and tell the boys hi." said Kirsten as she hung up. She felt bad for hanging up on Sandy but she didn't want him to hear the dissapointment in her voice. He could read her like a book and that wasn't always a good thing. Kirsten decided that she was sick of sitting in her room so she went outside to see what the other patients were doing on such a beautiful day. Once she got outside she saw Charlotte sitting on a bench underneatch some palm trees. "Hey." said Kirsten sitting down beside her.

"Hey! How was the phone call home?" Charlotte asked.

"Not as good as I hoped. Their not coming." said Kirsten dissapointed.

"What do you mean their not coming!" asked Charlotte shocked.

"I mean their not coming. Sandy has court, Seth has sailing lessons, and Ryan has soccer practice." she answered softly.

"Oh." Charlotte said not knowing what to say.

Kirsten woke up the morning of the family day not wanting to get out of bed let alone go to the family picnic. With everyone excited because their families came to see how far they've come she would just end of depressed. There was a knock on her door. "Charlotte I'm not going." said Kirsten curling back up in her bed.

"Well if your not going then we should just go home."

Kirsten jumped out of bed and opened her door. "Sandy! Boys!"

"Hey!" said Sandy hugging her.

"What are you guys doing here, I thought you said you couldn't come?" she asked as she hugged Seth and then Ryan.

"Charlotte called us." said Sandy

"She did?"

"Yeah. She told us what this whole thing was about and how much it meant to you, so we cancelled all plans and came out to see you." said Sandy as he hugged her again.

"It's so great too see you guys. Thank you for coming." Kirsten was excited that her family came to see her and glad that Charlotte called them; she'd have to talk to her about that later.