"You're only 14 you shouldn't be thinking about sex anyway." Kirsten said to Georgia as she followed her into the kitchen in the morning. Seth leant back against the counter, coffee in his hand and smiled. This is gonna be a fun morning show.

Georgia threw her hands up in the air. "Fine. Thou shall not think about sex."

"As Nike says just do it." Seth joked.

Kirsten ignored Seth's remark. "You should be thinking about your studies. School."

"Sex relieves stress. School is the cause of stress." Georgia said frankly.

"Georgia..." Kirsten warned raising her voice.

She rolled her eyes. "Fine I'll shut up." She opened the fridge to get Tropicana out. "But you're the one who brought it up."

Kirsten argued back. "I am not! You were complaining about..." Georgia glared at her mum as she shut the fridge door. "…Oh right sorry."

Seth sighed. "As you grow older, Mum, I like to think of all the gifts you've given me. Like the need for therapy."

"There's a card you'll never see in Hallmark." Georgia said.

"Morning Ryan." Kirsten said as he came in; pouring herself some coffee. He was messing about on his mobile.

"Marissa." He said into his phone.
"Dialling home." said the Phone Lady.
"Marissa!" Ryan yelled down his phone.

"Dialling home." The Phone Lady said again. The house phone rang once.
"Marissa goddamit!"
"Dialling Dr. Creasy." The Phone Lady said and Ryan threw his phone down on the kitchen island and the back fell off. It also knocked over Georgia's orange juice.

Kirsten raised her eyebrows. "You're cleaning that up."

"Morning all." Sandy greeted with a smile as he walked in with the newspaper in his hands.

"Oh oh dad!" Georgia grimaced turning away. "The cucumber has left the salad!

"What?" Sandy asked.

"Quasimodo needs to go back in the tower and tend to his bells." Seth said off-glance.

"What?" Sandy repeated totally puzzled. Kirsten went up to him and zipped his jeans fly up. She slyly looked up at him.

"Oh". Sandy blushed. "Sorry." He apologised then shrugged. "It happens."

"Your soldier aint so unknown now." Georgia turned around shivering.

Kirsten sipped on her coffee. "Georgia is there any requests for how to spend the day, you know, before Helen arrives?"

"Oh no. Dinnae make a fuss. Just hanging with you guys is all I want."

"What time does her flight get in?" Sandy asked.

Georgia swallowed her orange juice. "Oh not till tonight. She has a lay over in Gatwick."

"We'll go get her together." Sandy said and Georgia smiled.

"Do I smell burning?" Ryan asked.

"Toast!" Kirsten yelped, putting down her coffee and rushing to the toaster. "My toast!" The rest of Kirsten's family laughed at her. "Oh honey." Sandy said sympathetically.

Kirsten took the black. Steaming piece of bread out the toaster. "Ow ow ow!" She dropped it on the kitchen island.

"Georgia if there's anything I've taught you it's that our mother can't cook." Seth said wrapping his arm around his mum shoulder who rolled her eyes.

"You've told me that before."

"And I'll tell you again."

The phone rang. "I'll get it! I'll get it!" Georgia skipped to the phone. "Cohen residence."

"Georgia?" A very British man said over the phone. "It's Archie Murdoch; your mother's lawyer."

"Oh hi Mr Murdoch."

"It's about your mother." He said.

"Oh would you like me to pass on a message to her?" Georgia asked joyfully, thinking of how happy she was that Helen was coming over. "Cos she's coming here today you know?" Kirsten smiled as she threw a grape in Seth's mouth who in turn threw a grape into Georgia's mouth, over the island; she managed to catch it in her mouth.

"That won't be possible Georgia." He said.

Georgia caught another grape in her mouth sent from Ryan. "Ok." She mumbled. "Well I'll get her to call you when she arrives." She laughed as she tried to speak and chew at the same time.

"That's not what I meant Georgia." Archie said.

Georgia giggled as she dodged the grapes aimlessly thrown at her by her family. "What is it then?"

"Your mother has been in an accident."

Georgia stopped laughing and froze. "What kind of accident?...A-a-a-bus?" Kirsten, Sandy and the boys stopped messing around when they realised something was wrong. "B-b-but how?" She stuttered. "When?..." She started to well up. "But it was just an accident right? I mean she's going to be ok?" Kirsten and Sandy exchanged a worried look as they heard one side of the conversation.

Memories seep from my veins

After hearing an answer Georgia turned around and leant her head against the wall. Starting off lightly but getting to harder, she slammed her fist into the wall. "No, no, no, no, no, no." She repeated shaking her head.

Let me be empty and weightless

Georgia took a deep breath then hung up the phone. Kirsten looked to Sandy, trying to figure out what to do. She walked over to her daughter and lightly stroked her shoulders. Georgia turned around and Kirsten stood back a little, giving her space. She looked dreadfully sad. The boys exchanged nervous looks with their dad. They all knew what had happened but not what to do.

Georgia looked from side-to-side, trying to hold back her tears but she fell to the ground, breaking down. Kirsten knelt down beside her and pulled her into her, resting her head on her shoulder. Georgia fell into Kirsten, crying desperately. Sandy watched for a second before going over to and crouching down beside them, hugging Georgia. Georgia buried her face into Sandy's shoulder, but still held onto Kirsten tightly. Seth and Ryan slowly followed in their father's footsteps and did the same. Georgia cried hard for her dead mother in her mum's, dad's and brothers' arms.

This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees…

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"I don't have the right words to say to her." Seth said at dinner that night. Georgia wasn't joining Sandy, Kirsten Ryan and Seth at dinner.

"You just have to say to her what you would want people to say to you in that situation." Sandy said. He looked at Kirsten. God forbid that situation would happen.

"It's so weird, you know, cos it's not like it's her grandma who was old it's her 'mum'."

"Just make sure she knows she can talk to you. Even if you can't think of what to say back, all she needs is someone to listen." Kirsten said.

"Does that even help?" Ryan smirked. "I mean, the woman she thought was her mum died, surely there's nothing you can say about that to make her feel better."

"She needs her family right now and that's what we're going to be." Sandy said strongly. Not much food had been eaten; just nibbled.

"She also needs to eat." Kirsten said standing up. "I'll take her this." She grabbed a glass of Gatorade. "Try to talk to her."

After Kirsten left the kitchen, Ryan turned to Sandy and whispered, "Kirsten's taking this pretty hard huh?"

"I think this whole tings bringing back up stuff about Cal and her mum." Sandy said gently.

"Not to discredit mum but this totally different. We knew grandma was ill. Granddad too. We at least got the chance to say goodbye." Seth said.

"Doesn't make it any less painful Seth but I see your point." Sandy said.

Ryan bit his lip anxiously. "Did she drink a lot when Mrs Nichol died?"

Sandy shook his head. "It's not going to come to that."

Outside Georgia's bedroom Kirsten lingered with her juice while she was on the phone to Matthew. "I don't want to come home because I know why I'm coming home. I don't want to say goodbye to my mum."

The storm keeps on twisting…

Kirsten looked down feeling sad and thinking hard about how to deal with this in the best way. Then Sandy came up behind her hearing Georgia's final words. "Remind you of someone?" Sandy whispered in Kirsten's ear.

Kirsten turned and half smiled. "Everything I felt from when my mum died has come back to me but it doesn't make it any easier to know what to do. I thought it would."

"Go be with her." Sandy said simply.

Kirsten looked at Sandy nodding then turned away to open the door. Sandy saw the sadness in her eyes. "Kirsten." He said softly. She turned around and he embraced her in a hug. Kirsten hugged her husband back tightly. Kirsten sighed deeply. "Thank you." She whispered. He always gave her the strength to do what she needed to do.

"I love you." He said.

"I love you too." Kirsten said. She looked up at him and Sandy smiled down at her.

"Come on." Kirsten said lacing her fingers in his and they walked hand-in-hand into Georgia's room. "Hey." Kirsten said softly. "I brought you some Gatorade. Green; the one you like."

"Thanks." Georgia said. She was sitting on the edge of her bed, the phone beside her. "You can put it on the table." Kirsten crossed Georgia to put glass on bedside table.

"How you feeling princess?" Sandy asked, sitting on the opposite side of Georgia that Kirsten was.

Georgia shook her head. "This isn't happening. This is a joke." Sandy and Kirsten looked at each other. "I shoulda been there. I shoulda been home. I'm a disappointment as a daughter." Georgia said then hung over.

"No you're not. You definatly are not." Kirsten said rubbing her daughter's back.

"Helen loved you and nothing made her happier than to see you happy." After a moment Georgia nodded.

"Can I get some paracetemol?" Georgia asked her dad sweetly. "My head hurts."

Sandy kissed her forehead as he got up and left.

"Can I get you something to eat?" Kirsten asked, running her fingers through her daughter's hair. "You haven't eaten all day."

"I don't really feel like eating." Georgia said. She hadn't cried anymore all day since the morning. She didn't have the energy to.

"You still have to have something." Kirsten tried to enforce on her. There was a pause. "How about I cut you up an apple into little slices? I'll even peel the skin all in one." Kirsten said with a cute smile. When Kirsten just got out of hospital and Georgia took care of her, Kirsten sometimes found it hard to eat; to find the energy to eat. So Georgia would cut an apple up into little slices and take the skin off so it was easier for Kirsten.

Georgia smiled at Kirsten's attempts. "Yeah. O-ok."

It don't make no difference; escaping one last time it's easier to believe in this sweet madness and maybe I'll find some peace tonight…

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Seth woke up. He turned to look at his clock; 2:33 Am. He'd slept for a total of 22 minutes. Score. He threw his head back into the pillow sighing angrily. He lay with his eyes open for a second. He listened intently when he thought he heard a strange noise. At first he assumed it was a bird or crickets or something but he soon realised the noise was coming from inside the house. Because he wasn't close to falling asleep, Seth decided to get up and investigate.

He walked out into the corridor and followed the noise into the direction of the stairs. Before he got to them though he found the source of the noise; it was Georgia crying.

He opened the door a jar and peered in on her. Right enough, she was lying on her side, curled up and sobbing quietly; obviously trying to hold it in so she wouldn't wake anyone up.

Seth stood for a minute, trying to decide what to do. Whilst thinking he felt a comforting hand on his arm. He turned and saw his mum beside him. "It's ok Seth." She smiled. "Go back to bed."

Seth opened his mouth to object but then nodded. He looked in the room one more time. Georgia was still the same way clearly unaware of her mother and brother outside.

Kirsten walked in quietly. She tiptoed around Georgia's bed and crawled in the empty side next to her. She pulled the duvet over herself then huddled close to Georgia, wrapping her arm around her from behind. However Georgia turned around and buried herself into Kirsten as far as she could.

Kirsten rested her chin above her daughter's head and stroked her back comfortingly. Georgia spoke to Kirsten as she broke into sobs. "Don't leave me. Don't leave me. Don't leave me." She repeated and wrapped her arm around her mum holding onto her tightly. She sniffled as she started to cry, repeatedly saying; "Don't leave me. Don't leave me. Please. Don't leave me."

In the arms of the Angel fly away from here
From this dark, cold hotel room, and the endlessness that you feel

As her baby's body shook in her, Kirsten held her tighter and she whispered softly in her ear. "I'm here, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. Never, ok? I promise. I'm right here."

In the arms of the Angel; may you find some comfort here.

"It's ok." Kirsten whispered.

Partly she was convincing herself but part of her knew she was right. She saw a light at the end of the tunnel and the Cohens being able to pull through together. They've come so far and come through so much already together as a 5, there's no way she was going to turn her back now.
You're in the arms of the Angel; may you find some comfort here

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mwa ha ha! Did you expect that to happen?

I wanted to put in Ryan's fears about Kirsten starting to drink again to make it clear that her problem hadn't been forgotten and wouldn't be forgotten over time. I hope this happens in the show. I want the characters to acknowledge that Kirsten did have a drinking problem in the future and not just forget about it.

Thanks to Little Leprechaun, jemmi-Grace, Sharkie2008, Cheerleader2006 for their reviews from the last chapter.