SATURDAY MORNING – 5AM
"Good morning Daddy." Katie whispered coming into the kitchen.
"Good morning Angel girl." He said kissing her.
"So what are we taking with us?" She asked looking in the refrigerator.
"Mom said that we can take the left over chicken salad, hamburgers and minute steaks." Steve said looking over his fishing gear.
"Excellent. Let me get the cooler and I'll pack them." She smiled at her Dad.
Katie packed the cooler and then put everything in the truck. The day before she picked up a new two-piece bathing suit and also a black one piece. She went up to her room to pack her things when her phone rang.
"Hello."
"Hey good looking."
"Adam what are you doing up this early?" Katie asked blushing.
"Isn't this the weekend you and your Dad are going away?" He asked with a hint of depression in his voice.
"Yes it is. Are you ok?" She asked.
"I'm fine. It's just that I'm going to miss you." He said.
"I'm going to miss you too." She sighed.
There was a knock on her door.
"Hold on a minute Adam." She put down the phone and walked over and answered her door.
"Katie you ready?"
"I'll be right with you Daddy. I'm just saying good-bye to Adam." She smiled at him.
"Ok." He said shaking his head.
Steve closed her bedroom door and then went into his bedroom to say good-bye to Kit.
"Hey beautiful. You're up." Steve said smiling at Kit.
"Yeah after early this morning who could go back to sleep." She smiled at him.
Steve laughed and wrapped his arms around her and gave her one of his biggest hugs. There was on knock on their bedroom door. Steve and Kit moved together to answer their door. Katie laughed when she saw her parents and said,
"When you and Mom are done hugging and kissing can we leave?"
Steve and Kit looked at each other and laughed.
"I'll be right with you." Steve said closing the door.
"I'll be waiting for you in the truck." Katie laughed walking down the hall.
Before Katie went to the truck she went into her sister's room and kissed her gently good-bye. Then Katie went into her brother's room and gently kissed him good-bye. She looked at him sleeping and whispered,
"I'll miss you. See you Sunday night."
MJ opened his eyes and said,
"Miss you too."
Katie walked towards his door and felt a sharp pain in her chest. She turned around and looked over at her brother who was rubbing his chest too and asked,
"Did you feel that?"
"Yes I did." He said looking at her.
"You ok?" She asked.
"I'm fine. You?"
"I'm fine too. I wonder what that was all about?"
"I don't know. It was scary. Think we should tell Mom and Dad?" He asked getting out of bed.
"Nah. If it happens again then we should say something. See you later MJ. I love you." She said walking out of his bedroom.
"Love you too Katie." He said getting back into bed.
She then headed out to the truck.
"I was beginning to wonder if you changed your mind." Steve said as Katie got in.
"Nope! Not me." She smiled at him.
Katie buckled up and they took off singing their favorite 'road' song On the Road Again. They reached the cabin in two hours and started to unpack the truck when it started to down pour.
"Well isn't that just dandy." Katie said laughing.
"There goes swimming and fishing." Steve said bringing in the last of the fishing equipment.
Katie went and put on the portable radio that she brought with her. The weather report said rain all weekend.
"OH MAN! There goes our hiking trip." She said looking at her Dad.
"Katie I'm sorry. You want to head home? We still got light left." Steve said looking at her sitting on the couch.
"Heck no! We planned this weekend and I'm not going home." She said looking over at her Dad.
Steve had to laugh at his daughter's statement. Ever since she was a little girl she always spoke her mind on things. Even though he loves Kasey Lynn to death Katie will always remain that special little 'Angel girl' in his heart. It's all because of the fire that occurred down the road in the cabin when she was seven years old. He'll never forget that day as long as he is alive.
"Daddy." Katie said breaking into his thoughts.
"Yes." He said looking at her.
"You ok? You seemed miles away." She said walking over to him.
"I was just thinking that's all."
"Oh yeah? About what?"
"About what we are going to do here for the next two days while it's raining?"
"That is a good question." She smiled at him.
After Steve said that it stopped raining. Steve and Katie were so happy that they quickly grabbed their stuff and headed down to the lake. Katie made sure to wear her one-piece black bathing suit. While Katie was setting up to relax by the shore Steve went and rented a boat to do some fishing. Katie laid back on her beach chair and fell asleep.
"Katie. Time to get up." Steve said looking at her.
"I wonder how long I've been out?" She asked looking at her Dad.
"Oh I say an hour or so." Steve smiled at her.
She got up and collected all her things. They walked back up to their cabin and put their things away. Katie threw her backpack onto her bed when out came a small black box.
She carefully picked up the box and found a note attached to it. The note read:
"To the most beautiful girl in the world, I want you to have these. They belonged to my Mom and you are the only one that I want to have them. When you wear them I will always be with you. Love you a lot, Adam."
Katie then opened the box and to her surprise she saw two diamond earrings and a diamond necklace. There was a knock on her door. She quickly closed the box and put it back into her backpack.
"Just a minute."
Katie threw on her bathrobe and then let her Dad in.
"Katie how about I make the steaks, potatoes and vegetables?" Steve asked.
"Sounds great Dad." She smiled at him.
After Steve left Katie pulled out the box again and looked at the earrings and necklace. She couldn't believe that Adam gave her his Mother's expensive jewelry.
"You are one unbelievable guy." Katie said to herself with a smile.
She again put away the box and got dressed then went out to help her Dad in the kitchen.
"So did you have fun today?" Steve asked looking at his daughter.
"Huh? Oh yeah Dad I did." She smiled at him.
"You ok?"
"I'm fine Dad. Just getting tired." Katie said setting the table.
After dinner Katie turned in and Steve called Kit.
"Hi Kit."
"Hey Babe! How's it going?"
"Good. It rained when we got here but it cleared up right away."
"How's Katie?"
"She's doing good. She just turned in about five minutes ago."
"Has she spoken to you about Adam?" Kit asked.
"No she hasn't. I'm not going to go there with her. If she wants to talk about it I'll listen." Steve said.
"Good choice." Kit laughed.
Kit and Steve hung up. Steve walked passed Katie's room and noticed her light was on so he lightly knocked on her door. When she didn't answer he quietly walked in and found her sound asleep in bed with a book. He closed the book and put it on her nightstand, kissed her gently on the head and turned off her light.
The next day Steve and Katie got up early and went for their hike. On their way back to their cabin they passed the area where the cabin that Katie was in when she was seven. It brought back the memories. As they reached their cabin Katie walked into her room and sat on her bed and thought back to that day. She hasn't thought about that day since it happened. There was a knock at her door which Katie didn't hear until her Dad knocked louder.
"Come in." She said.
Steve walked in and noticed how upset Katie looked.
"Angel girl you ok?" He asked sitting next to her.
"Did you ever think about the day that I was trapped in that cabin down the road?" She asked looking at him.
"Not since the day it happened." He said looking at her.
"I haven't thought about it since that day either and then when we passed it coming back from our hiking trip today it all came rushing back to me." She said looking at her Dad. Then she said, "I never told you and Mom that I had nightmares about it. The only one that knows about the nightmares is MJ. He stayed with me at night until the nightmares started to lessen."
"I'm sorry Katie. I'm sorry that this has happened. Why didn't you come to us? Mom and I would have helped you or gotten you help." Steve said putting his arm around her.
"I didn't want to bother you and Mom with it." She said looking at him.
"It wouldn't have been a bother Katie. We could have helped." Steve said sounding annoyed.
"I know Dad. I know." Katie said looking at her Dad.
They then left her room and started on dinner. After they were done Katie cleaned up while her Dad put up a small fire in the fireplace. She then joined her Dad on the couch.
"Dad thanks for the great weekend. I'm having fun with you." Katie said hugging her Dad.
"You're welcome. I'm having a great time too." He smiled and hugged her.
Steve watched the fire for a while until he fell asleep on the couch. Katie got up and put a blanket on her Dad and went to bed.
The next day Steve and Katie headed home. When they arrived home she found a message from earlier that day from Liz and played the message.
"Katie its Liz. When you get this message you have to call me."
Katie speed dialed Liz.
"Liz its Katie what's up?"
"You remember Debbie Davis?"
"Yeah I do. How can I forget? She was the one that accused my Dad for molesting her." Katie said with a hint of anger in her voice."
"You'll going to be shocked when you hear this." Liz said.
Katie sat down on her bed to hear what Liz was about to say.
"Do you know Jordan Rivers?"
"Yeah he's known around school as the 'bad' boy. What about him?" Katie asked.
"Well he got Debbie pregnant."
"No way! How did you find this out?" Katie asked in shock.
"Dion over heard Jordan telling Richie Martin in Bob's last night." Liz said.
"Man! I'm sure her mother is flipping out." Katie said.
"Probably." Liz said.
"Liz you and Dion better be careful." Katie said.
"We are Katie. We use protection. Now how was you trip?" Liz asked.
"It was great. But I do have to say that I missed Adam a lot." Katie said.
"Did you call him yet?"
"How could I? I'm talking to you." Katie laughed.
"Then I'll hang and you call him." Liz said.
The girls said good-bye and then Katie called Adam. His phone rang four times and then his machine picked up.
"Adam its Katie. Just letting you know that I'm home." Then she hung up.
She unpacked her stuff and then took a shower. When she got out she heard a familiar voice in MJ's room. She put on her bathrobe and walked over to her brother's bedroom and knocked on the door. MJ opened the door and she saw Adam sitting on her brother's bed. He couldn't believe how cute she looked in her bathrobe.
"Excuse me. I need to get dressed." Katie said looking at Adam embarrassingly.
After she got dressed Adam, MJ and Katie went down to the kitchen to grab something to eat. While they were eating the doorbell rang. MJ went and answered the door.
"Katie you looked cute in your robe." Adam said looking at her.
"Thanks." She blushed.
He then leaned in and kissed her and that's when Katie felt her heart race. MJ and Patty walked in on them.
"Excuse us." Patty said looking at her best friend.
Katie and Adam stopped kissing and looked over at Patty and MJ. Patty sat next to her best friend while MJ grabbed her something to drink.
"So is he a good kisser?" Patty whispered in Katie's ear.
Katie looked over at Patty and said, "Oh yeah!"
The girls sat there and laughed. Katie can tell Patty anything without worrying.
"What's so funny?" Adam asked looking at the girls.
"Nothing. Just girl talk." Patty said looking at Katie then at Adam.
"Knowing my sister and Patty it's probably about us." MJ said looking over at the girls.
"I see." Adam said looking at Katie.
The four went into the den to watch a movie. When Katie and Patty found out what type of movie they were going to watch the girls got up to leave the den.
"Katie where are you going?" Adam asked as he saw the girls get up.
"Patty and I are going to the kitchen to talk." Katie said looking at him.
"Are you coming back?" Adam asked walking over to her.
Katie looked over at the TV screen and then back at Adam and said, "No I've seen this movie before."
"Katie! Come on! Our tea is getting cold!" Patty called from the kitchen.
"I have to go. Tea getting cold." Katie said looking at Adam.
"Ok sure." He said looking at her.
Adam went back into the den with MJ while Katie went into the kitchen with Patty. MJ looked over at Adam and said,
"Don't worry about it. Katie and Patty are just talking about us."
"MJ what does your sister think of me?" Adam asked looking at MJ.
"Katie really likes you a lot. Just do me two favors."
"Anything." Adam said.
"Don't hurt her and don't pressure her into having sex." MJ said looking over at Adam.
"I have no intensions of hurting her or having sex with her." Adam said.
Meanwhile in the kitchen….
"So spill Katie." Patty said as they sat down at the kitchen table.
"What?" Katie said pouring milk into her tea.
"About Adam. What do you think of him?" Patty asked looking over at her best friend.
"What do I think about him? He's cute. Sexy. And most of all he's an awesome kisser." Katie blushed.
"What does your parents think of him?" Patty asked.
"They like him a lot. Especially Dad. Which is a first for him." Katie laughed.
"Dad's can be funny that way. My Dad really likes MJ a lot. I know my Mom would just love him." Patty smiled.
"Patty I think your Mom would have adopted MJ." Katie laughed.
"Yeah I think she would've." Patty also laughed.
"Did Liz tell you about Debbie Davis?" Katie asked.
"No. Liz and I are not speaking right now." Patty said sadly.
"Why? What happened?"
"I went off on her because she was pressuring me into having sex with your brother." Patty said embarrassingly.
"You know I hate that she's like this. I told her she better be careful. Debbie Davis is pregnant." Katie said.
"Seriously!" Patty said with shock in her voice.
"Seriously. Jordan Rivers is the father."
"Liz told you this?"
"Liz said that Dion over heard Jordan tell Richie Martin at Bob's."
"Wow! That's pretty scary. Having a baby so young. Is he going to help support the kid?" Patty asked.
"I don't know." Katie said.
Patty and Katie then became very quiet.
"Hi girls." Kit said walking into the kitchen.
"Hi Mrs. Sloan." Patty said looking over at Kit.
"Katie you ok?" Kit asked walking over to her.
"Yeah." She said quietly.
Kit looked at Katie then at Patty.
"We just heard some disturbing news Mrs. Sloan." Patty said looking at Kit.
"What?" Kit said sitting down.
"Mom do you remember Debbie Davis?" Katie said looking over at her Mom.
"Do I! How can I forget her?" Kit said angrily. "What about her?"
"She's pregnant." Katie said looking down at her tea.
"Oh my! Who's the father?" Kit asked.
"Jordan Rivers." Patty said.
"How can two people be so stupid?" Katie said angrily.
"Carelessness Katie. Complete carelessness." Kit said looking at the two girls.
"I know one thing for sure I'm waiting until my wedding night." Patty said.
"Me too." Katie said.
"That's a good plan girls." Kit smiled at them and then left them alone.
Katie looked over at Patty and said, "I wish Liz would've waited."
"Me too." Patty said looking at Katie.
The girls then got up and went to Katie's room. They sat on Katie's bed.
"Patty do you still get urges?" Katie asked looking at her.
"Not as much as I used to. How about you?"
"Yeah I do. Every time Adam holds me." Katie said looking over at Patty.
"How did you calm them?" Katie asked.
"I kept telling myself that I don't want to ruin my life and the longer I wait the better it's going to be the night of my wedding." Patty said smiling at her best friend.
"That sounds smart." Katie said hugging her best friend.
Patty looked over at Katie and asked,
"What's the one thing that Adam does that drives you crazy in a good way?"
Katie sat there for a while and was about to say something when she felt her brother's presence outside her room. She didn't want to alarm Patty that the guys were spying on them. Then Katie said,
"The way he looks at me. Now you."
"The way MJ holds me." Patty smiled.
After Patty got finished saying that Kasey Lynn came in.
"Hey Kasey Lynn." Katie signed.
"Hi. Did you know you had spies?" Kasey Lynn signed.
"Yes." Katie signed.
"What do you mean?" Patty signed.
"The guys were at the door listening to us." Katie said looking over at Patty.
"They heard us?" Patty questioned.
"Yes. But who cares? Like they don't talk about us." Katie laughed.
"How did you know they were there and why didn't you tell me?" Patty asked.
"It's a twin thing Patty. I can always tell when my brother is around."
"How about we pay them a little visit?" Patty laughed.
"You read my mind."
Katie and Patty quietly walked down the hall to MJ's room and listened at the door.
"I told you they would be talking about us. They always do." MJ said looking over at Adam.
"You're right." Adam said getting up and walking over to MJ's door to leave.
"Let's go!" Katie said grabbing Patty by the arm and quickly going down the hall back to her room.
Adam opened up MJ's door and caught a glimpse of the girls' running back into Katie's room. He looked over at MJ and said,
"They were here."
"Yeah I know." MJ said looking up from his magazine.
"How did you know? Your door was closed." Adam said looking at MJ.
MJ looked over at Adam and said, "I can always tell when Katie's around. It's a twin thing."
"Really? I've heard about that. I never knew that it was real." Adam said looking at MJ.
"Katie that was so close!" Patty said looking at her.
Katie just smiled. There was a knock on her door. Katie got up and answered it. Outside of her door stood Adam and MJ.
"Can we help you?" Katie asked staring at Adam.
"How about we all go and get some ice cream down at the corner?" MJ asked looking at Patty.
"That sounds great. We'll meet you both downstairs." Katie said.
Katie closed the door turned and smiled at Patty and said,
"Cool!"
The girls laughed. They grabbed their purses and went down to meet the boys.
"Let's go." MJ said holding open the door for his sister and Patty.
"MJ did you?" He cut off Katie.
"Yes I did tell Mom and Dad and they said to bring them back Rocky Road." MJ smiled at his sister.
"Don't forget…" Again she was cut off.
"Chocolate fudge swirl for Kasey Lynn. I know what my little sister wants." He laughed.
"You two are unbelievable." Adam said looking between them.
"They are." Patty said.
Katie sat in the front seat with Adam. Patty and MJ sat in the back. When they pulled up to the ice cream shop Adam looked into his rear view mirror and saw MJ and Patty kissing, so Adam leaned over and started to kiss Katie. After about fifteen minutes of the four kissing they got out to get their ice cream.
"Jesus Christ! I thought you had a sauna in your car." Liz said laughing when she looked at Adams windows.
"Oh shut up Liz!" Patty said looking at her.
"So where's Dion?" Katie asked looking at her.
"He's inside getting me ice cream." Liz smiled at them.
"Katie, MJ and I are going in what flavor do you want?" Adam asked looking at her.
"Cookie dough ice cream." She smiled at him.
Adam then walked inside while the three girls sat outside and talked.
"So Katie do you think you and Adam have a future together?" Liz asked looking at her.
"What do you mean?" Katie asked looking at her.
"Do you think you two would get married?" Liz asked.
"Gee Liz I don't know. We're just going to take it one day at a time." Katie said.
"How about you Patty?" Liz asked.
"It never came up." Patty said getting uncomfortable.
"What about you Liz? Have you and Dion talked about getting married?" Katie asked.
"No but if he asked me I would." Liz said smiling.
"You mean to tell us that you are seriously in love with him?" Katie asked looking at Liz.
Liz was quiet for a while and then said, "Yeah I am. I can honestly say I am in love with him."
"How does Dion feel about you?" Patty asked looking over at her cousin.
"I guess the same."
"What do you mean you guess?" Katie asked.
"We never talked about it with each other." Liz said looking away.
Meanwhile In The Ice Cream Shop….
"So MJ what is your feelings about Patty?" Dion asked as they waited to be served on.
MJ was quiet for a while and then said, "I'm in love with her."
"Would you marry her?" Dion asked.
"Yeah I think I would. What about you and Liz?" MJ asked.
"I'm going to ask her to marry me right after high school. I hope she says yes." Dion said walking up to the counter and placing his and Liz's order.
After the guys got the orders Adam asked, "Right after high school? You're not going to wait?"
"Nope. I don't want to loose Liz. She's the best. What about you and Katie?" Dion asked.
"I don't know yet. We just started dating. We might like each other for a week and not the next. I don't want to jinx us." Adam said as they walked out.
After everyone finished their ice cream they all went their separate ways. Adam drove everyone back home. MJ and Patty got out and went inside while Adam and Katie sat outside on the porch to talk.
"Adam is everything ok?" Katie asked looking at him.
"Yes everything is ok. Just thinking." He smiled at her.
"Can I ask about what?"
"Just thinking about what my Mom and Dad would say about you." Adam said putting his arm around Katie.
"I see." Katie said putting her head on his shoulder.
They sat outside for a while until it was time to eat dinner. Katie was so in love with Adam. She never felt like this when she was dating Brad. Adam then got up kissed Katie good-bye and then left. There were a lot of feelings that Katie was experiencing that she never had before.
"Katie are you ok?" Kit asked breaking into her thoughts.
"Huh? Sure Mom." Katie said.
After dinner Katie was helping her Mom and Patty clean up when Kit asked,
"Katie are sure you're feeling ok? You didn't eat much."
"I'm fine Mom. We went out for ice cream earlier and I guess I was full from it." Katie said putting the dishes in the dishwasher.
Kit went back out to the dining room and Patty said,
"You are so not here. Is everything ok?"
"I'm fine Patty. I'm so in love with Adam. I just can't help but think about him." Katie said looking at her best friend.
"I know exactly what you mean. I think about MJ all the time." Patty went to continue when Kit walked in.
"Mom, Patty and I are going upstairs. Is that ok?" Katie asked looking at her Mom.
"Sure." Kit smiled at her.
The girls went upstairs to talk some more. Kit sat down at the kitchen table.
"Honey are you ok?" Steve asked coming in.
"Just tired." She smiled at him.
"Why don't we turn in? It's getting late." He said helping her up.
"Ok."
He noticed that she didn't look like herself. She looked very run down. Steve picked up the phone and called Dr. Spencer's number. The answering service advised Steve that Dr. Spencer was away and her associate will call him back. The phone then rang. Steve told Dr. Spencer's associate what was wrong with Kit. Her associate advised Steve to bring Kit in, in the morning and she'll run tests on her.
The next day Steve and Kit went to see Dr. Amelia Lucas.
"Hi Kit."
"Hi." Kit said sitting down.
"So what seems to be the problem Kit?" Dr. Lucas asked.
"Kit is not herself." Steve said.
"Right Mr. Sloan. But let's hear it from her shall we." Dr. Lucas said looking at him with annoyed look.
"I've been feeling very tired lately. Run down." Kit said.
"I see." Dr. Lucas said looking through Kit's file.
"I'm going to do some blood tests to see what's up. Follow me please Kit."
Kit and Steve got up and followed Dr. Lucas. Dr. Lucas advised Steve to wait in her office for Kit.
"I would like to be with my wife if you don't mind."
"I do mind Mr. Sloan." Dr. Lucas said looking at him.
Kit told Steve she'd be fine. So Steve waited for her. When Kit and the doctor came out the doctor said,
"I'll call you when the results come back. So until then you go home and rest."
Steve and Kit drove back home to wait for the results. Kit went up to her room to rest while Steve went and prepared lunch for her. The phone rang. Steve answered it.
"Hello."
"Hello this is Dr. Lucas. Is Kit Sloan there?"
"Yes. Do you have the results of her blood work?" Steve asked.
"Yes but I would like to speak to Kit." Dr. Lucas said coldly to Steve.
Steve was starting to get annoyed with the way the doctor was treating him. She was nothing like Dr. Spencer. Warm and caring. Steve put the doctor on hold and went upstairs and told Kit that Dr. Lucas was on the phone. Kit picked up the phone while Steve sat with her. She spoke to the doctor. When she hung up Kit looked at Steve and started to cry.
"Honey what's wrong?"
"The cancer came back." She said looking at him.
Steve's heart dropped to the pit of his stomach. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. He sat next to his wife and wrapped his arms around her to comfort her.
"I'm so sorry." He cried holding her.
"Steve I don't want to die. I want to be with you forever. Please tell me this is a bad dream and I will wake up." Kit said crying.
"Shhh Kit it's ok. We'll fight this like we fought it before. I promise you." Steve said kissing the top of her head.
Kit fell asleep in Steve's arms. He gently laid her down on the bed. He sat there looking at her sleeping. Then he heard the kids laughing downstairs. He looked at the clock and noticing that they just arrived home from school.
"How do I tell them?" He asked himself.
Steve got up and went downstairs to greet his kids. He composed himself and then went into the kitchen. Katie and MJ looked up and saw their Dad standing there looking at them.
"Hey Dad. Where's Mom?" MJ asked looking at his Dad.
"She's upstairs sleeping. Now please go do your homework and I'll start on dinner."
"Is she ok?" Katie asked.
"Yes. She's fine. She just needs her rest."
Katie sensed that her Dad was very tense. MJ and Kasey Lynn went up to their rooms while Katie stayed in the kitchen with her Dad.
"Daddy please tell me what's wrong?"
"What makes you think something is wrong?" He snapped at her.
"I can tell. You seem tense." She said looking at him.
"There is nothing wrong. Just go up to your room until I call you for dinner." He snapped at her again.
Katie left the kitchen with her stuff. She heard her Dad slamming the cabinet doors and cursing. She quickly went upstairs to MJ's room.
"MJ I need to talk to you." Katie said entering his room.
"What is it?" He asked looking at her.
"There's something wrong with Dad. He's down in the kitchen slamming the cabinet doors and cursing." Katie said looking at her brother.
"God Damn it!" Steve said slamming the cabinet door.
Steve then let out a scream that rocked the house. Katie and MJ looked at each other and ran out of MJ's room and down the stairs. When they arrived at the door of the kitchen they heard glass breaking and Steve screaming. They were too scared to walk in.
"Go upstairs. I'll talk to him." Kit said walking up behind the twins.
MJ and Katie went back upstairs while Kit went into the kitchen.
"Steve. Please stop." Kit said to him.
"This is not supposed to happen! Why is this happening?" Steve said throwing a glass against the wall.
"Babe. Please calm down." Kit said walking over to him.
Steve picked up another glass and went to throw it when Kit stopped him. He then looked at her and fell to his knees crying uncontrollably. Kit knelt down next to him and wrapped her arms around him and said,
"Please don't cry Steve. You have to be strong for us and the kids."
"Damn it Kit! This is not supposed to happen to you! Don't you understand that you are my life, my world? I can't loose you. How the hell am I going to live without you? I can't go through this again! I lost my mother with this and now you!" He said crying. Steve turned from her and walked towards the wall, punching it heavily, Kit followed him, taking his hand kissing it gently.
"Steve we are going to beat this again. We did it once before we can do it again." She said holding him.
"What happens if we don't? Everything that I live for will be a waist. I can't live without you by my side."
"Steve that is not true. You have the kids to help you through this. Your Dad is here. Your friends will help." Kit said looking into his blue eyes.
"It's not the same Kit. You and I were supposed to grow old together." He said crying.
"Oh Steve." Kit then started to cry.
While their parents were talking Katie and MJ were up in MJ's room talking.
"MJ you don't suppose…" MJ cut her off saying,
"Oh God Katie I hope not."
Katie looked at her brother and said,
"Screw this crap! I'm going downstairs."
Katie and MJ went downstairs and heard their parents talking. They grabbed each other's hand, took a deep breath and walked into the kitchen. Everyone just looked at each other without saying a word. Then Katie broke the silence and asked,
"Mom what's going on?"
Kit and Steve sat down at the kitchen table with the children and told them what happened. MJ looked at his Mom and said crying,
"This is not fair!"
Katie just sat there in a daze and then said,
"I have to go and tell Kasey Lynn. She needs to know. My little sister needs to know. Please excuse me. My little sister needs to know."
"Katie I'll go with you." MJ said getting up.
Katie and MJ got up and went upstairs to Kasey Lynn's room. When they walked into Kasey Lynn's room they found her sitting on her bed reading a book. Kasey Lynn then looked up and signed to them. Katie and MJ told her what was going on. Kasey Lynn just looked at them and couldn't believe what she was reading. She then ran out of her room and down the stairs and into the kitchen to be with her Mom.
"Mommy! Please tell me this isn't so! Please tell me that Katie and MJ are wrong." Kasey Lynn signed while crying.
"This is what Dr. Lucas told us." Steve said signing to her.
"Dr. Lucas? Who's this Dr. Lucas? What did Dr. Spencer say?" Kasey Lynn signed.
"Dr. Lucas is covering for Dr. Spencer while Dr. Spencer is away." Kit signed to her.
"Mommy you need to contact Dr. Spencer! You need to contact her now!" Kasey Lynn signed.
"Sweetheart there is nothing Dr. Spencer can do except tell me the same thing." Kit said.
"NO! I don't believe it! I don't believe it one bit!" Kasey Lynn signed as fast as she could, trying to make her Mom understand her frustration.
Kasey Lynn then ran out of the kitchen and up to her room. Locking herself in her room she paced back and forth realizing that she had Dr. Spencer's e-mail address. Kasey Lynn signed onto her computer and sent and urgent e-mail to her. Sometime later when Kasey Lynn checked her e-mail she found one waiting for her from Dr Spencer, she read it and sent a reply back telling her that she wanted her to see her mother in the morning and she wouldn't take 'NO' for an answer.
The next day which was a Saturday, Dr. Spencer phone Kit and told her she wanted to see her and her family in her office.
"I don't understand? Why?" Kit asked.
"I just wanted to talk to you and your family. This is a best time to do it." Dr. Spencer said.
"Ok. We'll be there by 10am." Kit said.
Kit hung up, looked at the clock and saw it was 8am. She went upstairs to wake up Steve.
"Babe."
"Hmm."
"Dr. Spencer just called and wants to see all of us in her office today." Kit said sitting on his side of the bed.
Steve opened his eyes and looked at her and asked,
"Is there a problem?"
"All she said was that she wanted to talk to all of us." Kit said getting nervous.
"Ok. Don't panic. It might be nothing. You take a shower while I get the kids up." He said getting out of bed.
By the time Kit was done with her shower the kids were up, dressed and eating their breakfast. Steve then went up to take his shower. When everything was done they all left to go see Dr. Spencer in her office.
"Good morning everyone." Dr. Spencer said as Kit, Steve and the kids walked in.
"Hi." They all said sitting down in her office.
"Katie can you sign please."
"Sure Dr. Spencer."
"The reason why you were all asked to come down here is because I received a very distressing e-mail last night." Dr. Spencer said looking over at Kasey Lynn.
Dr. Spencer looked over Dr. Lucas' notes and noticed that the page that was in Kit's folder didn't belong to Kit. It belonged to another patient. She looked towards Kit and asked her if she could redo the tests again for her. When Kit agreed, Dr. Spencer and Kit went into the exam room to redo the tests. After they were done Kit went back out to Dr. Spencer's office to wait with Steve and the kids.
Dr. Spencer came out and sat down and said,
"Ok. Unfortunately Dr. Lucas has caused you all a great deal of pain. She, shall we say is not very studious with her notes as I would have preferred her to be and in fact made the mistake of putting someone else's information into Kit's file. Kit your cancer did not come back."
Before Dr. Spencer could finish everyone cheered, cried and hugged each other.
"Ok folks settle down. I'm not finished here. Kit the test results on the other hand did show that you are two months pregnant."
Everyone just looked over at Dr. Spencer in shock.
"You're kidding right?" Kit asked with a nervous laugh.
"No Kit, I'm not." Dr. Spencer smiled at her.
Kit looked over at Steve and said laughingly,
"Here we go again."
THE END
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