ShaedowCat laughed her ass off at this, so I added the "the door was slightly ajar" bit, just to shut her up.

Also, at the Chris wakes up bit…No whoosh, kina says. It's not a whoosh moment. ShaedowCat

Chapter 11 – Staying?

I woke up in bed.

What?

Taking a deep breath, I opened my eyes and took a look around.

I was back in Chris' room. It was morning; I could tell from the sunlight coming through the window. Chris was sitting at his desk, asleep: he looked like he'd been there all night. I noticed that the door was slightly ajar, as if people had been looking in from time to time. Keeping an eye on me.

I sat there for a moment, gathering my thoughts, and I remembered what happened the previous night. I glanced down at my stomach: it was healed, without even a scar…and so was my shirt. How does he do that? I wondered.

Chris stirred in the chair, then slowly opened his eyes. Instantly, his eyes turned to me.

"How are you feeling?" he asked softly; I could hear his concern for me. I smiled at him.

"Yeah, I'm fine…" I told him, then stopped.

"That's good," he said quickly. There was a moment's silence.

"Look," I said awkwardly. "I…just wanted to say…thanks. You know, for…"

"Don't," he said, cutting me off. "You don't have to thank me. It was my pleasure." He blushed; I guess he hadn't intended to say that. He raced to cover himself. "I mean, you would have done the same for me, right?" I smiled and nodded.

"Of course."

He came over to sit on the bed. "So…what are you going to do now?"

"I don't know," I said. Which was true. I hadn't thought about it. Stay here with Chris or go back to my world…though, I supposed, I might not be able to.

"Do you want me to stay?" I asked.

"I…" A knock on the door interrupted him.

"Hey." Paige stuck her head around the door. Chris jumped up. "Glad to see you're awake, Kirra. Breakfast is downstairs."

"Okay, thanks," I replied…I think Chris had lost his voice. Paige smiled at me, then she disappeared.

Chris turned to me and held out his hand. I grabbed it, and he pulled me to my feet and into his embrace.

"I don't want you to go," he said seriously. Then, before I could reply, he kissed me. I couldn't think. Couldn't move. Only could respond by kissing him back. He let go of me and walked out of the room, with a backward glance at the door. I collapsed onto the bed.

Great. More dilemmas.

After breakfast, we sat in the lounge room.

"Kirra," Piper began. "We've been thinking…and we don't think we can take you home."

"Well, not yet anyway. We're still working on that," Phoebe said. "You can stay, here though if you want."

"Yeah, I'll stay." I looked at Chris; he had a smile from ear to ear…luckily, he was standing behind the sisters, who were sitting on the couch. I grinned. "I think I'll like it here."

End of chapter 11

Kina 24 – hope you enjoyed it.