Disclaimer: I do not own Home Alone.


The snow crunched beneath Becky's and Kevin's boots as the two siblings finally headed their way home after having their fill of breakfast at the pancake house. Other than the coffee mishap, breakfast had been very enjoyable and one where Becky thought she wasn't going to be able to eat until after twelve in the afternoon. The strawberry waffle had been rather heavy with all that added maple syrup, whipped cream, and strawberries but it was decent enough to hold anyone over before lunchtime. As for Kevin, his breakfast had been like a banquet in a way with the stacks of pancakes, sunny side up eggs, and crispy bacon along with the hot chocolate. Such a meal made the eight year old feel like taking a nap but the thought of the house being just to him and Becky broke him away from the nap and made him all the more excited. Now as they were heading back home, he knew what he was going to do. The neighbors were gone to their holidays and he could be as loud as he wanted to, go to bed when he wished to, and just have fun. He only hoped that his older sister would join in on the fun for as long as it would last.

It wasn't long until both of the McCallisters came upon their home. Becky placed her hand around the doorknob and opened the door. "Home sweet home," she said as the warmth of the home took over.

Kevin took lead as he ran inside, not even bothering to take off his boots that were soaked in snow. Becky was about to call out after him to not run with the boots in the house but it then occurred to her once more, no grown-ups were in the house. Becky would usually leave her boots inside the closet but this time she threw off her coat, scarf, and mittens, and left them in a pile by the doorway.

"I'll pick them up later," she mumbled to herself as she looked at the pile of clothes. When that 'later' was she didn't know but what she did know was that both rules one and two had been broken and that made her feel rebellious.

As for Kevin, he was enjoying his freedom a little too much. All that energy that he had obtained from that breakfast and the hot chocolate, he was spending it on running around the house screaming, "I'm free!" When Becky heard his yelling, she couldn't make out what her brother was saying and with a concerned look upon her face, she made her way over to the dining room where she saw her brother running around the table.

"Come on Becky join me! We're free!" he exclaimed and ran in circles around his sister. All Becky could do in the meantime was just chuckle as she let her brother run around her and about the house.

"How much sugar did they put in that hot chocolate?" she asked as she then saw Kevin running up the stairs on the second floor where the other rooms were causing Becky to follow after him. She needed to change into a different set of clothes aside from what she was wearing but as she passed through the halls, she noticed that Kevin was in Buzz's room looking through the many items that the older brother of the house kept in a chest. "Snooping around Buzz's items?" she asked as she peeked in from the doorway.

"Yup," Kevin said as he threw a magazine that he was looking at over his shoulder, "cool firecrackers, I'll save these for later," he said as he took the packages of the firecrackers and put them in his pockets.

"You can save those as long as you don't use them for something illegal," Becky said to him before she walked away and headed to her room. Why ever Buzz would keep a firecrackers in his room, she didn't even want to know the answer to. Once in her bedroom, Becky changed into a white woolen shirt and comfortable pajamas. It was a combination that if Linnie were to see, she would deem it as strange. As for Becky, she didn't care so much about it as long as she felt comfortable in them and for the time being, she did feel comfortable. "Ah," she let out a sigh and fell upon her bed, gently closing her eyes and enjoying the quietness that surrounded the home. It was nice to just feel that calmness as opposed to the usual bustling activity that took place.


"Becky?" a voice suddenly came into the room and shook her. Beck'y eyes suddenly snapped open as she gasped and stood up from her bed. It was only Kevin and she let out a sigh of relief. "Don't tell me that I was asleep," she said.

"You were," Kevin went ahead and told her.

"How long?" she asked.

"A good couple of minutes," Kevin replied, "but you slept through me target practicing with Buzz's rifle," he smiled mischievously at that. As Becky had been unknowingly snoozing, Kevin had taken a couple of sport figurines and held them by the laundry chute and he shot at them.

This however came as a shock to Becky and she shook her head at her sibling. "You could've been hurt Kevin."

Kevin gave her a look when she said that. He hated being looked down as a child all the time, even though he was just eight years old. "I was being careful," Kevin assured her, "and I know how a good couple of items work around the house, so I know how to handle Buzz's rifle."

Sassy aren't we? Becky thought to herself as she looked at her brother. "Just looking out for my favorite little brother," she said as she reached over and ruffled his hair with her hand, causing Kevin to pout and move his head away from her. He didn't like it when she did that but he never told her to stop from doing it. "Now after your little fun of snooping around Buzz's items, what do you want to do?"

There were quite the selection of things that they could do. Play a board game, make Christmas ornaments from their father's new fish hooks, or..."watch a move," Kevin answered her. Now that the others were gone they had the television to themselves to watch whatever they wished. Due to the amount of the people in the house, each sibling fought over of who wanted to watch what first. As for Becky, she didn't prefer the television as much as she preferred reading but a good movies was needed now and them.

"Right," Becky said to him with a smile, "you go and pick a movie and I'll come right downstairs to join you."

"I'll make a sundae too," Kevin said as he quickly headed downstairs and into the kitchen. He pulled a chair towards the refrigerator and pulled out whatever type of ice cream that he could find. "I'm gonna have a lot of fun with this," he said as he set the chocolate and vanilla ice cream on the counter and then took out whatever other sweet treats he could find to throw on top of them. It was a bit of a messy recipe but to Kevin, he knew that it was going to be delicious enough for both him and Becky to enjoy. "Becky it's ready!" he called out.

"Coming, coming," Becky said as she made her way down to stairs and to the kitchen. Her eyes briefly bounced over to the mess that had been made on the counter and upon seeing that, she was glad that no one else would see it. "Whoa...alright then," she said and took the bowl that was filled with heaping scoops of ice cream, marshmallows, and chocolate.

"And I know just the movie to watch," Kevin said as he took his bowl and made his way to the living room. His fingers ran through the selection of cassettes that were displayed in front of him and the one that caught his attention that he had seen the other older kids in the house watch, was the one that interested him the most. A movie called Angles with Filthy Souls which was comprised as a black and white film and to what Becky could understand was a gangster film.

"Oh," Becky said as she suddenly realized the movie, "they were watching this movie yesterday," she said as she began to eat the sundae that Kevin had made for her. She was not too enthusiastic watching such films that involved gangsters and violence but watching it with her younger sibling was better than doing something alone, which was something usual for her for the most part.

Kevin on the other hand was stuffing his face with the sweet dessert as he watched the movie progress. It had been a rather slow movie at first but the climax was about to take place as one of the characters walked into an office where a man was sitting. "Guys we're eating junk and watching rubbish, you'd better come out and stop us!" Kevin suddenly yelled.

Becky briefly looked over at Kevin. There was no way that the family who had mysteriously 'disappeared' would be hearing Kevin's words. "They're not here Kevin," she mumbled under her breath but the eight year old was just too entranced into the movie to even listen to Becky. The teen continued to watch the movie but the tension that was taking place between the two characters made her predict that something terrible was going to happen and upon that, the man who was sitting by the table pulled out a rifle and pointed it to the other. "Kevin you don't want to-" she gasped as she was interrupted by the sudden gunshot that screamed out of the television.

Immediately, Kevin hid his eyes behind his hands and tried to block the scene from his sight. It had gotten too much for the eight year old and this was the moment that he realized the reason as to why such a movie was not allowed for underage children. Becky on the other hand was just too shocked the even respond when that scene when she had witnessed the brutal execution of the other man.

Kevin suddenly paused the movie and screamed, "MOM!"

Becky did a double take as she looked at a frightened Kevin. How could she have allowed something like this to happen? She was the older one and she should've known that such a film wasn't allowed for Kevin, no matter how much Kevin insisted upon seeing it. "Okay, I think that's enough of this movie," she said as she hopped off the couch, grabbed the remote from Kevin, and shut off the television. After doing so, she turned back around and faced Kevin seeing how frightened he looked. "Oh Kevin," she gently said as she walked over and wrapped her arms around him in an embrace.

Kevin wrapped his arms around her neck and tightly hugged her. He felt truly frightened from the movie and all he needed was some comfort. His mother wasn't here to give it to him but he trusted Becky enough that she would keep him safe and away from the terrible man that was once on the television. "That was horrible," Kevin shook as his hug tightened around Becky.

Becky had never seen Kevin had anyone so tightly before and all she could do was just comfort him and keep the recent memory from that movie away from him. "He was a horrible man wasn't he?" Becky said as she looked at Kevin, "I took care of him for you. He's gone and he won't come back again," she said to him.

As comforting as Becky tried to be, Kevin knew that the man would be back. He was in that cassette after all. "Thanks Becky," he mumbled as he kept his head buried into her chest and made sure to keep her sister close to him.

After all, he wouldn't want her to disappear.