"Kris," Pablo interrupted, trying to make Kris be sensible. "If the doctor says you should stay-"

"Crap the doctor!" Kris shouted, removing the IV in her arm. "I'm leaving now." Kris got up out of bed, a bit woozy at first, but with the support of Pablo, was able to get her things and leave the hospital within the next wife minutes. All Pablo could do was shrug his shoulders at the astonished nurses as they watched the girl who was still near death make her way out of the hospital.

Once they were in the car, Pablo commented. "You know, you're probably going to die soon if you don't get check into a hospital." Kris smirked, uncaring of her fate as long as she saw Raintree and Flame one last time.

"I know," she replied, completely calm. "But I hate hospitals. I've spent enough time there with my mom." Pablo took a glance at her.

"I don't remember you telling me about your mom being in the hospital much before," he stated. Kris nodded in response.

"She got cancer," Kris informed him. His eyes widened, but when he looked at Kris, she seemed calm.

"Is she alright?" he questioned. To his surprise, Kris' eyes seemed to glaze over as she looked out the window, a small smile appearing on her face.

"She's gone."

"And that's something to smile about?" Kris then turned to face him, but he turned his eyes towards the road.

"She's in a place where she can't kill herself with pills." Pablo wasn't sure how to continue the subject, so he changed it.

"And Jace?" she turned away from the window again.

"Signed up for another term in the Marines," she let out a deep breath. "His plane was bombed the moment it hit the ground." Pablo was taken aback, losing one person in your life was bad enough, but to lose your entire family?

"Kris, I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you," Pablo apologized, truly feeling guilty for shunning her. "But I'm here for you now. So…what have you been doing this past year?" At this, her eyes turned cold, and she refused to focus on one certain thing.

"Let's not talk about it." Pablo nodded, deciding that Kris had been through enough without her personal life coming into play.

"Everyone's really excited to see you," Pablo stated, trying to get onto a lighter subject. "Especially Matt." Kris' memory went directly to when they'd visited.

"Great." She tried to sound enthusiastic, but she felt more downhearted.

"You can sleep if you're tired, Kris," Pablo insisted. "I told you that you should've stayed in the hospital."

"I'm alright," Kris insisted, though she did feel like closing her eyes. "I'm just happy to be going back to Raintree."

"I know, we've missed you." Pablo let out a sigh. "We haven't won too many races since you've left." Kris' eyes shot open.

"What about Flame?" she questioned, shock evident in her voice.

"We've never gotten him to full out sprint," Pablo explained. "But we're working on it." Pablo hadn't meant to strike a nerve, but he had, and there was no taking it back.

"I wish I could've helped," Kris commented, an edge of bitterness in her voice.