'Kay, was stuck really stuck with this chapter and then lovely LAeyball pops up with a page of this and ta-dah it's all in a row again. Thanks so much LA. I didn't change much, just some really more things to much with the rest of the story. So I present you the hybrid of LA's and my own imagination.

27

Kelly sat down next to Sabrina. At least she wasn't staring at things any more, Kelly thought gratefully. At least she was taking more of an interest in her surroundings.

Sabrina looked around at Kelly.

"H-hi."

"Hi!" Kelly replied, and smiled. "How you doing, kiddo?" She was a little surprised to hear her talk.

"Um..." Sabrina furrowed her brow.

"Okay."

She looked puzzled.

"What's wrong, Bri?"

"Um..." Sabrina faltered. "You see th-that..uh..." she pointed across the room. "that ... thing...over.. there..."

Kelly looked across the room, and saw a table with a telephone on it. Okay. She turned back to Sabrina, who now seemed to be focusing her attention on the phone.

"Bri - do you mean... the telephone?" Kelly urged.

"Uh...yeah..." Sabrina sighed, distracted.

Kelly waited patiently but Sabrina seemed to have closed up.

"What about it?" She tried.

"Uh..." Another sigh. "What ...is it?"

Kelly wasn't sure what she meant.

"You mean the telephone?"

"Yeah the- the..tele..thing. What ...is...it?" Sabrina's face crumpled.

Kelly's heart sank.

"Hey, kiddo - it's okay!" She put an arm round her shoulder and gave her a quick hug.

"Its just something you call people with!" Kelly smiled brightly at Sabrina, trying to brighten her dissipating mood.

"It's okay, don't worry! It's just a phone! Okay?"

Sabrina groaned.

"I'm so dumb!"

"No you're not!" Kelly hugged her again, then the door opened and Jill came in. She stopped when she saw Sabrina was close to tears.

"Hey, Bri! You okay?" Jill looked at Kelly apprehensively.

"It's okay - we were just ... talking about the phone, weren't we Bri?" Kelly gave Jill a look.

Jill's face fell a little.

"Oh. She forg..."

"Jill!" Kelly snapped, irritated with her insensitivity

Jill's eyes grew wide.

"Oh Jeez I'm sorry Bri! I didn't mean to upse-"

Sabrina stood up.

"I'M NOT CRAZY!" She suddenly shouted and ran over to the telephone, grabbed it and threw it on the floor with a loud clatter. Kelly and Jill looked, on, shocked. The phones receiver rolled around the floor on its cord, then finally came to a stop near the wall. Sabrina stood watching it, as if she was afraid.

"Now look what you did!" Kelly muttered under her breath at Jill.

The door opened and the all too familiar doctor came in.

''Haha, having trouble? I see she woke.''

Sabrina turned at him, a well known spark crossed her eyes. ''Hey, don't t-talk about me like I'm not here! 'Cause I-I am!''

''Yeah, yeah we know... come on now, take your pills and go to sleep like a good girl.''

Sabrina opened her mouth to argue but Kelly put her hand on her shoulder.

''It's okay.'' she mouthed and took the small paper cup with the small pills inside and smiled at the doctor. ''Thank you. You can go now.''

He laughed and left.

Sabrina sat on the bed and buried her head in her palms. Kelly sat next to her and put her hand around her shoulder. She rubbed circles on her back gently.

''It's okay Bri... it's okay...''

''I'm not stupid K-Kelly... I- I'm not stupid...'' she whispered weakly.

Jill lifted her chin up with her hand and looked her in the eyes. ''Of course you are not. And don't let anybody make you believe you are, okay?''

''B-but...''

''He is the stupid one. Okay?''

''O-okay.''

''Never.''

Sabrina nodded and swallowed hard.

''So this is where I live?'

''Yeah, kinda.''

Kelly smiled. On the day that had passed Sabrina's ability of talking increased and she was able to understand more things now. Enough to be able to head home, at last.

''Kelly?''

''Hm?''

''Is it bad that I don't... know it?''

''Of course it isn't bad! You will, when the time comes.''

''Oh... okay.''

She sat on an armchair and picked up a book she found on the coffee table. Kelly smiled and left for the kitchen. She returned a while later with two cups. She handed one to Sabrina but she was too absorbed in her book to take it. Kelly stretched her neck to see the title.

''Das Kapital?''

''Huh?'' asked Sabrina looking at her surprised.

''Bri, that's in German. You remember German?''

''I... understand it... but... I don't know if it's in German. Is it... bad?''

''No...no it isn't.''

Sabrina though left the book on the coffee table and stared at the wall with her eyes blank. Kelly sighed. She reached for her hand but Sabrina pulled away as if scared.

''Bri... it's alright to be...'' she paused struggling for the right word that wouldn't hurt her friend.

''I don't think being stupid is alright...'' she replied and looked away.

''Hey, hey, what did Jill told you? You're not stupid. You're just a little confused, that's all. Everything will be okay.''

''How long do I have to wait?'' she asked impatiently.

''Well... that's...''

''None of you got a damn idea, do you? It might be forever then.''

''No, Bri it's not it's-''

''Just leave me alone. Please?''

Kelly stopped and bit into her lip. ''Okay. I'll go buy some grocery for dinner. Will you be okay alone?''

''Yes.''

''Alright. Watch some television, it turns on with the small button there.''

''Okay.''

Kelly forced a smile and unlocked the door. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around.

''Thank you.'' Sabrina said.

Kelly nodded and closed the door behind her.

Sabrina stopped. She patted at the door and turned the key. She tried to open then door and it opened easily. She locked again and tried. It was still unlocked. She looked at the door puzzled and abandoned all effort.

She turned at the thing that Kelly pointed as ''Television''. She looked at it and furrowed her brow. She paced around it some times. Carefully not to wake it she approached from behind. It didn't say anything. Good.

She crouched and brought her finger on the button Kelly mentioned. Press it, or not?

Kelly seemed nice. Why tell her do something that would hurt her? Rational.

Slowly she pressed it. The sound emerged was huge in her ears. She fell on her back terrified.

Screeching violins, violas, and cellos filled the room. A woman taking a shower. Sabrina stopped and watched as a dark figure approached. She got up. She crouched and tapped on the screen as the woman let her last dying scream. She tapped again and scratched her chin.

''...the heck...''

She pushed the button and the black box went dead. She pushed again.

''Hey this is fun!''

Eventually she figured that there were more buttons there that the on/off. She decided between two black and two red. She pressed one of the red and suddenly there was no sound in the room. She smiled and tried the other red. The sound returned slowly.

''Hm...''

She decided to press the black button. A huge bear with red clothes and a silly grin came running to her direction yelling. ''I found your tail Eeyore! Let me pin it back!''

''WHAT?'' she yelled in response to the schizophrenic bear that wanted to plant a tail on her. She fell back with eyes popping out.

Kelly burst in hearing her yell. She blinked over the TV and then Sabrina panting on the floor.

''Is... everything okay?''

Sabrina muttered something and pointed at the television.

''Oh, that?''

''The bear! It's-It's...''

''Yeah, that's... Winnie the Pooh...''

''What... is this?''

''It's a cartoon.''

''But... but... can you... make it stop?''

Kelly frowned. ''Um... yeah...'' She turned it off. ''Okay?''

Sabrina nodded and got up. She swallowed and took a seat on the sofa, her eyes glued on the silent black device.

''So, what exactly is this?''

''The television?''

''No, the bear!''

''Oh... erm... it's a cartoon... for young kids.''

''Then why is it so scary?''

''Well... you find this scary?''

''Yeah! I was watching this woman yelling in the shower and then this thing popped up!''

''So, you are scared of Winnie...''

''I don't know who you're talking about but...''

''Well... ''

''So... this thing... do these things see me? I mean, I see them and there's only glass between us, right? So they see me too? Isn't that scary? Why put something like this in your house?''

''No, no they don't!'' she laughed loudly and then noticed Sabrina's hurt expression. ''I mean they don't... ''

''It's okay, laugh all you want.''

''No, no Bri, I really didn't mean to-''

''I said it's okay! You're right. It's stupid. I'm stupid.''

She got up and left for the bedroom.

Kelly rubbed her temples and followed her. She found her sitting on the bed staring at the floor.

''Hey Bri...''

She sat next to her and sighed.

''I really didn't mean to-''

''What do you remember?''

''About what?''

''About me, about the person I was, what comes first in mind?''

''Hm... I think it is a story you told me once...''

''Can you...?''

''Oh, the story well... okay. Once upon a time there was a little family. In this little family lived Dad, Mom, and a little girl...''