AN: Thank you so much for the reviews and for adding the story to your alerts/favorites! Kristina is starting to feel like my baby, so I'm glad that you are enjoying the ride. Special thanks go to Brina for betaing. You are wonderful as always.

Kristina stirred at the light touch that she felt on her shoulder. The hand that had tapped her was now softly stroking her hair. At first she thought it was Flack, but then she realized that this hand was much smaller than his. Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled when she saw the woman sitting in front of her.

"Hey Sam," she said smiling.

"Hey girl. How ya doin?"

Kristina moved over and motioned for Sam to lie down on the bed. "I'm good. How are you?"

"I've been better. I figured we could both use a girls' night in," Sam said as she got in the bed.

"That sounds amazing, but I have to ask. Did Don put you up to this?"

Sam laughed. "You two know each other way too well. Yes, he called me. But I haven't seen you in a long time and I've missed you. That's why I came over. Not because he asked me to."

"Oh okay," Kristina said sarcastically. "And what does he plan on doing tonight? He's not a girl so he can't stay here."

"I think he said he was going to go out with Danny or something. Or maybe your brothers."

"Oh God help New York City if he and my brothers get together," Kristina said causing Sam to laugh.

"You know there was a time where the same could be said for us," Sam commented.

"Yeah, but things have obviously changed with us."

"They have. And that saddens me Kris. What happened to you?" Sam asked.

"I went off the deep end and started drinking away my sorrows. What's your answer?" Kristina retorted.

"Well I didn't go crazy, but I was drinking my sorrows away for a while. I got help though."

Kristina sighed. She thought that might be the reason Flack called Sam, and now she was certain. "That's why he called you isn't it? He wants you to 'help' me."

"Kris, he's worried about you. I know that only you can decide when you're ready to get help, but when you do I'm here. I'll take you to meetings, whatever you need."

Kristina smiled. She was so glad she had Sam as a best friend. They lay in the bed for several minutes before deciding to get up and get some food.

"I want to make something easy. I'm not in the mood to cook a ton," Kristina said looking in the pantry.

"We could order out? I've kind of been craving Chinese lately," Sam suggested.

"Ooh Chinese sounds great. I think I have a menu somewhere." Kristina began looking through her drawers and quickly found a menu. The girls decided on what they wanted and ordered the food.

"Alright, they said it would be forty-five minutes to an hour. What do you want to do while we wait?" Kristina asked.

"Oh, let's watch a movie. I'm in the mood for something sappy," Sam replied.

"Alright, sappy I've got. How does Kate & Leopold sound?"

"Oh my gosh! I haven't seen that movie in forever!" Sam exclaimed.

Kristina took her response as a yes and put the movie in the DVD player. The two friends watched the first ten minutes then began talking. They hadn't spoken in almost a year so they had a lot to catch up on.

"Therapy has been going well. And the medicine is starting to help. It's only been a week so I can't really tell a difference yet. Hey, by the way, do you remember that time we put the cat hair under Don's pillow?" Kristina asked.

"Oh do I! That was hilarious. He was up all night if I remember."

"Sam I don't think this is a good idea. What if he gets really sick?"

"Oh Kris stop being such a baby. I don't think it will bother him at all. Just go in there and slip it under his pillow. Then hurry back in here. Make absolutely sure he doesn't see you."

"But why do I have to do it? Why can't you?"

"Because you're younger than me. And if he's in there he won't get mad at you for interrupting him. Come on Kris, just do it."

"Ugh fine! Give it to me."

Sam handed the small cat hair over to her friend. Kristina slowly walked out of the room and across the hall to Flack's room. She peeked inside to make sure he wasn't there and then slipped inside. She went up to the bed and put the cat hair under the pillow. Kristina hurried back into Sam's room.

"Did you do it?" Sam asked the second Kristina closed the door.

"Yes. I still don't think it's a good idea though."

"Well there's nothing we can do about it now."

The girls stayed in Sam's room until they heard Flack go to bed. They went over to the door and listened quietly. Within minutes they heard Flack sneeze and they couldn't contain their laughter.

Flack tried to sleep that night, but couldn't stop sneezing. He finally got up and went downstairs to sleep on the couch.

The next morning Mrs. Flack washed her son's sheets and called the two girls downstairs. "Did you girls try to play a trick on Don last night?"

Sam looked at her innocently. "No."

Mrs. Flack gave her a look that said she wasn't buying it and Kristina snapped.

"We did. We put a cat hair under his pillow. It was Sam's idea. I just put it there. We wanted to see if it would make him sneeze all night. I didn't want to do it, but Sam convinced me to."

"Krisss!!!!" Sam cried as her best friend went silent.

The look on her mother's face said they were both in big trouble, but Flack walked into the room. He had heard everything and had a smile on his face.

"It's okay Ma. They were just having a bit of fun. I'm okay. It just made me sneeze a lot. No harm done," he said winking at the girls.

"Alright if you say so. Are you kids hungry? I'll go make us some lunch. Are sandwiches okay?" Without waiting to hear an answer, Mrs. Flack went into the kitchen to make their lunch.

Flack walked over to the girls and kneeled down in front of them. "Now that wasn't very nice of you to do last night. I didn't feel well at all. Can you promise me that you won't do it again? Please?"

"We promise," the girls mumbled in unison.

"Good. Now who wants to go outside and play before lunch?" Flack smiled at the excited looks he got and the three went outside to play.

"Wow, how old were we?" Sam asked.

"Well, I'm pretty sure I was six," Kristina responded.

"So I was nine and Don was sixteen. He really was extremely patient with us," Sam noted.

Kristina laughed. "He's still patient with us. I'm surprised he never yelled at us or really got mad at us for all of the stupid things we did."

"Oh I know! We used to bother him so much. And he always laughed it off."

"I remember when I was little, I wished he was my brother instead of Alan and Gavin. But then I got older and developed a crush so that wish went out the window."

"God, you were in love with him."

"Yeah, but he was your brother. And he was way too old for me."

"Plus you met Nate."

"Yeah. And I really did love him. I still do. I think part of me will always love him. But I have Don now. After how many years? I'm finally with him," Kristina said with a laugh.

"Ya know that makes me laugh. Back then you 'couldn't' love him because he was ten years older than you and was my brother, but it's okay now?"

"Yeah, I know it's weird. God I missed you so much Sam."

"I missed you too Kris. I don't know why we stopped talking, but it can't happen again," Sam said as she leaned over and hugged her best friend.

The ringing doorbell interrupted their conversation. Kristina got up and paid for the food then went and sat back down on the couch. She and Sam stayed up for most of the night talking and catching up.

When Flack got home the next morning he found them passed out on the couch. He laughed at the sight, but was also relieved. He knew that calling Sam had been the right thing to do.

AN: I know not much happened here, but I really wanted to show the relationship between Sam and Kris. It is an interesting one and we will definitely see more of it later on. I hope you enjoyed it!

~Jess