I know I had some updates errors the other day and all of you are thinkin' "Jeez! Won't this girl cut it out?" But I promise this is a NEW chapter with NO errors in it. :p

"Nigel? NIGEL!" Lily screamed across the room. Nigel had just stepped off the elevator.

"Yes, luv?" He decided to go with Kate on this one and not tell anyone about Anderson. Yet.

"How'd it go? Tell us!" Jordan, who was with Lily, nodded, urging him to tell. Though Kate didn't know it, they had all, including the guys, been dying to hear about Kate's newly revealed sister.

"Oh, it was wonderful!" he said with a smile "Kate and her sis just seem... happy, you know? It was like nothing else mattered in the world."

"Oh my God, that's great." Jordan said, relieved. She and Kate may not always see eye to eye, but she still cared.

"Do you think we'll get to meet her?" asked Lily. Nigel shrugged.

"I don't know. But she seemed a lot like Kate. If it wasn't for her brown hair, I'd have trouble telling them apart."

Bug, Woody, and Garrett walked into the room; the commotion was irresistible.

"Hey, what's up?" Woody asked as he gave Jordan a peck on the cheek and put her arm around her waist. Bug did the same to Lily, but with the addition of Maddie in his arms. Garrett just stood there, the father of the group.

"Kate's sister, Erica, got in. I went and met her at the airport, and everything seems fine." Nigel said excitedly. Garrett smiled.

"Good. How long is she going to stay?"

"Uh... I think they said something like a week, but I'm not sure." Garrett nodded.

"Hey, Nige?" Jordan asked.

"Yeah?"

"Um, me and Lily were wondering the other day, do you know where Kate's brother is?" Nigel thought for a second.

"No, I don't love. Huh. Did they have his number in the file, Dr. M?" Garrett hesitated.

"Dr. Macy?" asked Bug. Garrett sighed.

"Ok. I didn't think I should tell you, but I'm going to. They did have a number listed, but it was the U.S. Marine Corp." he sighed again, "Ben is stationed in Iraq."

There were a few worried looks in the group.

"Damn." said Woody. Nigel, as always, looked at the bright side.

"Well, come on, I'm sure he's fine! If he wasn't, we would know from Kate's reaction, right?" Most of them nodded.

"Now listen to me," Garrett was serious. "you will not talk to Kate about it. If she wants us know, she'll tell us. You hear me?" Again they all nodded. They knew what would happen if Kate found out they were meddling in her private life again.

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On the drive to Kate's from the airport, the sisters did some much needed catching-up, but Erica focused on something else.

"So what's up with the British guy?" Erica asked playfully.

"What? Nothing! Come on, you know me better than that. We're just friends." Kate sounded adamant but in her mind she was confused by her own words. Erica just snorted.

"Ha! You can't pretend I didn't see the way you looked at him! I may not have seen that look in a long time, but I still know it."

"What look? I look at him the same way as everybody else." Kate was getting defensive.

"Please, you looked like you were going to turn to mush. I saw you talking with him, and if he was any other guy, you'd have kicked his ass." Kate was silent. Erica leaned back in her seat, with that satisfied look on her face.

"I knew it. There is something going on." Kate tried to protest, but decided to go on to a different subject.

"So, have you heard from Ben lately?"

"Not recently," they both looked worried "but the last time I heard his squad was moved from Baghdad to Karradah Sharqiyah, or at least that's how I think you pronounce it." Kate might have been more relieved if she had heard from him herself. She still couldn't believe that her baby brother was fighting in a war. It was one of the few things that scared her. But, she knew why he did it. All of them had lost a lot of friends in the Towers, and he said he needed to protect the rest of them.

"I guess that's good. At least he's out of the busy part, right?" She looked at Erica questioningly, but she was looking out the window, not wanting to answer.

"Let's talk about something else. Did you get the Email from Sophie?" Erica asked. Sophie was Ben's wife, whom he had married straight out of college.

"Yeah." She said happily, "I can't believe the girls are about to turn 5! I'm just hoping it'll start to get easier to tell them apart. Was a party at the zoo Christine's idea or Teresa's?" Erica smiled.

"I'm pretty sure it was Christine's, she's the animal lover. Teresa wanted it at the park, but decided to go with her sis on this one I guess." Teresa and Christine, the small family's pride and joys, were Ben and Sophie's twin girls. They were bold and smart for their age, so they were pretty much replicas of their aunts.

"I'm thinking about going back to New York to see them soon, maybe I can make it to their party."

"I think they'd love that." Kate may be prickly and rough, but when it came to her family, especially her nieces, that tough barrier would melt away. Erica knew Kate wouldn't miss the party for the world. They were her little sunshines. Erica always thought it was a pity that Kate never married; she would've been a great mom. But she was happy that she didn't marry the last two idiots at the same time.

"Ok, now tell me what you've been up to lately!" Kate pushed. Erica tried to smile.

"Oh, not much, really."

"Anybody caught your eye while you were in Seattle?" Kate raised her eyebrow in her signature fashion. Erica blushed, but hid it well.

"Not really, no. Well..." Damn it, she had to tell her something, "there was some one, I guess. But it didn't last." She spoke in a rush.

"Hm." Kate just nodded. She knew what that felt like, and that Erica wouldn't want to talk about it.

The rest of the drive was full of happier subjects, and when they got home, Binky was overjoyed to have two mommy's. Erica got situated, and after a lenglthy debate about location, they decided to have some fun. Dressed to kill, they went for a girl's night out on the town. Needless to say, they knocked 'em dead.