She lay awake in her bed. She couldn't sleep. Wally said he'd take her to the party, but no-one could see him, so, in theory, she would be alone.

She rolled onto her side, deep in thought. She thought that she loved Jason, but why did she crave the company of Wally and not Jason?

Was it because she'd missed him so much and wanted to make the most of him being there? Or maybe she had feelings for him, feelings which she thought had gone seven years ago.

She drifted off to sleep for a few hours, when she awoke again she found Wally lying peacefully next to her. She lifted her head up and held it upright with her elbow on the bed and observed him carefully. Not understanding how a boy who died at the age of nine grew into a teenager of sixteen. She lifted her hand and placed it on his arm. It went through. Finding this fascinating, she did it numerous times until Wally's eyes opened and he gazed up at her. Neither of them said a word, but a strong bond reformed between them. A bond which both of them thought lost.

Wally held up his hand. Kuki copied, expecting her hand to go through, but they touched. The coldness and pins and needles in Kuki's palm made her shiver. She pulled her hand back and then, once again, examined her deceased companion. She placed her hand on his chest, where the stake which had taken him away from her had been. Her hand went straight through him, and touched the bed underneath him.

He gave a breathless laugh and pulled his hoodie to reveal the scar on his torso.

She lay back next to him, their sides touching, a cold rush of pins and needles ran all up and down where his body was touching hers. But she didn't care. In fact, it helped her relax. She smiled as she closed her eyes and fell back into a deep sleep. The deepest sleep which she had slept in so long.

She awoke the next morning and Wally was no longer next to her. She got up and dressed, before going downstairs. Her mother had already gone to work so Kuki was left in peace.

She ate her breakfast and sat on the couch watching TV. She flinched as Wally appeared sitting next to her. He looked over to her and smiled, she looked back at him and beamed back.

"Good sleep?" He asked, turning his view from her, to the television, back to her again.

"Yeah, thanks." Kuki replied, nodding.

They were both silent, enjoying the company of one another as they sat and watched the television, just like they always used to.

"I don't get it Wally." Kuki said after a while. Wally looked at her to see what she had to say.

"Last night, you could touch me…I mean…Our hands…I could feel you…but why couldn't I touch your chest?" She said confused.

Wally gave a smile and turned his body towards her.

"Well, it's pretty hard to explain. I've learned how to touch or move things. But, I have to really concentrate to do it. And you know how hard it is for me to concentrate." He chuckled.

Kuki giggled back and then looked at her watch. She stood up and started picking up things such as house keys, ipod, phone, purse etc.

She opened the door and held it open.

"You coming?" She asked. Wally shrugged and followed her.

"Wait, wait!" She told him before he got to the door. He froze and looked at her, confused.

She walked out and closed the door. He appeared through it a few seconds later.

"Wow! That's so cool!" She squealed. Wally gave a chuckle.

"You haven't changed as much as I thought you had." He grinned at her. She smirked back and they began to walk down the street.

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"Shopping? You brought me out of here so that you could go shopping?" Wally moaned as Kuki went though different dresses.

"This one'd be good for the party." Kuki said, holding out a long, purple dress. She placed it against her to check it would fit her.

"Yeah, it looks like a big bruise." Wally muttered to her.

"It's a roman themed party." Kuki glared at him.

"Oh, that sounds mature…sixteen year olds walking around dressed in togas, yeah, sounds fun." Wally rolled his eyes.

'I'm late!" Kuki stated, looking at her watch. She went to the queue to pay for the dress.

"For what?" Wally asked curiously.

"Lunch with a friend." Kuki replied. "You can come if you promise to behave.

"I always behave." Wally replied.

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Kuki walked quickly to the restaurant. Where a thin boy dressing in mainly blue was waiting by the door. He smiled and waved.

"Numbuh 2! Is that really him?" Wally asked in amazement.

Hoagie was the one of the gang, who had changed the most. He had gotten taller, slimmer and pretty good looking (Just like he looked in operation KISS).

Kuki nodded subtly and walked over to give her old friend a hug.

"Hey Kuki, how're you doing?" He smiled at her.

"I'm getting better." Kuki replied. "Sorry I'm late."

"Ah, don't worry about it." Hoagie replied.

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"Is it just me or has he got really, really irritating?" Wally sighed. They had been sat at the table for about fifteen minutes and had just ordered.

Kuki shushed him and looked back at Hoagie.

"What?" Hoagie asked, his grin still painted onto his face.

"Sorry." Kuki said quietly, realizing that Hoagie couldn't see Wally so to him, she was talking to thin air.

"Don't be. I love it when we get together like this. You know we only ever team up when we have a mission or something, we don't have fun anymore. I really do love just hanging out." Hoagie replied.

"Great! Now he's talking about love. I always knew he was a girl!" Wally sneered walking over and examining Hoagie up and down.

Kuki giggled at him and Wally walked back over to her side.

"Did you know, According to mathematical theory, we should date a dozen people before choosing a long-term partner; that provides the best chance that you'll make a love match?" Hoagie stated.

"Look, we're not nine anymore. We don't care about your cruddy 'did you know' facts." Wally moaned, forgetting that Hoagie couldn't hear or see him.

"Your drinks." The waiter arrived, handing Kuki her fizzy orange and Hoagie a diet coke.

He then walked away.

"So, how's your new sister?" Kuki asked picking up her drink and lifting it towards her mouth.

Wally stopped her arm before it reached her mouth and began to wrestle with her hand, making the drink in her hand shake and splash.

"Oh, Ruby? She's doing great. I mean, just the other day she laughed at me. Her first laugh, it was so great…" Hoagie carried on talking as he watched Kuki shake her drink around unusually. She looked at him casually as she tipped her glass all over her lap. He stopped talking and gazed at her in confusion.

"Carry on." Kuki prompted him.

"Yes Hoagie, carry on!" Wally repeated.

"O…kay…well, it was more of a giggle than a laugh but it was just great at the way she laughed at me, you know…I've been working on my jokes recently and I was practicing them and she just burst out into this giggle…"

Wally took Kuki's hand and began to shake it around, making it look like she was conducting some music. He found it rather amusing.

Kuki, on the other hand was feeling highly embarrassed. She kept glaring at Wally and attempted to act normal as Hoagie spoke to her and watched her with confusion.

With one swing, Wally made Kuki's hand knock the empty glass in front of her fall and smash on the floor.

Hoagie stopped talking and gazed at her.

"Why'd you do that?" He asked.

"Erm. To get the waiters attention?" Kuki replied.

"I don't really think that works." Hoagie chuckled wearily. He turned towards the kitchen to see their food being brought by a waiter. "Well, it obviously does, I'll have to remember that."

"Your meals." The waiter placed the meals on the table and scowled as he disappeared and reappeared with a dustpan and brush to clean up the glass.

Hoagie watched the waiter and apologized, making up some story about the table being wobbly. Kuki picked up her napkin, only for Wally to hold it up to her face. She struggled to pull it back down and eventually managed to escape his grip. She looked at Hoagie who was staring at her as if she were some lunatic.

"Peek-a-boo." She giggled nervously.

"Yeah, peek-a-boo, I play that with Ruby." Hoagie replied, now obviously slightly scared by Kuki's strange behavior.

Kuki smiled and went to pick up her knife and fork, but Wally beat her to it. He grabbed her wrists and made her pick up the plate. Bringing it up to her nose.

"Oh yeah, mm, smells pretty good." Hoagie copied. Kuki smiled and gave Wally what he always called the death glare. Which was one which read 'I'm getting rather irritated with you'.

"You know Kuki, I hope you don't mind me saying but since your break up, I think you're acting a li…" He stopped mid sentence when Kuki's plate was thrown behind her onto the poor unfortunate diners sitting there.

"Okay, I think we'd better go." Hoagie said, he stood up, placed a $50 bill on the table and they both walked out.

They stopped outside to say goodbye.

"Look, Kuki, It's pretty easy to see you're not taking this well. I'm just saying, we're all here for you okay? And you know where I am if you need me." Hoagie gave her a hug and walked away.

"For crud's sake! He was really starting to annoy me!" Wally stated as they watched him walk away.

Kuki turned to look at him and stormed off in the opposite direction.

"Hey Kooks? Where ya goin? It was just a joke!" Wally called after her.

"I don't want to talk to you right now Wally!" Kuki screamed back.