And after the silence ... there were.. REVIEWS!

LK

9

''Why you ask?''

''Because we're heading out of LA! Sabrina!''

''Just shut up Kells.'' She said softly, with no threat in her voice. Kelly winced and prepared herself for an argument but changed her mind. Sabrina would do what she wanted to do anyway. They were driving in silence when she suddenly heard Sabrina hum. She recognised the song, and smiled gently when she heard her sing lowly.

''Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars...'' She hummed again. ''Mmm...'' Kelly closed her eyes and sang the next lines. ''Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars...'' She stopped.

''Bri?''

''Yeah?'' Her eyebrow rose, but didn't turn to look at her friend.

''You okay?''

''I'm fine.''

Jeez Sabrina. You do know how to kill a conversation dead. Kelly scratched her head and wished she hadn't interrupted her singing, because now the silence felt thicker. The dawn broke soon and Kelly realised where they were going.

''Why are you taking me there?''

''... 'Cause...''

''Sabrina.''

''You owe this to this kid... just this little thing.''

''Why...?''

''Because you know-''

''Not that. Why are you taking me?''

They both stopped talking. Kelly didn't attempt a conversation again. She sunk in her seat and tried to hide a few tears of frustration. Sabrina looked at the rear-view mirror and stopped at the side of the road. The road was empty. She killed the engine and shifted her attention to Kelly. She brushed a generous swath of errant hair from Kelly's face and looked in her eyes, and then without a warning pulled her into an embrace. When Kelly looked at her again, she was already starting the engine and clicking her seat belt on.

Kelly sunk down in her seat even more, sobs wrecking her body, and she knew Sabrina was aware, but kept on looking forward, driving on the never ending highway.

Running, chasing the things they lost, chasing the things they would never get to in time, the memories that Kelly wanted to evade for years, all leading back to one place that haunted her dreams. All of the nights she couldn't sleep but cried instead, all the nights she spend her hours looking outside a window up to the stars in the sky, led there.

All of the times she wanted to pick up the phone and call someone, the times that went empty and lost, she knew they all led up there, but still didn't want to go. Still didn't want to. And now Sabrina was taking her there, without asking her, without considering her opinion. Did this woman even know what she was doing?! She wanted to open the door, yell at her to hit the brake. Yell at her that she is not one to mess around with, just yell until she couldn't breathe, but these damn tears wouldn't stop, they just formed a lump in her throat making it impossible to talk, impossible to scream at Sabrina that she had to leave her alone, that she had to back off. She had to, God she had to otherwise...

Otherwise what Kelly? Otherwise she would find out things she didn't want? Otherwise ... you would lose the only person in this world... that seemed to care a little bit about you? And what about Kris? Kris talks to much... She was a fine person, true, but how would she react if she just one day dropped by her place and opened her big mouth and broke up just in front of her?

Jill would kill her...

A small nudge on her shoulder startled her back to reality. Sabrina pushed a box of tissues in her lap, without looking at her. Kelly took it from her, but when Bri tried to pull her hand away she didn't let her. Finally she looked at her, questioningly. Kelly held her hand in hers and looked up.

''Thank you.''