Hope

Lots of naps

Lisa doesn't know what just happened. SHe heard a thud then Christina screaming in German. Then when she ran upstairs to see what happened... Christina had Amy pinned to the floor both of them were breathing heavily. Amy seems to be in the midst of a panic attack and Christina looking like a caged lion had just been let out... but at the same time, Christina looked like a lost kitten, scared for its life.

Lisa had said "Beruhigen. Du bist sicher. Es ist Lisa. Erinnerst du dich? Amy Freilassen. Sie hat eine Panikattacke. " And as soon as she said that something like... recognition flashed through Christina's eyes.  Then Lisa again said, "Setzen Sie die Löwin wieder schlafen, bringen Sie die Maus" hoping to finally get Christina to relax. She knew very little German, piecing together small parts to make a sentence that sounded like it would work.

Then Lisa had calmed Amy down significantly to where she could walk. Then, she [Amy] went to her room.

Now, Christina was panicking intensely believing that... something. Honestly, she couldn't understand Chris. She was talking way too fast for Lisa's comprehension level.

"Sie waren so nett. Jetzt habe ich versaut. Jetzt muss ich gehen. Oh Gott. Ich wollte nicht. Lisa hat Ihnen gesagt, dass ich es nicht wollte. I... Oh Gott. Ich wusste, ich hätte mich nicht hängen lassen sollen. Dumm. Dumm. Dumm. Deshalb halten Sie Abstand. Christina, Beruhige dich. Behalte deine gelassenheit. Weniger Emotionen, weniger Schmerzen."

Katherine was desperately attempting to get Christina's attention.

"Keine Emotionen. Bringen Sie es nach unten. Weniger Gefühle, bitte. Warum. Warum musste mir das passieren? Ich wollte Abstand halten, es hat nicht geklappt... Ich sollte laufen. So weniger Schmerzen. Dann ist es mmy Wahl."

Lisa was so emotionally exhausted that she feels so tired. She closes her eyes... and... slowly... everything... Goes black.

Katherine doesn't know what to do. Chris is... Freaking out, Lisa... Fell asleep or fainted or something... Amy is...  somewhere. Why is this house falling apart? Ever since Amy got here, everything has been a mess. She knew Chris was gonna freak out because... its Chris but, she didn't know it would be this bad. She is trying frantically to get Christina to calm down and as much as Katherine wants to hug her, she knows she shouldn't or else she may set off another panic attack and that's the last thing they need right now.

She knows German quite well, so she understands what Chris is saying but, speaking it is a completely different story. With her being deaf, pronouncing things in English can be a little difficult and so, trying to do it German... It always comes out sounding wrong and Christina just looks at her weirdly. Even with her hearing aids in her hearing is a little... different? She doesn't know how to describe it but, she does know that it isn't like normal hearing. 

Katherine waves her hands wildly, in front of Christina, desperately trying to get her to snap out of it. Recognition seems to flash in her wild eyes and she begins crying quietly.

Katherine slowly approaches her, hoping to give her a hug, Christina doesn't flinch from Katherine approaching and as a result, Katherine takes the cue to hug her.

Christina melts into Katherine's arms, her breathing picking up immediately. Gosh darn it, this was what Katherine was trying to avoid.

"Shhhh, Chris, your ok, it's ok, everything will be ok, you are safe..."

Katherine begins leading Christina to her own room.

"Ich wollte nicht, dass Sie mich rausschmeißen... bitte."

"It's ok, they won't kick you out, I promise."

Christina nods, and now, Katherine has lowered her down onto a queen sized bed, where Christina would sleep tonight.

"Just take a nap, Chrissy, you'll be ok."

Christina lets go of Katherine, curling up to go take a nap. When Katherine is sure that Christina will be ok, at least for a while she leaves to go take care of Lisa, who is... sleeping on the floor.

Katherine attempts to pick Lisa up, succeeding partially. She carries her to Lisa and her shared room, lying her down on her own bed.

"Lisa...  this is why you need to rest more... It's alright, I'm gonna make sure Amy is ok now."

As Katherine slowly walks toward Amy's room and when she looks inside, Jessie, the dog, is cuddling next to a sleeping Amy. Katherine sighs and Jessie looks up at her, whimpering. Katherine smiles and picks up Amy, setting her down in the queen sized bed, under the loft. Jessie jumps up onto the bed where Amy is and cuddles up next to her.

"Take good care of her Jess..."

Katherine walks out and goes back to Christina's room, lying down in bed next to her. Christina subconsciously wraps her arms around Katherine, Katherine sighing contently.

Katherine couldn't lie to herself. She had fallen for the green-eyed, German girl very quickly. Katherine didn't know what it was but... Christina had brightened up her own life. Christina was very guarded but, once you broke those walls down, she was sweet. She had so many scars that she thought no one would love her but... Katherine definitely loved her. She didn't know if it was legal... because they were foster sisters, not biological but, she didn't really care. Katherine remembers the nice day they spent together at the beach during a 'family' road trip. They had spent most of the day together, and they sat and watched the sunset together, Mike took a picture and then left them both alone to enjoy the time deciding to let them bond with each other. As far as Katerine knew, Mike had no clue that Katherine had liked Christina.

After Mike had left, Christina had turned to her. They had held eye contact for a few seconds before Katherine had lent in for a kiss. Then it happened... they kissed. It lasted for a little while but, she didn't count. The rest of the night they had never talked about it. When they finally did... they were sitting on the roof of their home. Christina had confessed that she had feelings for Katherine and Katherine was overjoyed, she had told Christina that she felt the same way.

They had shared another kiss and cuddled. They had kept the entire thing under wraps, no one knowing about the affair between the two.

Katherine... She didn't know how to feel. She thought that no one would ever love her because of her... less than glamorous past but, with Christina, she didn't have a care in the world. Sure she had her insecurities that Christina would leave her but, in the end, she didn't care because she wanted to live in her moment of love.

Before Katherine knew it, she had drifted to sleep as well.