"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" she screamed.
The other girls thought that she was just joking.
"Alright, Faith. Stop that..." Mandy shouted.
After a few minutes, Leighanne noticed that something was wrong and told the others.
"Faith!" Leighanne shouted.
No reply came and they got worried.
Suddenly, five guys came running out of the kitchen, one of them carrying Faith on his shoulders.
"SURPRISE!!!" AJ yelled.
"Guys! It's you...!! We thought there were burglars or something..." Leighanne said.
"LET ME DOWN!!!!!! NICKOLAS GENE CARTER, YOU'RE GONNA GET IT FROM ME!!!!" Faith yelled.
"Alright, Nick...let her down..." Kevin said.
"Dude, she'll kill me once I...uhhhh..." Nick dropped Faith onto the ground as she bit into his arm.
"You're DEAD!!!" Faith screamed and started to chase Nick around the house.
"Those guys never grow..." Mandy laughed.
"Cut it out, guys..." Howie said.
Nick came running out of Kevin's room and hid behind Mandy.
"Nick...ugh..." Faith was almost out of breath and had no energy to talk.
Nick stuck his tongue out at Faith and hugged Mandy.
After that, they sat down on the couch and started chatting.
"Why did you guys come back so suddenly?" Leighanne asked.
"Well, the last 5 concerts were canceled due to the bad weather, you know...the snowing and all..." Brian said.
"It started to snow in Europe already?" Faith asked.
"Yah, CHRISTMAS ANGEL!!" Nick said.
"Shut up, Nick. I haven't got you back for just now..."
"Alright...sorry, my fault..." Nick apologized.
Faith noticed that Nick was a little hurt, which was very unusual from the way he behaved.
"Well, we have something to tell all of you." Kevin said.
"What is it?" Kathy asked.
"We're gonna take half a year off to do our own things..." Kevin said.
"Oh no..." Faith whined.
"Why? You don't like it when your brother is here?" Kevin asked.
"Yah..Now I have to hear you nag all day long..." Faith made a face at Kevin.
�.... but it's still great to have you home all day!" Faith continued.
Kevin gave Faith a hug.
"That's my sis..." Kevin smiled.
"How are we going to celebrate this Christmas?" AJ asked.
"How about throwing a real big party?" Mandy said.
"Yah and with lots of FOOD!!" Nick said excitedly.
"Nick...all you think is food..." Howie said.
Everyone was discussing happily about how to celebrate Christmas.
But then, Nick noticed that Faith was being left out.
"So, Faith...why are you so quiet? You were always the MOST noisy one..." Nick asked.
Everyone turned to look at her.
"Nah...Nothing...it's just something which I am thinking of..." Faith said.
"Well, tell us..." Kathy said.
"It's really nothing...just get back to discussing the party."
It was almost nightfall, and Leighanne, Kathy and Mandy had to leave.
"Well, we'll be going to the studio tomorrow, remember?" Kathy said.
"Yah, I remember." Faith said.
The girls kissed them good-bye and they left.
Faith then went to the kitchen to prepare dinner for the guys.
The guys loved her cooking and almost treated her as their 'mother'.
While Faith was cooking, AJ and Nick were fooling around in the kitchen.
Apparently, Faith got angry and chased them out of the kitchen.
It's been like years that they have waited and they started to make a nuisance of themselves.
"FAITH!!! We are hungry...is dinner ready??" Nick shouted from the hall as he was playing Nintendo with Brian.
"Yes...you pig..." Faith chuckled.
Nick paused the game and ran to the kitchen.
The others followed behind Nick.
"Whoa...what a spread!" Brian said with his mouth almost hanging wide open.
"Well, guys...eat to your fill..." Faith said.
She took off her apron and joined them at the table.
"Cause it won't be long that you will start to miss my cooking..." Faith mumbled.
"What did you say?" Kevin asked.
"Er...nothing..." she quickly said.
The guys ate happily and were praising non-stop that Faith's cooking had been missed a lot during their absence.
She just smiled and looked at the guys eating hungrily.
She just hoped that she would be able to cook for them for the rest of her life but it wouldn't be long...
�2000 Eyes of Stone
