**Sang**

"Sang! Baby wake up! Sang!" I hear North calling out to me, pulling me out of the fog. "Baby what the hell happened?"

I know he's gonna worry, he told me to tell him about my nightmares. I don't think I can do that to him. I try to play it off by moving off the covers and saying, "Liam Neeson dream" and getting out of bed.

"Sang."

I walk over to the window while saying, "We had kidnapped his daughter and he just would not stop." I try and laugh it off.

"Baby."

"They've made three of those movies. Sometimes you just have to wonder if he's a bad parent."

"Sang!" North puts his hands on my waist and turns me around. "Baby, talk to me." His eyes pleading with me to listen, to trust him. "Please."

I step closer to him, laying my head on his chest, putting my arms around his waist, listening to his strong heartbeat helps center my mind.

"Baby please."

"You weren't here."

**Axel**

As soon as the quiz is over, I immediately start texting my team, including Kayli.

Group Text

Me: What the hell happened with Sang?

Brandon: Why would we know anything that happens with Sang?

Raven: Is something wrong with Malen'kaya ptitsa?

Kayli: We got into a fight. I said some really hurtful things and now I'm trying to fix it, but the douchebag Taylor and the Doctor won't let me.

Brandon: Do or do not. There is no try.

Me: Wise words bro.

Kayli: Don't you think I know that?

Corey: Kayli, no one is saying you don't. Please calm down.

Me: What exactly happened?

Kayli: I was upset, furious really. And I took my anger out on her in the worse way possible. I accused her of all of the things her mother used to say to her. I know her past and I know how she feels about it and I did it anyway.

Marc: All you can do now is fix it Bambi. We're all here for you.

Kayli: Aren't you in class with her now Axel?

Me: Yea...

Kayli: How is she?

Me: Not good. Owen's being a pitbull. She's hurting Kay.

Kayli: This is all my fault. What am I going to do?

Me: You're going to do what any one of us would do in your position. Talk to her. Work it out.

Me: Why exactly are you friends with Sang?

Me: What does she do for you?

Kayli: I love how she makes me feel. Like anything's possible, or like, I don't know. Like life is worth it.

Kayli: I was in such a bad place before I met her. If you think I'm abrasive and opinionated now, I was way worse before I met Sang.

Kayli: She makes me better. And now I've messed it all up.

Me: Remember those reasons. If she really is that close to you, and she really means that much to you, then you owe it to yourself and to her to fix this.

Kayli: Thanks Axel, you're the best.

Marc: Hey! What about the rest of us?

Kayli: You guys are amazing. I don't know what I would do without you.

I exit out of the text and try to focus on the lesson, but all I can do is look at Sang and think of Kayli's last text. She's gotten really close to me and my team. I think that it's time to put in for adoption.

**Kota**

When Sang finishes telling us what happened with Kayli, and what happened in her past, for those words to have such an impact on her, I think we're all stunned. Sang somehow ended up next to Victor, who by the unsurprised look on his face already knew of her past, and is sobbing silently. Silas looks murderous, but unsurprised as well. Leading me to assume that he knew as well. Gabriel and Luke look like someone just took their favorite hair product and chocolate dessert away. Owen looks disgusted, and Sean looks calculative. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say that he's wondering if ridding the world of her parents would be against his oath to do no harm, or if he would be upholding it by removing the plague unleashed on this poor girl. Because that's what they are, a plague. And me? I'm wondering how she could ever go through all of that and still wake up smiling. Counting no longer works. How on earth, could someone that she calls a friend, say those things to her? I don't understand it. After giving us all a moment to reflect on what was said, Owen takes the floor.

"Sang. I want to be the first to thank you for sharing your past with us. In light of this, I think it would be a good idea for us to share with you, our stories as well."

"That's really not necessary Owen. I wanted you all to know." Sang tells him.

"Like when North hid all the chocolate in the house for a week?" Luke asks, drawing a giggle out of Sang.

That's one of the reasons why he is such an important part of our team. He can always change the mood of any room, doing what he does best. Making people smile. All of our faces light up at hearing her giggle. I think we may just get through this.

"Owen's right. This is a good idea. That was a pretty bad example, but this is a good idea." I laugh out. "Sang, I've already told you my story. If you ever want to talk, please know that I'm here. We're all here."

"I know that, and I appreciate your willingness more than anything. But I'd hate to be the reason you all are digging up past hurts, just to make me feel better."

"We wouldn't be trying to make you feel better Princess." Victor tells her. "We'd be giving you the opportunity to know who we were before coming here."

"I just don't want you all to hurt more because of me."

"Sang, if I may?" Owen interrupts, "The past can hurt. But you can either run from it, or learn from it. And in our experience, talking about it helps the healing process. Isn't that right Doctor Green?"

"He's right Pookie." Doc tells her. "Studies show that talking about the things that cause us pain, actually helps us in understanding and dealing with the problem in question. I should know, I am a doctor after all." He finishes with a wink, earning another giggle. "Pookie, if you insist on giggling, I'm going to be forced to give you the cure"

She stifles her giggles and we proceed in telling her about our pasts. I ask North and Nathan if they would be ok with us telling their stories, and they both respond in the affirmative. Anything to help Sang. After Luke finishes his and North's stories, Sang is in tears again.

"How on earth can you be so happy after everything you've all been through? How can you still imagine and believe in this world?" She asks us.

Luke shocks us all by saying, "Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality."

We all may accuse Luke of joking around and daydreaming too much, but he always comes through when we need him.

"Iuse to think about all the bad things my dad did all the time." Gabe tells her."Not anymore. Now, I never look back, it distracts me from the now. And now, Ihave an incredible family. One who I know would never intentionally hurt orbelittle me. One I can confide and trust in. I hope we can be that for youTrouble."