Rosanna's POV:

I hung up with Louis, the half smile leaving my face as soon as his face left the screen.  Figures that Kurt would tell him that our woods are dangerous, the only dangerous thing out here is the coyotes, and those don't come near people.  That's Kurt for you, always paranoid.

I took my time walking out of the woods, they were always so peaceful at night.  Dad always let me sneak out of the house for a few hours in the middle of the night, just to get some peace and quiet.  He always waited in the kitchen for me, however long it took.  He would welcome me with a smile, and not say a word.  I always went right to sleep.

I walked over the naturally occurring spring, up the hill and past the tree where the turkeys always dropped their feathers when they molted.  I picked one up, fresh and plump and not yet dirty from the ground.  I tucked it behind my ear and kept walking.  

When Dad passed, I remember running out into the woods, out to my tree.  Just like I had just done.  I hid out there for an entire day, and as night fell Kurt came and found me, watched the sunset with me in silence.  When the stars started to come out, he took my hand and walked me home.  This time, it was me returning to him.  Louis was a new factor, but it all had a strange sense of deja vu as I walked over the creek, up the grassy knoll behind the house and into the open garage door.  The door into the house opened as I walked up the steps to it, Kurt appearing and blocking out the majority of the light with his tall frame.  I looked at him carefully, sizing him up.

He looked beaten, remorseful.  I looked into his eyes and saw apology.  I let myself get wrapped up in one of his wonderful hugs, felt him trembling ever so slightly.  When I pulled back his eyes were shining, and I have no doubt that mine were as well.  He gave the slightest hint of his goofy grin, and I responded in kind.  

"I'm sorry."  He looked me straight in the eye.

"I know."  I smiled slightly wider, and the relief on his face said everything, without a single word.

He backed up, letting go of me and heading into the kitchen.  I followed, slipping off my shoes and sitting at the counter while he bustled about.  He eventually set a plate with a turkey and barbecue sauce sandwich, with toaster waffles instead of bread.  I devoured it, smiling with fondness for my favorite childhood lunch.  I looked up at him, my face deadly serious, and twitched my eyebrows upwards; our old sign for going upstairs.

We went upstairs, going into his old room and sitting cross-legged, facing each other.

"It will take me some time to tell you everything Kurt.  But I can at least start now, and hope it will get easier with time."

He nodded, letting me get my thoughts together.

"You already know this part.  Dad's death.  When he got diagnosed, we were all blind-sided, I think.  Mom was scared, but she held it together as best she could.  You got angrier, but I never blamed you.  And I went quiet.  Joshua helped with that when you couldn't, he would hold me while I cried.  You know, he was always around the house at that time.  The day that Dad passed, he wasn't around.  You left, I don't know where you went or what you did, and I didn't care at the time.  Mom was screaming, sobbing on the kitchen floor, and I couldn't handle it anymore.  I ran, I went to my tree.  You know, you found me there.  I was still in shock I think, I wasn't even crying.  It was like I could see him, smiling at me as he left with the sun.  The sun set, and so did he.  Except, he never came back with the sun."

I stopped at this point, unable to continue.  I was choking up, and Kurt knew.  He always knew.  He wrapped me in a hug, and we fell asleep like that.  Holding each other, with tears running down our faces as we slept.

Louis's POV:

I went back out to the group, only to find them all looking at me with varying degrees of concern.

"That was Kurt who called, Ro's brother.  He wanted me to call her."

I went on to explain what had happened, and received a reaction from an unexpected corner.

"How dare he push her!?"  Liam leaped to his feet, a picture of rage.  Jess took a gentle hold on his arm, immediately deflating him and pulling back to his seat.  He still looked livid, but at least he wasn't going to punch a wall or something.

"I don't know Li, I honestly don't know.  To be fair though, we don't know anything either.  He is her brother, it's understandable that he wants to know what's up with her."

Liam calmed down considerably at that, understanding beginning to reluctantly cross his face.  

"Still though, he shouldn't have pressed her.  That's rude, even if he is her brother."  Liam, back with the sensible stuff.

"Yeah, especially since he's her brother."  Harry piped up, looking more concerned than mad.  I just nodded, agreeing with the stuff they were saying.

"I guess we'll just have to wait until we hear from her again to find out what's happened, yeah?"

They all nodded, looking solemn.  We kept talking for a bit before we split for the evening, all heading back to our flats while shouting well-wishes and goodnight's to each other.

A/N:  A bit of a shorter one, but I'll be updating more frequently now that I have a break between semester's.  I can't wait to write some more of this story, things are picking up.  What do you guys think of the little snippet of Ro's backstory that we got?  Yay, nay?  Tell me your thoughts, I genuinely want to hear them.  The next several chapters will be spent getting to know Kurt and Ro more as siblings and friends, along with their backstories.  Not everything will be revealed of course, but keep an eye out for hints along the way in regard to certain events.  On Louis's side of the story, there will also be some interesting developments.  Oh, I also wanted to address something else.  For the foreseeable future, I will not be including Johanna's passing in this story.  I feel like that is too sensitive a topic to be addressed in a fanfiction, and given that I do not have full or appropriate information I feel it would be best to not include it.  That's all for now guys, vote if you liked it and comment what you thought.  Love you guys!