Chapter 21

Disclamer: I don't own the Cirque du freak but oh I wish I did :-)

A/N: Hello hello I'm sorry I have been gone so long but I hope with this chapter I made it up to ya ;-). I want to thank the bunch of you that have been writing reviews to me. Thank you thank you thank you. Its your lovely words that keep me going :-) anyway on with the show.

The morning went smooth. Traffic was lite making the 3 hour drive pass with ease by the time they pulled up to Kayta's house. Katya looked over at Darren, who was snoring softly. She smiled as she raised her hand to his shoulder and shook him lightly

"Darren hun it's time to get up" she cooed,

"Five more minutes mom" Darren said in his sleep batting Katya's hand away,

"Darren wake your ass up" Katya said with a laugh as she gave Darren a shove,

"What?" Darren said lifting his head up looking at her with half open eyes,

"Wakey wakey" Katya said as she pushed her door open. She slipped out of her seat slamming the door as she walked away from the van to her door.

Darren stretched as the comfortable feeling of sleep faded. He turned his attention to the window seeing a normal street with houses all next to eachother. He looked to the house Katya was going to enter. It was a soft baby blue with black shutters and a black front door. 'Reminds me of home' he thought to himself as he opened his car door,

"Come On lazy bones!" Katya yelled as she pushed open the door,

"Yeah yeah I'm coming" Darren replied as he slipped out of his seat and slammed the car door with a quick flick of his hand. "I get rid of one bossy ass and replace it with a new one. How come all the cute girls are so pushy" he mumbled to himself as he slowly made his way up to the door.

Katya made her way into the house realizing it was the same way as she left it. 'Good they haven't found out where I lived' she said to herself with a sigh of relief. She entered the kitchen and immediately was slapped in the face with a nasty odor of 3 day old garbage. Her hand instinctively went straight to her face covering her mouth and nose.

"What smells?" Darren yelled as he enter Katya's house,

"3 day old garbage" Katya replied as she lowered her hand and went straight to the garbage. She immediately grabbed the bag pulling it from the garbage can and took it outside. She slammed it down on the ground off the back of her porch "I will take you to the dump tomorrow" she said aloud to herself as she turned back to walk into her house but her attention was grabbed by something dark on the ground next to the door frame. 'A rose' she thought to herself as she kneeled down to inspect the rose and a white envelope that the rose was resting on. With a quick movement of her hand she grabbed the flower and envelope and stood leaning her shoulder against the wall of the house. She raised it to her nose and closed her eyes as she inhaling the sweet scent. "Hmm" she purred in approval as she lowered the flower her focus turing towards the envelope. 'I wonder who it is from' she thought to herself as she opened the envelope. A small index card with silver trimming looked back at her with the words:
To my dearest Peaches,
I look forward till the moment I see you again. I remain faithfuly yours.
~Werner
A shiver ran through her body as she realized the meaning of the words. The flower dropped from her hands as she reread the note again and again shaking her head "This is not good not good at all" she mumbled to herself,

"Whats not good Katya" Darren's said as he rested against the door way. A gasp escaped Katya's mouth as she quickly slammed the little love note into the pocket of her jacket and spun around coming face to face with Darren. "Don't do that!" Katya yelled at Darren,

"Do what?" Darren replied looking confused and shocked at Katya yelling at him,

"Sneaking up on me like that. What the hell ya trying to do scare me to death? Anyway it's time to get this party started" Katya said in a excited tone as she brought her hands together in front of her,

"What party?" Darren asked still confused by Katya's actions,

"We are going to clean" Katya said with a big grin,

"cleeaann" Darren whimpered as he brought his right hand up to his forehead,

"Yes clean. If I am going to be away for a while I won't leave the house looking like a rat hole. So first off you go upstairs and take all the blankets and sheets off the and put them in a pile in the hallway. And then from there I'll figure something else for you to do" Katya instructed "But first I have to change out of these night clothes" she continued on as she turned to leave,

"Oh I don't know I think they are kind of nice" Darren quickly said quietly,

Katya stopped and turned back to Darren. Her left eye brow raised as she stared at him "Darren your sweet but remember we are only friends. I'm old enough to be your older sister" she said in a polite tone,

"What?" Darren said his eyes becoming wide with embarrassment "No no no I'm sorry Katya I didn't mean it like that. I... was... just" Darren tried to spite the words out but he couldn't seem to form the sentence,

"Darren its alright. No harm done. I just wanted to make it clear. Besides I bet you have all the ladies crawling on ya at The Cirque" Kayta said with a giggle,

"Yeah right" Darren laughed nervously,

"Anyway I am off to change wait down here I'll be down in a moment" she said as she hustled out of the room leaving Darren with his thoughts.

Darren inhaled and exhaled trying to calm himself down. He was thinking of a way to best explain to Katya what he meant by his comment. But his thoughts were torn from him when a sour smell began burning his nose. His face wrinkled up as he shook his head. He began sniffing around for the source of the horrible smell. His hunt ended when he reached a dark red colored rose. Taking the rose between his fingers he brought it to his nose and inhaled. Again the sour smell made his nose wrinkle 'It can't be! but how did Werner know where to find her' he thought to himself. Then a stray thought entered his mind 'Is she involved with him? Is she planning to hurt us?' he questioned himself as he turned his gaze up towards the windows. As quick as the thought came into his head he threw the flower "No I won't believe she would do anything to hurt us" he said to himself in a stern voice as he shook his head. He turned around to head back inside as he noticed Katya stepping off the last step.

Katya saw Darren and smiled. She had changed into a purple tank top with a open black vest and deep blue jeans. Darren noticed her feet were bare but her toes were painted hot pink. "What?" Katya asked as she notice the odd expression on Darren's face,

"Hot pink?" Darren asked confused as he switched his gaze from Katya's hot pink toes to her face,

"Ohh my toes" Katya said as Darren's comment now made sense to her,

"Yeah. Why pink?" Darren asked her,

"Well it made you look didn't it?" Katya asked as a evil smile dances across her lips "Well come along then we have much to do and so little time to do it in" She continued on as she turned around and headed back upstairs,

"Yes yes fine fine. Do ya want me to get my maid outfit on too?" Darren asked in a sarcastic tone as he rolled his eyes. "Hey wait for me!" Darren suddenly yelled as he scrambled up the stairs when Katya didn't responed to him.

A/N(pt2): Well whatcha think? please let me know I would love to hear from ya!