Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of So Weird, nor do I own the rights of so weird... I only own Constance Burke. I LOVE Eric Lively! I wished I owned him! I WILL THO! ONE DAY! I WILL!
Summary: Sometimes the weirdest thing in the world that no one can explain is death. Why does it happen? Why does it happen to good people? Death now tests Jack and Annie's long loving relationship.
Gabe's Death
"hmmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm," Annie sat humming in her chair, reading the article that glowed brightly in front of her displayed on her laptop. She heard rustling behind her as she saw Jack toss and turn in her bed. *He's like an angel when he sleeps* she thought with a pensive grin. *Maybe I should stop humming… I might wake him* She turned back to her articles and read on. A half hour passed as her shoulders started to grow sore. She rolled her neck, and was startled by warm hands wrapping around her waist.
"Whatcha up to?" Jack's soothing voice whispered in her ear followed by a yawn. He then put his hands on her shoulders. Massaging them softly as Annie responded sounding as if she were about to fall asleep.
"Research, I'm writing a paper about Mary Elizabeth Parker for Ned." She said as she turned to look at her loving boyfriend in the eyes.
"Who's Mary Elizabeth Parker?" Jack asked before brushing his lips against Annie's… soft, but quickly. She opened her eyes and smiled dreamily.
"She was a nurse during the Civil War. She aided her dying husband when he was shot in the stomach. It's a sad story actually… it says here that she swore to be his angel tending to his wounds forever. Unfortunately forever didn't last that long… he died 2 weeks later. Eventually she was shot in the back trying to tend to a soldier on the field. They're buried together in a cemetery not too far from here." Jack saw that Annie was in deep thought… almost as if she were taken away by the story she had just uncovered. She was in a daze that worried Jack.
"What's wrong?" he asked looking into her bright blue eyes. The orbs he was staring into captivated him, which made him breathe in deeply.
"I don't know… I mean it's sweet, ya know? What she did for her husband. She stayed by his bedside until he died. She devoted herself to making sure he'd stay safe… she was his angel. They were so much in love… why does death always have to separate love?" her eyes were now glazed over with tears. "… It's so sad." Jack took his now quivering girlfriend in his arms and whispered things in her ear… "It's okay… Everything's all okay," he repeated over and over as Annie started to sob.
"What's wrong?" Fi came in the room to find Annie crying in Jack's arms. Jack and Annie had been going out for a while, before she came back on tour, and she'd gotten used to the fact of them being together. She rubbed her tired eyes and walked over to Annie. "Is everything okay?" she asked with a worried face looking at the shaking body, then at the open laptop.
"Yea, Fi, everything's fine…" Jack was rubbing circles on Annie's back to slow her from sobbing. Her cries turned into soft whimpers as she turned to Fi and finally smiled.
"I love your brother Fi…" she said looking deep into her eyes. Jack put his arm around her and kissed her lightly on top of her head. Fi looked at them both and smiled.
"I know Annie." Her eyes twinkled as she saw the both of them tightly close to each other. Annie turned to Jack and kissed him on the forehead lightly.
"Hon, could you go to the other room and hang out with the guys for a while? I need to talk to Fi." He looked into her eyes, unable to say no. He nodded and with that he left the room. Annie sat on her bed and motioned Fi to sit next to her. She looked so distressed. Her eyes grew wide as tears streamed down once more. Fi opened up her arms and hugged her so tight.
"I don't want to lose your brother Fi… I never want to lose him." She whispered as her voice cracked in between sobs.
"You wont… you wont… what's wrong Annie?" Fi's voice was soothing, and very reassuring. Annie pulled out of the hug and walked over to her laptop. Fi followed her and looked over her shoulder.
"There's always a feeling of being separated by death. It's not fair. I know… you lost your father and you were so young…" Annie trailed off as she noticed Fi stopped reading the article. She then continued as Fi looked into her eyes, "I mean… don't you ever get scared you'd lose Clu?" Annie hit a nerve… not a nerve for Fi to explode in anger… a nerve causing Fi to start crying. "Oh goodness Fi… I'm sorry. I should have never brought this up." Annie looked down and plopped on her bed. She put her face in her hands as she started shaking her head from side to side. *Stupid… what are you doing?! You're just being paranoid, and you made Fi cry! STUPID* she thought to herself her head still shaking. Finally Fi spoke up, as tears streaked her cheeks.
"I miss my dad… and yeah… sometimes I do think about losing Clu. I dunno Annie… it's just that this article does make you think. I don't know why death divides…" she trailed off as she walked over to Annie and put her arm around her. Her face was still dug into her hands. The two girls just sat there in silence, thinking about what could happen.
"It wont happen Annie… nothing will split you and Jack up, nothing. No force is that strong." Fi finally spoke up, giving Annie a reassuring grin. Annie looked up and her eyes glimmered. *Nothing* she thought to herself and smiled. Fi silently walked to her bed across the room and lied down. Soon she fell asleep and Annie did the same lying in her bed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*THE NEXT MORNING*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"RISE AND SHINE!!!" Clu and Jack ran in screaming, jumping on their girlfriends' beds shaking them to wake up.
"JACK PHILLIPS!"
"CLUET BELL!" Annie and Fi's voice chimed their names at the same time with fierce eyes.
"Uhh… dude, they look mad." Clu looked at Jack and tried to escape… but it was too late. Fi grabbed her boyfriend as Annie grabbed hers. They were now beating them incessantly with the pillows that surrounded them.
"OW! OUCH! HEY! STOP! STOP! OW!" The two girls couldn't stop giggling at the sight of their darling dears beg for mercy. They soon stopped, out of breath, and kissed them lightly on the lips.
"Well THAT was a good morning." Annie said with a giggle.
"Too good." Fi chimed in. The four walked hand in hand (Fi with Clu, Jack with Annie) to the community room where the adults sat on the table eating bagels.
"Good morning family," Jack said with a smile kissing his mother lightly on the cheek. They started to grab bagels and eat, while carrying on different conversations at once. Suddenly they heard ringing as Carey ran in wearing only his boxers holding the cell phone in his hands. Irene shot him a look as Carey put his hands up.
"Constance slept in my bed! I slept on the floor!" Irene's face softened as she nodded and looked at the phone. "Oh yea, Jack it's for you." He said handing him the phone and started to run back his room. Jack took the phone and nodded. His face turned grim.
"Uh huh… yea…oh." He turned stone cold as he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "W-what? But Fi… I thought it helped. How could this…yeah, okay… we'll be there. Don't worry, we're coming past there anyway. Okay, I'm sorry… bye." Jack clicked off the cell phone and looked around at the staring faces surrounding him.
"Well? Who was that?" Annie said breaking the silence. Jack just stood there in shock. He finally spoke up.
"Gabe's dad…" he trailed off. Molly's eyes widened as her mind started to piece things together.
"What about?" Fi asked as her mind was still processing what 'could-be'. Jack took a little while to answer.
"Gabe… she's dead."
Summary: Sometimes the weirdest thing in the world that no one can explain is death. Why does it happen? Why does it happen to good people? Death now tests Jack and Annie's long loving relationship.
Gabe's Death
"hmmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm," Annie sat humming in her chair, reading the article that glowed brightly in front of her displayed on her laptop. She heard rustling behind her as she saw Jack toss and turn in her bed. *He's like an angel when he sleeps* she thought with a pensive grin. *Maybe I should stop humming… I might wake him* She turned back to her articles and read on. A half hour passed as her shoulders started to grow sore. She rolled her neck, and was startled by warm hands wrapping around her waist.
"Whatcha up to?" Jack's soothing voice whispered in her ear followed by a yawn. He then put his hands on her shoulders. Massaging them softly as Annie responded sounding as if she were about to fall asleep.
"Research, I'm writing a paper about Mary Elizabeth Parker for Ned." She said as she turned to look at her loving boyfriend in the eyes.
"Who's Mary Elizabeth Parker?" Jack asked before brushing his lips against Annie's… soft, but quickly. She opened her eyes and smiled dreamily.
"She was a nurse during the Civil War. She aided her dying husband when he was shot in the stomach. It's a sad story actually… it says here that she swore to be his angel tending to his wounds forever. Unfortunately forever didn't last that long… he died 2 weeks later. Eventually she was shot in the back trying to tend to a soldier on the field. They're buried together in a cemetery not too far from here." Jack saw that Annie was in deep thought… almost as if she were taken away by the story she had just uncovered. She was in a daze that worried Jack.
"What's wrong?" he asked looking into her bright blue eyes. The orbs he was staring into captivated him, which made him breathe in deeply.
"I don't know… I mean it's sweet, ya know? What she did for her husband. She stayed by his bedside until he died. She devoted herself to making sure he'd stay safe… she was his angel. They were so much in love… why does death always have to separate love?" her eyes were now glazed over with tears. "… It's so sad." Jack took his now quivering girlfriend in his arms and whispered things in her ear… "It's okay… Everything's all okay," he repeated over and over as Annie started to sob.
"What's wrong?" Fi came in the room to find Annie crying in Jack's arms. Jack and Annie had been going out for a while, before she came back on tour, and she'd gotten used to the fact of them being together. She rubbed her tired eyes and walked over to Annie. "Is everything okay?" she asked with a worried face looking at the shaking body, then at the open laptop.
"Yea, Fi, everything's fine…" Jack was rubbing circles on Annie's back to slow her from sobbing. Her cries turned into soft whimpers as she turned to Fi and finally smiled.
"I love your brother Fi…" she said looking deep into her eyes. Jack put his arm around her and kissed her lightly on top of her head. Fi looked at them both and smiled.
"I know Annie." Her eyes twinkled as she saw the both of them tightly close to each other. Annie turned to Jack and kissed him on the forehead lightly.
"Hon, could you go to the other room and hang out with the guys for a while? I need to talk to Fi." He looked into her eyes, unable to say no. He nodded and with that he left the room. Annie sat on her bed and motioned Fi to sit next to her. She looked so distressed. Her eyes grew wide as tears streamed down once more. Fi opened up her arms and hugged her so tight.
"I don't want to lose your brother Fi… I never want to lose him." She whispered as her voice cracked in between sobs.
"You wont… you wont… what's wrong Annie?" Fi's voice was soothing, and very reassuring. Annie pulled out of the hug and walked over to her laptop. Fi followed her and looked over her shoulder.
"There's always a feeling of being separated by death. It's not fair. I know… you lost your father and you were so young…" Annie trailed off as she noticed Fi stopped reading the article. She then continued as Fi looked into her eyes, "I mean… don't you ever get scared you'd lose Clu?" Annie hit a nerve… not a nerve for Fi to explode in anger… a nerve causing Fi to start crying. "Oh goodness Fi… I'm sorry. I should have never brought this up." Annie looked down and plopped on her bed. She put her face in her hands as she started shaking her head from side to side. *Stupid… what are you doing?! You're just being paranoid, and you made Fi cry! STUPID* she thought to herself her head still shaking. Finally Fi spoke up, as tears streaked her cheeks.
"I miss my dad… and yeah… sometimes I do think about losing Clu. I dunno Annie… it's just that this article does make you think. I don't know why death divides…" she trailed off as she walked over to Annie and put her arm around her. Her face was still dug into her hands. The two girls just sat there in silence, thinking about what could happen.
"It wont happen Annie… nothing will split you and Jack up, nothing. No force is that strong." Fi finally spoke up, giving Annie a reassuring grin. Annie looked up and her eyes glimmered. *Nothing* she thought to herself and smiled. Fi silently walked to her bed across the room and lied down. Soon she fell asleep and Annie did the same lying in her bed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*THE NEXT MORNING*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"RISE AND SHINE!!!" Clu and Jack ran in screaming, jumping on their girlfriends' beds shaking them to wake up.
"JACK PHILLIPS!"
"CLUET BELL!" Annie and Fi's voice chimed their names at the same time with fierce eyes.
"Uhh… dude, they look mad." Clu looked at Jack and tried to escape… but it was too late. Fi grabbed her boyfriend as Annie grabbed hers. They were now beating them incessantly with the pillows that surrounded them.
"OW! OUCH! HEY! STOP! STOP! OW!" The two girls couldn't stop giggling at the sight of their darling dears beg for mercy. They soon stopped, out of breath, and kissed them lightly on the lips.
"Well THAT was a good morning." Annie said with a giggle.
"Too good." Fi chimed in. The four walked hand in hand (Fi with Clu, Jack with Annie) to the community room where the adults sat on the table eating bagels.
"Good morning family," Jack said with a smile kissing his mother lightly on the cheek. They started to grab bagels and eat, while carrying on different conversations at once. Suddenly they heard ringing as Carey ran in wearing only his boxers holding the cell phone in his hands. Irene shot him a look as Carey put his hands up.
"Constance slept in my bed! I slept on the floor!" Irene's face softened as she nodded and looked at the phone. "Oh yea, Jack it's for you." He said handing him the phone and started to run back his room. Jack took the phone and nodded. His face turned grim.
"Uh huh… yea…oh." He turned stone cold as he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "W-what? But Fi… I thought it helped. How could this…yeah, okay… we'll be there. Don't worry, we're coming past there anyway. Okay, I'm sorry… bye." Jack clicked off the cell phone and looked around at the staring faces surrounding him.
"Well? Who was that?" Annie said breaking the silence. Jack just stood there in shock. He finally spoke up.
"Gabe's dad…" he trailed off. Molly's eyes widened as her mind started to piece things together.
"What about?" Fi asked as her mind was still processing what 'could-be'. Jack took a little while to answer.
"Gabe… she's dead."