Disclaimer - "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" are copyrighted to Warner Brothers and Shoot the Moon Productions. This story is for entertainment only. I will not make any money off it but do hope that at least some people will enjoy it. The Characters are not mine; I only took them out to play with them for a while so they could help me tell the story. All the credit goes to Bruce and Kate and their wonderful supporting staff for portraying these wonderful characters so well that so many of us still love them so much today. The additional characters and this story are mine.

A/N #1 – For those who are familiar with my In Between Series, you know that I accomplish two things with them. First, I try to fill in all the holes that were missing from the aired version. Then Amanda and Lee help me tell what happened in between the aired episodes. Since I meld them into the series like they really were aired (because we know that Amanda and Lee are real so the stories really do exist), I will be using references from them in future stories. I think that it might be difficult for you to understand some of the characters if you are not reading my past stories as I am going to begin using some of the past into my current stories. Since I don't want to bore my readers who do read my stories, I will not be explaining that history so hopefully you will read my past stories so you understand. Thanks again for all your support.

Chapter One- Back to Normal

Lee had abruptly left Amanda's house when her family got home. As he drove back to his apartment, he couldn't help but shake his head at how fast she had bounced back from her stressful week. Maybe Billy should employ her in teaching agents on how to deal with cases where they almost die. He didn't think he had ever seen anything like that. Normal agents would have had to probably spend some time on Dr. Pfaff's couch so that the shrink could convince them that they would be okay. Not Amanda. Oh no, Amanda just had to live like a normal person and suddenly she was all better. Lee shook his head again and laughed. She was truly something else. As he headed upstairs to his apartment, he realized that the last few days had really worn him out and all he could think about was taking a shower and getting some rest. Since tomorrow was Monday, he would need to go back to work so going to bed a little early on a Sunday night wasn't a bad idea.

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Jamie flew into Amanda's arms as soon as he found her in the kitchen. "Mom, I sure did miss you. Why did you have to be gone for so long?"

"I know Sweetheart, but it is my new job. Sometimes it is going to make it so I have to be gone a few days. You and I talked about this, remember?"

Jamie lowered his head sadly and said "I know."

Amanda used a finger to pick his head up so she could see into his eyes and said "Now, don't you get all sad on me. It is Christmas after all and there just might be a special gift under the tree for you and Phillip this year because of this job, okay?"

Jamie smiled and said "Thanks Mom" and then threw his arms around her. In a lot of ways, this child was a lot like her. Phillip came into the room at that moment and said "Gee, thanks Jamie for helping to unload Grandma's car."

"Oh come on Boys, it's almost Christmas. No fighting now. Why don't we make some popcorn and watch a movie tonight?"

"Yipeee, Phillip yelled as he ran to the living room to find the movie he wanted to watch."

Dotty had been standing in the doorway watching the whole scene in front of her and then as the boys both left the room, she said "Well I think that air did you good dear; you seem to be much more yourself."

"Yes it did Mother. Thanks for suggesting it." Amanda got up and hugged her Mother and then began getting out the popcorn popper.

"Did you call Dean?" Dotty asked. Amanda groaned inside and said "Not yet."

"Amanda, do you know that man called for you every night last week? He missed you so much that he hurried back here early to be with you and then he was terribly disappointed that you weren't here."

"Mother!"

"Okay, so maybe he came back because Cousin Ralph had so many family members taking care of him so Dean had nothing to do BUT you know he still would have rushed back here for you and the boys."

"Yes, Mother." Amanda said as she went back to popping the corn.

The rest of the evening was spent as a family until the boys' bedtime. After they were both tucked into bed, Amanda went to her room to get some sleep. She was exhausted from the last week and she was thankful that she would actually sleep this time.

TBC