Disclaimer: I don't own Alex Cabot, but I do own the rest of the family and any made up character in this book.
Author's Note: You didn't expect a fourth book of the Alex Series, did you? I'm guessing that 90 percent of you did not. Well, my old computer crashed and that's where I saved it. So I had to start from the very beginning. I think this one is better though, so hopefully you'll enjoy. Also, don't forget that 1) There's the October awards! Read and comment on your favorites to see which ones will be recognized on my profile November 1st and 2) I'll be starting the sequel of Sweet Revenge shortly! I did write it in one night, but I only liked parts of it. If you only like parts, then there's no point.
Okay,Read and enjoy :)
-blueskies723
A few years later, Alex's family has been the typical and crazy family that you could only find in New York City.
Alex was starting dinner in the kitchen when her youngest, Emily, ran into the kitchen.
"Mamma! Why is Sarah leaving?" the toddler asked. Alex turned around to see her daughter standing next to her.
"I thought we went over that, Em. Your sister is going off to college."
"But I don't want her to leave!" Emily screamed as she ran out of the kitchen. Alex thought that it would be the last of commotion, but she was wrong. When she was putting pasta in a boiling pot of hot water, she heard her daughters screaming.
"Emily! Stop throwing my stuff around the room!"
"You don't go! You don't go!"
Suddenly, Alex hear a loud crash. She ran out of the kitchen and flew into Sarah's room. She saw Emily on the floor, crying loudly.
"What the heck is going on in here?" Alex asked
"Emily was throwing my stuff around, and when she was running to put everything back, she tripped over my shoes and hit her head on my desk" Sarah explained.
"It hurts!"
Alex ran over, scooped Emily in her arms, and picked her up.
"Your head hurts?"
"Yeah"
"What did Mommy tell you about running in the house?" Alex said
"You said not to..."
"Right..."
"But Mamma! Sarah's leaving!"
"I may be leaving, but it's not like I'm going to Alaska"
"Where that?" Emily said as Alex turned to Sarah.
"That's a state far away from here. You wouldn't be seeing me for a long time if I went there" Sarah said as she started picking up her stuff. Emily started to cry again, and Alex gave her oldest daughter a glare.
"You're not helping"
"Mom, she wasn't helping me pack" Sarah said as she stuffed her clothes in a duffel bag "Do you really think I would be able to tell my almost four year old sister that I'm leaving, but I'll be back in a week?"
"Uh, I don't mean to interrupt..."
Alex and Sarah turned to see Daniel at the doorway.
"Is there any way I can hang out with a few friends tonight?" Daniel asked
"If it was any other night but tonight, I'd say yes. But..."
"Mom, everyone's going out tonight!"
"And I'm leaving. Do you not care about that?"
"Sarah!"
Their argument made Emily scream, wiggle out of her mother's arms and fall to the floor. It wasn't a soft fall, either. Emily's screams turned into cries.
"Honey, you need to be careful!" Alex said as she helped Emily up from the floor "Come on; let's make your boo-boos better, okay?"
"Mom..."
"Daniel, you can go out tomorrow night!" Alex snapped "I'm not arguing anymore about your social life!"
Alex took Emily's small hand and they both left the room. Daniel gave Sarah a nasty look.
"Thanks for leaving tomorrow! Everyone is going to that new hangout place tonight!"
"Oh get over it. It's not the end of the world, you know" Sarah snapped "Now get out of my room if you're not going to help me pack!"
Daniel left Sarah's room. She sighed, and felt so happy that she was leaving for college tomorrow. But at the same time, she wasn't happy.
Tom walked into the apartment when Alex was setting up the table for supper.
"Geez, are you okay?" Tom asked as he walked over "You look like you had a lot to do today while I was at work"
"I'm fine. It's just two out of our three kids have been driving me crazy"
Tom gave Alex a quick peck on the lip and put his work bag against the wall in the kitchen.
"Only two of them? Can I guess which two?"
"Sure"
"Ummmm, Sarah and Daniel?"
"You got one of them right" Alex said as she placed the last plate on the table.
"Sarah?"
"No, Daniel" Alex replied as she folder her arms "Daniel was constantly asking to go out with his friends tonight while Emily was being the accident prone toddler."
"Wow, I'm surprised that Sarah didn't drive you crazy" Tom said as he sat down at the kitchen table
"She's not going crazy because she's getting ready for college" Alex turned towards the hallway. "Dinner's ready!" she said loudly as she walked into the kitchen to fetch the pasta, while Tom was sitting down. Emily was the first one to walk in the room. When she saw her dad, she was ecstatic.
"Hi Daddy!" Emily said as she ran over and gave him a hug.
"Hi Princess, How are we doing today?" Tom asked as the toddler pulled her chair back and sat down next to Tom.
"My head hurts"
"Why is that?"
"I was running..."
"Didn't we say something about running in the house?" Tom implied as he pushed Emily's chair in. While Emily grabbed her plastic utensils, Sarah walked in.
"How's my older princess?"
"I didn't know I was a princess" Sarah said with a grin as she sat down.
"Oh, that's right. You don't like being called a princess" Tom said "How's your packing going?"
"It's good; I just have to pack the small things..."
"Here's supper" Alex said as she carried a bowl of pasta.
"Pasta again?" Sarah asked with a somewhat disgusted look on her face.
"The last time I checked, my daughter ate pasta."
"I do, but this is the second time in a row that we..."
"Pasta! Yay!" Emily said with a smile on her face.
"Your sister has the right idea" Tom said. Sarah's reaction was to roll her eyes as she got up from the table to get some water.
"Where's Dan?" Tom asked
"I don't know, but he better not be on that computer again" Alex said "Dan! Supper's ready!" When Alex yelled, Sarah came back from the kitchen with a water pitcher.
"Does anyone else want water?"
"I want juice!" Emily said loudly
"Do you want water?" Sarah asked her parents.
"I'm fine. I think I'm going to get a beer" Tom said as he got up from the table.
"I would. Thank you dear" Alex said as Sarah poured water."Daniel! Get out here right now!" Alex screamed
"Do you want me to get the kid?" Sarah asked
"Sarah, just sit down. I'll deal with it...Daniel!"
Alex's last word was definitely ear piercing. Sarah flinched and water splashed on the kitchen floor. Sarah and Tom were cleaning up the water, while Emily still had her hands to her eyes.
"I don't like Mamma yell" Emily said.
"Oh honey, I'm sorry" Alex said as she sat down at her seat "I'm not yelling anymore."
Emily moved her hands away from her ears when Daniel appeared and sat down at the table.
"I didn't think it took forever for you to sit at this table" Alex said as Sarah and Tom came back and sat down in their seats.
"Whatever"
"You know Danny boy, I went to that new hangout last night with Riley and Val..."
"Sarah Lynn..." Alex warned, but it was too late.
"Oh, so you were able to go but I can't?" Daniel spat "Why can't I do anything around here!?"
"Dan, we told you that you can go out tomorrow night."
"Only the geeky kids are going out tomorrow night. All my friends and the cool kids are going out tonight!" Daniel whined.
"Oh, that's funny. I thought you were one of the geeky kids" Sarah joked with a huge grin on her face.
"Sarah!"
"What? Isn't he a nerd?"
"I am not a nerd!" Daniel snapped "You're the one who wants to be a judge in the courtroom!"
"And what is wrong with that?" Alex snapped. Daniel kept his mouth shut and decided not to respond.
"What do you want to be again? A pimp?"
"Sarah Lynn Cabot if you joke about your brother again, you can leave the table!"Alex said loudly in an angry tone.
"Fine, I'll just leave anyways. Hell, I'm leaving tomorrow so it wouldn't matter."
Sarah got up from the table, grabbed her dinner, and walked out of the kitchen. No one said anything while Alex put her hands on her face, trying not to be annoyed with her daughter that was leaving the next day.
