Fiction rated: M
Story begins after season finale
Story begins after season 2 finale. There is something what I imagine to happen NEXT season to come as everyone is taking some baby steps towards new life…
I do not own characters, names etc. I just put some own elements to the basic storylines from OR meaning some new characters, places etc. You'll see. And I truly apologize for the lack of my English writing skills. (I am from Scandinavia) This is great practice though…
1.
It was stormy weather and wind blew all the leaves up and down in the streets of Knights Ridge. Eddie run through the door of Best Friend Windows and just made it to the phone on his table:
"Best friend windows, Eddie Latekka, what can I do for you?"
"Hello, Mr. Latekka. This is Helena Connelly from Saint Elisabeth's hospital. Remember me?"
"Of course, everything okay? How's mum?"
"She's fine, more than fine. We are releasing her soon, after this weekend actually. When this happens we have policy to call family member and she asked if you could come here for couple of days. And she has made plans to come back to Ridge and we think its great idea at this point. So could you make the time to come here beginning of next week. We know this is short notice, but first she didn't want to bother you."
Nick came in to the store with lunch from deli and dropped one bag for Eddie.
"Well as you said it is quite soon and I have a business to run. May I call you back? Thanks."
Look in Eddies face could tell that he was blown away by what he just heard. Nick forked food to his mouth: "What goes on, buddy?" Eddie looked to his bag and rested himself to the table. "Nothing much, except that my mother is coming back to Knights Ridge." Hearing his news, Nick stopped eating.
Next day Pizza girl sat in Janet's kitchen while she poured tee for them. "So that's it. We have completed the plans for the bachelorette party of the decade." "Yeah, we sure did. Here you go", Janet gave her the cup. "So now…excuse me…its Phil", Pizza girl said and answered to her Nokia. "Hey babe, I am at Janet's planning party for Hannah and we are having nice little chat about what is important in life, so not coming any soon." "Okay. I know that you two have these sessions which is fine by me but this is one moment that I really, really need you. Here. Fast", Phil said anxious. "And why is that", pizza girl was annoyed. "Well everything seems falling apart. Eddie is leaving to Washington to get his mother – you know, the one with the mental illness and she is presumably coming back home. Well the big question is – can two mad people live under the same roof and what about Eddie. He has just…" "Phil, calm down. I am coming all right." Pizza girl closed the phone and jump away from kitchen to get her coat. "Emergency in men's freak house." pizza girl informed Janet and headed towards the door, stopped and looked to Janet. "Janet, what do you know about Eddie's mom?"
Janet sank to the reminiscence zone for a moment and had a flashback to summery day when she and Eddie went for a surprise picnic for her to the lake. It was amazing day. Eddie had picked some food, fruits, cakes and drinks from deli and he had thought everything out. There were a blanket and a basket in the back seat of his car and he had spotted the perfect spot for them with some privacy. They spent there hours just talking, watching birds and butterflies, laughing and kissing a lot. It was also the first time when Eddie opened up about his childhood memories. Most of memories were fun having Owen, Nick, Phil and Ikey in them but not all. Eddie's mom got sick when he was 14 years old so not at all perfect timing. There were only he and his mom, while his dad had left them before Eddie went to school. His mother had schizophrenia and it burst out when she was having difficulties at her workplace. Eddie told her about how the disease had affected in their lives and how she had spent more of her days in mental hospitals than home. And worst was the isolation from small town folk. Eddie told her that somehow he was relieved when he moved aged sixteen to live with his grandparents and his mother moved to Washington. Janet didn't know all this stuff about his past so isolation had been total. She also had the courage and found it easy to tell Eddie about her childhood.
Pizza girl arrived to witness Eddie pacing around the house having Phil and Rory following him. "You seriously are leaving tonight. Weather is terrible. Why can't you leave tomorrow morning?" Rory asked. "Honestly, you two are getting into my nerves. I need some time to think before I go to meet mother whom I have seen last time almost a year ago and that point she was having hallucinations me wanting to kill her with rat poison.". Phil stopped Eddie grabbing him from his shoulders: "Are you sure about this? Your mom coming here to be with us, to live with us and what if she doesn't like the idea of me living here with you two or Rory…" Eddie looked at Rory and Pizza girl who was standing in quiet at the door. "Yeah, about that…Rory…" Eddie started. "No problemo. I can go to Johnson Inn. I have bunked here long enough. It's okay." "Okay. It's time to go. I'll see you on Tuesday or Wednesday." Eddie said, hugged Phil and kissed Rory on forehead and stepped out from the door. Pizza girl touched his elbow: "I take care of things in here. You take care of your mother."
2
Nick and Eddie walked the main street and talked about Eddie's trip to Washington. "I mean she hasn't looked that well for long time. Almost as….well…normal" Eddie said. "That is good to hear, bro. What's the plan now?" Nick asked. "Well for starters she just rests a while and then she has this supervisor here and together they make plans, you know find a job and stuff." Eddie answered "How about house? Does it feel crowded? Nick asked. "A bit, but they seemed to get along and this is just temporary until mom finds own place. We can have the house. It's mine anyway." "Okay. I need to fly man. Date with Aubrey. I'll see you later." Nick said and left Eddie.
Eddie sat in his table at the office and Rory were giving him a massage. "God, you are tense up here." She said. "That feels heaven. I need that." Eddie said smiling. Right in that moment his mother came to the store with some food. "Hey, baby. I brought…" she stopped for a while seeing Rory "some food." Andrea said bit confused. She hadn't seen Rory over 11 years. "Mom, you remember Rory all right? Eddie asked. "Of course, just a bit amazed that you're here." Andrea said. "Nice seeing you Mrs. Latekka. You look great. It's good that you came back for town looking out for the boys. It has been rough doing it all by myself." Rory said grinning. "Is that so" Andrea said looking to his son.
Eddie, Rory and Andrea walked on the street when Sam came from grocery shop. "Hey, Eddie" Sam said. "Hello there. What's up dude?" Eddie asked as they greeted each other with special handshake. "Nothing much, just helping mom and Janet out." Sam answered. "So mom, this is Sam. Sam you have met Rory haven't you?" Eddie asked. "So you're Sam, Hannah's boy. What a sweet boy she has." Andrea said ruffling Sam's hair.
Janet and Hannah came out of the store. Janet frozen to the door but there were no escape. They hadn't really seen each other after Eddie get out of the hospital. It had been over a month and she had only seen him once or twice. Hannah had reported things and she knew that Rory had been like a clue in his ways for weeks. "Hi girls, nice to see you. Mrs. Latekka, do you remember Hannah and Janet?" Rory asked. "We just chatted with your lovely boy, Hannah Jane. And Janet, is it really you. I have been waiting to meet you. I want to thank you for the letter Eddie wrote me last spring – I so saw through it. It was you behind the idea, right? You made by boy a grown man in so many ways. You changed him you know." Andrea said hugging Janet for a long time and left everyone, especially Eddie stand there in discomfort. "I don't know about that and lots of things have changed." Janet said quiet and avoided everyone's glances. Eddie couldn't believe what her mother was saying and in front of Hannah and Rory. He was in total shock even though he knew there was truth in those words. Hannah observed Rory's displease. "So I have gathered. Sorry to see that, truly am. I hope that someday we can have a long talk." Andrea said and looked over to Eddie and Rory. Eddie and Rory had moved away from girls and Andrea followed them. "Eddie's mom seems really nice." Sam commented and girls nodded. Hannah just touched her best friend with comfort.
Phil and pizza girl sat in living room eating spaghetti and Eddie came from front door and sat to chair opposite from them. "Troubles in paradise?" Pizza girl asked noticing Eddies angry-face. "One meddling mother. We just ran into Hannah and Janet and let's just say I didn't see that coming. Mum end up thanking Janet after everything that she had done for me. She has done for me a lot of things, more bad than good." Eddie said angrily. Pizza girl and Phil exchanged a glance. "You haven't come clean with everything that happened?" Phil asked. "Hell no! She only knows that we broke up for some reason and that we live our separate lives. She knows I tell her everything when I think the time is right and now it isn't." Eddie said. "I just say this and then I leave it be. Last time Andrea saw you and heard from you was when you were with Janet. Happy and content the way never before, I have heard from reliable source, and now she can see you and your just not that happy. So you can't blame her, can you?" Pizza girl said. Eddie looked towards her and jumped from his chair. "Yes you really should let this be. I will tell her everything and then she will learn about Janet's effect on me being this wreck that I still am, after a month everything happened." Eddie said and walked away to his room upstairs. Phil turned towards his woman and didn't look satisfied. "What? Truth hurts sometimes." Pizza girl said giving him a quick kiss.