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Finding What Has Been Lost:

Chapter Two

When Daphne woke up the sun had not even thought about coming up. She was used to this. Ever since this last school year started sleep was something that became foreign to her. Even during the summer where her class load was lighter then the actual school year, the fear of her father's failing health, and the stress of just everything. She felt the arms that were wrapped around her tighten when she shifted slightly. She felt a smile spread across her face.

"Ya know, its only bout 4 am. You still have 5 hours till Maureen gets here." his voice was thick with sleep.

She playfully pushed his face away. "Mourning breath."

She could make his mock surprise in the slimmer of street light that entered their bedroom. "Mourning breath?" he chuckled as he brought her closer to him, not letting her move anywhere. "What's wrong with my morning breath?"

"Oh my God!" she shrieked as she made attempts to wiggle out, but it was no use. Those football muscles were being put to use…good use.

"Nope. You never complained before about my morning breath." He blew a raspberry right below her ear and she shrieked with laughter. Jesse smiled, loving her laugh. It was something that he did not hear enough. He rolled so that he was on top of her and had her fully pinned down. "Oh well." He kissed her softly and looked into her green eyes, at least what he could see of them from the street light.

Daphne's breath quickened and could feel his do the same. "You said I have 5 hours right?" she gave him a snicker. He bent down to kiss her and moved his hands down to her breast. Just as things got heated up, her cell phone rang. Daphne climbed out of bed and answered it, much to Jesse's dislike. It was Roger.

"Hello?" There were a lot of people screaming in the background. Which made it hard to hear him.

"Baby Doll?" he yelled in order to be heard.

"Yeah. Uncle Roger?"

"I'm sorry to be calling, we're have fucking engine problems. But from what I hear, we're only 3 hours away." Daphne put her hand to her head knowing what was going to come next. "They don't know when were gonna get going. They're telling us to try and get rides."

"Do you want me to go out and get you?" she leaned her hip on the edge of her desk.

"Would it be too much to ask?" Daphne looked at the digital clock on the desk. The bright red numbers said 4:30. "I'll give you gas."

"That's not it. I'm just trying to figure out something. Where are you at?"

She heard him talk to another person then heard him back on the phone. "Just outside of Gents?"

She thought again. Maureen's plane landed 9am, if she kicked ass on the road, she could shave a half hour off. "Give me a few hours." she answered him as she walked to the crate that held her jeans. "If you hear anything give me a call ASAP."

"Gotcha. Thank ya, Baby Doll."

"Bye Uncle Roger." She hung up as she pulled on a pair of jeans. Tossing her cell on the desk and ran to the bathroom.

"What's up?" Jesse watched her interestingly as he heard the toilet flush and heard the faucet start.

"Uncle Rogs stuck in Gents. Something about the bus breaking down. I have to go and grab him." he heard her start to brush her teeth.

"That's almost three hours away. How the hell you gonna get Aunt too?"

She spit out the toothpaste and rinsed. "Try and avoid the cops." she walked out of the bathroom and pulled on one of his black beaters.

He got out of bed and pulled on a pair of jeans and one of his black beaters also. "I'm game."

She grabbed the keys. "Whatever, lets just get going now." She heard her stomach growl. "When we get closer, call Uncle Rog and tell him to grab some food for us."

When Daphne said that she was going to avoid the cops she meant it. Outside of the construction zone, Daphne ran 80 the whole way down. When she was half way down, she called Roger and told him to grab them some food. She made perfect time, and got down there in an hour and a half.

Daphne found him at a McDonalds. "Baby Doll!" he yelled as he got out of the restaurant. Daphne smiled to see her favorite uncle.

"I don't want to be mean, but I really have to get back."

"That's okay." he put his suitcase and bag in the trunk and got in the back seat. "Here." he passed the bag of food to the front.

"Oh, my god I love you!" she smiled as Jesse handed her a Mc Griddle and she took a bite as she drove. She offered Jesse a bite and he shoved it away. "I know how you get when you're hungry"

Roger laughed as he took a drink for his water bottle. "We both know. You should have seen her as a kid. Izzy would attack you if her stomach even spoke once."

The two men laughed as Daphne took another bite. "Yeah yeah yeah, I can already tell that you two are gonna get along." she hopped on to the highway and took her last bite of the sandwich and started on the first hash brown.

"I don't know baby, I'm a lot to handle."

"I know that one."

"So what's the rush to get back home?"

Jesse gave Daphne a sideways glance. He had heard more then once the saga of Maureen and Roger. Hell, the saga between Maureen, Roger, Mimi, Mark, and Joanne. He could see the struggle on her face, was she going to tell him and get the silent treatment for putting them next to each other and even more so for not telling him that the gang was gonna get together. He took her hand and squeezed it.

"Um…were picking up Aunt Maureen."

"Maureen as in your godmother? As in…Benny's wife?"