At the video store, I found both the movies the boys wanted and I got another film I'd like to watch. Connor wasn't a big help there, he was just standing around.

He looked at some DVD's but didn't pick one for himself.

I got over to him and smiled.

"Which one would you like to watch? Come on, you even can pick a really scary one!"

Normally he would be totally happy with the prospect of a horror movie night.

He coughed and just shook his head.

"Do you want me to cancel the whole thing? I mean, if you want to sleep to get better I understand, we can invite them over another time."

"No! No, I'm okay with the movies you picked."

He was sounding more and more hoarse.

"How're you feeling?"

"Okay, like I said, it's just the voice and my throat."

I raised on eyebrow at him.

"Alright, I have a headache, BUT I'll take a paracetamol at home! It'll be gone by the time the others arrive, okay? What have you got for you girls? There won't just be the movies the guys picked out, right?"

"No, I have 'The Village', I haven't seen it and it doesn't look too bad."

He looked at the DVD box and nodded.

We paid and left of the shop.

At the chemists, we got some medicine for Connor and I bought a new thermometer.

At home we had three more hours to prepare for the others.

I had to feed the animals and I wanted to take a bath.

After the week, I liked to have some time just for me and a relaxing bath.

I went to tell Connor that I would take a bath and ask him if he needed to go to the bathroom.

We had a few 'run in's' in the first weeks of living together so I made sure to tell him that I was in the bath from then on.

This time I couldn't tell him though; he was fast asleep on his bed when I went upstairs.

He was snoring loudly and his breathing didn't sound too good but he'd taken the medicine and two paracetamols, so sleep was good.

I put his blanket around him and kissed him on the forehead.

His temperature was okay and he'd said he wanted to watch the movies with us so I had to force myself NOT to call Sarah and cancel the whole thing.

I decided though that I'd throw them all out if he got any worse. I let water in the tub and put in some bubble bath before getting the CD player from the kitchen and looking for a CD to listen to.

When I looked through Connors CD's I found a Harry Potter Audio book hidden behind some other CD's and had to laugh.

I'd told him once that I loved the books and apparently he had gotten the new Audio book.

There was one CD of them missing, one of the later ones. I could still listen to the first CD.

I wondered why he would buy the Audio Book when I have all the books. He could've just borrowed them and read them any time.

But when I thought back, he always had the headphones of his iPod in his ears when he was fiddling with the Detector or the locking device.

He must be listening to Audio books then. I would have to ask him about that. But for now, I just took the CD to listen to in the bath.

When I was out of the bath and my hair was fixed up, I put on some light girly make up.

Connor said once, that he liked it when I "did the girly thing" and now that he was not feeling too well, I wanted to see him smile again.

I cleaned up behind me in the bathroom and opened the window to get rid of the steam in the room.

In an hour the others would be coming over and I made sure everything looked good and put the kettle on to prepare some more tea for Connor. I got out some lemon and honey and made enough tea to last for a few cups, then I got up to Connors room to wake him.

He was still under his blanket but he was sweating.

I sat down next to his hip "Connor? You have to wake up now, the others will be over here soon." I whispered and leaned near to his head. "Come on sleepy head!"

He stirred and grunted . "Just five more minutes!"

I giggled. "They'll be here in half an hour Conn and I think you should hop in the shower before that. You'll feel better after that."

"Okay, okay." he opened one eye and then the other. I got up, to give him room.

"How do you feel? Any better?" I knew I was fussing, but I needed to know.

"Yeah, Headache is gone now, and my throat feels better."

Though he was not sounding better, he definitely looked rested now.

He brought his hand up to his forehead and brushed the sweaty hair out of his eyes then his face screwed up.

"And you are right, I need that shower" he laughed.

It was good to hear him laugh, even if it didn't sound much like his normal laugh.

"Good, I'll go down and close the window in the bathroom. There's tea in the kitchen, I put lemon and honey in, it'll help with your voice."

I smiled at him and he looked down. "Thanks Abs."

"You're welcome" I replied, already on the stairs.

*****

Connor was in the shower when Sarah arrived.

She was a bit early, but she said that she wanted to help prepare for the party.

We chased Sid and Nancy into my room and closed the door behind them.

Rex was up in Connors room so he was out of the way too.

I got the sweets out and put them into a bowl.

Sarah was putting glasses on the coffee table and we put the drinks next to the couch where everyone could reach them easily.

Sarah and I sat down at the Kitchen counter and we both had a beer bottle in front of us.

I was about to ask her about Becker when we heard the singing in the bathroom.

I giggled because Connor sounded more off key with his hoarse voice.

Sarah just laughed out loud.

We both took a sip of our beer and Sarah looked at the bathroom door.

"Okay, that is actually very sweet."

Connor was singing ABBA's 'Our last summer'. His favorite hit, because he sang that all the time since I had forced him into watching 'Mamma Mia!' with me.

I wondered how he knew the lyrics so well.

"I know!" I grinned.

Connor ended his song and came out of the bathroom with just a towel around his hips and one on his head, he was towelling off his hair and didn't look at us.

He clearly didn't notice that Sarah was there already.

"Ahm ... Conn? Sarah is here!" I was looking at him and so was Sarah.

"Really?" he squeaked and lifted the towel away from his face and put it in front of his chest.

"Yeah, hello there! I didn't know I was getting to see you do a show tonight!" Sarah laughed.

Connor hurried up the steps to his room and I looked over at Sarah.

"Did you have to say that? He's feeling bad enough today!"

"I think he knew it was a joke. What I didn't know, was that he was hiding some serious muscles under all his shirts and waistcoats!"

"Well ... he does, he isn't just a massive intellect!"

Okay, that still sounded stupid and I burst out giggling.

Sarah looked a bit shocked now and I saw that she must have gotten the wrong meaning behind that.

"Not what you think!" I told her.

When Connor came back down, he was dressed and his face was beet red with embarrassment.

He came over to us.

"I didn't hear you coming in Sarah, sorry."

I put a cup of tea down in front of him and smiled.

He nodded his thanks at me and took a sip.

"Not a problem Connor. And you know that it was just a joke right? I didn't mean to be rude."

Connor laughed. "I know, don't worry!"

I got up and went into my room. I had to close the door right behind me as I got in and out because of Sid and Nancy.

When I got out to the Kitchen again, I put the red scarf around Connors neck.

He looked at it and then at me. "You had that? I was looking for it for days!"

"Yeah, sorry. But you have to keep that around your neck now, warmth is good."

Sarah giggled. "And it is good for the singing voice! I didn't peck you for an ABBA fan."

I glared at her. Connor on the other hand was laughing.

Now I was confused. "You should hear my 'Dancing Queen'!"

"Yeah I think I really would enjoy that!" Sarah smiled and got up.

She went to her bag and dragged out two microphones and a few PS2 game boxes.

Connor began to smile to and got up to join her.

I was still standing at the kitchen counter.

"Damn, and I can't really sing with my voice like that! What songs do you have?"

What? Songs? I went to stand next to Sarah, and saw that it was a karaoke game.

Sarah had given Connor the game boxes, and he was looking through them.

"We can try it out though and if you can't sing, you can be ... like ... a judge!"

Sarah smiled at her resolution. Connor didn't look up from the boxes.

"Abby? Can we play now while we're waiting for the others?"

He was asking me?

"Ahm ... sure. Why not."

He went to hook the microphones up on his PS2 and started the game.

I sat down next to Sarah and looked at her.

"Cool idea! But you know he'll want to play it for hours now right?"

"He can't sing very long or fast with his voice. I think he'll last about two songs and then he'll have to take a break anyway. Okay! Who wants to start? Abby?"

No! No, no! I wouldn't sing alone and I would definitely not do it before either of them had done it! I shook my head.

Connor came over to us and sat right in the middle of Sarah and me.

"Come on Abs, sing with me, okay?"

He and his puppy dog eyes.

I just couldn't resist.

Together would be okay.

Connor got up, poured himself more tea, and brought it with him.

He handed me one of the microphones and took the other one.

"Wait, which song?" I asked him.

He smiled. "Oh, one you know really well!"

He grinned at me started the song.

When I saw the beginning of the music video I had to smile too.

He was sticking to ABBA and he picked my favorite song 'The name of the game'.

I began to sing and it wasn't so hard at all to play the game. I knew the words and didn't have to read them so I could concentrate on the singing alone.

Connor wasn't doing so well, his voice was chokier and sometimes it broke away completely.

He gave up in the middle of the song.

I finished alone and Connor smiled at me.

"See! Wasn't that bad, right? You did great!"

Sarah smiled too but then turned to Connor.

"How do you know the lyrics to the ABBA songs so well?"

She raised her eyebrows.

He looked down and sighed.

"My mum ... it was her favorite band and she listened to them often when I was a little. When she died, my dad got rid of all the tapes though. It was hard for him, but I still like the songs. And Abby? You know that her favorite song was 'The name of the game" too?"

He smiled sadly then and I hugged him.

Sarah got up and said that she had to use the bathroom but I knew that she was giving us some time.

"So you're okay with my listening to the songs? It's not bringing back unpleasant memories?"

I was worried, because I didn't want to hurt him in any way.

"No! Not at all! I remember that she was happy when she listened to ABBA. How she danced to the songs like you do now. You remind me of her sometimes. You know ... in a not creepy way."

Connor smiled and whispered. "So thanks, Abby, for not letting me forget her."

He hugged me and it felt good.

A knock at the door broke up our conversation but I was sure that we would be talking about that more later, once we were alone again.

Danny and Jenny arrived together ... that was weird.

I let them in and they sat down on the sofa with Sarah who was back from the bathroom.

Connor had switched off the PS2 and sat down on the armrest of my recliner.

When Becker arrived only a minutes after the others we could finally start the first movie.

"Jenny? Do you want to choose?" I asked her, and gave her the DVD's.

"Okay, I would like to watch this one!" She announced and held up 'The Ring'.

She gave it to Connor, who put the DVD in the player and started the movie.

Becker, Sarah, Jenny and Danny sat on the sofa and I sat in the big recliner.

There was still space on the couch, but I patted right beside me.

I didn't want to sit alone through this movie and there was space enough that Connor and I could both sit on the recliner.

He smiled and sat down beside me.

The movie was really scary and when I saw the video with that fly it creeped me out and I grabbed Connors arm and buried my head in his shoulder.

He looked down at me and whispered "You okay?"

I nodded and looked at the TV again from behind his shoulder.

I saw Sarah doing the same from behind Becker's shoulder; that made me smile.

When I looked at Jenny I was surprised to see that she was totally into the movie, she sat on the edge of her seat and was looking at the TV with huge eyes.

Becker and Danny were relaxed and watched with interest.

I couldn't see what Connor was doing without him noticing.

But since he didn't jump when something scary happened, I thought he was okay.

BUT I had to have a pause! "Can we stop for a minute?"

Sarah looked happy with that and nodded. "Yes please!"

Connor paused the DVD and looked at me questioningly.

"I have to use the bathroom" I said, smiling sweetly.

He helped me to get up and I rushed out because that creepy girl was on the screen.

When I came back Sarah was already on her way to the bathroom too.

She smiled at me and I held my thumbs up at her when she was right in front of me.

I sat down beside Connor again and listened to Jenny, who was telling the others that she booked a cruise to Greece today and that she wanted to have a holiday before she decides what to do with her life now.

"I just wanted to go some place warm, you know."

Connor nodded. "Sounds great to me to!" He laughed.

But I got to thinking.

A holiday ... didn't sound that bad, I'd have to ask Lester about it.

Denny was telling Jenny something about Athena and Connor was babbling away about digging places in Greece.

When Sarah came back she got into a discussion with Connor, which she won because his voice broke away completely in the middle of a sentence.

He looked at me with wide eyes when I asked him if he was ok.

He shook his head and got up to go into the kitchen. I looked at the others and Jenny got up to follow him into the kitchen.

I didn't know what to do when Danny spoke; "Go to him!"

In the kitchen Jenny was talking to Connor. I got nearer and looked at him as he poured more tea into his mug.

He took a sip and tried to speak again, but nothing came.

Then he tried to whisper and that worked.

I sighed and hugged him.

Jenny told him that that happened to her once.

That her voice came back after a little while and that he really needed to go to a doctor on Monday.

"When did your voice come back?" Connor stage whispered to her.

She looked apologetic. "After about 4 days. Sorry. But drink tea, don't try to talk and it should get better soon."

She patted him on the shoulder. God! The poor guy.

Connor was always talking, even in his sleep.

It was hard work for him to keep silent for a long period of time.

I squeezed his hand to show him that I was here for him.

Jenny smiled. "Do you want us to leave?"

He shook his head and looked over at me, so I told her "No, you can stay. We still have to get the pizza and to watch a second movie!" Connor nodded.

Jenny laughed. "Okay, fine. We stay then, I'll ask the others what they want on their pizzas and then we can order them okay? That way the pizzas will be here by the end of the movie."

"Great, thanks Jenny."

I gave her a piece of paper and a pen and she was on her way to the others.

I turned to Connor again and brought my hand to his forehead, he smiled and whispered

"I'm okay, even my throat still feels not that bad."

He had no fever as far as I could tell.

"Okay. I'll order the pizza then this wouldn't understand you today!" I giggled.

He smiled and that was why I said it.

Jenny came back and gave me the paper so I could order.

When we all sat down again, Sarah asked Connor if he was okay.

He just nodded and whispered "Yes. Don't worry!"

He started the movie again and then settled down beside me.

He put his arm around my shoulders so that I could lay my head on his chest.

I smiled at that, it was such a coupley thing to do.

When I turned my head away from the TV again as the creepy girl climbed out of the TV in the movie, he whispered into my ear; "It'll be over soon. Just don't look at it, okay?"

I nodded and breathed in his scent.

It was comforting and I whispered back a "Thank you." and I meant it in more ways than one.

When the movie was finally over I let out a sigh of relief.

"God that was horrible! Becker, remind me never to let you pick a movie! Like ever again!" I exclaimed.

Everyone laughed.

The pizza arrived just in time and we sat down to eat.

When we were all stuffed with the pizza, Connor and Sarah helped me to clear up so that we could watch the second movie.

I let Connor pick the next one.

He smiled and held up 'The Village'.

Danny grumbled a bit, but I told him that he could take his movie home to watch it there and he was happy again.

I could handle monsters better than ghosts, so 'The Village' was better. I leaned into Connor and he put his arm around me again.

When Lucius told Ivy that he feels for her safety first, Connor squeezed my shoulder a bit and I had to smile because I didn't think that he did it intentionally. And I knew that he would stand right beside me in danger, he did so everyday.

He came after me when the Mer creature took me into the future, he refused to let me go back then and he told me that he loved me.

I put my arms around him to hold him closer.

He looked down at me and smiled.

While I was thinking about Connor and what he meant to me, Lucius got stabbed and the blind Ivy was feeling that something was wrong. When she found him and he wasn't responding to her touching him, I was in tears.

I knew how it felt to loose someone; we lost Cutter and Stephen not long before that.

But I was thinking how I would feel if it was Connor who was injured and possibly dying.

He could have died yesterday!

I nearly lost him!

That thought got me sobbing.

"Abby?" Connor whispered as I held him tight.

He put both his arms around me while he tried to bring me onto his lap to hold me more comfortably.

I heard Jenny and Sarah but not what they where saying because I was crying so hard that it was getting tough to take a breath in.

After a while all went black.

When I woke up and opened my eyes everything was too bright so I closed them again immediately.

I heard Jenny talking to someone.

"She'll be okay. The doctor said she hyperventilated. ... No ... Yes, the doctors are with him right now ... They have to take tests ... James, I don't know ... "

James ... so she must be talking to Lester.

Who needed to take tests. For what?

"James! Becker and Sarah are with him. Danny's getting some coffee. ... Yeah, I told you! He just collapsed when we arrived doctors wouldn't let him ride with her in the ambulance. He was distressed and breathing too fast ... yeah, maybe an asthma attack ... the doctors are working on him right now..."

Wait ... asthma attack ... She isn't talking about Connor is she? I opened my eyes now, to the too bright light and sat up.

"Jenny?" She looked at me and smiled.

"I call you back, James, Abby just woke up." with that she shut her phone.

"Abby! Thank god!"

She sat down beside me and hugged me.

Hard.

"Jenny, where's Connor?"

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