Chapter 4


As soon as her eyes laid on the two them, shocked, Nicole left the room as quite as she could and went back to her bedroom. Slowly she climbed the bed; she glanced at her husband's sleeping figure, making sure that she didn't wake. Her eyes on the ceiling above her, she pushed the sight to the back of her mind. She closed her eyes, trying to calm herself, taking a deep breath in and out at the time. She ended up drifting back to sleep. She woke up later, turning her head; she noticed Stephan's empty side. she got up, not bothering to check the time , she made her way to the bathroom before she went downstairs , forgetting what she had witnessed in Kyle's room. She was surprised to found a lonely Stephan sitting at the table, taking a sip from his coffee with his eyes on the newspaper in his hand. She paused and frowned. Where were the kids? Were they still asleep?

He noticed her, standing there, puzzled. Good morning honey. He said with a smile as he took another sip from his coffee.

"Where's everyone?" She ignored his greeting; she looked around, and got closer to him, still frowning.

He didn't looked at het as he answered "they left, went to the Rack and then the girls were going to the Mall; Lori said something about jessi needing her own clothes."

Nicole sighed, she got a mug, pouring coffee in it, and she joined her husband at the table. She wasn't sure why, but she felt like there was something that she had forgotten about it. Nevertheless she didn't bother to try harder in order remember. Stephen seemed concentrated on his newspaper. They sat in silent for less than a minute before Nicole spoke up:

"When did they leave?" Stephan placed his cup down and glanced at his watch "about a half an hour ago."Nicole simply nodded and took another sip from her coffee. He pretended to read the newspaper as he watched his wife; she didn't look fine, she seemed like she was pondering. Staring ahead of her, and from time to time she would take a quick sip from her coffee.

Concerned for his wife, Stephan placed the two items on the table; he reached for her free hand and squeezed gently. "Are you okay?" She turned to him and shook her head.

"It's just a headache." she touched her temple. "I think it's maybe because I overslept." Her hand went from her head to rest on top of their joined hands.

"I was thinking …"she started, making an eye contact with Stephan "what's going to happen to jessi?" She questioned, it was a question that she had had since she had brought jessi to her house.

"So jessi, this is Declan and Amanda." Lori introduced the brunette to her friends as they entered the Rack. The six of them found a table to sit at together. Jessi and Kyle remained silent as both Lori and josh told the others about jessi, not failing to mention the similarity. They shared everything with them. Kyle couldn't help but to notice the way Declan looked at him after the siblings were done talking. Amanda couldn't help but express her astonishment and surprise toward jessi. The latter was practically staring at Kyle who was sitting facing Amanda. Jessi was confused with the way Kyle was looking at Amanda. She had noticed or rather felt; how seeing her, had affected Kyle, mostly physically. His heartbeats had sped up and his eyes shining bright with joy and happiness but also unexplainable a wave of guilt and anger washed over him, the second she mentioned her date with boyfriend Charlie. She wanted to wonder about it but she was afraid that she might say something wrong and she didn't want to upset Kyle. When Lori first had suggested her plan for the day for jessi, Kyle had informed her that she had to be careful not say anything about their secrets until the talk to Foss later on that day. Pretending that she really suffered from amnesia, jessi in many occasion answered Amanda's questions by a shrug or simply "I don't really remember"

Jessi was feeling rather uncomfortable sitting next to Amanda especially since the latter hadn't stopped glancing at Kyle every now and then, thinking that no one had noticed her. Jessi too had noticed that every time Kyle catches Amanda looking at him, he would pretend to be concentrating on the conversation. Uncertain and upset, jessi didn't know why it hurt her.

As he sat there, listening to Lori speaking about jessi, Declan was confused, trying to hide his shock and anxiousness. A shudder ran through his body, it was a lot to take it, he glanced at Kyle but his features gave nothing and he couldn't understand what it meant, the similarity between the two, what had jessi to do with Kyle. He was about to ask Kyle to talk outside when Amanda spoke up first.

"So jessi, do you like to sleep in bathtubs?" Jessi looked at her, not answering immediately, she considered her question; she had been out of the pod for four days and three nights, she had tried both the tub and the bed, and neither of them had been an issue to her. She dared to glance to Kyle for help but thought otherwise. "I can sleep in bed; it's even more comfortable than the tub." She answered honestly, shrugging a shoulder. She glimpsed at Kyle, he was smiling and she couldn't help but to smile along with him. About an hour later, Kyle, jessi, josh and Lori left the Rack and headed to the Mall. Both excited and eager, jessi sat in the back with Kyle, her head out of the window she was taking everything her eyes laid on in. she was very exited about the trip to the mall.

Nicole had just finished explain her worries and concerns about both jessi and Kyle to her husband when the door bell rang. she was surprised to find that it was Bryan Taylor. as she invited him in , she was determined to have her answers by the time the man leaves otherwise she was going to get them from Kyle and jessi one way or the other.


A/N:sorry t's short but i just wanted to publish anything considering that i haven't done that in longtime...