I don't know how long it has been since I have updated but I know it has been a while. Sorry. I really will post this more often. Just give me until January and this will go much faster. Thank you to all my reviewers.
Spoilers: Ok this is silly. This is an AU piece there are no spoilers for the rest of the story so I am not writing Spoilers: any more.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of them…Well I own Aiden's little sister.

Dedication: TomorrowNeverCame—because she has reviewed every chapter and Paris Never Ended!!!

IMPORTANT

(at least I think it is)

There are two people in this story with the same name due to the fact that I am using preexisting characters, but they are spelled differently:

Katharine—Aiden's little sister
Catherine—Jethro's friend (she is older)

Kate screamed and the lifeguards looked over at her. The red-head noted the other girl lying on the bottom of the pool and looked at the other lifeguard, "Camille we have a code four. Someone call 911." Then she jumped of her raised platform and into the water.

In the mean time Kate had the good sense to pull herself out of the water, but she could not tear her eyes away from her friend's unconscious form. Suddenly Kate felt two pairs of hands on her shoulders she responded the their pressure without any hesitation and let them pull her a little farther away.

Jenny, the redheaded lifeguard, pulled Abby's limp form to the surface and Camille helped lift her on to the pool deck. As Jenny pulled herself out of the water Camille began CPR. As soon Jenny was out of the water she attempt to staunch the bleeding with a towel that Jethro had handed her. Camille had just managed to get a small pulse going when the ambulance pulled up. Catherine was waiting at the gates to let them in and they rushed over to Abby with a stretcher.

Kate watched in horror as they lifted her friend's limp body onto the stretcher and loaded her into the ambulance. She watched in silence as the ambulance sped away with its lights flashing. When it turned the corner and disappeared Kate finally looked away.

Her gaze turned to the people standing around her. The two lifeguards, Camille and Jenny, were standing facing her. Catherine, Tim, and Jethro were on either side of them. Aiden and her sister Katharine were still holding her shoulders. "Are you okay?" Jenny asked her gently.

"I…I…" Kate faltered. She shook her head and the tears she had not known she was restraining started to fall down her checks. She hated crying in front of people, but she couldn't help it right now. Aiden's little sister reached out a little awkwardly and wrapped her arms around the older girl.

After a several moments Camille's voice broke the silence, "I am so sorry, but we need to fill out and incident report before any of you can leave."

"Even Kate?" Catherine asked quietly.

"Especially Kate," Camille replied apologetically.

"It's alright," Kate said quietly wiping her eyes. "Thanks," she added to Tim as she wrapped the towel he had handed her around her waist.

"Okay," Camille started, "What happened?"

"We were doing back dives and I think she just slipped and fell," Kate said shaking her head. "I don't know I'm sorry."

"It's okay," Jenny said. "we just needed something to fill out the incident report with."

"Kate," Catherine asked, "do you want me to drive you home?"

"Yea sure thanks," Kate said looking around but can you drive my to Abby's house?"

"Sure," Catherine said nodding, "Just give me a sec to make my statement." Catherine turned to Camille, "I was talking to Jethro, and I only heard the scream."

"Okay thank you," Jenny said as Camille jotted it down.

"Can we leave now?" Catherine asked looking at Kate.

"Protocol…" Jenny started, but she stopped looking from Kate to Catherine, "says you can't."

"Jen," Catherine said quietly as she turn away from Kate, "you know me. You know her. You know neither of us did it. She just watched her best friend be rushed to the hospital. Give me this one and skip protocol."

Jenny looked at her for a long moment, "If this ends badly…worse…I will have to blame you but yea I will give you this one."

"Thank you," Catherine replied before turning back to the younger girl, "you ready Kate?"

"Yes," Kate answered quietly, "Thank you."

ABBY'S HOUSE

Kate looked at Catherine before he got out of the car. "You remember that Abby's parents are deaf?" Kate asked.

"Yes," Catherine said nodding, "I am assuming that you can speak sign language."

Kate nodded, "Abby taught me right after we became friends so I could talk to her parents."

"Makes sense," Catherine said, "you ready?"

"Ready as I'll ever be," Kate muttered getting out of and looking at Catherine, "you coming?"

"If you want me to," Catherine said getting out of the car. She didn't know Abby's family very well but she had more than once driven Abby and Kate on their various adventures because they were not crazy enough to try to drive underage in town. Well maybe Abby was but Kate had slightly more common sense than that.

Kate didn't bother to knock on the door. She hadn't done it in years and now defiantly was not the time for formalities. It did not take her long to find Abby's parents and brother who were all watching television (with the subtitles on) in their living room. Kate walked into the middle of the room and stood in front of the television.

"Kate!" Charlie yelled at her. Charlie was Abby's little brother and like his sister was not deaf.

"Charlie," Kate told him signing a similar message to his parents at the same time, "there was an accident at the pool and your sister is in the hospital."

Charlie's eyes went wide as he looked at Kate and the handful of popcorn he was about to eat fell onto the couch. "How bad is it?" Abby's mother signed after a moment.

"I don't know," Kate confessed, "Catherine drove me straight here because they don't like letting minors ride in the ambulance."

"Our car is at the shop," Abby's father signed. Kate looked at Catherine and quickly translated.

"I can take all of you," Catherine offered and Kate translated.

"Thank you," Abby's mother signed.

THE HOSPITAL

Catherine had let them barrow her car and left them because she need to get home. The other four of them walked in to the hospital.

"Can we have the condition of Abigail Sciuto, please?" Kate asked the closest

"Are you family?" the nurse asked.

"We are," Charlie answered.

"It is worse than we originally thought," the nurse confessed. Kate and Charlie looked at each other before Kate began to translate that into sign language.

Please review. I promise I will post more. There will also be a spin off of this story starting on the 20th of December because I am going to the same place Kate goes to in this story only in the winter. I can promise you at least one more chapter before Christmas and more after so just bare with me….and review. :-)