A/N: Thank you for all the reviews! Sorry for not updating in a while. I had lots of things going on at school, but school is out now for the summer. Enough of that though…on to chapter 4!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Tsubasa characters, but I do own Pam and everyone else at Morgan High School. (which as far as I know isn't a real place)

'Be Careful What You Wish For'

Chapter 4: The Bus and Hobos

The others had finished waking up and getting dressed. After making breakfast Pam, concluded that she would need to by some more food supplies while they were out. After breakfast Pam grabbed a small bag off the counter and they went outside. Fai had watched her put a sandwich, an apple, and a bottle of pop in it.

"What's that for?" Sakura asked.

"Hobo Joe," Pam smiled, as they walked outside. "Joe!"

A gruff unshaven dirty man poked his head out of a pile of garbage. He had filthy matted black hair, and tired green eyes.

"Yo, it to early in the morning," he complained.

"Come on Joe it's almost one," Pam laughed. They didn't get going till later in the day because it took a little while to get everyone ready and Pam had trouble getting some money together. Though she would never have told the others that.

Joe was surrounded by a garbage fort, and in his fort was an old couch along with some odds and ins of old things unknown. Pam didn't really care to know what he, and she wasn't thinking of Joe, had piled up in there.

"That for me?" he asked looking at the bag in her hand.

"Yup," Pam nodded tossing him the bag. "There you go. Now find a job!"

"Living here suits me just fine," Joe said, catching the bag and going back into his pile of garbage.

"Well if you want to stay here you'll need to start paying rent," Pam stated seriously.

"You're a real bitch, ya know that?" Joe growled from his pit.

"I know," Pam smiled.

Pam lead them a couple blocks down the street to a bus stop. There was a man already sitting there waiting to catch the bus as well. He was wearing a spiffy suit, and holding a briefcase.

"Good afternoon Steven," Pam greeted. "You heading back from your lunch break?"

"Yes ma'am," he smiled at her. "Why aren't you in school?"

"The lunch ladies set fire to the apple crisp so school will be closed for the rest of the week," Pam explained.

"Again?" Steven laughed.

"Yeah, this is what the 7th time?" Pam asked to no one. "You would think that they would take it off the menu."

"Who are your friends I don't think I have seem them around here before," Steven commented, noticing the others.

"They're some friends from way out of town, they just got in yesterday," Pam lied in a way.

"I'd watch out for that one," Steve pointed to Kurogane. " He seems like trouble."

"Hey!!" yelled Kurogane.

"Relax Kurogane, Steven doesn't mean anything by it," Pam said.

"So you're looking healthy Pam," Steven turned his conversation back to her. "Is he you know coming home soon?"

"Um, yeah I suppose so," Pam said looking away, glad that bus pulled up.

Fai, Kurogane, Sakura, Syaoran, and Pam with Mokona tucked in her bag got on the bus. Steven would have to wait for the next one, to go to work. Pam continued to stand grabbing a hold of one of the handles hanging from the top of the bus. Kurogane and Fai did the same. Sakura and Syaoran sat down on two of the available seats.

"You two may want to sit down unless you want to fall down," Pam told Kurogane and Fai.

"Yeah, right," Kurogane muttered.

The bus gave a lurch forward, and almost sent Kurogane and Fai flying but they didn't show it. Pam smiled as she pulled a book out of her bag and began to read. Fai and the others had never been on a bus before. Kurogane stood there pretending he could care less where he was, Syaoran was looking around wondering what everything was, and Fai and Sakura looked like they could deal without this bus trip. It took them about a half hour to go through down town and reach the mall. Which really wasn't much of a mall, there was only four stores and a couple fast food restaurants. There was a large open part in the middle, it was a nice day and they had it open. Pam took them inside the clothing store. There was also a book store, a toy store, and one of those stores that seem to sell anything and everything; except that one thing that you are looking for.

"Pick out something that you like, and then make sure it fits," Pam smiled. "I'll be back in about a half-hour or so. There are a couple of new books over at the book store, and want to check them out."

"Ok then," Sakura smiled.

Pam walked over to the book store knowing that she wouldn't be able to buy anything. She had just bought the Tsubasa book the other day, and there went this months book money. Also there went her book wherever it managed to disappear to. Hopefully it would come back soon. Pam shock her head, what was she thinking a book couldn't disappear. Then again she thought it was impossible for manga characters to appear in the real world.

A half hour later Pam went back to see that Kurogane and Syaoran had picked out there cloths, but Sakura and Fai were still looking. Mokona was asleep inside Pam's bag. Kurogane had picked out a black t-shirt, black high top tennis shoes, and a pair of black jeans, along with a dark blue almost black zip up hoddie. Syaoran picked out a pair of slightly baggy jeans, sneakers, a long sleeve green t-shirt, and then on top of that a black t-shirt. Sakura then decided to get a jean skirt, white leggings, a white zip up hoddie, silver flats, and a light pink fitted t-shirt. Finally Fai decided on a light blue almost white long sleeve shirt, with a dark blue hoddie over it, high top shoes, and dark denim jeans.

"So did you get your books?" Sakura asked, as Pam paid for the cloths.

"Oh they didn't have them in," Pam lied, she seemed to be doing this a lot lately. "On the way home we need to stop of at the library."

So they stopped at the library and then they headed home. Pam flopped down on the couch and sighed. Fai and the others went and changed into their better fitting clothes. She laid their on the couch a moment and wondered where they would find their feather. Usually something odd and really weird happened in the world where they landed in. But nothing happened so far, maybe Mokona was wrong. A sudden thought sent fear running through her spine and she bolted up off the couch, running into the kitchen.

Pam went over to the calendar and took a look at it. A red circle was drawn around the 25th of May. Today was the 24th. The date had crept up on her, before she realized it. She took a shaking breath, before she felt like crying.

"It was too good to last, I need some time to think," Pam thought.

"Hey guys, I have to go into work, so I'll be back sometime later tonight, help yourselves to what ever you can find in the fridge," Pam called running out of the door.

"Wonder what's wrong with Pam…" Fai thought.

He got up and went over and looked at the calendar. His eyes went to the circled date.

"What could the 25th be?" Fai asked to himself.

Pam returned around 10:00 PM with her arms full of grocery's. She pulled a bottle of beer out of the bag and opened it up. She took a sip before she threw it up, and tossed the rest down the sink.

"I can't let myself become like them," she muttered. "I won't let myself give up this easy. I've been through this before."

She went into her bedroom, when she finished putting away the groceries and flopped down on the bed. Next thing she knew she was fast asleep.

Fai's P.O.V.

I wondered when she was going to get back. She came in the house and began putting things away. When she came in I was going to ask her what was the 25th. But when she came in looking so tired and run down I changed my mind. Anyway she barely hit the pillow before she was fast asleep.

In the morning when I woke up she was sitting at her desk. Already dressed and scribbling away at some paper or something. She turned around and smiled at me.

"Good morning," she mouthed. "Kurogane awake?"

"No, for once he's asleep," I mouthed back

Pam got up and went into the living room. I decided to get up and follow her. She sat down and turned on the news.

"Why don't you do some searching for the feather today," Pam suggested.

"We probably should," I agreed. "So where do you think we should search first?"

"I don't know wherever, I think I will stay here," Pam sighed. "I'm not really feeling my best today."

Pam was lying again. I wondered what was so special about today.

Normal P.O.V.

A little while later everyone was up and ready to go. Pam gave them a map of the city, she showed them where her house was on the map.

"Ok, this is for bus fare if you need it," Pam told them handing them a small change purse.

A couple hours later:

Pam's P.O.V.

I heard the door bang open. I knew that it wasn't Fai and the others. I was him. I felt like I was going to be sick. I never wanted to see him again. I quickly ran into my room, hoping to make a run for it by jumping out the window. He was going to be pissed. He came storming into the room.

"Daddy, when did you get home?" I asked stuttering a bit.

"Shut up bitch," he yelled grabbing me, and tossing me in the closet.

I tried to force my way out before he locked it, but no such luck. I began pulling at the bottom of the door, but the next thing I knew blood was pouring out of my finger nail beds. I retreated into the darkness and began to sob. I will get out of in a couple days…maybe. I sank into sweet darkness.

Next thing I knew that the closet door was opening up again. I saw my nails were still bleeding. I felt like I was going pass out again. I was afraid I knew he was going to beat me again. Which he did. I heard him slam the door on his way out. He was probably going to go drink. I fell back into sweet, sweet darkness.

A couple more hours later:

Fai's P.O.V.

"Pam were back!" I called going into the house. "Is someone else here?"

There had been a beat up old beat up car in the drive way. I walked back into her room. I looked over and saw the closet appeared to be locked. I was about to go check the other rooms when I saw fresh blood seeping out from underneath the door crack. I pulled open the door and Pam fell out. She was all beat up and bloody. She opened her eyes, and I noticed that they looked so far away.

Normal P.O.V.

Fai pulled Pam into his arms. She looked behind him and her eyes looked so afraid and so far away.

"Who did this to you?" he asked.

"Fai, look out behind you," Pam whispered shaking.

Fai turned around to see a large man standing over him with a rusty metal rod. Next thing she knew he took a swing with large rod. Pam yelped as he fell over blood pouring from his head. Fai had fallen over on her, and blood was pouring everywhere.

"Fai!" Pam cried as she slipped in the dark.

A/N: Cliffhanger time. Updates will be more frequent now that I am on break. There is probably one or two more chapters to go. I never meant for this to be a really long story. Please review!