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Gabe smiled at his phone, he typed in the words on the keypad, and hit sent, he had been texting Jade all day, he was starting to like her again, even though he refused to admit it aloud, it was true.
Teddy smiled at her younger brother, he sat across the table, not bothering with his food, but texting a girl. The only reason she knew, was because she took his phone to him earlier, and the text was sent by a girl named Jade.
The name sounded familiar, Teddy was thinking it was the same girl that came over like a year ago, during the summer that Gabe went all out for her, even manipulating Charlie and Toby to get her to like him.
Lizzie walked into the kitchen, her curls frizzy from not putting any defrizzer in it, but she didn't care. The eight year old loved hanging out with her cousins, she had wished at one point that her last name was Duncan, from all the fun times the large family had, she hated being an only child, always being bored.
Being a Duncan would be so awesome to her, having older and younger siblings, getting to see little Charlie and Toby every day, what a life! And plus, she loved her aunt, and when she was married to Bob, he had been the best uncle to her ever!
Lizzie had no idea of the hidden pain in the family.
Helen sat at the breakfast bar, and read the Denver Post that was thrown at the Duncan's front door.
"Aunt Helen?" Lizzie asked her aunt, who popped her head out of the newspaper, and smiled at her niece.
"Yes, Lizzie?" she smiled at her.
"Can we go do something today, like see grandma and grandpa or something?"
Helen sat back in her chair, and looked at all her nieces and nephews, she smiled.
"I think that's a great idea!"
Rachel smiled as she looked out the window. The bus had finally pulled into the bus station, high in the mountians where you could look below and see the beautiful valley of Aspen sitting under a blanket of snow.
She looked at Amy, her face a pale green as she looked out the window, trying to resist to hurl.
"Come on Ames, let's get you to the cabin before you barf all over!" Rachel grabbed the bags and led her sister out of the bus.
Bob looked around the entire bus stop, he'd even go into the small convenient store, no sign of Amy or Rachel. Then he saw them get off the bus, and frowned when he saw that Amy looked about to vomit on the snow beneath her.
"Cone on Ames, the rental place is over here, the car should be there." Rachel followed her older sister to the rental car place across the highway, not noticing Bob Duncan following them close behind.
Amy shivered in the freezing air, still feeling natious, and ready to puke any time if something, or someone, triggered it. She followed her sister into the big building with sliding glass doors. To find themselves behind five other people in a large lobby, with a glass wall to the left, to see several dozen new glossy cars, rental cars.
Amy grabbed her head and closed her eyes, she hated feeling natious, she had felt that feeling hundreds of times during her five pregnancies, and she did not want to feel it again. She impatiently stood behind Rachel, tapping her foot with her arms crossed and looking up at the ceiling to keep from getting sick.
She heard the sliding glass doors slide open behind her, and felt thankful that she wasn't last in line anymore.
She couldn't resist and quickly turned around to look at her savior, she smiled at Bob and mindlessly turned back around to look ahead of the line.
She froze.
Realizing her nausea had betrayed her, she stupidly whipped her head back around, and looked eye to eye with a smiling Bob.
"Bob!" was all she could say before her stomach felt queasy, and she let all her shock out onto Bob's shoes, then felt light headed and watched as the lobby got smaller and smaller, and a dark black fog covered her eyes and she passed out onto the hard marble floor.
Teddy smiled in the passenger seat of the Serenade as she saw the sign welcoming them into Green Mountain, Colorado.
Helen had called Petunia and Hank telling them they were coming, the older grandparents invited them to stay for the weekend, while Amy and Rachel were away.
Helen pulled the car up to the large house, and looked into the back seats. Charlie sat in the middle row, beside Toby, watching the TV on the back of the headrest in front of her. Toby fell asleep in his carseat. Gabe and Lizzie laughed as the similar cousins watched the three stooges on the TV screen in front of them, on Charlie's headrest.
Lizzie ran up between Charlie and Toby's seats, and opened the sliding door, and jumped out,
"Grandma!" she screamed, as she ran up and hugged Petunia.
After everyone got their small bags, and got into their rooms, they all went into the large dining room and ate a delicious lunch that Hank prepared on the grill on the deck.
Amy woke up to a warm fire crackling on her left. A large icepack rested on the back of her head, and she realized she was laying on the most comfortable couch ever.
She looked around to look at the large cabin that didn't look like her sister's. She heard a TV softly playing in another room, and slowly lifted her head up. She felt the dull pain on the back of her head from the solid marble floor.
She looked out the window, to see the sun was still barely up, reflecting on the white snow on the ground.
She stood up, and walked across the warm carpet. The cabin was dark, the kitchen was in the back, with a small island, and on the left was a door with a glow coming from under it.
She slowly opened it, to see Bob sitting on the bed watching an unfamiliar show. She gasped. He turned his head and smiled.
"Hey, sleepyhead!" he got up and walked over to her.
"Bob? what are you doing in our cabin?" she stepped back, and noticed her voice cracked from shock.
"Amy, it's okay, your in my cabin. We drove you here because it was closer and I knew exactly where it was. Rachel is getting some Tylenol and Motrin from the drugstore, she'll be back in about ten minutes."
Amy looked down, then popped her head up, which was a bad mistake, she grimaced at the sharp pain, but continued, "What are you doing here?"
She didn't mean to come off rude.
Bob chuckled. "To go to your least favorite convention, for bugs," he smiled at her.
Amy's face dropped, "oh,"
Teddy sat in the recliner, and tapped her foot on the hard wood floors in the living room. She overheard her aunt and grandma, mentioning they need some more milk and sugar for desert for dinner. She sighed and got up.
"Helen, Grandma? I can run to the store to get them real quick so you can keep cooking the rest." Teddy was bored, her siblings and cousin were playing hide and seek, and she was too old for that.
"Teddy are you sure? It's almost dark," Helen started.
Teddy looked out the window, the sun wasn't anywhere near sunset, it was only six o'clock.
"I think I'll be fine. Can I take your car, grandma?" Teddy's eyes begged. She wanted out for a little while.
Petunia of course said yes, and as Teddy was headed to the car, Lizzie and Gabe stopped her.
"Teds, can we please come too? Please!" Gabe begged.
Teddy looked down at Lizzie, who shook her head yes, her green eyes begging for a yes.
"Sure!" Teddy said, the three walked out the front door, and hopped into the Honda Civic.
Teddy drove down the road, looking west at the Rockies, which were close. They passed Dunstan Middle School, and headed downtown.
The sun was close to setting behind the mountains. And the store was two minutes away. They crossed the intersection.
The music was loud as Gabe and Lizzie were sitting in the backseat. Gabe had his phone out, filming Lizzie dancing ridiculously to the music. They were both laughing.
Teddy smiled as the light ahead of them turned green,
the music was loud. His phone was recording.
They crossed into the intersection, but none of them noticed the drunk driver passing through the red light, headed right at their side.
the music was loud. His phone was recording
Teddy slammed on the brakes as Lizzie screamed at the car headed right at her door, and it wasn't going to stop.
the music was too loud. His phone was recording.
Gabe watched as everything went by so slow. He screamed as he saw the Cadillac come to view behind Lizzie on the phone screen. The music playing a loud AC DC song, Highway to Hell. He heard his cousin scream.
He couldn't feel the impact. He saw Lizzie's body jerk in her seatbelt as her car door slammed into her side. He looked ahead of him to see Teddy's head hit her window, he heard the shattering glass.
Everything goes black.
"Amy, why don't you want to talk to me? Over this week?" Bob walked closer to Amy. She dropped the icepack onto the floor. She looked into his hurt eyes.
"I-I don't know, Bob." she walked closer to him.
Amy felt his breath on her. She felt her body go weightless.
Their heads came closer together, and their lips touched.
Rachel burst through the door, her face mixed with worry, fear, and tears.
"Amy, Bob.." she looked at them, their faces coming apart, and looked at her face, as tears came from her eyes.
"It's the kids, they just got in an accident."
To Be Continued...
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