He made the finishing touches on his project.
"Perfect," He said to himself.
He couldn't hold back his smile. The excitement of what was to come overwhelmed him.
He turned away from his special project and went upstairs.
Inside of his room there was a bookcase. But instead of books, there were videos. He took out one of the videos and placed it into his VCR.
He lied on his bed as he watched, and let all the memories flow through his mind.
Once it was over he converted the video into a DVD.
He went to his desk, got a medium sized envelope and placed the DVD into the envelope, along with a small note.
He then wrote down the address of the Boston Police Detective's Office.
It was late Thursday night, so he took the envelope and placed it on the counter in his kitchen, 'I'll have to remember to send that tomorrow.'
"Take off that jacket."
"Now turn around and put your hands on the wall, above your head."
"One!"
"AH!"
"Two!"
"NO!"
"Three!"
"Stop!"
"Four!"
"Please!"
"Five!"
"STOP!" Cody yelled as he woke from his nightmare.
Two officers ran into the room with their guns in their hands.
"What is it?" One of them asked.
"I'm sorry. I just had a nightmare," Cody said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"No problem."
As they left the room Zack came in, "What happened?"
"You heard me?"
"Yeah. Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," Cody got up and walked to his bathroom. Zack followed behind him.
Cody wet a washcloth and washed his face.
"Did you have a nightmare?" Zack asked.
"Yeah, but I'm fine. Really."
"Okay. Well, I'm gonna go watch TV in the living room for a while."
Cody rolled his eyes, "Zack you don't have to stay up for me. There are officers outside and inside this house. I'm fine."
"I know you're fine. And who says I'm staying up for you? Maybe I can't sleep."
"Yeah, we'll go with that."
Zack went into the living room, sat on the couch, and turned on the TV.
Cody went back to bed.
"Ugh!" Cassie said the next morning, as her head hung over the toilet.
"You okay honey? Do you need anything?" Zack asked.
"You!" She growled as she glared at him, "You did this to me!"
"So you don't want any water, Gatorade, soda, crackers... Anything?"
"You are evil!" She yelled.
"I'll take that as a no," He said as he began to leave the room.
"I hate you!" She yelled.
"I love you too!" He replied.
Zack went into the kitchen. A few minutes later Cassie came in.
"Hi," Zack said, not sure if he should have said anything or not.
"Hi babe," She replied as if nothing was wrong.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm good."
"So you don't hate me anymore?"
Cassie laughed, "Not until tomorrow morning."
Zack laughed as well. "Can't wait," He replied sarcastically.
"Zack, I might as well apologize now for any cross words I may say to you in the next nine months."
Zack wrapped his arms around Cassie, "Forgiven."
"Also I apologize in advance for any physical pain I may put you through."
"Again, forgiven... Wait, how bad of physical pain?"
"I can't say for sure."
Zack shrugged, "I'll take my chances." He leaned in to give her a kiss, "Did you brush your teeth?" He asked.
Cassie laughed, "Four times."
He smiled and gave her a kiss.
"I am going crazy!" Cody said as he barged into the kitchen. "Oh, sorry," He added when he realize he walked in on them.
He went to leave.
"Cody, it's fine," Cassie said. "What's wrong?"
"I'm going insane!" He said as he ran his fingers through his hair. "I haven't left since I got here. It's almost been a week!"
"Aren't you taking Mom to chemo tomorrow?" Zack asked.
"Yes, unless I go crazy before then... Work! I'll go to work!"
"Jimmy gave you time off."
"I know, but all I'll be doing is filing and making copies, stuff like that. I just need to get out for a while."
"Okay."
Cody was already grabbing his keys and heading out the door. Officers followed close behind, in front, and beside him.
"So," Cassie began, "Are you going to leave me and go to work too?"
"Nope, I got two weeks off and I am taking it."
"Good."
He whistled as he put the envelope into his mailbox.
'Let's see, today's Friday so it should get there Monday.' He smiled to himself, 'Perfect.'
This chapter was sort of short, but I like it! I've got to volunteer at Vacation Bible School this week so I'm going to try to write a few chapters today to post over the next few days. I'm really into this story. Unlike my other ones, I don't have a certain chapter where it will end. I'm not sure yet. I've still a few more things I want to do first before reaching the end point. Thank you all for reading and reviewing! You will never know how much it means to me.