CATE'S POV

Lux and I waited nervously on the porch for Baze to get back; neither of us saying a thing. I kept glancing over at her, but she was just staring into space. After what seemed like an hour I saw Baze's blue truck coming down the road. He parked and walked up the sidewalk towards us. Lux ran to him and grabbed his arm.

"What happened? Did you find him?" She practically begged.

"No… He had too much of a head start I guess, `cause I couldn't find him." Baze answered hesitantly, never making eye contact with her. Lux nodded and walked quietly back into the house. I waited for the door to close behind her.

"Lux may have bought that, but you aren't fooling me! Tell me what really happened?"

"Geez Cate! You're jumping my case before I even have a chance to talk to you! … I wanted… needed to talk to you before Lux. I DID find Ted… turns out he wants to apologize!"

"Wow… he wants to APOLOGIZE? And he does this by stalking our daughter? As if that isn't one of the creepiest things EVER! Well I hope you told him no! There is no way he will come near her… I'll get a court order!" I put my hands on my hips and began pacing the sidewalk.

"Of course I told him no, but then he threw a guilt trip at me about how `we gave up Lux and she's giving us another chance`!"

"That is soooo not the same!" I yelled.

"That's what I said! But he told me it's just a different kind of hurt or something…And that's true, so how can I fault him? I mean we may not have done… you know… what HE did, but we still hurt her!" Baze turned away for a second and then looked back at me. "Ted just wants us to tell Lux why he's here."

"Okay." I couldn't believe that came out of my mouth. The last thing I wanted was for Lux to have to face that monster again.

"OKAY? OKAY!" Baze shot back at me. "You WANT to tell her?"

"No I don't want to tell her, but I don't think we should lie to her either! We owe it to her to at least tell her this! The sooner the better too, because technically you already lied to her…" I walked up the stairs and through the front door. Baze followed behind me.

LUX's POV

After Baze came back and told me he didn't find Ted, I retreated to my room. I sat down on my bed and leaned back against the headboard. I don't know what I was hoping would happen. Ted deserved anything bad that ever happened to him, but did I really want Baze out there fighting a battle that's been over for years?

"Lux!" I heard Cate call. "Lux you up there? Will you please come down for a minute?"

I sighed as I got up and headed downstairs. Baze and Cate were both waiting at the bottom for me. "What's up?" I asked as cheerfully as I could.

"Let's go sit down in the family room. We need to have a little talk." Cate said as she led the way.

I looked questioningly at both of them, but followed them to the room and took a seat on the end of the couch. I turned and faced Baze as he began to talk.

"I umm…" He took a deep breath and then looked me straight in the eyes. "I lied to you… I actually did find Ted."

"WHAT?!?" I couldn't believe this.

"Yeah… It wasn't really that eventful. I did get a punch in."

"You PUNCHED him!?!" Both Cate and I yelled.

"Well yeah, just looking at him made me so angry! But he didn't really care. He got up and told me he deserved it. Look Lux…"

"O MY GOSH!" I was fighting the urge to run now. I didn't know how to react to this, Baze lying and punching Ted. I looked away.

"Lux…" Baze said again, trying to get my attention. "He wants to apologize. Apparently he's changed."

I stood up and started pacing the room. "Changed? People don't change!"

"People can change." Cate said quietly. "I've changed, Baze has changed… Because of YOU!"

I shook my head. "You two want me to do this? Seriously is that what you want?"

"We want you to do what you want to do!" Cate shot back.

My head is beginning to spin and I can't think straight anymore. So many old feelings are rushing back, and I'm fighting the urge to cry. I started thinking about having to see Ted. Images filled my mind, making me feel sick, and scared. It was almost as if it was happening all over again. I squeezed my eyes shut to try and get the images to go away, but it just made it worse. I could hear Baze and Cate saying my name, but it was so far away. My head wouldn't stop spinning; it was getting harder to breath…

CATE'S POV

I watched as Lux quickly closed us out and went into her own world. Both Baze and I kept calling her name, but I could tell she didn't even hear us. She seemed to be struggling to keep it together. Her eyes were closed tight and she started hyperventilating. Both Baze and I jumped up and ran over to her. She reached out for something to grab on to, and Baze grabbed her arm and caught her just as she began to fall. He lowered her to the floor gently.

"Lux! … "Lux sweetie… wake up!" I put my hand on her face and then felt for a pulse. "She has a pulse!" I said as I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good. But now what do we do?" Baze questioned.

"I don't know, but I think we should take her to the Emergency Room. She probably just passed out, but her breathing seems unsteady. I would just feel better if we got this checked out!" I ran and grabbed my purse, then watched as Baze picked Lux up off the floor and carried her to the car.

*** Sorry my updates are taking longer! I don't have much time on my hands these days, so really I just write when I can! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I hope to have another one up sooner rather than later!***