Slowly opening her eyes, Eve comprehends that this is not the room she was staying in at her mother's house. She doesn't know where she is. Her head spins slightly. Bringing her hand to her mound, caressing it worriedly. Slowly sitting up, she quickly realizes that she doesn't feel the pain she once did every second. It causes a grin to seep across her face.
Kate stands in the doorway, watching her sister, "You're awake."
Eve jumps slightly, "That was really creepy of you, Katiebug."
She smiles, taking a running leap onto the bed, "You were sleeping a long time. You must have been tired." She stands jumping on the large bed.
"Where are we, Katie?" The older of the two could almost swear this was a dream. It's almost as if everything has a haze over it, "Are you okay?"
"Uh huh." Kate bounces into a sitting position next to her sister, "My other brother and me were playing with my doll. He bought it just for me, can you believe it?"
"Your other brother..." It takes her a moment to realize just whom her little sister was referring to, Eve's eyes widen when it dawns on her, "Matt. Are we at Matt's house?"
Walking through the hallway, Matt calls in a hushed voice, "Kalila, leave your mother alone. She needs her rest." He grins as he peers into the room, "Hey. I didn't know you were awake. Feeling any better?" His eyes are bright and happy, the first time Eve has ever seen him in that way.
Eve shakes her head a little, "What's happening?"
"You were exhausted. Baby wasn't letting you sleep. Doc on base said it would be alright to give you an antihistamine. I slipped you a little Benedryl in your juice. You can be pissed all you want, but you slept finally." He smirks, stepping over to her and kissing her lips tenderly.
She puts her hand up when he moves away, was he always this way? "You're scaring me. Why am I here?"
"Aman, what are you talking about? You're home. We're home." He sighs, "You feeling okay? Need me to get you something? Dinner is almost ready."
Aman. That was the named he called her before. Eve swallows, "Can't you just take me home? Even if it's to my-"
"You are home, sweetheart." Matt swallows, "I'm worried. I'll get you some water." He nods, walking away toward the kitchen.
"He calls me Kalila." Kate nods, "I like that name. It sounds like a princess."
"Katie, we are in a lot of trouble right now." She whispers, "I wish I had my phone right now."
"You do. Mommy and Rusty called me."
"Did they?" Eve nods, smiling softly, "They know where we are?"
"I don't know. I used your phone and I don't know what I did with it-" She glances to her sister sheepishly, "I broke it."
"You broke my phone?"
"The screen is broken."
Eve offered her a smile. Of course it was broken. "Does it turn on?" When the little girl shook her head that it did not, she began to laugh, "My luck. I'm stuck with a nut job two weeks from my induction date and my phone is broken."
"In...induc..." Kate tries, shaking her head.
"Induction date."
"What is it?"
"The date they're-" Eve stops herself, running a hand over the girl's back, "Don't worry about it." She rises from the bed, walking into the living room. Maybe if she plays into this delusion, it will break sooner. She'd seen it at the hospital before.
Matt glances up, seeing her, "Sorry I didn't hurry with the water. I thought the rice was burning...it wasn't, but I thought it was."
"I didn't know you cooked."
"I cook whenever I'm home with you. You know that." He smiles to her.
"Sorry, I forgot." Eve looks around. The place is nicely decorated with many male with exception to the orchids in a tall vase on the kitchen table. She smiles, "Orchids."
"They're your favorite, aren't they?" Matt glances over to her, putting things on plates and carrying them over to the table, "You saw them in one of my pictures once...you said you liked them."
She nods, "My grandmother always had them around the house when I was growing up...my mother did too." Leaning over slightly, she smells it. Maybe this was some kind of sign that everything would be okay.
He shook his head a little, knowing they were native to that part of the world and nearly nonexistent. Her bizarre behavior worried him, but he would deal with it if it appeared to worsen, "Kalila, dinner." He calls, leaning over to place his lips against Eve's temple after she sits, "Chicken and rice. I hope you like it."
"Why wouldn't I like chicken and rice?" Her eyes never leave him, not wanting to give him the upper hand.
"You said you've never had chicken before."
"Ah." She nods, "Well, first time for everything." Watching him from the corner of her eye, Eve glances to Kate, "Do you like it?"
Kate slowly looks up at her, a pocketful of food in her cheek. She smirks, nodding.
"Good." Her eyes dart over to the front door when she hears a loud knock. A sigh of relief rushes over Eve, though it didn't last long, it was over.
Matt shakes his head, "No. You girls stay here. I'll take care of it." He pulls his gun from his belt holster. For some reason, it didn't register that he was in a pair of fatigue pants and tan shirt.
"No." She yells, "We'll ignore it. Don't-" Tears start to form in Eve's eyes, "You don't have to do all of that."
Andy glances over to his wife from the other side of the door. Hearing the yelling from inside. "Come on, Matthew." His gaze returns to the door, "Matt, it's your father. Open up."
"Bullshit, my father wouldn't come all the way here for me. My father wouldn't do anything for me." Matt stands by the front door, his hand still on his weapon though he had returned it to its holster.
Rusty sighs, listening, "He thinks he's overseas. He doesn't mean coming all the way to his apartment, he means all the way to his base or wherever he thinks he is. Not here." He could see the hurt in Andy's eyes, but decides not to call attention to it. He knows Sharon can see it as well.
"We're just doing a check. Everyone okay in there?" Sharon calls, placing her ear up against the door to hear better.
"Mommy." Kate grins, then looks to her sister. "Mommy is at the door."
"Aman, you alright?" Matt looks to Eve, "Why are you crying, sweetheart?"
The frustration and worry only builds within Sharon. She pulls her lips together, biting them from inside as she rests her back against the wall. "Is she okay?" She can't cry, she won't lose tact of the situation by crying. She cannot do that.
"What the hell is it to you whether or not my wife is okay?" Matt almost barks, "Get the fuck away from here."
"Not nice!" Kate yells at him.
Andy smirks, hearing his youngest child in her full glory, "Alright, we'll go away. Call us if you need anything." He motions for Sharon and Rusty to move down the hall. "We're not leaving from here. I don't think he's hurting them."
"He has the potential and the means. I heard the safety pulled from his gun." Sharon gives him a look, "Don't tell me you didn't hear that."
"I'm ignoring it right now. We can wait on the stairs." He goes to put his arm around his wife, only to have her shrug him off.
"Rusty, what do you think the course of action should be here?" Sharon knew of their usual tactics, but this was different, "You seem to have the best grip on Matthew Flynn." She was referring to him with his full name, thinking of him as a suspect.
"Uh..." Rusty looks up to the window where the apartment is, "He has a clear view of us from here. He's going to be watching now. My best advice would be to go over there," He points to a building across the street, "Or at least have someone over there watching with binoculars or whatever it is cops use, just to get a full assessment." He stops them before they exit the building, "If he sees us on the steps, he may turn violent. I don't believe him to be a naturally violent person though. He may have put a sleeper hold on me, but he'd never hurt Eve and Kate. I'm almost sure of it."
She nods slowly, licking her lips before removing her glasses and staring at the ground in thought.
Andy watches through the window, "Here comes the cavalry."