September 30th Central par-Lily

I was quite happy to be in central park today. I finished the last of my first responders project. Well the filming most of it. I still had to interview everyone and I also had to edit it all together. I came here to the park to meet up with a few of the firefighters to get them to sign the forms saying their face could be shown or not shown depending on their choice.

"Lily over here."

"Josh, nice to see you again. How is Lucy?"

"She is doing great. She is over on the jungle gym playing with Drew."

"Ahh… So how is Andy, I heard he broke his arm in a trip out last week some time."

"Yeah he's stuck at the station doing paperwork and cooking for the rest of us while we go out on a call but he's helped me out with Lucy. He'll watch her if I have to pull over time."

"He's like that for six weeks right?"

"That's what the doctor said." Josh replied. "You said I had to signs something for your movie?"

"One of two forms. If its okay for em to show your face you sign form A. If I cant show your face but can use your voice sign form B." I replied. "If you don't want any part of you in the movie then you sign nothing."

"Form A." Josh replied. "What is the point of telling our story if you don't show our face."

I handed Josh the correct forms.

"Here I only need one."

"You need two." I said. "you have to fill one out for Lucy as well."

"Oh, I didn't realized you talked with her."

"Only after you gave me permission. It was the same with Andy and Drew and several other kids who have parents in the fire department, police department or work in the emergency rooms."

"Why did you do that?"

"I wanted to compare the child like wonder kids have to the gritty realism that their parents have."

"Makes since." Josh replied. "Do you want me to call Andy over."

"No let him play with Drew. Something tells me that he nor you get to do this often enough."

"You would be right and then you throw in dating and that take more time away from them."

"Andy's single too? I thought he was married." I replied.

"I was referring to me on the dating part but Andy is married to a wonderful woman who is serving her country by working as a doctor in Afghanistan. She said that her home date is December."

"No specific date?"

"Not that I know of."

"Okay. Here you can give him the forms. There are two of each depending on which he decided to sign. I still have the interview part. I have most of them scheduled by you, Andy and Christophe Blythe."

"Well you can call me at anytime you want. You will have to talk to Andy and Chris about their interviews. Chris is gone for the week for his brothers bachelor party."

"Thank you. I will get back with you about the interview." I replied. "Tell Andy to Call me with a time he would like to be interviewed. You should do the same so I don't interrupt any plans you may have with Lucy."

An reminder I had set on my phone went off cutting Josh off before he could reply to me.

"Sorry I have a book reading to get to."

"That's okay. Thanks for coming by. I will call you about that interview."

"I look forward to hearing from you."

"Miss. Lily are you leaving?" Lucy asked having come up while I was talking to Josh.

"Only because I have someone to see about a book." I replied. "I only stopped by to have your daddy sign a paper that said it was okay for me to talk to you and record it on camera."

"Oh are you going to talk to me again."

"Maybe." I replied. "I will see you at the center next Friday for our movie night."

"Okay. Who are you dressing up as?"

"You know I am not sure yet but I think I will keep it a surprise." I told her. "See you next week Lucy, bye Josh."

I walked away from the play ground and headed for the line of taxis waiting to pick someone up from the parking lot. I paused to look up the address of the book store I needed to go to and found that it was only a couple of blocks away and decided to hoof it to the shop instead of wasting the cash on a cab.

I was half way there when Lana nearly scared the crap out of me by talking.

"So what were you talking to Josh about back there?"

"Freaking crap, Lana don't sneak up on me." I said. "have you been following me?"

"No. Jason and I happen to have lunch in the park. I spotted you talking to Josh just after Jason and I said good bye." Lana said. "I called for you but I guess you didn't hear me."

"Oh."

"So why were you talking to him?"

"I'm making a movie on the first responders and their families. Josh and his friend happened to be apart of it." I replied. "I was just making sure that they signed the releases so I can use the footage I have of them and to schedule one more interview with them."

"I didn't realize you were working on anything."

"It happened by accident." I replied. "Now are you going to follow me as I get my book or you going to head home?"

"Head home. I have a date with Jason later."

"Lana, how did you know it was Josh I was talking to. I never showed you that video I had."

"I ran into him about a month ago. He was with his little girl who was quite excited to be starting kindergarten."

"Lucy, yeah she is pretty cute kid. She makes me think of Mia when we were younger."

"Me too. See you later Lily." Lana said before disappearing around the corner.

Her bodyguard Cater was with her so I just shrugged my shoulders and headed the two last blocks to the book store. I was quite glad the moment I got inside as it had started to rain cats and dogs. I turned towards my bodyguard.

"Do you have an umbrella?" I asked.

Shockingly he reached inside his coat and pulled out a dark green umbrella.

"Will this do?" he asked.

"Yes. I did not think you'd carried something like that."

"I always do. I got ear infections a lot as a kid and just a little bit of water getting into my ears always seemed to make them worse and it has not changed now that I have gotten older." Hans explained.