College is hard and life sometimes sucks;

Sorry it took me so long to write this fanfiction stuff :)

Ianni

Abby nudged Aimee in the shoulder and pointed towards the small window above them. Immediately, Aimee shook her head 'no', knowing exactly what Abby had in mind. Abby gave her a fierce and questioning look and Aimee whispered, "I'm scared of heights". Abby shook her head in disagreement and mouthed to her that there was a fire escape above the window.

Aimee still shook her head no.

Abby ignored her and stood up, reaching towards the narrow windowsill. She unlocked the window. Next, she managed to pull her self up, resting on the rim, her feet dangling above Aimee's head. Aimee watched in disbelief. Abby scooted over and gave her another look of impatience. Aimee sighed heavily and stood up, balancing herself on the edge of the bathtub. She mimicked Abby's movements and moments later found herself somehow sitting on the ledge. Aimee looked up outside and found that Abby had been right; there was a fire escape.

"You go first." Abby whispered, "I'll hoist you up."

"No."

"Then do as I say." Abby replied, annoyed.

Aimee, now even more terrified than before, scooted backwards some more and began to follow Abby out the window.

Aimee's shoe hit the roof of Carter's Jeep as she struggled to get a hold of the second bar that would lead her to the landing. Luka got out of the car to inspect what had just fallen from the sky. He found Abby coaching some girl out of a window across two bars and onto a landing; it was as if he was watching that X-treme sports stuff he sometimes tuned into when Abby wasn't home.

"Aimee!?" Carter yelled up, finding Abby tugging at his daughter's shirt, helping her onto the landing and then began to climb down in the cold night. No words came from Luka.

"Get in the car!" Abby shouted as the neared the last set of steps. The men obeyed, and Carter started the car, Luka jumping back into the front seat.

Niko felt a cold breeze, as if a window was open, and decided to take a look around. "Niko?" Andrew questioned, stood up, and followed.

"Feel that breeze?"

Andrew nodded his head yes. The two passed the bathroom as another gust of wind came through; they stopped. Niko quickly threw the door open. "What in the…"

"What's going on?!" Luka finally spit out, a block away from his apartment. He was looking back at Aimee and Abby; Aimee was holding her shoulder.

"They wanted-" Aimee began, wincing as they went over a pot hole.

"Carter's money." Abby finished for her, still looking at Luka. It scared him, the sound of her voice, so calm, so…"There's two men in our apartment, armed."

Carter came to a stoplight, not fully grasping the situation at hand. Aimee saw this in his reflection in the rear view mirror.

"It was Andrew, Joey and I-"

"Joey?" Luka focused his direction towards Aimee, not letting go of Abby's hand, moving thumb back and forth.

Aimee glanced nervously in his direction, but then directed her attention back to her father. "I was out ice skating with Joey, and out of nowhere dressed in black was Andrew and another man with a French accent grabbed me and the next thing I knew…"

"They were holding us ransom Carter." Abby finished, still annoyed.

Luka looked puzzled, "But why us? Why you?" Luka asked of Abby.

Awkward silence filled the Jeep. Aimee spoke up first, cutting through the thick, enveloping silence as the light turned green. "Because my dad is still in love with her."

Carter blushed slightly at Aimee's comment as Luka pulled out his cell phone. For a moment he thought Luka was going to whack him with it, but sighed relief when he saw the man next to him dialing 9-1-1 and bringing the phone up to his ear. "Yeh," he answered, "There's two men in my apartment with guns and they won't leave." A few minutes later he hung up and saw he had a new voice mail. He let go of Abby's hand to dial his pass code. A minute more, he closed the phone and looked up at the one he loved the most. "I got a message from Frank, " he began to tell Abby, "our son is at County."

"Is he-" Abby started, frightened.

"No, no, no, shhh, he's fine." Luka reassured her, giving her a playful wink. Abby smiled, he wanted to see her smile.