(28) Nearly there
Stopping at 'the diner' in Pine Creek, Jamie opened the doors and helped Kerri into the small building.
"What would you like to eat?" Jamie asked, looking around the main room of the diner noticing only skin walkers,
"Another diner opened at the other end of town, the humans go there, something about the food there being cooked properly, probably because its ran by humans," Emma explained as she came over to the small booth, looking at the group she quickly worked out the black haired girl must be Kerri. "What can I get you to eat?" Emma asked before turning to Kerri "Kerri would you like to come through to the staffroom and get some clothes?"
'Its okay babes, she's my cousin your safe with her, I promise' Jamie comforted
"Thanks"
"Can you cook up some steaks with fries for the four of us, and plenty cheesecake for me and Kerri please?" Jamie asked the young male behind the counter,
"Sure be with you in 5 minutes"
Slipping into the new clean clothes was painful, her ribs and broken leg ached and cut that had partially healed were now open again. Wincing as she put her weight on her broken leg, Kerri grabbed the small counter and took small breaths. "Shit!" Kerri cried out as she tried to step again,
"Want a hand?" asked the young male from the kitchen
"No thanks"
"You sure" he asked again, coming closer, extending his hand to offer support
Snarling Kerri replied "I said no! What part of the word NO do you not understand?"
"Please say sorry to James Kerri, he means you no harm" came a voice from behind her
"Who the fuck are you to tell me who to say sorry to? All you did was supply sperm + money! Get out of my way Tom I want to go home." Kerri snapped
"I am only asking to apologise to James, he does not deserve to be talked to like something you stepped in" replied Tom calmly
"Sir its okay, I should have just left it,"
"You did nothing wrong, it is Kerri at fault,"
"Fuck you asshole! If I don't want help I shouldn't have to accept it, I'm sorry I snapped at you James, but I just wanna go home"
"Your food is at your table, if you can't make it to the table use the crutch over there, Sammy won't mind you borrowing it, will ya Sam?" James offered
"Nar pet you use that and get some meat on them bones" came a gentle voice from the kitchen quickly replaced by an old man with a kind face, "now Tom you didn't let on that this 'ere was wor Ebony's lass! Nice to meet ya pet, i always said your ma was the one for Tom ere" Sammy rambled off, his weird sounding accent making him hard to understand.
"Sammy is from a place in England where they all speak like that," laughed Jamie from the staff door way, "come on Kerri our foods getting cold, and if Sammy and James had their own way you'd be in here talking all day"
Smiling at Jamie Kerri turned and nodded to each of them before leaning on Jamie to help her get back to the booth.
"They're on their way home Viv." Matt smiled as he hung up the phone
"They are?" asked Viv,
"Yeah, that was Spence, Jamie picked them up first thing this morning, and they'll be home as soon as they can."
"That's great, did Spence explain anything?" Viv asked as she sat down on the sofa and sent a public message that Kerri was safe.
"He just said they would explain when they got here" Matt sighed, relaxing on the sofa next to Viv, snuggling into her thigh.
Kerri held on to Jamie's hand in the car even in her sleep she clung to him like a lifeline, Caitlyn snuggled closer to Jamie and the thin blanket that lay across them as Spence drove them to Wolf Lake.
'I love you Spencer Jake Hyde'
'Love you too Caitlyn Victoria Jackman'
Stroking her hair as she slept Jamie was glad to have her back in his arms, allowing her to sleep soundly meant that her body would be able to heal her many injuries, he didn't want to think about how much she had been through, he just hoped the people who took her had received as many injuries as they had given out.
Sitting on the pier that jutted out into the lake, Sophia dangled her toes into the cool waters, missing the ability to run with the rest of the pack in celebration of Kerri returning. Luke had offered to stay with her, but she had seen in his eyes his desire to run and allow his body to relax and be with nature, so she was left sitting on the dock with only Presley and her gang nearby. They were refusing to celebrate Kerri being found so were just hanging about near the lake.
"Look at her, sitting there looking positively miserable, I love it." Sneered Christy
"Yeah you would think she'd be over the moon to be carrying Luke's child," laughed Louise
"Just leave it guys, I mean wouldn't you feel left out if you couldn't run with the pack for the next eight months?" mumbled Presley
"Whoa when did you suddenly start liking her?" asked Lorene
"I didn't but I feel sorry for her, I mean she barely finished high school and she's committed and pregnant, not the life she had mapped out is it"
"No … but hey, you flip, your life gets fucked up. We all dealt with it" snapped Louise, angry at Presley's turnaround
"Yeah I mean what happened to lets hate the zoo bait, the half breed that'll never flip?" asked Christy
"That was five years ago and she did flip and now she's Alpha female! I'm not interested in petty games about who's better than who. We're all stuck here in this town and I'm sick of being seen as the bitch, I want what she has, take a look a good look and see what she has" snapped Presley
"What the fuck?" Lorene asked
"Take a good hard look at what she has, look at how much Luke loves her, at how happy she is with him. Don't you bitches realise it? She has everything, a loving family a child on the way, the admiration of the rest of the pack. All I want is some one to love me the way that he loves her!" Presley admitted, before walking away, unaware of Randy sitting not far away in his shining grey pelt.
