"So you guys will wait for me and Jamie?"
Catie's voice was shaky and small exactly how she felt.
"We promise Catie. We'll be the people by the big ambulance"
Val smiled sweetly and walked over to the ambulance with Hank and Brooke.
"Good luck guys, hopefully pretty soon this will all be over"
Tyler smiled at Catie and then followed Val, Hank and Brooke over to the ambulance. Catie watched Tyler and the rest of her friends for a second before turning to Jamie.
"Well we better get this over with, I don't think I can do this later"
Jamie played with the cuff of his leather jacket absently.
"Let's go Catie, this will all be over soon"
Jamie grabbed Catie's hand and they walked into the police station.
"So shall we finish our previous conversation?"
Val hopped into the driver side of the ambulance and looked over at Brooke who was sitting in the passenger side.
"Previous conversation?"
Brooke desperately tried to dodge the topic Val was trying to bring up. Val pulled her hair into a ponytail and nudged Brooke.
"You know the conversation about a certain boy and your unrequited feelings for him"
Brooke snapped her head quickly and turned around to face Val.
"God no Val! There are no unrequited feelings between Nick and me! There's no feelings whatsoever between Nick and me! Nada! Zip! Zilch!"
Val continued to stare her little sister with a look of humor in her eyes.
"Then why did you just freak out when I mentioned feelings between you and him? If there was nothing between you too then you would just laugh it off but no you freaked out, which in my book means there is something going on. Maybe you two just don't know it yet"
Brooke opened her mouth to say something but instead turned the other way not saying a word.
"Come this way Mr. Waite, Ms. Roth. Oh by the way I'm officer Johnson"
Catie and Jamie followed the officer.
"I'm Jamie, this is Catie."
The officer opened up a door and motioned for Jamie and Catie to go into the office. Jamie walked into the office with Catie shortly behind him and officer Johnson behind her.
"Here is what is going to happen…"
Officer Johnson slammed the door shut and walked over to the desk and picked up a file and scanned the page before putting it back down and facing Jamie and Catie.
"We're going to have some suspects come in and line up and you are going to identify your attacker out of all of them"
Jamie stared at the window warily as Catie did.
"Can they see us?"
Officer Johnson smiled nicely and shook his head.
"No they can't. Send them in"
"How do you think things are going on in there?"
Hank looked up from his shoes and shook his head slowly.
"I have no idea Tyler. I'm just hoping that the guy is actually in there"
Tyler looked over at Hank and bit on his bottom lip.
"What do you mean? You think this is a false alarm? I really don't think Catie can through this again"
"It all depends Tyler, I mean maybe they arrested a guy that was similar to the description Jamie gave, it happens all the time. We can only hope this is the real thing, you know Catie has been through enough"
Tyler rested his head against the ambulance and sighed.
"Yeah well sometimes life isn't fair."
"None of them look familiar, at least not to me"
Jamie lowered his head trying to hide his disappointment. Officer Johnson was about to show them the way out but then suddenly looked at Catie.
"What about you Catie? Do any of those guys look familiar to you?"
Jamie raised his head.
"She didn't see how he looked. Plus she can't fully remember-"
Jamie stopped talking when he saw Catie get up from her seat. He watched her go over to the glass mirror. She leaned up against it and stared at the men trying to see any recognition of the guy from the alley that fateful night. Her eyes went from one suspect to another, none of them looking familiar. Suspect 1… no. Suspect 2… no. Suspect 3… no. Suspect 4… no. Suspect 5… no. Suspect 6… no. Suspect 7… no. Suspect 8… no. Suspect 9… no. Suspect 10… no… wait. Catie looked at suspect 10 again and felt a wave of nausea overcome her; it was his eyes. She never saw his face that night but she saw his eyes, they were dark and cold and evil as suspect 10's was.
"Suspect 10. It's him. That's the guy"
Jamie walked over to Catie.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. That's him. Officer Johnson that's the guy! That's him! I'm sure of it!"
Officer Johnson walked over to the microphone.
"Suspect 10, take him to my office."
Jamie looked down at Catie.
"It's over"
Catie leaned into Jamie and buried her face into his chest as he put his arms around her.
"Can we go officer?"
Officer Johnson looked back at Catie and Jamie.
"Yes you can go"
Val glanced out the driver's window and gasped when she saw Jamie and Catie; oh god let them found the guy.
"It's Jamie and Catie"
Val opened the ambulance door and jumped out as Brooke did the same. They walked over to Tyler and Hank and they all stared at Jamie and Catie waiting for an answer.
"He was suspect number 10. It's over. It's all over."
Jamie climbed into the ambulance and lowered his head, covering his face with his hands. Finally… it was finally over, that creep was finally caught and brought to justice, and everything was perfect then why did he feel as if there was something he didn't do? Why did he feel like there was something left undone?
"What are you thinking about?"
Jamie looked up to see Catie.
"I don't really know what I'm thinking about. My brain is kind of a blur right now, it's between a blur and mush. It won't really cooperate with me right now. Is the ambulance moving?"
Catie smiled.
"Yep, it's been moving for 3 minutes now. Do you have the feeling that there is something that hasn't been done? Or is it just me?"
"No it's not just you. I was just having the same feeling, like there's something that hasn't been said. Like this… I love you Catie"
Catie stared at Jamie for a minute before softening her eyes.
"I love you too Jamie. You have stuck by me through this whole time and now that it's over I have to tell you that I love you too Jamie. Being with you all this time, being with you almost 24/7 I have come to the realization that I love you"
Jamie and Catie stared at each other and stayed that way the whole ride home.
THE END.
Catie's voice was shaky and small exactly how she felt.
"We promise Catie. We'll be the people by the big ambulance"
Val smiled sweetly and walked over to the ambulance with Hank and Brooke.
"Good luck guys, hopefully pretty soon this will all be over"
Tyler smiled at Catie and then followed Val, Hank and Brooke over to the ambulance. Catie watched Tyler and the rest of her friends for a second before turning to Jamie.
"Well we better get this over with, I don't think I can do this later"
Jamie played with the cuff of his leather jacket absently.
"Let's go Catie, this will all be over soon"
Jamie grabbed Catie's hand and they walked into the police station.
"So shall we finish our previous conversation?"
Val hopped into the driver side of the ambulance and looked over at Brooke who was sitting in the passenger side.
"Previous conversation?"
Brooke desperately tried to dodge the topic Val was trying to bring up. Val pulled her hair into a ponytail and nudged Brooke.
"You know the conversation about a certain boy and your unrequited feelings for him"
Brooke snapped her head quickly and turned around to face Val.
"God no Val! There are no unrequited feelings between Nick and me! There's no feelings whatsoever between Nick and me! Nada! Zip! Zilch!"
Val continued to stare her little sister with a look of humor in her eyes.
"Then why did you just freak out when I mentioned feelings between you and him? If there was nothing between you too then you would just laugh it off but no you freaked out, which in my book means there is something going on. Maybe you two just don't know it yet"
Brooke opened her mouth to say something but instead turned the other way not saying a word.
"Come this way Mr. Waite, Ms. Roth. Oh by the way I'm officer Johnson"
Catie and Jamie followed the officer.
"I'm Jamie, this is Catie."
The officer opened up a door and motioned for Jamie and Catie to go into the office. Jamie walked into the office with Catie shortly behind him and officer Johnson behind her.
"Here is what is going to happen…"
Officer Johnson slammed the door shut and walked over to the desk and picked up a file and scanned the page before putting it back down and facing Jamie and Catie.
"We're going to have some suspects come in and line up and you are going to identify your attacker out of all of them"
Jamie stared at the window warily as Catie did.
"Can they see us?"
Officer Johnson smiled nicely and shook his head.
"No they can't. Send them in"
"How do you think things are going on in there?"
Hank looked up from his shoes and shook his head slowly.
"I have no idea Tyler. I'm just hoping that the guy is actually in there"
Tyler looked over at Hank and bit on his bottom lip.
"What do you mean? You think this is a false alarm? I really don't think Catie can through this again"
"It all depends Tyler, I mean maybe they arrested a guy that was similar to the description Jamie gave, it happens all the time. We can only hope this is the real thing, you know Catie has been through enough"
Tyler rested his head against the ambulance and sighed.
"Yeah well sometimes life isn't fair."
"None of them look familiar, at least not to me"
Jamie lowered his head trying to hide his disappointment. Officer Johnson was about to show them the way out but then suddenly looked at Catie.
"What about you Catie? Do any of those guys look familiar to you?"
Jamie raised his head.
"She didn't see how he looked. Plus she can't fully remember-"
Jamie stopped talking when he saw Catie get up from her seat. He watched her go over to the glass mirror. She leaned up against it and stared at the men trying to see any recognition of the guy from the alley that fateful night. Her eyes went from one suspect to another, none of them looking familiar. Suspect 1… no. Suspect 2… no. Suspect 3… no. Suspect 4… no. Suspect 5… no. Suspect 6… no. Suspect 7… no. Suspect 8… no. Suspect 9… no. Suspect 10… no… wait. Catie looked at suspect 10 again and felt a wave of nausea overcome her; it was his eyes. She never saw his face that night but she saw his eyes, they were dark and cold and evil as suspect 10's was.
"Suspect 10. It's him. That's the guy"
Jamie walked over to Catie.
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure. That's him. Officer Johnson that's the guy! That's him! I'm sure of it!"
Officer Johnson walked over to the microphone.
"Suspect 10, take him to my office."
Jamie looked down at Catie.
"It's over"
Catie leaned into Jamie and buried her face into his chest as he put his arms around her.
"Can we go officer?"
Officer Johnson looked back at Catie and Jamie.
"Yes you can go"
Val glanced out the driver's window and gasped when she saw Jamie and Catie; oh god let them found the guy.
"It's Jamie and Catie"
Val opened the ambulance door and jumped out as Brooke did the same. They walked over to Tyler and Hank and they all stared at Jamie and Catie waiting for an answer.
"He was suspect number 10. It's over. It's all over."
Jamie climbed into the ambulance and lowered his head, covering his face with his hands. Finally… it was finally over, that creep was finally caught and brought to justice, and everything was perfect then why did he feel as if there was something he didn't do? Why did he feel like there was something left undone?
"What are you thinking about?"
Jamie looked up to see Catie.
"I don't really know what I'm thinking about. My brain is kind of a blur right now, it's between a blur and mush. It won't really cooperate with me right now. Is the ambulance moving?"
Catie smiled.
"Yep, it's been moving for 3 minutes now. Do you have the feeling that there is something that hasn't been done? Or is it just me?"
"No it's not just you. I was just having the same feeling, like there's something that hasn't been said. Like this… I love you Catie"
Catie stared at Jamie for a minute before softening her eyes.
"I love you too Jamie. You have stuck by me through this whole time and now that it's over I have to tell you that I love you too Jamie. Being with you all this time, being with you almost 24/7 I have come to the realization that I love you"
Jamie and Catie stared at each other and stayed that way the whole ride home.
THE END.