A/N : Thanks for the reviews :-) Sorry Chapter 3 was so short. Also, I also want to thank Arcadia, twirlgirl04, Scarlet 182, and Collen DeWitt for helping with this story. Also, Val's parents have the same names that they had in "Missing Persons" and Jamie's family is the same as it was in "Will Tomorrow Ever Come?" except his mother isn't paralyzed.
Disclaimer: I don't own In A Heartbeat...
Will the hurricane ever arrive? What will Caitie and Hank do? Will Tyler, Val and Jamie ever get a clue???
May Day!
Ch. 4- Down Came the Rain
"Sam," a tall woman about 30 replied, as she walked from the back of the store. "I think we should start boarding up the windows."
Hank guessed the woman was the daughter-in-law of the storekeeper. He didn't even notice the small girl standing besides her mother until she went over to Caitie and motioned her to pick her up.
"Emilie, these are..."Sam started.
"Hank and Caitie." Hank replied smiling at the little girl and Caitie. "We got stranded here at your store."
Emilie nodded. "Julianna, leave Caitie alone."
"It's alright, I love little kids." she said tickling Julianna. Hank was surprised.
"Well, Hank are you going to help me or not?" Sam said.
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"Did they answer yet?" Isabel Roth asked Brooke at the station as she tried to quiet her six year old son, Andrew.
"No, the line must be disconnected, because of the storm." she stated.
"There must be some way to get in touch with them." Isabel replied.
"The police said there wasn't an answer maybe they left?" Elizabeth Linear said.
"Oui, maybe they're safe." Amarante Waite wished.
"I hope so." said Isabel
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Hank and Caitie sat in the small room with three strangers that they now depended there lives on.
"I'm worried about them.. and us." Hank said as Caitie folded her arms and turned toward Julianna.
"Goths don't cry do they?"
Caitie couldn't show Hank what she was really feeling, because she was scared too.. scared that she was going to die in this hurricane away from everyone she knew..
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"Shouldn't Caitie and Hank be back by now? It's been hours." Val replied as she sat a the kitchen table reading a book.
"Maybe they lost track of time?" Tyler said glancing toward the window.
"Hank and Caitie, loosing track of time? I doubt it." Jamie said sarcastically
from his ever present position on the couch.
"It's getting pretty windy outside." Val said, she too looking out the window.
"Yeah, it's raining heavily too." Jamie stated as they heard a crash against the house making them all jump.
"I'd say it was a hurricane..." Tyler said.
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