I woke up earlier than normal the next day. I wanted to read the previews in a hurry because I was real worried about Theresa. She was coming home that very night.
I opened my laptop when I was still in my pajamas. They read:
"Theresa starts to pack for her trip home that evening. Josh, Theresa's cousin, considers moving to Harmony. Ethan tells Chad that he doesn't think he could ever live without Theresa. Jacob tries to comfort Christy. Ivy inquires how close Chad and Whitney are getting, and warns Eve about the chances of Chad being her and Julian's son."
I still felt unsure.
I got dressed and hung my laptop around mhy shoulder and left for the Book Cafe for a morning coffee.
I opened the door and inside I saw Ethan and Chad sitting in a corner booth. Talking about Theresa, no doubt.
I just ordered and sat down nearby.
I re-opened my laptop and checked previews again.
No change, of course. I just needed to make sure. I was very paranoid about it.
I looked around again to see if Jacob or anyone else new was around.
Nope. So I decided to surf the net alittle.
After awhile I wondered over to a Passions web board. Wouldn't hurt to see what kind of rumors were flying.
One message that got my attiention read:
"Subject: Lastest Promo
Message: OMG! Has anybody else seen the lastest promo 4 Passions?!
SOMEONE'S GONNA DIE!! I can't believe JER would do this!! Maybe it'll end up just like the whole Sheridan and the drug cartle thing. I don't know!! I AM SO FREAKED OUT! I mean, it could be anybody! The commerical just said, 'On Passions, someone wil die. Be prepared to test your strenght in your favorite charactors. It could be anyone.'
AHHH!!"
"Oh my gosh!" I said to myself. "I can't believe this!"
"What is it?" I heard a voice say behide me. It was Jacob, "What's up?"
He sat down next to me and looked at my laptop. After he read it we looked at each other, "Jacob," I said, "What if it's us?"
"The previews will tell us, won't they?" Jacob, he to was worried.
"I don't know." I said, "Let's see if they've changed since I checked them this morning.
No change.
Jacob put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Hey, don't worry, we'll be careful. We just gotta watch it."
"Yeah..." I said, mind still wondering, "...yeah, I'll be okay. Let's go talk to Ethan and Chad."
"Okay," Jacob said. So I shut my laptop and we went over there and sat down.
We just chit-chated until Whitney showed up a few mintutes later.
"So I just got off the phone with Theresa." Whitney said as she sat down, "She said that she's talking the 7:15pm flight. She says she can't wait to see you Ethan."
"Yeah," Ethan said, "I talked to her last night. I didn't think I would miss her this much."
"That's what it's like when you're in love." I said to them.
Jacob looked at each other and smiled.
"Can't wait `till she comes home." Ethan said.
"So are you going to meet her at the airport?" I asked, curious.
"No actually," Ethan answered, "She said that I shouldn't because her flight might be delayed. She told me that she'd just come to the Mansion and surprise me."
I threw Jacob a look of worry.
"Oh," Chad said, "Well I can't wait tell she comes back. She really lights up a room."
"Yeah," Ethan said, "Don't I know it..."
Jacob grabbed my hand under the table to comfort me because in our ears we heard music. It was Jane French singing a song about love and how much it means. Jacob and I both could tell by the look in Ethan's face that he was having one of those flashback moments.
This is when I knew we were in serious trouble.
****
After we left the Book Cafe Jacob said he'd go to the Crane place and if anything comes up he'd call me. I was going to go back to my apartment and crack open my laptop again. I was going to do some real research on this.
I was hoping to get into a chatroom with someone from NBC or something. I needed some more information. The previews weren't changing but I knew that I had to stop whatever it was that was going to happen.
So just surfed some Passions web sites and to my great surprise, I found more than a few site devoted to me and Jacob. I knew that their was sites for every couple but I never thought...It was all quite amazing.
Later that evening I wandered into a Passions chatroom. The only reason I did was because it was one of those chatrooms that posted things like, "anyone could wander in at any time!" So I figured, what the hey.
I signed on as TIMMY4EVA
TIMMY4EVA: HEY!
SHUIS*LUV: HI. YOU SEE PASSIONS TODAY?
TIMMY4EVA: YOU COULD SAY THAT, YEAH
SHUIS*LUV: OH! I AM SO WORRIED!
TIMMY4EVA: ME TOO!
PASSIONS101 HAS ENTERED THE ROOM
PASSIONS101: HEY.
TIMMY4EVA: HI
SHUIS*LUV: WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOMEONE ON PASSIONS IS GONNA DIE.
PASSIONS101: YEAH I'M WORRIED MYSELF
TIMMY4EVA: THE SUSPENCE IS KILLING ME.
PASSIONS101: WELL, I WORK AT NBC.
SHUIS*LUV: YOU DO?
TIMMY4EVA: REALLY?
PASSIONS101: YEAH. I'M THE JANITOR
TIMMY4EVA: REALLY? HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING.
PASSIONS101: YES, ACTUALLY I HAVE.
SHIUS*LUV: TELL TELL!
TIMMY4EVA: DITTO!
PASSIONS101: LET'S JUST SAY, WHOEVER IT IS, THEY'LL GO DOWN IN FLAMES.
PASSIONS101 HAS LEFT THE ROOM
SHUIS*LUV: HUH, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY MEANT BY THAT?
TIMMY4EVA: I GOTTA GO!
TIMMY4EVA HAS LEFT THE ROOM
I left the chatroom and shut down my laptop quickly.
That janitor just saved Theresa's life.
Theresa's flight left at 7:15pm.
It was 5:06pm. I had no time to waste.
It was a race against time to save Theresa, and I didn't know where to start.
I quickly dialed the numbers to the Crane Mansion. Ethan answered the phone. I decided to sound calm because I wouldn't be able to explain this anyway.
"Ethan, can you give me Theresa cell phone number?" I said, trying to sound calm and cheer.
"Oh," Ethan said, "Theresa doesn't have a cell phone, and I don't know the number of where she is staying. She just calls me."
I nodded as I thought, 'of course'.
"Thanks anyway Ethan." I said as I hung up the phone.
I grabbed my laptop as I walked out the door.
I couldn't believe that these stupid writers are gonna have me run all the way to Flordia to stop Theresa from taking that flight.
I didn't have time to take much. I just grabbed my lucky pack, threw in my laptop and put on a jaocket and I was outta there.
I thought about called Jacob but I really didn't have any time to waste.
When I got to the airport I was surprised to see it busier than normal.
"Excuse me," I said to the clerk, "Could have a ticket to Flordia please."
"I'm sorry," The clerk said, "We don't have any seats aviable."
"You've got to be kidding me!" I exclaimed, frusterateed. "There are no seats on the entire flight?"
"That's correct." The clerk said simply.
I let out a cry of frustration.
"Stupid writers!" I muttered a little to loudly.
"Excuse me?" The clerk asked me, confused.
"Unless you know a way for me to get to Flordia before 7:15, nevermind." I said, leaving.
When I got out of the airport I took a breath and checked my watch, 6:08pm.
It was gonna take a mircale to get me there in time.
So then I found out that Harmony had a train station. Perfect.
I got a ticket and boarded a train. I stared at my watch the entire time.
**Crame Manison**
"Ethan man, I'm sure she's just late. Maybe her flight got delayed." Chad said.
"Yeah Chad," Ethan began, "But why hasn't she called?"
"Has anybody seen Christy?" Jacob asked, concerned.
"I talked to her awhile ago." Ethan said, "She wanted to know Theresa's phone number. I told her I didn't know."
"Okay." Jacob answered.
"Let's watch some TV," Whitney suggested, "I'm sure Theresa will be walking through that door before you know it."
"Yeah," Ethan said, "Her flight must have been delayed."
Ethan turned on the TV and they all sat down.
They were watching ER until a news-broadcast interuppted.
Everyone leaned closer to the TV as they the reporter's words rang in there ears...
"I'm Michele Jyel live on the scene tonight. I'm sorry to report that Flight 133 to Harmony-from Miami Flordia-has crashed landed in this forest to my right. Firefighters have been trying to search through the wreckage but just a few moments ago there was another small explosion from the cargo hold. No surivors of this flight. This is truely a sad sad day."
The words 'No Surviors' blared in Ethan's ears.
~*End of Chapter 4
I opened my laptop when I was still in my pajamas. They read:
"Theresa starts to pack for her trip home that evening. Josh, Theresa's cousin, considers moving to Harmony. Ethan tells Chad that he doesn't think he could ever live without Theresa. Jacob tries to comfort Christy. Ivy inquires how close Chad and Whitney are getting, and warns Eve about the chances of Chad being her and Julian's son."
I still felt unsure.
I got dressed and hung my laptop around mhy shoulder and left for the Book Cafe for a morning coffee.
I opened the door and inside I saw Ethan and Chad sitting in a corner booth. Talking about Theresa, no doubt.
I just ordered and sat down nearby.
I re-opened my laptop and checked previews again.
No change, of course. I just needed to make sure. I was very paranoid about it.
I looked around again to see if Jacob or anyone else new was around.
Nope. So I decided to surf the net alittle.
After awhile I wondered over to a Passions web board. Wouldn't hurt to see what kind of rumors were flying.
One message that got my attiention read:
"Subject: Lastest Promo
Message: OMG! Has anybody else seen the lastest promo 4 Passions?!
SOMEONE'S GONNA DIE!! I can't believe JER would do this!! Maybe it'll end up just like the whole Sheridan and the drug cartle thing. I don't know!! I AM SO FREAKED OUT! I mean, it could be anybody! The commerical just said, 'On Passions, someone wil die. Be prepared to test your strenght in your favorite charactors. It could be anyone.'
AHHH!!"
"Oh my gosh!" I said to myself. "I can't believe this!"
"What is it?" I heard a voice say behide me. It was Jacob, "What's up?"
He sat down next to me and looked at my laptop. After he read it we looked at each other, "Jacob," I said, "What if it's us?"
"The previews will tell us, won't they?" Jacob, he to was worried.
"I don't know." I said, "Let's see if they've changed since I checked them this morning.
No change.
Jacob put his hand on my shoulder and said, "Hey, don't worry, we'll be careful. We just gotta watch it."
"Yeah..." I said, mind still wondering, "...yeah, I'll be okay. Let's go talk to Ethan and Chad."
"Okay," Jacob said. So I shut my laptop and we went over there and sat down.
We just chit-chated until Whitney showed up a few mintutes later.
"So I just got off the phone with Theresa." Whitney said as she sat down, "She said that she's talking the 7:15pm flight. She says she can't wait to see you Ethan."
"Yeah," Ethan said, "I talked to her last night. I didn't think I would miss her this much."
"That's what it's like when you're in love." I said to them.
Jacob looked at each other and smiled.
"Can't wait `till she comes home." Ethan said.
"So are you going to meet her at the airport?" I asked, curious.
"No actually," Ethan answered, "She said that I shouldn't because her flight might be delayed. She told me that she'd just come to the Mansion and surprise me."
I threw Jacob a look of worry.
"Oh," Chad said, "Well I can't wait tell she comes back. She really lights up a room."
"Yeah," Ethan said, "Don't I know it..."
Jacob grabbed my hand under the table to comfort me because in our ears we heard music. It was Jane French singing a song about love and how much it means. Jacob and I both could tell by the look in Ethan's face that he was having one of those flashback moments.
This is when I knew we were in serious trouble.
****
After we left the Book Cafe Jacob said he'd go to the Crane place and if anything comes up he'd call me. I was going to go back to my apartment and crack open my laptop again. I was going to do some real research on this.
I was hoping to get into a chatroom with someone from NBC or something. I needed some more information. The previews weren't changing but I knew that I had to stop whatever it was that was going to happen.
So just surfed some Passions web sites and to my great surprise, I found more than a few site devoted to me and Jacob. I knew that their was sites for every couple but I never thought...It was all quite amazing.
Later that evening I wandered into a Passions chatroom. The only reason I did was because it was one of those chatrooms that posted things like, "anyone could wander in at any time!" So I figured, what the hey.
I signed on as TIMMY4EVA
TIMMY4EVA: HEY!
SHUIS*LUV: HI. YOU SEE PASSIONS TODAY?
TIMMY4EVA: YOU COULD SAY THAT, YEAH
SHUIS*LUV: OH! I AM SO WORRIED!
TIMMY4EVA: ME TOO!
PASSIONS101 HAS ENTERED THE ROOM
PASSIONS101: HEY.
TIMMY4EVA: HI
SHUIS*LUV: WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOMEONE ON PASSIONS IS GONNA DIE.
PASSIONS101: YEAH I'M WORRIED MYSELF
TIMMY4EVA: THE SUSPENCE IS KILLING ME.
PASSIONS101: WELL, I WORK AT NBC.
SHUIS*LUV: YOU DO?
TIMMY4EVA: REALLY?
PASSIONS101: YEAH. I'M THE JANITOR
TIMMY4EVA: REALLY? HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING.
PASSIONS101: YES, ACTUALLY I HAVE.
SHIUS*LUV: TELL TELL!
TIMMY4EVA: DITTO!
PASSIONS101: LET'S JUST SAY, WHOEVER IT IS, THEY'LL GO DOWN IN FLAMES.
PASSIONS101 HAS LEFT THE ROOM
SHUIS*LUV: HUH, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY MEANT BY THAT?
TIMMY4EVA: I GOTTA GO!
TIMMY4EVA HAS LEFT THE ROOM
I left the chatroom and shut down my laptop quickly.
That janitor just saved Theresa's life.
Theresa's flight left at 7:15pm.
It was 5:06pm. I had no time to waste.
It was a race against time to save Theresa, and I didn't know where to start.
I quickly dialed the numbers to the Crane Mansion. Ethan answered the phone. I decided to sound calm because I wouldn't be able to explain this anyway.
"Ethan, can you give me Theresa cell phone number?" I said, trying to sound calm and cheer.
"Oh," Ethan said, "Theresa doesn't have a cell phone, and I don't know the number of where she is staying. She just calls me."
I nodded as I thought, 'of course'.
"Thanks anyway Ethan." I said as I hung up the phone.
I grabbed my laptop as I walked out the door.
I couldn't believe that these stupid writers are gonna have me run all the way to Flordia to stop Theresa from taking that flight.
I didn't have time to take much. I just grabbed my lucky pack, threw in my laptop and put on a jaocket and I was outta there.
I thought about called Jacob but I really didn't have any time to waste.
When I got to the airport I was surprised to see it busier than normal.
"Excuse me," I said to the clerk, "Could have a ticket to Flordia please."
"I'm sorry," The clerk said, "We don't have any seats aviable."
"You've got to be kidding me!" I exclaimed, frusterateed. "There are no seats on the entire flight?"
"That's correct." The clerk said simply.
I let out a cry of frustration.
"Stupid writers!" I muttered a little to loudly.
"Excuse me?" The clerk asked me, confused.
"Unless you know a way for me to get to Flordia before 7:15, nevermind." I said, leaving.
When I got out of the airport I took a breath and checked my watch, 6:08pm.
It was gonna take a mircale to get me there in time.
So then I found out that Harmony had a train station. Perfect.
I got a ticket and boarded a train. I stared at my watch the entire time.
**Crame Manison**
"Ethan man, I'm sure she's just late. Maybe her flight got delayed." Chad said.
"Yeah Chad," Ethan began, "But why hasn't she called?"
"Has anybody seen Christy?" Jacob asked, concerned.
"I talked to her awhile ago." Ethan said, "She wanted to know Theresa's phone number. I told her I didn't know."
"Okay." Jacob answered.
"Let's watch some TV," Whitney suggested, "I'm sure Theresa will be walking through that door before you know it."
"Yeah," Ethan said, "Her flight must have been delayed."
Ethan turned on the TV and they all sat down.
They were watching ER until a news-broadcast interuppted.
Everyone leaned closer to the TV as they the reporter's words rang in there ears...
"I'm Michele Jyel live on the scene tonight. I'm sorry to report that Flight 133 to Harmony-from Miami Flordia-has crashed landed in this forest to my right. Firefighters have been trying to search through the wreckage but just a few moments ago there was another small explosion from the cargo hold. No surivors of this flight. This is truely a sad sad day."
The words 'No Surviors' blared in Ethan's ears.
~*End of Chapter 4