Hey everybody! I should be in bed right now but my mom decided not to wash any of my clothes and….grr I'll just stop there. Anyways I was trying to find something to do and I decided to continue on my story. It seems like I am losing readers on this. I hope not, but the reviews get less and less. Please review when you're done, I would appreciate it!

This chapter is dedicated to Megs. Stick in there babe. I know it's confusing, but I'm here for ya!

And this also goes out to daddy because he's gone for a week in Massachusetts!

Boy I'm in a really weird mood; this is what staying up late on a school night can do to ya eh?

Don't own a thing, unfortunately.

When Four Years Pass Chapter 8


Brooke skipped up the stairs to her house, full of energy after the tiring day. She looked back to Val and Tyler, lagging behind as if they hadn't slept in two weeks.

"Come on you two, you're so slow!"

"Brooke, why in the world do you have so much energy? No offense but you were being a real grouch earlier today." Tyler commented. "Why were you so grumpy anyway?"

"That would be for me to know and if I feel like it, I'll tell you."

"Fine, fine. But since you're so full of energy will you please go to the car and get the rest of the stuff?"

"Yeah, I guess." Replied Brooke as she skipped to the car and gathered the rest of the wedding supplies. She had so much fun today. Now she was looking forward to her own wedding. She had so many ideas after going out with Tyler, Val and Hank today. However, the highlight of her day was not the shopping, but the fact that Hank apologized. Brooke had never heard Hank apologize to anyone before, and since he was so much older, Brooke was beginning to think she was wrong. She smiled again as the remembrance of her in his arms crept up on her.

"So, what else do you guys need for the wedding?" Brooke asked, getting herself out of the trance before Val and Tyler found her daydreaming.

"Well, pretty much all the big stuff is ordered. We have all the stuff for the reception here," Val said while pointing her eyes to the boxes on the table, "So all we need are the little things."

"Like what?" Brooke and Tyler asked simultaneously.

"I don't know, but you can never have enough stuff. Besides I don't want to have a wedding where we figure out at the last minute that everything is either missing or was never ordered."

"You'll never stop worrying then. Come on honey," spoke Tyler, "This is our wedding, make this fun."

"I guess you're right." She paused as things turned quiet "So anyway, who feels like some Ice Cream? I know this brilliant place downtown…" Val was cut off.

"Lets go!" Said Brooke and Tyler simultaneously, already on their ways out into the truck.

**** Two hours and Thirty minutes later****

Val laughed hard at a joke Tyler had said as she fell into the house. Her, Brooke, and Tyler had been thinking about the past the whole night, and had finally been kicked out of the ice cream parlor at ten o clock, as it was closing. She turned around and was about to recall the time Jamie gave mouth to mouth to a dog, but was interrupted as the loud ringing of the phone spoke up.

"Linear residence" Val answered, using the polite way Brooke and the rest of her family had been using since she was little.

"Is this Valerie Linear?" Asked the voice on the other line.

"Yes," Val paused, "May I ask who this is?"

"This is Nurse Valdez down at Memorial hospital. I'm afraid I have some bad news."

Val's face turned from curiosity to horror. "What happened?" She asked quietly, thinking that if she stalled the news it would be easier to take.

"We have a patient in the ICU here. Do you know a Hank Beechum?"

"Yes." Val answered, tears already forming in her eyes.

"He arrived about two hours ago. He was at the bank making a deposit when a robber came in with a gun. He threatened to kill, and as we understand it from other occupants, Mr. Beechum stood up and tried to calm him down. We found the emergency card in his wallet, and your number was on it. Did you get all that Miss? Miss?"

All was silent in the Linear house, For Brooke, Val, and Tyler had ran out once as Val dropped the phone.

The sound of a voice on the other line went blank, and the familiar beeping sound filled the house.



So, did ya like? I know I haven't had any Jamie and Catie yet; I'm just letting it work its way in. PLEASE review, I would like to know how many people are reading this, and what those people think. I should have the next part sometime soon. Who knows when! I have leadership/ drum major training for band after school for the next two weeks, and I can barely ever get the computer. Anyways sorry for hurting Hank, I had to do it!

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