Part 5
Kate found herself at the front of O'hare airport, gate seven waiting anxiously for something. She didn't know why, where or how she even got there all that she could remember was that a week ago, a note arrived saying to meet the 'Unexpected' at Gate seven.
The other reason was because she couldn't stand the surprised look from Kerry and the 'It's nothing Kiddo' look from the Patterson guy. It was like, like a joke. All that she had been through in the past two years, before and after her parents died was like a dream. Floating here, there until reality decides to wack you in the face with cold hard facts and what's it really like out there. It was the brother. Ok. Just the brother- nothing to be ashamed of..... except, except...... I couldn't help it. Couldn't help feeling like if I didn't come here so soon, if I hadn't rushed at the chance to get rid of my problems that perhaps John would be fine, at County and safe. What a word. I hadn't felt like that in a while- not until I met John.
"Sarah?"
"Yeah, who else would I be, President Clinton? Is this kind of welcome you give an old buddy- that stare? It's me, get over it." said Sarah, a blond woman, medium height, slender figure and a huge brown suit case trailing behind her on it's squeaky wheels. Sarah looked pretty ordinary, like the lady you would see at the supermarket counter counting your change or like the person in the joggers walking the dog who is lifting it's leg at each tree it passes.
"Sarah!!! My best Buddy!" yelled Kate as she enveloped her in a gigantic bear hug.
"That's my old Ka- what happened? Who died?"
"Huh? No one, everyone's fine."
"My God, Kate, you must be freezing! Your a doctor- you should know that going out in the snow with only a scub top on is crazy. Take my coat." said Sarah, offering her warm brown coat for Kate to wear.
"No- no I'm fine." said Kate, flagging away the coat in protest.
"No, your not. Take my coat or I'll get back on that plane..."
"Ok, ok, I'll wear it." said Kate, finally excepting the coat. "Do I really look that bad?"
"Honey, your eye's are red as apples, mascara's all over your cheeks and your hair is even more messy than usual. What's wrong Girl, guy problems?" said Sarah. as the two walked down the airport terminal towards the line of taxis waiting for a passenger.
~*~*~*~
"Think you've got it easy, huh?" said Boss, eye's darting from Carter to Martin and then back to Carter in a dangerous manner.
The two stayed silent, staring at the white slimy tiles that decorated the whole room.
"ANSWER ME!" He yelled causing his prisoners to jump and his servants to tighten their hold.
"No sir." said Martin, to Carter's surprise. After his display of anger when they were locked up, Carter expected a sarcastic remark.
"Good." said the Boss, pleased to be called 'Sir' a name of which he linked to all the respectable peoples in society even if he wasn't half as respected as the common murderer. "I suppose you'll also be wanting to know why you were chosen to be here." he said directing his statement like question at Carter who remained silent. "Hummm?" Carter still didn't stay anything. "Well, I'm gonna tell you anyway so that when you die, you will know who and why you did."- said Boss, cracking loudly at his own personal joke. His servants started to laugh with him and John could tell that they didn't get a word their Boss was saying.
"QUIET." Everyone did as he said. "Now, on with the story....."
~*~*~*~
Sarah and Kate were sitting in Kate's kitchen each holding a steaming cup of hot chocolate. The room was still bare except for a few pictures of her and Carter from a picnic they had gone on not too long ago.
"What kind of boyfriend is he, if he's gone missing?" said Sarah indignantly.
"No, Sarah, you don't understand. He was kidnapped...." answered Kate defending Carter.
"By who?"
"I was about to tell you that- Harry Hofman's brother."
"He's the guy that..."
"Yeah." said Kate sadly.
"And you think it's your fault." prophesied Sarah.
"Uhuh."
"Kate-"
"I know."
The two sat in silence, not having anything else to say to each other. Sarah took a long sip from her mug.
"How long have you been dating this guy?"
"A year." answered Kate, still staring at the picture.
"What are you staring at?" questioned Sarah, noticing that Kate had her eye's focused on something behind her. She turned to look at the fridge and immediately saw the great photo that Kate kept her eye's on.
"That him?"
"Yup." said Kate finally adverting her eye's back to her cup where she took a swing.
"He's hot and handsome..."
"He's mine." came back Kate, setting her cup down on the table in a hurry.
"Don't worry girl- I got my own man....."
~*~*~*~
Carter stared up at Boss with pure hatrid in his eye's. Tears were waiting to fall but he blinked them back quickly, not wanting to show vunrable he was.
"Get 'em outta here boys, I don't want to be looking at these pieces of shit any longer."
Carter couldn't keep it down any longer. He raised his left hand and wiped a tear.
"What's that I see?" asked the Boss, in a girly voice. "Tears? TEARS? I see no room for cry babies." He slapped Carter on the side of his face. John's hands being held tightly behind his back, could not touch his face as he winced in pain.
"Get these wimps in chains by the hour." ordered the Boss before walking out the room, leaving Carter and Martin alone with his 'little helpers.'
John and Martin stared up at their captors, wondering where they were going next.
"Well, come on!" shouted a tall gawky, but strong man with carrot hair and gray eye's. "Ya heard the man- get moving!"
Suddenly, Carter had an idea. It was a long shot but worth trying.
"Come on, I need to do a shit- haven't dropped aload in ten hours!" he said in the best slang he could muster.
Carrot head looked at he partner in silent questioning. After getting the go ahead, the foursome walked back into the restroom.
"Privacy, please?" asked Martin, getting onto what Carter was trying to do.
"Yeah, I suppose." agreed the short one. Carrot shot a look at his 'friend' but stayed silent and followed him out the room.
"Alright, Martin my man, is there a second exit outta here?"...
~*~*~*~
"Really? And he is..." asked Kate, leaning in closer to catch the details.
"Remember Josh-"
"Josh Michells?" gasped Kate.
"Uhuh." proclaimed Sarah, but went on shyly. "Old enimies, more than friends."
"Wow." said Kate as the dark clouds outside began to pour with it's tears of rain, bruising the windows with tiny droplets which grew larger in size. "How come you didn't tell me the last time you called?"
"Well, you just wanted an opinion of what to wear on your 'hot date' with Doc Carter, forgot?" came back Sarah, getting up to place her cup in the sink.
"So, you should have told me!"
"Well, it's served it's purpose of being interesting news. You know, Kate, you look awful. Are you ok?" asked Sarah, a concerned expression on her face. Kate had turned a pale shade of pink and had put her head down, near here knees.
"No, I'll ahh, be fine." said Kate shakily. "I'll be fine in a sec- shit, I think I'm gonna be sick." She got up from the chair she was sitting cross-legged on and made it to the sink in time to begin reaching.
Sarah held her hair back, the wheels in her head turning with the possibilities as to why Kate could be fine one moment and as sick as a dog the next...
~*~*~*~
"You beauty Martin!" said Carter as they fled the toilets through the fire escape.
"Yeah, well thanks, I guess..." he answered uncertainly.
"Don't worry- it's ment to mean something good. Where do we go now?"
"Oh, ok. The Office?" suggested Martin, pointing to his left at a white door made of glass whit the word 'Administration' scrawled in gold.
"Yeah! Perfect." said Carter, checking their surroundings before running towards the door and pushing against it, expecting that it would open.
"Doesn't open." he claimed dejectedly, still pushing the door.
"Really?" asked Martin, pulling the door handle towards him. The door opened easily. Martin walked in, his head up in the air in triumph.
"I knew that." said Carter following behind, trying his best to look innocent.
~*~*~*~
"Kate?" asked Sarah as she finished reaching and was washing her mouth out, hoping to get rid of the horrid taste in her mouth.
"I'm fine, just something I ate."
"Kate-"
"No, Sarah, I'm fine ok?" snapped Kate walking from the sink back to the tabel.
"Ok." agreed Sarah as the two lapsed into silence and all that could be heard was the pattering of the rain on the windows and the wispering of trees from outside.
~*~*~*~
Ok. So it's a little short. There is another part on the way, don't frett little peoples. But I need to know what you think of where I'm taking this. (and Yes, I am thinking of continuing Your Not Forgotten once it's finished but let's not jump to conclusions, ok?) I hope you guys get what's happening- I'm not really good at explaining things.
Kate found herself at the front of O'hare airport, gate seven waiting anxiously for something. She didn't know why, where or how she even got there all that she could remember was that a week ago, a note arrived saying to meet the 'Unexpected' at Gate seven.
The other reason was because she couldn't stand the surprised look from Kerry and the 'It's nothing Kiddo' look from the Patterson guy. It was like, like a joke. All that she had been through in the past two years, before and after her parents died was like a dream. Floating here, there until reality decides to wack you in the face with cold hard facts and what's it really like out there. It was the brother. Ok. Just the brother- nothing to be ashamed of..... except, except...... I couldn't help it. Couldn't help feeling like if I didn't come here so soon, if I hadn't rushed at the chance to get rid of my problems that perhaps John would be fine, at County and safe. What a word. I hadn't felt like that in a while- not until I met John.
"Sarah?"
"Yeah, who else would I be, President Clinton? Is this kind of welcome you give an old buddy- that stare? It's me, get over it." said Sarah, a blond woman, medium height, slender figure and a huge brown suit case trailing behind her on it's squeaky wheels. Sarah looked pretty ordinary, like the lady you would see at the supermarket counter counting your change or like the person in the joggers walking the dog who is lifting it's leg at each tree it passes.
"Sarah!!! My best Buddy!" yelled Kate as she enveloped her in a gigantic bear hug.
"That's my old Ka- what happened? Who died?"
"Huh? No one, everyone's fine."
"My God, Kate, you must be freezing! Your a doctor- you should know that going out in the snow with only a scub top on is crazy. Take my coat." said Sarah, offering her warm brown coat for Kate to wear.
"No- no I'm fine." said Kate, flagging away the coat in protest.
"No, your not. Take my coat or I'll get back on that plane..."
"Ok, ok, I'll wear it." said Kate, finally excepting the coat. "Do I really look that bad?"
"Honey, your eye's are red as apples, mascara's all over your cheeks and your hair is even more messy than usual. What's wrong Girl, guy problems?" said Sarah. as the two walked down the airport terminal towards the line of taxis waiting for a passenger.
~*~*~*~
"Think you've got it easy, huh?" said Boss, eye's darting from Carter to Martin and then back to Carter in a dangerous manner.
The two stayed silent, staring at the white slimy tiles that decorated the whole room.
"ANSWER ME!" He yelled causing his prisoners to jump and his servants to tighten their hold.
"No sir." said Martin, to Carter's surprise. After his display of anger when they were locked up, Carter expected a sarcastic remark.
"Good." said the Boss, pleased to be called 'Sir' a name of which he linked to all the respectable peoples in society even if he wasn't half as respected as the common murderer. "I suppose you'll also be wanting to know why you were chosen to be here." he said directing his statement like question at Carter who remained silent. "Hummm?" Carter still didn't stay anything. "Well, I'm gonna tell you anyway so that when you die, you will know who and why you did."- said Boss, cracking loudly at his own personal joke. His servants started to laugh with him and John could tell that they didn't get a word their Boss was saying.
"QUIET." Everyone did as he said. "Now, on with the story....."
~*~*~*~
Sarah and Kate were sitting in Kate's kitchen each holding a steaming cup of hot chocolate. The room was still bare except for a few pictures of her and Carter from a picnic they had gone on not too long ago.
"What kind of boyfriend is he, if he's gone missing?" said Sarah indignantly.
"No, Sarah, you don't understand. He was kidnapped...." answered Kate defending Carter.
"By who?"
"I was about to tell you that- Harry Hofman's brother."
"He's the guy that..."
"Yeah." said Kate sadly.
"And you think it's your fault." prophesied Sarah.
"Uhuh."
"Kate-"
"I know."
The two sat in silence, not having anything else to say to each other. Sarah took a long sip from her mug.
"How long have you been dating this guy?"
"A year." answered Kate, still staring at the picture.
"What are you staring at?" questioned Sarah, noticing that Kate had her eye's focused on something behind her. She turned to look at the fridge and immediately saw the great photo that Kate kept her eye's on.
"That him?"
"Yup." said Kate finally adverting her eye's back to her cup where she took a swing.
"He's hot and handsome..."
"He's mine." came back Kate, setting her cup down on the table in a hurry.
"Don't worry girl- I got my own man....."
~*~*~*~
Carter stared up at Boss with pure hatrid in his eye's. Tears were waiting to fall but he blinked them back quickly, not wanting to show vunrable he was.
"Get 'em outta here boys, I don't want to be looking at these pieces of shit any longer."
Carter couldn't keep it down any longer. He raised his left hand and wiped a tear.
"What's that I see?" asked the Boss, in a girly voice. "Tears? TEARS? I see no room for cry babies." He slapped Carter on the side of his face. John's hands being held tightly behind his back, could not touch his face as he winced in pain.
"Get these wimps in chains by the hour." ordered the Boss before walking out the room, leaving Carter and Martin alone with his 'little helpers.'
John and Martin stared up at their captors, wondering where they were going next.
"Well, come on!" shouted a tall gawky, but strong man with carrot hair and gray eye's. "Ya heard the man- get moving!"
Suddenly, Carter had an idea. It was a long shot but worth trying.
"Come on, I need to do a shit- haven't dropped aload in ten hours!" he said in the best slang he could muster.
Carrot head looked at he partner in silent questioning. After getting the go ahead, the foursome walked back into the restroom.
"Privacy, please?" asked Martin, getting onto what Carter was trying to do.
"Yeah, I suppose." agreed the short one. Carrot shot a look at his 'friend' but stayed silent and followed him out the room.
"Alright, Martin my man, is there a second exit outta here?"...
~*~*~*~
"Really? And he is..." asked Kate, leaning in closer to catch the details.
"Remember Josh-"
"Josh Michells?" gasped Kate.
"Uhuh." proclaimed Sarah, but went on shyly. "Old enimies, more than friends."
"Wow." said Kate as the dark clouds outside began to pour with it's tears of rain, bruising the windows with tiny droplets which grew larger in size. "How come you didn't tell me the last time you called?"
"Well, you just wanted an opinion of what to wear on your 'hot date' with Doc Carter, forgot?" came back Sarah, getting up to place her cup in the sink.
"So, you should have told me!"
"Well, it's served it's purpose of being interesting news. You know, Kate, you look awful. Are you ok?" asked Sarah, a concerned expression on her face. Kate had turned a pale shade of pink and had put her head down, near here knees.
"No, I'll ahh, be fine." said Kate shakily. "I'll be fine in a sec- shit, I think I'm gonna be sick." She got up from the chair she was sitting cross-legged on and made it to the sink in time to begin reaching.
Sarah held her hair back, the wheels in her head turning with the possibilities as to why Kate could be fine one moment and as sick as a dog the next...
~*~*~*~
"You beauty Martin!" said Carter as they fled the toilets through the fire escape.
"Yeah, well thanks, I guess..." he answered uncertainly.
"Don't worry- it's ment to mean something good. Where do we go now?"
"Oh, ok. The Office?" suggested Martin, pointing to his left at a white door made of glass whit the word 'Administration' scrawled in gold.
"Yeah! Perfect." said Carter, checking their surroundings before running towards the door and pushing against it, expecting that it would open.
"Doesn't open." he claimed dejectedly, still pushing the door.
"Really?" asked Martin, pulling the door handle towards him. The door opened easily. Martin walked in, his head up in the air in triumph.
"I knew that." said Carter following behind, trying his best to look innocent.
~*~*~*~
"Kate?" asked Sarah as she finished reaching and was washing her mouth out, hoping to get rid of the horrid taste in her mouth.
"I'm fine, just something I ate."
"Kate-"
"No, Sarah, I'm fine ok?" snapped Kate walking from the sink back to the tabel.
"Ok." agreed Sarah as the two lapsed into silence and all that could be heard was the pattering of the rain on the windows and the wispering of trees from outside.
~*~*~*~
Ok. So it's a little short. There is another part on the way, don't frett little peoples. But I need to know what you think of where I'm taking this. (and Yes, I am thinking of continuing Your Not Forgotten once it's finished but let's not jump to conclusions, ok?) I hope you guys get what's happening- I'm not really good at explaining things.