Carey gazed around the living room. On the couch sat Annie with an ice pack to her head. Jack sat beside her staring at nothing. Carey had finally gotten Fi to tell him what had happened with their visitor. Annie had woken up mere moments later demanded they not take her to the hospital. Carey shivered and pulled his arm that resting around Fi closer to her. He hated to think what would have happened if he hadn't got there when he did.
"So what do we do now?" Jack asked startling Carey out of his thoughts.
"I think we should try to help him," Fi's voice came from Carey's side.
"Help him! Fiona he tried to kill Annie and he's stalking you, and you want to help him!" Jack cried.
"She's right." Annie said from beside him, "He's obviously got some problems."
"He may have some problems but they're not the kind that you can sit down and talk out!" Carey broke in for the first time.
"Look he's just upset over Elizabeth. If we can show him I'm not her maybe he'll go away."
"I'm gonna go call the police. What we should have done in the first place." Jack got up and went to the kitchen counter. Fi closed her eyes defeated. To tell the truth she was tried and maybe getting the police involved would make her feel safer. At least she would get some sleep at night instead of just staring and jumping at shadows. She curled herself closer to Carey; happy he was there for her to hang on to when she needed him. In response he nestled his head into her hair and they both closed their eyes.
A short time later Carey opened his eyes to see a full head of brown hair in his face. He smiled as he watched Fi sleep in his arms; happy he could invoke enough of a safety feeling in her that she could sleep. He knew she hadn't been able to sleep since she got home. Nice way to be welcomed home, he thought with a bitter smile. Whoever was doing this was going to pay, big time. He glanced at the clock next to them and say that they had been sleeping about an hour. As he stared at the wall he noticed absently that Annie and Jack were nowhere to be found. As stared at the wall, he saw pictures of jack's and Fi's childhood. There was a close up of Fi with a teddy bear that the Bell's had given her for her third birthday. There were school pictures, and pictures of Jack and Fi joking around. At the far right there was a picture of Fi and Carey both covered in feathers. Carey smiled as he let the memories pull him in.
"Carey!" A ten-year-old Fi shouted as she saw Carey and Clu walk in with their sleeping bags.
"Hey Fi," Carey replied as he swung her up in the air, knowing how much she hated it. As expected she made a scrunched up face at him and gave him her meanest look before she broke laughing at the goofy look he had on his face.
"Fi are you bugging Carey?" Jack asked from behind them. Fi looked at him and gave the most innocent face a ten-year-old could.
"Now why would I do that?" she asked as a mischievous look came over her face. Carey smiled and ruffled her hair and again, as expected she gave him the meanest face she possibly could.
"Hey guys pizza here." Molly called from the kitchen.
Later that night they had been getting ready for bed. Jack had already gone to sleep. Fi and Clu and Carey were getting their beds ready when Carey suddenly noticed Fi suspiciously glancing from her pillow to Jack and back again. She looked over to Clu and Carey and noticed Carey looking at her with a raised eyebrow. She smiled and gave a look that said, "you really think I would do such a thing?" Carey smiled, shook his head, and uttered three words, " go for it."
Slowly she crept over to Jack and threw the pillow down his head as hard as a ten-year-old could. Jack jumped up and threw Fi on the bed and began to tickle her.
"Help me. Help me!" she cried as Jack continued to tickle her. Carey and Clu took their own pillows and began to beat down on Jack. Minutes later the whole room was filled with laughter, screams, and feathers.
"Okay, okay, I give up," Jack cried his arms up in mock surrender. Fi and Carey grinned victoriously as Clu fell to the ground laughing at what each and every one of them looked like. Carey put Fi on to of his shoulders and walked around the room for her victory walk. As they stopped next to the door, Molly popped her head in and cried SMILE. Carey turned right in time for her to get a perfect picture of them sweaty, covered in feathers, and happy.
As Carey continued to look over the photos he saw a shadow fall over the wall.
"Of God! Fi run!"
Stupid boy, Michael thought as he knocked Carey out with a near-by lamp. He looked around to find the direction Fi had gone in. HE smiled as he thought over her. His Fi. Such a pretty name he thought. Though not as pretty as Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth, come on out darling. Poor Carey won't be bothering us for a while." He turned around to see Fi dashing into her room. That's all right Elizabeth, I'll get you. He thought as he started to bang his shoulder into the door.
In the room Fi looked around frantically. There was no way out, she was trapped. She continued to look around and her gaze landed on the window. Quickly she ran over. "That's not too far," she told herself. Shoving up the blinds she carefully crawled out. Balancing quickly she heard Michael breaking into her room. She turned away from the window and the last thing she saw was Michael's hand shooting out of the window, trying to grab her foot.
"UHHHH," Carey thought as he began to wake up. Oh God FI! He thought in blind panic. Where was Jack and Annie? Looking around he quickly found a note stating that Jack and Annie had gone to get something to eat and would be back later. "FI! FI! FI! WHERE ARE YOU!?!" he screamed as he ran up the stairs. As he reached the top he saw Fi's room door open and the curtains fluttering in the winds. "OH GOD, FI WHERE ARE YOU!?" he screamed into the night. Looked around and began to sob. No Carey, he told himself, you have to find her, and that's exactly what you're gonna do. Only problem was, he had no idea where she was
Fi had no idea where she was. She had been running for the past half hour and had no idea how to get back. "Damnit!" she screamed as she sank to the ground. She grabbed her throbbing ankle and looked around, as the woods suddenly became silent. Even the insistent chirping of the crickets had come to an end.
"Elizabeth, where are you" called a vice from a distance. Oh God he's gonna find me. Fi thought as tears coursed down her cheeks. Please Carey come find me. She thought as she passed out from the pain.
Carey skidded to halt fight outside the woods and listened and heard a faint voice coming from inside. He took off once again in the direction of the voice. As he came closer he could make out what was being to said. "Elizabeth!" I've got to get to her before he does. Making a big circle around Michael so he couldn't see him Carey continued on his way.
After ten minutes he came across an unconscious lump that was Fi. "Come on Fi we have to go!" he said as he tried to stir her.
"No," said a voice behind them "I don't think so."
Carey glanced behind him at Michael and the rushing river behind him. He glanced at Fi to see if she had noticed his glance. She gave a tiny almost nonexistent nod.
"Michael why do you want to kill me?" she asked as if it were the most normal question in the world. Carey looked at her as if she had grown an extra head. She shrugged and mouthed whatever keeps his attention. But indeed it had worked for Michael now had his sights set on Fi and was no longer paying attention to Carey.
"Because I loved you and you left me. You left me."
"Don't you mean Elizabeth left you?" Fi whispered.
"No you left me," he screamed at her as he charged them. That was just the moment Carey had been waiting for. He jumped up and ran to Michael, throwing the other man into the river. Slowly he sat next to Fi.
"Are you okay?" he asked his eyes filled with terror for her.
"Yeah I'm fine,"
"You sure?"
"Yeah," They sat and rested for a moment.
"Hey Carey, thanks for looking for me."
"Your welcome Fi,"
"Fi?"
"Huh?"
" I was so scared when I woke up and I couldn't find you. You have no idea how scared. So I uh I thinkI'minlovewithyou." He finished in rush and hoped she hadn't understood him.
"Carey,"
"yeah,"
"Look at me,"
"I am looking at you,"
"Look in my eyes,"
"Okay,"
"That's my nose." She raised his face with her hand. "I love you too." She smiled. He grinned back at her.
"Come on," he said helping her up,, "let's get you to the hospital." As she stood up, she put her weight on her leg and hissed in pain, nearly falling down again. Carey swung her up into his arms and they left the woods.
Three days later
Fi sat on the couch with her leg on the coffee table. When Carey had taken her to the hospital they had said she had managed to break her leg in four places. She smiled over at Carey, who was siting by her on the couch.
"what?" he asked when he noticed her watching him.
"I love you,"
He smiled "good," and he leaned over to kiss her.
Fini
"So what do we do now?" Jack asked startling Carey out of his thoughts.
"I think we should try to help him," Fi's voice came from Carey's side.
"Help him! Fiona he tried to kill Annie and he's stalking you, and you want to help him!" Jack cried.
"She's right." Annie said from beside him, "He's obviously got some problems."
"He may have some problems but they're not the kind that you can sit down and talk out!" Carey broke in for the first time.
"Look he's just upset over Elizabeth. If we can show him I'm not her maybe he'll go away."
"I'm gonna go call the police. What we should have done in the first place." Jack got up and went to the kitchen counter. Fi closed her eyes defeated. To tell the truth she was tried and maybe getting the police involved would make her feel safer. At least she would get some sleep at night instead of just staring and jumping at shadows. She curled herself closer to Carey; happy he was there for her to hang on to when she needed him. In response he nestled his head into her hair and they both closed their eyes.
A short time later Carey opened his eyes to see a full head of brown hair in his face. He smiled as he watched Fi sleep in his arms; happy he could invoke enough of a safety feeling in her that she could sleep. He knew she hadn't been able to sleep since she got home. Nice way to be welcomed home, he thought with a bitter smile. Whoever was doing this was going to pay, big time. He glanced at the clock next to them and say that they had been sleeping about an hour. As he stared at the wall he noticed absently that Annie and Jack were nowhere to be found. As stared at the wall, he saw pictures of jack's and Fi's childhood. There was a close up of Fi with a teddy bear that the Bell's had given her for her third birthday. There were school pictures, and pictures of Jack and Fi joking around. At the far right there was a picture of Fi and Carey both covered in feathers. Carey smiled as he let the memories pull him in.
"Carey!" A ten-year-old Fi shouted as she saw Carey and Clu walk in with their sleeping bags.
"Hey Fi," Carey replied as he swung her up in the air, knowing how much she hated it. As expected she made a scrunched up face at him and gave him her meanest look before she broke laughing at the goofy look he had on his face.
"Fi are you bugging Carey?" Jack asked from behind them. Fi looked at him and gave the most innocent face a ten-year-old could.
"Now why would I do that?" she asked as a mischievous look came over her face. Carey smiled and ruffled her hair and again, as expected she gave him the meanest face she possibly could.
"Hey guys pizza here." Molly called from the kitchen.
Later that night they had been getting ready for bed. Jack had already gone to sleep. Fi and Clu and Carey were getting their beds ready when Carey suddenly noticed Fi suspiciously glancing from her pillow to Jack and back again. She looked over to Clu and Carey and noticed Carey looking at her with a raised eyebrow. She smiled and gave a look that said, "you really think I would do such a thing?" Carey smiled, shook his head, and uttered three words, " go for it."
Slowly she crept over to Jack and threw the pillow down his head as hard as a ten-year-old could. Jack jumped up and threw Fi on the bed and began to tickle her.
"Help me. Help me!" she cried as Jack continued to tickle her. Carey and Clu took their own pillows and began to beat down on Jack. Minutes later the whole room was filled with laughter, screams, and feathers.
"Okay, okay, I give up," Jack cried his arms up in mock surrender. Fi and Carey grinned victoriously as Clu fell to the ground laughing at what each and every one of them looked like. Carey put Fi on to of his shoulders and walked around the room for her victory walk. As they stopped next to the door, Molly popped her head in and cried SMILE. Carey turned right in time for her to get a perfect picture of them sweaty, covered in feathers, and happy.
As Carey continued to look over the photos he saw a shadow fall over the wall.
"Of God! Fi run!"
Stupid boy, Michael thought as he knocked Carey out with a near-by lamp. He looked around to find the direction Fi had gone in. HE smiled as he thought over her. His Fi. Such a pretty name he thought. Though not as pretty as Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth, come on out darling. Poor Carey won't be bothering us for a while." He turned around to see Fi dashing into her room. That's all right Elizabeth, I'll get you. He thought as he started to bang his shoulder into the door.
In the room Fi looked around frantically. There was no way out, she was trapped. She continued to look around and her gaze landed on the window. Quickly she ran over. "That's not too far," she told herself. Shoving up the blinds she carefully crawled out. Balancing quickly she heard Michael breaking into her room. She turned away from the window and the last thing she saw was Michael's hand shooting out of the window, trying to grab her foot.
"UHHHH," Carey thought as he began to wake up. Oh God FI! He thought in blind panic. Where was Jack and Annie? Looking around he quickly found a note stating that Jack and Annie had gone to get something to eat and would be back later. "FI! FI! FI! WHERE ARE YOU!?!" he screamed as he ran up the stairs. As he reached the top he saw Fi's room door open and the curtains fluttering in the winds. "OH GOD, FI WHERE ARE YOU!?" he screamed into the night. Looked around and began to sob. No Carey, he told himself, you have to find her, and that's exactly what you're gonna do. Only problem was, he had no idea where she was
Fi had no idea where she was. She had been running for the past half hour and had no idea how to get back. "Damnit!" she screamed as she sank to the ground. She grabbed her throbbing ankle and looked around, as the woods suddenly became silent. Even the insistent chirping of the crickets had come to an end.
"Elizabeth, where are you" called a vice from a distance. Oh God he's gonna find me. Fi thought as tears coursed down her cheeks. Please Carey come find me. She thought as she passed out from the pain.
Carey skidded to halt fight outside the woods and listened and heard a faint voice coming from inside. He took off once again in the direction of the voice. As he came closer he could make out what was being to said. "Elizabeth!" I've got to get to her before he does. Making a big circle around Michael so he couldn't see him Carey continued on his way.
After ten minutes he came across an unconscious lump that was Fi. "Come on Fi we have to go!" he said as he tried to stir her.
"No," said a voice behind them "I don't think so."
Carey glanced behind him at Michael and the rushing river behind him. He glanced at Fi to see if she had noticed his glance. She gave a tiny almost nonexistent nod.
"Michael why do you want to kill me?" she asked as if it were the most normal question in the world. Carey looked at her as if she had grown an extra head. She shrugged and mouthed whatever keeps his attention. But indeed it had worked for Michael now had his sights set on Fi and was no longer paying attention to Carey.
"Because I loved you and you left me. You left me."
"Don't you mean Elizabeth left you?" Fi whispered.
"No you left me," he screamed at her as he charged them. That was just the moment Carey had been waiting for. He jumped up and ran to Michael, throwing the other man into the river. Slowly he sat next to Fi.
"Are you okay?" he asked his eyes filled with terror for her.
"Yeah I'm fine,"
"You sure?"
"Yeah," They sat and rested for a moment.
"Hey Carey, thanks for looking for me."
"Your welcome Fi,"
"Fi?"
"Huh?"
" I was so scared when I woke up and I couldn't find you. You have no idea how scared. So I uh I thinkI'minlovewithyou." He finished in rush and hoped she hadn't understood him.
"Carey,"
"yeah,"
"Look at me,"
"I am looking at you,"
"Look in my eyes,"
"Okay,"
"That's my nose." She raised his face with her hand. "I love you too." She smiled. He grinned back at her.
"Come on," he said helping her up,, "let's get you to the hospital." As she stood up, she put her weight on her leg and hissed in pain, nearly falling down again. Carey swung her up into his arms and they left the woods.
Three days later
Fi sat on the couch with her leg on the coffee table. When Carey had taken her to the hospital they had said she had managed to break her leg in four places. She smiled over at Carey, who was siting by her on the couch.
"what?" he asked when he noticed her watching him.
"I love you,"
He smiled "good," and he leaned over to kiss her.
Fini