One Catch
Winking Tiger • Mblab6@aol.com
Author's Notes: I'd actually really meant to post two chapters last night, this and what *did* get posted. Only there was a problem, what I thought was posted wasn't … I'm sorry! So, here's the other chapter.
I'm also really sorry that I haven't been posting a lot, life is just killing me right now, and I've barley got any time to spare, but I'm getting my butt into my computer seat and typing up some more. Hope you enjoy!
If it helps any, this is from Arlyn's POV.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Fox's. But I do own Arlyn, and the O'Briens.
Chapter 14
~*~ "I found this… I remember seeing it on your Mom. Figured, she must've passed it on to you. And you'd of given it to Max. Must've been near here, at some point."~*~
"Excuse me?"
"Max. I figured you must've given it to her. And I found it. Connect the dots, you know what you get?"
"No, I know. You get Max having to have been here in order for her to have … misplaced this."
"There you go! You get a cookie!"
"Gee, thanks."
"Least I can do."
And silence ensues. If there were crickets around I'm sure we could hear them above this roaring silence.
"Ar"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think, do you think I might actually find her?"
"Do want to find her?"
"Of course I do!"
"And you're trying, right?"
"That's what I'm here for."
"Then you'll find her."
"You really think?"
"Yeah, yeah I do."
We finally get over that horrible silence, and now we get more. That's nice, isn't it?
"Ar?"
"Yeah Logan?"
"Do you remember? When we were little, and the whole thing with Stephan?"
"Yeah."
"He was just horrible, by the standards of a five year old."
"Yeah, he was, wasn't he?"
"But you'd have none of that."
"No. Not for me, and not for you, especially."
"He wouldn't let me get on the playground, at all. He'd steal all the toys once we got them. And he was … god he was just awful!"
"Yeah. But that one day. I'd had enough, no more, no more!"
"What happened exactly, again?"
"I think I actually went up to him. Looked him in the eye. He kept being … him, and I did something. I went up, and I bit him, in the arm I think."
"God."
"He opened his mouth, like we going to scream. But he never did, nothing came out of his mouth. Mom said that after that, his mother acted like nothing had ever happened, at all."
"All I know is, after that, Stephan didn't bother me anymore."
"Of course, I'm a miracle worker, you know."
"Yeah. But you know, you didn't really have to."
"Well, I guess not. But I did. You were like my kid brother. Then, us O'Brien kids were just girls and one boy, me. I had to."
"That's when it happened."
"Yeah. Mom found out what happened. She was so proud of me. Said that after I gone up there and said what I'd said I deserved something special. Of course, I was expecting a toy or something, but no. She came up to me and said, 'Do you remember what you said up there?" And of course I did. So I went and told her, 'Yeah. Stephan, don't do that, not to Logan, not to me. No one does that, especially to Logan, I won't let you.'
She was so proud. I was all ready, had my hands out for a nice toy and everything. But instead, she told me that that was very noble, and honorable pledge that I'd made. And ever since then, I've been Arlyn – 'pledge'."
So how many of you knew that that wasn't his real name? *Everyone raises their hand* Now who thinks they know who he really is? *Everyone suggests the same person* It doesn't matter who you think it is, just leave a review. If you do review with your ideas, you may just see soon.
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