NOTE: This next chapter is dedicated those fans that not only read my
works but took the time to tell me what they thought and how I can improve.
Okay enough gibber gabber! Next chapter!
1 After All This Time—Chapter Three
Parker glanced over at Jarod while he slept. She had insisted on driving. He had tried to argue with her that he was awake enough to do it. But she knew him better than that. She knew how tired and worn he was just trying to maintain his sanity inside the Centre.
How far they had come, both apart and together. She looked back at the road. It was a desolate road. Gravel and a tad scary. But she was a Parker and she would not easily be frightened by a gravel road. Or was she a Parker?
She shook her head and concentrated on the trip. She had been driving for a really long time and wondered how far they could get before they got caught? She shrugged off the idea and continued to drive.
Stopping only once and while for gas she drove for nearly forty-eight hours before Jarod woke up, "Parker, where are we?"
Parker turned to him with a smile, "The hell if I know."
Jarod gaped at her, "How long have we been on the road?"
"Only forty-eight hours."
"Forty-eight hours!?" Jarod cried, "You've been driving that long?"
Parker shrugged it off, "Lots of coffee."
Jarod huffed, "Find us a motel." Parker's head whipped back towards him so fast it nearly broke. Jarod laughed and the surprised and a little insulted look on her face. "So you can rest." He explained.
Parker laughed. "You scared me."
Jarod looked at her, "With what? Good god I'm not full of that much energy."
Parker laughed harder and then spotted a sign for one such motel. "Bingo."
They spent the next three days resting before taking off again. They ditched the car and small airport and Jarod rented a plane for them to fly in. Once they were up in the air Parker cried, "Jarod? Should I be afraid of your pilot skills?"
Jarod did a roller coaster like trick and called back, "No should you be?"
Parker was too busy trying to hold down her breakfast to answer. After the sickness passed she asked, "Where are we going?"
"To see my father." Jarod simply replied.
Parker gaped at him, "You know where he is?"
Jarod glanced at her quickly, "Of course I do. I wasn't about to be a moron and take the chance of losing my family again after I went after Ethan."
Parker thought about this for a moment. "Where exactly are they?"
"Colorado." Jarod answered. The thoughts of Zoe drifting back. What was he going to do? God this was harder than any simulation or pretends he'd ever done before. This was no easy solution and one he was afraid to make.
But deep down he had all ready made his decision. He just didn't know if he could go through with it. "Jarod what are you thinking about?" Parker asked, interrupting his thoughts.
Jarod didn't answer instead he glanced at her with a sly grin and asked, "Want to learn how to fly?"
1 After All This Time—Chapter Three
Parker glanced over at Jarod while he slept. She had insisted on driving. He had tried to argue with her that he was awake enough to do it. But she knew him better than that. She knew how tired and worn he was just trying to maintain his sanity inside the Centre.
How far they had come, both apart and together. She looked back at the road. It was a desolate road. Gravel and a tad scary. But she was a Parker and she would not easily be frightened by a gravel road. Or was she a Parker?
She shook her head and concentrated on the trip. She had been driving for a really long time and wondered how far they could get before they got caught? She shrugged off the idea and continued to drive.
Stopping only once and while for gas she drove for nearly forty-eight hours before Jarod woke up, "Parker, where are we?"
Parker turned to him with a smile, "The hell if I know."
Jarod gaped at her, "How long have we been on the road?"
"Only forty-eight hours."
"Forty-eight hours!?" Jarod cried, "You've been driving that long?"
Parker shrugged it off, "Lots of coffee."
Jarod huffed, "Find us a motel." Parker's head whipped back towards him so fast it nearly broke. Jarod laughed and the surprised and a little insulted look on her face. "So you can rest." He explained.
Parker laughed. "You scared me."
Jarod looked at her, "With what? Good god I'm not full of that much energy."
Parker laughed harder and then spotted a sign for one such motel. "Bingo."
They spent the next three days resting before taking off again. They ditched the car and small airport and Jarod rented a plane for them to fly in. Once they were up in the air Parker cried, "Jarod? Should I be afraid of your pilot skills?"
Jarod did a roller coaster like trick and called back, "No should you be?"
Parker was too busy trying to hold down her breakfast to answer. After the sickness passed she asked, "Where are we going?"
"To see my father." Jarod simply replied.
Parker gaped at him, "You know where he is?"
Jarod glanced at her quickly, "Of course I do. I wasn't about to be a moron and take the chance of losing my family again after I went after Ethan."
Parker thought about this for a moment. "Where exactly are they?"
"Colorado." Jarod answered. The thoughts of Zoe drifting back. What was he going to do? God this was harder than any simulation or pretends he'd ever done before. This was no easy solution and one he was afraid to make.
But deep down he had all ready made his decision. He just didn't know if he could go through with it. "Jarod what are you thinking about?" Parker asked, interrupting his thoughts.
Jarod didn't answer instead he glanced at her with a sly grin and asked, "Want to learn how to fly?"