Annie was dumbfounded. She couldn't believe it. Annie spent two weeks pondering this and finally gathered up the courage to go back. Slowly and nervously she took out the suit case that she had taken when she left, and filled it back up with all her most prized possesions. If she could give up her life with the Phillips, she could surely give this one up to go back to them. So she climbed aboard the city bus and left. Just locked up and left up all her decorations. She left everything. Annie didn't care about it all, she needed her family, she needed to go home.
It was a long rough trip but it didn't matter. She got out of the bus when it stopped in Colorado. She walked two miles to the Phillips' nieghborhood and stood on their door step for a full half hour before she finally rang the doorbell.
"I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it!" Annie smiled, she could hear Fi running to the door before Jack could. Sibling compatition. Fi yanked open the door and practically choked on her apple because of what she saw.
"A-A-Annie!? No! It can't be, but- you, you left...JACK!!!" Fi stood staring blankly and not saying another word. Annie didn't come in because everything looked so different, she felt like an intruder, like she wasn't welcome.
"Now what, Fi? Who's at the door? You don't need to yell I can-" Fi stood back revealing Annie to Jack and Clu. "No way" Jack's gum fell out of his mouth and fell on his shoe. "You're home! I can't believe it!" Annie smiled and shrugged one sholder.
"Hey."The three of them all ran and practically dived on Annie ane began to hug and kiss her Fi started to cry, Clu was sqeezing her cheeks telling her never to leave again, and Jack sat back and smiled. "So were is everyone?" Annie asked after everyone had calmed down (which took about two hours).
"Their at dinner! But don't worry about them, they'll be back soon, tell us about what happened after you left we wanna hear about you!" The crowded around her and quietly listeded to her story.
Annie had just about finished when the doorbell rang again and this time Jack answered it. Sanding at the door was a beautiful red head. She had forest green eyes and rose colored lips. Annie's blonde hair and blue eyes were nothing compared to her. Or that's atleast what Annie thought.
"Hey Ellie." Jack took the girl's hand and led her inside. She smiled at Fi and Clu and then turned to Annie.
"I don't think we've met." she said still smiling. Annie stood up and shook her hand.
"I'm Annie Thaelen. I'm a friend of the Phillips."
"I'm Ellie McDonnald, Jack's girlfriend." This didn't surprise Annie in the slightest. Jack was a really great guy and she knew that she had her chance and she didn't take it. So someone else did. It wasn't surprising, but it was painful, very very painful. Annie smiled and forced a smile back.
"Well, nice to meet you." She sat pack down beginning to wonder if comming back was such a good idea after all.
The five of them spent the afternoon in the living room sitting on the couch, but only four of them were talking. Annie had tuned herself out and was thinking really hard. She thought about Peru, the place where she was born. She wondered where her panther had gone. She hadn't seen it since she left. The panther lived in her soul, her soul was officially dead, so she guessed that so was the panther. Annie thought about all the places she'd been with her parents and how much she missed them. It hurt so bad to think about them. It hurt so terribly infact, that she rarely did it anymore. Her memories with them were growing clowdy and fading away. Her parents seemed nothing more than charecters in a dream with undistinkable faces. Then she remembered how much fun she had on Molly's tour. How she and Jack put on the strange watches and went back in time, and finally became friends. How everyone but Annie and Fi turned itno strange objects and animals. She missed her so weird life. She wanted it back. Annie NEEDED Jack back.
It was a long rough trip but it didn't matter. She got out of the bus when it stopped in Colorado. She walked two miles to the Phillips' nieghborhood and stood on their door step for a full half hour before she finally rang the doorbell.
"I got it! I got it! I got it! I got it!" Annie smiled, she could hear Fi running to the door before Jack could. Sibling compatition. Fi yanked open the door and practically choked on her apple because of what she saw.
"A-A-Annie!? No! It can't be, but- you, you left...JACK!!!" Fi stood staring blankly and not saying another word. Annie didn't come in because everything looked so different, she felt like an intruder, like she wasn't welcome.
"Now what, Fi? Who's at the door? You don't need to yell I can-" Fi stood back revealing Annie to Jack and Clu. "No way" Jack's gum fell out of his mouth and fell on his shoe. "You're home! I can't believe it!" Annie smiled and shrugged one sholder.
"Hey."The three of them all ran and practically dived on Annie ane began to hug and kiss her Fi started to cry, Clu was sqeezing her cheeks telling her never to leave again, and Jack sat back and smiled. "So were is everyone?" Annie asked after everyone had calmed down (which took about two hours).
"Their at dinner! But don't worry about them, they'll be back soon, tell us about what happened after you left we wanna hear about you!" The crowded around her and quietly listeded to her story.
Annie had just about finished when the doorbell rang again and this time Jack answered it. Sanding at the door was a beautiful red head. She had forest green eyes and rose colored lips. Annie's blonde hair and blue eyes were nothing compared to her. Or that's atleast what Annie thought.
"Hey Ellie." Jack took the girl's hand and led her inside. She smiled at Fi and Clu and then turned to Annie.
"I don't think we've met." she said still smiling. Annie stood up and shook her hand.
"I'm Annie Thaelen. I'm a friend of the Phillips."
"I'm Ellie McDonnald, Jack's girlfriend." This didn't surprise Annie in the slightest. Jack was a really great guy and she knew that she had her chance and she didn't take it. So someone else did. It wasn't surprising, but it was painful, very very painful. Annie smiled and forced a smile back.
"Well, nice to meet you." She sat pack down beginning to wonder if comming back was such a good idea after all.
The five of them spent the afternoon in the living room sitting on the couch, but only four of them were talking. Annie had tuned herself out and was thinking really hard. She thought about Peru, the place where she was born. She wondered where her panther had gone. She hadn't seen it since she left. The panther lived in her soul, her soul was officially dead, so she guessed that so was the panther. Annie thought about all the places she'd been with her parents and how much she missed them. It hurt so bad to think about them. It hurt so terribly infact, that she rarely did it anymore. Her memories with them were growing clowdy and fading away. Her parents seemed nothing more than charecters in a dream with undistinkable faces. Then she remembered how much fun she had on Molly's tour. How she and Jack put on the strange watches and went back in time, and finally became friends. How everyone but Annie and Fi turned itno strange objects and animals. She missed her so weird life. She wanted it back. Annie NEEDED Jack back.