***I decided to go ahead and do Chapter 3. I fixed a few things that I had
negative feedback about. I'm not that good with bank stuff so if anything
is wrong I apologize in advance. I'm really trying to make this sound
realistic but I know that I may be off a little. Please R and R and let me
know if I should continue. Let me know if it sounds more realistic now.
This Chapter contains spoilers if you haven't seen any of season 8. Thanks
for taking the time.***
***Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters. This is just fiction.***
Abby has freshened up a little. Her hair is a little damp from the shower. She found an outfit of Elizabeth's that fit pretty well and looked pretty good on her. She sat down on Elizabeth's bed and brushed her hair. She heard a small tap on the door.
"Come in."
"Hey how you feeling?"
"Numb. This hasn't all sunk in yet. I feel like I'm walking around in a dream. It doesn't seem real ya know?" Heavy tears fall down Abby's cheeks and drip down her nose and over her lips. She begins to weep heavily. "I just keep pinching myself and wishing that I would wake up and find that this was all a dream. I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm sure you don't want me to live with you forever but I have absolutely no money now."
Elizabeth put her arm around Abby. "You are welcomed here forever if that's what you need." Laughs. "I must ask one question though."
"What's that?"
"Why didn't you have a checking account? Why keep only cash around. No offense but that's not the brightest thing to do."
Abby laughs slightly, "Yeah I know it's so stupid, but this is what happened. I didn't like the bank I was at. The people there were a bunch of jerks. There were too many charges and I just didn't like the service I was getting. Two days before the fire I withdrew my money from the bank and I was going to transfer it to another bank. I had been really busy at work and hadn't had a chance yet. I was going to do it today actually. All my cash was in a safe in my bedroom until I could transfer it..."
"Well.that sucks."
"Yeah it does. It's not like I had a lot of cash anyways. I mean I had just paid all my bills. After I get my paycheck I usually only have $75 a month left for spending after I pay all my bills. This time I had a little extra because some of my bills were lower this month. I had $100 left and that's all. So I'm not in huge financial distress. I get paid soon. I should get some insurance money, which reminds me, I need to call the insurance company that the police officer gave me the number for."
"Okay well make the call and meet me and Ella in the van."
"Okay, it should only take a minute, they just said to give the secretary the phone number where I can be reached."
Abby reached in her purse to get out the card the police officer had given her. Her house key rattled. She took it out. Attached was a key chain of her and Luka that was taken in her apartment. Her and Luka had broken up 2 weeks before the incident. It had been a bad breakup. He had told she wasn't that pretty and she wasn't that special. That had stuck in her mind and replayed over and over like a broken record. So much had gone wrong in her life. It seemed to never end. She had grown up with a bipolar mother, struggled with years of alcoholism, ruined one marriage by making the big mistake of aborting her child, began a relationship with a wonderful man whom she thought she loved and then fallen in love with another man in the meantime. She had given up and suffered a painful breakup with one man in hopes of getting another man only to be rejected by him. And now this.she thinks to herself, what is so wrong with me that I can't fall in love and stay in love. When am I ever going to get a break? When are things ever going to go right in my life. With those thoughts she slid off the bed onto the floor. She curled up in a ball and cried like she never had before. She wept. She sobbed. Tears streamed down her face. A lump welled up in her throat. She could barely swallow. She cried so hard her face hurt, her stomach hurt, in fact, her whole body was hurting. She had a massive headache. Years of bottled up emotion began to come out all at once.
Elizabeth is sitting in her van and notices 20 minutes has gone by. She is starting to get a little worried so she takes the carrier Ella is in out and goes to check up on Abby. She sets the carrier in the living room and enters the bedroom. She finds Abby now sitting on the floor with her knees drawn to her chest and her head on her knees crying her heart out. She touches Abby's arm and Abby looks up. Tears are still streaming down Abby's face. Elizabeth stretches out her arms to Abby to give her a hug. Abby falls into Elizabeth's arms and weeps. Elizabeth strokes her hair and back.
"That's it, let it all out. Don't hold it in. If you need to cry, cry. If you need to scream, scream. If you need to hit something, hit something. Just not me." Laughs.
Abby sobs and then looks up and says. "I didn't make the call yet. All it took was seeing these house keys." The house keys are still in Abby's hand. She hands them to Elizabeth. Luka and my picture, the keys to my house. It..it..it just made me fall apart. Just like my life has fallen apart. My life is one big giant mess. It's just been one nightmare after the other. It never gets better. It just gets worse. And when I think it is better, something bad happens again."
"I wish I knew what to say, but I don't. But please feel free to tell me anything you are feeling. I'm your friend and I'm here for you. Even if I don't know what to say I care. I know things are really hard for you right now. But you have a lot of friends who are going to do everything they can to help you." Elizabeth hands Abby a box of Kleenex.
"Thanks Elizabeth. I know we've never been extremely close, but it's never too late to start. I think this could be the start of a beautiful friendship. Thanks for caring so much."
Abby wipes her tear-streaked face and blows her nose. A snort escapes and they both start laughing. The doorbell rings.
"I'll get it," says Elizabeth. Elizabeth goes to the door and peeks out the peephole. "It's Luka," she says surprisingly.
"Oh God," says Abby. "I'm a mess. Let me go in the bathroom and wash my face. Tell him I'll be right with him.
Elizabeth opens the door, "Hi Luka, it's good to see you."
Luka has a bouquet of red roses in hand. "Hey Elizabeth. I heard about what happened to Abby this morning? Is she here?" "
She'll be right with you. She's just freshening up a bit in the ladies room." Smiles.
Abby comes out. It's still evident that she has been crying but she looks a little better than she did. This is the first time her and Luka have really spoken since the breakup. "Luka, what a surprise. What are you doing here?"
Luka hands Abby the roses and says. I came to see you. I heard about what happened and I came to offer my condolences and to talk.Elizabeth would you give us a few minutes?"
"Absolutely."
***So what did you think? Should I continue? Please review with any comments you feel may help me. Chapter 4 will be up real soon. Thanks for reading.
***Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters. This is just fiction.***
Abby has freshened up a little. Her hair is a little damp from the shower. She found an outfit of Elizabeth's that fit pretty well and looked pretty good on her. She sat down on Elizabeth's bed and brushed her hair. She heard a small tap on the door.
"Come in."
"Hey how you feeling?"
"Numb. This hasn't all sunk in yet. I feel like I'm walking around in a dream. It doesn't seem real ya know?" Heavy tears fall down Abby's cheeks and drip down her nose and over her lips. She begins to weep heavily. "I just keep pinching myself and wishing that I would wake up and find that this was all a dream. I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm sure you don't want me to live with you forever but I have absolutely no money now."
Elizabeth put her arm around Abby. "You are welcomed here forever if that's what you need." Laughs. "I must ask one question though."
"What's that?"
"Why didn't you have a checking account? Why keep only cash around. No offense but that's not the brightest thing to do."
Abby laughs slightly, "Yeah I know it's so stupid, but this is what happened. I didn't like the bank I was at. The people there were a bunch of jerks. There were too many charges and I just didn't like the service I was getting. Two days before the fire I withdrew my money from the bank and I was going to transfer it to another bank. I had been really busy at work and hadn't had a chance yet. I was going to do it today actually. All my cash was in a safe in my bedroom until I could transfer it..."
"Well.that sucks."
"Yeah it does. It's not like I had a lot of cash anyways. I mean I had just paid all my bills. After I get my paycheck I usually only have $75 a month left for spending after I pay all my bills. This time I had a little extra because some of my bills were lower this month. I had $100 left and that's all. So I'm not in huge financial distress. I get paid soon. I should get some insurance money, which reminds me, I need to call the insurance company that the police officer gave me the number for."
"Okay well make the call and meet me and Ella in the van."
"Okay, it should only take a minute, they just said to give the secretary the phone number where I can be reached."
Abby reached in her purse to get out the card the police officer had given her. Her house key rattled. She took it out. Attached was a key chain of her and Luka that was taken in her apartment. Her and Luka had broken up 2 weeks before the incident. It had been a bad breakup. He had told she wasn't that pretty and she wasn't that special. That had stuck in her mind and replayed over and over like a broken record. So much had gone wrong in her life. It seemed to never end. She had grown up with a bipolar mother, struggled with years of alcoholism, ruined one marriage by making the big mistake of aborting her child, began a relationship with a wonderful man whom she thought she loved and then fallen in love with another man in the meantime. She had given up and suffered a painful breakup with one man in hopes of getting another man only to be rejected by him. And now this.she thinks to herself, what is so wrong with me that I can't fall in love and stay in love. When am I ever going to get a break? When are things ever going to go right in my life. With those thoughts she slid off the bed onto the floor. She curled up in a ball and cried like she never had before. She wept. She sobbed. Tears streamed down her face. A lump welled up in her throat. She could barely swallow. She cried so hard her face hurt, her stomach hurt, in fact, her whole body was hurting. She had a massive headache. Years of bottled up emotion began to come out all at once.
Elizabeth is sitting in her van and notices 20 minutes has gone by. She is starting to get a little worried so she takes the carrier Ella is in out and goes to check up on Abby. She sets the carrier in the living room and enters the bedroom. She finds Abby now sitting on the floor with her knees drawn to her chest and her head on her knees crying her heart out. She touches Abby's arm and Abby looks up. Tears are still streaming down Abby's face. Elizabeth stretches out her arms to Abby to give her a hug. Abby falls into Elizabeth's arms and weeps. Elizabeth strokes her hair and back.
"That's it, let it all out. Don't hold it in. If you need to cry, cry. If you need to scream, scream. If you need to hit something, hit something. Just not me." Laughs.
Abby sobs and then looks up and says. "I didn't make the call yet. All it took was seeing these house keys." The house keys are still in Abby's hand. She hands them to Elizabeth. Luka and my picture, the keys to my house. It..it..it just made me fall apart. Just like my life has fallen apart. My life is one big giant mess. It's just been one nightmare after the other. It never gets better. It just gets worse. And when I think it is better, something bad happens again."
"I wish I knew what to say, but I don't. But please feel free to tell me anything you are feeling. I'm your friend and I'm here for you. Even if I don't know what to say I care. I know things are really hard for you right now. But you have a lot of friends who are going to do everything they can to help you." Elizabeth hands Abby a box of Kleenex.
"Thanks Elizabeth. I know we've never been extremely close, but it's never too late to start. I think this could be the start of a beautiful friendship. Thanks for caring so much."
Abby wipes her tear-streaked face and blows her nose. A snort escapes and they both start laughing. The doorbell rings.
"I'll get it," says Elizabeth. Elizabeth goes to the door and peeks out the peephole. "It's Luka," she says surprisingly.
"Oh God," says Abby. "I'm a mess. Let me go in the bathroom and wash my face. Tell him I'll be right with him.
Elizabeth opens the door, "Hi Luka, it's good to see you."
Luka has a bouquet of red roses in hand. "Hey Elizabeth. I heard about what happened to Abby this morning? Is she here?" "
She'll be right with you. She's just freshening up a bit in the ladies room." Smiles.
Abby comes out. It's still evident that she has been crying but she looks a little better than she did. This is the first time her and Luka have really spoken since the breakup. "Luka, what a surprise. What are you doing here?"
Luka hands Abby the roses and says. I came to see you. I heard about what happened and I came to offer my condolences and to talk.Elizabeth would you give us a few minutes?"
"Absolutely."
***So what did you think? Should I continue? Please review with any comments you feel may help me. Chapter 4 will be up real soon. Thanks for reading.