Thanks casper for the info. Ellie's age is now fixed at 18.
If any of the characters are out with the TV series please tell me!
Ch 2 Old Faces
"Sydney! Wonderful to see you again!" Alice remarked, "How was the journey up here?" "Fine. Just fine." He said as he accepted the cup of lemonade from her. "Oh sorry- how rude of me. Sydney this is Jarod. Jarod this is Sydney." "Yes, we've already met." Sydney commented, unsure just what to say. "In fact, Sydney's quite a close friend of mine." Jarod nodded at Sydney, and both relaxed. "Oh." Said Ellie, who'd sat down on the deck chair with a towel around her shoulders. "Are you a psychiatrist as well?" "I have been." Jarod grinned. "Oh so what are you-" Just then Shaun came up, picked up Ellie and chucked her into the dam. Suddenly Jarod's occupation was forgotten as a full-scale water fight broke out.
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Later Jarod still hadn't managed to catch Sydney by himself. Sydney knew Jarod was curious about why he was at the Swanson's and his connection to them but there was little he could do about it. He loved coming here. He was almost disappointed when he first saw Jarod. Seeing Jarod always brought back feelings of guilt and remorse, feelings he never felt when he was here. Sydney was always happy seeing Ellie, no feelings of regret with her. She was always happy, okay well not always, but she was always real. Things were always straightforward with Ellie. No secrets, no lies. The Centre didn't know, as far as he knew (as you never know with the Centre), about the Swanson's or his visits and he intended on keeping it that way.
If the Centre ever knew about Ellie-
"Sydney?" Ellie had interrupted his thoughts. Sydney smiled. "Yes Ellie? What do you want?" "Do you want to go for a walk? I want to tell you something." "Of course. Just let me get my coat." Sydney snatched his brown coat from the guest room, looking a lot more casual then he usually looked, in an old jumper and trousers. Ellie cheekily poked her head around the door. "Come on, slow poke!" "I'm not growing younger, Ellie."
As soon as they were out of the driveway, Ellie turned to Sydney. "I haven't told anyone yet, cos they'll think I'm crazy. But I want to be a shrink like you. I want to help people like you have. They all think I'm too emotion. That I couldn't distance myself. That I'll be too empathetic. So they're all thinking I'm going to college tomorrow to become a designer. I hate lying like this." "You need to tell them the truth." "I know and I will but." Sydney just listened to Ellie as she poured out her hopes and her fears about the future. Unbeknownst to both of them, Jarod was watching from the veranda. Leaning against the wooden post, he smiled at the two figures walking up the road. He was glad Sydney was there. It was nice to see him so relaxed. Shaun walked out from the house where he'd been packing for his journey down south. He joined Jarod on the veranda, handing him a cuppa. "Thankyou." He nodded in Ellie and Sydney's direction. "They seem close." "Oh they are. But then Ellie's friend with everyone. She's probably telling him how she wants to be a shrink and how she hasn't told anyone in the family. Next time she shouldn't leave her enrolment form on the kitchen bench for the world to see." "Why didn't she want to tell anyone about it?" Shaun looked at Jarod and grinned. "After a couple of days with Ellie and you haven't figured that out? She's Miss Emotional. She cried when Lassie got injured. She worries about everyone and gets sympathy sickness. Does that sound like a good shrink to you? Oh well, maybe she'll surprise us." He looked out at Ellie and shook his head. He turned to go inside and Jarod followed. "Anyway I better get back to this broken tractor. Dad wanted it fixed before I leave." "I'll give you a hand." Jarod said, placing his mug on the sink in the kitchen. "I know a little about tractor maintenance." "You grow up on a farm?" "No, but I saw The Wizard of Oz. And I read this really interesting book on Tractor parts.."
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After tea, Jarod was finally able to see Sydney with out interruption. He knocked on the guest room after supper. "Sydney?" Sydney opened the door and looked at Jarod. They could Sarah putting the girls to bed in the next room and Bob's laughter downstairs in the lounge where he was playing Monopoly with Ellie and his grandson. Alice walked past into the opposite room and shut the door to have a shower. "Perhaps we should go to my cabin." Jarod commented. "I'll join you in a minute, Jarod. I just have to get something you might like to see."
Sydney walked across the drive way and into Jarod's cabin. He placed down his box on the coffee table in front of the couch he was sitting on. He pulled out a yellow file containing a photo of Ellie as a baby and the normal details, most, which Jarod noted, had been crossed out by a thick black permeant marker. "I don't know where she came from before she was at the Centre but I know why she came." "The Centre, I should have known this would have something to do with it, with this little information. So you saved her from the Centre?" "Well, not quite saved. Here look at this." He picked out a DSA out of his box. "This might explain it." He said as he pressed play.
If any of the characters are out with the TV series please tell me!
Ch 2 Old Faces
"Sydney! Wonderful to see you again!" Alice remarked, "How was the journey up here?" "Fine. Just fine." He said as he accepted the cup of lemonade from her. "Oh sorry- how rude of me. Sydney this is Jarod. Jarod this is Sydney." "Yes, we've already met." Sydney commented, unsure just what to say. "In fact, Sydney's quite a close friend of mine." Jarod nodded at Sydney, and both relaxed. "Oh." Said Ellie, who'd sat down on the deck chair with a towel around her shoulders. "Are you a psychiatrist as well?" "I have been." Jarod grinned. "Oh so what are you-" Just then Shaun came up, picked up Ellie and chucked her into the dam. Suddenly Jarod's occupation was forgotten as a full-scale water fight broke out.
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Later Jarod still hadn't managed to catch Sydney by himself. Sydney knew Jarod was curious about why he was at the Swanson's and his connection to them but there was little he could do about it. He loved coming here. He was almost disappointed when he first saw Jarod. Seeing Jarod always brought back feelings of guilt and remorse, feelings he never felt when he was here. Sydney was always happy seeing Ellie, no feelings of regret with her. She was always happy, okay well not always, but she was always real. Things were always straightforward with Ellie. No secrets, no lies. The Centre didn't know, as far as he knew (as you never know with the Centre), about the Swanson's or his visits and he intended on keeping it that way.
If the Centre ever knew about Ellie-
"Sydney?" Ellie had interrupted his thoughts. Sydney smiled. "Yes Ellie? What do you want?" "Do you want to go for a walk? I want to tell you something." "Of course. Just let me get my coat." Sydney snatched his brown coat from the guest room, looking a lot more casual then he usually looked, in an old jumper and trousers. Ellie cheekily poked her head around the door. "Come on, slow poke!" "I'm not growing younger, Ellie."
As soon as they were out of the driveway, Ellie turned to Sydney. "I haven't told anyone yet, cos they'll think I'm crazy. But I want to be a shrink like you. I want to help people like you have. They all think I'm too emotion. That I couldn't distance myself. That I'll be too empathetic. So they're all thinking I'm going to college tomorrow to become a designer. I hate lying like this." "You need to tell them the truth." "I know and I will but." Sydney just listened to Ellie as she poured out her hopes and her fears about the future. Unbeknownst to both of them, Jarod was watching from the veranda. Leaning against the wooden post, he smiled at the two figures walking up the road. He was glad Sydney was there. It was nice to see him so relaxed. Shaun walked out from the house where he'd been packing for his journey down south. He joined Jarod on the veranda, handing him a cuppa. "Thankyou." He nodded in Ellie and Sydney's direction. "They seem close." "Oh they are. But then Ellie's friend with everyone. She's probably telling him how she wants to be a shrink and how she hasn't told anyone in the family. Next time she shouldn't leave her enrolment form on the kitchen bench for the world to see." "Why didn't she want to tell anyone about it?" Shaun looked at Jarod and grinned. "After a couple of days with Ellie and you haven't figured that out? She's Miss Emotional. She cried when Lassie got injured. She worries about everyone and gets sympathy sickness. Does that sound like a good shrink to you? Oh well, maybe she'll surprise us." He looked out at Ellie and shook his head. He turned to go inside and Jarod followed. "Anyway I better get back to this broken tractor. Dad wanted it fixed before I leave." "I'll give you a hand." Jarod said, placing his mug on the sink in the kitchen. "I know a little about tractor maintenance." "You grow up on a farm?" "No, but I saw The Wizard of Oz. And I read this really interesting book on Tractor parts.."
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After tea, Jarod was finally able to see Sydney with out interruption. He knocked on the guest room after supper. "Sydney?" Sydney opened the door and looked at Jarod. They could Sarah putting the girls to bed in the next room and Bob's laughter downstairs in the lounge where he was playing Monopoly with Ellie and his grandson. Alice walked past into the opposite room and shut the door to have a shower. "Perhaps we should go to my cabin." Jarod commented. "I'll join you in a minute, Jarod. I just have to get something you might like to see."
Sydney walked across the drive way and into Jarod's cabin. He placed down his box on the coffee table in front of the couch he was sitting on. He pulled out a yellow file containing a photo of Ellie as a baby and the normal details, most, which Jarod noted, had been crossed out by a thick black permeant marker. "I don't know where she came from before she was at the Centre but I know why she came." "The Centre, I should have known this would have something to do with it, with this little information. So you saved her from the Centre?" "Well, not quite saved. Here look at this." He picked out a DSA out of his box. "This might explain it." He said as he pressed play.