A/N: Heres two, three more for ya all! And I want to thank you for your reviews so far, they make me post quicker and they make me happy!!!!!
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Warrick had been up all night, he couldn't bear going to sleep. He was too afraid Ecklie would come back.
Greg woke up and saw Warrick was still awake. "Man? Did you go to sleep at all last night?"
"No... wasn't tired." He said. "You on the other hand... you snore worse than me.."
"Look you need your rest.... you can't stay awake forever..."
"I'll be fine... honest." Warrick said looking at Jan again.
"Listen... at least take a nap... keep up your strength... I'll keep an eye on her..." Greg suggested again.
"No no, I'm fine honest man!" Warrick tired to reassure him while yawning.
Greg looked at Warrick, watching Jan, and decided it was no use arguing with Warrick. He refused to go to sleep no matter what. "Well you do get tired... let me know if you do, ok?"
"I will!" He went back to his eighth cup of coffee.
Greg shook his head and headed for the door. "I'll be right back" He said as he headed for the restroom. Warick nodded yawning again. Jan mumbled softly and turned on her side, slowly waking up to see Warrick leaned back in his chair, struggling to keep awake. She didn't say anything, just rested, smiling inside, knowing that he had kept a watchful eye over her.
Warrick looked at his empty coffee cup, "Man... I have to stay awake..." He yawned again and blinked hard.
"Go to sleep Warrick..."Jan whispered.
"Hey! Nah I'm not tired..." Warrick said smiling as she was awake.
"Yes... you are... Look, I'm awake now, and in a hospital... you can get some rest... I'll still be here when you wake up..."Jan said to him.
"I'll wait until Greg gets back."
"Fine..." Jan shook her head and leaned back into the pillow. "I miss my bed... " she said out of the blue.
"I miss mine too... Yours is like WAYYYY over in another state... mine's only ten eleven blocks away... I'd miss my bed too!" Warrick mused.
Jan sighed and looked around the room. "So where is Greg?"
Warrick mentally kicked himself *Lamoooo!* "Greg? He went to the washroom."
"oh... " Jan sat up and kicked her feet over the edge of the bed. "I think I'm gonna go get some juice..."
"Jan..." Warrick started, "Never mind." He finished.
"What? what were you going to say?"
"Nothing," He smiled and turned to the table. He saw the necklace and frowned.
Jan shuffed on her shoes and wrapped the sweater around her. "I'll be right back ok?"
"Jan are you sure you'll be ok? I can come..." Warrick said still worried something would happen.
He couldn't handle something else happening to her... and neither could she.
Jan nodded. "Ok.. thanks..." She appreciated his concern for her.
Warrick stood up and walked beside her, making sure he didn't touch her. This wasn't because he didn't, he did.. he wanted to pick her up and hug her never letting go. But he didn't because he'd seen rape victims before and didn't want to set anything off.
He slowly got lost in his thoughts.
Jan pulled out a coin and put it in the Drink machine, selecting a bottle of Fruit Punch. She got her drink and turned back to Warrick. "did you want anything to drink?"
Warrick shook himself out of his thoughts, "huh? what? No sorry I was away with the fairys..."
Jan smiled a little. Jan opened her drink and headed back to her room, taking a few sips.
Warrick watched her and then followed. Jan walked in her room and sat back up on her bed, putting her legs under her and started dinking her juice, and looking at Warrick.
"I had fun that night we went for drinks.." Warrick said out of the blue.
"So did I...." Jan reflected.
"That barman was SO jealous of me..." Warrick smiled remembering the barman chatting up Jan when he went to the toliet and then Warrick came back and kissed Jan's cheek, the barman left in a hurry. He let out a little chuckle. Jan smiled at him. She wished that she could enjoy these memories more, but she couldn't. She wanted more than anything, to erase what happened and go back before it all. She frowned a little. Warrick looked up feeling the uncomfortable silence. "Sorry..."
Jan looked up at him. "What? no... don't be sorry..."
"Sorry... I mean about being sorry about.... Argh I'm babbling like Greg here..."
Jan smiled at him. "Sorry... I guess I'm not exactly thinking straight...."
Warrick smiled but it as interupted by a yawn.
Jan looked at him seriously. "Warrick... get some sleep... you're gona wear yourself out." She got up off the bed. "Here, you can sleep on the bed..."
"No! I'm not taking your bed, I'll sleep on the little sofa..." He walked over to it and lay down, "Night night..." He smiled, looking up watching Greg walked back in as he fell alseep.
Jan smiled at him and looked over at Greg. "He wouldn't go to sleep until you come back..."
Greg smirked at her. "Yea... he wouldn't go to sleep at all last night either. But at least he's getting some rest now...."
"how about we leave the room for a bit, let him catch up on his sleep... and we'll go for a little stroll around the halls?" Jan asked Greg.
"Sure..." Greg nodded and they left the room and walked to the small seating area down the hall.
Sara walked through the seating area to Jan's room, she noticed Jan and Greg, "Hey guys..."
"hey Sara!" Greg smiled at her.
Catheirne was close behind, "Hi Jan, how are you?"
"Alright... considering..."
Gil, Lynsey and Nick walked up behind Sara and Cath. "Hi Jan, Greg. Where's Warrick?" Gil asked.
"He's in Jan's room sleeping..." Greg said as Lynsey hugged him, he hugged Lynsey. "Hey kid.. what's up?"
"Nothing, accept these guys think I'm still 9!" She said sounding 19.
"Why's that?"
"I have no idea but man! they are nuts!"
Catherine frowned, "Lynsey! Behave young lady..."
Greg smiled at Lynsey. "you better listen to your mom though... she knows best..."
Sara sat beside Jan, "How are you..."
Jan shrugged her shoulders. "I'm alright...."
"Where IS Warick?"
"In the room..." Jan nodded down the hallway, towards her room.
"He fell alseep?" Catherine asked.
"He was awake all last night....." Greg said.
Sara smiled, "That's Warrick!"
Greg smiled. "Yea... he refused to sleep at all.. he drank a lot of coffee to keep himself awake..."
While the adults chatted Lynsey wandered off towards the sweet machines. She stood looking at the choices. She took the sweet and walked out to the front door. A man walked up to her and sat beside her.
"Hey there," He said.
Lynsey looked up at him, "Hi, I know you, you work for my Unlce Gil..." She smiled.
Ecklie gritted his teeth, "I work WITH him not FOR him. Tell you what, give him this." He handed her a letter.
Gil looked around. "wait.... wait.... where's Lynsey?!" Gil walked down the hall calling her name. "LYNSEY! where are you? Lynsey!!"
"Ok..." She took it and watched the man walk to his car.
Catherine looked about, "Ohh no! She was right here, Where? Lynsey!?"
Sara looked about the machine area.
Lynsey jumped off the seat and walked back to the hospital doors and into Gil.
"OWW Uncle Gil!"
"Lynsey.. remember what we talked about.... we don't want you running off without someone with you...."
"I didn't, I met that man that works for you, no he said you work WITH him..." Lynsye smiled up at Gil.
"Anyway he gave me this to give to you..." She handed him the letter.
Gil looked oddly at the little girl and took the letter, and opening it. Again in plain black font it read;
I was talking to her, close enough to touch her. She smells of bubblegum and strawberries... maybe you should rethink the father figure deal. Ecklie.
Catherine ran over to her daughter, "Lynsey I was SO worried, Don't go anywhere without telling me! Ok..."
Lynsey nodded.
Gil handed the letter to Cath and looked at her. "Ok.. this is enough... I'm contacting the police NOW...."
Catherine's eyes filled with tears and she hugged Lynsey.
The rest walked over seeing Catherine, "Whats going on?" Sara asked.
Jan looked over at the groups curioulsy. "What's wrong? What happened?"
Catherine handed them the note. Still in tears and holding Lynsey. Sara turned to Nick with fear in her eyes.
Nick wrapped his arms around her. "Don't worry hun... it's ok..."
Warrick yawned waking up, "Where is everyone?" He asked the empty room. He walked out the room seeing Catherine holding Lynsye for her life, Gil outside the doors on his cell, Sara crying in Nick's arms, Greg sitting with his head in his hands and Jan looking horrified. "What's going on guys?" He asked standing behind Jan.
Nick looked at him and handed him the few letter and notes that they received and told him of the phone call.
"That son of a bi... I'm gonna kill him..." Warrick went red with anger.
"Listen man... I know how you feel... but Griss is on the phone with the police now..."
Catherine gave Lynsey to Warrick, "I'll be right back Warrick."
Lynsey hugged Warrick and He nodded.
Catherine walked out to Gil. In her eyes there were unshed tears. Gil turned around, still on the phone, and looked at her. 'you ok?' he mouthed. She wrapped her arms around him, and buried her head in his chest. She shook her head no. Gil leaned his head on top of hers and finished up on the phone. "They are getting all available units out on him... and they have a warrant for his arrest... but I dunno if they'll find him.... he just seems to avaid them everytime."
"We need to take Lynsey awy somewhere Gil, I can't... What if he..." She started to cry again.
"He won't... but I agree with you... Listen we'll take Lynsey out of town, or to a hotel somewhere, and we'll let the others know, if they need us. And Sara and Nick can come with us too... " Gil suggested.
She nodded, "We better get back."
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Warrick had been up all night, he couldn't bear going to sleep. He was too afraid Ecklie would come back.
Greg woke up and saw Warrick was still awake. "Man? Did you go to sleep at all last night?"
"No... wasn't tired." He said. "You on the other hand... you snore worse than me.."
"Look you need your rest.... you can't stay awake forever..."
"I'll be fine... honest." Warrick said looking at Jan again.
"Listen... at least take a nap... keep up your strength... I'll keep an eye on her..." Greg suggested again.
"No no, I'm fine honest man!" Warrick tired to reassure him while yawning.
Greg looked at Warrick, watching Jan, and decided it was no use arguing with Warrick. He refused to go to sleep no matter what. "Well you do get tired... let me know if you do, ok?"
"I will!" He went back to his eighth cup of coffee.
Greg shook his head and headed for the door. "I'll be right back" He said as he headed for the restroom. Warick nodded yawning again. Jan mumbled softly and turned on her side, slowly waking up to see Warrick leaned back in his chair, struggling to keep awake. She didn't say anything, just rested, smiling inside, knowing that he had kept a watchful eye over her.
Warrick looked at his empty coffee cup, "Man... I have to stay awake..." He yawned again and blinked hard.
"Go to sleep Warrick..."Jan whispered.
"Hey! Nah I'm not tired..." Warrick said smiling as she was awake.
"Yes... you are... Look, I'm awake now, and in a hospital... you can get some rest... I'll still be here when you wake up..."Jan said to him.
"I'll wait until Greg gets back."
"Fine..." Jan shook her head and leaned back into the pillow. "I miss my bed... " she said out of the blue.
"I miss mine too... Yours is like WAYYYY over in another state... mine's only ten eleven blocks away... I'd miss my bed too!" Warrick mused.
Jan sighed and looked around the room. "So where is Greg?"
Warrick mentally kicked himself *Lamoooo!* "Greg? He went to the washroom."
"oh... " Jan sat up and kicked her feet over the edge of the bed. "I think I'm gonna go get some juice..."
"Jan..." Warrick started, "Never mind." He finished.
"What? what were you going to say?"
"Nothing," He smiled and turned to the table. He saw the necklace and frowned.
Jan shuffed on her shoes and wrapped the sweater around her. "I'll be right back ok?"
"Jan are you sure you'll be ok? I can come..." Warrick said still worried something would happen.
He couldn't handle something else happening to her... and neither could she.
Jan nodded. "Ok.. thanks..." She appreciated his concern for her.
Warrick stood up and walked beside her, making sure he didn't touch her. This wasn't because he didn't, he did.. he wanted to pick her up and hug her never letting go. But he didn't because he'd seen rape victims before and didn't want to set anything off.
He slowly got lost in his thoughts.
Jan pulled out a coin and put it in the Drink machine, selecting a bottle of Fruit Punch. She got her drink and turned back to Warrick. "did you want anything to drink?"
Warrick shook himself out of his thoughts, "huh? what? No sorry I was away with the fairys..."
Jan smiled a little. Jan opened her drink and headed back to her room, taking a few sips.
Warrick watched her and then followed. Jan walked in her room and sat back up on her bed, putting her legs under her and started dinking her juice, and looking at Warrick.
"I had fun that night we went for drinks.." Warrick said out of the blue.
"So did I...." Jan reflected.
"That barman was SO jealous of me..." Warrick smiled remembering the barman chatting up Jan when he went to the toliet and then Warrick came back and kissed Jan's cheek, the barman left in a hurry. He let out a little chuckle. Jan smiled at him. She wished that she could enjoy these memories more, but she couldn't. She wanted more than anything, to erase what happened and go back before it all. She frowned a little. Warrick looked up feeling the uncomfortable silence. "Sorry..."
Jan looked up at him. "What? no... don't be sorry..."
"Sorry... I mean about being sorry about.... Argh I'm babbling like Greg here..."
Jan smiled at him. "Sorry... I guess I'm not exactly thinking straight...."
Warrick smiled but it as interupted by a yawn.
Jan looked at him seriously. "Warrick... get some sleep... you're gona wear yourself out." She got up off the bed. "Here, you can sleep on the bed..."
"No! I'm not taking your bed, I'll sleep on the little sofa..." He walked over to it and lay down, "Night night..." He smiled, looking up watching Greg walked back in as he fell alseep.
Jan smiled at him and looked over at Greg. "He wouldn't go to sleep until you come back..."
Greg smirked at her. "Yea... he wouldn't go to sleep at all last night either. But at least he's getting some rest now...."
"how about we leave the room for a bit, let him catch up on his sleep... and we'll go for a little stroll around the halls?" Jan asked Greg.
"Sure..." Greg nodded and they left the room and walked to the small seating area down the hall.
Sara walked through the seating area to Jan's room, she noticed Jan and Greg, "Hey guys..."
"hey Sara!" Greg smiled at her.
Catheirne was close behind, "Hi Jan, how are you?"
"Alright... considering..."
Gil, Lynsey and Nick walked up behind Sara and Cath. "Hi Jan, Greg. Where's Warrick?" Gil asked.
"He's in Jan's room sleeping..." Greg said as Lynsey hugged him, he hugged Lynsey. "Hey kid.. what's up?"
"Nothing, accept these guys think I'm still 9!" She said sounding 19.
"Why's that?"
"I have no idea but man! they are nuts!"
Catherine frowned, "Lynsey! Behave young lady..."
Greg smiled at Lynsey. "you better listen to your mom though... she knows best..."
Sara sat beside Jan, "How are you..."
Jan shrugged her shoulders. "I'm alright...."
"Where IS Warick?"
"In the room..." Jan nodded down the hallway, towards her room.
"He fell alseep?" Catherine asked.
"He was awake all last night....." Greg said.
Sara smiled, "That's Warrick!"
Greg smiled. "Yea... he refused to sleep at all.. he drank a lot of coffee to keep himself awake..."
While the adults chatted Lynsey wandered off towards the sweet machines. She stood looking at the choices. She took the sweet and walked out to the front door. A man walked up to her and sat beside her.
"Hey there," He said.
Lynsey looked up at him, "Hi, I know you, you work for my Unlce Gil..." She smiled.
Ecklie gritted his teeth, "I work WITH him not FOR him. Tell you what, give him this." He handed her a letter.
Gil looked around. "wait.... wait.... where's Lynsey?!" Gil walked down the hall calling her name. "LYNSEY! where are you? Lynsey!!"
"Ok..." She took it and watched the man walk to his car.
Catherine looked about, "Ohh no! She was right here, Where? Lynsey!?"
Sara looked about the machine area.
Lynsey jumped off the seat and walked back to the hospital doors and into Gil.
"OWW Uncle Gil!"
"Lynsey.. remember what we talked about.... we don't want you running off without someone with you...."
"I didn't, I met that man that works for you, no he said you work WITH him..." Lynsye smiled up at Gil.
"Anyway he gave me this to give to you..." She handed him the letter.
Gil looked oddly at the little girl and took the letter, and opening it. Again in plain black font it read;
I was talking to her, close enough to touch her. She smells of bubblegum and strawberries... maybe you should rethink the father figure deal. Ecklie.
Catherine ran over to her daughter, "Lynsey I was SO worried, Don't go anywhere without telling me! Ok..."
Lynsey nodded.
Gil handed the letter to Cath and looked at her. "Ok.. this is enough... I'm contacting the police NOW...."
Catherine's eyes filled with tears and she hugged Lynsey.
The rest walked over seeing Catherine, "Whats going on?" Sara asked.
Jan looked over at the groups curioulsy. "What's wrong? What happened?"
Catherine handed them the note. Still in tears and holding Lynsey. Sara turned to Nick with fear in her eyes.
Nick wrapped his arms around her. "Don't worry hun... it's ok..."
Warrick yawned waking up, "Where is everyone?" He asked the empty room. He walked out the room seeing Catherine holding Lynsye for her life, Gil outside the doors on his cell, Sara crying in Nick's arms, Greg sitting with his head in his hands and Jan looking horrified. "What's going on guys?" He asked standing behind Jan.
Nick looked at him and handed him the few letter and notes that they received and told him of the phone call.
"That son of a bi... I'm gonna kill him..." Warrick went red with anger.
"Listen man... I know how you feel... but Griss is on the phone with the police now..."
Catherine gave Lynsey to Warrick, "I'll be right back Warrick."
Lynsey hugged Warrick and He nodded.
Catherine walked out to Gil. In her eyes there were unshed tears. Gil turned around, still on the phone, and looked at her. 'you ok?' he mouthed. She wrapped her arms around him, and buried her head in his chest. She shook her head no. Gil leaned his head on top of hers and finished up on the phone. "They are getting all available units out on him... and they have a warrant for his arrest... but I dunno if they'll find him.... he just seems to avaid them everytime."
"We need to take Lynsey awy somewhere Gil, I can't... What if he..." She started to cry again.
"He won't... but I agree with you... Listen we'll take Lynsey out of town, or to a hotel somewhere, and we'll let the others know, if they need us. And Sara and Nick can come with us too... " Gil suggested.
She nodded, "We better get back."
