Disclaimer: As of 2:44 pm on November 20, 2003 I do not own anything,
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A/N: Yes, both of you are sounding like a paranoid Livvie. It's ok, if I was reading this I would be paranoid about Karissa too. Just wait until you see what she (Karissa) has up her sleeve in a few chapters. Until next time-PCGirl.
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Jack couldn't believe he was doing this, but hey-anything for family, right? He had called Frank who said he'd go over and open up the Elixir after dropping off Neil at school. It was 8 am, and Chris had already left for work. Now he just had to sit and wait for her to come in. He went to the kitchen for some coffee, and when coming back in saw she was just walking in, "Hi," he said waving and then taking a sip of coffee. "You must be Iris," he said, taking her hand and kissing it. "I'm Chris' brother. He wanted me to come by for some stuff. I'll be out of your way soon."
"That's no problem," she said hanging up her coat in the closet.
"So what do you think of him anyways?"
"Who, Chris? Oh he's such a charmer, and he has the greatest sense of humor."
Jack wanted to start laughing again, but took another sip of coffee to ease himself back into the role he was playing today. "Well, he has another side, I hate to tell you. I mean he can be a real jerk. Look at me, he gave me away when I was a child. Never cared about anyone but himself, that's my brother."
"My son is like that."
"Really? How old is he?"
"He's 32."
"You realize that's the same age as Chris, right?"
"Yeah, but age doesn't matter when you are in love," she said as she walked off to the sewing room, leaving Jack standing there wondering what this woman was smoking.
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Elizabeth sat down on the bed with her bowl of fruit in her hand, "Poor Lizzy. Poor, poor Lizzy. Can I ever get that woman out of my life?" she grumbled. She remembered she had a message, and decided to check it. When she heard Chris' message she put down her bowl, and started packing-her daughter needed her, and that mattered more than anything else.
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He had been sitting on the fence for probably an hour now. He actually wondered what still pulled him here, because right now he really wished he had a lighter, or a match-something to destroy the physical place that had meant so much to him. No wonder she didn't want to get married here. He closed his eyes to try and relax when he heard movement, "Who's there?" he said defensively.
"Just me," called Casey as she walked over to where he was. "Thought you might want this," she said tossing him a baseball.
"You want to play a game of catch?" he laughed, a half smile appearing on his face for the first time all day.
"No, I want you to throw it at the barn. Just don't try and break anything."
"You came all the way out here to give me this?"
"Well, if you are up to it-I'd like some advice, you know one angel to another," she said as she waited for his response.
"You are still an angel?"
"Yeah, I think so. I mean the other day I was freaking out over Caleb, and he was going to go find Ricky and I just snapped my fingers and got Ricky out of harms way. Should I still be able to do that as a human?"
"You shouldn't, but I still can-it has to relate to Alison though. So are you enjoying human life again?" he said as he tossed the baseball against the barn and caught it as it came back.
"Yeah, but sometimes I miss it up there. I miss being able to know what is coming and helping others try and avoid the bad. If you knew what was going to happen this past year, would you have still wanted to become human again?"
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"Don't talk to me unless you got that woman to stop hitting on me," said Chris as he saw Jack walk up to him at the hospital. He finally looked up at Jack who had the biggest smile on his face. "Good grief."
"I'm sorry Chris. I really tried. I've spent the past hour over there talking to her, and she's not going to budge. You are," he said as he took a deep breath and got a serious look on his face, "her soul mate," then started to laugh.
"Stop laughing," he said slamming his hand down.
"What's got you all uptight, Ramsey?" said Ian as he walked up beside him. "Elizabeth get back and not talk to you? Not that that would be a bad thing."
"No, nothing like that."
"Well, I've got a business to run," said Jack as he walked over to the elevator and pushed the down button.
"Thanks for nothing, Jack!" he said as Jack's elevator opened up.
"Love you too, Chris," he said stepping onto the elevator.
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He was caught off guard by the question. A lot had happened since he'd been back-would it have been better for Alison had he never returned? He just looked at Casey, and then went back to throwing the baseball.
"Alright, I'm going to go. Take it easy, Rafe," she said as she left him alone.
After she left he threw the ball, and it didn't make it back to him. As he went to go get the ball he heard a noise again, "What's up, Casey?" he said as he turned around and didn't see anyone there. "Casey, come out now," he said as he kept hearing the noise. "Fine, catch this!" he said throwing the ball in the direction of the noise.
"Ouch, that hurt," said Alison as she walked out from the bushes and threw the ball back to him.
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She was almost to the front desk to check out when she saw Melanie walking towards her, "What do you want?" she sighed as she continued walking.
"Just wanted to see where you were going, that's all. You aren't going home so early-are you?"
"In fact, I am. My daughter needs me, and she's all that matters to me. So will you please MOVE!" she said screaming and making a scene of herself. Just then she heard Malcolm's voice behind her.
"Elizabeth, I'm glad I caught you. You aren't going to leave today, are you? I was just coming by to talk to you about the divorce."
"Malcolm, as long as I get a divorce from one of my husbands, I don't care. You can have everything, it doesn't bother me. I've got to get to Alison."
"Is something wrong?" he said, looking serious.
"She's got some marriage problems. I'm not sure what it is, but I want to be there for her."
"Why bother?" interrupted Melanie, "You never were there any other time- were you?"
"Was I talking to you?" she snapped.
"Listen, we can get the divorce stuff over in a few days, and then you can go home. I promise," he said as she turned around and went back to her room.
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"Sorry, thought you were Casey again. What are you doing here?"
"Not sure, just kind of got drawn here," she said as she began to walk around. "Can't go in there now, can you?" she said looking at the door.
"Nope," he said tossing the ball back to her.
"Are you ready to talk?" she said as they began to play catch outside the barn door.
"No time like the present. Of course, the present in this instance was over a month ago-wasn't it?"
"Rafe--."
"Fine, we'll talk. I guess I can take some responsibility. It happened the night I went to hell, didn't it?"
"Yeah, and I was scared out of my mind. I actually tried to get to hell also. I was that desperate."
"Desperate enough to sleep with him?"
"Before, when I was under Joshua's control you kept saying to me that I didn't know what I was doing. This is the same thing--I was under someone else's control again. Why can't you see that?" she said, throwing the ball harder.
"Why can't I see that? Because this is completely different. Before you were being held captive, and couldn't leave. You could have left the barn the second he came here, but you didn't. You kept asking for his help. When Livvie made that wish you should have been long gone, but instead you were still there-trusting him like always, and then you slept with my worst enemy," he screamed throwing the ball so hard, she had to duck from being hit.
"I didn't have a choice!" she yelled back at him, grabbing the ball and flinging it towards him-hitting him right in the shoulder
A/N: Yes, both of you are sounding like a paranoid Livvie. It's ok, if I was reading this I would be paranoid about Karissa too. Just wait until you see what she (Karissa) has up her sleeve in a few chapters. Until next time-PCGirl.
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Jack couldn't believe he was doing this, but hey-anything for family, right? He had called Frank who said he'd go over and open up the Elixir after dropping off Neil at school. It was 8 am, and Chris had already left for work. Now he just had to sit and wait for her to come in. He went to the kitchen for some coffee, and when coming back in saw she was just walking in, "Hi," he said waving and then taking a sip of coffee. "You must be Iris," he said, taking her hand and kissing it. "I'm Chris' brother. He wanted me to come by for some stuff. I'll be out of your way soon."
"That's no problem," she said hanging up her coat in the closet.
"So what do you think of him anyways?"
"Who, Chris? Oh he's such a charmer, and he has the greatest sense of humor."
Jack wanted to start laughing again, but took another sip of coffee to ease himself back into the role he was playing today. "Well, he has another side, I hate to tell you. I mean he can be a real jerk. Look at me, he gave me away when I was a child. Never cared about anyone but himself, that's my brother."
"My son is like that."
"Really? How old is he?"
"He's 32."
"You realize that's the same age as Chris, right?"
"Yeah, but age doesn't matter when you are in love," she said as she walked off to the sewing room, leaving Jack standing there wondering what this woman was smoking.
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Elizabeth sat down on the bed with her bowl of fruit in her hand, "Poor Lizzy. Poor, poor Lizzy. Can I ever get that woman out of my life?" she grumbled. She remembered she had a message, and decided to check it. When she heard Chris' message she put down her bowl, and started packing-her daughter needed her, and that mattered more than anything else.
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He had been sitting on the fence for probably an hour now. He actually wondered what still pulled him here, because right now he really wished he had a lighter, or a match-something to destroy the physical place that had meant so much to him. No wonder she didn't want to get married here. He closed his eyes to try and relax when he heard movement, "Who's there?" he said defensively.
"Just me," called Casey as she walked over to where he was. "Thought you might want this," she said tossing him a baseball.
"You want to play a game of catch?" he laughed, a half smile appearing on his face for the first time all day.
"No, I want you to throw it at the barn. Just don't try and break anything."
"You came all the way out here to give me this?"
"Well, if you are up to it-I'd like some advice, you know one angel to another," she said as she waited for his response.
"You are still an angel?"
"Yeah, I think so. I mean the other day I was freaking out over Caleb, and he was going to go find Ricky and I just snapped my fingers and got Ricky out of harms way. Should I still be able to do that as a human?"
"You shouldn't, but I still can-it has to relate to Alison though. So are you enjoying human life again?" he said as he tossed the baseball against the barn and caught it as it came back.
"Yeah, but sometimes I miss it up there. I miss being able to know what is coming and helping others try and avoid the bad. If you knew what was going to happen this past year, would you have still wanted to become human again?"
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"Don't talk to me unless you got that woman to stop hitting on me," said Chris as he saw Jack walk up to him at the hospital. He finally looked up at Jack who had the biggest smile on his face. "Good grief."
"I'm sorry Chris. I really tried. I've spent the past hour over there talking to her, and she's not going to budge. You are," he said as he took a deep breath and got a serious look on his face, "her soul mate," then started to laugh.
"Stop laughing," he said slamming his hand down.
"What's got you all uptight, Ramsey?" said Ian as he walked up beside him. "Elizabeth get back and not talk to you? Not that that would be a bad thing."
"No, nothing like that."
"Well, I've got a business to run," said Jack as he walked over to the elevator and pushed the down button.
"Thanks for nothing, Jack!" he said as Jack's elevator opened up.
"Love you too, Chris," he said stepping onto the elevator.
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He was caught off guard by the question. A lot had happened since he'd been back-would it have been better for Alison had he never returned? He just looked at Casey, and then went back to throwing the baseball.
"Alright, I'm going to go. Take it easy, Rafe," she said as she left him alone.
After she left he threw the ball, and it didn't make it back to him. As he went to go get the ball he heard a noise again, "What's up, Casey?" he said as he turned around and didn't see anyone there. "Casey, come out now," he said as he kept hearing the noise. "Fine, catch this!" he said throwing the ball in the direction of the noise.
"Ouch, that hurt," said Alison as she walked out from the bushes and threw the ball back to him.
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She was almost to the front desk to check out when she saw Melanie walking towards her, "What do you want?" she sighed as she continued walking.
"Just wanted to see where you were going, that's all. You aren't going home so early-are you?"
"In fact, I am. My daughter needs me, and she's all that matters to me. So will you please MOVE!" she said screaming and making a scene of herself. Just then she heard Malcolm's voice behind her.
"Elizabeth, I'm glad I caught you. You aren't going to leave today, are you? I was just coming by to talk to you about the divorce."
"Malcolm, as long as I get a divorce from one of my husbands, I don't care. You can have everything, it doesn't bother me. I've got to get to Alison."
"Is something wrong?" he said, looking serious.
"She's got some marriage problems. I'm not sure what it is, but I want to be there for her."
"Why bother?" interrupted Melanie, "You never were there any other time- were you?"
"Was I talking to you?" she snapped.
"Listen, we can get the divorce stuff over in a few days, and then you can go home. I promise," he said as she turned around and went back to her room.
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"Sorry, thought you were Casey again. What are you doing here?"
"Not sure, just kind of got drawn here," she said as she began to walk around. "Can't go in there now, can you?" she said looking at the door.
"Nope," he said tossing the ball back to her.
"Are you ready to talk?" she said as they began to play catch outside the barn door.
"No time like the present. Of course, the present in this instance was over a month ago-wasn't it?"
"Rafe--."
"Fine, we'll talk. I guess I can take some responsibility. It happened the night I went to hell, didn't it?"
"Yeah, and I was scared out of my mind. I actually tried to get to hell also. I was that desperate."
"Desperate enough to sleep with him?"
"Before, when I was under Joshua's control you kept saying to me that I didn't know what I was doing. This is the same thing--I was under someone else's control again. Why can't you see that?" she said, throwing the ball harder.
"Why can't I see that? Because this is completely different. Before you were being held captive, and couldn't leave. You could have left the barn the second he came here, but you didn't. You kept asking for his help. When Livvie made that wish you should have been long gone, but instead you were still there-trusting him like always, and then you slept with my worst enemy," he screamed throwing the ball so hard, she had to duck from being hit.
"I didn't have a choice!" she yelled back at him, grabbing the ball and flinging it towards him-hitting him right in the shoulder