A/N: I'm interested to know what you think is going on. I wonder if y'all
are right. Give me a few chapters and if you still have the same idea you
can email me. Hang on for now. As for the title - it took me a long time
- I went back and forth with a few - but I think at the end you'll see it
fits. Until 4! xox-G
Chapter Three
"So. You noticed too, huh?" Cam asked, popping blueberries in his mouth like candy.
"I actually caught her this morning. It lasted a while. It took three tries to get her attention before she answered me." Rafe replied.
"Well, she ignores me like that on a normal day." Cam chuckled. He heaved a sigh and took another handful of berries from the bowl on the smoothie bar. His voice turned serious, "She wakes up twice a night lately, panicked. I thought she was finally getting a break. The worst thing is - I can't make it stop."
"Has she told you what it is that she's seeing?" Rafe prompted.
Cam shook his head. "No. That's the frustrating thing. She can't explain it, not enough to make me understand."
"I just want to know if it's - " Rafe trailed off.
He didn't need to finish. Cam understood. "I know. And I've got to believe if it was she'd just come out and say so. I'm working on it. If it's anything like that I'll let you know as soon as I do."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome. Hey - do you have any more of these?" Cam asked as he shook the empty bowl in Rafe's direction.
"Those are for paying customers man. You're cut off." Rafe laughed at him. He glanced at the clock. "It's after 7." He remarked.
"Yeah? So?" Cam grabbed an apple, shined it on his shirt and then took a bite.
"She should be back by now."
Cam started to worry a bit himself. "Well, you know how the girls are. They're probably talking and lost track of time."
"Yeah. Maybe." Just then the phone rang. "Body and Soul." Rafe said as he answered.
"Rafe? What are you still doing there?" Alison asked.
"I'm talking to Cam." He replied, trying to keep his voice light. Obviously, Alison thought Abby was back. He knew now that something was terribly wrong. How he was going to keep that fact from Alison - well, that was another story.
"Oh. Well. Abby said you were going to leave as soon as she got there. Are you coming soon? Dinner's almost ready."
"Yeah. I'll be there in a bit." Rafe said.
"Rafe. What's wrong?" Alison asked then.
"What?" He replied, trying to stall.
She wasn't having it. "Put Abby on the phone."
"Alison."
Alison's voice rose in panic. "She's not there is she? I had a feeling something was wrong. Rafe."
Rafe glanced at Cameron, who had gotten the gist of the conversation. He was pulling on his coat and dialing Abby's cell phone.
Just then, they heard someone come in the door and the sound of a cell phone ringing.
"Lucy. Stop." Abby said with a sigh.
Lucy shook her head, "Nope. Sorry. No can do. You belong in a hospital - little miss. You bopped yourself on the head pretty good there."
"I'm NOT going to the hospital." Abby insisted.
Rafe could hear Alison screaming his name on the phone, and the sound of Kate crying in the background. "RAFE!!"
"Sorry, Angel." Rafe said, hoping to reassure her. "She's here. She's fine. I'll be home in a few minutes."
"Rafe." She said with a sob.
"It's OK. She's OK. I'll be right there."
Cameron pulled Abby close and held her tight. She sank into him and clung for a moment. He looked over her shoulder at Lucy.
"What happened?" He asked.
"I was visiting Kevin - at the lighthouse. I was just about to leave when I saw Abby drive past. Everything seemed fine, she wasn't going fast or anything and it wasn't icy. But then I heard breaks squealing and a crash. Doc and I went to look and we found her."
"I'm fine." Abby said again.
"Let us be the judge of that." Cam said as he walked her to the couch. She was shaking like a leaf. He ran his hands over her head and saw the bruise.
"I hit the steering wheel. Cam - I messed up the car." She started to cry.
"Shh. Forget about the car. What happened?" He asked, his voice gentle.
"I saw something." She said with a sigh.
"In your mind? What?" Cam asked.
"No." She shook her head. It was pounding. "In the road. Someone was there. I don't know - it was dark - maybe I imagined it."
Cam doubted it. Abby was one of the most cautious drivers he knew. She would never swerve if there wasn't something there.
Abby looked over at Rafe. "You. Get home. Alison's probably a basket case."
Unbelievable, they all thought. Abby's sitting there with what was probably a concussion and she was worried about Alison.
Rafe held up his hand at her and said, "In a minute. Are you sure you're OK?"
Frustrated, Abby pulled away from Cam's embrace and moved to stand. "Oh God. Yes. I'm fine." She said as she got incredibly dizzy and sank back down.
"That's it. OK." Cam scooped her up in his arms. "GH here you come."
Lucy grabbed Abby's purse and led the way. "That's what I said."
"NO!" Abby sobbed.
"Tough." Cam warned her. He turned to Rafe. "Rafe. I'm sure we're fine. Please. Go home. I'll call you and tell you what happens."
"Thanks." Rafe said, still worried. He followed them out and locked the door.
Chapter Three
"So. You noticed too, huh?" Cam asked, popping blueberries in his mouth like candy.
"I actually caught her this morning. It lasted a while. It took three tries to get her attention before she answered me." Rafe replied.
"Well, she ignores me like that on a normal day." Cam chuckled. He heaved a sigh and took another handful of berries from the bowl on the smoothie bar. His voice turned serious, "She wakes up twice a night lately, panicked. I thought she was finally getting a break. The worst thing is - I can't make it stop."
"Has she told you what it is that she's seeing?" Rafe prompted.
Cam shook his head. "No. That's the frustrating thing. She can't explain it, not enough to make me understand."
"I just want to know if it's - " Rafe trailed off.
He didn't need to finish. Cam understood. "I know. And I've got to believe if it was she'd just come out and say so. I'm working on it. If it's anything like that I'll let you know as soon as I do."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome. Hey - do you have any more of these?" Cam asked as he shook the empty bowl in Rafe's direction.
"Those are for paying customers man. You're cut off." Rafe laughed at him. He glanced at the clock. "It's after 7." He remarked.
"Yeah? So?" Cam grabbed an apple, shined it on his shirt and then took a bite.
"She should be back by now."
Cam started to worry a bit himself. "Well, you know how the girls are. They're probably talking and lost track of time."
"Yeah. Maybe." Just then the phone rang. "Body and Soul." Rafe said as he answered.
"Rafe? What are you still doing there?" Alison asked.
"I'm talking to Cam." He replied, trying to keep his voice light. Obviously, Alison thought Abby was back. He knew now that something was terribly wrong. How he was going to keep that fact from Alison - well, that was another story.
"Oh. Well. Abby said you were going to leave as soon as she got there. Are you coming soon? Dinner's almost ready."
"Yeah. I'll be there in a bit." Rafe said.
"Rafe. What's wrong?" Alison asked then.
"What?" He replied, trying to stall.
She wasn't having it. "Put Abby on the phone."
"Alison."
Alison's voice rose in panic. "She's not there is she? I had a feeling something was wrong. Rafe."
Rafe glanced at Cameron, who had gotten the gist of the conversation. He was pulling on his coat and dialing Abby's cell phone.
Just then, they heard someone come in the door and the sound of a cell phone ringing.
"Lucy. Stop." Abby said with a sigh.
Lucy shook her head, "Nope. Sorry. No can do. You belong in a hospital - little miss. You bopped yourself on the head pretty good there."
"I'm NOT going to the hospital." Abby insisted.
Rafe could hear Alison screaming his name on the phone, and the sound of Kate crying in the background. "RAFE!!"
"Sorry, Angel." Rafe said, hoping to reassure her. "She's here. She's fine. I'll be home in a few minutes."
"Rafe." She said with a sob.
"It's OK. She's OK. I'll be right there."
Cameron pulled Abby close and held her tight. She sank into him and clung for a moment. He looked over her shoulder at Lucy.
"What happened?" He asked.
"I was visiting Kevin - at the lighthouse. I was just about to leave when I saw Abby drive past. Everything seemed fine, she wasn't going fast or anything and it wasn't icy. But then I heard breaks squealing and a crash. Doc and I went to look and we found her."
"I'm fine." Abby said again.
"Let us be the judge of that." Cam said as he walked her to the couch. She was shaking like a leaf. He ran his hands over her head and saw the bruise.
"I hit the steering wheel. Cam - I messed up the car." She started to cry.
"Shh. Forget about the car. What happened?" He asked, his voice gentle.
"I saw something." She said with a sigh.
"In your mind? What?" Cam asked.
"No." She shook her head. It was pounding. "In the road. Someone was there. I don't know - it was dark - maybe I imagined it."
Cam doubted it. Abby was one of the most cautious drivers he knew. She would never swerve if there wasn't something there.
Abby looked over at Rafe. "You. Get home. Alison's probably a basket case."
Unbelievable, they all thought. Abby's sitting there with what was probably a concussion and she was worried about Alison.
Rafe held up his hand at her and said, "In a minute. Are you sure you're OK?"
Frustrated, Abby pulled away from Cam's embrace and moved to stand. "Oh God. Yes. I'm fine." She said as she got incredibly dizzy and sank back down.
"That's it. OK." Cam scooped her up in his arms. "GH here you come."
Lucy grabbed Abby's purse and led the way. "That's what I said."
"NO!" Abby sobbed.
"Tough." Cam warned her. He turned to Rafe. "Rafe. I'm sure we're fine. Please. Go home. I'll call you and tell you what happens."
"Thanks." Rafe said, still worried. He followed them out and locked the door.
