A/N: Alright ladies and germs—here is the next chapter. Gracie—wouldn't
do what? Nat—see, I told you it would make sense soon enough. Melody—I'm
really looking forward to Homecoming, because I've come up with a good
storytelling idea to it. Ok, everyone enjoy—Until next time—YAY for Erin
on getting a pilot, everyone pray reaaaaally hard that it gets picked
up—PCGirl.
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Caleb put his head back against the wall before going in—he'd searched everywhere he could think of and found nothing to make him think Rafe had been there recently. There was only one thing left to do—tell Alison and deal with the consequences. He saw Ian staring at him strangely and gave a nod and went into the room, "Hey—is Olivia here?"
"No, she went to see her dad."
Caleb grimaced, this would be much easier if Olivia were here, "Well, I need to tell you something."
"Yeah me too—Caleb, I know the truth."
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"Hey Dad," smiled Livvie as she came into his office and saw him looking at papers on his desk.
"Hey sweetie," he said getting up and giving her a kiss on the cheek and a hug. "How is Alison doing?" he said going and sitting down back in the seat.
"Alison's—she's getting by. I think she hasn't completely lost hope that Rafe is still alive."
"Well, I'm trying to do the same for Christina's sake, and my own—but it's getting harder with each day," he sighed.
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"The truth?" he said looking at her uneasily. "What, did they find the bodies?"
"WHAT BODIES!" she screamed. "I was going to tell you I knew about the plan—not about any bodies. And I thought you were going to tell me the plan and that Rafe's on the other side of that door."
"Calm down, Alison—please," he said getting closer to her.
"Don't tell me to calm down. Where is my husband?"
"I'm not sure—I mean I went to the shack they were supposed to be at, and nobody was there. I went to call Jasmine, but my phone didn't have a signal at the shack, and I haven't called her since I got back to town."
"Well why don't you come over here and call and ask her now," she said with an edge in her voice as her eyes filled with tears.
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"Where does Christina think her mom is?"
"I've told her she went to visit her Aunt Charlene. She's been fine with that so far, but Livvie I'm just unsure when and how to tell her the truth. She's just so young," he said tearing up.
Livvie began to tear up too, both for her father thinking Lucy was dead and the agony of not being able to tell him the truth. Soon enough he would know—she had planned on sitting in here with him until Lucy showed up. Her thoughts shifted in her mind to discuss something, anything to get away from the Lucy topic as she opened her mouth there was a knock on the door and she stopped.
"Come in," said Kevin as Livvie turned to see who it was.
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"I'm calling," he said as he came next to the bed and grabbed the phone. "Jack—Jack, get Jasmine on the phone, now," he said as Jack answered the bar phone. "Here," he said as he handed the phone to Alison.
"Jasmine?" said Alison through sniffles. "It's Alison—yeah, I'm doing ok. Can you do me a favor?" she said as she looked at Caleb turn his back towards her. "Can you use your ability and tell me if Rafe's really gone?" she said as she heard the door open. The next thing Caleb heard was the phone crashing to the floor and saw Alison and Rafe holding each other tight. "I thought you were dead—Caleb couldn't find you," she said through breaths as she finally let the tears fall.
"I'm not leaving you—don't worry," he said as he wiped her tears away and then looked at Caleb, "You can't get rid of me that easily," he said with a slight laugh.
Caleb realized he'd been holding his breath and let it out in one loud noise, "Glad to hear it. Do you mind telling me what happened?"
"We got lost?" he said with a shrug and grin. "We were late getting off the boat, which made us get turned around when the boat did explode."
"So how did you know when it was safe to come back to town?"
"We didn't, it was a complete guess that she was gone. I mean I knew we could have been in trouble if she was still in town, but I figured Alison and Livvie did what you wanted them to do."
"Oh, they did that and more."
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"Lucy," said a shocked Kevin as he got up and gave her a hug. "I was so worried—what happened? How did you survive that?"
"I'm not sure," she said as she looked down and instead of seeing a shocked look on Livvie's face she saw a smile. "Were you two in the middle of something important?"
"No, I was just leaving," she said getting up and allowing herself to finally relax on the inside for the first time in days. "I'm glad you and Rafe are safe Lucy," she said giving her a hug. "I'm going to go see Alison and Rafe now," she said as she walked to the door and saw her father hugging Lucy tightly again.
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Caleb put his head back against the wall before going in—he'd searched everywhere he could think of and found nothing to make him think Rafe had been there recently. There was only one thing left to do—tell Alison and deal with the consequences. He saw Ian staring at him strangely and gave a nod and went into the room, "Hey—is Olivia here?"
"No, she went to see her dad."
Caleb grimaced, this would be much easier if Olivia were here, "Well, I need to tell you something."
"Yeah me too—Caleb, I know the truth."
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"Hey Dad," smiled Livvie as she came into his office and saw him looking at papers on his desk.
"Hey sweetie," he said getting up and giving her a kiss on the cheek and a hug. "How is Alison doing?" he said going and sitting down back in the seat.
"Alison's—she's getting by. I think she hasn't completely lost hope that Rafe is still alive."
"Well, I'm trying to do the same for Christina's sake, and my own—but it's getting harder with each day," he sighed.
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"The truth?" he said looking at her uneasily. "What, did they find the bodies?"
"WHAT BODIES!" she screamed. "I was going to tell you I knew about the plan—not about any bodies. And I thought you were going to tell me the plan and that Rafe's on the other side of that door."
"Calm down, Alison—please," he said getting closer to her.
"Don't tell me to calm down. Where is my husband?"
"I'm not sure—I mean I went to the shack they were supposed to be at, and nobody was there. I went to call Jasmine, but my phone didn't have a signal at the shack, and I haven't called her since I got back to town."
"Well why don't you come over here and call and ask her now," she said with an edge in her voice as her eyes filled with tears.
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"Where does Christina think her mom is?"
"I've told her she went to visit her Aunt Charlene. She's been fine with that so far, but Livvie I'm just unsure when and how to tell her the truth. She's just so young," he said tearing up.
Livvie began to tear up too, both for her father thinking Lucy was dead and the agony of not being able to tell him the truth. Soon enough he would know—she had planned on sitting in here with him until Lucy showed up. Her thoughts shifted in her mind to discuss something, anything to get away from the Lucy topic as she opened her mouth there was a knock on the door and she stopped.
"Come in," said Kevin as Livvie turned to see who it was.
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"I'm calling," he said as he came next to the bed and grabbed the phone. "Jack—Jack, get Jasmine on the phone, now," he said as Jack answered the bar phone. "Here," he said as he handed the phone to Alison.
"Jasmine?" said Alison through sniffles. "It's Alison—yeah, I'm doing ok. Can you do me a favor?" she said as she looked at Caleb turn his back towards her. "Can you use your ability and tell me if Rafe's really gone?" she said as she heard the door open. The next thing Caleb heard was the phone crashing to the floor and saw Alison and Rafe holding each other tight. "I thought you were dead—Caleb couldn't find you," she said through breaths as she finally let the tears fall.
"I'm not leaving you—don't worry," he said as he wiped her tears away and then looked at Caleb, "You can't get rid of me that easily," he said with a slight laugh.
Caleb realized he'd been holding his breath and let it out in one loud noise, "Glad to hear it. Do you mind telling me what happened?"
"We got lost?" he said with a shrug and grin. "We were late getting off the boat, which made us get turned around when the boat did explode."
"So how did you know when it was safe to come back to town?"
"We didn't, it was a complete guess that she was gone. I mean I knew we could have been in trouble if she was still in town, but I figured Alison and Livvie did what you wanted them to do."
"Oh, they did that and more."
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"Lucy," said a shocked Kevin as he got up and gave her a hug. "I was so worried—what happened? How did you survive that?"
"I'm not sure," she said as she looked down and instead of seeing a shocked look on Livvie's face she saw a smile. "Were you two in the middle of something important?"
"No, I was just leaving," she said getting up and allowing herself to finally relax on the inside for the first time in days. "I'm glad you and Rafe are safe Lucy," she said giving her a hug. "I'm going to go see Alison and Rafe now," she said as she walked to the door and saw her father hugging Lucy tightly again.
