A/N: Martin makes a short appearance.
The moonlight was out, since the window was in the room that was lit up.
"I'm so glad to see you. I-I mean mom--." He started to cry.
"Eric, don't feel so bad about what happened to me. It's not your fault, you didn't know the plane was going to go down. Don't blame yourself and it's not good for your heart to be stressed out." She sat on the edge of the bed, looking at her son.
"I hated it when dad called, I remember that like yesterday."
Flashback
It was a late September late afternoon on a Saturday when the phone rings and Annie went to pick up then she called Eric who was in his den.
"Your dad is on." She told him as he looked at her with worry since he had a really bad feeling all day.
"Okay, thanks." He goes over to the table, sits on the chair with worry then talks to his dad as she sits next to him with fear also.
"Eric, I don't know how to tell you this but there's been a bad plane crash just a few miles away from the airport here. I called the airlines all day to find out if it was the same plane your mother is on and I wanted to wait to make sure that it was confirmed before I called you. Son—"
"No." The eldest son of Ruth and The Colonel said softly with tears starting to fall on his face. Annie held his hand as she watched his face turn to anguish when his father told him the horrible news.
"The plane your mother and 114 others were on crashed just after take off, there have been survivors and I've found out that Ruth was killed. I'm going to call Julie. I love you son." He told his son in a somber tone.
"I love you too, dad." He hung up since his father hung up to call Julie.
Annie sat closer to her husband, holding him with her arms wrapped around him as well as they sat in silence.
End Flashback
"But I'm glad they found your body cause I felt closure but when Mother's day came around, I was helping a woman and her husband adopt a child, I just kept thinking about you."
"That is sweet you are helping her and her husband and don't worry Eric. Even if you wanted me to come, I could have come without you even asking me to and it would have still happened." She told her son as she got up.
"You're right mom. I love you."
"I love you too son."
After Eric went back to sleep, Annie tossed and turned in bed at home then fell asleep finally—
"Hi." Eric said in an excited tone at his ex-girlfriend's condo.
"Hi. I've been waiting for you." A very beautiful, vivacious woman with shoulder length black hair and a crew neck shirt and a short black skirt.
"Same here, finally got away for a few days." He said as he walked inside her condo.
"Great. But what are you going to do about your wife." She asks him then kisses him.
"I already know what I'm going to do but I won't tell you." He tells her as he kisses her back.
"But I want you here by June not in a few years. I miss you."
"I know. I miss you to but give me time." He tells her.
"Annie. I want a divorce." He tells her.
"What? Why?" She asks him horrified to what he told her.
"I don't love you."
"Eric!! NO!" She sat up and yelled so loud that there was a knock minutes later.
She started to get her senses back and told the person to come in.
"Mrs. Camden, are you okay?" Martin and her two boys came in.
"Yeah. I must have had a bad dream."
"Momma, can we sleep with you?" Sam and his brother asked her.
"Sure." She tells them as they go on her bed and Martin say goodnight and closes the door.
The next morning he woke up to see The Colonel making breakfast.
"Hi dad." Eric says as he comes in after getting dressed and sits at the table.
"Hey, how did you sleep last night? Want some oatmeal?"
"Yeah, I must have been really tired last night. Sure, I'll have some oatmeal." He responded.
A few minutes later after giving his son some oatmeal, he sat down to eat with him.
"Well? What brings you here?"
"Well, I had been thinking about mom quite a bit and was going to go to get some flowers and put it on her grave." He tells his dad.
"I did that for her birthday in March."
"The plane crash that happened is not your fault and plus, I don't blame you for what happened to her." He says to his son.
"How did you--?"
"Well, Mother's day is tomorrow and I just took a guess since it was the only thing I could think of." He told him as he took his silverware to the sink and washed it.
"Yeah." He told his dad then took his bowl and spoon to the sink and wash it while he went
"Annie called last night, she was worried about you." His father told him in a scolding tone of voice.
"Oh man!! I meant to but I felt like I was going to fall asleep just as I was dialing! Oh, I'll just talk to her tomorrow when I get home."
"Eric!! Call her now!!" He yelled to his son.
"Dad, it's too early. Look I'll be going home tonight anyway so I don't need to call her." He tells his dad as he goes to his room and watches TV.
The moonlight was out, since the window was in the room that was lit up.
"I'm so glad to see you. I-I mean mom--." He started to cry.
"Eric, don't feel so bad about what happened to me. It's not your fault, you didn't know the plane was going to go down. Don't blame yourself and it's not good for your heart to be stressed out." She sat on the edge of the bed, looking at her son.
"I hated it when dad called, I remember that like yesterday."
Flashback
It was a late September late afternoon on a Saturday when the phone rings and Annie went to pick up then she called Eric who was in his den.
"Your dad is on." She told him as he looked at her with worry since he had a really bad feeling all day.
"Okay, thanks." He goes over to the table, sits on the chair with worry then talks to his dad as she sits next to him with fear also.
"Eric, I don't know how to tell you this but there's been a bad plane crash just a few miles away from the airport here. I called the airlines all day to find out if it was the same plane your mother is on and I wanted to wait to make sure that it was confirmed before I called you. Son—"
"No." The eldest son of Ruth and The Colonel said softly with tears starting to fall on his face. Annie held his hand as she watched his face turn to anguish when his father told him the horrible news.
"The plane your mother and 114 others were on crashed just after take off, there have been survivors and I've found out that Ruth was killed. I'm going to call Julie. I love you son." He told his son in a somber tone.
"I love you too, dad." He hung up since his father hung up to call Julie.
Annie sat closer to her husband, holding him with her arms wrapped around him as well as they sat in silence.
End Flashback
"But I'm glad they found your body cause I felt closure but when Mother's day came around, I was helping a woman and her husband adopt a child, I just kept thinking about you."
"That is sweet you are helping her and her husband and don't worry Eric. Even if you wanted me to come, I could have come without you even asking me to and it would have still happened." She told her son as she got up.
"You're right mom. I love you."
"I love you too son."
After Eric went back to sleep, Annie tossed and turned in bed at home then fell asleep finally—
"Hi." Eric said in an excited tone at his ex-girlfriend's condo.
"Hi. I've been waiting for you." A very beautiful, vivacious woman with shoulder length black hair and a crew neck shirt and a short black skirt.
"Same here, finally got away for a few days." He said as he walked inside her condo.
"Great. But what are you going to do about your wife." She asks him then kisses him.
"I already know what I'm going to do but I won't tell you." He tells her as he kisses her back.
"But I want you here by June not in a few years. I miss you."
"I know. I miss you to but give me time." He tells her.
"Annie. I want a divorce." He tells her.
"What? Why?" She asks him horrified to what he told her.
"I don't love you."
"Eric!! NO!" She sat up and yelled so loud that there was a knock minutes later.
She started to get her senses back and told the person to come in.
"Mrs. Camden, are you okay?" Martin and her two boys came in.
"Yeah. I must have had a bad dream."
"Momma, can we sleep with you?" Sam and his brother asked her.
"Sure." She tells them as they go on her bed and Martin say goodnight and closes the door.
The next morning he woke up to see The Colonel making breakfast.
"Hi dad." Eric says as he comes in after getting dressed and sits at the table.
"Hey, how did you sleep last night? Want some oatmeal?"
"Yeah, I must have been really tired last night. Sure, I'll have some oatmeal." He responded.
A few minutes later after giving his son some oatmeal, he sat down to eat with him.
"Well? What brings you here?"
"Well, I had been thinking about mom quite a bit and was going to go to get some flowers and put it on her grave." He tells his dad.
"I did that for her birthday in March."
"The plane crash that happened is not your fault and plus, I don't blame you for what happened to her." He says to his son.
"How did you--?"
"Well, Mother's day is tomorrow and I just took a guess since it was the only thing I could think of." He told him as he took his silverware to the sink and washed it.
"Yeah." He told his dad then took his bowl and spoon to the sink and wash it while he went
"Annie called last night, she was worried about you." His father told him in a scolding tone of voice.
"Oh man!! I meant to but I felt like I was going to fall asleep just as I was dialing! Oh, I'll just talk to her tomorrow when I get home."
"Eric!! Call her now!!" He yelled to his son.
"Dad, it's too early. Look I'll be going home tonight anyway so I don't need to call her." He tells his dad as he goes to his room and watches TV.