(5 months later)
Matt woke up and frowned when he saw Lita wasn't beside him. He thought for a moment and then his eyes widened. He quickly grabbed his alarm clock to see the date. 'March 14th, Lucas's birthday.' He suddenly knew where Lita was and rolled out of bed, almost forgetting he didn't have pants. 'Well, that would look lovely,' he thought sarcastically to himself.
Things had gotten better and worse at the same time. Lita was better than she used to be, but she still missed Lucas like crazy. Now though, she just wanted answers. The cops had told her it would be impossible for this to be a runaway case, and now they had been questioning Glenn.
He had denied everything so far. He said he had nothing to do with this case. Lita didn't believe him. She kept saying something was telling her differently. She knew that Glenn had something to do with this and Matt wasn't going to question her...because quite frankly, he thought Glenn had something to do with his son's disappearance too.
Matt entered the living room silently. He saw Lita lying on the couch, her eyes seemed glued to the television, although he had doubts she was watching whatever was on. He walked more into the living room and sat on the arm of the couch. She finally looked up and when she did, he swore his heart had broken in half.
"Hey baby," he said softly, not sure what else to say.
He knew this day would be hard on the both of them. He just... They had began going to some therapist to "let out their emotions" as the therapist called it. They had finally stopped going about a month ago. They had come so far since his disappearance and now he feared that they would both be right back where they began.
"Hey," she said quietly, letting her voice drift off.
Matt gently stroked her hair, knowing she had to be exhausted. He vaguely remembered the clock saying it was only 6:30 A.M. or so, and they had gone to bed pretty late last night.
"How you doing?" he asked and she shrugged, not wanting to talk much, although she knew she probably should.
"He used to love this day. You know, I remember last year, he was jumping up and down on the bed, begging me to wake up. I remember it was exactly 3:25 A.M., the time he was born. He must have set his alarm or something and..." she let her voice drift off once more as she felt the tears pricking at her eyes.
He nodded gently, realizing he too had tears in his eyes.
"It's going to be ok Li. We'll get through this, I promise. Just take it easy today, okay? I um, I asked Steph for the next couple weeks off and um, Jeff will be over today I'm sure," he said and Lita nodded, rubbing at her eyes, knowing it was useless.
"I miss him so much. I just...I need him back. It's been 6 months. 6 months Matt and-and I miss my baby boy so much," she stopped, choking on her own tears and Matt tried his hardest to keep himself from sobbing. He needed to be strong; he needed to be strong for Lita.
"I do too Lita, I do too," he whispered quietly.
The room went silent for a few moments. Lita had ducked her head, not wanting Matt to see her tears anymore. He slid himself from the arm of the couch, gently urging Lita to lift her head up. He stroked her hair back a bit for a while, neither parent saying a word. He sighed to himself when he realized Lita had fallen asleep. He could still feel her damp face and he closed his eyes when he realized Lita had cried herself to sleep.
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Matt turned toward the door in the kitchen as he saw a flash of his brother and he managed a quick smile for his quirky brother.
"Hey," he said quietly and Jeff smiled a bit.
"Hey. How you doing?" he asked, knowing very well what day it was. He had debated on coming at all, but then figured his brother and best friend needed him so he came. Beth had said she'd be over in a bit.
"Where's Beth?" asked Matt, practically reading Jeff's mind.
"She'll be here in a little bit. She had to do something first. Why?" asked Jeff and Matt shrugged.
"I don't know. I was hoping maybe she could talk to Lita, you know woman-to-woman sort of thing," he said and Jeff nodded in understanding.
"How are you holding up," he asked after a few minutes and Matt sighed, walking over and sitting down in a chair.
"I'm not really sure. I, I miss him. I miss him so much and, and I just want him back home. I don't know what happened to him but I don't care. I just wish that he could come home and if he's safe and not hurt, that's all I care about," said Matt and Jeff could tell this day was slowly killing him.
Beth came in a few moments later and she gave Jeff a quick kiss, before putting a bag on the table. Jeff looked confusedly at the bag but she quickly explained.
"This is for Matt and Lita, because God knows those two won't eat at all today," said Beth with a slight smile and even Matt managed to laugh a little bit.
"Yeah well, you're probably right," said Matt, smiling at his brother's girlfriend. She was such a sweet woman.
"Um listen Beth, could you do me a favor," asked Matt softly and she looked up at Matt.
"Yeah sure, what is it?" she asked and Matt sighed before looking up at Beth.
"Just talk to Lita. I mean, I can't get her to talk to me and she's been a wreck all day. I figured you could get something out of her," said Matt and Beth nodded quickly, before heading up the stairs to the bedroom Matt and Lita shared.
A/n: Ok, I'll leave you there. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and as always, please review!