Believing the Impossible
Category: Drama, Mystery, Action, Romacne: Jack and Erica, David and Anna with David and Erica as the end result, of course!!
Alternate Universe...sort of! It's the same for the most part, a few changes to the past, and some differences in the present.

This is a little alternate universe. It's set in present day PV, some events of the last year exclueded, ie. The rape never happened, Leora is still alive, Anna is still in PV, and Babe is still David's daugther, J&E are married. (trust me, there is a method to my madness!!lol)Everything else is the same, ie. Bink's being gay, Lily and Reggie are in PV, things like that.

The AU part is a character I've created. I've always thought that TIIC should have made David's child with Sibohan have lived and evenutally come into his life. I always saw the child as a girl. So since TIIC dropped the ball, I figured I wouldn't.

I changed things a little and made it that their child did survive, and has been with David since she was born, her name is Ashlee. Not to worry, the story will fill in more

Summary: A Newborn baby...a tragic accident...and a newspaper article that can change everything.

" Dad? Why is everyone so sad today?" Lily asked innocently from the kitchen counter.
" Well, do you remember how I told you about Nicholas?" Jacked asked softly handing her, her lunch.
Lily nodded looking up at him, " Erica's baby, the one who might have been my brother." She replied, proud of herself for remembering.
Jack nodded his smiling fading. " Yes, today it's been three years since his death. Everyone misses him."
Lily nodded again her eyes filling with tears, " I don't like it when people are sad."
" I know sweetheart." Jack said putting his arm around her, " But it will ok, I promise. You go to school and have a wonderful day. Things will be better when you get back."
Lily nodded smiling up at him as Bianca, Babe and Reggie walked into the kitchen.
" Hey Lily, you ready to go?" Reggie asked grabbing his keys.
Lily didn't say anything as she stared blankly at him. " Ashlee's not going to her first class today." Bianca explained, " So Reggie is going to give you a ride."
" Where is my sister?" Babe asked looking at Jack.
" She's in her room." Bianca replied.
" She's sad." Lily announced.
" Ya she is." Reggie replied motioning for her to come on.
" Today is hard for all of us, but more so for Ash and Erica. To us Nic was just an idea, he was never real. For them he was a living breathing little person...they got to hold him, to take care of him, he was real to them." Babe said tearfully, Bianca putting her around her.
" And Ash was the one driving that night. She still blames herself." Reggie mused, his heartbreaking for the pain he knows Ashlee is still in.
" No one blames her for what happened. She was run off the road and she knows that." Jack said softly, trying in vain to make them feel better. " We all loved that little boy, and were heartbroken when he didn't survive the accident. It's ok to cry and to miss him, but we have keep going with our normal routines."
The kids nodded in his direction all of them so lost in their memories that they don't notice Ashlee walk in beside them.
" It doesn't matter how I was put in the situation Jack, I still crashed the car...it was my responsibility to get them home safe, and didn't do it. It's my fault." She whispered tearfully, everyone turning to look at her. Bianca putting her arms around her as soon as she could.
" You gotta stop this, Ash." Reggie told her comfortingly gently rubbing her back with one hand, " What happened was a tragic accident, it wasn't anybody's fault."
Ashlee nodded tearfully, still in Bianca's arms. " You gonna be ok?" Bianca asked softly, holding the older girl as tightly as she could, " I can stay with you."
Ashlee shook her head, looking at Bianca with a sad smile. " No it's ok. I think I'm gonna go to my second class. I just came down to get the newspaper."
" Ok. We gotta go, it's gonna be ok." Bianca said placing a kiss on the side of Ashlee's head, Babe giving her sister a hug before following the rest of the kids out of the kitchen.
" Can I get you some breakfast?" Jack asked softly, Ashlee looking around for the paper.
" No thank you. I gotta go do some homework." She answered not looking at him.
" Ashlee..." Jack started looking over at the heartbroken teenager. " It will be ok."
" It'll never be ok, Jack. I killed my brother." She sobbed as she walked out of the kitchen the newspaper in her hand.

To be continued...