Erikstrulove- Too bad I forgot to bring my floppy drive with me you would have lucked out I was going to post yesterday but I left my disk in the dorm and couldn't update.

And I don't believe your eyes are blurring. In fact let me check... Why no you're eyes aren't blurring, and lets see a boy by the name of Bobby does seem make and appearance, quite soon in fact. Say with in the next four days.

Pretender Fanatic- Hey I like turtles...so long as they aren't bitting off my finger, but that's a different story for another day. And yeah I didn't want Sammy doing sims. That would make him too valuable to the Centre and well I like to have his life hanging in the balance every now and then.

Crazyrussiangal- sorry about the wait. Here's the next chapter, and to make up for it a bonus chapter.


CHAPTER 14

MEETING JAROD


October 16, 1969

12:04pm

Blue Cove, Delaware

The Centre

Sammy finally met Mor's infamous Jarod a few days later. Sammy's assistance was need to help Jarod preform a simulation. Jarod was more than capable to preform the simulation on his own but he had only one day to complete it. Had Jarod been given a longer amount of time he could have completed the sim with out help.

The army had given the Centre a month to come up with a new model for stealth fighter jet. The team originally working on it had mysteriously disappeared along with their families. Dr. Raines did not appear to be disturbed by the fact. The work that the group had managed to accomplish had been given to Sammy and Jarod. The original research team was barely half way through with their work. There was still a great deal of number crunching that needed to be done and the proportions for the jet were wrong. There was no way that jet was going to get off ground.

Sammy was sent to the Sim lab which Jarod worked out of. Sydney was seated across form Jarod explaining to the boy what need to be done. Sammy entered the room with an armful of files.

"Hello Sydney," Sammy said taking a seat next to Jarod.

"Sammy I'm glad you that you are able to assist Jarod on this project." Sydney replied.

"You know me Sydney I love working on planes." Sammy replied grinning. Sydney returned the boy's grin, Sammy indeed loved planes his whole room was decorated with aircraft models.

"Jarod this is Sammy. Sammy, Jarod." Sydney introduced the two boys.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Jarod said softly as he shook Sammy's hand.

"Same here." Sammy said, smiled at the shyness of the older boy. "Hey I hear we have a friend in common. Miss Parker." Jarod's face lit up at the mention of Mor, and Sammy suppressed a chuckle. Jarod was indeed taken with Mor.

"I met her last week during one of my Sims." Jarod replied.

"She told me. What do you say we get to work. She'll be by later today and I promised her I'd help her study for her French test." Sammy said. Jarod nodded his head. And the two boys quickly set to work. They became so engrossed in their work that they didn't bother to stop for lunch.

As they corrected the former research team's work the to boys talked about their past. Both found common ground on the fact that the Centre was their guardian. Jarod had been sent to the Centre when he was four by his parents. He had no real memories of them. Sammy informed Jarod that his parents had died just over a year and a half ago.

Jarod was shocked to learn that Sammy's parents had been murdered. In fact when Sammy described the murder to him Jarod quickly paled.

"Hey you okay?" Sammy asked Jarod.

"Yes I'm fine. We should get back to work," Jarod said smiling weakly.


Mor came a little after five to find the boys still hard at work. "Momma said I could find you down here little brother."

"Hey Mor." Sammy said looking up from his sheet of numbers.

"Hello Miss Parker." Jarod said his whole face brightening.

"Hi Jarod. So what are you two doing?"

"Building a jet the last research team made a bunch of errors, Sydney and your Dad want for us to fix it." Sammy told Mor.

"You and your planes Sammy." Mor said shaking her head as she looked over Sammy's shoulder studying his calculations.

"Hey I didn't ask for the assignment they gave it to me." Sammy replied.

"Yeah but you didn't say no either," Mor teased. "Hey you made a mistake on line thirty eight." Mor said pointing out Sammy's error.

"Oh yeah I did. Thanks for catching that. It would have set me back an hour."

"What would you do with out me Samuel." Mor said theatrically.

Sammy playing along let out a dramatic sigh "Let us never find out my dear sweet sister."

"You two are brother and sister?" Jarod asked he had been watching the two banter and found their behavior intriguing.

"Nah, she's just some girl I met a few years ago. She just keeps following me all over the place. Can't take a hint she's not wanted." Sammy jested. Mor punched him in the arm. "Ow, Mor that hurt." Mor just grinned back at him.

"No he isn't my brother," Mor said answering Jarod's confused look. "Sammy and I grew up together."

"Oh. It's just that you called him little brother and he said you were his sister."

"As far as we're concerned we are brother and sister. She's been my family for ever, well since I was a year old anyway. You don't have to be blood to be family Jarod." Sammy told the boy.

"Oh," Jarod said once again not knowing what else to say.

"So, Sammy you gonna help me study or what."

"I might have to take the 'or what' on this one Mor. Jarod and I need to finish this by tonight. I'm sorry, I really did plan helping you study," Sammy said apologetically.

"It's okay. I know your work comes first 'cause it's important and all." Mor replied depressed. "I'll go and see what Momma's up to." she said and went to leave.

"Hey don't be that way," Sammy said walking over to her. He was aware that Jarod was watching them, studying them to be more accurate. "Listen ask Cat if I can come over tonight. And I promise I'll help you study. And if you don't want to pull and all-nighter you can ask Syd to help you study. He's fluent in French as I'm sure you know."

"I'll go and ask Momma. You finish your work so that we can get out of here at a decent hour." Mor instructed.

"Yes dear," Sammy replied grinning and he kissed Mor on the cheek. Mor then set off to find her mother and Sammy returned to his work. Mor returned a while later to let Sammy know that he could come over later that night. She then went to hunt down Sydney.


Sammy and Jarod finally finished a little after seven. Exhausted the two boys returned to their rooms. Jarod went to his room to eat dinner and then went to sleep. Sammy returned to his room and grabbed a change of clothes and the went to Catherine's office where he found Mor asleep on her mother's couch and Catherine writing out a report.

"You're done Sammy?,' Catherine said quietly, as to nor wake Mor.

"Yeah, sorry it took so long," Sammy whispered back as he sat next to Mor.

"It's okay I still have a few things left to do. It will be another twenty minutes or so. If you want I can call Emma to pick you and Morgan up." Catherine offered.

"That's okay we can wait." Sammy replied as he brushed a stray piece of hair out of Mor's face. Catherine smiled lovingly at the boy.

"Hey Mor wake up," Sammy said twenty minutes later.

"Ten more minutes Sammy," Mor mumbled. Sammy let out a chuckle of laughter.

"Mor were going home you can sleep in the car," Sammy told her, Mor looked up at him groggily wiping the sleep out of her eyes. "Come on Mor I've got your bag. And Cat went to get the car." Sammy said and led her out to the car where Catherine waited. The two got into the back seat. Once in the car Mor rested her head on Sammy's shoulder.

"You have a bad dream last night?" Sammy whispered.

"Yeah. The elevator one... Sammy," Mor whispered back.

"Hum."

"I need to tell you something when we get home."

"Alright, but for now you get some sleep. You can tell me all about it in French."

"Kay," Mor yawned and went back to sleep. They arrived at the Manor ten minutes latter. Sammy helped an exhausted Mor out of the car.

"Are you two hungry?" Catherine asked the children.

"A little," Sammy answered for he and Mor.

"I'll fix you two something to eat and bring it upstairs,"

"Thanks Momma," Mor said and she and Sammy climbed the steps to her room.

Sammy closed the door behind them and then sat on the window seat next to Mor.

"Hey what's wrong?" He asked her. Mor had her knees drawn up under her chin as she stared out the window.

"You know how we agreed not to keep secrets from each other?" Mor asked quietly.

"Yeah," Sammy said.

"Well I've been keeping a secret from you. For a long time. I didn't tell you at first 'cause I thought I was imagining stuff. But over the past few months it's been getting stronger. I could usually control it but now..." She trailed off.

"Mor what's going on?" Sammy asked concerned.

"You remember how I said I knew you were there when I kissed Jarod?"

"Yeah," Sammy answered

"Well I could sense you. It was like a tickling feeling on the back of my neck only more so. It was like... no it was little voices whispering to me letting me know you were there. It happens all the time. When your Mom and Dad died I saw what you saw when I touched you. I usually only see things when someone's really emotional. And sometimes I can feel their thoughts. I can here your thoughts right now, cause were in close proximity." She said smiling weakly.

"Then you know I don't think you're crazy," Sammy said pulling her into a hug.

"Sometimes they're so loud. They won't stop even when they're quite I can still hear them it's like my head's in a bee hive."

"What are they like now?" Sammy murmured into her hair.

"Quieter. A really low droning. But earlier when I was in Momma's office, they were loud. They wore me out. 'S why I was asleep. When I'm around you they're usually quite, but I can still here you a little bit in my head."

"Then I guess I need to stay around you more often huh sis?"

"Too bad you can't come with me to school."

"Speaking of school how's it going?"

"I hate it. It's so boring. I already know everything. I'd rather be with you at the Centre at least you get a few challenges thrown your way," Mor confessed.

"You know you're Dad would be so mad if he found out you went behind me checking my work," Sammy laughed. "He'd also be angry to know you smuggled me out of the Centre under the false pretenses that you needed to study for your French test."

Mor looked up at him and grinned. "I had to think of something to get to see you. You've been so busy the past week."

"I know," Sammy sighed.

"Do you miss getting to do things normal kids do? Like going to school." Mor asked.

"Yes, and no. I get to do things that help people at the Centre. My work is important. Besides, Mom and Dad worked there they helped a lot of people. I figure I owe it to their memory to help people. They wouldn't have made the Centre my legal guardian if they didn't think it was good for me. But I do miss going to school with you, and getting to be around you all day long." Sammy told her.

"You're such a suck up," Mor teased.

"And you love me for it," Sam said with out missing a beat. "So any thing else you need to tell me that if you told someone else they'd have you committed." He teased.

"No but if you keep teasing me I may have to be sent to jail for murder." Mor said getting up. "Come on lets go see what Momma's cooking."

"I betcha five bucks it's grill cheese." Sammy said.

"You're on." Mor replied and the two raced down the steps. Mor ended up paying Sammy five dollars.


So folks what did ya think. Hated it? Liked it? Either way let me know. And if there is something you would like to see feel free to request.

Up next: We get a brief, and I do mean brief interlude involving Jarod and everyone's favorite Centre psychiatrist.