The day had been pretty much like any other day, since Ana had arrived at Crossroads with the others...

She woke up in Metropolis and made her bed, and greeted the others who were getting up at the same time.

She washed up and changed and had a fresh cup of coffee...then pretty much did anything there was to keep her busy.

Read a book, watch a movie, work out, talk with the others, go up and watch Andy shoot from the rooftop...the list could go on and on.

Since Ana had been living with these people for over a month and started to get to know them better she found out strange but at the same time interesting facts about every one of them.

Nicole was an artist, she was the top of her art class and she had dreams about moving to New York to join their drama/arts school.

Terry used to compete in the X-games, He even showed off a few of his moves with one of the skateboards from the sporting good's store.

Tucker used to live on a farm down south...in fact he told Ana his mother had given him all the tips on being a good chief and even showed off by making chilly and hot dogs for everyone the night before.

Norma had six full grown children, and three grand kids...in fact she told Ana she "knew," they had made it since they all lived in a close range of each other and would always stick together no matter what.

Glen was gay...and yeah that was pretty much it.

Monica was an "actress," well that's at least what she told Ana. She had appeared in five coke commercials and was in playboy 1998.

Steve owned some office which sold suits to the rich and famous, he pretty much fit the typical "Rich asshole," and didn't mind that everyone knew it.

Kenneth had been in the force for the past ten years and "had," a twin brother who died with the attacks.

Whenever Ana went down to the holding cell to let CJ and Bart have their bathroom breaks for stock them up for food...she over heard them talking.

Bart was only a few years older then Terry and would pretty much screw anything in sight, but went to collage.

CJ had a girlfriend...in fact from what she overheard they were pretty close and had plans on getting married.

But like just about everyone else...his loved one was lost forever.

Ana knew CJ didn't wanna talk about it, just like how she didn't wanna talk about Luis...so she forgot as soon as she heard it.

The only person she didn't know enough about was Michael...

Sure they seemed the closest and talked for hours without stopping...but the truth was she really didn't know him that well.

But that all changed when everyone was sitting down in the food court for dinner.

Everyone had pitched in to help and everything seemed relaxing and warm.

They all talked and laughed as they ate, Ana couldn't help but watch Michael with a smile.

During their contestation they had started to ask each other questions.

"What's your favorite food, favorite sport...best movie you saw in the last ten years, where is the one place you wish you could be right now."

Everyone had poked fun at Steve since everyone knew he would pick Vegas since "It's a dirty town and he's a dirty guy."

Then Monica asked something about how far Graceland was and without even a pause Michael spit out the answer.

Everyone seemed a little shocked and laughed thinking it was a joke when Steve tested him again and Michael gave out another answer.

"He's smart, if he can remember that." Ana thought.

Norma asked if he worked for the auto club but Michael smiled and took a sip of his beer and said he drove a beer truck.

"Thought you worked at Best Buy?" Ana asked as she looked at him closer, now she really wanted to know what he had to say.

"Yeah I did...but before that I used to work a bunch of odd jobs."

He then started to list them all out, nothing big...only fair money jobs that pretty much anyone could get, but from the sounds of it Michael had seen his half of the world and seemed to have picked up on different trades.

They all joked and laughed when they asked how many jobs "did," he have before this whole thing had started.

Michael thought and rubbed the back of his neck and said about twenty.

Terry seemed shocked and asked why so many...and Michael was simple and plain with him.

"Things just didn't seem to work out." Ana then wanted to know more.

"Worst job?"

Michael thought and laughed.

"Well, I know what job I was the worst at...being a husband."

This didn't seem to shock Ana...a guy as nice as Michael would be married, but she didn't see a wedding band on his finger.

Everyone laughed and joked around some more.

"I tried it three times but got pink slips every time."

"Best job." Ana put her hands under her chin and looked at him harder this time.

This took Michael a minute and he seemed to be looking off...as if he could remember something.

"Being a dad."

It seemed to hurt him, but at the same time made his heart remember when he said that.

His last statement lest everyone speechless, Ana saw that even Kenneth and Steve couldn't find the words.

Ana felt shocked to...I mean Michael should have been a father, I mean he was married three times and he seemed to loving and caring that he would be a good father.

But at the same time everyone felt crushed since they knew his kids were good enough dead and lost from him and he never got to know their faith.

Everyone had complained and cried over their lost loved ones and he never even spoke a work to make everyone feel better.

"Yeah...I think I was good at that."

Ana then wanted to cry for him...what kind of lost was knowing your child was dead, the thing you made with another life and watched grow, now dead and gone before you.

She then respected Michael even more and she knew her deep feelings weren't lying.

She looked at his sad gray eyes and then the lights turned everything into darkness.