Heyyyy, I'm back!! Sorry it took so long. I didn't felt like writing the story so I took a break but I did it!!! Finally I'm done writing chapter 4!! Hope you guys enjoy it!!!!! Please review!! And there seem to be a problem with my chapters. I'll try to take care of it although I have no idea how. Thanks for saying it Marymelon3!!
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Two days later at the hospital
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Finally Jesse got to leave the hospital.
"You guys sure I won't bother you if I come to stay at the beach house?." Jesse asked for the tenth time in about an hour.
"Yes, we're sure." Mark replied..
Steve sighed. "Let's get going Jess. We will drive to your apartment to pick up some stuff."
"'Kay. See you guys later." He greeted Mark and Amanda.
Two hours later Steve and Jesse were sitting on the deck enjoying the warm sun and a lemonade.
"Steve, wanna go surfing?" Jesse asked hopefully.
"Sorry Jess, but I don't think you're fit enough to go surfing already." Steve said crushing Jesse's hope.
"Come one Steve! I feel great!" Jesse said trying to convince Steve.
"I'm sure dad wouldn't let you."
"I'm sure he will." Jesse shot back.
"Dad!"
"Mark!" Steve and Jesse yelled at the same time.
"What's wrong boys?" Mark asked them.
"Tell Jesse he isn't fit enough to go surfing already."
"Tell Steve I am."
"Sorry Jesse. But in fact you aren't fit enough to go surfing." Mark stated.
"Come one Mark! I'll be really careful. Can I? Can I? Can I?..." Jesse started pleading looking at Mark with that puppy dog expression.
"Alright but not to long." Mark said cutting off Jesse's pleading.
"Yes!" Jesse exclaimed. "Come one Steve. Let's get changed." Jesse ran inside.
Steve sighed. "Thanks a lot dad. So far my quiet afternoon at the deck." Steve too went inside to get changed.
"You're welcome son." Mark called after him, smiling. Fifteen minutes later Steve and Jesse were surfing.
"Whoaaa! This is great!" Jesse yelled at Steve.
"Yeah it is!" Steve agreed. The waves were really high. Half an hour later Steve and Jesse were drying up at the beach.
"Too bad we couldn't surf longer." Jesse said sighing while laying back in the sand.
"Yeah but you heard dad." Steve said also laying back in the hot sand. He sighed happily. This was life. Just relaxing with his best friend. He looked at Jesse who had his eyes closed. His gaze drifted of to Jesse's chest where the scar from his bullet wound was clearly visible. Although Jesse assured him that it wasn't his fault he still felt guilty for it. They hadn't heard from Eddy in the past few days so they assumed ,no hoped that he left for good. He laid back again and closed his eyes. They stayed at the beach for another hour and then headed back to beach house where they where greeted by Mark and Amanda. Mark had prepared dinner. They enjoyed their meal and went to sit on the deck to watch the sunset. They chatted about everything for a little longer till Amanda decided that it was time to go home. Mark cleaned up all the mess while Steve and Jesse watched TV.
The next day
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Today unlike yesterday was rainy. It was still warm though but with all the rain Steve, Mark and Jesse decided to spent their day inside. Steve had rented a movie which they were now watching . The movie was called 'Dreamcatcher'. It was a horror movie about four friends who had preformed a heroic act as children and for that they received some sort of psychic powers. Every winter they go to a cabin in Main and go hunting. Only this year was different for the previous years when a lost and disoriented hunter stumbles upon their camp telling something about strange lights in the sky. And then all sort of things starts to happen. Jesse had already read the book but still enjoyed the movie. When the movie was over Mark returned to the hospital for his shift and Steve and Jesse stayed at the beach house talking about the movie.
"Wow, that was a great movie!" Jesse exclaimed. The movie was slightly different from the book.
"Jess, is there a movie that you don't like?" Steve teased his friend.
"Yeah, There's this one movie about... no wait I still liked it. Alright I can't come up with something right now but there are movies I don't like." Jesse defended himself.
"Right. So what are we..." Steve started but was cut off by his beeper. He looked and saw that it was the cell phone number of his partner. "I'll be right back." He went to the hallway, grabbed his cell phone and dialled his partner's number.
"Steve?" He heard her ask.
"Yeah?" He answered.
"The captain has asked me to call you. You have to come down here right away. New case." Cheryl informed him.
"Why? I thought I was off till next week."
"Yeah I know. But there is another serial killer on the loose and the captain needs all the men he can get."
"Great. I'm on my way." Steve growled. He hung up and went back inside.
"Look Jess. I gotta go. New case. They need everyone they can get." Steve told his friend.
"'Kay." Jesse replied.
"Well I'll be back as soon as possible." Steve said.
Meanwhile outside the house
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Eddy was watching the house closely. He still had a job to finish but this time he was gonna make him suffer. He had already seen the doctor leave the house. Now he was hoping for a lucky break that the cop would leave the house too. Earlier this day he had gone to Jesse's apartment but found nothing there. His clothes were gone too. He came to the conclusion that he probably lived at the cops house for a while so he checked there and he was right. He had seen Jesse and was now waiting patiently. He hid behind a dune so that no one could see him. He saw the cop leave the house. He waited till the cop was out of sight and then sneaked to the house.
In the house
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Steve had just left the house. Jesse was wondering what he could do now. He decided to watch some TV. He sat down on the couch and started zapping. He didn't find anything he liked so he turned off the TV and headed to the kitchen to grab something to eat. He felt a blow on the back of his head. He fell to the ground and everything went black.
In front of the police station
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Steve had finally made it to the police station. Once again the red lights were against him. He got out of the car and started walking to the entrance. Suddenly he noticed that he forgot his badge. ' This is just great.' He thought by himself. He got back in the car and drove back to the beach house. He would tell Cheryl that he got stuck in traffic. Which was actually partly true. Because ,as he found out when he was driving back, there was a major accident.
At the beach house
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Jesse woke up. He found himself tied up and gagged on a chair. He looked around and saw Eddy sitting on the couch watching TV. Eddy looked back at him and spoke.
"Glad to see you awake. Let the fun begin!" An evil grin spread across his face. He walked in the kitchen and seemed to grab something. Jesse couldn't see what. Eddy turned around and Jesse saw that he held a knife. It seemed a pretty sharp one. He walked over to Jesse and pushed the knife against Jesse's throat.
"You know, I didn't want to make you suffer but after what you friends did to my sis I think that is exactly what I'm gonna do." He told Jesse. Jesse's eyes widened and he tried to speak. Eddy pulled the gag out of his mouth.
"What happened to your sister isn't Mark's or Steve's fault. She killed herself. I know you don't want to believe that but it is the truth." Jesse tried to talk some sense into this guy. He was completely nuts.
"No! They made her do it!" Eddy yelled.
"It was her choice! Look why don't you let me go. I'll get you some help and we pretend that this never happened." Jesse said hoping that it would work.
"No!" He put the gag back in Jesse's mouth. He walked away a few feet and then turned around. He pulled out a gun and pointed it at Jesse. "So were do you want me to shoot you? Left arm or right arm? Oops forgot. It seems like you can't talk much now." He grinned and pointed the gun at Jesse's right arm. Jesse watched in shock. Eddy pulled the trigger and Jesse felt the bullet grazing his skin. Jesse looked at his right arm and saw the blood flowing freely over his shirt and arm. He winced in pain.
"That hurt didn't it? Well you haven't seen nothing jet." He said. He really enjoyed it to see the doctor in such pain. He walked over to Jesse putting his gun away and taking the knife again.
Outside
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Steve finally made it back home. That accident was terrible. Some drunk driver lost control of his car which made him crash into a bus full of kids. Steve had stopped to see if he could help but everything seemed under control. He really wondered why some one would drive drunk. That way he not only endangered his own live but also the lives of others. He had called Cheryl to tell her that he was going to be a little later. He got out of the car and started walking to the front door when he heard a gunshot from inside. ' Jesse!' he thought. ' Damn that Eddy guy must be back.' He quickly called Cheryl and asked her for some back up. She had told him to wait until they arrived. He said he would but decided not to. He sneaked to the back and watched trough the glass. He saw Eddy standing with his back at him and just saw Jesse's right arm where he was shot. He grabbed his gun and kicked open the door. Eddy looked surprised. For the first time Steve could clearly see Jesse who was still tied up and gagged. He saw that his t- shirt was all covered in blood from various cuts on his chest. Jesse seemed not far from unconsciousness. Steve looked back at Eddy.
"It's over Eddy. Drop the knife." Steve tried to keep his voice from shacking. This was the second time that he let his friend alone and the second time that he got hurt.
"This is over when I say so." Eddy dragged Jesse from the chair and held to knife back to his throat. This way Steve couldn't get a clear shot on Eddy. Eddy backed away and headed for the front door. Steve followed but made sure to keep some distance so that he didn't gave Eddy a chance to hurt Jesse more. When he almost reached the front door he pushed Jesse towards Steve. Steve caught him and laid him softly on the ground. He watched at Eddy who had opened the front door and was greeted by the sight of police cars and police men standing everywhere. Steve stood up and pointed his gun at Eddy again.
"I think it's over now." Steve said.
"You won cop." He answered and stabbed himself in the heart. Cheryl ran towards them. She quickly checked over Eddy. She shook her head at Steve. He was dead. Steve sat down next to Jesse again. He looked at Cheryl.
"I know call an ambulance. He's gonna be alright don't worry." She smiled at him and grabbed her cell phone. "Shall I call Mark too?" She asked Steve after calling the ambulance. He nodded. Steve took Jesse's hand.
"I let you down again." He sated sadly.
"Not... your... fault." Jesse managed to say weakly. He slightly turned his head to Steve and gave him a weak smile. Jesse closed his eyes.
"Hang on. The ambulance can be here any minute." He gently stroke Jesse's hair.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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The next chapter will probably wrap everything up. By the way 'Dreamcatcher' is really a good movie!! :-D
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Two days later at the hospital
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Finally Jesse got to leave the hospital.
"You guys sure I won't bother you if I come to stay at the beach house?." Jesse asked for the tenth time in about an hour.
"Yes, we're sure." Mark replied..
Steve sighed. "Let's get going Jess. We will drive to your apartment to pick up some stuff."
"'Kay. See you guys later." He greeted Mark and Amanda.
Two hours later Steve and Jesse were sitting on the deck enjoying the warm sun and a lemonade.
"Steve, wanna go surfing?" Jesse asked hopefully.
"Sorry Jess, but I don't think you're fit enough to go surfing already." Steve said crushing Jesse's hope.
"Come one Steve! I feel great!" Jesse said trying to convince Steve.
"I'm sure dad wouldn't let you."
"I'm sure he will." Jesse shot back.
"Dad!"
"Mark!" Steve and Jesse yelled at the same time.
"What's wrong boys?" Mark asked them.
"Tell Jesse he isn't fit enough to go surfing already."
"Tell Steve I am."
"Sorry Jesse. But in fact you aren't fit enough to go surfing." Mark stated.
"Come one Mark! I'll be really careful. Can I? Can I? Can I?..." Jesse started pleading looking at Mark with that puppy dog expression.
"Alright but not to long." Mark said cutting off Jesse's pleading.
"Yes!" Jesse exclaimed. "Come one Steve. Let's get changed." Jesse ran inside.
Steve sighed. "Thanks a lot dad. So far my quiet afternoon at the deck." Steve too went inside to get changed.
"You're welcome son." Mark called after him, smiling. Fifteen minutes later Steve and Jesse were surfing.
"Whoaaa! This is great!" Jesse yelled at Steve.
"Yeah it is!" Steve agreed. The waves were really high. Half an hour later Steve and Jesse were drying up at the beach.
"Too bad we couldn't surf longer." Jesse said sighing while laying back in the sand.
"Yeah but you heard dad." Steve said also laying back in the hot sand. He sighed happily. This was life. Just relaxing with his best friend. He looked at Jesse who had his eyes closed. His gaze drifted of to Jesse's chest where the scar from his bullet wound was clearly visible. Although Jesse assured him that it wasn't his fault he still felt guilty for it. They hadn't heard from Eddy in the past few days so they assumed ,no hoped that he left for good. He laid back again and closed his eyes. They stayed at the beach for another hour and then headed back to beach house where they where greeted by Mark and Amanda. Mark had prepared dinner. They enjoyed their meal and went to sit on the deck to watch the sunset. They chatted about everything for a little longer till Amanda decided that it was time to go home. Mark cleaned up all the mess while Steve and Jesse watched TV.
The next day
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Today unlike yesterday was rainy. It was still warm though but with all the rain Steve, Mark and Jesse decided to spent their day inside. Steve had rented a movie which they were now watching . The movie was called 'Dreamcatcher'. It was a horror movie about four friends who had preformed a heroic act as children and for that they received some sort of psychic powers. Every winter they go to a cabin in Main and go hunting. Only this year was different for the previous years when a lost and disoriented hunter stumbles upon their camp telling something about strange lights in the sky. And then all sort of things starts to happen. Jesse had already read the book but still enjoyed the movie. When the movie was over Mark returned to the hospital for his shift and Steve and Jesse stayed at the beach house talking about the movie.
"Wow, that was a great movie!" Jesse exclaimed. The movie was slightly different from the book.
"Jess, is there a movie that you don't like?" Steve teased his friend.
"Yeah, There's this one movie about... no wait I still liked it. Alright I can't come up with something right now but there are movies I don't like." Jesse defended himself.
"Right. So what are we..." Steve started but was cut off by his beeper. He looked and saw that it was the cell phone number of his partner. "I'll be right back." He went to the hallway, grabbed his cell phone and dialled his partner's number.
"Steve?" He heard her ask.
"Yeah?" He answered.
"The captain has asked me to call you. You have to come down here right away. New case." Cheryl informed him.
"Why? I thought I was off till next week."
"Yeah I know. But there is another serial killer on the loose and the captain needs all the men he can get."
"Great. I'm on my way." Steve growled. He hung up and went back inside.
"Look Jess. I gotta go. New case. They need everyone they can get." Steve told his friend.
"'Kay." Jesse replied.
"Well I'll be back as soon as possible." Steve said.
Meanwhile outside the house
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Eddy was watching the house closely. He still had a job to finish but this time he was gonna make him suffer. He had already seen the doctor leave the house. Now he was hoping for a lucky break that the cop would leave the house too. Earlier this day he had gone to Jesse's apartment but found nothing there. His clothes were gone too. He came to the conclusion that he probably lived at the cops house for a while so he checked there and he was right. He had seen Jesse and was now waiting patiently. He hid behind a dune so that no one could see him. He saw the cop leave the house. He waited till the cop was out of sight and then sneaked to the house.
In the house
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Steve had just left the house. Jesse was wondering what he could do now. He decided to watch some TV. He sat down on the couch and started zapping. He didn't find anything he liked so he turned off the TV and headed to the kitchen to grab something to eat. He felt a blow on the back of his head. He fell to the ground and everything went black.
In front of the police station
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Steve had finally made it to the police station. Once again the red lights were against him. He got out of the car and started walking to the entrance. Suddenly he noticed that he forgot his badge. ' This is just great.' He thought by himself. He got back in the car and drove back to the beach house. He would tell Cheryl that he got stuck in traffic. Which was actually partly true. Because ,as he found out when he was driving back, there was a major accident.
At the beach house
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Jesse woke up. He found himself tied up and gagged on a chair. He looked around and saw Eddy sitting on the couch watching TV. Eddy looked back at him and spoke.
"Glad to see you awake. Let the fun begin!" An evil grin spread across his face. He walked in the kitchen and seemed to grab something. Jesse couldn't see what. Eddy turned around and Jesse saw that he held a knife. It seemed a pretty sharp one. He walked over to Jesse and pushed the knife against Jesse's throat.
"You know, I didn't want to make you suffer but after what you friends did to my sis I think that is exactly what I'm gonna do." He told Jesse. Jesse's eyes widened and he tried to speak. Eddy pulled the gag out of his mouth.
"What happened to your sister isn't Mark's or Steve's fault. She killed herself. I know you don't want to believe that but it is the truth." Jesse tried to talk some sense into this guy. He was completely nuts.
"No! They made her do it!" Eddy yelled.
"It was her choice! Look why don't you let me go. I'll get you some help and we pretend that this never happened." Jesse said hoping that it would work.
"No!" He put the gag back in Jesse's mouth. He walked away a few feet and then turned around. He pulled out a gun and pointed it at Jesse. "So were do you want me to shoot you? Left arm or right arm? Oops forgot. It seems like you can't talk much now." He grinned and pointed the gun at Jesse's right arm. Jesse watched in shock. Eddy pulled the trigger and Jesse felt the bullet grazing his skin. Jesse looked at his right arm and saw the blood flowing freely over his shirt and arm. He winced in pain.
"That hurt didn't it? Well you haven't seen nothing jet." He said. He really enjoyed it to see the doctor in such pain. He walked over to Jesse putting his gun away and taking the knife again.
Outside
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Steve finally made it back home. That accident was terrible. Some drunk driver lost control of his car which made him crash into a bus full of kids. Steve had stopped to see if he could help but everything seemed under control. He really wondered why some one would drive drunk. That way he not only endangered his own live but also the lives of others. He had called Cheryl to tell her that he was going to be a little later. He got out of the car and started walking to the front door when he heard a gunshot from inside. ' Jesse!' he thought. ' Damn that Eddy guy must be back.' He quickly called Cheryl and asked her for some back up. She had told him to wait until they arrived. He said he would but decided not to. He sneaked to the back and watched trough the glass. He saw Eddy standing with his back at him and just saw Jesse's right arm where he was shot. He grabbed his gun and kicked open the door. Eddy looked surprised. For the first time Steve could clearly see Jesse who was still tied up and gagged. He saw that his t- shirt was all covered in blood from various cuts on his chest. Jesse seemed not far from unconsciousness. Steve looked back at Eddy.
"It's over Eddy. Drop the knife." Steve tried to keep his voice from shacking. This was the second time that he let his friend alone and the second time that he got hurt.
"This is over when I say so." Eddy dragged Jesse from the chair and held to knife back to his throat. This way Steve couldn't get a clear shot on Eddy. Eddy backed away and headed for the front door. Steve followed but made sure to keep some distance so that he didn't gave Eddy a chance to hurt Jesse more. When he almost reached the front door he pushed Jesse towards Steve. Steve caught him and laid him softly on the ground. He watched at Eddy who had opened the front door and was greeted by the sight of police cars and police men standing everywhere. Steve stood up and pointed his gun at Eddy again.
"I think it's over now." Steve said.
"You won cop." He answered and stabbed himself in the heart. Cheryl ran towards them. She quickly checked over Eddy. She shook her head at Steve. He was dead. Steve sat down next to Jesse again. He looked at Cheryl.
"I know call an ambulance. He's gonna be alright don't worry." She smiled at him and grabbed her cell phone. "Shall I call Mark too?" She asked Steve after calling the ambulance. He nodded. Steve took Jesse's hand.
"I let you down again." He sated sadly.
"Not... your... fault." Jesse managed to say weakly. He slightly turned his head to Steve and gave him a weak smile. Jesse closed his eyes.
"Hang on. The ambulance can be here any minute." He gently stroke Jesse's hair.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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The next chapter will probably wrap everything up. By the way 'Dreamcatcher' is really a good movie!! :-D