Author Note: I am really surprised that they did not write Mick and Jared together for the first part of season four. I really wish that they would have put them together, but they did not. Michaela and Zeke do not work for me. It is time for the third chapter of this story, and we still have thirteen more chapters. I hope that you all had a wonderful week. We will not have a new chapter next week due to Thanksgiving. I do have a Christmas story in mind for this couple. Now time for responding to reviews.
Rachel: I am really glad that you are enjoying this story so far. There is still a lot to come.
Chapter 3: Turbulence
It had been less than two hours since the reports of the Kelly's murder and Mick was able to track down where she lives. They were able to go into the house until Lance showed up.
"What are they hiding?" Ben asked his sister.
"I am not sure but we need to know if they are hunting us down so we can protect ourselves." Michaela said to her brother as they drove home for the night.
The next morning, Michaela decided to head over to check on Evie's parents. She remembers the last thing that they said to her so she knew that this would not go well. She also knew that Jared did not understand why she had to do this. She got out of the cab and went to knock on the door and was surprised by the reaction that she got from Evie's mom. Evie's dad was okay with this. Michaela did not understand what was going on.
A few hours later, Michaela walked into the police station to find Jared standing there waiting for her.
"Mick, what is wrong?" Jared asked her.
"I went to see Evie's parents and sorry for what happen with the accident." Michaela said to him.
"Mick, you need to stop. You were cleared about what happen with Evie. You did not do anything wrong." Jared pleaded with her. He hated seeing her like this.
"I know that in my brain, but I know that I did something wrong in my heart. I can't forgive myself for what happen. I took Evie's life away." Michaela responded to him.
"Mick, listen to me. You did not take Evie's life away. You were trying to do the right thing when Evie wanted to drive home drunk. You were trying to protect her." Jared said as he closed the distance between them and gave her a hug. "It's going to be okay."
A few hours later and Michaela stops by and learns that Evie's mom has gone missing, so she borrows the car which is hard for her. She was able to find Evie's mom before it was too late along with the murderer of Kelly. She was not paying attention when Jared walked up to her.
"Hey, are you okay?" Jared asked her.
"No not really. All I ever want right now is to have my life back and I can't." Michaela said to him.
"Mick, that is not true. We can have our life back as soon as we want it. I just need to know what is going on with you." Jared responded to her.
"Jared, I don't know what is going on with me and that's why I can't tell you anything about what is going on." Michaela responded to him. "I ended up having to find Beverly and had a massive panic attack with getting behind the wheel."
"I know that it's hard to get behind the wheel following a bad car accident, but you just have to work through it." Jared responded to her as he walked closer to her with a smile.
Jared had finally walked away from Michaela and knew that he needed to talk to Lourdes about her. He had a bad feeling that she was lying to him.
"Hey, do you have a minute?" Jared asked Lourdes when she answered the phone.
"Yeah, I do. What's going on?" Lourdes responded to him.
"I think Mick is lying to me about something. I can't get an answer from her and it's hard for me. I just want to protect her, but I can't seem to get her to open up." Jared responded to her.
"I can see what I can do." Lourdes responded to him. "I will let you know what is happening when I find out."
"Thank you." Jared said before hanging up. He knew that Mick might have overheard him say that she was lying to him, but he did not know what else to do.
Michaela was finally about to head home when she overheard Jared talking to someone on the phone. She felt bad for lying to him but knew that she did not have a choice about it. She was trying to protect him. She walked out to find her brother.
"I don't know if I can keep doing this." Michaela said to her brother. "It is getting harder to lie to Jared."
"Mick, we talk about this. If the NSA finds out that we are getting these callings, then they would make us lab rats. Our loved ones just got us back and I don't want to put them through anything else. We are doing this so we can all move on with our lives. Maybe you and Jared can work out whatever is going on and get back together. That is all mom wanted." Ben said to her as he started to drive.
"Maybe you are right." Michaela responded to him as they got home. Michaela heard her phone ring, and she went to answer it.
"So, I was thinking that maybe we can have a talk about whatever is going on with you." Lourdes said to her friend. "And maybe we can come of up with a plan for you and Jared to get back together."
"Yeah, what about tomorrow?" Michaela responded to her with a smile.
"I will let you know." She said to Michaela before hanging up the phone. Michaela walked inside and went to bed. She hoped that there was still a future with Jared. Michaela ended up falling asleep.
Author Note: It is the end of this chapter. If you have twitter, follow me as Carson34ff where I update all the time. I will not be having a new chapter next week due to it being Thanksgiving so I will see you all in the first week of December for a new chapter.
