Alone
CSI characters are not mine… originals are…
This is not a Mary Sue… and I assure you… I do have a plan as to where this is going so just bear with me… okay?
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Chapter 14
I had been sitting in my car most of the weekend, waiting for them to go to the pool, assuming she had based the book off of her life, she would. It was Sunday afternoon when I finally saw her two kids run to the car carrying towels, their mother close behind.
I followed from a good distance, glad I had already scoped out the pool. I watched the two kids run ahead of Jamie as they slowed to a stop near the college.
There was a back entrance to the pool area. I followed the building around and approached the door, leaning against the wall. It was rather crowded but I easily spotted Jamie and her twins.
I smiled as I watched them. Anyone who knew what I was doing would probably have mistaken me for a stalker or something, but, they'd be wrong.
"Cut it out, Morgan!" the girl yelled, swimming away from her brother. I laughed, a smile spreading across my face.
Morgan stuck his tongue out in reply to his sister's complaints. Jamie was sitting against the steps of the pool, watching the two, smiling.
I couldn't take my eyes off of her. I took a step closer, coming out of the shadow the wall created. "Jamie…" I whispered under my breath, wrapping my hand around my dog tags.
She looked right at me. Her gaze lingered for a moment before a splash sounded and I connected with the water. Apparently, I had been moving toward her without me knowing it and had walked right into the pool.
"So much for perfect…" I grumbled to myself as I pulled myself back up onto the concrete, spitting out a mouthful of water. "At least she knows I'm not a ghost…"
I saw her swimming towards me and I ran away. I wasn't ready to face her yet. I couldn't. Not yet.
I headed back out to my car, stopping briefly to ring my shirt out and get the water out of my hair.
It had taken a half an hour for her to come out. All three of them had changed back into regular clothes, 'Wish I'd thought of that…" I reprimanded myself. "Well… I wasn't planning on taking a swim…" I reasoned with myself. Then found myself wondering why I was talking to myself in the first place. I stood, leaning against the back of my car.
Again, she glanced at me as she walked by. I ran a hand through my water-logged hair. I suddenly remembered I had spare clothes in my trunk. After that time Warrick lectured me about showing up at a crime scene looking like I had just rolled out of bed, which I had, I had started keeping my trunk organized. I pulled out a spare shirt, peeling the one clinging to me, off. I glanced over my shoulder and noticed she was still standing there.
'Had she seen my dog tags? Did she know it was me?' I thought. Before I could say or do anything she took a nervous step towards me. I shut the trunk of my car and started to back away, not entirely sure I'd want to see her reaction to my reappearance.
I was in the car, about to pull away, until I saw her standing next to me; she grabbed my arm through the broken window. "Greg?" she said, quietly, staring at me.
I couldn't say anything; all I could do was stare back. "MOM! Morgan's being a brat again!" McKenna yelled from the car, turning her mother's attention away from him and releasing his arm. She'd moved far enough away where he could pull out without risking injuring her.
"Damn it!" I yelled at myself as I pulled back up to the hotel. "She wasn't supposed to see me…"
I grabbed the book off of the center console of my car and started reading, hoping I could manage the next part of Elicia and Kyle's reunion better than the swimming went.
'That evening Elicia had decided to take a peaceful walk in the park to get her mind off of the strange events at the pool. She walked down one of the paths, taking in the beauty of the small park. A piece of paper flew across her path as she continued.
The paper airplane had words scrolled across it. She picked it up and unfolded it. The words 'I'm alive' were scrolled across the note, a photograph of the man her Kyle had become was also folded into the plane.
"Kyle?" she called out, hoping he'd appear and sweep her off her feet.
Something moved amongst the trees nearby. "Elicia…" the soft murmur of his voice sent shivers down her spine and tears flowing from her eyes. He stepped carefully out of the shadows and wrapped his arms around her.'
I grabbed my laptop, printing out two pieces of paper before running back to my car and over to the park.
It took a while but she did show up. As she walked down the path covered in leaves from the fall winds, the area lighted by several lamp posts, I sent the airplane flying.
I watched as she picked up the paper, opening it slowly.
In her novel Kyle had written two words on the paper. I'd had a better idea.
From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight
Singing Amen, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I'm alive
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died
And I'm singing
Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, I'm alive
And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along
Singing Amen I'm alive
Singing Amen I'm alive
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died
And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be
If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day when nobody died
That was what mine had said, and I felt they were perfect lyrics. I'd underlined the words 'I'm alive to make my reference to her story, and I had included a picture of me from one of out crime scenes when Sara was trying to finish off the last of the film in her camera.
A smile crept over her face. "Greg?" she asked, her voice trembling.
I stepped out of the shadows…
I'm gonna be really, really evil and stop right there… That was definitely longer…. I'll update again soon! REVIEW PLEASE! begs