Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
And breathe, just breathe
whoa breathe, just breathe,
oh breathe, just breathe.

"Miss Taggart what was your son wearing today?"

"I…I…I…" The detective furrows his brow at her with a disapproving look.

"Blue shirt, kaki pants," Luka tells the detective.

The detective writes it down in his little black book. She feels horrible. She was so wrapped up in her own pain that she didn't even know what her son was wearing that day. What sort of mother was she? How could she even think about bringing another child into the world when she couldn't even look after the one she had?

"Okay. We'll call you if we have anything."

She looks at them in horror.

"Aren't you going to go out and look for him?" She asks them.

"Ma'm we are doing the best we can."

"No you're not: if you were you'd be out looking for him," she almost yells in defiance.

"The best thing you can do is stay home and see if he comes home while iwe/i do our job," he tells the worried couple.

With that, he gets up and lets himself out of their apartment.

She watches the front door for a few minutes but this won't cut it for her while Luka stands.

"I can't sit here and wait Luka - I need to go look for him."

But he already knew that and he stood by her with their jackets in his hand. She smiles meekly at him and grabs it from his hand and they leave.

--

The rain beats down on the windshield of her car. She looks out the window at the gloomy daytime sky. All she wants is Alex back. She'd give everything up if she could have him back. The clock on the dashboard tells her they've been searching for three hours.

And still nothing.

--

He sighs. There's nothing he can do to find him. They've been driving around for hours and it's getting darker and darker.

Where would he go?

They've already tried the mall, the hospital, and all of Alex's other favorite places. Hell they even tried the zoo!

And then it hits him. Alex loves skateboarding. And his favorite place to go is to the skate park at Riverview Park. He speeds up and makes a u-turn.

She doesn't understand why he did that until he turns to her and says, "Skate Park." And she loves more than she could ever have known she was able too. She grips onto the handle as they swerve between the cars.

--

She gets out of the car and starts to run towards the middle of the park where the skate park is. Rain beats down on her but she keeps running. Her damp hair lays flat on her back and her hood is crumpled underneath it. She used to care but all she cares about now is screaming his name in hopes of finding him.

"ALEX!"

People walking by her give her weird looks but all she cares about is finding him. And when she reaches the edge of the park she stops. She doesn't see him anywhere. She feels a hand grip her shoulder. She looks up at Luka.

"Over there," he tells her and she turns her body in order to see a small shape sitting on bench. His backpack. His coat.

"ALEX!" She screams and the head raises up. It's him.

He slides off the bench and they start running towards one another. It feels like an eternity, but when she finally reaches him she holds him tighter than she's ever held anyone before.

"Don't ever do that again," were the first words that came out of her mouth. Tears roll down her face mixing with the rain drops that are hitting her face.

"I won't," he tells her and she bends down so that she can see his face. His hair is wet and he shivers.

"I love you Alex."

"I love you too," he tells her wrapping his arms around her neck, clinging to her tighter than he ever had before.

"You scared me."

He nods and she wraps her arms around him even tighter.

"Why would you ever do that Alex?"

"It's my fault you lost the baby."

"No it's not Alex," Luka's voice tells them both. "It's not your fault. And it's not your mom's or my fault. It's nobody's fault."

Alex lets go over of Sam and he hugs Luka.

--

A sneeze is heard throughout the apartment and Sam hands him the tissue box. But as soon as she does she sneezes too.

"Thanks a lot Alex!" They say in unison, sniffing slightly.

"You're welcome," he tells them after removing the thermometer from his mouth.

"Put that back in you mouth, mister," Sam tells him gently.

"At least I get to stay home and watch movies with you guys," he laughs at them both as he puts the thermometer back in his mouth. Sam smiles and pushes the play button the remote.

THE END