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When Sara arrived at home she felt exhausted. She plugged in her IPod and chose the Switchfoot Collection she had recently uploaded. Now in her own place she finally had time to process all that had crashed down on her today. Her new good friend Veronica Donovan was married to Lincoln Burrows and suddenly there was a link to Michael.
'No Sara! Don't go there!' she stopped her thoughts and went back to the moment when Veronica first shocked her today.
"Sara you asked me once what LJ stands for and well he is named after his father Lincoln junior."
Her first thoughts have been "Oh no! That can't be true! This is impossible! She just had needed to hear the name of the husband even if she knew before but when she heard "Lincoln Burrows" it shocked her none the less.
Without thinking Sara wanders into the kitchen and starts to heat water for some tea. Her thoughts go back to when Victoria pressed a cup of tea in her hands in the gym.
Sara had been crying for a while when she suddenly felt something warm being pushed in her hands.
"Tea?" she sniffled teary and looked up into the compassionate eyes of Veronica.
"It will make you feel better." Veronica had been really thoughtful and understanding. And even after the rose break down Veronica had stayed and comforted her. In the end there was no reason not to have dinner with them.
Sara came back to the present and looked around in her living room as her eyes fell on before mentioned paper creation. There they are again the thoughts about the man who hurt her. Michael Scofield.
"Would I have gone to dinner if he had been there?" Sara could answer that question easily remembering her reaction to Lincoln's bad joke. Trying to run.
"I am sorry. I made that crack about ambushing you!" Lincoln mumbled while he engulfed her in his arms.
"And we haven't even told Michael about our 'suspicions' about you!" LJ said. That was a scary moment again but Veronica had the right words again.
"And we won't tell him until you feel ready."
"Thanks. I'll appreciate that but can I ask one favor for now?"
"Sure!" came the answer three times.
"Can we not talk about Michael? I am not sure I can take that."
Now he was back in the forefront of her thoughts. Over the last five years Sara had imagined countless times how it would be to meet Michael again. At first it had been surprise and romantic visits and every time he would kiss her. Their kiss would start slow and soft and then grow more passionate just like that one time in the infirmary.
"No Sara! You can't go there. In the end you are going to have analyzed every conversation you ever had with him and you will be even more depressed." She scolded herself again.
Why is this family so charming and nice. First there was Michael and all his flirty remarks. 'Did he really mean it?' and then Lincoln when she had to give him the physical before his 'first' execution he had been so nice. And just tonight he had been so great and his hug had made her feel save again. Over the years she had felt lonely so often and now she had a chance to have friends and some sort of family again. And LJ wasn't without charm too. She had noticed that most of the girls in the class would stare at the youngest Burrows and wish he would ask them out. 'Maybe he needs a hint?' And there it came a bitter memory again. 'Not if he is like his uncle! He knew exactly how to distract me!'
Sara had finished her tea and decided to go to bed but not without mumbling her mantra:
"I am not going to dream about him!"
The next day was Sara's day off and so she decided to stay in and relax but after a couple of hours on the sofa she didn't want to be alone, so she called Veronica.
At the Burrows household at breakfast the three adults talked about the last evening.
"She took it surprisingly well after the first near run away, huh?" Lincoln said.
"Yeah now we'll just have to wait and see if she ever wants to see us again." Veronica says with a tad sadness in her voice.
"Oh come on Vee. You are friends and she will definitely meet you again and LJ is going to see her in class. About me I am not so sure not to mention Mike." Linc shots back.
"What are we going to do with that? I mean he has a right to know!" LJ throws in.
"We can't tell him. Sara has a right to decide on her own." Veronica reminds the two men of their promise.
"That sucks we should arrange a blind date and these two can work out their issues!" LJ moans. "LJ don't you dare! And when did you become such a romantic?" Veronica says stern and then leaves the kitchen to feed Amy.
It was nearing lunch time when the door bell rung. LJ looked at his father "Are you expecting some one?" and Linc shook his head in response while getting up to open up.
When he finally did he looked into a face he didn't expect to see.
"Hey dad is it Sara?" LJ said coming out too "Oh hey Uncle Mike."
"Hey LJ, so Sara came?"
"Yeah she came but what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be out of town for the week?"
"OK guys I love standing in the hallway but can I come in?" Michael points out.
"Oh sure. Come on in and sit and help you to some pizza!" Lincoln stepped back to let his brother through.
"Vee come out! You are not going to believe who just came by!" LJ shouted and Veronica appeared asking
"Sara is back?" Michael was dumbfounded and commented sarcastically
"I really feel loved here!"
"Oh hey Mike sorry. It's just Sara was a little through the wind last night. Why are you back already?"
"I get the feeling you don't want me here."
"No that's not it but Linc said you were going to be gone for the week."
"That was the plan but we finished early and I wanted to visit my favorite little girl." Mike explained and reached for Amy.
"So I guess you three can handle a baby. I need a shower!" Veronica said and disappeared in the bathroom.
"And I am going to meet some friends, so bye you two!" LJ excused himself and dashed out of the door and left the brothers alone.
They talked about baseball and everything else they could think of.
"We are like girls sometimes!" Linc shook his head laughing. "Oh the little one is sleeping! I'll take her to her crib." He notices and takes his daughter.
Just when Linc has left the living room the phone starts to ring. Michael gets up and answers.
"Hello?" but only the dail tone answers him. 'Strange!' he thinks.
"Who was on the phone?" Lincoln asks when he comes back.
"I don't know. The person hung up without talking to me."
"Have you checked the caller ID?" Michael checks and reads of a number both brothers don't know. Linconl hears his wifes cell phone.
"I'll get that!" The caller ID reads 'Sara' and Linc thinks "Uh Oh!"
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