"Dean?" Paige repeated, staring at the officer she felt her legs slightly tremble if it hadn't been for her girlfriends hand around her waist she would have fallen to the ground. "How does he even know about Chloe? I haven't seen him since that night it doesn't make sense." she looked distraught, biting her lip she looked up at Alex hoping she knew something but the expression on her face read the same as hers.
"We're not quite positive on that, he took pictures of her and followed you guys places I guess that's how he figured it out. Are you sure none of your friends or family members have bumped into him at the store, park, movies .. and talked to him?"
"Well..." The blonde scratched her head slightly and looked down at the ground trying to figure everything out. "Dylan, my brother who is the same age as Dean I think... may have talked to him, and gave him hell or something. I'm not sure, it was awhile ago." she looked up into the officers' eyes and then over at the police car. "Please just find her, I don't care if you hurt him.. just as long as I get my baby back that's all I want."
"We're trying our best Ms. Michalchuck, we will keep you informed." The policeman nodded his head, and walked back to his vehicle and drove off.
"Dean..." Paige breathlessly said as Alex let go of her she walked into the living room and sat on the couch, placing her head in her hands she closed her eyes tightly trying to forget that god awful night. Alex slowly sat by her and rubbed her back in a comforting motion. "This isn't happening, why would he want to hurt Chloe? He should have gone after me, not her." she shook her head in frustration . "How could I not know that we were being watched? Am I that dense? God, I suck."
"Paige you don't suck, I'm sure Dean probably planned this out for a long time. You're a great mother, and he shouldn't hurt you or Chloe but he has your pride and joy." Alex leaned back slowly as she looked up at the ceiling. "Think about it, he wants to hurt you and he is. Just not physically, it's more of a emotional and mental kind of thing." sighing she shook her head. "Chloe is like your everything, you had her in your womb for nine-ish months, you were in labor with her for how many hours?"
"18 hours."
"You have a bond with her, hence why he probably figures that if he takes her you're whole life will shatter." She pushed a few strands of hair out of the blonde's face before turning her gaze towards the telephone which rang loudly. "I'll answer it." standing up she moved towards the phone.
"Hello this is Alex speaking picking up the phone for Paige." she twirled the phone cord with her finger while looking over at her distraught friend. "Yeah hold on." she placed the phone down. "It's for you Paige."
"Oh, um, okay." The blonde slowly stood up from the couch, picked up the phone and then leaned against Alex who wrapped her arms around her. "Hello? Oh Hi Mrs. Nelson, how can I help you? What? Oh, yeah sure I wouldn't mind babysitting Jack. What time do you need me to be there?" Leaning forward she hummed to herself, "Alright I'll see you in an hour." hanging up the phone she turned and looked at her puzzled friend.
"You're going to watch Jack?"
"Yeah," Paige nodded slowly as she walked up the stairs to her bedroom, Alex close behind her.
"You sure you want to?"
"Yep, I need to feel somewhat like a mother, and even though Jack isn't mine and I know it will hurt, I need to have that feeling. I can't explain it, it's a motherly thing." The blonde took out an outfit from the closet, put it on and proceeded to brush her hair. "You can stay here, I don't think Mrs. Nelson is to fond of you." putting on her shoes she ran down the stairs.
:"I'll see you when you get back then." Alex yelled from her girlfriend's bedroom, falling back on her bed she breathed deeply.
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"Here is my cell number, Riccardo's the Mexican restaurants number, and you know 911 and all those things so I am sure I don't have to tell you about those." Spike laughed as she grabbed her purse, and her keys. "Come on Em, Snake, we're going to be late."
"Alright, I'm coming." Emma rolled her eyes as she walked up the stairs and towards the front door, she looked over at Paige but didn't say anything, she felt bad for her. Biting her lip she leaned against the front door.
"Let's get some delicious food." Snake quickly walked down the stairs, he lightly pushed Emma out of the way and opened the front door, out of the corner of his eye he saw Paige. "Oh, thank you so much for taking Jack at such short notice, I'm sure you'll do great since you are a mo--"
"Dad." Emma whispered harshly as she nudged him.
"Right, sorry." They both walked out front, leaving Spike who walked into the living room carrying her son.
"Here, he's a little fussy right now, make him whatever you feel like making for dinner. I left you money for pizza and stuff, it's on me." Spike slowly handed her son over to the blonde, smiling she walked towards the front door. "See you at 10:30, remember Jack goes to bed or I try to get him in bed by 8."
Once Spike was out the door Jack started to cry, he didn't really like being away from his mom and being left with a complete stranger. Paige made quiet 'sshh' sounds, while walking him around the house, every now and then she'd bounce up and down which slowly ceased the crying. Smiling down at Jack the blonde sat down on a chair.
"See? I'm not so bad." Paige grabbed a tissue, wiped the tears away and the nose boogies away. Looking towards the clock she realized she had 4 hours, she also figured she should cook him a meal in thirty minutes. "Now how about we go watch a movie." Picking him up again she walked into the living room, put him on the couch and walked over to the movie rack. "Land Before Time, a childhood favorite of mine." Grabbing the tape and putting it in she sat down next to the baby boy who leaned up against her arm.
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It was 10:30, Jack was sleeping upstairs in his room, and Paige was in the kitchen cleaning up the little mess she made in the kitchen. Looking towards the front door she heard a car pull up and quiet chatter that only got a little louder once they got closer. Placing the washcloth in the sink she moved towards the living room and sat down.
"We're home," Snake said as he walked inside the house, he saw that everything was clean and tidy. "Hey Paige, how was Jack?" he walked into the living room with Spike while Emma went to her room.
"He was great, I made him a grilled cheese sandwich, we watched a movie and he fell asleep. I made a little mess in the kitchen but I cleaned it up." Paige turned off the TV and leaned forward.
:"That's good, here." Spike opened up her wallet and gave Paige 30 dollars "Do you mind if we ask you to baby sit again?"
"Oh, no! not at all, I actually really enjoyed it." The blonde took the money, stood up and yawned. "Thanks for the money, and I'll see you on Monday Mr. Simpson." smiling she walked out of the living room and walked towards her car before either of them made a comment about her abducted daughter.
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"Alex?" Paige called loudly from the front door, but there was no response, biting her lip she ran up the stairs to her room. Opening the door she saw the raven-haired girl sleeping in her bed, sighing she moved to the bed and laid down next to her. Pulling up the covers to cover her head she tried hard not to burst into tears again, though it was quite a tough battle since she was overcome with emotion.
"Paige?" Alex mumbled as she stirred from her sleep, turning her head she saw a lump of a person next to her under the covers, and it was shaking which meant that she was crying, again. "Hey, hey." she whispered quietly as she pulled the covers away from the blonde's face to reveal a tear streaked one.
"It hurts Alex, it really hurts." Paige turned her head and scooted closer to Alex and then buried her face in her girlfriends shoulder.
"I know it hurts baby, I'm here, I'll be your strength." Alex's arms wrapped around the small blonde's back as she slowly started to rub it. This nightly routine hasn't changed and probably will not change until Chloe is found, if she is ever found.
