Chapter 5

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Settle back and read HEHE – Umm…maybe I should mention that I never liked Zoe. Yup.

German sentences will be translated!

By the way: I won't be able to update during the next days…My mother had the GREAT idea to limit my online time – means: no chance until Saturday:(

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When Parker woke up and remembered why she had ended up unconscious again, she groaned "Oh no." and pulled the bedcover over her head.

"You're awake?" Emily had watched her waking up.

Parker slowly sat up"Yeah, more or less."

"Would you like something to eat? You haven't been eating for more than a day. Jarod told me to give you everything except for coffee, scotch and cigarettes. I'm Emily, by the way, his sister." she smiled. This brown-haired woman was much more pleasant to her than Zoe.

"My name is Parker. Guess you knew that along with all the little nice stories PEZ head told you about me."

Grinning, Emily answered "PEZ head? That's good…What kind of stories? He didn't tell me any bad ones and I don't think he ever would, considering that he was with you the whole night. I made him go to bed a few hours ago."

Emily carefully watched Parker after what she said. She needed to know whether she was feeling the same way Jarod was. Recognizing he pain flashing Parker's face she knew that she did.

"I gotta tell him you woke up." with that, Emily stood up and left the room.

"Oh no! Not now!" Emily thought when she entered the living room and saw her whole family sitting on the sofas – plus Zoe. Jarod seemed to feel pretty uncomfortable – what a surprise: Zoe was snuggling against him during his TRUE love lay down behind the next door after almost being murdered.

"Hey PEZ head, Parker woke up. Hi Zoe."

"You two obviously will get along just fine…"Jarod stood up, Ethan and Emily laughed and Major Charles and Zoe simply didn't understand.

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Jarod carefully closed the door behind him "I hope you don't plan to do something silly again?"

Holding the bedcover close to her, Parker glared at him evilly "Haha. Very funny Jarod."

"No, sure as hell not." he sat down next to her "How are you feeling? And don't say "fine", Parker, I'm not buying that one."

Parker stared onto her hands "I feel absolutely sick. What the hell happened to me?"

"Instead of painkillers those pills were a nice mix of the nastiest things you can imagine. In other words: Someone wanted to get rid of you and almost succeeded. Sydney brought one pill to the lab, when he got the results he immediately went to your office. He and Broots found you unconscious and got you out of there, then Sydney phoned me. He probably saved your life. "

"Oh great. The only time one of that bastards is doing me a favour, Syd decides to screw everything up." Parker said in a sarcastic way.

Jarod looked at her, shocked "Parker! That wasn't funny!"

"We don't seem to be too funny today, do we?"

"Dammit Parker!"

"Drop it, Jarod! Do you think living a life like I do – if can call that a life – is fun? And don't tell me there's always hope or a turning point! It's the way it is! It wouldn't have been too bad to have his shit ended up!" Parker angrily looked into his eyes.

"Don't let them destroy you." He wanted to hold her hand, but she refused.

She gave him a hurt look "Easy for you to say. You've got a family that cares for you; you've got friends wherever you go - look at Sydney and Broots! Even the Centre's people like you! If you decided to have a nice life with your girlfriend you could have it! You're a genius; nobody would be able to find you. And now think about what I have…And everytime… Everytime I try to change something, people die."

She was right, he knew that. Lyle and Raines were the only "Parkers" left, nobody knew what had happened to Baby Parker and Tommy was murdered. "There are still Ethan, Sydney, Broots and… me."

"Like hell. Ethan is with you because he'd never be safe with me, Broots fears me, Syd thinks I'm my mother and you…"she broke off "What do you think would have happened if…after Carthis…you know what happened to Tommy. I don't want that to happen again. NEVER, understand?" she hid her face behind her hands.

Jarod carefully hugged her. She looked so breakable and helpless as if she was a little bird who had just fallen out of its nest.

"Don't…Zoe won't like that." she smiled sadly.

"How do you know about Zoe?" Jarod asked, puzzled.

"Lyle."

"And WHO are you?" none of them had recognized Zoe entering the room.

Shocked, both jumped on their feet. This definitely was going to be everything but an enjoyable talk. Obviously Zoe was quite pissed that her boyfriend was hugging another woman that gentle.

Parker was the first one to speak "I'm Parker. I suppose you're Zoe?" somehow she didn't like Zoe though she didn't really know her yet. So she added "My brother and his little buddy Cox told me a lot about you."

Zoe's eyes widened "You're the sister of this insane idiot? And don't you have a first name?"

"Not for you. Listen, girlie: I didn't do anything with him so would you mind being a little more polite? People who talk to me like you do usually don't live long enough to feel sorry for it." what a bitch. Zoe was beginning to give her the pip big time. So she decided to use a language Jarod had taught her once to tease her a little more.

She turned to Jarod and said"Ist die immer so ätzend?"(Is she always that scathing?)

Jarod felt very uncomfortable. And now Parker was beginning to be mean. That wasn't good – at least not for him. "Lass es, bitte." (Drop it, please.)

Zoe gave them another angry look "What did you say?"

Suddenly, Parker realized that she would ruin Jarod's relationship to that girl if she continued teasing her. Though she disliked Zoe, she didn't want to do that.

So she turned to Jarod "I have to go. Thanks for taking care of me." and left the room quickly. Everything was difficult enough yet.

Jarod didn't hesitate. He knew he didn't want Zoe, he wanted Parker! And if he let her go now, he would loose her. "Parker wait!" he shouted and ran after her. He had to talk to her. He had to convince her that there was a chance for them…

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To be continued…

I just thought it was nice to let Parker win this way - and not by killing someone ;)