The official story that was given to the authorities when they came to deal with the Barn was the Children were having a party of their own with Chase when they accidentally knocked over a lantern that started the fire. While the Children got out they said they couldn't find Chase and neither did the firemen – they didn't find a body either. So whether Chase did meet the fate his sister had or if he was teleported somewhere else by his own volition or not they didn't know, but they would be more than ready if he ever tried to come back for them.
This and everything else that had happened, Caleb told Parker as he sat in the chair beside her hospital bed. Whatever happened to Chase it cancelled out his spell and she was already getting so much better.
Parker listened to every word Caleb said to her and at the end of it all she sighed, "Tina was right about Sarah. I can't believe it." On a lighter note, she added in, "She's never going to let us live that down." And in Parker's opinion Tina had every right not to let them.
Caleb chuckled at that because any other time he would have agreed but he wasn't too sure anymore. "I don't know. I think Carrie and I have kinda put fear of the Power into her so she'll probably be on her best behavior…for a little while anyway."
Parker laughed and moved some hair behind her ears. "I guess what we should learn from this is maybe sometimes Tina's spidey-senses should be taken seriously." She shuddered lightly because even saying that brought back the memory of what happened with Chase and the spiders. It was going to take some time for her to get over that.
Caleb could gather what the shudder was about and took Parker's hand gently in his. "Nothing like that will ever happen to you again, Parker. If anyone ever tries to hurt you they will have to go through me."
Parker smiled at Caleb then looked down, mustering up the courage to say something but decided to lead into it instead. "I fought back." She looked up to meet Caleb's eyes. "When Chase came after me, I didn't cower. I fought back until I couldn't fight any more and I keep thinking if I had the strength to do that then why shouldn't I have the strength to do something else?" She could tell Caleb was about to speak so she spoke before he could. "I like you, Caleb. Like…a lot. I have for a long time and I get it if you don't feel the same and never want to acknowledge this conversation ever happened…" Her voice trailed off when Caleb kissed her hand.
"I want to continue this conversation when you're better. Over dinner, perhaps?" Caleb smiled when Parker looked completely dumbfounded. He kissed her hand again and stood up. "I'm not going to rush this, Parker. You mean too much to me to rush."
Parker nodded like an idiot – at least she felt like she was nodding like an idiot – and the only thing that could come out of her mouth was, "Okay." It took everything she had not to start giggling but managed to keep that at bay.
Caleb smiled again, wishing he'd said something sooner but better late than never. "I'll be back later. Rest up." He leaned down and kissed Parker's cheek before leaving her room. Caleb then walked down the hall to check on Pogue but didn't go into his room because through the window he could see Carrie laying on Pogue's bed with him and Pogue's arms wrapped around her, the both of them asleep.
Caleb wasn't going to disturb them so he continued down the hall and turned the corner, coming to a halt when he almost walked right into a set of teenagers who strongly resembled each other. "Excuse me." He was about to walk past them but stopped when the young man side-stepped him.
"Are you Caleb Danvers?" the boy asked, despite the tone of his voice sounding as if there was no question about it.
"Yes," Caleb looked at them both oddly. "Why do you ask?" He couldn't shake the feeling that he recognized them somehow but couldn't place where.
"I'm Naomi Richards and this is my twin brother Nathan," the girl answered, gesturing to herself and her brother in turn. "We need to talk to you. It's important."
Caleb had a bad feeling when he was told they were twins but was willing to hear them out. "What do you need to talk to me about?"
Nathan and Naomi looked at each other before Nathan partially ripped off the Band-Aid. "For starters we should tell you our birthname is Goodwin Pope."
Naomi picked up from there saying, "And now that we have their Power, we'd like to know what we can do to not to end up like our older siblings."
Seemingly out of nowhere, Carrie appeared behind Caleb asking this new set of twins, "What makes you think you won't end up like them?"
Caleb's eyes shot right at his sister when she said that, wondering where something like that came from. "Carrie -" He wasn't able to say anything else due to Carrie walking away without a word, leaving a chill and flickering lights above in her wake...
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this Alternate Ending, and thankyou for reading The Children of Ipswich.