Hey Guys! Sorry about the delay in getting Chapter 3 up. As I said at the beginning of Chapter 2 this will be the case with this book. I can only promise it will get done when I can get to it.

Mdexter2010- I'm so glad you enjoyed the last chapter! Happy new year to you too! I'm sure this chapter will intrigue also.

Ok just a heads up before you begin, prior to the end of this chapter there is a bit of choppiness. This is only because I wanted to make sure you got to see everyone's point of view. If I have missed anyone that you want to see brought back please do not hesitate to let me know. And again let me know what you think.

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Chapter Three – Fool me twice.

The following morning Andy woke-up feeling quite rested. Despite the thoughts that raced in his mind the night before owing to the T3 text, he'd somehow managed to have a dreamless sleep, for which he was extremely grateful.

But as he rolled over to kiss his husband good morning, he noticed that Jay was not there.

Instantly a flashback played its way into Andy's mind.

It was his wedding day and he'd woken up so happy to finally be marrying the one he loved, when he noticed Jay was not by his side. Figuring he'd gotten up to make coffee Andy had grabbed his dressing gown and made his way to the kitchen – but Jay was also not there. He then raced to the bathroom – but still – no Jay.

Panic ensued as Andy started to freak out over where his fiancé' could possibly be. After all Alison and Palmer had still not been captured yet and at the back of Andy's mind, he had always wondered if they would come back to get their revenge on those who took his business away from him.

"Not today!" Andy had roared. "I don't care if your name is T.E., E.T., or something dumb like piggeldy-wiggles; you're not taking my man!"

It had turned out that Jay had simply left early to get to Mel and Linds' place to get ready. But this hadn't stopped Andy from exploding on him.

"Hi Andy," Jay had said on the other side of the phone. "Sleep well?"

"Sleep well?" Andy asked. "Sleep well?!" I wake up, the car's gone, there's no note and you ask how I slept?! Jay I thought T.E. had gotten you!"

It turned out that Palmer and Alison had been captured that morning, stopped on their way to San Fransico.

While this had pacified Andy, he had been quick to tell Jay to always leave a note whenever he just up and left for something before Andy had woken.

If he had left however, there was certainly no note in the bedroom.

Hoping that whomever this new T3 was hadn't captured Jay, Andy headed to the kitchen and was relieved to see a note left on the fridge.

Hey Husband,

I'm sure you're pleased to see the note I left this time.

I've gone to Spencer's, she wanted to discuss something with me and I felt it would be best to let you sleep after the drama of last night.

I'll be home soon.

Your husband,

Jay

Xoxo.

Well, Andy thought to himself a little ticked-off. You may be my husband and you may have left a note, but that doesn't mean you know me that well.

Andy scowled as he made himself a coffee.

If anyone should be talking to Spencer 'Clues-whiz-genius' it should be me! He thought.

After all, had Jay even received a text?

Just then Andy's phone rang, sighing he raced over to where he'd left it on the bedside table in his room and picked it up.

"Hello?" he asked, not having bothered to look at the caller ID.

"Andy, it's Lauren," came the sound of his best friend. "Mel's on the way to come and get you-"

"But it's the weekend Lauren!" Andy whined. "I don't care how much Shauna is paying us I'm not coming in for a meeting to-"

"No, you're not!" she cried. "Jay's in hospitalnowcalmdown-" she rushed. "He's fine he just had a fall, but he's been asking to see you."

For all the effort Lauren had put in telling Andy to calm down, it hadn't worked. The room started spinning as Andy for the umpteenth time couldn't help but think about how life would be without his soulmate.

"Andy?" came Lauren's voice after a moment. "Andy…tell me when the room stops spinning bud."

Almost it once it did.

If Andy could credit Lauren for anything above anything else, it was her adept skill at knowing exactly what to say in exactly the right moment.

"It's just pulsing now," he replied with a shallow laugh.

"Good," Lauren said. "Now make yourself a coffee – actually – while you're at it make me one too! I haven't had one in 2 hours! Mel will be there soon sweetie and please know that he is O-"

"Don't Lauren!" Andy hissed. "Don't tell me he's ok. He went off before I even woke up and now suddenly, he's had a fall? Don't try to pacify me with 'ok'd ness'."

"Andy…?" came the voice of the one person he wanted to hear from. "Andy calm down."

"Calm down…CALM DOWN?!" he yelled.

"Andy!" Lauren yelled through the phone having obviously snatched it back from Jay. "Call off the bloodhounds yeah? He may be ok, but he's in hospital. Think about it dude, really."

"*"

It hadn't taken long for Mel to get there and within minutes they had both arrived in Jay's room in the emergency section. The first thing Andy noticed was how heavily guarded Jay was. Not only was Lauren there with him, but so too was Linds, Spencer, Jason, Rick and Rein.

So much for an outing with just Spencer - something in the back of his mind said.

"Ok everyone," Mel said from behind him. "The husband's here, so let's give him a few minutes yeah?"

As one, everyone turned to see Andy and they all smiled knowingly. Each and every one of them that looked at him right now had come to know him very well and they knew, owing to this, that if he didn't get the full-story soon, he'd fly right off the handle.

Again, as one everyone made to move out of the room, but Andy stopped Spencer.

"Can you stay?" he asked.

"Of course," she said without hesitation.

The others turned to look back at him, but Andy flashed them a smile.

"I just need her to make some calls to the office," he said as assuringly as he could.

They all seemed to take his word for it and left the three alone to discuss what had happened.

It was now that Andy noticed how bad Jay looked. He had a black-eye and bruising all down his arms. He was grateful Spencer was behind him at that moment to catch him as he almost fainted.

"Wha-" he almost shouted before righting himself just in time to whisper. "What the hell?!... Spence?"

"We were at the park discussing…you know what…when-" she began.

"And clearly you didn't think it prudent that I be there?!" Andy whispered again.

"Honey, it's not like th-" Jay began.

"Not one word from you Mister!" Andy said giving him a glaring stare. "It's one thing that she didn't think to invite me but you?"

"Andy w-w-we were w-worried about you," Spencer admitted.

Andy's crazy eyes snapped straight into Spencer's direction.

"Worried about me?" he demanded, not for the first time angered even more that he was limited to whisper-screaming. "What the heck Spence?! Why would you be-?"

"Alison's in prison Andy," she shot back. "Why would you even bring her up? It's almost like your…" she lowered her voice "Obsessed with the whole T.E. thing."

Andy's jaw dropped.

Who in the hell did she think she was?! His mind reeled. Me obsessed? ME?! That's rich considering how obsessed she was with-

"Jay told me about the clay pot," Spencer went on taking Andy right out of his thoughts.

"The wh-what?" he stuttered.

"Oh, come on Andy!" Jay called out, as he had to considering somehow Spencer and Andy had moved further away from the bed with each sentence uttered. "The pot at the place where we stayed in Australia ooooh it has a big T and E!" he mimicked, and Spencer smiled.

Andy's jaw dropped yet again.

"Enough," he whispered with dark venom. "E-nough."

With that Andy tuned on the spot and purposefully walked out of the room the last thing on his mind being Jay and his injuries. The first being the one person he knew that could be there for him at this very moment.

Spencer had half a mind to chase after Andy, but Jay stopped her.

"Let him go," he said. "We said what we needed to and he's clearly not ready to hear it. But he will…in time."

"*"

As Andy headed out towards the waiting area, Lauren looked up at him full of concern. She had no idea what had happened to Jay other than that he'd fallen (something she did not believe at all) and she knew Andy would need to talk to her about it. Having been at New Haven Hospital many times before thanks to the various T.E's they'd all had to deal with, she even knew where the best coffee places were.

But as she continued to look at him, she realized that he wasn't even looking in her direction. Instead she watched as Andy purposefully made his way over to Rick and whispered something in his ear.

Rick? She pondered.

Granted Rick had managed to turn his life around since being sentenced to time in jail and naturally since being sent back home to his ex-Andrea. But since coming back she'd hardly seen him when they weren't gathered as a group. Though she had heard from Andy that he was doing well with Alison's brother, she still couldn't help but feel ticked-off that her best friend went straight to him and not her.

Rick nodded a few times and then Andy left.

There was no way however that Lauren was simply going to let this slide. Wanting her or not was not her concern anymore, she just knew she was the only one that could help him. She was therefore surprised when she noticed Rick by her side as she stood up.

"Let me," he said to her calmly. "He just needs a moment alone right now. Just wait, I'm sure he'll come and talk to you soon."

Uh-huh, she pondered not helping the memory of his time with Linds as Queen of Team Evil. Once you've locked him up in another warehouse and we break our way back in.

"Mom," came the voice of her daughter sitting behind her. "Just sit down."

She did so, despite it being begrudgingly.

"*"

"Thanks for meeting me," Andy said as Rick pulled up a seat at Raven's Beak the only gay club in New Haven.

"Of course," Rick replied. "What happened?"

Andy ignored the question.

"How did you do it Rick?" he purged.

"Do what?" Rick softly chuckled.

"How did you act all nice around everyone when you were feeling such hate and loathing towards us all?"

Oh, Rick thought. Now it made sense why Andy wanted to see him and not Lauren. Lauren was not one to hold back on anything. She may have been Andy's best friend, but she was about as subtle as a hand-grenade.

"What's got you so upset?" Rick asked, ignoring the urge to ask why Andy was going back to something that happened so long ago as he handed him a cigarette.

"Everyone!" Andy yelled.

Not that it mattered that he'd yelled.

One of the reasons he'd chosen Raven's Beak was so that he could yell and with the loud music no one would even batter an eye lid.

"Why?" Rick asked simply, taking his lighter back from his friend and lighting up himself.

"Because…" Andy began trying to work out how to paraphrase it all. "…and this has to stay between us ok?"

Rick nodded.

Andy sighed.

"Ok ever since Alison and Palmer were arrested, I've feared what's coming next you know? I mean OK when Linds was Queen of Team evil it was easy to forgive and forget with time and palm it off as a one-time thing. But then out of the blue comes Zandra and Jenny?! I mean, as the old saying goes fool me once shame on you-"

"Fool me twice shame on me?" Rick asked.

"Rick, I don't want another T.E. and if I could be sure there would never be another one then ok life could go back to…well not normal I suppose, but at least...what it was always meant to be."

"But how," Rick asked seriously. "How exactly can you be sure that there will ever be another T.E? You know Jason always says-"

"Grab a bong a light up?" Andy snapped. "Here, you want proof – here it is."

He passed his phone to Rick who saw what appeared to be a photo of a letter.

"T.E wrote to you?" he assumed, having not zoomed in and yet trying to put 2 and 2 together.

"T.E. is dead," Andy said simply. "Emily killed her. But this…this is very T.E. esque."

Rick zoomed into the picture and read the letter that Andy had taken a snap shot of at the graveyard.

"Thank you for getting Jenny out of my way?!" Rick demanded. "What the hell?"

"Keep reading," Andy said taking another drag of his cigarette.

"Trust me it will not have been in vain…" Rick looked up at Andy, his face paling instantly. "…T Three?!"

"*"

A loud banging could be heard coming from the front door as Micah jumped up from the couch.

"Pizza!" he cried.

"It's not going to get here if you stand there like America's Next Top Cheerleader," B replied sarcastically.

"I could do it you know," Micah said.

"Not if you don't walk over to the door and pay the guy," B replied.

"I meant," Micah chuckled. "I could be America's Next Top Cheerleader."

But when Micah opened the door it was not to see the Pizza man, it was actually-

"Lauren?" Micah asked. "Hey! How are…you?"

Lauren looked white as a sheet as she looked back at her best friends Papa.

"Ah…c-can I c-come in?" she asked clearly shaking.

"Of course!" Micah replied stepping aside quickly to allow her access to his home.

B looked up upon hearing her name and when he saw her, he simply patted at the seat next to his on the couch.

Lauren wordlessly sat.

"Ok Lauren," B sighed. "Out with it, what happened?"

"Nothing!" Lauren responded way too quickly.

"Yeah and Andy's a blind monkey," he joked.

"You may know what he is," she retorted. "But do either of you know where he is?"

Micah closed the door and moved as quickly as his legs would let him before squatting down to take a seat next to Lauren.

"Lauren," he said more seriously than his partner ever would. "What happened?"

Lauren told them all about Jay being taken to hospital not leaving out that she didn't know much other than that Jay had 'apparently fallen'. She then told of how Andy came out to the waiting area and bypassed her before whispering to Rick and then…

"Nothing," she concluded.

"Nothing?" B asked. "What do you mean nothing?"

"I mean nothing B!" she cried. "Nada, Zip, Zilch. Not one word from him since he left with Rick!"

B, the ever patient one of the three took a moment to think about this. Yes, Rick had worked very closely with him when they assisted Linds to be the Queen of Team Evil, but since then – despite Rick's much harsher punishment, B hadn't seen a sign or even a whisper of him going back to his old ways. In fact, last he'd heard Rick was shacked up with Jason doing very well for himself.

"You're not trying to imply…" B began.

"How could I not B?!" Lauren demanded. "You should've seen the look he gave off after he'd left."

"The look?" Micah asked.

"Yes!" Lauren replied. "That same 'panther about to strike' look Rick had back in the throne room."

"Wait a minute," Micah said. "You can't mean to insinuate for even one minute that Andy's some new T-"

"No!" Lauren replied looking horrified. "Of course not!"

"Then what are you saying?" B asked, lost with where she was going with this.

"Who was the most integral part of the search for Jay at the warehouse Micah? Who might I add, rescued you from Casa de Carmita B? And who may I continue, was the key to Jenny's plans?!"

"Andy" they both replied in unison.

"Exactly!" Lauren freaked. "Don't you think if there was another T.E.-"

"NO!" Micah yelled, louder than Lauren had ever heard before.

"Micah…" she sighed. "I think we need to-"

"NO!" he yelled again this time standing. "No! No! No! No! NO! This is NOT happening AGAIN!"

With that, Micah practically fled out of the lounge area.

"Well I can see where Andy gets his dramatics from," B smiled.

"Right?" Lauren smiled weakly.

"Yeah – both of you," B confirmed. "Lauren do you even have a stich of proof that another psycho is on our case?"

"My gut B," Lauren replied.

B smiled.

"Your gut," he said. "You came all the way up here because you haven't heard from Andy in what? 3 hours and suddenly your gut is telling you there's another T.E.? Did it ever cross your mind that Andy might've wanted some time to be on his own?"

Lauren glared at B, with a glare more icily cold then he'd ever seen before.

"Did it ever cross your mind that this T.E. could be so good, that they've taken Andy before any of us even suspected there was one?" she retorted.

"*"

As Spencer drove home, she was mad.

Mad at Andy for not being willing to listen to what Jay and she had been trying to say for one thing. Madder still that he hadn't stayed long enough to hear what had happened to Jay. If he loved him as much as she knew he did, then why hadn't he at least been intrigued enough to stick around to hear what had happened to Jay?

More to the point how it had happened.

And now, as Spencer was not family, she had to leave Jay in the hospital overnight on his own. The only family Jay even had (considering his father was dead – his sister estranged and his mother…well everyone knew what had happened to T.E.) was Andy.

He'll learn, she thought to herself. He'll have to if we're to all deal with this…situation.

"*"

"What do you think all that was about?" Linds asked Mel as the pair sat together watching a film they loved.

"Well muggle, Mel replied – The hat takes a witch or wizards choice into consideration," Mel replied.

"Not the film Mel!" Linds said angrily. "Although judging from your inflection I'd hazard a guess you'd chose Ravenclaw but end up in Slytherin."

"Says the Hufflepuff," Mel laughed. "What were you referring to?"

"Andy!" she cried, holding back a retort about where she'd be placed if choices were taken into consideration. "Why do you think he up and left without even acknowledging us? It's not like him to not do some 'thanks for coming guys' speech."

"Let alone, whisper something to Rick," Mel agreed. "I mean of all people, I would just as soon assume he would talk to-"

"Lauren," Linds agreed. "That's what tipped me off. One – why wasn't it Lauren and Two – why was it Rick?"

"Maybe we should ask him about it," Mel pondered aloud.

"Tomorrow," Linds said. "We'll give him tonight and then we'll interrogate him in the morning before he's had the chance to have coffee."

"*"

"Thanks for taking me home Rein," Jason said as he unbuckled his seat belt.

"Of course," Rein replied. "And thanks for your help with the hospice stats. You were right, there have been 269 deaths since May."

"It kind of helps when you volunteer there once a week," Jason blushed.

"Wait-" Rein said. "You volunteer at New Haven Hospice?"

"Only once a week," he replied. "It's something to do during my off time. After finding out my sister was a psycho and then my other sister was…well…a psycho."

"Wait-" Rein jumped in again. "Other sister? You have another sister aside from Alison?"

"Yeah I do," Jason replied. "Though technically he was my brother to begin with."

Rein's mouth formed an 'O' shape as it dawned on her what he meant.

"Why have you never mentioned…her?" she eventually said, realizing she didn't know this woman's name.

"He had a tough life, she became a psycho like I said. I really don't think about her too much I mean he left when I was 3. I found out the whole story after I graduated but it was all for not anyway…I'd rather not say more about it if that's ok."

"No of course," Rein said quickly. "I'm so sorry for intruding, I really do have to keep my nose out of other people's business."

"No, it's fine," Jason replied. "Just…you know…if you could not bring this up with anyone else – that'd be great."

"Of course," Rein said. "Off the record."

"Thanks," Jason smiled, before opening the door and moments later disappearing inside his house.

"So," Rein said as she looked at herself in the mirror. "Alison has a sister."

"*"

New Haven Hospital was not exactly what Jay would call the ideal place to be. Not only was he all alone, but he also had no way of contacting Andy after one of the nurses took away his phone after catching him trying to use it.

"This is emergency!" she'd screeched. "Do you really think it's smart to be using your phone?"

"I just wanted to contact-" Jay had begun.

"Well, whomever it is you can contact them after you've signed the discharge papers. These people!" she mumbled as she walked-off.

Eventually a nurse that took pity on him had come to him with something to help him sleep and Jay had taken it right away. After all, they'd told him if everything still looked as good in the morning, they'd discharge him and sleep right now would allow the hours to tick by much faster.

But in the middle of the night Jay woke up to an odd feeling. It was like someone was brushing up against his hand.

Jay opened his eyes but felt incredibly groggy.

Against the wall stood someone in a candy stripers outfit.

"Hi Jay," she said looking like she was about to start crying.

But no! he thought. It couldn't be!

The more he tried to focus the more he was able to make out specific features. Long blonde hair, blue eyes and red lipstick.

"A-Al-Alison?" Jay asked confused as to how she was even here in the first place.

"It sucks what's happened to you Jay," she said sympathetically. "I wish I knew who'd done it."

"H-How are you you h-here?" Jay asked.

"Don't concern yourself about that too much sweetie," she replied, walking over to his bed to shift the blanket so that he was more covered and comfortable. "You just rest up ok? And then when you get out of here, we'll find whoever's responsible."

"A-am I dreaming this?" Jay asked.

"It's possible," she replied looking around the cubicle he had and giving off a small chuckle. "I mean last time I was here the place wasn't anywhere near as sterile."

"A-aren't you meant to be in prison?" he asked still trying to work it all out.

She took a seat on his bed and brushed his hair with her fingers.

"I told you sweetie, don't worry about it." She looked at her watch and then turned back to him. "But now that you mention it, I should be getting back."

"No!" he said quickly.

Despite it weirding him out, he still had a ton of questions.

"I have to sweetie," she replied. "But you rest up and I promise we'll find whoever did this to you and make them pay."

Jay smiled.

Forgotten was everything she had done, for everything she offered in that very moment – comfort, support and hope, was all that Andy had neglected to do.

"Someone's coming," she said quickly looking to Jay's left.

Jay turned there was no one there at all.

But when he turned back, he realized she too, was gone.

"*"

And that's where we'll leave Chapter 3. I hope you enjoyed all the shocks and getting a scene with pretty much everyone (though I am now mindful I missed Aunt Deb). If there is anyone else you can think of that I've missed that you want to see please let me know. Otherwise if you could please leave a review that would be lovely .