AN: I'm so sorry, my lovelies. This week has been crazy busy. My landlord was shampooing the carpets in my apartment so I had to stay overnight elsewhere on my writing day. I hope you like this even though it's late. Happy reading. GhostWhispererFangirl, your one-shot will be posted tomorrow. I love you all.

There is chaos in the Clancy home this morning. The twins are playing tag indoors, Melinda and Jim are in the kitchen making brunch and Aiden is in his room playing his guitar- the rule was practice if you want an instrument. All of a sudden, the chaos gets worse. "Help me." A hoarse voice whispers. Melinda freezes and stops to listen harder. "Help..." She hears whispered again. The young mother sighs and walks through to the living room to see the ghost that has been haunting her family lately.

"What's your name sweetheart?" Melinda asks the girl gently. The girl looks up into Melinda's eyes and the ghost whisperer gasps when she sees blood at the young ghosts hairline.

"Abby." The girl informs Melinda hoarsely again. Melinda smiles.

"Hi Abby. My name's Melinda. Do you know what happened-" She gets cut off when Danny runs into her leg. "Careful Danny." She reminds the tot. He smiles at his mother and then his eyes wander to Abby.

"Hi, my name's Danny. Are you hurt?" The young boy asks with concern in his little voice. Abby looks down at her feet for a second before responding.

"Yeah. My name's Abby and my head hurts." She explains once again. Melinda smiles at both children-one alive and one dead.

"Abby, do you know how your head got hurt?" The mother asked, trying to get the conversation moving again. Abby pursed her thin lips in thought before softly shaking her head no with a sigh. Andy came running to find her brother, but when she saw the ghost she started rambling.

"Hi Abby, I see your head. Ouch. Mine got hurt like that when I felled out of da junga gym at scoow." Andy tried her best to articulate, but once Abby understood her words her eyes lit up with understanding.

"Melinda." She whispered. Melinda's glances at the ghost giving her undivided attention. "I was running so fast and I think I tripped." Abby told the brunette what she remembered. Melinda smiled.

"That's really good Abby." She whispered to the ghost. At least they had somewhere to start now. Abby blinked out of existence then, having recalled everything she could for the time being. Jim, who was quietly listening to his brood help the things he couldn't see, spoke up now that Abby disappeared.

"Food is ready!" He called. The family came to join him and a few minutes later, Aiden joined the group. "Hey buddy." Jim addressed his oldest as he ruffled his floppy brown locks. "How's the guitar going?" His father questioned him with interest dripping from his tone. Aiden was silent while he fixed his mused hair, but once it was perfect again he spoke,

"Going good dad. My fingers hurt a little though." The eight year old admitted. Jim chuckled softly.

"That's just part of the process Aid." The father said knowingly. Aiden smiled, proud that he was teaching himself something new. "So Andy, Danny...What were you guys doing today?" Jim asked, trying to keep himself in the loop. Andy started rambling again, like little girls are known to do.

"We was pwayin tag, den we helped Mama help Abby." Jim smiled at his daughter.

"That's my girl." He said as his little girl was offered a high five. Melinda chuckled at their display before scooping a second helping of french toast on Aiden's plate. "So, I was thinking we should have a family day today. What do you guys think?" Jim asked his family teasingly.

"That sounds good to me." Mel said, going along with his charade. Jim sends a wink in Melinda's direction.

"What about laser tag and rock climbing?" He suggested with a soft smile. The twins nod swiftly, while Aiden cheers and pumps his fist in the air in celebration. Melinda giggles at her children-they are so easy to excite like this.

"I have one rule." She says seriously to the minors at the table. "First, we cross over Abby."

|Okay Mama." The three youngsters agree.

It's a few hours later and the dishes from brunch have been put away. The growing family is awaiting on Abby to return and is playing a game of Monopoly to pass the time.

"No Andy! That's cheating." Aiden's complaining voice is heard amongst the quiet.

"Mama!" Andy calls, wanting justice delivered from her mother.

"Hey, hey." Melinda redirects both her childrens' attention back to her. "Come here Andy, Aiden please." She asks of her kids. "You're gonna miss this, you're gonna want this back, you're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast, these are some good times so take a good look around, you may not know it now, but you're gonna miss this." She softly sings to the babies on her lap.

"Your voice is so pretty Mama." Andy says as she sends a smile to her mother.

"Thank you baby." Melinda whispers back before placing a kiss on each of her child's foreheads. "What did we learn kiddos?" Jim chimes in.

"To play nice." Andy, Danny and Aiden muttered apologetically. Just then, Abby pops into view to talk to Melinda.

"Hi Abby." Melinda addressed the young ghost politely.

"Hi Melinda." Abby responded shyly. "What am I supposed to do?" She asked in fear.

"Well sweetie, you tripped. It was just an accident. You can cross over now if you see the light." Melinda guided the seven year old gently. Abby's face could be seen lighting up as her eyes filled with wonder and joy before she faded away and all that was left behind was a whisper in the wind.

"Thank you...Cherish your family."

*End*