December 19, 1999
8 Years later
Fi stood in the middle of the cold Michigan hall. Jack stood next to her. Their mom went back and forth pacing as she told the children that while going Christmas shopping they should be careful and not talk to strangers and all of that other stuff. Jack and Fi looked at each other and sighed softly before Jack finnally said.
"Mom, we arent two anymore we are going to be fine!" He said and Fi nodded.
"Yea dont worry we wont seperate" She said.
Thier mom finnally nodded satisfied and said "Well than have fun!" She walked off with Ned and Irene to go shop.
Fi and Jack looked at each other and smiled, "Where to sis?" He asked and she smiled.
"To buy a new CD of course!" She said and they walked towards the store in the mall which had a bunch of CD's which of course was the music store.
She took forever in Jack's opinion to find one and he rolled his eyes as she said, "Hmmm nope not this one!" She went to the next one. He thought he would go insane with boredom as she did this. He loved her but she sure did know exactly how to torture him. Oh well he would wait it out. When she finnally found one and bought it they were off to somewhere else. He went with her wondering where now. They had never been to Michigan before but they already hated the cold.
She saw a cute little stuffed animal and said, "Aww isnt it adorable!?" She sighed, "I only have enough money for the rest of the presents im buying though" She thought and wandered off to buy the rest of the presents for people on the list. Jack now knew what he would buy her. That little bear sitting on the shelf was brown and normal looking. He sighed and decided when they seperated to buy each other presents he would buy it for her.
She finished up buying her presents then turned to Jack and said, "How can I buy you a present if you are with me?"
He smiled and said, "Fine we will split up and buy each other a present meet back in the middle of the mall right there!" He pointed at a spot and she nodded wondering off down the way a bit before wandering into a store. He sighed and shook his head quickly going back and buying the teddy bear. It was only a few dollars and he paid for it then wandered out of the store wondering if there was anything else around that she might want.
Fi stood in the store she had walked into looking around. What would Jack like? She wondered to herself thinking of her brothers interests. She knew he liked music like thier mom did but she couldnt buy anything to exspensive. She found a album of a band that he liked and bought it slipping it into the bag and wandered outside the store to the bench he had told her to wait at when she was done. Less than a few minutes later he joined her and smiled.
"You ready?" He asked her looking her up and down.
"Yes" She said said standing and walking with him back to the meeting place where thier mom was waiting.
"Did you have fun kids?" She asked them looking from one to the other waiting for thier answer and they looked at each other and shrugged.
"Sure" Fi finnally answered and their mom nodded. Irene looked at them all and said, "Well lets get a move on then shall we?"
Everyone agreed and Fi smiled at her brother. He walked next to her holding her hand like he had when they were little. She smirked and said, "You know we have to dance today right!?" She asked playfully it was their Christmas time tradition.
He sighed and rolled his eyes, "Yes of course Fi!" He said to her smiling softly. He was not a very good dancer and hated when she made him do so but oh well anything to keep his little sister happy. She walked to the tour bus looking around at everyone and everything as she went. She was always looking for something out of the ordinary. So far there was nothing at all that was strange.
When they reached the tour bus Ned went to the drivers seat and Irene and Molly went to the table and sat. Fi and Jack went back to thier rooms on the bus and wrapped the presents they had bought and Fi sighed looking around her bestranged room. She was happy to see everything was in tow and nothing needed to be put away. She was feeling kind of tired. She heard a knock on her door and figured it was her mom she said, "Come in"
She looked up as the door opened. It was Jack he was smiling at her and she raised an eyebrow, "And what occasion brings you here?" She asked him with a small smile.
He looked back and shrugged, "I thought you wanted to dance!" He said.
"And I thought you didnt!" She retorted and pulled her CD out of its bag and put it in the player swtiching it on and turned to look at Jack whom held out his hand and said, "Care to dance?"
She smiled and took his hand, "Of course!" She said and he placed his hands loosly on her waist and she wrapped hers around his neck as the music started her taught her how to slowl dance carefully. She looked down her cheeks turned pink as they danced. He smiled and still held her waist. When the song ended Fi opened her mouth to say something but shut it again for once in her life she was at a loss for words and he let go of her.
"Yea um" he said softly, "I had better go to bed" he said and she nodded.
"Yea me too" she nodded softly and took the CD out of the music player and said, "Good night"
He nodded and went out shutting the door to her room. She layed back on the bed and looked at the ceiling. She sighed softly and smiled to herself. She had never seen him look at her like that before. It was so unussal. She sighed softly and stood changing out of her clothes and into her jamies. She slipped into bed and pulled the covers over her head and fell asleep fast asleep with no problems.
In her brothers room he was slipping into bed as well pulling on his Jamies and layed in bed thinking about Fi. He had seen something in her he had never seen before. He wasnt sure what it was yet but he felt something for her. He shook his head as if to erase the thought and curled up under the blankets falling asleep as easily as she had awaiting the morning.