Natalie sat at her desk at the station, bored out of her mind. Looking in her e-mail she found nothing new and decided to check her mailbox in the break area. She saw Rex getting his mail.

"Hey" She said cheerfully. He didn't look up from his mail. Natalie waved her hand in his face, trying to get his attention. "Hello? Anybody in there?" He looked up.

"Hey." He said faintly. Something was up with him. Natalie could see it in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Nothing." He kept his eyes on the papers that he was holding.

"Rex, I'm you sister. I know when something's up."

"Well nothing's up. I got to go." He said in a hurry. Blowing past her, Natalie wanted to find what was going on. She decided to let it slide for now, knowing she wouldn't get a thing out of him as upset as he was. She thumbed through her mail and picked up John's too take back to the house with her. She was going to take the rest of the day off to spend with John and Annie.

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Annie sat near the window where the heat was, likening the feel of the warmth on her face. She was almost to the next chapter in her book when there was a soft knock at the door.

"Come-in." The maid came in quietly. She had a small frame and stood about 5'9.

"I'm here to change you sheets."

"Oh you don't have to. I'm fine with the ones I have."

"Mrs. Davidson told me to do everything that I can for you to make you comfortable, including clean sheets." Annie shrugged her shoulders.

"Well alright." She said getting back to her book. Half hour passed and John came back. He opened the door to her room.

"Don't you know how to knock?" She said, like it drained the life out of her to talk.

"Well I would have knocked…oh wait my hands are fucking full." Annie looked over. His hands were full of bags. She went over to help him.

"What do you think your doing? Go back and lay down, your sick." He pointed with his body over to the bed.

"Sorry I have manners." She said sighing. She was sick and tired of being sick and tired.

"How you feeling?" He said pulling the stuff out of the bags.

"I feel like shit" She watched John's glare come over to her for cursing. "I mean I feel like…like poop. I feel like poop." She rephrased her words.

"Well I got you some stuff." He said hoping that would cheer her up. "I got you grape cough medicine because I know you don't like cherry. We also have Dirty Dancing on DVD, and I can't forget" He pulled a fluffy stuffed animal rabbit from behind his back. "Mr. Fluffers." Annie smiled

"That's not Mr. Fluffers. You killed him in the washing machine don't you remember?"

FLASHBACK

John had got done washing Annie's stuffed bunny. She dragged it everywhere after John gave it to her for Christmas for here 3rd birthday. She was now 4 and the two were inseparable. Kacey told her that just like everyone else, Mr. Fluffers need to take a bath so he wouldn't stink. Annie was afraid that he wouldn't like it in the washing machine or dryer. She said that it was to dark for him and that he would get scared. John reassured her and finally she agreed to let him wash it, which now was something he regretted.

The stuffed animal's head was detached from his body, spilling his stuffing everywhere in the dryer. John cursed silently. Annie was going to have a fit when she saw him. She was counting down the minutes to when he would be clean. He heard her tiny foot steps coming around the corner. He tried to find something to hide Mr. Fluffers in but he wasn't fast enough.

"How's Mr. AHHHH!" She screamed. John was holding Mr. Fluffers head in one hand and his sagging body in another. John quickly hid him behind his back, like Annie didn't see anything. "You killed him!" She was crying.

END OF FLASHBACK

"I didn't kill him. Besides, I told you I would get you a new one." John said and tried to make her forget about it.

"Still that was one of the most crucial moments in my life. But I guess you off the hook now. Well on one condition." She said grabbing the Dirty Dancing DVD "Watch it with me?" John sighed.

"You know I hate that movie." John sat on the couch in the room as she put the movie in.

"You know I love that movie." She said, sounding worse than she did this morning.

"Fine if you take your cough medicine." He said tossing the bottle over to her.

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'Nobody puts baby in the corner' the TV softly said. John looked over at Annie who was out like a light. He kept the television on for her and slowly walked out of the room. Natalie was standing at the frame of the door waiting for him.

"How is she feeling?" She asked, rubbing his hand gently with her thumb.

"Well, she told me she feels like poop. So I'm guessing that's pretty bad." He smiled. Natalie handed him his mail from her purse.

"Don't say I never gave you anything." She said looking through her own mail.

"Gee thanks." He looked though them. 'Blah blah blah junk…oh hey look more junk.' He thought to himself. And then he came across an envelope that was hand written. He looked a return address but didn't find one. He opened it.

Think I didn't know where you work? I've been keeping tabs on you since you left Jersey. I knew Annie would come back to you. Its just only time now until I get her back.

John punched the wall.

"Damn-it!"

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So this one isn't long. But I wanted to go ahead and get something out there because I won't be able to update until I get back from NYC and then Richmond. Hope I see Michael Easton. O0! And Naked Cowboy.