GHOSTWRITER:
I HAD A CRUSH ON YOU
DISCLAIMER:
Ghostwriter and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
Rob moves back. When he does things start to heat up between him and Gaby…
CHAPTER 4: A DEVIDED DECISION...
THE APARTMENT...
"What was that about?" Jamal asked. "I've never seen Gaby like that." Lenni said surprised. "Well, she did just lose her brother and she's right things have changed." Tina said. "You're not thinking of letting the police handle this one are you?" Lenni asked.
"I don't know. We don't have anything on the case, we don't know where to begin and we don't have Ghostwriter. Maybe Gaby is right." Tina pointed out and the other two glared at her.
The door opened and in walked Rob and Gaby.
"What's going on?" Rob asked. "Tina thinks the same thing Gaby dose. That we should let the police handle this case." Lenni said.
"Well where do we start? No leads, no suspects and nowhere to begin…" Tina pointed out again. "We have to at least try…Alex wouldn't want us to give up." Lenni told them.
"How...We don't have Ghostwriter." Gaby reminded them. "Do you think we need reminding of that?" Lenni snapped.
Lenni and Gaby began to argue.
"Hold it! Fighting isn't going to get us anywhere!" Jamal said stepping between them.
"What do you think, Rob? Should we try to solve it or let the police handle it?" Lenni asked.
"I-I don't know. I think Gaby is right, we're not kids anymore with a secret friend to help us." Rob said. "You're only agreeing with Gaby because she's your girlfriend." Lenni said.
"No, it's just that Gaby is right on this one." Rob replied. "If Ghostwriter came back to help us, would you change your minds," Lenni asked.
"Yes." Gaby, Tina and Rob said at the same time. "Then let's try again." Jamal suggested and wrote:
'Ghostwriter, are you there? We really need your help.'
They again waited for any sign of Ghostwriter.
"I don't understand. How can you let the police hand Alex's case, when it's probably already been determined a cold case," Lenni said. "We don't have anything we need to solve the case." Gaby said simply. "Why don't we all go down to the police department tomorrow and see what they have. Then we can go from there." Jamal suggested.
Everyone agreed to the idea. It was then decided that Rob and Jamal would stay the night. Jamal and Rob would sleep on the couches.
Exhausted as they were everyone sat and waited for Ghostwriter…
"I think I'm going to bed." Lenni announced after a while and headed to her room.
Soon Gaby headed to bed.
Then after getting Rob and Jamal blankets Tina did the same.
A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER...
Lenni, Tina, Jamal and Rob woke up to a scream from Gaby's room.
Rob was the first one at Gaby's side. Gaby was sobbing and couldn't seem to stop.
"What's wrong?" Rob asked.
"So-someone k...killed the...whole te-team and was about to kill me to...but I-I ran and al-most got a...away. The per-son caught m-me." Gaby sobbed and leaned against Rob.
"We're all here, it was just a dream." Rob assured her and put his arm around her. "Alex isn't here." Gaby reminded him. "Yeah, but one way or another we'll find out what happened to him." Jamal promised.
"Let's try to get at least another couple of hours of sleep and then we'll head to the police department." Rob suggested and everyone agreed.
Just as everyone was almost out of the door...
"Rob?" Gaby asked. "Yeah..." Rob asked turning back to her. "Will you stay with me?" Gaby asked. "Gaby..." Rob began. "Please?" Gaby pleaded, just as she had done hours before. "All right," Rob agreed closing the door.
Gaby pulled the blanket back. Rob crawled in beside her and wrapped his arms around her. In minutes they were both asleep.
Rob woke up hours later with the sun shining in his eyes. He looked beside him to see Gaby still asleep. As quietly as he could, he got out of bed and went to the living room where the rest of the team was already having breakfast.
They all looked at him with raised eyebrows as he came from Gaby's room.
"Morning," Rob said going to get a cup of coffee. "Why were you in Gaby's room?" Tina asked. "She asked me to stay with her after her nightmare." Rob replied.
"Is Gaby up yet?" Lenni asked. "No, she's still asleep. Let's just let her sleep for now." Rob suggested.
"All right Lenni, Tina and I can go down to the police department to see what we can find out." Jamal suggested.
Just after Jamal, Tina and Lenni left, Gaby's bedroom door opened.
"Where did everyone go?" Gaby asked. "They went ahead and went down to the police station to see what they can find out." Rob replied.
"I thought we were all going to go." Gaby said as Rob handed her a cup of coffee. "You were still asleep and they wanted to go to see what they could find out." Rob told her.
"Let me get dressed and maybe we could catch up with them." Gaby said setting down the coffee cup and heading for her room.