Title:Girls night out with a twist of events...
Disclaimer: I just own mi computer and some ideas, MD is a property of channel 9. I'm just borrowing the characters and some places.
A.N. : This chapter, will be A/C centered..although there will be a bit of everyone, there'll be more of Alex, Claire and 'princess' By the way, any suggestion for naming the little girl? I'm thinking about giving her a name (you'll see) if I found one.. but I'm stuck.
Oh! By the way, I would thank my reviewers and to everyone who's put this on alert and favourites. Wow! I wasn't expecting that I suppose you people are liking it so far, then : ) Thanks again!
Girls night out with a twist of events
part 4
About an hour later, they were at the hill overseeing Drovers. Or they could have been overseeing the homestead, if not for the rain and moonless night. So at their arrival at the white door of Drovers, Claire looked surprised at Alex. But didn't comment. She thought that when he said 'home' he refered to Killarney. Not that she was that happy about going to Killarney with a baby and wearing a dress... not that any of that was connected, but it wasn't pretty... especially, thinking about the 'lady of the manor'.
A moment later, two figures got in the homestead, running the short distance from the parked ute and the verandah.
Sighing and laughing a bit at their visage, more slowly they moved towards the kitchen door. Walking to the table, Alex got his jacket off the baby and smiled at her once again uncovered and sleepy face. Turning towards Claire, he then observed, for the first time, that her soaked mate, didn't have any jacket with her.
"So, Mcleod, enjoyed the shower?" putting his hat and jacket on a chair. Whit his back turned, he missed the murderous glare Claire sent his way.
"Get away Ryan!" Seeing as Alex had situated the little girl on the table, Claire was once again hovering around the little princess "We should try calling the police"
"Yeah, who knows, may be they surprise us and there's someone searching for the princess" Alex snorted "I'm calling. You two.." Alex stomach grumpled before he ended the phrase.
"That was thunder or just you being happy to be in my kitchen, Ryan?"
"Get off Claire" smiling, and walking towards the table as if ignoring Claire, he baby talked with the little girl "you better stay away from her, or you'll end mad. Just don't listen to her and everything should be fine. You'll be sane. Believe me"
Crossing her arms, Claire quirked and eyebrow and smiling talked directly to Alex "As if you were an expert on sanity"
"Too late for me. But she's young... she still could be saved from you"
Alex got out the kitchen towards the hall phone. The one over the old wood table. Smiling at a little Claire on a horse, he picked the phone to call the police station on Gungellan, when the lights flickered and went out as a loud thunderclap could be heard outside.
"That one, fell near" came Claire's voice from the kitchen.
"Yeah. You two ok?" Asked Alex turning his head from the ceiling were he directed his gaze at the lound sound, to the kitchen door where a glow was coming from. And there, enveloped in the glow appeared on the tresshold his best mate with wet mussed hair, a baby on her arms and a candle on her other hand.
"Could you give me a hand?" Seeing as Alex was staring at her and the baby was trying to move, holding her and the candle wasn't an easy task.
"Yeah, sure" could be heard from Alex side of the hall, but except the little worm on her arms wanting to explore, everything stayed in place. Including, Alex staring gaze. "Anytime tonight would be great, you know"
"Oh, yeah!" Coming out of his trance, Alex took the baby form Claire's arms "How do you doing princess?" Once in Alex's arms, the girl was enthralled by his face, patting it with her chubby hands, and smiling as if answering the big bloke that discovered her on the bushes.
"Did you make that call?" After putting the candle on the table, she rummaged some drawers searching for more candles and lighting them to vanquish the darkness.
"Was going to" with 'princess' hands on his mouth, Alex'voice sounded funny, and Claire turned arround craking at the scene.
"That hungry Ryan?"
"Not me, her"
"It's your mouth, not hers... although, it could just be our princess is now an ankle bitter!" saying that, she reached her hands to the baby, and tickled her, while on Alex's arms, making her skirm and laugh, filling the old homstead in sweet and contagious baby laugh.
At the deserted hall of Gungellan hotel, Nick and Tess were walking towards the pub, leaving Terry and Meg alone, after the girls decided toretreat to their shared room, and Brian got out of the room. Not a sound was heard, until a glistening tear fell from the confiness of Tess closed eyes.
"You ok?" Nick tensed, seeing the salty water drop on his blonde companion "Did he hurt you?"
Hearing the frighting, the threatening and hoarse voice of Nick, Tess opened her eyes and looked directly at him with an upward curve on her lips "I'm fine" but her whisper didn't relent the tension on Nick, it was a job acomplished by Tess hand on his larger ones "Really. It's just I can't understand how's that there's so bad people out there"
"Me neither. I though he was a good man... I'm sure he'll pay"
"I hope so. After what he did to Becky... and now seeing that poor girl working here..and Meg. Oh Meg!" Tears fell freely from her eyes, remebering the state they found their house keeper and friend, and relating it to a distraught Becky on the swings that night...
"Shh..."Nick pulled her in his embrace, and tried to calm her "everything will be ok. She's ok, and it's not alone. You saw her. Do you want to see her? Maybe seeing her, will calm you"
"No, Terry's with her. And the girls are next door. She's ok" Calming down a bit she curled up on his arms, breathing on his scent more calmed. While, the cowboy, now proud owner of Wilgul, rubbed her back in circles. "Thanks"
He just smiled and nodded, buit didn't take his arms from arround her, feeling as she, once again, leaned in him, to hug him.
Claire tried to make a call, but it was no use, as the power, the line was down.
"Shit!"
"What? No working?" seeing the negative on Claire's face, he sighed, running a hand on his hair "What now?"
"I'll go and see if I can at least repair the fuse"
"CLAIRE! It's monzon out there, and black as an board arse and...you're wearing a dress" Claire looked at herself, and blushed. Because, for the first time, did she notice
how the rain has affected her and her blue dress.
Her feet were covered in mud, matching her legs... the dress was completly wet and adhered to her skin, showing more than what it was supossed to hide.
"I... I'm gonna change and take care of that afterwards"
"Yeah. And you might consider a shower while you're up there Mcleod"
"Oh.. yes. I think we need a shower" selfconcisious of her own words and Alex' amused face, she tried to correct it "I mean all of us could benefit from a bath" Alex grin was getting bigger by the second, just as fast as his eyebrows wriggled suggestively and Claire's face got redder.
Sighing exhasperated, Claire just stalked the stairs. "Leave me alone Ryan!"
"Ok, but no running out there Mcleod. I'm serious"
"What? Alex, we could at least have some light"
"No liking the candles?" Arching an eyebrow, he turned the kid towards him "You like them, don't you?" seeing as Claire wasn't amused at his attempt of humour, he sighed, put the kid on the carpet, and exhasperated looked towards Claire's retreating form up the stairs "Well, it seems it's just you and me" he sat at the stairs, just in front of the kid, and stretched his limbs "Now, we just wait"
He had just seated comfortably, when Claire's footsteps could be heard again, coming from the stairs.
"I've got no light up there" sullen face, deep angry face ... a laugh from the kid, and she was suddenly very aware of them. Alex seated just some steps from her, legs stretched, comfortably seated... little kid by his feets, pulling at his pants, and smiling while gurgling and looking over her gurgling happily... and every angry though and bad word that she wanted to direct towards Alex got lost between her brain and her mouth. From there just a smile make appearance.
Swatting Alex on his shoulder, and making him scoot over, she sat at his side, watching the kid trying to come near her, smiling, talking, happy.
And the two adults just sat there, on the stairs, hearing the baby sounds fill the homestead.
On a dimly lighted room, Meg and Terry were sittingwith their arms arround each other. The girls had just got out of the room, at the insistence that she was ok. But as soon as the door was closed, she had pushed herself, on Terry's arms
"Give me a hug, please" he couldn't deny her. Not just to comfort her, but for selfish reasons.He knew, that there were only two options, or have her safe in his arms.. or shooting Brian just between the legs.
"Don't make me be angry mommy with you too, Terry. I'm fine" Sensing the tension on Terry, Meg tried to reason with him.
Wipping the tears from her cheek, cautiously of he blackening there, he chuckled exhasperated, tensed and with irony latching on his voice whispered "I see that"
Meg pulled away and swatted him on the arm "I'm fine. Now shut up and hug me" sighing, and making a silent oath of killing the bastard as soon as the opportunity arisses... Terry complied, and embraced Meg.
On the room next door, from the one ocuppied by Terry and Meg, Two bolnde girls, sat on the bed, the one with curlky hair, had her back against the headboard and was hugging the pillow, her legs crossed and her eyes downcast, with a tearstained face. The other one, with short blonde hair, sat next to her, in a similar position, just that in this case, her arms were embracing her knees, and her face seemed more pensive than sad or upset.
Straightening her back, she released her knees, and with her jaw set, stalked towards the door, explaining to her friend in a even voice, that she had something to do. Just to have her frind, jumping from her side of the bed, and hurring after her with a "Wait! Where are you going?" Before Becky gave an answer, Jodi was running down the hall to catch her "I'm coming with you!"
To be Continued...
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