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The pain in her side is unbearable, her blood is flowing out of the deep gash below her ribs. Her cloths are wet and sticky as her body weakens from the lost of blood. Her lungs are burning as it gets harder for her to breath, her thoughts are consumed with death. The fear of leaving her daughter with her father is all that is keeping her from giving in to the great sleep that beckons to her.
Suddenly the door to her bed room creeks open and light foot steps head her way. A gasp is hear behead her as the foot steps start running towards her.
"Momma!" The woman opens her eye lids weakly to the small child above her. Chrissy has tears in her green eyes as she lays her little hands on the wound on Anna's left side and on her cheek.
"Chr..Chrissy,where's...papa..?" Chrissy bites her lower lip as she watches her mother struggle to talk.
"'e lef' momma, are ya...are ya gonna be okay?" Chrissy's tears are falling from her eyes freely as her mother doesn't answer her. With the fear of her mother dead, Chrissy rubs her head in her mothers chest, in hopes that it'll save her. "Don' leave meh momma!"
"Ahhh!" Anna shots up from her bed, her forehead beaded with sweat. She covers her mouth with her hand as she tries to calm her breathing. Suddenly the door to her rooms opens and lets light into the dark room. A small figure wearing a pink skirt, yellow t-shirt and white sandals runs to her and jumps on the bed.
"Momma, are ya...okay?" Chrissy whispered the last word so Wanda wouldn't hear her.
"Ya, of course Ah am baby doll." Anna rises from her bed while brushing her auburn bangs out of her eyes. "Wanda, today's Saturday. Righ'?" Wanda nods her head and Anna does the same. "Good. Chrissy do ya wahnt ta come wit' meh ta teh doggy clinic?" Chrissy smiles and nods her head. "Well tahn Chrissy, ya go in and watch tv wit' John while momma gets dressed."
"Okay momma." Chrissy gets up and off the bed as she leaves the room.
"So Wanda, le's see taht ring of yers." But all Wanda did was fold her arms across her chest and stare at Anna.
"What was that about?"
"Waht?"
"Your nightmare, that's what. Anna you screamed like someone was trying to kill you, so I'll ask again. What was that about?" Anna sighs as she pushes her hair behind her ear.
"It was notahng Wanda, Ah jus' 'ad a bad dream. Taht's all." Anna knows she shouldn't lie to Wanda, but she just doesn't want to talk about the last six years just yet.
"That's it?" Wanda isn't sure if Anna is lying to her or not, they've been apart too long and they both have changed.
"Taht's it."
"Fine. John and I are leaving soon. Oh and Anna, how did you know John is watching cartoons?"
"Easy Wanda, no mattah how old taht man is, 'e'll always beh a kid who watches cartoons." Wanda laughs silently as her friend does have a point. "So why did ya marry 'im again? Oh taht's righ', 'e 'as a cute butt." All Wanda did was stick her tongue out as Anna mirrors her. "So, show meh teh ring!" Wanda smirks as she sits next to Anna on the bed.
"See?" Wanda holds her right hand in front of Anna, her fiery orange ring shining from the hall light.
"Waht is up wit' ya two and red?" And just on cue John comes in the room with a bowl of cereal.
"Easy shelia, red represents happiness, passion and love. So to me shelia, taht's perfect for us." After he finishes his little explanation he stuffs a spoon full of Lucky Charms in his mouth. Then for a split second Anna's face looks hurt, but it quickly changes without either of her friends noticing.
"Tahnks John, now Ah need ta get ready. So bye." Both John and Wanda leave Anna alone to get dressed, but that's not the real reason why she wanted them to leave.
Two hours later Anna emerges from her room wearing a yellow tank top with a pink Hawaiian flower on the side, light blue jean shorts and pink flip flops. Her hair is down and in curls, but her eyes are covered by her brown sun glasses.
"Ready Chris?" Chrissy turns her head away from Tom and Jerry and looks at her momma. She nods her head as she turns the tv off and walks to her.
"Auntie Wanda and uncle John lef'." Anna nods her head as she gets her keys from her pocket and takes Chrissy's hand.
After Anna gets Chrissy in her seat she gets in hers and puts her seat belt on, but before she starts the car she checks her make up. Without removing her glasses.
"Momma, were ya cryin'?" How her five year old figured that out, she'll never know.
"Why do ya tihnk taht Chrissy?" Anna starts the Saturn and heads to the city.
"Well wehn evah taht meanie would hit ya or yell at ya, ya would cry. Tehn ya'd wear those teh rest of teh day." She's five, but has the mind of a thirteen year old.
"Yeah baby, Ah was cryin'. Bu' it's no' because of yer" Anna glances at the mirror and sees Chrissy with her arms folded. "because of taht man, Ah was cryin' because of teh mistake Ah made by marryin' 'im." Chrissy nods her head, not full aware of what her mother means.
The rest of the car ride was silent, until finally Anna pulls up next to a medium size building with a sign on the roof that has animals on it. The sign reads 'Veterinarian Clinic' and since Anna knows there's no other vet clinic, this must be the place. She unbuckles herself and goes to unbuckle Chrissy.
"We're 'ere Chris, let's go and see teh animals." Anna picks Chrissy up and sets her on the ground. She takes her hand as soon as she shuts the car door. Once they walked in they noticed it was empty and thought no one was here, until a middle aged man came threw the door in front of them holding a bleeding hand.
"I'm out of here!" And with that the man walked out of the clinic and slammed the door.
"Doc wait!" Anna turns back to the door and there stands a petite woman with chin length brown hair. Anna's green eyes meet her light blue eyes and within an instant the woman runs up to Anna and gives her a bone crushing hug.
"Oh my God! Anna, what? When? Where? Who?" Anna finally got the shorter woman to let go of her and is able to breath again.
"Calm down Kit. Ah came two days ago, Ah'm stayin' wit' Wanda and tihs" Signal Anna to Chrissy, who is hiding behind her legs. "is mah daughter Chrissy and before ya ask, yes she is Damien's..OW!" Anna looks down at Chrissy, who pinched her leg, looking perfectly innocent. "Is rela'ed ta 'im." Katherine or rather Kitty, nods her head holding back her giggles.
"Hey I'm Kitty." Chrissy comes from behind Anna and smiles at the woman in front of her.
"Kitty? You mean yer a cat?" Kitty giggles and shakes her head, causing her hair to hit her cheeks and nose.
"No, but I do like cats." Chrissy nods at the nice lady. "So I guess she doesn't like him?" Anna smirks as she rolls her eyes.
"Who does lihke 'im?" Kitty nods in agreement with Anna. "Ya work 'ere?"
"Yep and now I need to find a new doctor, because as you can see, I'm down my only one." Anna gives Kitty a questioning look "This is why." Kitty unbuttons her long white coat and revealing a blue jeans and a little tummy under the pink shirt. "I'm going on three an a half months now and Jean told me I shouldn't be hands on with the animals, you know, just to be safe. Sometimes I wonder how we all got along in high school."
"Yeah, two goths, a valley girl, a prep and three jocks. Well, two an half really. Ah mean John didn' really wahnt ta beh a football player, 'is dad made 'im beh one." Kitty nods her head and realizes Anna called her a valley girl.
"I wasn't a valley girl Anna." Anna laughs
"Ah lihke can't believe Lance lihke asked meh out. Oh mah Gawd, waht am Ah gonna lihke wear!' Weren't those yer exact words Mrs..."
"Alvers." Anna can't help but roll her eyes at her old best friend as she giggles happily.
"Kit, are ya gonna..Anna what are you doing here?" Anna and Kitty turn to Wanda, who is in the door way leading to the back rooms.
"Ah came 'ere ta see if Ah can 'ave a part time job, waht 'bout ya? Souldn' ya and John beh wit' yer friend?" Wanda's eyes dart all over the room "Wanda?"
"Oh that's right, before Doctor Green left he was giving Wanda's friend's dog his shots." Anna nods her head. "But the dog bit him and he got his panties in a bunch." Anna burst out laughing the minute Kitty uttered her famous words, well some of them.
"Do ya wahnt meh ta look at 'im?" Kitty tilts her head to the side and looks at Anna questionably. "I majored in being a vet in college Kit, Ah'm also an accountant." Kitty's eyes widen and she happily drags Anna into the back and in the room where John and his friend are. Wanda watches them go and picks Chrissy up and follows them to the back, wondering if Anna is still gonna help once she realizes who the dog belongs to.
There are only three rooms and the room where Kitty is taking Anna is the last one. Kitty opens the door and Anna sees John sitting on the chair bored to death. Suddenly Anna's breath hitches, on the metal table not far from her is a adult German Shepherd, but that's not the reason for her breathing. The reason is the man holding the dog on the table. The same man who was half naked and gave her, her brief case yesterday.
The man turns his head, his sunglasses are off and sticking out of his brown trench coat pocket. His hair is brushed and in a pony tail, as his muscles are hidden a little beneath the trench coat and black t-shirt. Anna can't help but notice his blue jeans show off his tight butt and she would have studied him longer if she didn't realize he's staring right back at her with his gorgeous golden brown eyes.
"Anna this is Remy LeBeau, Mr. LeBeau this is Anna D' ancanto. She's the new vet and she'll finish what Doctor Green started mere moments ago." stated Kitty as she shows Anna where everything is.
How was that? Trust me, the next chapter will be a lot of Romy. Well ROMY from Remy, can't say Anna is gonna be all that happy through most of it. Please tell me what you all thought of this chapter.