Jack pulled his hands up to his mouth and blew in some hot air; he didn't care what they said he was going to see Rachel. If he could just show her he was still alive she'd be alright. He just hoped he get there before anyone noticed he was gone. He stepped into the back door of the house next door; he had been in here a few times when he lived with Evelyn. There had been different people in the house at the time, but the house was pretty much the same. He slipped up the stairs, and opened up a few doors, finally he came to one and when he opened the door he saw a tall slender girl standing at a dresser rummaging through the top drawer, she had been so pretty when she was a teenager, but now she was gorgeous she had wavy brown hair that was up in a ponytail, she was wearing a white wife beater and a pair of blue pajama bottoms, that looked really familiar. She was humming to herself, some where in the back of Jack's mind he knew the tune he just couldn't place where he'd heard it. He stepped into the room and stopped just inside the door.
"Rachel?"
The beautiful girl turned around for a brief she had a light in her eyes, then it went away to be replaced by fear and Jack rethought his original idea of coming over. Rachel backed up against her dresser; Jack wanted to reach out to her but hesitated and just stayed where he was…
"Rachel, please it's me Jack. You have to remember me."
Rachel moved between the dresser and the wall, tears were rolling down her cheeks and her shoulders were shaking.
"No, I'm dreaming… wake up, wake up!"
"It's me Jack, don't you remember"
"No…no Jack is dead. Jack is dead" She slumped down against the wall and pulled her knees up to her chest.
Jack was just about to step forward when he felt a sharp pull on the back if his shirt he flew backward only to see Michelle rush past him the other way, he looked straight into Rachel's eyes and for a moment he thought he saw recognition. Then the door slammed in his face, Jerry was above him hitting him in the chest…
"Did you not hear anything I said, you can't just run up and see her man. Fuckin shit head, her mind can't handle it. She thinks you're dead and if you walk in there she'll think she's having a dream. All your gonna do is get her hopes up man, you assholes know you ain't gonna stay so don't let her believe that."
Jerry could tell Jack still didn't understand what was going on…
"Umm… ok in the story Peter Pan, I know you remember man don't even give me that look." Jack looked down and Bobby started laughing "Hey Ma read it to you too. Anyway, the mom say's at the end I've seen them so many times in my dreams that I even see them when I'm awake, something like that. Well that's how Rachel is; I had to do a lot to convince her that when she saw me she wasn't dreaming. The doctors said that something could possibly jolt her mind back to reality. So please… for now leave her alone"
Bobby lifted Jack to his feet; he looked at him, but didn't say a word. He was actually proud that the little fairy had it in him to sneak over here and outright disobey them. Jack was too stunned from Rachel's reaction to even fight back. Bobby looked back at Jerry, and then pushed Jack toward the stairs. Jack walked down the stair silently and sat on the bottom step.
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Bobby ran a hand through his hair; he looked down the stairs and saw Jack sitting there.
"Look Jerry, I'm gonna wait for Michelle"
Jerry walked Jack back over to their house and Bobby waited for Michelle to come back out, a few minutes later she did.
"Hey is Rachel ok?"
"Yeah she's a little shaken up, but it's so weird instead of becoming quiet like she normally does she started asking me if she really saw Jack, or if this was a dream."
"What did you tell her?"
"I told her that she really did see Jack, I don't know if that was a good idea, but I couldn't lie to her. She loves Jack, he was the one person she was most looking forward to seeing when we moved back here, but then we got here and he wasn't here, Angel wasn't here… You weren't here."
Both turned their heads away to avoid making eye contact. Each was waiting for the other to make the first move. Finally, Bobby couldn't stand it anymore, he had let this girl slip from him once and as soon as all the shit was over with he was going to make sure he didn't lose her again. He reached out and pulled her by her sleeve to him, then wrapped his arms around her shoulders and she placed her hands on his back.
"I swear Michelle I will find out who did this. I promise, I'm gonna get the bastards who did this to my mom"
"Thank you so much"
They stood like that for a few more minutes then went downstairs and sat on the couch. Michelle turned on the TV and sat across from Bobby on the couch suddenly the back door flew open letting in a flurry of snow and cold air. Bobby bolted from the couch and stood to the side of the door. When the intruder walked by he grabbed him around the neck and pulled him down into a head lock.
"Oww… Fuck Bobby let me go"
"You little fairy…" Bobby let Jack stand up and rub his neck "What the hell are you doing here, and what the hell is with the guitar!"
Jack picked the instrument up and walked into the living room he looked at Michelle and held the guitar out for her to see "I had an idea… I heard her humming a song when I walked in; well it took me a while but I finally remembered the tune, it's the one I wrote her when we were kids. So maybe if I play it she'll realize I'm alive."
Michelle sat up and pulled a pillow into her lap. "Jack… I'm just not sure" Jack's mood fell a little and Michelle felt that he really wanted to help. "But I'm open to try anything, look play what you want but don't go into her room. If she comes out don't scare her, just go with whatever she comes up with ok"
Jack nodded at her then ran up the stairs and plated himself next to Rachel's door. Bobby went back to the couch and sat next to Michelle.
"Do you think it will really work?"
"I have no idea anymore what could help her."
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