Favors and a fun night

"I need a huge favor." Jack looked up.

"What's up kiddo?"

I sat down in the chair in front of his desk. "Mom won't take Cam in; she wants to send him to foster care so that I won't ever see him again."

He nodded with understanding, "And you want me to take him in." I nodded.

He was about to reply when I pleaded my case, "If I lose him I'll go insane. I will owe you for the rest of my life but I can't live without him."

He looked at me, "Zorah where is he going to stay?"

"Here, he can use my room that you had out together for me."

"And if you need to stay somewhere?" he countered.

I raised an eyebrow, "I have been sleeping in the same bed with him for over a year and it was the only time I ever felt safe. I think we could handle it if I needed a safe house for a while."

Jack sighed, "Fine bring him in and we'll talk." I nodded and lifted one of my crutches. I hit the door and saw Cam's face in the door. I motioned for him to come in and he did.

"You feeling better now?" he asked and he sat down beside me.

I nodded, "Actually, Jack wanted to ask you something."

Jack rolled his eyes, "Cam, how would you feel about staying here instead of going into foster care? You could stay in the room that I had put together for Zorah; you could work with her every day, make sure she's safe."

Cam looked over at me, "This was your idea right?" I blushed and he laughed, "I think that would be great, thank you."

Jack nodded, "So, the next complication is how we break it to Cara."

I glared, "We don't; we let her find out on her own. If Cam's staying with you there's not a thing she can do about it." They both nodded and we got up.

We walked out, "Well," Cara asked, "What was being said in there?"

I glared at her, "It's none of your business. It doesn't concern you. Now I think Owen will be happy to drive you home, I have work to do."

She nodded, "Of course, and he can drop off Cameron at the foster care center as well." I nodded and looked at Jack.

He tapped his com on, "Owen, go to the car and get it started, you're driving Cara home and Cam to the foster care center." He tapped it off and walked off towards his office. When he was in he tapped it back on, "Owen drop Cara off first and then come straight back here with Cam." he tapped off and came back out to escort my mom and brother out.

When he came back in he saw my worried face, "Don't worry, I told Owen to drop your mother off and come right back here with Cam." I nodded and went to the front room to work with Tosh.

"Tosh?" she turned from her computer, "Thank you." I gave her a hug.

"You're welcome, but for what?"

I let her go and smiled, "You are the reason I was saved, without you I would have died in that house." I hugged her again.

"I was only doing what I was told."

I looked at her with interest, "Why are you always making excuses to get out being congratulated or thanked?"

She looked at me confused, "What?"

"Whenever anyone says that you did a good job or thanks you for doing something you always say something to get the thanks on someone else, it's like you're afraid of praise."

She looked down, "I just…I never really enjoyed the spotlight. I was always the insignificant girl at the back that got blamed for things going wrong and got the spotlight taken from me when I did something right. I never minded it though, I got through my studies, landed a good job, and then I came here." She smiled, "Jack said he looked at me and saw potential. He asked me what I was good at and I told him computers, he gave me a job hands down."

I laughed, "Sounds like him. I think that hiring you was the best thing he ever did."

She blushed, "Thank you." We hugged and sat talking for another half hour until Owen came back in with Cam.

He came over and hugged me. "Sorry it took so long, your mom wanted to watch me walk into the foster care center before going home but Owen eventually got her out of the car."

I laughed, "Yup that sounds like my mother."

He put an arm around my shoulder, "You want to go to the park or something?"

I shook my head, "No I have to work; Tosh and I were just talking about how we still have to work on something."

"No, no," Tosh said, "It's a simple job, you go have fun."

Cam smirked at me, I sighed, "Even if I was allowed how would we get there?"

He smiled as Owen came in the room, "You need to relax. I'll drive you."

I sighed, "You two are impossible. Fine let's go." I grabbed my crutched as we made our way to the car. We got to the Park and I was sitting on the swings with Cam standing behind me.

"Cam?" I asked.

"Yes Zorah?"

I sighed, "Mike is still out there."

He smiled and sat down on the swing beside me, "Nope, I called the police and he was still unconscious when they found him."

I looked at him confused, "Wouldn't I have to have given them a statement?"

He shook his head, "I gave the statement so you didn't have to."

I smiled, "Thanks."

He smiled back, "Anytime sis. Do you want to go lay in the grass for a bit? You look tired."

I shrugged, "I'm back to my old self but I'm still in a bit of a shock. Let's go." He helped me up and we walked over to the patch of grass. He lay in the grass and I rested my head on his chest as he rubbed my back. "Is this really the end of it?" I looked up at his face, "Is dad ever going to come back?"

He shrugged, "He's in jail, he can't hurt us now." I smiled and clung to his shirt. "Why do you ask?"

I shrugged, "I just don't want anything to tear us apart. I've always wanted a big brother and now I have one. You were there for me when I needed you. I am so happy Jack agreed to let you stay."

He chuckled. "Maybe I might learn something, being there. It seems almost like a dream. When you were sleeping Jack showed me around and showed me the weevil. It scared the hell out of me."

I laughed, "Same, and you might not learn anything. Jack isn't much of a teacher; all he taught me was how to pick a lock with a bobby pin, a wire and a small explosive."

He smirked and sat up, I stayed laying on the grass, "Well there is something I learned from Jack."

I looked up suspicious, "And that is?"

He smiled evilly, "Something about you that you never mentioned to me back at the house." He put his hands on my sides.

My eyes went wide, "Cam don't you dare!" He wiggled his fingers and I started to giggle. "Cameron stop!" He dug his fingers in and I screamed, "No!"

"Why didn't you tell me you were ticklish Zorah? It might have helped cheer you up all those times, were you trying to make things harder huh?" I couldn't talk all I could do was laugh. "Are you going to answer me or am I just going to have to keep tickling you?"

"Cam…can't…breathe!" he stopped and I caught my breath. "I didn't tell you because I knew this would happen, and I wasn't trying to make things harder."

He smiled and lay back down. "I know, I just wanted an excuse to tickle you." I sighed and rolled my eyes.

At the end of the night I decided to spend the night. Cam and I went to bed and fell right to sleep, unaware that someone had watched us the entire time we were at the park, and followed us back here.