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A/N: Ah, I just keep slapping the sad on ya, so very sorry. This chapter and the next chapter will be pretty sad. Bear with me please, and please bear with Parker. Hah, just a warning that it might rile up some feelings. Anyway, on to the chapter. Ah you reviewers for this story, I love you all. Thanks so much, and please keep those lovely reviews coming.
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"Parker," Guy said, following Parker, who sat on the couch, as Jess and Cooper went into the bedroom to sleep. "You okay?"
Parker gave a laugh, "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Okay, bad question," Guy said, sitting next to her, holding her hand. "But it'll be okay. We're all here, the Ducks, the team, Jess's family will be here, too."
Parker looked at Guy, eyebrows furrowed, "This is Jess. Jess, Guy. I can't live without Jess. I can, but I haven't. I don't know how life without Jess is. I need him."
"But he's doing it for the –"
"For the family, I know," Parker said, sighing. "That's why I can't be selfish about it. Jess has to go, and it's fine. I can deal. It's just… it's Jess." Parker lay down her knees scrunched up, forming her into a ball, leaving no room for Guy to sleep next to her. "We can talk about this later; I just want to sleep this off right now."
Guy looked down, a frown on his face, "Okay." He grabbed the blanket from the recliner chair, and put it over both of them. "Goodnight Parker." Guy kept his eyes open, waiting for Parker to say it back, but closed his eyes when he realized that she wouldn't be saying a word.
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All the boys stood in the kitchen drinking orange juice or coffee, and taking bites in their array of different breakfast foods. They were in the same silence that they were stuck in most of the day previous with only their chewing and gulping heard. That and Parker's breathing on the couch. They all looked at either the couch or the bedroom door, that was left open, with Cooper to be watched from the kitchen.
Portman gulped the last drops of his orange juice, 'How'd Parker take it yesterday?"
Jess took a bite out of his bagel, "She didn't talk to me the whole way back. All she said when I said sorry was, "it's okay jess, your family needs you." The boys all looked down. They hated it when either of the girls were upset, not to mention both of them at the same time. "Did she talk to you?" Jess asked Guy, who seemed to be the most upset out of all the boys.
Guy shook his head, "She didn't really. She didn't even say goodnight back. She was like ice."
Jess nodded, "That's what she does when someone leaves. She freezes up."
Max sighed, "Cooper cried until she went to sleep."
Jess groaned, "Maybe I can take them with me." Guy and Max looked up, staring at him, questioning if he was serious. "Just a joke, geez."
"Good," Guy said, taking a look if Parker was awake. "Why didn't Parker cry?"
Jess looked at Greenberg, who looked at Maxwell. Maxwell answered, 'Parker doesn't cry." The ducks all looked up at him, confused. "She does, but there's only been three people who have seen her cry. Well, two technically because when Parker cries to Cooper it's in the dark, where she can't see her. It's only been mama and Jess that have seen her cry. No one else. She's ice in situations where she may have to cry. Ice."
"That sucks," Guy said, frowning.
Greenberg tilted his cup towards Guy, "Don't let her let you go. She'll push you away."
Guy nodded, but wasn't quite listening. The boys all stood up straight, seeing Cooper crawl out of bed, rub her eyes, and walk into the kitchen.
"What's wrong?" She asked, and thought on what happened the night before. "Oh, God." She mumbled, turning around, and closing the door behind her.
Max stuck out his hand to Jess, and quickly said, "Bagel me." Jess grabbed a bagel, cream cheese, and a knife. Once Max had it in his hands, he ran to the bedroom to go comfort Cooper, and give her breakfast.
Fulton shook his head, "This sucks."
Portman nodded, "It really does man."
"When do you have to leave us?" Luis asked, looking up at Jess, who bit his bottom lip, afraid to say it. "Really soon?"
Jess gave a nod, "Yeah. Uh... this weekend."
The boys jaws dropped, and Parker stood up, rubbing her eyes, but was still able to stare at Jess, "This weekend?" She asked, grabbing the blanket, and wrapping it around her. "I thought your mom said next weekend?"
Jess tried to avoid eye contact with her, "Yeah, but I want to get settled there."
Parker shook her head, "Okay."
Jess looked up at Parker, whose head hung low, "Parker-"
"Bagel please," Parker said, holding her hand out to Jess, cutting him off, and not looking up at him.
"Morning," Guy said, kissing her cheek, while Parker just took her bagel and mumbled a good morning back. Guy sighed, and the ducks just gave him sympathetic smiles.
This was going to change everything.
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"Hey," Guy said, stepping into the bedroom, where he and Parker were the only ones without work or a class. "Where you going?" Guy asked, seeing Parker grab her iPod, and cell phone, stuffing it into her back pockets.
Parker shrugged, "Just walking around."
"You want company?" Guy asked, hopeful that she wouldn't shut him out even more.
Parker shook her head, "I kinda want to go at it alone, to think and stuff." She almost made her way past him, until he held on to her arm. "I'm fine."
With that Guy let her go, and basically whispered, "Just call me later."
Parker nodded, opening the door, locking it, and closing it behind her.