Chapter Four

It's Happening Again

It's the evening time at the Loomis home. Hank and Laura Loomis have come by to help Sidney and Billy with the boys. Sidney and Laura made dinner while Hank and Billy sat back watching television with William and Scott in their playpen. The four sit down to dinner. William and Scott are to be fed by Hank and Laura. Sidney made four plates of food and two smaller bowls of baby food for the boys. Everyone is eating their dinner. Both William and Scott are attempting to eat on their own.

"So what's going on with you two?" Laura asks. No one says anything. Hank finds this odd. Sidney looks away digging into her food. "What's the matter?" Neither responds. Billy looks over at Sidney.

"Come on you two, what's up?" Hank asks.

"It's happening again." Sidney says without looking at them. Billy rubs her shoulders.

"What?" Laura asked.

"You didn't here the news this morning?" Billy asked.

"Oh. You're referring to Cotton's murder." Hank said to them.

"We heard about it." Laura said.

"They didn't say Cotton's death had anything to do with us." Billy said.

"They mentioned my mother on the news. It is related to us. To me!" Sidney said.

"Sid, I agree with Billy. Honey, Cotton was a trashy talk show host. He probably pissed off the wrong people." Laura said.

"None of this would've happened if she hadn't... if she hadn't... Why'd she have so many secrets, Laura?" Sidney asked about her mother. Laura couldn't answer her. Billy continued to rub her shoulders. "I mean if she hadn't been such a slut, she'd still be alive and no one would've had to die. My father would still be alive, Gale's camera man, Casey Becker, Steven Orth, Principal Himbry, Maureen Evans, Phil Stevens, Neil Preston, Paul Himbry…" Sidney said taking a deep breathe.

"Now Cotton and his girlfriend Christine." Billy adds.

"Too many people died for her mistake. It didn't have to happen this way." Sidney said.

"You are absolutely right. Your mother's mistake cost a lot of people their lives. But just because she made mistakes doesn't mean that she, your father or the other victims deserved to die." Laura said.

"Try telling that to Randy, Stu, Mrs. Meeks and Derek. They gave very convincing reasons for doing what they did." Billy said.

"Revenge. Look what happened to them?" Hank said attempting to clean William's messy little face up from the food.

"Revenge never solves anything." Laura said then looking at Scott make a mess of his face. "Scottie, look your face!" Laura said then using a napkin to wipe Scott's face. Scott fought with his grandma a little but ultimately allowed Laura to clean him up. Billy stood up from the table and got milk from the fridge. He poured it into two bottles and handed them both to William and Scott who took it eagerly and began to suck it down. Well Scott does anyway.

"I think it's time you both moved back home to Woodsboro with the children." Hank said to them.

"That's not a great idea dad." Billy said cleaning off Scott and William's high chairs while removing their bowls.

"Why not? It sounds to me that the two of you would be safer moving back to Woodsboro. We'd move back there as well. We'd help you two. Kate still lives in Woodsboro with Jill." Laura said. Sidney thought about it a moment. "You wouldn't be alone."

"Mom!" Billy scolded.

"I don't like the fact that you two are in hiding. It's not a way to live your lives, especially with children in the picture. You two are living your lives as if you don't exist." Laura said to them. Sidney smiles.

"That's the whole idea. Psychos can't kill what they can't find." Sidney said. Billy shook his head.

After drinking their bottles, both William and Scott both fell asleep in their playpen. Sidney and Laura took them up to their room to sleep. Billy and Hank decided to clean the kitchen and the dishes. Both father and son decide it's time to talk alone.

"So." Hank said wiping the dishes dry as Billy washes them.

"So." Billy responds.

"How are you two doing?" Hank asked. He hadn't seen his son and daughter in law not to mention his grandsons in quite a while. He wanted to know if they were ok.

"We're fine dad." Billy said not looking at his father.

"How's work?" Hank asks.

"Work is fine." Billy responds.

"What about Sid and her job?' Hank asks.

"She's fine." Billy says. "Why are you asking dad?"

"It's just that you're mom and I worry for you, Sid and the boys." Hank said. "You four are living out here by yourselves. No other neighbors in sight."

"Dad, we're fine." Billy said. He stopped doing the dishes. He thought about his wife's earlier comments. He turned to face father. "I'm fine, the boys are fine. I don't know about Sidney." Billy said as he went back to finishing the last four dishes. Hank watched his son waiting for him to finish. "The boys and I are fine. I'm worried about Sidney."

"What do you mean?" Hank asked.

"Well, after we got married, things were fine. She seemed fine. The boys were born and she's a mom. A great mother. She takes care of the home and the boys while I work. She works from home, but lately she's been on edge. Maybe it's being alone with the children, in the house that's got her….I don't know." Billy said. Hank looked on.

"Sidney's going through a lot. So are you. Not to mention Tatum and Mickey." Hank said.

"Yeah, but Sid's always been the strong one and Tatum well Tatum will always be Tatum, Mickey's apart of this by association. I don't know about Sidney. She always says she's fine."

"What do you think?" Hank asked.

"I don't think she's fine. I think deep down, Sidney is hurting more than she's letting on. She'll only cry on the anniversary of her father's murder. She won't on the anniversary of her mother's death. Is that weird?" Billy asked.

"No not really. Sidney grieves for her parents in her own way." Hank told his son.

"Then how come I don't grieve?" Billy asked.

"Because you didn't lose anything." Hank said as Billy looked away. "What you and Sidney have is pure love. You support her no matter what. She and the boys including your mother and me are important to you. You care Tatum and Mickey as well but Sidney and the boys are far more important to you. Losing one of them would devastate you." Hank said to him.

"I understand what you're saying dad. I just worry about her. I wish that she'd at least talk about it." Billy told him.

"She's not ready yet. When she is, you'll be the first to know." Hank said tapping Billy on the shoulder. Hank finished the rest of the dishes leaving Billy to his thoughts.

"Dad, promise me something." Billy said to him.

"Anything." Hank said.

"If there is another killer targeting Sidney and me, promise me…" Billy said cut of by his father.

"I know where you going with this and I don't want to think about that." Hank said.

"Dad listen, if anything should happen to me or Sidney or both of us, you gotta promise me that you and mom will step in take care of the boys." Billy asked him.

"Billy…." Hank said to him.

"Dad, please. Promise me." Billy asked. Hank stared at his son. He knew Billy wasn't kidding. He also knew that Billy was no fool. Cotton's death wasn't a coincidence. It was a message to him, Sidney, Tatum, Gale, Dewey and Mickey to watch their backs. Someone is after them. Hank didn't want to think about the possibility of losing his son but what choice did he have? There's always a possibility that they will die. He just hoped his son didn't go before him.

"I promise. It won't happen." Hank said.

"Thanks dad." He nodded.

Sidney is preparing the guest room for Hank and Laura to sleep in. She couldn't stop thinking about Cotton's murder. Could his death have been a coincidence? No she knew better. Her gut feeling told her that there was another killer out there targeting her, her husband and her friends. This definitely wasn't a coincidence. Laura stood at the doorway watching her. She was concerned for her daughter in law. She wondered how Sidney was doing emotionally. Physically, Sid was fine but she really didn't express much emotion after the murders occurred and she, her husband and her friends survived again. Since then, Sid has just been going through the motions.

"Hey." Laura said smiling. Sid looked up smiling at her. "Thanks for letting us stay the night."

"You and Hank are welcomed anytime." Sidney said smiling as she placed a blanket onto the bed.

"Sidney hon are you alright?" Laura asked.

"I'm fine." Sidney said to her.

"Everything ok between you and Billy?" Laura asked.

"Of course. Billy and I are fine. Couldn't be happier." Sidney responds.

"So, what's got you so down?" Laura asked.

"Sometimes when we miss someone, we grieve differently. I know you miss your parents." Laura said as Sidney looked away. "How are you really doing?"

"I'm ok." Sidney said. She sighed heavily. "I was ok until Cotton was murdered."

Laura watched her. Both women sat on the bed. "His death only brings back bad memories. I keep thinking that Billy and I will ok and we'll be able to move on with our lives. This happens. I'm sure Tatum and Mickey know about Cotton's murder by now."

"Maybe what you need is to see a therapist." Laura said Sidney chuckled a bit. She knew her mother in law met well but she didn't need counseling. What she needed was peace of mind.

"I don't need counseling. What I need is for peace from all the psychos who are trying to kill me, my family and friends. I need for to make sure my husband and my children are safe." Sidney said as Laura looked on. "They're safety means the world to me."

"You're safety matters to us as well." Laura said. Sidney smiled and leaned on her shoulder.

"I just don't want to keep running anymore and I'm tired of it. I want to be able to live my life with my husband, raise our children together, and by with our family without some psycho freak trying to kill us." Sidney said.

"I feel so guilty." Sidney said.

"Why? You've done nothing wrong." Laura said.

"I feel like it's my fault because of my mother's indiscretions so many people lost their lives." Sidney said shaking her head. "Even my own father died because of her."

"Your mother's indiscretions had nothing to do with you. What happened wasn't your fault at all. Stop blaming yourself."

"You said you assumed Tatum and Mickey know about Cotton's murder, have you spoken to them?" Laura asked.

"No but she texted me. She and Mickey are coming to town." Sidney said knowing Tatum. Tatum hadn't told her that in her message but Sidney knew that Tatum would risk her safety as well as Mickey's to make sure she, Billy and the boys were ok. Not to mention her own brother.

"Well, I know Tatum I suspect you're right about her coming to town." Laura said.

"When does this end?" Sidney asked. Laura didn't know how to answer that. For all she knew was that this could go on for ever and Sid and Billy would never have peace. What will William and Scott do when they learn of this? Would they fall victim of Ghost Face? Over her dead body.

After putting away the dishes and the babies' high chairs, a tired Sidney went over to the couch. She saw her husband Billy lying comfortably on the sofa. She makes herself comfortable on top of him. Billy instinctively places his arm around Sidney's lower back. She closed her eyes hoping to at the very least get some sleep.

A woman is seen walking through Sid's yard. Sidney wakes up and sees the woman is the window. It is her mother. Sidney sits up.

"Sid...come here...Mother needs to talk to you...Everything you touch, Sid, dies. You're poison…you're just like me...you're just like me..." She lowers herself to the ground leaving bloody streaks on the window. "What have they done to me? They'll do it to you... they'll do it to you..." Maureen's ghost says.

"Mom?" Sidney said crying.

Ghostface pops up and smashes through the window. Sid jumps on the couch causing Billy to jump. She wakes up. It was only a dream.

"Baby, you ok?" Billy asked holding her.

"Yes. I just had a bad dream." Sidney said to him. Billy watched her a moment. He could see the exhausted look on her face. She noticed the worried loon on his face and put on a fake smile. "I'm ok honey." She said to him.

"Come here." Billy said pulling Sidney into his arms. Both laid back on the couch. Billy pulled the blanket over them as they both drifted off to sleep again.

To Be Continued!