Sorry that it's been so long since I updated, and thank you for all the reviews. Hope you enjoy this (shorter) chapter.

"And in other news, a fire in the North East of England has killed four and injured twelve. More on that story in just a few min..." Sam switched it off, not liking her almost four year old little girl to see such things.

"Come here Ellie Bear," Sam smiled as she spoke; helping her young daughter into her jacket, ready to go to the nursery.

Finally the small girl was ready, "Dylan!" Sam yelled threw the house boat. "We have to go."

"I'm just com..." Dylan called back, the end of his sentence cut off with an almighty crash.

Sam just looked at Ellie, and raised an eyebrow – the small girl attempting the copy the action. "I'm not cleaning that up." She remarked dryly.

It was an almost relaxing day at work.

For the first half anyway.

"Sam, can I talk to you for a moment." Zoe's face and voice was drawn, and emotionless, a strange sight.

Confused and with a slight furrow in her forehead, Sam followed the slightly older woman to the small office that used to be Nick's and saw a young brunette woman with heaving shoulders sat on one of the chairs.

The woman turned around, and all the blood drained from Sam's face.

"Jenny? Jenny? Please. Jenny?" Sam was almost begging as the eighteen year old stared blankly into space.

"I was at Elise's," she whispered, her eyes not moving from the blank spot on the wall she had been staring at for goodness knows how long. "I should have been at the shop, but I wanted a day off. I should have been there." Her voice trailed off as she resumed her silence.

"Jenny... Please tell me what's going on." She reached out to touch her younger sister's shoulder, but the younger girl flinched, terrified, at the touch.

She turned to her big sister.

"It started at the pizza shop, but it spread in minutes. I could see it all the way from Elise's house. It was so ... yellow. There's no other way to describe it."

Now that she was talking, Sam didn't want to interrupt her, obviously this was important, but she was also in shock, and had to work through the events – whatever they were – at her own speed.

"I ran as fast as I could, I promise. I saw dad carry Emily out, he put her on the ground, but I didn't see mum, and he didn't see me. And he ran back inside again, and neither of them appeared - they're never coming back."

A single tear rolled down Jenny's face as she finally turned to face her sister.

It was Sam's turn to stare blankly, she understood what Jen was saying, but wished she didn't, and just held out her arms, the only slightly smaller girl leaning into her as the tears fell more rapidly down her face.

"What's going to happen to Lemon?" Jen asked after her tears had slowed, using the nickname they both knew Emily hated, but kept using affectionately anyway.

Sam looked at her incredulously, "She'll come and live with me and Dylan. We were looking for a bigger boat anyway. That is, if she wants to."

Jenny nodded, and then spoke herself. "Elise said I could live in her guest room until the end of year thirteen, so I don't have to change schools this late."

Sam smiled, and didn't stop stroking her little sister's hair.

"I have to go back to the hospital." Jenny spoke quickly as she pulled her thin jacket on, "I promised Emily I wouldn't be too long, and it's a five hour drive each way – not to mention the thirty minutes we just spent in there." She jerked her head towards Zoe's office as she spoke. "Are you coming?"

Sam looked up and caught Zoe's eye, who nodded.

"Of course I am," she told Jenny, as she pulled her own jacket on, glancing around.

She wished she could have told Dylan where she was going.

As the brunette woman led Sam outside, Noel almost spoke up but stopped when he looked at Zoe.

Somehow, he didn't think he wanted to know.

"Dylan," she spoke quickly as Jenny drove. "I have to go up North for a day or so. Something's happened to Emily and our parents. Look after Ellie, and don't let her cause too much trouble. I'll be back as soon as I can."

Sam closed the phone and leaned her head back – and for the first time since she found out the news, she started to cry.

Almost five hours and two hundred and fifty miles later, the pair stood outside the large sterile building.

Nothing was going to get done if they just hung around here all day.

Sam moved first.

Sam watched from a slight distance as Jenny woke Emily up – she was only here for observation, and the fact that now their parents were ... were...

It still hurt to see her baby sister in the hospital bed.

Sam closed her eyes as she tightened her grip on the thirteen year old blonde little girl.

She still smelt of smoke.

Thank you for reading, and please review, I'm going to try and get another five for this chapter - it only takes a minute of your time,

Mia