Alex had been sitting in her office all morning, thinking about Aubrey. There was something about this girl but she couldn't put her finger on what that something was. It was Monday and Aubrey was to report to the Hope Center after she got out of school at 2:30pm. Alex was going to head up there at 2:45pm to meet her at 3pm. She looked at her clock. It read 2:15pm. She sighed. This is ridiculous! I'm not getting any work done, she thought. She packed up her things and headed out of her office and down to see her husband, Walker. He would help pass the time until she had to leave.
She entered the Ranger Headquarters and spotted her husband, sitting at his desk, doing paperwork. She walked over to his desk and sat at an empty chair in front of him. "Hi sweetheart. How are you?" she asked. "Hey Alex. Just catching up on paperwork. Having double of it due to Trivette being on his honeymoon," Walker answered as he pointed over to Trivette's empty desk. "Oh that's right. He and Erica get back on Wednesday don't they?" Alex remembered. "Yeah. That's right. Trivette comes back in on Thursday. But I'm sure that's not the reason you are down here. Why are you heading out so early? Walker asked as he put his pen down and sat back in his chair. "You know me too well," She smiled at him. "I'm heading over to the Hope Center. Today is Aubrey's first day and I want to show her around." "Oh that's right. She's the girl you've been talking about all weekend?" Walker cracked at her. "That would be the one. I just have a feeling she needs my help and I have to go on that feeling," Alex explained. "I completely understand Alex. She's lucky to have you wanting to help," Walker replied. "And I think I'm the only one too," Alex answered back sadly as she looked down at her watch. "Alright, I better go now. No telling how long it's going to take me to get to my car. I'll see you at home". She got up and gave her husband a quick kiss and waddled out of the office, off to her car.
Alex finally made it to the Hope Center with 10 minutes to spare. As she got out of her car, her phone rang. She looked at the phone confused. "Hey Syd, I thought you and Gage were at a doctor's appointment?" "Yeah Alex we are. I need a favor. This lady with an appointment before us, just went into labor meaning our appointment is going to run late. Is there any way you can pick up Chris for us and we can get him from your house?" Syd asked panicking. "No problem Syd. Just calm down. Don't want to have that baby right then and there!" Alex laughed at her friend. "I know. Gage keeps telling me to breathe. I just don't want Chris to freak out and think we forgot about him!" Syd answered back sounding relieved. "That's what husbands are for. And I'm sure he'll think it's an adventure, coming home with us. I'm here anyway meeting a new girl who's going to be helping us out for awhile." Alex told her. "Wait. Is she a volunteer or is she doing community service?" Syd curiously asked. "Eh. Depends on how you look at it. Listen I'll talk to you later when you come pick up Chris. Stay calm!" Alex ended the conversation as she made her way up to the front door. Any minute, Aubrey would be showing up and she was determined to find out what this girl was so angry about. And how she could help her.