Author's Note: Here is the next chapter for my story. Tom finds out some interesting news from Rachel and he doesn't know how to handle it. Jacob remembers what happened the day he died. Please review.
"Thank you so much." Marty took the manager of the burger shop he had got a job at. "No problem. We don't have many new people come around here anyway." The manager replied. Marty just smiled, "So when do I start?" The manager shrugged, "Tomorrow maybe. 8am-4pm. Lunch break at noon to 1." Marty smiled, "Perfect thanks." Marty walked out of the building and noticed Jacob. "Hey, Jacob."
"Marty!" Jacob said happily and fist bumped Marty. Lucille looked at Marty worriedly, "Hello, Marty." she said quietly. Marty smiled at her, "Hi, Mrs. Langston. I am sorry about yesterday." Lucille shook her head, "No, it is okay. I understand completely. You were upset." Marty nodded, "Yes, but I am very happy to help you figure out who this man is." Lucille smiled, "Oh, thank you. Thank you. Would you like to come to lunch with us?" Marty shook his head, "Can I get a rain check on that? I have a government friend who may be snooping around here and who knows what she will do if she found out about you two."
Lucille nodded, "Uh...Okay. That's alright. Well you better be on your way." Marty nodded and started to walk away. "Wait...wait...if you come across a woman named Rachel Braidwood, could you tell me?" Marty looked a little unsure, but he nodded anyway, "Of course. Of course. Have a nice lunch." Jacob smiled, "That was awkward." Lucille laughed, "Yes, it was. Now let's go eat. I am starving." Jacob nodded in agreement and they walked in the burger shop.
Janine came out of the bathroom, "Negative again!" She looked outraged. "It's okay. It's okay." Tom comforted her. She started to cry, "No, it is not okay." Tom said, "Remember what the doctor said?" Janine nodded, "Yes. I just hoped it wasn't true." Tom nodded, "I know. I know. But maybe we can adopt if you want a baby so much." Janine nodded in his arms, "Okay." She sat up and stared at the ceiling. Tom got up from bed, "You want me to make you something to eat."
She just nodded and Tom headed into the kitchen. He got some leftover lasagna from the fridge and popped it in the microwave. Tom sighed as he thought about Rachel who had returned just like Jacob and Mrs. Langston. Why was this happening to him all of the sudden? He went into the fridge and got some juice out. He poured the juice into a cup as Janine came in. "Thanks, Honey." She hugged him and he smiled giving her the cup of juice.
"No problem, Janine." the microwave beeped and Tom went got her food out.
"There you go." he said handing it to her with a fork. "Tom, are you okay?" Tom blinked twice, "What do you mean?" Janine sighed as she sat down at the counter. "You were gone all day yesterday. And you seem to be lost today." Tom nodded, "I know and I am sorry. I was helping someone." Janine leaned closer to him, "Who?" Tom thought for a moment, but Janine didn't give him enough time to make up an excuse. "Are you cheating on me?"
Tom was stunned, "No. No. I would never..." Janine leaned back, "Then why the weird behavior. I want the truth." Tom sighed, "Janine. I have been keeping something from you." Janine clapped her hands together looking upset, "I knew it!" Tom shook his head, "No, it is nothing like that. It's an old girlfriend." Janine nodded, "Kelly?" Tom shook his head again, "No, not her. One I haven't old you about. Her name is Rachel." Janine stood up, "There is no secrets between us. I told you about every boyfriend I have ever had."
Tom nodded, "I know. But about twelve years ago she drove her car off a bridge." Janine shook her head, "That is no excuse. You should have told me." Tom continued on like she hadn't say anything, "Yesterday was the anniversary of her death." She gasped, "Is that why you didn't come home?" Tom nodded, "I couldn't." Janine closed her eyes for a moment, "Okay." Tom looked at her and waited for her to say something else. "Okay." she repeated then she fell to the ground. "Janine!" Tom yelled as he ran over to her. She looked up at him, "I am fine. Anything else you keeping from me?" She got up and studied him.
"Um... yeah. My best friend, Jacob and his mother have returned from the dead. So has um... Rachel." Janine laughed, "Now you are just playing a joke on me." She walked out of the room and went back into her bedroom. Tom sighed and sat down at the counter. His phone began to ring and he picked up, "Hello?" he asked.
"Hey, Tom."
"Rachel?"
"Sorry about earlier."
"Why are you calling me?"
"I just wanted to say if I had known I would have never..."
"Known what?"
"Tom, I am pregnant." Tom gasped and hung up the phone quickly so shocked that he didn't notice Janine staring at him.
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"Dad, will you just speak to me?" Maggie asked her father as he drank the coffee she had brought him. "It's nothing, Maggie. Just work. Don't you have work, too?" Maggie sighed and sat down. "Dad, ever since those people came over you have seemed different." Fred nodded, "Because of that prank they pulled." Maggie shook her head, "It's not that." Maggie's phone rang. Maggie sighed and picked up. "Hello? Okay. Okay. I will be right there. Bye." Maggie hung up, "We can discuss this later." She grabbed her jacket off of her father's office chair and walked out.
She headed to the doctor's office she worked at. She walked inside and saw people were yelling at a woman. She rushed over, "What is happening here?" A man looked up, "She claims to be a woman who died." Maggie nodded then grabbed the woman by the arm and took her out of the lobby. She took her to a room and locked the door behind her. She smiled at the woman, "Hello, I am Dr. Langston." The woman nodded, "I am Rachel Braidwood." Maggie nodded, "Okay. So what are you here for?"
Rachel sighed, "I am pregnant." Rachel smiled, "Oh, congratulations." Rachel nodded, "Thanks. And the things that man was saying..." Maggie shook her head, "I don't care. You are my patient and I am giving you medicine care." Rachel sighed in relief, "Thank you." Maggie nodded, "Of course. Can I take some blood? I just want to look at something. A" Rachel nodded, "Yes." Maggie nodded, "My nurse will get your blood then you can be on your way. You also schedule an appointment so we can discuss your baby in depth. " Maggie said headed out of the room.
She stopped and turned around, "Oh and if you find anyone else like you tell them they can come and see me. I will be happy to help them." Rachel smiled and nodded. Maggie headed out of the room and the crowd of people from earlier was gone. She sighed in relief and went to look for Rachel's file.
"Mom?" Jacob asked. Lucille smiled, "Yes?" Jacob sat up, "When will Dad be back?" Lucille sighed, "I don't know. That is why we have to do this." They were on a bus on there way to Diana's house. They had got on the bus right after they ate lunch. "But what if Diana won't help?" Lucille shook her head, "It's not about helping, it's about telling your uncle and cousin that we are real." Jacob nodded, "What about the man who wanted us to give him Returns." Lucille smiled, "We will be talking to him later." Jacob nodded and looked out the window, "The world has changed."
Lucille nodded in agreement, "Yes, it has. I feel like everyone grew up without me, expect you of course." She hugged Jacob and he smiled, "Yeah. I was so confused when I first returned." Lucille laughed, "I thought I was dreaming." Jacob laughed with her, "I wish we were, then Dad would be here and everything would be normal or at least normal enough." Lucille put her hand on his shoulder, "I made a promise that your dad would come back and I meant it. I will never break my promise." Jacob nodded, "Okay." He said softly.
Lucille held him close as the bus drove them away from all of the relatives who wouldn't believe that they were are who they said they are. "Pickle. Pickle. Eat one pickle. Pickle. Pickle. Eat one pickle. Eat one pickle..." Jacob started singing. It was a song that him and Mrs. Pickle had made up. Lucille smiled as she pulled him closer and he continued to sing. His singing voice was beautiful.
Lucille smiled as she noticed Jacob had fell asleep. Looking outside the bus she saw the sign that told her they were almost to Diana's house. Jacob suddenly jerked awake, looking like he had a bad dream. "You okay?" Lucille asked him. Jacob shook his head, "Mom, that plane crash wasn't an accident." Lucille looked shocked, "What?"
Jacob sat up, "I remember what happened." The bus stopped and Lucille nodded, "Come on."
She grabbed his hand and they got out of the bus. This wasn't their stop, but Lucille wanted to talk to private with Jacob. They started to walk in a random direction as Jacob told his mom what he remembered, "We were on our way to vacation, I think. I had fell asleep between you and Dad, but I woke up in the middle of the night with another nightmare about the monster Tom had told me about. You and Dad were asleep so I got up to explore, because I couldn't go back to sleep. There was no one wondering around. It was quiet."
"I snuck into to the luggage area, because I remembered something I had in my luggage to make me feel better. There he was. The man. The man who did this all." Jacob's legs almost buckled as he spoke finished. Lucille held him steady, "You don't have to talk about this Jacob." She said putting her hand through his hair. Jacob continued, "He killed me. With a knife. But as I was dying on the ground he told me I would be back." Lucille hugged him close as tears fell down his face.
Author's Note: Been awhile since I updated and I am sorry about that. And for all of you who had requested a Father's Day part 2 I will be working on that. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next one will be longer.