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| After thinking things through, Evie finally got up off of her bed. She knew that Rick and Alex would want to know what was going on. So she headed straight for the stairs to go down to the kitchen where they were supposed to be to tell them. She turned down the hallway and around the corner to where the staircase was. When she got around the corner she paused for a moment. Then continued, only to be intercepted by a pair of frantic flapping wings. Jean ([email protected]) December 22, 2001 "Rick!" she cried, hoping to get someone�s attention. After the bird flew off, Evie grumbled into Alex room, who was still trying to find the bird. "Alex, did you bring an animal into the house again?" "No." he hid his hand behind his back, hoping not to show the food for his new found "pet". "Alex, help me find it please." she mumbled, taking him by the back of the shirt and out of the room into the hallway where Rick was walking up the steps. "What happened?" he asked, looking for any walking dead things after hearing her scream. Alex sighed, stepping up to look at his father. "I brought a bird into the house, I thought that it was injured because it let me hold it, but I guess it wasn't. Now it's loose in the house." he looked at the ground in front of him, hoping his dad wouldn't be too mad. Tara ([email protected]) December 30, 2001 Rick looked at Alex feeling bad for him. He sighed, not wanting to punish Alex for breaking a well-known rule. "It's alright." He said lifting up Alex's chin to look at him. "Just don't do it again got it?" He said seriously, then brought out a smile. "Sure thing Dad." Said Alex, relived that he wasn't going to be punished. Evie saw how Rick handled things and loosened her grip on Alex. "Well let�s go find the little thing before it makes a mess of things." But it was too late, they all heard the sound of glass breaking not far from where they were. "Oh now what?" She said following where the crash had come from. Shell ([email protected]) December 30, 2001 In the small Parlor, Alex's new friend had been perched comfortable on the couch minding its own business when Cleo, the families� cat had taken notice. Stealthily she had moved up to the couch, her tail wagging, and just as she was about to jump the bird took to flight. Cleo chased after it jumping up on one of the book cases, knocking off several of the books, and a vase that had belonged to Evelyn's mother. "Cleo no," Alex yelled running over to her. Not wanting to be caught, she ran from him and hid under the couch. The bird, in the mean time, had flown into the dining room and was perched on top of the Chandelier. "Evie get my gun," Rick said in a light tone. For that comment both Alex and Evelyn glared at him. "What I was just kidding," he defended. ***** In his car, Jonathan and Bonnie were having a nice chat, though she was bent on talking about the time she had stolen Evelyn's date for the dance in high school, and was trying to defend herself. "Honestly Jonathan I love you, but I'm so worried that Evelyn won't accept me because of Albert," she said resting her head against his shoulder. "Don't you worry my little buttercup. My sister probably has forgotten all about that time," Jonathan said, though he knew she had not and had no idea how this trip was going to turn out. Heidi Rittner ([email protected]) December 30, 2001 Jonathan sat there pondering what Bonnie had been chattering away about. He could barely recall that bit of drama between Evie, Bonnie, and Albert. �I know that Evie had gotten over that Albert fellow right off; barely spoke of it, actually. After all, she had only just met him.� Jonathan looked over at Bonnie, who had her eyebrows drawn together and he could tell she wasn�t sure what else Evie could be upset at her about. �However, my buttercup, I don�t think she�s ever gotten over what happened after high school with that Bert Jennings fellow.� �Ah, yes!� Bonnie said with a wide mischievous grin and evil look that flickered over her face. Bonnie smiled sweetly and mentally reprimanded herself for almost blowing her cover. �Yes, I remember what happened.� Bonnie said in a more serious and somewhat sad tone. �The whole thing was Bert�s doing. He came to me and said that he�d only been dating Evie to get to meet me and that he�d already told Evie how he felt and he said she was fine with us dating.� �But Bert had been courting Evie for almost a year and they were engaged to be married�� Jonathan got distracted from his thoughts as Bonnie leaned over and started kissing his neck. �Let�s not talk about the past, my dear.� Bonnie said in a husky voice. She was glad that Jonathan was a bit of a simpleton and very gullible. It was going to make her scheme a lot easier. �So, tell me about Evie�s family, especially this legionnaire husband of hers and how they met and came to their good fortune.� Jonathan started from the beginning, telling everything from the time he stole the key from Rick�s pocket at the bar, to the phone conversation he had with Evie the day before. |