: : Summary : : This story does not follow the line of the movies so don�t thwap me for it. It takes place a few years after the first movie. Alex is in this, and he has a sister named Christina Omorose-which is Beautiful in Egyptian. This is not a story, that has a happy ending so to speak, but sometimes you write what you feel.
A week passed, and no one knew how, but Christina was fighting to stay alive, and had beat the odds of what the doctors had given her. She was home now in her own bed, still unable to eat anything solid, so they had a feeding tube in her to give her nourishment. She slept most of the time now, and a nurse was staying with them to give her injections of antibiotic, as well as to monitor her vital signs
Downstairs Alex sat in the parlor, by himself, holding her baby in his arms. He was mad, and had not talked to anyone since Christina had come home. Uncle John walked in and noticed him sitting there.
�Hey partner, what say you and I go out to the park? We can take your ship and sail it in the lake,� Jonathan tried.
�Can�t,� came his reply. Jonathan came and sat beside him.
�We should.� The little boy sighed, and looked up at his uncle.
�What if she...she leaves while were gone?� Jonathan hugged him close.
�Why don�t we go up and you give her a kiss goodbye.� Alex nodded and took his uncle�s hand and they went upstairs, and into the room where Dad was rocking her.
�We decided to go to the park,� Jonathan informed. Rick looked at his son, and nodded. He felt bad, because both he and Evie had been so caught up with Christina, neither of them had paid much attention to him.
�Will you sit with her, and I�ll go with him?� Jonathan nodded, and when Rick laid his baby in her uncles arms, Christina just sighed.
�Evie is asleep if you need her..� Jonathan nodded, and Rick took his son�s hand and they left for the park
Outside it was a warm summer day. The park was full of happy people running and playing, and only two people, a small boy, and his father walked along the sidewalk not seeing the happiness. Rick stopped and got them a bag of peanuts, then they sat by the lake.
�Why would god take her away when she wants to stay with us?� Alex asked his father. Rick sighed. He was having a real hard with that one himself, but he knew Alex needed an answer.
�I don�t know son. Everyone is born and put on this earth for a purpose, no matter how long or short their life is. I know its not going to be easy on any of us when she goes, but we will always have our memories of her.� Alex started to cry.
�I don�t want memories of her, I want my sister.� Rick just held him. Holding back his own tears. Once Alex had calmed down they fed the ducks, and for a while Alex actually had a smile on his face.
When they arrived home they heard Christina screaming. Rick left at a dead run up the stairs finding Evelyn in Jonathan�s arms and the door shut.
�Whats happening?� Evelyn came into his arms then.
�Her feeding tube isn�t working, their trying to find another way,� she sobbed. Alex came, and Jonathan knelt down and held him.
�We need to help her, their hurting her let go of me.� It was Evelyn turn to be strong. She knelt down and pulled Alex into her arms.
�I want her better Mum, want her better.� Evelyn rocked him as he cried.
�Me too baby.� In a moment things quieted, then Doctor Brown came out, the look in his eyes told them it was not good.
�Can you go downstairs with Uncle John for a little bit?� Evelyn asked her son. He nodded and when the two of them were gone, the doctor spoke
�We were not able to insert the tube back into her. Her system is shutting down. I can give her a shot for the pain, which will make her sleep, or you can keep her awake. Rick held Evie in his arms.
�We want you to give her a shot, but we want to see her before you do. Will you send up my son, and Jonathan?� Rick asked. Dr. Brown nodded, and left, and Rick led Evie into their baby�s room. Christina was being held by the nurse, whimpering.
�Here�s your mum and dad.� She handed her to Evelyn, who settled in the rocking chair with her. She opened her hazel eyes looking up into her mum�s matching eyes.
�Hurts,� she said barely audible.
�I know it does, but when you go to sleep, all the hurt will go away, and you will be in a beautiful place.� She looked at her daddy.
�I get have ings?� Rick knelt down.
�I think so,� he said kissing her soft dark hair. Alex and Jonathan came in. She saw her brother, and held out her baby.
�For you Alex.� He didn�t stop himself from crying taking her favorite doll into his arms. Christina closed her eyes and took her last breath safe in the arms of her mother, and in the arms of god.
The first week that passed was the most difficult. Megan, Alex�s best friend came back from her trip to the beach with her father, and he basically moved in with her, not wanting to live in the big house without his sister. She made him laugh, and forget, and today they were playing in her room like they always did trying to find a way to fly like Peter Pan
�If we jump out of the loft I bet we could fly,� Megan said to him. He grinned, loving the way she though, just like him. They raced out of her room, and heard voices, among them was his fathers voice.
�Hide me fast,� Megan took him upstairs into the attic, and hid him in an old steamer trunk shutting it, then went back to her room and got out her soldiers, well the one�s Alex had brought with him. In a moment someone knocked on the door, then Nanny came in with Mr. O�Connell.
�Megan, where is Alex?� Nanny asked.
�He ran away,� she said not looking up at either adult. Rick came and knelt down beside her.
�I know he�s been very sad, and I�m glad you were here to take care of him for us, but he needs to come home.� Megan looked up at him.
�But he doesn�t want to go,� she said softly. Rick couldn�t blame him. The house was empty without Christina, but life had to go on.
�I know he doesn�t, but you need to tell me where he went.� She sighed and led him up to the Attic. Alex was sitting on the steamer trunk, and she left them alone. Rick came over and sat next to him.
�Can�t I just stay here?� Rick hugged him.
�No, because your family loves you, and we need you home with us,� Rick said. Alex looked into his fathers eyes.
�But its going to hurt to go back there.� Rick kissed him and lifted him into his arms carrying him downstairs where Nanny had his bags waiting. After thanking them, they got into the car and drove to the house. When Alex walked in he half expected to see Christina run in and grab hold of their fathers leg, like she had always done, but it didn�t happen. She was gone now, and there was no way to bring her back. It was his mum who greeted him, and he went willingly into her arms.
�We made your favorite tonight, pork chops and sauerkraut,� Evelyn said trying to make him feel better, about being home. He sighed.
�I�m tired.� He left them standing, and went up to his own room. His bed was made up with his bear waiting for him, and Sasha. Alex sighed and went over to his bed and picked the little doll up, not understanding why Christina had given it to him. He sat on the floor and held her out touching the dolls porcelain face, remembering when Christina had gotten her. It had been a day of shopping, and she had begged for it endlessly, until their dad finally got it, much to mum�s dismay. Mum never liked to give into Christina�s begging, but dad had always had a soft spot for her, so Sasha became a member of the family that day.
�I bet you miss her huh?� he asked the doll. He didn�t feel stupid talking to it, in some respects it was like having her here with him. The doll of coarse couldn�t talk back to him, and he wished that it could. He held it close inhaling, and smelled his sister�s sweet baby smell still on her. He hugged her close and rocked her.
Later that night as Rick and Evelyn lay in bed, she rolled over and lifted up.
�I�ve been thinking that we may need to get away from here for a while. I�ll have Marie take down the crib and put Christina�s toys in the attic while we are gone. We can take Alex and Megan to the beach for a while, I think it would do us all a world of good.� Rick kissed her gently on the lips.
�I think you have a point.� Before he could say more their door cracked open.
�Mum, Dad, may I sleep with you tonight?� Alex asked coming to his dads side of the bed. Rick lifted Alex in, and settled him in between he and Evelyn.
�We were just talking about taking you to the beach,� Evelyn told him.
�Really? Can Megan come, and Uncle John too?� They both chuckled, and Evelyn hugged Alex close to her protective now that he was her only baby. Sleep stole over them, and for once a peaceful sleep. Christina had only been a part of them for two short years, but in that time she had filled their lives with such joy. None of them would ever forget her sweet smile, nor they way she looked so much like her mother. As the years would pass, the pain of her loss would subside, and the Memories would be ones of sweet innocents in their hearts.
THE END