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“Intentional?” I say widening my eyes a little. He couldn’t be serious! He nodded like he was he was. “Intentional no…it was electrical.” I tell him and he doesn’t say anything back… No one did. “You know electrical….elec-tric-ity.” I say wiggling my fingers in the air like little electrical currents when no one acknowledges me.

“You sure?” Bob says picking up the empty box bow-bow came in at frowning at it as he looked it over.

“Yeah.” I kinda laugh nervously. “My mom told me.” I tell Bob and he looked like he was gonna say something about the box but he changed his mind as he glanced over at Gerard… I glanced over too. Gerard was making some kind motion to him, but I couldn’t really tell what it was. When he saw me looking he makes like was just stretching or some shit…

“So uhh your mom told you it was electrical.” Bob repeats back to me and I turn my attention back on to him.

“Yeah.” I say quickly. “What's up?” I ask looking from Bob to Gerard and back to Bob who was now trying to casually put the box behind his back.

“Nothing’s up.” Gerard shrugs and I knew he was lying.

“What’s with the box?” I ask Bob and he shrugged stupidly too.

“The box?” He says like he's never heard of it. Like he's not trying to hide it behind his back for some reason.

“Yeah the box.” I nod towards it and Bob shrugs again. “Is there something else in it?” I ask and Bob shakes his head no. “Let me see.” I say reaching my hand out for it.

“Fuck I said its empty.” Bob laughs as he held it upside down and shook it for effect. “See? Empty.” He says and I frown… Something was up… I just didn’t know what. Bob and Gerard exchanged looks quickly again.

“What the fuc-“I started to say and Ray cut me off.

“How do you know she wasn’t lying?” Ray asks and I frown.

“She wouldn’t lie to me.” I say wrinkling my face at him.

“Elle you were just a kid.” Lia says softly and I shake my head no. “I mean it was a pretty bad fire.” Lia says and I can see her thinking back. “I mean your grandpa practically rebuilt the whole house.” Lia says looking around the room.

“See electrical fires are usually pretty well contained cause of the insulation of the conduits.” Rays says nodding knowingly…I rolled my eyes a little. “See the way it works Elle-“ Ray goes to explain to me. Fuck here we go again! Mr. fucking I know it all is gonna explain shit to me again… Seriously, who the fuck invited Ray here anyway? That’s what I’d like to know!!Ray began to explain something but I cut him off.

“Please don’t.” I say holding my hand up to him a little annoyed. “Ray don’t…” I tell him. “I just can’t fit anything else in my right head now.” I say a little stressed rubbing my forehead a little. Ray gave me a slightly hostile look.

“Why not there's plenty of room in there.” He says and I stick my tongue out at him.

“Ha ha Ray.” I tell him smiling a little and he smiles back. “Sorry we’re not all super geniuses like you.” I say and he laughs.

“Elle I'm just saying if we think logically about this.” Ray says and I sigh… I didn’t want to think logically. Logically thinking means giving Gerard the bear to examine… And that was a certain death sentence for bow-bow…”I mean the last time you saw the bear was before a fire that nearly destroyed your house and yet boo-boo-“ He says and I shriek a little in protest.

“Boo boo?” I cry out and he frowns a little annoyed I interrupted him. “Its bow-bow” I correct him pointing to bow-bows cute little tie.

“Uh sorry…” Ray says trying not to roll his eyes at me. “The point is ‘bow-bow’ seems to have escaped the fire unharmed.” He says and I look at bow-bow and hated to admit he was right…

“Fuck you Ray.” I grumble.

“I'm right.” He says and I scowl at him.

“I know you're always fucking right.” I say and he grins to himself smugly.

“Now the only question left is how did bow-bow end up back here?” Ray says and I make a face.

“The only question?” I laugh sarcastically. “How bout how bow-bow escaped the fire?” I say and Ray shook his head a little.

“Elle we already established that who ever started the fire took him.” Ray says and I scrunch my face at the thought.

“You're still saying it was intentional?” I ask.

“And you still think it wasn’t?” He replies.

I glance back over to Gerard. He was mouthing something to Bob. When he saw me looking he stopped.

“What?” I demand.

“Nothing.” He shrugs and Bob pulls the box behind his back again.

“What the fuck is up with the box?” I demand looking over at Bob and he shrugs again too.

“Nothing!” Bob laughs like I'm losing it.

“Of course it had to be intentional!” Ray continues to speak. I shook my head a little trying to focus… There were too many things going on. I mean I was trying to have a conversation with Ray and keep an eye on Gerard and Bob… they were acting all sketchy… and Lia! I don’t know where the fuck she went. I turned around for a second and she was gone… Not to mention the fact that I was starving still… I felt like I was on the verge of fainting from hunger…

“I gotta sit down.” I tell Ray as I collapse on to the couch. Gerard looked over a little concerned but didn’t say anything. Ray sat down next to me.

“Do you know who sent you bow-bow back?” Ray asks and I look at him blankly.

“What?” I say. I wasn’t really listening so well anymore. My head was spinning and I was finding it a little hard to focus. All of a sudden Lia appeared with a glass of milk. She held it out to me and I looked up at her a little confused.

“Here drink this you’ll feel better.” She said and I smiled as I took it from her. Oh Lia…I sighed to myself… What the fuck is up with her lately… she's not acting like her normal selfish bitchy self… It was weird. I went to take a sip of the milk and got a horrible flash back. I froze in horror the glass inches from my mouth. “I all ready drank some. Its good.” She says and I can’t help but smile as I take a sip.

“Thanks Lia.” I say as she sits down next to me. The milk had made me feel much better.

“So how exactly did you end up getting him back?” Lia asks looking over at bow-bow who I was still clutching tightly on my lap.

“In the mail.” I tell her and she nods.

“Yeah but from who?” She asks and I licked my lips a little after taking another sip of the milk.

“What do you mean?” I ask her.

“What do you mean what do I mean?” She says and I frown.

“I mean what do you mean that you mean that I mean that you mean.” I say and Ray gets up a little annoyed with our conversation if that’s what you could call it.

“Aw Ellie I've missed you.” Lia laughs and I look at her questioningly.

“What do you mean?” I ask her and she laughs again. They all kinda do.

“You're the only chick I know who can use the word ‘mean’ in a sentence six times and still make sense!” Lia teases me and I smile back at her.

“She doesn’t make any sense!” Ray cries out a little outraged looking back over at us from across the room. “I swear when the two of you get together the IQ factor in the room drops.” Rays say and I laugh.

“Yeah but the ‘cute’ factor doubles.” I say winking at Lia as I got up from the couch with my now empty glass… I felt much better after drinking that milk. But I suddenly had second thoughts about winking at her… I mean she what if she takes it the wrong way? Gerard laughed sharply at my comment as I stepped towards him. “What you don’t think we’re cute?” I tease him waving my glass around somewhat.

“I think you're adorable baby, now give me that glass before you drop it and break it.” He says taking the glass from my hand and I smile watching him bring it into the kitchen. Damn I just adored him so much. I found my eyes wandering on his body until he disappeared from my view…

“So bow-bow?” Lia says bringing me back down to reality.

“Oh umm you mean who brought bow-bow here?” I say and she nods. “Oh it was the mail man.” I say and Ray laughs sharply.

“Yeah we all know the mail man brought the box here Elle” He says and I frown. If they know why are they asking then? “She means who sent it?” He says and I look over at Bob. He was holding the empty the box still. He tensed up suddenly and a look of fear passed on his face. But before he could speak or even react at all Lia reaches over and snatches the box from him.

“What the hell Lia!” He cries out loudly as Gerard appeared in the doorway. “It doesn’t say shit.” He says harshly to her…

“Sure it does Bobby!” Lia mocks him a little as he goes to reach for the box back but Lia was too quick. She climbed up onto the couch and held the box up in the air out of his reach... “It says it right here-“ She tells him pointing to the top of it “ Samantha Hunter, po box 918 New York, New York ” Lia reads and I feel the blood drain from my face.

“Holy shit.” I gasp a little and I feel myself going faint.

“Whoa.” Ray says reaching over and steadying me since he was closest to me. “You okay?” He asks helping me sit back on the couch.

“You know her Elle?” Lia asks and I just shook my head no. No I'm not okay!… No I don’t know her!… What the fuck is going on? Gerard had crossed over the room and kinda pushed Ray out of the way and was now kneeling down in front of me.

“Just take a deep breath Elle.” He tells me and I shut my eyes and do what he says… Fuck… I'm shutting my eyes! I panic a little and try to open them. “No, no baby. It’s okay just keep them shut.” Gerard says and I can feel his hand on my face rubbing it gently, trying to keep me from passing out. “Just keep breathing nice and slow.” He says softly and his words soothed me… I found so much comfort in his voice… More then I ever thought was possible… I steadied myself the best I could. Fuck. I dont know what I'd do with out Gerard... Just knowing he was here gave me strenght. I took one more deep breath and felt ready to open my eyes.

“What's the matter then Elle?” I hear Lia say and then I guess Gerard must’ve gave her a look or somebody did cause the next thing I hear is Lia crying out “What?” Like she had every right to ask me that…I open my eyes and look over at Lia and then at Gerard…

“Its gonna be all right Elle.” Gerard says pulling my hand up to his mouth and kissing it.

“Fuck Gerard.” I sigh a little and he just looked at me like he was sorry. Sorry he had nothing to say to make me feel better...

“Fuck WHAT Elle?” Lia cries out in annoyance.

“Lia.” Bob says scolding her. “Leave her alone for a second okay.” He says and I smile apprecitaively at him.

“No I wanna know what's with this whole ‘dramatic moment?’ “ Lia scoffs loudly. “You said you don’t know her! -right Elle?” She says looking questioningly at me, like she didnt believe me.

“I don’t.” I say weakly.

“Then what the hell you so upset for?” Lia says tossing her hands up in the air.

“I'm upset cause Samantha Hunter sent me back my teddy bear.” I say my voice shaking a little.

“And?” Lia laughs a little. “I thought you’d be happy your little ugly fuck of a teddy bear made its way back home from beyond the grave.” Lia teases me and I ignore her tasteless joke… I shook my head a little and looked over at Gerard. He licked his lips a little before speaking.

“Lia don’t you know- Samantha Hunter was the lady they found dead in the Hudson River yesterday….”