The Rescue -- July 1997

I was utterly frozen to the spot where I stood.  When Faith said my name, I stared to move.  I zigzagged through the chairs and stopped short of her.  My eyes raking over her, checking to make sure she was mostly alright before embracing her.  I had no idea whether or not she would want me to, but she was my twin sister.  I thought I had killed her.  

"I thought you were dead," I said to her, pulling away.  "You and Mum both..."  It did not matter what Peter told me.  She did not need to worry herself about everything that was messed up in my life.

I smiled, but looked away when I saw Evan and Faith being reunited.  I lost Dad... but he was a monster.  Dean and Harry might be losing Sirius... and that was nothing good.  I just hoped they would be able to get things together.  I looked at Addison and she was rotating her engagement ring round and round her finger, staring towards where the Blacks were at.  George had been removed as well for Elena's sake and he was pacing.  Their significant others had not com eout yet to give any news about Sirius.

It was a rejoiceful time, but a painful on at the same instant.

I was sitting on one of the chairs, just staring at the doors through which was my half of the family.  i loved them all... and this was terrible.  Because of stress and worry, I was rotating my engagement ring round and round my finger.  I heard the commotion behind me; I glanced back and saw that the twins were reunited again.  I looked away because it was none of my business of what they were doing.  They needed their space.  Before I returned to how I was, i noticed Jetty looking around.  Our eyes met and, instead of fretting and doing no good, I stood up and went over by him.

"How's the leg?" I questioned, knowing that even small talk would be better than constant worry.

Dean Black wrote:I moved from Dad's side to put my arms around my mum.  She needed comfort and when they kicked everyone else out... she had been by herself.  She kept one hand holding onto dad's, but buried her head into my chest.  I had never seen her so broken before.  I did not like it at all.  He was going to pull through.  He had to... he would, woulnd' the?

I held onto Dean and then I composed myself.  The kids needed me to be strong.  I took a deep breath.  "Kids... your dad wouldn't want us upset about this," I said, gripping Sirius's hand tightly.  "He would want us out there celebrating that James and Lily are alive and have a mysterious daughter."  I sniffled and cleared my throat.  "I'm not asking you to pretend you're not upset.  I'm just saying that Dad wouldn't want you to stay in here.  He's stable and okay, despite not waking up."

Evan Potter wrote:I was utterly frozen to the spot where I stood.  When Faith said my name, I stared to move.  I zigzagged through the chairs and stopped short of her.  My eyes raking over her, checking to make sure she was mostly alright before embracing her.  I had no idea whether or not she would want me to, but she was my twin sister.  I thought I had killed her.  

"I thought you were dead," I said to her, pulling away.  "You and Mum both..."  It did not matter what Peter told me.  She did not need to worry herself about everything that was messed up in my life.

I hugged my brother back and pulled away when he did. "I'm fine." I said, "We're all fine. Mum, dad. We're all okay." Of course, I had no idea how true it was but we were all alive, most anything else we could deal with. "I had no idea what happened to you." I said, having to look over my brother to ensure this was real, and that he was actually in front of me. I had dreamt of this moment for as long as I could remember. "You're here. You're alive." I gave a small laugh, shaking my head slightly, my hands flew to my mouth to cover it as it hung open slightly. "I can't believe this."

I looked over Faith's shoulder to see James and Mum standing together, stealing glances our way.  I looked back at my twin.  "I was told I killed you," I said to her.  Even though I had sort of believed Jetty that they were okay and I knew things Peter told me were untrue, I did not fully believe that my family was alive until just then when I saw them.  I stared at Faith.

I shook my head.  "It doesn't matter," I said suddenly.  "I always wished you to be back... and here you are."