The Stranger

8. Kevin

The next morning Elliot is waking Amelia up. "Amelia, Hey. It's morning, we need to leave." When she opens her eyes Amelia glances over to see him sitting next to her and the sun shining through the window behind him. A smile gleams across her face. "Good morning, what time is it? Where's Adam and your dad?"

Adam chimes in from across the room. "We're over here. Sorry to wake you both up and make you run but we really need to get to the station and check on everyone at Trevor's. I can't let you two stay here without us at this point. Not only is that a risk now but your mom would kill me."

Amelia sits up and rubs her eyes, stretching her arms. "Ok, can I just change my clothes first? I feel gross." Elliot chimes in, "If you want to you can grab some clothes and shower at my house." Adam cuts into the conversation. "That's fine too, you two can walk around the shopping area or go to Trevor's or your house. Just not here, it's not safe at all anymore."

Amelia blushes and stands up. "I can do that.., Elliot will you come with me down the hall?.." He nods and walks in front of her to her room. She walks in and grabs a new dress and under garments. "I'm ready. Thank you Elliot."

Elliot smiles at her sweetly. "No problem, come on." She follows him back to the front of the house. Adam and Kevin are already waiting at the door. They hurry out behind them and make their way towards the station.

Elliot and Amelia break off from them and go to Elliot's house. When they first get inside it's dark and cold. He goes to light the fire place first before anything. "Sorry, we aren't really home much." Amelia rubs her arms and her body tenses up a bit. "It's alright, it's just cold. I know you both are working hard to help us."

He walks back over to her and gently grabs her hand. "Come on, I'll show you to the bathroom so you can get warm faster. I'll stand outside the door too, just to be safe." Amelia blushes and follows him down the hallway.

Elliot gets her a towel and leans against the wall outside of the bathroom and crosses his arms. "Don't worry, I'll be right here the whole time." Amelia kisses his cheek and slowly closes the bathroom door. "Thank you Elliot."

When the water heats up and she gets in the shower Amelia starts thinking to herself. "He's really sweet.." and, "I really like Elliot a lot.." She blushes as she washes up. After she's finished and opens the door he's still in the same spot as before. "Do you feel better?"

Amelia nods and follows him to the living room. She stands in front of the fireplace. "This feels wonderful, Thank you for letting me use your house Elliot." He lets out a slight chuckle. "Like I said, it's no problem. With everything going on I can at least try to make you more comfortable."

She walks over to him and gazes into his eyes. "What about you? I'll be ok if you need to as well." He gives a playful smile and looks away like he's pretending to think about it. "Hmmm, I guess I could." Amelia giggles and lays her head on his chest for a second. "Go get a shower Elliot." She replies playfully.

His expression gets a little serious for a moment. "I will check the house first though.. just in case." After he checks the whole house and takes a shower they both sit together for a bit. Amelia breaks the silence after some time passes. "Who do you think it is? He seemed shocked to see you I mean.. do you think your dad might know?"

Elliot thinks for a moment and his eyes widen a little. "You know what.. maybe we do have a clue. When we lived in France my dad got this special task from the sheriff to catch this guy and he's been looking for him. Maybe it's the same guy."

Amelia's eyebrows furrow. "Do you know anything about the case? I mean if it was than wouldn't he say something?" Elliot shakes his head. "I don't know why he hasn't brought it up to Adam yet but... he never told me anything about it really."