PROJECT ANDERSON

CHAPTER SEVENTY: ANDIE

"How do you suggest we do that?" Jesse asked as I stirred a pot on the stove. "Because it's not like any of us is a Gynecologist."

"True. but I have had experience in the field when I was working at the hospital in Colver." I said softly. "But I'm not sure how to do it."

"Did you try looking it up?" He asked as he sat down at a dusty dinning table at the far end of the room.

"There's no signal inside the bunker." I explained briefly. "But I might have a solution...we could ask Sarge to look it up for us...as long as there is still internet access."

"You know that would mean that you would have to explain why, right?" Jesse questioned as he watched me walk around the kitchen.

How did you know that he was watching you? - Melissa

Because I could feel his eyes on me - Andie

Plus look at him...he can't keep his eyes off of her - Johnny

Or his hands for that matter - Sarge

Shut up! -Jesse & Andie

Maybe they are working on baby num - Johnny

Johnny. final warning - Andie

Alright, I'm sorry - Johnny

"Luckily there's a CB hooked up in the living room. so we can still get a hold of them." I said as I dished out four bowls of soup.

One for me, one for Jesse, one for Ashley, and on for Romeo. Of course I was going to cool his down before I gave it to him.

"Can you go get Ash and Romeo for dinner...I have to clean up my mess." I asked as I brought the bowls to the table.

"Sure, and the maybe you can talk to Sarge while I do my analysis of your blood."

"Maybe you can figure out why I'm not bleeding." I said with an uncomfortable smile.

"Possibly." He said before he got up and headed towards the hallway that led to the bedrooms.

I finished setting the table and cleaned up the dishes I used as I waited for them to return.

After about six minutes of waiting...I finally saw Jesse come out of the smaller bedroom with Ashley in his arms.

"She didn't want to get up." He said as he placed her down in the chair that was closest to him. "She's hungry...she just-"

"Doesn't want to be here...yeah I know and I think it's time to tell her." I said as I sat down next to her. "Ashley...do you remember why you were in the hospital?"

"Something happened to other mommy." She answered softly. "She hurt...me."

"She wasn't really Olivia anymore...she was something else." I said as I tried to find the right words to explain this to her. "You adoptive mother was part of a government experiment, but they thought she wasn't responding to it; so they sent her home...where she passed away in the night, only to return and attack you, Wolfie and James...that's why I didn't want you to go into the house." I was near tears now. "He didn't want to be like his wife, so your adoptive father...my big brother shot himself while we were in the lab."  

She didn't respond to anything that I was saying and that more than anything was worrying.

"What happened at the lab?" She finally asked as she played with her food.

"I don't know exactly." I asked before looking over to Jesse as if silently asking him to take over since he understood it better than I did.

But he just continued to eat his food.