Lunar

~4~

"Because it's Timmy!" "But he doesn't even say it!" "Face it Joe, you aren't gonna win this fight." Brit said from the comfort of her futon. "I just don't understand why some 30 year old dude telling a 20 something year old to call him by his name and he'll call him by his makes people so hot." "Face it Joe," Lee said sitting on her air mattress, "You're just pissed because you're getting shown up by Timmy." Joe scoffed at his baby sister, "Don't be fucking stupid Lee." Joe said.

Lee had been out of the hospital and Brit decided to come and stay with her and Joe for a few days as Lee got back to life at home. Lee was so happy to be back home and start getting back to normal. But, she didn't feel normal. Knowing that Chaz was still out there, somewhere, and he could come back cast a dark cloud around Lee. Sometime she would think back to that night and she would just burst into tears. This one of those moments.

Joe and Brit were talking about something and Lee suddenly began to cry. They both turned around and Brit ran over to Lee to console her. Joe, on the other hand, grabbed Lee's phone and clicked on Noah's contact. Lee continued crying with no sign of stopping soon. Noah lived only a block away and the second he answered the phone and he heard Joe's voice, he grabbed his house keys and began to run to Lee and Joe's house. It was pitch black outside but Noah could get their house with his eyes shut. 

Lee's crying only got harder and she was breathing in big gasps. Noah ran inside and tore down the stairs into the basement where Joe, Brit, and Lee were. When Brit saw him walk in she walked away and stood with Joe. They saw him go up to Lee and hug her. "Sh sh sh. Everything will be ok. I'm right here. Cry if you need to. This just means you've been strong for too long." Joe took his older sister's hand and he pulled her toward the stairs, "We should give them some space." As they diapered to the floor above, Joe gave Noah a light smile that he returned.

Lee sat in Noah's arms and he crying slowed allowing her to breathe more regularly. " I just don't understand Noah," Lee said, her voice shaky. "I just feel like anytime I feel happy, the memories of that night and the things he said to me come flooding back and i can't help but think that this is all my fault." "Oh, no Lee. This is in no way your fault. Don't ever say that. You tried to defend yourself, that's so much better than if you would have just stood there and done nothing." Lee whipped tears from under her eyes. "Thanks Noah. If it weren't for you, I would be dead. Literally." He smiled. "I love you too. I'm here for you no matter what." Lee smiled back at him, "Where did you get that thing about how I'd been strong for long?" "I might have seen it on a fan edit on Instagram" 

Joe and Brit heard the sound of laughter and they slowly made their way down the stairs, knowing that this fun would soon come to an end. "Is everything better now?" Brit asked her sister. "Yeah," she said with a soft smile. "Well, I hate to ruin the moment but the police department just called." Lee and Noah looked at each other and then back to Joe. "They need you to come there right away." Both younger children became very confused.

"They found Chaz."

A/n: I wrote all of this chapter on my new laptop I got for my birthday ad it feels cool. I just wanted to flex my new computer on y'all. Imma keep listing to Queen now. Don't forget to comment and vote. Love y'all!!! (PS: I'm 14 NOW!!!!)