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I´m relived that beth is back !!! the moments when syd and vaughn were in pain because she was missing were so sad :( :( :( :( :( ,




i can´t wait for more :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot: .



Nanda



ps : i didn´t recived a pm from you since june, 9 , is there a problem with the pm´s again ?
 
I would completely be willing to read your fics over at Random Fans or Random if you'd rather post there... this board is REALLY unreliable right now, and it's making me sad. :(
 
aliasfan212 said:
so im all for you posting on random if u want to! you had mentioned it before!!
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glad someone mentioned this - because here's the deal
keep in mind this is a pilot program - aka i'm just trying it out
i know at least a good group of you are familiar with my board Random Fans?
For those that arent - you need to register to be able to view the fics
3 sections down there is one called Fan Fiction - within fan fiction there are 3 sub categories called Story Corner I, II, III (simple enough, right?) Story corner I archives WAY old fanfiction Story corner II archives semi recent fan fiction - but the one tha twill hold current fiction will be Story Corner III - i will make sure tht each days' chapters are updated in that section no matter what the status of aa - however there is one catch (which is why this is the pilot program) - the chapters Will be unbetad - so there might be teeny tiny differences btwn the chaps at AA and ~Random(the html site) and, of course, some spelling/grammer erros
each chapter is in its own thread and you guys can feel free to comment - just don't bother pointing out any errors, because i already know they're there ;)
well see how this goes then :smiley:

Chapter 7
Half an hour later, Sydney, Michael and Beth were on their way home. Sydney was sitting in the back seat, holding Beth tightly while she sat in her booster seat. Once home, they saw that Sydney’s parent’s car was parked in the driveway. Irina and Jack met them at the front door and Irina nearly burst out sobbing when she saw her slightly disheveled granddaughter. Beth, who had always been extremely fond of her maternal grandmother, reached out to her and Irina lifted her from Sydney’s arms.

“Hi sweetie,” Irina sniffed and hugged her. “I’m so glad you’re okay.” Jack reached over and rubbed his granddaughter’s back while he put his other arm around his wife.

“I’m gonna take her upstairs and give her a bath,” Sydney told her mother. Irina nodded and passed Beth back.

Upstairs, Sydney ran the bath while Beth sat on the floor of the bathroom with her legs tucked underneath her. Sydney occasionally looked back and gave her a reassuring smile, but Beth never smiled or said anything in response. The fact that her usually chatty, bubbly daughter had said nothing worried Sydney beyond words, but she managed to calm herself down by talking herself into the fact that Beth was probably still scared and exhausted. Tomorrow would be better.

Once in the tub, Beth didn’t play with her mermaid toys like she usually did, she simply sat there and let her mother wash her hair and wash the dirt from her face and arms. After she was out of the tub and dry, Sydney set her up on the counter to comb through her hair and then blow it dry, a ritual that usually had both girls giggling as Sydney tried to tickle her and Beth would use her wet hair to splash her mother. But there was no laughter that day; Beth sat expressionless the whole time.

“Are you tired, sweetie? Do you want to take a nap?” Sydney asked her daughter once her hair was dried and she was dressed in clean clothes. Beth said nothing, but she walked across the hall and into her room where she picked up Al Bear and crawled up on her bed.

“Okay Beth, I’ll be right downstairs if you need me,” Sydney said while tucking the little girl in. Then she leaned down and kissed her head and whispered, “I love you,” before going downstairs.

“How is she?” Michael asked when his wife appeared in the kitchen where everyone else had gathered.

Sydney shrugged. “She still hasn’t said anything. She’s taking a nap now though.”

“That’s good. She must be exhausted. Honestly, it’s horrible,” Irina said with a disapproving click of her tongue. “What kind of twisted person would do such a thing?”

“I don’t know,” Sydney sighed. Michael put an arm around her and hugged her tightly. “I’m just so worried about the fact that she’s not talking to us.”

“Don’t be,” Irina told her. “Not until tomorrow anyway. If she doesn’t talk tomorrow, then I’d be concerned, but not now.”

“Okay,” Sydney sighed.

They had only been talking in the kitchen for fifteen more minutes when Beth came tearing down the stairs and charged right into Michael’s leg, which she held tightly. “Beth? Sweetie, what is it?” Michael asked softly as he tried to pry her off his leg and pick her up. He noticed then that her cheeks were moist and he brushed away her tears with his knuckle. “Beth? What’s wrong? Did you have a bad dream?” he asked. Beth locked her arms around his neck. Michael looked around at the other adults with a rather helpless look and they all exchanged glances, not knowing what else to do or say.

For the rest of the day, the family was inseparable. Beth sat in Michael’s lap and clung to him or went over to her grandmother and sat in her lap. She refused to sit anywhere where she wasn’t attached to someone she loved. They tried to get her to talk, but she said nothing. They tried to get her to play, but she just watched them play; never actually participating.

At dinner, Nadia, Eric and April came over just as Jack and Irina were leaving. When she was set down on the couch, April immediately crawled over to Beth and tugged at one of Beth’s hands. Beth, who usually loved crawling along the floor with her little cousin, didn’t respond except to look at her.

“She hasn’t said anything,” Sydney told her sister quietly.

“That’s awful,” Nadia sighed sympathetically. “But I’m sure she’ll come around.”

“Hey ya Bethany-Smefany,” Eric greeted his niece with his usual hyper attitude and loud voice. This elicited the first half-smile from Beth as she reached out to her uncle. Eric scooped her up willingly and bounced her on his hip. He threw her up slightly, pretended as though he was going to drop her, but caught her perfectly fine. Then, he blew a raspberry on her tummy and tried to tickle her armpits. All things that would have usually made Beth hysterical with laughter only resulted in a tiny giggle.

“See, she’s fine,” Eric announced. “Now how about we get some food, huh? What are you hungry for, Bethy? Uncle Eric will make you annnnything you want… or have someone make it for you,” he enticed, but Beth said nothing.

“Okay…,” he said slowly. “How about Mac and Cheese, hmm? That’s our favorite, right?” Beth didn’t respond but Eric took her over to the refrigerator so they could peer inside. Beth squirmed and Eric set her down. She managed to tug open the freezer half of their side-by-side refrigerator and pointed up at the ice cream.

“Ice cream after you eat, sweetie,” Eric told her. “Here, how about some of this? You love pasketti, huh?” he smiled at her. She said nothing but Sydney took the bowl from him and heated some up in the microwave for her.

Everyone gathered around the dinner table and ate, but Beth only picked at hers, eating a few spoonfuls and then pushing it away. “You’re not hungry, sweetie?” Sydney asked her.

“Oh, just give her the ice cream,” Eric told his sister-in-law. “It won’t hurt her and it’s better than eating nothing.”

Knowing that he had a point, Sydney put some ice cream in a bowl and gave it to her daughter. Beth ate most of it before crawling out of her seat and walking over to her father and clambering up in his lap. He kissed the top of her head and then looked over to Sydney, who looked as though she was about to cry but fighting it desperately.


The family went to bed early that night after calling their respective places of employment to say they wouldn’t be in the following day either; they needed to stay with Beth. After making sure she was settled in her bed, Sydney joined Michael in their bedroom where she finally broke down in his arms. “What if she doesn’t talk, Michael? Our baby….”

“I know,” he sighed and rocked her gently, having the same concerns. “We just need to take it one day at a time, okay?” Sydney nodded and clung to him.

They had only been in bed about an hour before Beth quietly made her way into their room and crawled into bed between them, something she only did when she was truly scared and upset. Usually, Sydney and Michael tried to move her back to her own bed, but tonight they didn’t. They just let her stay so she felt safe and secure again.



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Oh, poor Beth. I really hope she feels safer soon. Because right now she's scaring everyone with her not talking. Poor girl. I can't imagine what Sydney and Michael must be going through.

Eric seemed to have had a great effect on her though; he got her to smile and giggle, which is a big step.

Here's hoping for the better, in the future! :D

~Anja
 
poor beth.. i do hope she gets over it soon.. and i'll register at random fans now... i think it's better becuase AA has been acting up lately...

thanks for the pm!
 
about the
glad someone mentioned this - because here's the deal
keep in mind this is a pilot program - aka i'm just trying it out
i know at least a good group of you are familiar with my board Random Fans?
For those that arent - you need to register to be able to view the fics
3 sections down there is one called Fan Fiction - within fan fiction there are 3 sub categories called Story Corner I, II, III (simple enough, right?) Story corner I archives WAY old fanfiction Story corner II archives semi recent fan fiction - but the one tha twill hold current fiction will be Story Corner III - i will make sure tht each days' chapters are updated in that section no matter what the status of aa - however there is one catch (which is why this is the pilot program) - the chapters Will be unbetad - so there might be teeny tiny differences btwn the chaps at AA and ~Random(the html site) and, of course, some spelling/grammer erros
each chapter is in its own thread and you guys can feel free to comment - just don't bother pointing out any errors, because i already know they're there
well see how this goes then
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i'm totally for it! :smiley:

and about the chapter...
i hope she'll talk. I think she needs some time, but she's safe now. :D
 
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