Move On

I will most likely not be on in the next few days, I am having dental work done tomorrow. It will just depend on what they have to do on my mouth to treat these exposed nerves and how I heal on when I will be able to work on these stories again. I will continue working on them as soon as I can, sorry for the delays but I promise I will work on them just as soon as I feel up to it.

Janie sprinkled some more flour on the counter, dropped the dough and began kneading it while the music blared through the headphones helping to keep the dark thoughts at bay that were threatening to take over her mind. She bit her lip and continued working with the dough. The oven beeped so she stopped, pulled the crisps out of the oven, put in a few pies then went back to working on the bread. She never heard Owen's phone start to ring in his office.

"How is she doing?" William asked Owen while on break.

"Well some things have happened," Owen said honestly.

"What?" David asked concerned.

"We had a storm one night for one thing," Owen admitted, "but she found Raven's room and slept in bed with him and Corey and they said she managed to sleep the rest of the night just fine and even slept in the next morning. Then just a few hours ago she got the call that Mr. Glen was about to pass so a few of us took her up there and she got to be with him during that time. She is currently in our kitchen baking or cooking to her heart's content."

"Damn," Stephen sighed in frustration.

"This missing is taking longer than we thought," Michael admitted, "but we will head over there once we are done. We appreciate you letting her stay with you during all this crap."

"It is no problem," Owen nodded, "We enjoy her being here, plus it allows us to get to know her."

"How's Hades?" Stephen asked.

"As far as I know he is still mending. He won't eat unless she is with him but he is eating and managing to keep everything down. He is even standing and walking a few steps from what I have heard."

Just then he saw Luke rush past his office and a few seconds later North was chasing after him. Owen shook his head as he heard, "LUCIAN GET BACK HERE NOW!"

The kitchen door burst open and she suddenly felt two hands grab her waist from behind and spun her away from the counter where she was taking a drink of water. She screamed in surprise and the glass slipped from her hand. She started coughing and gasping from screaming while taking a drink.

"Shit sorry Cupcake," Luke instantly felt guilty and started patting her back.

"Damn it Lucian!" North growled as he took a step away from the broken glass. "You knew not to bother Baby in the kitchen! Are you hurt Baby?"

"No, I'm okay," She shook her head, "I was just startled. I'm sorry," She bent down and started picking up the broken pieces of glass. "I'm so sorry."

"It's my fault," Luke said shaking his head. "I didn't think I would scare you, I'm sorry."

"Ouch," She gasped as a piece slipped out of her hand.

"Are you okay Cupcake?" Luke asked concerned, "Oh Cupcake, you are bleeding."

"I'm so sorry," she bit her lip as her hand started to tingle and burn.

"It's not your fault Baby," North said taking her hand in his, "Oh you still go some small pieces of glass in the cut. We got to have Doc look at this. DOC!"

"What's wrong?" Sean asked opening the door.

"We scared Cupcake and she dropped her glass then tried picking up the pieces before we could stop her," Luke admitted. "Sorry Cupcake," he apologized again.

"It's not your fault," She bit her lip. "I shouldn't have had the music up so loud in the headphones."

"She has tiny pieces of glass in her cut Doc," North said wiping a tear from her face.

"Get her in my office," Sean said holding the door open.

"Up Baby," North said picking her up and having her wrap her legs around his waist. He started carrying her to Sean's office.

"North and Luke scared Pookie making her drop her cup and cut her hand, I'm going to look at it right now," Sean said sticking his head in Owen's office then left.

"I'm sure you heard that," Owen sighed and rolled his eyes. "I'm sure they feel horribly bad about it and taught then a lesson about bothering her in the kitchen."

A few moments later Sean came back in, "No stitches and removed all the tiny pieces of glass. She is resting in the library with Kota who is reading to her right now. I have both North and Luke cleaning up the kitchen for punishment."

"Thank you," Owen nodded and Sean left.

"Are all of you interested in her?" Michael asked curiously.

"Yes, we are," Owen admitted.

"Well, you know it won't be easy," Stephen said. "She has been through a lot and she still feels loyal to Oliver and still feels married to him."

"We understand that," Owen said truthfully. "We also know that you four are interested her as well."

"So," David asked, "What are we going to do about that?"