The Rulin's house - Tuesday 24 Feb 2000
[Living-room - 6:13 p.m]
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"W...what?" says Shawn and Maria in a little whisper. Standing infront of them, the brother of their father. They never really knew their father. They don't even remember what he looked like and Heather burned all the photos where he appeared. For a while, they were angry at their mother but then, life went on. But now...

"He...he...he just arrived in town. And...he wanted to meet his...nephew and his...niece." explains Heather, feeling really nervous and scared. She's scared as she doesn't know how her children will react. The man infront of them takes a deep breath.

"H..Hi..kids." he says shyly and almost in a whisper. Tears are coming to his eyes as he remember these kids when they were still very very young. He remember taking them in his arms and telling them sweet things. He loved them of all his heart, he still does.

There's a moment of silence, then, suddenly, the door bell is heard. Maria glances at the door, and after a minute she was out. Heather looked at her with the Oh Maria! look on her face. Then, she glances at her son, who started to feel nervous and not knowing what to do. Suddenly, he hears a familiar voice, a voice he really wanted to hear.

"M..Mom...I..I'm going out with Taylor tonight. We..We're going at the movies. I'll be back in..in 2 hours or so. S..See ya!" he says as he goes out of the house, without even looking a single moment at his uncle. The latter, after the departure of Shawn, stares at Heather with an upset look on his face.

"What did you expect, Ben? Hugs and kisses??" says Heather with an angry look and angry voice. Ben takes another deep breath and goes out of the house. Then, after a few moments, Heather hears his car going away. She starts to cry all the tears of her body, her heart is bleeding.

The Runnels' house - Tuesday 24 Feb 2000
[Jessica's room - 6:43 p.m]
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Jessica is in her room, reading a teen magazine. She's reading an article about the queen of teens, Britney Spears. "God, she looks like a bitch! 'Oh I'm still a virgin', yeah right! Like if she didn't already make out with that Justin freak!" she says to herself. She hates Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera is sooo much better.

She hears the door bell. She closes her magazine and goes down to open the door. After doing that, she got the surprise of her life. "Oh my god!!! Kathryn!!!" she yells in a very happy tone. Kathryn Summers was and still is, Jessica's best friend. They met when they were just 5 years old and since then, they're like sisters.

"So, how's your life?" asks Kathryn as she takes a sip of her orange juice. She and Jessica are sitting on the couch of the living room, the latter is so glad that her friend is finally back. "My life back in Sunnydale was such an horror. The people there were so weird. You can't imagine!"

"Hahahaa, really? Well, life here is quite normal. I broke up with Michael, I told you, right? Then I made up with my sis, but now she went to live with Aunt Billie. She says she's happier there..." and Jessica went on telling her friend what happened. Christopher was the one who put the drugs in Teri's locker, he always hated her. Nobody really understood why. Craig, Brittany and Monica were found dead after the explosion of Craig's house.

"Woah...sure wasn't boring, huh?" laughs Kathryn as she finishes her glass of orange juice. "If I tell you what happened to me, you wouldn't believe it, hehehe. Well, now, I'm back and I'm going to stay." she adds before giving Jessica a friendly hug.

Sunrise Valley - Tuesday 24 Feb 2000
[Ice-cream shop - 8:03 p.m]
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"So...your uncle is in town?" asks Taylor with concern in his eyes. Shawn told him everything, he always tell him everything. Taylor is his best friend and his lover. Shawn always thank God every night for having the chance to have met someone like Taylor.

"I don't know how I should feel. I mean, for so long, I wanted to meet my father, to know things about him. And now...his brother is here. And... I don't know..what I should do. Taylor...tell me. What should I do?" asks Shawn as he hold the hand of Taylor, and he's holding it tightly.

"Shawn...I can't tell you how you should feel. But...if I were you, I would...I would try to talk to him. Yeah, I would try to. I'm not telling you that you should do it but...you should do what your heart tells you to. All right?" replies Taylor as he puts his fingers between Shawn's fingers, he's holding his hand with his love and care.

"Can...Can I stay at your house, please?" asks Shawn in a little whisper. He feels so confused and he doesn't know what to do. "I..I need to think about all this. Please?" he adds as tears come to his eyes.

"Shawn, Shawn! Of course you can! You know I'll always be there for you. I love you so much! Please, don't cry!" replies Taylor. He gets off his seat and approaches Shawn. The latter gets up, then Taylor gives him a tender and warm hug. "You want to go, now?" he asks in a whisper in the ears of his boyfriend. The latter nodds in agreement. Taylor pays the bill for the ice-creams and then his boyfriend and him head to the latter's house.

Sunrise Valley - Wednesday 25 Feb 2000
[Near Uncle Ben's house - 8:16 a.m]
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After asking his mom for the address, Shawn along with Taylor head to Ben's house. Shawn asked Taylor to come with him so that he would be strong enough to talk to his uncle. He still isn't too sure about this, but, after all, he's just his uncle, right? Maria didn't want to hear anything about her uncle, and her mom wasn't so sad about it.

"Here...it's here." says Shawn to Taylor as they arrive infront of the house. Taylor holds his boyfriend's hand tightly and they walk together towards the door. "Taylor...Do you mind...if I enter alone? I...I think it would be better." Taylor looks back at him and with a smile, he agrees. He says he's gonna wait at the Cafe infront of the house on the other side of the road. Shawn gives him a kiss before he goes away.

Shawn is now standing alone infront of the door. He takes a deep breath and then presses the door bell. After a few moments, a woman opens the door. "Is...Is Mr. Ben here?" asks Shawn nervously. The woman, Ben's wife, tells Shawn that her husband went to the supermarket and that he'll be back soon. As Shawn was going to go away, the woman asks him if he would like to wait for Ben inside. Shawn remains silent for a moment, then he agrees.

"So, you must be Shawn, right?" asks the woman with a smile. Shawn replies that she's right. Ben told her about him? Wow. He doesn't hide anything from his wife. "Ben was so happy to see you and your sister. Even if you didn't talk to him." Shawn felt this comment as if she was scolding him, but it didn't matter that much.

Suddenly, someone climbs down the stairs. He arrives in the living room where Ben's wife is, along with Shawn. He noticed Shawn only when he arrived in the room. He was wearing only navy-blue boxers. When he noticed Shawn, terror came to his eyes. "Tommy? What's wrong?" asks the woman as the boy remained silent.

"T..T..There're no..no...boxers left." he says finally almost in a whisper. The woman then gets up, tells her son to wait and heads in the basement, where the washing machine is. Tommy was going to take a bath, he just woke up. He doesn't know what to do and he's scared.

End of Episode 24

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