You're Not Like the Others

"Abby honey are you ready to go to work with mommy today?"

"Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" she said sitting on the couch bouncing up and down

"Ok, go get your shoes on, so we can get going" I said turning off the T.V

she then got off the couch and went to get her shoes on. Then my phone started going off

"Hello?"

"Hey, Kayla, is Abby coming with you today?"

"Yes, Scott, why?"

"Well we just got word that there's an interview going on today at the studio"

"Really? Who?"

"I have no idea, but I know the George is going to want no distractions when they come in for the interview"

"Abby's not a distraction, he even knows that, he's even complimented that she's the best 3 year old that he's seen"

"I know, I'm just giving you the heads up"

"Alright, I'll be there in about 10-15 minutes"

"Ok, Bye"

"Bye" I then hung up

and Abby came running down the stairs and stopped on the last step and jumped off

"Are you ready baby girl?"

"Yeah, let's go" she said taking my hand

I giggled alittle. I strapped her in and then got in and we took off. When we arrived I unstrapped her

"Now Abby, there's going to be some people here to do an interview, you've got to be on your best behavior"

"Ok mommy" she said

I helped her out of the car and took her hand and we entered the building.

"Hey there Abby, how are you?"

"Fine Scott" she said smiling

"Hey Scott"

"Hey Kayla" he said

"What's wrong?" I asked

"Nothing, just..." he said looking sad

"What?"

"My wife's having a baby" he said smiling huge

"Really? Congrads Scott, when is she due?"

"July"

"That's great"

"5 minute warning" a cameraman said

"I need to go get the weather information" I said

"Alright, talk to ya later"

Me and Abby went to the weather station desk. I sat down and started typing and looking at the
radars

"Abby honey, can you hand mommy her earpiece on the desk over there"

she handed me the earpiece and I put it in my ear and got up to put my wireless microphone on. Abby then got up and sat in the chair I was in

"Sweetie, you can play with this computer ok" I said pointing to the one on the right

"Ok" she said and scooted over to the computer

I went to the green screen and waited for my signal. A couple of minutes later I got my signal

"I hope everyone's having a good afternoon on Friday the 13th of October"

"I'm not, I had a flat tire this morning because I ran over a nail yesterday" Shelly said from the reporting desk

"Anything else happen Shelly?" I asked

"Not yet"

"Well I hope nothing else happens to you today. It's 75 degrees right now with a south wind of about 10 miles per hour. We have a storm system moving in this evening, so don't be surprised if you here some thunder with it moving in, it will be out of here by 11 tonight. So tonight we have rain that will be ending by 11, tomorrow sunny high of 72, Sunday partly cloudy with the high of 72, and Monday we have a 30% chance of rain, high of 65, Back to you Shelly"

"Thanks Kayla" she said

I got the clear and went back to the desks

"Mommy?"

"What sweetie?" I asked getting another chair

"What do the red mean?" she asked pointing to the radar

I looked at what she was pointing at

"That means alot of rain"

"And the green?"

"Means not that much rain"

"Oh"

I started looking at some paper

"Mommy, what do the pink mean?"

I looked up fom the papers and looked at her confused

"What does what mean?"

"Pink?"

I looked at the radar

Winters coming alittle early I thought

"Pink is rain and snow together"

"Blue?"

"Snow"

"We're having snow?" she said excitedly

I looked at the radar again

"Hold on a second, let me check"

I then widenend the viewing area and used a tool to find out what direction and and how fast it was going

"It looks like it will be here Thursday"

"Yay" she said getting up from the chair

she then pushed the chair to the that was across from the computers

"What are you doing Abby?"

"Coloring" she said getting up in the chair and grabbing her crayons and coloring book from the desk drawer

"Alright" I said and started putting another presentation together.

About 5 minutes later

"Mommy?"

"Yes sweetie?"

"There's a tall guy here"

"Ok"

"He wants to talk to you"

I then stopped what I was doing, looked at her, and then looked at the desk where she was coloring and I saw a tall guy standing there. He was wearing all black, he had a black fohawk, blue eyes, and tattoos

"How may I help you?" I asked getting up and walking over to him

"Hello, I'm Zak Bagans" he said sticking out his hand

"Hello, I'm Kayla Summers" I said shaking his hand

"I was wondering if you knew anything about the museum down the street"

"I know alittle bit about it, why?"

"Well, me and my team..." he said pointing to two other guys that were talking to George

"We're investigating there, and we would like to know if you know if anything paranormal has happend there"

I looked at him with a blank expression

Paranormal? As in ghosts? I thought

"I've heard from people that things have happend to them in the museum"

"Mommy?" Abby said and hid behind my leg

I looked down at her

"What is it sweetie?"

"I didn't do it" she said with tears in her eyes

"Didn't do what baby?" I asked putting my hand on her head

"Big yellow bar flashing on the screen"

I looked over at the computer and saw a yellow bar flashing on the screen

"It's alright sweetie, that's just letting me know that there's weather information coming in"
then I heard the fax machine beep, saying it was done printing

"Um...Zak, could you excuse me for a moment?"

"Sure"

I then went to the fax machine and picked up the paper and read it

SVA for this area...Great I thought sarcastically

I sat down at the desk and started typing the counties that were going to be effected. When I was done I got up and I saw a guy coming to Zak, he was tall, bald and had a gotee

"Hey Zak, did you know we're under a Severe Thunderstorm watch?"

"Yes Aaron"

"How'd you know?"

"Beause Kayla just put it on the screen" Zak said

I then got the signal to go on again

"We have a weather update?" Scott asked from the reporting desk

"Yes we do Scott, the whole Clark county area is under a severe thunderstorm watch, and Southern Lincoln County, Southern Nye County, and all of Esmeralda County are under this watch. What we can expect is heavy rain, winds up to 75 miles per hour, and golf ball sized hail. Back to you Scott"
I then got the clear and went back to the desk that Zak and Abby were at

"Sorry about that"

"Don't be, you're just doing your job" Zak said smiling

"So, what did you want to know?"

"We wanted to know about the museum down the street"

"Well, my shift's almost over, do you want me to meet you somewhere?"

"That would be great, and this is your daughter?" Zak asked looking at Abby

"Yes it is"

"How about we meet at McDonald's that's a couple of blocks away from here?" Zak suggested

I looked at Abby and her face lit up

"Please mommy, please, please, please?" she asked and put her hands together

"Alright, we'll go to McDonald's..."

"Yay" Abby said and jumping out of the chair

"But, you have to eat all of your food before you can play, ok?"

"Ok" she said

"Grab your things so we can get going" I said

she then went to get her things

"I would like you to meet my team, this is Aaron..." he said pointing to the tall, bald head head with
a gotee

"Hello Aaron, I'm Kayla" I said sticking out my hand

"Glad to meet you Kayla" Aaron said shaking my hand

"And this is Nick" Zak said pointing to a tall guy with brown hair and it looked like he was trying to go some facial hair

"Hello" I said shaking his hand

"Hello Kayla, we're glad you're giving us some information about the museum" Nick said

"Not a problem"

then Abby came back

"Ready baby girl?" I asked

"Yeah"

"Let's go"

Me and Abby followed the guys out. I strapped Abby in and then got in and followed the guys. About 10 minutes later we arrived at McDonald's. I parked the car and got Abby out and we all went inside

"What do you want Abby?"

"Chicken nugget with a toy" she said smiling up at me

I just smiled and shook my head

"How may I help you?"

"I would like a chicken nugget happy meal and a chicken salad with a drink"

"Is that all?"

"Yes"

"Your total is $10.98"

I handed her the money and she gave me my change back. And a few seconds later our food was
ready. I picked up the tray and Abby followed me to a table

"Now Abby, you sit here and eat while mommy goes and gets your drink and my drink ok?"

"Ok" she said and opened her Happy Meal and took out the toy

I went to the machine and got her a Sprite and I got a Coke. I watched her as I got the drinks, she handed the toy to Nick and he opened it for her and she started talking to him

He must be a dad I thought

I then went back to the table

"Guess who I got?" she asked excitedly

"Who?" I asked mocking her excitment

"Cinderella, see, you like it?" she asked putting it in my face

"I like her, now I think you better eat if you want to go play"

Zak and Aaron came back with their food and drinks and sat down

"Here's yours Nick" Zak said

"Thanks" he said

"Have you always wanted to be a meterologist?" Aaron aske eating some of his fries

"Actually yes I have, I loved learning about weather ever since I was little" I said taking a bite of my chicken salad

Zak noticed Abby was alittle nervous

"Are you ok sweetie?" he asked her

I looked at her smiling

"She's fine, she's just alittle shy"

"What's your name?" Zak asked sweetly

"Abby" she said softly

"Abby, I like that name, My names Zak"
"And I'm Aaron"
"And I'm Nick"

"How old are you?" Zak asked

she held up her left hand with three fingers raised while she was taking a bite of her chicken nugget that was in her right hand

"Really? I have a nephew about your age" Zak said

"Really?" she asked

"Yeah, he's 5" he said

"Can I meet him?" she asked

"If your mom will allow you"

she then looked at me

"Mommy can I?"

"Maybe we can someday"

she then finished her food

"Can I go play now?"

"Yes you can sweetie" I said

she then got off the chair and ran to the playroom

"She seems sweet" Aaron said

"She is" I replied

"So, what can you tell us about the museum?" Zak asked

"Well a couple of friends have had things happen to them, I can show where at the museum"

"That would be great" Zak said

"Ok, I'll drop my daughter off at my friends house and meet you guys there, is that ok?"

"Sure" Nick said

We talked for about 30 more minutes and then I went and got Abby from the playroom. I strapped her in the car and I was about to get in

"Kayla?"

"Yeah?" I asked and turned around and saw Zak

"Here's our numbers, you can call one of us if you need help with anything"

"Ok" I said taking the paper and looking at it

Same hand writing, Zak's number is just alittle bit bigger than the others... I thought

"By the way who wrote this?" I asked curiously

"I did, is it hard to read?"

"No, I was just wondering, I'll be at the museum in about 15 minutes, ok?"

"See ya then" he said and then got into his car

I got into my car and drove off to one of my friends house. 10 minutes later I arrived at my friends house. I got out and unstrapped her from her seat and got her out and went to the front door. I knocked on the door and it opened

"Hey Kayla and Abby"

"Hey Jenny, can you watch Abby for a couple of hours?"

"Sure, is everything ok?"

"Yeah, I just have to talk to some people about something, nothing to worry about"

"Does it have to do with..."

"No Jenny" I said cutting her off

I then bent down and gave Abby a kiss

"Mommy will see you in a few, ok?"

"Ok" she said and went inside with Jenny

I got back in my car and headed towards the museum.