A/N R&R please hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bridge to Terabithia.

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Jess sat in the darkness looking

up at the stars. He found himself out here more and more as time went by. He waited until May Belle went to sleep and then he climbed out of his window and down a ladder he placed after dinner. Today was a hard day for Jess; it was her 13th birthday; a birthday she would never see. He never imagined two years ago that she wouldn't be here to celebrate it with him. He almost felt guilty about turning 13 in just four months. He sat in the gliding chair very quietly, when he did so he could still hear her laugh, he remembered all of the laughter that they had shared and tears started to run down his cheek. Tonight he would cry himself to sleep just wanting to be near her again.

Jesse Sr. awoke to find his son asleep in the gliding chair outside. He gently shook him and gave him his list of chores for the morning, while he was at work. He added a few extra to those he normally gives as punishment for the progress report he brought home.

Pre-Algebra D

Art B-

History F

Biology D-

English C

P.E. F

Computers D+

Jess got up out of the chair and walked towards the greenhouse to start his chores. He thought to himself "why am I doing this, he doesn't even care about me" Jess then ran off into the woods and the once magical world of Terabithia. Jess stopped at the castle to pick up some supplies, luckily May Belle still went over to Terabithia quite regularly and always kept a few snacks and drinks hidden around the place. While he was there, he picked up an old sketchbook and some pencils. Jess then went off to their secret shelter, the only place that the Dark Master couldn't get to. He was planning on spending the day drawing, but while flipping through the pages, he saw her, there was Leslie Burke looking back at him, his eyes filled with tears and one fell down his cheek. Jess just sat there and stared at the picture not taking his eyes off of his queen.

Meanwhile, Jesse Sr. returned home from work to find Jess wasn't there and the list of chores, not completed.

"Mary have you seen Jess today?"

"No honey I haven't. What did you tell him this morning?"

"I just told him that we were very disappointed with him and I gave him his chores to do."

"Are you sure that's all you told him?"

"Yeah. You don't think that he went off into the woods do you?"

"Well I don't know Jack, but it would have been her birthday today."

"Shit! I completely forgot about that, no wonder he was sleeping outside this morning."

"He was sleeping outside this morning?"

"Yeah he was curled up on the glider."

"Well I hope he doesn't come down with anything, that's all that we need."

"What should we do?"

"I think he will come home, we just need to give him some space, I'm sure today will be very hard on him."

As dinner approached, the Aarons became increasingly worried and Mary decided to call the sheriff and file a missing persons report. The sheriff sent over a deputy and the K-9 unit to attempt to track him down.

Jess awakened suddenly as he heard something approaching the shelter. He heard a dog start barking and the branches in front of him parted and a flashlight was in his face.

"This is Deputy Larson, I have located the boy. Alright son let's go."

The Deputy led Jess off towards the house.

"You can't take me back there, my dad is going to kill me for running off like that"

"Well son we'll see when we get back home what we're going to do."

"Please I'm begging you don't take me back there."

"Sorry I have to bring you home."

The Aarons sat at the table with the sheriff. He was telling them about the new shock program for first time offenders to see if they could head the delinquency off.

"So Sheriff Green, tell us that again; you do what???"

"Well Ma'am we arrest them here and then we take them down to the juvenile detention center and we book them in, give them their phone call and place them in a cell for the night. The program with the best success is the 9 day program where they spend a week in our system and we deprive them from their normal school routine and instead we have our boot camp style instruction."

"Well I think we should give it a try, what do you think Mary?"

"I don't know it seems kind of harsh especially today."

"I know today but I think it is our best chance at getting him back on track in school."

"Yeah okay let's do it."

"Alright, here are the consent forms and if could just get your signatures right here, we will get to it as soon as they get back here. Now I must warn you, you have to act like you had nothing to do with this it is very important he thinks that you know nothing about his arrest."

"We'll try sheriff."

The sheriff stepped outside and saw the deputy leading Jess up the driveway. He stopped them next to his car and read Jess his rights.

"Jesse Oliver Aarons Jr., you are under arrest on the criminal charge of trespassing, "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights?"

"Yes sir."

Do you have anything on you like a pocket knife or anything that will stab me?"

"No sir."

"Place your hands on my vehicle and spread your legs"

The Sheriff patted Jess down, cuffed him, put him in the back of his car, and headed towards the Juvenile Detention Center.

"Sheriff what exactly is going to happen to me?"

"Well Jess, we are going to book you in, then you will be put in a cell."

"Book Me in, what does that mean?"

"Well, SOP is we take you in we get you finger printed, and we take your mug shot, then we give you a urine test and make sure you're not on any kind of drugs."

"I'm not on drugs, I swear!!"

"Well we will find out for sure after your UA. After that, we will give you a cavity search and we will delouse you."

"Cavity search, I just went to the dentist and I have perfect teeth."

"That's not what a cavity search is but that's great that you have good teeth."

"So what's a cavity search?"

"Well, we just make sure that you aren't hiding anything in any orifices like drugs or weapons."

"I already told you I don't do drugs damn it."

"Again, we will find out for sure in a minute. Well here we are, now sit still when I get you out, you don't want to hurt yourself."

Sheriff Green helped Jess out of the back of the car and led him in to the booking desk. After the Delousing, Jess was given his uniform to wear. An orange jumpsuit and prison issue briefs.

"You expect me to wear these, I am a boxers guy."

"Don't do the crime if you can't do the time, here we are S43985 cell A-6 welcome home."

Jess looked around the cell to get used to his new surroundings. It was about 10' by 7' and a bunk bed along one wall and a toilet sink combo on the other. He put his sheet and blanket down and started to put on his clothes when someone rolled over the top bunk.

"Hey, I'm Brian what's your name?"

"I'm Jess, now do you mind I'm trying to get dressed here."

"Oh A first timer I see, well you're just going to have to get used to it, there is no privacy around here. The toilets in the corner for Christ's sake."

"Hey I would appreciate it if you wouldn't talk like that."

"Sorry, So what brings you here?"

"Trespassing. You?"

"Vandalism Technically."

"Technically?"

"Yeah I was TPing my ex-girlfriends house. Do you have a girlfriend?"

"I did once."

"What happened she kick you to the curb?"

"No!! She died, today would be her 13th birthday too."

"Man that's rough. What happened?"

"I really don't want to talk about it."

"So where do you go to school?"

"I'll go to Lark Creek Jr. High in the fall. Where do you go?"

"I go to Washington."

"You're in High school?"

"Yeah I'm 15. So you're what like 12."

"Yeah."

"That's weird, my first time here was when I was 12 too."

"So what happens next?"

"Well, you will probably get to call your parents."

"I don't think I want to call my parents, they will probably kill me."

"Whatever man, they are probably worried about you."

"If you say so, I kind of ran away from home."

*BOOM *BOOM *BOOM

"Jess Aarons, time for your phone call!!"

"You know who to call."

Jess followed the guard out to a phone booth where Jess thought for a minute about who to call. Jess dialed the number Bill had given him if he ever needed anything, after 4 rings Jess got nervous that no one would answer.

"Hello"

"Hello, Mr. Burke."

"Huh who is this?"

"It's me Jess."

"Oh Jess, why are you calling, its 2:30 in the morning."

"Well Mr. Burke, I was hoping you could come and bail me out of jail?'

"Jail?? What happened?"

"Well they said I was Trespassing. I know my parents don't have the money to get me out."

"Yeah Jess I'll be there first thing in the morning."

"Thanks so much Mr. Burke."

Jess hung up the phone and followed the guard back to his cell. Jess saw that Brian had fallen asleep so he made his bed quietly and tried to do the same. He tried to sleep but the light really bothered him, he tried putting his pillow over his head but that didn't work. He finally got to sleep but it seemed like only a few minutes before the guard returned.

*BOOM *BOOM *BOOM

"Jess Aarons, visitor."

Jess stumbled out of bed, and put on his slippers. He followed the guard to a big room, with lots of tables and Mr. Burke sitting at one.

"Jess, what have you gotten yourself in to?"

"Well they said I was Trespassing."

"Where would you be Trespassing."

"Well I was over across the creek."

"Oh I see, you know we spent the day yesterday together remembering our Leslie, It's only natural, that you did the same."

"Yeah I spent the day looking at some old pictures in our rain shelter."

"Now Jess they won't release you to me, but I can give the money to your dad."

"It's no use, he won't take it. I guess I'll just have to ride this one out."

"It was nice to see you Jess, don't be a stranger you can call anytime..."

"Thanks Mr. Burke."

"The guard led Jess off to the cafeteria where the other boys were already eating.

A/N hope you enjoyed I like this story a lot more. Reviews are appreciated.