Now we move into the future; 8 yrs later.
Bobby would be about 58; Angela, 46; Jimmy, 11; Jennifer, 8
Joey, 17; about to graduate High School.
Goren Household 2 a.m.
"Bobby, wake up," Angela nudged Bobby. She had a sound of panic in her voice. "Bobby, please wake up."
Bobby was startled; he jumped up and looked at the panicked stricken Angela who was already up, with her robe on, pacing in the bedroom.
"What, what's the matter," he asked. He got out of bed and put his arms around her, then looked in to her eyes.
"He's two hours late. He was supposed to be back at midnight. Its 2 a.m.," she said pointing to the clock on the bedside. "He has never been late."
"He is 17. It's a graduation party, he probably lost track of time, Angela," Bobby sat on the edge of the bed and pulled her onto his lap. "Maybe he ran into Autumn and lost track of time."
"Autumn," she asked. She looked at her husband with a quizzical look in her eye.
"A girl he is crazy about. Don't worry; he and I went over all the rules of protection, the dangers of STD's and how he could ruin his college plans with an unplanned pregnancy," he explained.
"Where was I? Why didn't I know about this," she asked him.
"Angela, there are some things a guy doesn't want to talk to his sister about," Bobby started kissing her on the neck.
"I think you need to go find him, something could have happened. He isn't answering his cell phone. He could have at least called," she stood up and started pacing again.
Bobby realized she wasn't going to let up, so he got up and got dressed. He thought back to when he was 17. "I hope you're not doing anything stupid, Joey," he thought to himself.
Bobby drove to the house where the party was. All the lights were out; it seemed like the party was over. Bobby began to worry. He drove slowly down the street. There were a few cars parked on the side of the road. He spotted Joey's car. He parked and walked up to the car. It seemed empty, until he looked in it and discovered Joey and a girl into heavy petting. Her shirt was off, but her bra was still on; they were kissing and fondling each other. Bobby started to blush and wonder if this is what Joey had been up to for 2 hours. He briefly thought back to the days of his youth. He put his back against the door and then knocked on the glass.
"Times up," he said. He didn't look at them. He knew they would be embarrassed enough. He gave them time to pull themselves together. Then Joey got out of the car.
"Uh Dad, I was just going to give Autumn a ride home," he said nervously looking at his feet.
"Well, your sister is up pacing wondering why you're two hours late. Where does she live," asked Bobby. He didn't make eye contact with Joey, he just looked at his finger nails.
"Just a few blocks from here," Joey said as he pointed down the street.
"Ok, I will follow you, but take her straight home," ordered Bobby.
"I will," Joey got back into the car and started the engine. He waited for Bobby to get into his car.
Bobby followed Joey to Autumn's house. Joey opened the car door for Autumn and walked her to the door. He kissed her goodnight, but it was a quick kiss this time. Bobby laughed; he figured that was due to his being there. Bobby couldn't blame him; she was a pretty girl, with long red hair. Joey got back into his car and drove home.
Angela was waiting at the door when they arrived. Joey looked at Angela.
"I'm sorry if I made you worry. I lost track of time, I should have called," said Joey.
"I know you're an adult Joey, but that doesn't mean I will stop worrying about you," she hugged Joey. "Now go up to bed get some sleep."
Joey went upstairs and Angela turned to Bobby.
"Well, was it a girl," she asked Bobby.
"Yes; it's better than him drinking and doing drugs," smiled Bobby. "She's a cutie, too."
"Hey, don't you go looking at other girls, especially younger ones," Angela said. She playfully slapped Bobby on the back.
"Well, I guess I owe you don't I," she smiled back at him and ran her fingers through his hair.
The next morning Joey went to the mall with Autumn. They walked around the mall hand in hand. They talked about their plans to go to Hudson in the fall. They sat in the food court and ate lunch. Then two guys came sat with them.
"Who's this Autumn," asked Jarod. He stole some of Autumn's fries.
"This is Joey," said Autumn, uneasily.
"Hey Joey, I'm Jarrod, Autumn's older brother. This is my friend Paul," said Jarrod. He grabbed Autumn's purse, as he looked around to see if anyone was looking.
"What are you doing," said Autumn, reaching out to grab her purse back from him.
"I just need you to hold something for me," said Jarrod. He put an envelope in her purse, grabbed her drink and walked off.
"Your brother seems like a rough kinda guy," said Joey. As he looked at Autumn, she seemed upset.
"My parents kicked him out, he got arrested for drugs too many times," she replied. She opened her purse to see what he put in it. She opened the envelope. It contained a white powder in little Ziploc bags and a couple hundred dollars.
"We need to get rid of this Autumn. If you get caught with that you could go to jail," Joey exclaimed. Joey grabbed the envelope and went to throw it away in the garbage.
"Hold on son," said the officer. "What do you have there?"
Joey turned around with the envelope in his hand. Two police officers were standing there looking at him.
"We just arrested your friends Paul and Jarrod. We will take that envelope. You're coming downtown," said the officer. "And your girlfriend, too."