THE REBEL
Ian's and Nina's life with their kids. What happens after Kaila was busted with drugs and how does this affect their family life and that of their other kids. Picks up right where NIAN BABY ended
Nina's POV:
It was very quiet in the car, it was too quiet but I couldn't say a word, I was looking out of the window while Ian was driving the car. He was constantly checking on Kaila in the back of the car she had her eyes shut. It looked like if she was sleeping, but for all we knew she could be pretending . When we arrived home we decided that Ian and I had to talk together first just the two of us, we would talk later with Kaila present. When Ian opened the backdoor of the car there was still no movement so he removed the seatbelt and lifted Kaila from the car. She started to stir in his arms and woke up. "Daddy" she whispered, "go back to sleep baby" Ian said, "we will talk later", she nodded and buried her head against his chest. He carried her on the stairs to her bedroom, I removed the blankets and took her shoes of. I did the same with her jeans and top. Ian put her sleeping clothes on, while she kept dozing in and out of sleep.
We left her room and went downstairs, the other kids wanted to know what was going on, but we didn't want to tell them yet. We asked Madison and Jeremiah to take the boys to a movie and dinner or something. We needed them out of the house for a while. They obeyed but Madison demanded to know what was going on when she would arrive back home again.
"Ok" Ian said, "we really have to process this and have to know what we are going to ask her". "I know" I sobbed, I was full on crying now, so was Ian.
"I want to know how long she is taking drugs, how much and why". "How she first got in contact with it". "Why she is skipping classes and I want to know more about that boy, he is no good news". Ian said. "How did we let it come so far, why didn't we see it Ian" I cried. "We are horrible parents, we failed her". "I know" he nodded "we did fail her, but we are going to get through this we are going to get her off the drugs one way or the other". "If she will not cooperate I'm going to take her away from the situation and we make her go to a facility". "But it's our little girl" I cried, "I know" Ian said, "I know".
Ian's POV:
Nina and I just sat there in the living room being sad and talking about how we let it come so far, when I saw movement up on the stairs I knew Kaila sat there I wondered how long she was there for. Nina was still sobbing into my shoulder and I knew I was still crying too. When nobody came down the stairs I said, "you can come down baby". There she came my little girl shaking and crying walking down the stairs. I motioned her to come sit with us and took her hand. Then I took her in my embrace and we sat there on the couch, all crying. "I'm so sorry" she sobbed, "I'm so sorry".
"Baby" I asked "how did you get there". "How did you get caught up in this whole drug thing: was it the first time you used, or is this going on for much longer". "Most of all how did you hide all of this from us?" "You were always home on time, yes you act like a rebel sometimes but we never recalled really strange behavior from you". "I guess I just can hide it well then" she smirked. "Kaila" I said "cut it out". "We want some answers now, your mother and I deserve them don't you think?"
She looked down in shame again, "it was the first time I used drugs I swear" she said. "Honey it is hard to believe that for us you know". "I will give you another change" I said and repeated the question. "Is what you just told us the truth" I asked, "yes" she said, but I could see she was lying I could always tell if my kids were lying, they weren't made for that. "Okay then" I said, "then you don't mind to do a drug test for us so we can see for ourselves". "They are really accurate you know , they can see everything you used upon three months ago". I saw her swallow hard, "that's what I thought the truth now, young lady" I said. "I don't know exactly I.." she said a few times.
"A few times does that define ten times, twenty times, thirty times hell even more?" "Daddy" she tried, "don't daddy me". "Right now we want answers". "I don't know ten, maybe twenty times but not more" she cried. "Jeez" I sigh "is this the truth?" "Yes daddy I promise". "What did you use and when". "Ecstasy and sometimes I smoked weed but I promise nothing else". "When?" I asked getting really angry, "when you skipped classes?" "Yes but mostly at parties". "Which parties" I asked "you've been to three parties this year". "Yes" she said "there". "Whit whom": she started weeping again, "no I won't tell you" she screamed. "It was that Landon guy wasn't it". "None of your business". "I take that as a yes" I said. "Yes" she said shaky "but I love him daddy he's perfect". "Perfect, getting my daughter into drugs and skipping school, yes I see he's perfect". "You can't blame him daddy I did that by myself". "Yeah sure who introduced you to the drugs?" She didn't give an answer, "thought so" I said.
"Speaking of this guy", "he's my boyfriend daddy". "Speaking of this guy" I continued "how come we have never met him or heard of him then, if you love him so much". "Because you would've never approved". "No of course I wouldn't approve him he's getting you into the drug scene". "Yeah you said he buys you stuff and is nice". "Yeah did you already have to pay up for his gifts to you". "Does he wants you to sleep with him, does he ask you to do stuff for him because he's so nice for you I don't know give pills to other people". I saw her swallowing again, "shit" I cursed, "he has already asked you to do those things". "Yes but I love him daddy, I would do everything for him and I know he loves me too". "Sweetie he doesn't love you he uses you". "You're lying daddy stay out of it it's my relationship it's my life". "Kaila I won't stay out of it, he's bad for you".
"And then something else" Nina said, "how could you have unprotected sex". "Hell how could you have sex" I yelled. "What do you think I'm a little child I'm sixteen dad I'm a teenager, teenagers have sex". " Hell Madison and Jeremiah had sex when they were sixteen". "Yeah baby , I know I didn't approve of that but I knew by then they had a relationship and they made a promise the they would be safe, use protection". " Madison is on birth control and they use other protection too". "I know" she screamed "but it feels better without a condom, we both agreed on that". "Yeah you both did or he did", I asked, she was quiet again.
"Kaila sweetheart" Nina said, "do you realize how stupid that was, what if he has an STD, or he gets you pregnant". "That will not happen mommy" she said "I promise". "Baby you can't promise that" I said, "but I will promise you there will be no more late night parties, no nothing you are grounded as of now, until we say otherwise". "You will not leave the house without mommy or me for the next week and we drive you to school afterwards you go to all your classes and in between breaks you got detention at you teachers office, thereby we will know if you were not in a class and we will pick you up straight after school". "No", she cried "you can't do that you can't take my life away from me". "We are not taking your life away were saving it" I barked out "and o yeah I will check your room and belongings for drugs and I will see it if you use again". "What about Landon" she asked. "I will have a little talk with that lover boy of yours and then I make sure he never comes near you again". "Daddy he's not that way, he loves me". "Daddy please don't take him away from me I love him". Shit I thought she is way deeper in than I expected. "I go talk with this Landon kid but until then you will not see him". "Now obey to our rules". "Please go do your home work or something in your room". "If one of your brothers asks you what's wrong you send them to us, ok". She nodded, but left for her room very pissed and still crying.
"Damn she's in deep" I sighed, "I'm so scared Ian", Nina whispered. "I know baby I am scared too" I said "but we will get her through this". Upstairs I heard bonking and doors getting closed hard. Yes, I thought she's going to be ok but how long will this take?
Kaila's POV:
Shit I got caught, stupid me how did I get here. I loved my parents more than anything but I hated it when they were putting up rules and everything. That's probably why I skipped classes in school for the beginning, because I had to go. I really love Landon, yes he introduced me to drugs but so what it's relaxing a hit once in a while. But I felt still guilty, because my parents found out about it. They were crying when I came downstairs I have never seen them cry. Still I make a promise to myself as of for now, I will not do drugs anymore and I will have sex safely, but they can't lock me in a room and expect me to not see my boyfriend. Luckily they don't know that I have been at a lot of parties the last months. I've snuck out of my window for the past few months, where Landon was always waiting for me. I didn't drink much or do much drugs and slept in on those days so my parents wouldn't expect anything. There was a party tomorrow night and I was going for sure I texted Landon that my parents were furious and that they grounded me. I asked him to meet me at midnight before my house.
Nina's POV:
Ian and I were sitting on the couch still talking about what we were going to do further when the other kids came home. They had a fun night and Aidan had not a clue what was going on, Micah knew something was going on but wasn't really interested. I promised the boys that I would talk to them tomorrow, they went to their rooms because school would start early tomorrow. When they were in bed Madison joined us, Jeremiah had just left and she demanded to know what was going on. "You both have been crying I can see it" she said. "Ok Maddie" I said "sit down please, we will tell you". "So what happened with Kaila" she asked. "Well" Ian began "we got a call from the school". "We discovered a few things there, some things which got us really disturbed". "We are both really shocked because we didn't see this coming at all, we didn't caught any of it". "So" Madison asked, "she got busted skipping school which she has been doing for quite some time, but that's not all she had drugs with her and we found out that she has used drugs for some time now". "Really" Madison asked, "yes" we answered, "how come she does that".
"Well that's something we found out too, she has been in contact with a guy from school whit whom she skips classes and does drugs". She loves him but we suspect that he uses her". "He buys her stuff and as a repayment he lets her deal drugs"." Therefore we found out that she is having unprotected sex with him". "Shit" Madison cursed. "What's the name of this guy" she asked. "Landon" I said, "that's not good Madison" said, "he's my age and he's really a player, did also a lot of drugs when I knew him". "Yeah, so she says she's really sorry and promises that she won't have unprotected sex anymore and doesn't want to do drugs but she loves that guy". "She's really deep in" Ian said. "So please Maddie" I said, "you can let your sister know you know, but don't set her off, you can try to help her but please don't use it against her". "Ok" she said softly and hugged us both. "Oh mum, dad" she said, "don't blame yourself no one saw this coming, she was very good in hiding it". "Yes" Ian said "I know, but as a parent you have to know everything about your children and when something like this is happening you have a feeling you failed". "We failed Kaila, Madison". "We did and we are sad about that, but we are going to do everything in our power to fix her again". She came storming at us and hugged us. "Mom, dad you are the best parents in the world no matter what". "I love you guys".
Ian's POV:
It was 10 pm when Nina and decided to go to bed, but first I had to check on my little girl. She was lying on her bed with an open schoolbook still in her hands. I smiled at the thought that she was still willing to learn. How she lay there on her bed, you couldn't imagine what she put herself and us through in the last few hours. Although there was still the hint that she cried because her eyes were still red and a little swollen. I took the book out of her hand and pulled the blankets over her. She looked so peaceful. Before I left I kissed her forehead and whispered, "we love you baby girl sleep tight". "Love you too daddy" she mumbled, still half sleeping. "I know baby" I said. I clicked out the lamp and left her room.
"She's sleeping" I said when I entered our bedroom, "good" Nina said, "now let me go to sleep and wake up tomorrow with the realization that this was all a bad dream". "Yeah" I said "if that would be possible". I was awoken at two in the morning by a hard boom. I knew exactly from which room that noise came and sprinted to my daughter's bedroom.
