Chapt 1

Amy Lindley was in her 10th grade English class listening to her teacher and dad Jack McPhee. "Alright read Romeo and Juliet. Chapters 1-10 we will discuss it tomorrow." Jack said as the bell rang. Amy got up with her friend Jessie Sampson.

Jessie smirked at her. "You coming to my party tomorrow night?" Jessie asked.

Amy shook her head. "No I'm babysitting Noah." Amy said. Noah was Pacey and Joey's 3 year old son.

Jessie frowned. "Bail." Jessie said.

Amy shook her head. "I can't. I promised my dads." Amy said stuffing her books into her bag.

Jessie gasped. "Oh no Mr. Dentworth is talking to Mr. McPhee." Jessie said.

Amy turned and looked at her dad. "Probably just a teacher thing." Amy said feeling uneasy. Jack caught her eye and motioned for her to come to his desk.

Amy turned back to Jessie. "I'll see you in Spanish." Amy said and walked over to Jack's desk and hugged him.

"Hi Mr. Dentworth." Amy said.

Gerald Dentworth smiled. 'Hi Amy. I was just telling your dad that your test came in." Mr. Dentworth said.

Jack squeezed Amy's shoulder. "Mr. Dentworth said that you got an A on the math quiz." Jack said.

Amy smiled. "Thank you." Amy said.

Mr. Dentworth smiled. "Your welcome. Jack will I be seeing you in the teacher's lounge?" Mr. Dentworth asked.

Jack smiled. "I don't know yet. We'll see." Jack said.

Amy smiled. "Excuse me I need to get to Spanish." Amy said making her way out of the room. Amy got to her locker and squatted down next to her locker crying. "Why me." Amy asked.

LUNCH PERIOD.

Amy was sitting in the back of the room when Jessie came in and sat down across from her. "So you gonna tell me what Mr. McPhee wanted with you?" Jessie asked.

Amy rolled her eyes. "He is my dad you know." Amy said.

Jessie nodded. "Who doesn't call you up to the desk at the end of class." Jessie said.

Amy smirked. "He wanted to share something with me. Now can I eat my lunch in peace." Amy asked.

Jessie nodded. 'Sure. Ryan asked me to eat with him. See you later." Jessie said leaving Amy alone.

Amy turned back to her book when another figure sat down across from her. Amy looked up to see Jack sitting with her. "Why aren't you in the teacher's lounge?" Amy asked.

Jack smiled. 'Cause I wanted to have lunch with my daughter." Jack said.

Amy smiled. "Thank you. But I was sorta hoping to eat alone." Amy said.

Jack looked at her. "What's going on." Jack asked.

Amy sighed. "Teenage stuff. Nothing that I can't handle." Amy said.

Jack nodded. "Wanna talk about it?" Jack asked.

Amy shook her head. "Not really." Amy said. Jack nodded and dug into his sandwich.

Amy laid her hand on his arm. "I'll tell you soon. But not now. I promise." Amy said.

Jack smiled and patted her hand. "Ok. How about we go out tomorrow night. Me you and Doug." Jack said.

Amy smirked. "I told Aunt Joey and Uncle Pacey I would babysit Noah." Amy said.

Jack nodded. "Right their monthly dinner date." Jack said.

Amy nodded. "Besides it's nothing to celebrate daddy." Amy said.

Jack looked at her confused. "You getting an A on a hard math quiz is a cause to celebrate." Jack said.

Amy smiled when the bell rang she got up and kissed Jack on the cheek. "I'll see you when I get home from my shift at Ice House." Amy said.

Jack nodded. "Have fun." Jack said to her retreating form.

DINNER TIME JACK/DOUG'S HOUSE

Jack was sitting on the couch thinking about Amy's behavior when Doug came in. "Hey." Doug said.

Jack looked back at him. "Hey. How was work?" Jack asked.

Doug nodded. "Davis twins tried to rob the dime store." Doug said.

Jack smirked. "Those boys are trouble." Jack said getting up and coming into the kitchen to fix him and Doug a glass of wine.

"How was your day?" Doug asked stripping his over shirt and throwing it into the laundry room.

Jack shrugged. "Ok. Bunch of 10th graders." Jack said.

Doug smirked. "How was our daughter today?" Doug asked sitting down facing Jack.

Jack looked at him. "Out of it. Gerald Dentworth came into my class room. Told her that she got an A on that last math test." Jack said.

Doug smiled. 'She studied her but off." Doug said.

Jack nodded. "She walked out of the class room. Doug I could of been seeing things but I thought I seen her crying." Jack said.

Doug looked worried. "Maybe her and Jessie had an argument." Doug said.

Jack shook his head. "She was smiling at her. What was odd was later at lunch when I told her that me you and her could go to the movie's tomorrow night she didn't want to go." Jack said.

Doug nodded. "Jack when you were her age did you want to be seen with your folks?" Doug asked.

Jack shook his head. "No. But Doug you should of seen her. She looks way out there almost like she was scared." Jack said.

Doug looked at Jack. "She gets off from her shift at Pacey's in about 3 hours we'll talk to her when she comes home." Doug said. Jack nodded sipping his wine.

"Until then why don't we go down on the pier and relax." Doug said. Jack got up and took Doug's outstretched hand.

9: PM ICE HOUSE

Amy was closing up with Joey and Pacey. Pacey smiled at Amy. "We really appreciate you taking care of Noah for us." Pacey said.

Amy smiled. "Uncle Pacey I love my little cousin." Amy said.

Joey smiled. "He loves you too." Joey said hugging her.

Amy hugged her back and looked at her watch. "I better get home before Dougie sends out one of his deputies." Amy said.

Pacey laughed. "If he does I'll vouch for you." Pacey said. Amy nodded and left the building.

Joey looked to Pacey. "She looks like she's got the weight of the world on her." Joey said.

Pacey nodded. "She does. I'll ask Dougie when he comes for lunch tomorrow." Pacey said.

JACK/DOUG'S HOUSE

Jack and Doug were still sitting on the pier when Amy came home. When Amy came out onto the pier she sighed to herself. "Hey. I'm home." Amy said.

Doug looked behind him. "Hey sweetie. Come sit with us." Doug said.

Amy sat down and crossed her legs. "Man shift was a killer." Amy said.

Doug smirked. "My brother forget to call in more waitresses?" Doug asked.

Amy rolled her eyes. "No he called in David and Ryan. The class acts and all they did was hit on the teenage girls. Which meant me Lisa and Stacey had to work six different sections." Amy said.

Jack looked over at her from his position with his head in Doug's lap. "I told Doug about your A." Jack said.

Amy looked down Doug smiled. "I'm proud of you. We both are." Doug said.

Amy nodded. "Yeah. I'm gonna go shower and go to bed." Amy said getting to her feet Doug caught her arm before she could get away.

"Saturday we're gonna go to out to eat." Doug said.

Amy nodded. "Ok. Tell me what time I'll be ready." Amy said.

Doug nodded. "Nite Sweetie." Doug said.

Amy smiled. "Nite." Amy said running back toward the house.

Jack looked back to Doug. "See what I mean. She's like she's been spooked." Jack said.

Doug nodded. "We'll get to the bottom of this." Doug said leaning down and kissing Jack.

TBC