Trouble with family
Chapter 1
The scene is an early evening and Drake is in the living room.
He looks at the calendar and sighed. "Are you ready for it L.P?" Drake asked.
L.P. looked at him weird. "Ready for what?"
"The Goth Gosalyn. It's another anniversary of her parents death. So every year she dresses in all black to morn them."
"How come I never seen her like that?"
"Consider you're self lucky." Drake said.
Gosalyn comes walking down the stairs. (13)
She's wearing a black shirt, jeans, her hair is a pony tail and black sunglasses.
"Oh, life is such a drag." Gosalyn said.
Drake rolled his eyes. "See what I mean L.P." He said.
"I see." Launch Pad said.
Gosalyn sighed and laid on the couch. "It's the saddest time of the year. I'm the only Waddle Meyer left in the world." She moaned.
"Oh brother. Gosalyn, you're going to be late for the game."
Gosalyn moaned and walked out of the house and Drake just rolled his eyes.
Later that night..
Gosalyn has the ball and is made a basket.
The others are watching the game from the bleachers.
As she made the other basket. Drake cheered for her. "Yes!" Drake exclaimed.
Gosalyn and her friends gave each other high five.
"That's my girl." Drake clapped.
Just then a man sat down next to Drake.
"Wow, that girl is really good."
"Good? She's been voted MVP three times in a row. And she's my daughter." Drake said.
"Really? You're daughter? I bet you and you're wife are really proud of her."
"No wife. And I am."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Divorced?"
"No I adopted her. Why are you asking me questions about her anyways?" He asked.
"Uh.. no answer." He replied.
He looked back over at Gosalyn. 'Hmm…' He thought to himself.
The game is over with and they won 26 to one!
Gosalyn is in the locker rooms changing clothes. She's wearing a black and purple hooded sweatshirt , baggy jeans and sneakers.
"Awesome game girls." The coach said.
Gosalyn grabbed her hair brush and brushed her hair one last time.
And grabbed her gym bag. "See you later Ally." Gosalyn said as she walked out.
She walked out of the locker room and saw Drake and the others waiting for her.
"Woo hook! There she is! The MVP again!" Drake cheered.
Gosalyn blushed at that. 'Hey pops." She replied.
She gave him a hug. "Give me the ball." Drake said.
She threw the ball at him, he missed it. "You know I'm not surprised that you're so good. I was quite the player back in the day."
Gosalyn laughed and rolled her eyes. "No, you didn't dad. Remember I saw you back then. And you were a nerd. A big comic book nerd." She laughed.
Drake mocked her. "Oooh you're such a smart ass aren't you?" He asked.
"I'd rather be a smart ass then a dumb ass anyway." She replied.
"Good point." He said.
They walked out that guy was followed them out.
They arrived back at home. Drake looked at the clock and sighed.
"Well it's still pretty early. So I think I'm going to go on patrol."
"That's cool pops. I still have home work to catch up with." Gosalyn said.
Drake looked at her. "What? I thought that you said you got it done." He said.
"All but my family history report. And I don't know much about my family."
"That's not true. You met them remember."
Gosalyn sighed. "Not you're family. My family. The Waddlemejers. You know blood. And it's not like I can just call them up. They're all dead. I'm just related to you by paper."
"Hmm.. we'll talk about it later okay Gos?"
Gosalyn sighed. "Okay." She said.
He kissed her head and took out of the house.
Gosalyn sighed and walked to the computer.
"Maybe I can find something on the computer." She said.
She typed it in and zero results. "Great I must be the last one in the world." She replied.
Just then the phone rang. "Who could that be at this late?" She asked.
She got up and walked to the phone. "Hello?" She asked.
There was no answer. "Fine, I didn't want to talk to you anyway." Gosalyn said.
She hung up the phone and walked back to the computer.
The phone kept ringing all through the night.
The next day..
Gosalyn is walking to the pizza joint half asleep.
"Man, I'm going to kill the person who kept calling last night." She yawned.
Just then an old beat up truck pulled up against Gosalyn. That guy from the other night rolled down his window.
"Excuse me miss. Can you help me? I need to get to the court house."
Gosalyn stopped and looked at the man confused and didn't move any closer to him.
"Um.. yeah. You just go straight ahead and you're there. It's not too hard to miss." She answered.
"Okay thanks. Say aren't you Gosalyn Mallard?"
Gosalyn knew better to answer questions like that and just kept walking.
As he drove off Gosalyn got a good picture in her head of him..
Shortly after..
She arrived there. Honker, Ally and her other friends are sitting there waiting for her.
"Hey guys." Gosalyn said.
"Yo." Honker said.
She sat down next to Ally.
"That was a great game girl." Ally said.
They gave each other a high five.
They begun to chit chat and have fun.
30 mins later..
Gosalyn just got chills down her neck.
"Is something wrong?" Honker asked.
'The hairs on my back of my neck just stood up. I have that feeling that somebody's watching me.' She replied.
"Maybe it's because somebody is," Ally said.
Ally pointed to the window and saw that guy from above.
"It's the guy from the game." Honker said in shocked.
Gosalyn looked at Honker shocked. "What do you mean from the game?" She asked.
"He was at you're game last night. Asking you're dad a bunch of questions about you."
"Asking me questions about me? What for?" Gosalyn asked.
Honker shrugged. "Don't know. He left after the game."
"Okay you're scaring me now Honk. Some dude from a game watched me play, asked questions about me, and followed me around. I'm calling my dad." Gosalyn said.
She grabbed her phone out of the pocket and dialed his number.
"Dad, can you pick us up?… Please dad?… Okay thanks. I'll tell you everything when you get here. Okay, cool." Gosalyn said.
She turned it off and put her phone in her pocket.
"He's going to pick us up." She said.
"Okay cool." The gang said.
Minutes later..
They're standing outside of the restaurant and Drake pulls up to them.
"There he is." Gosalyn said.
They all climbed into the car and Drake drove off.
That guy was standing close by and watched them.
Back at home..
Gosalyn is telling Drake everything.
"Some psycho is stalking me dad."
"WHAT!" Drake exclaimed.
"That guy from the guy last night sir. He was at the pizza joint today."
"Yeah and he stopped and wanted to know directions from me." Gosalyn replied.
Drake was really concerned about that. "That is weird. Okay kido, here's what I want you to do. Don't talk to him, don't do anything. If you see him run the other direction." He said.
The kids nodded their heads at that.
Just then the doorbell rang. "I'll get it." Gosalyn said.
She walked over to the door and there was that man standing in front of her.
Her green eyes widen with fear.
"Hi." The man said.
"Daaaad!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
Drake comes walking and stands next to Gosalyn.
"May I help you?" Drake asked.
The man just looked over at Gosalyn, Drake stepped in front of Gosalyn.
"Go in the living room Gosalyn." He said.
Gosalyn just walked into the other room.
Drake turned back to the man. "I'll ask you again. May I help you?" Drake asked.
The man sighed. "Yes, my name's Steve. And I… I can't believe that was Gosalyn. She's soo.."
Drake raised an eyebrow at him. "A 13 year old girl. And she doesn't like it when people follow her around."
"Sorry, I just didn't know what to say."
"Oh really? You sure didn't have trouble speaking to me last night during the game."
"I just wanted to get to know her better."
"Really? And whys that? What could you possibility have in common with a 13 year old little girl?"
"I didn't come here to make a bunch of trouble for you. I just came to see Gosalyn."
"Yes I see that. But why? You two never met. Unless.. did a baseball crash into a window in you're house? If so how much is it going to cost?"
Steve laughed at that. "No, nothing like that. I'll just introduce myself again. I'm Steve Waddlemerjer. I'm Will's brother. Gosalyn's Uncle." Steve said.
"Her Uncle?" Drake asked.
"Yes, I'm her uncle." He replied.
"Look, I don't know who you are…"
Gosalyn comes walking out over hearing this.
"My uncle?" She asked in disbelieve.
"Gosalyn, didn't I tell you to wait in the living room?" Drake asked.
She just walked past him over to Steve.
"Are you really my uncle?" She asked.
"Yes he was my little brother."
"If you were really my dad's brother. Then how come I never heard of you until now?"
"I wasn't really close to you're dad. And I just found about you."
"Yeah well. You see me, I'm alive. Goodbye." Gosalyn said.
She closed the door on him.
"Yeah right. And I'm the queen of England. My grandpa never told me anything about him."
She walked away and Drake just watched her.
Gosalyn is in her room chatting with Ally.
"You're uncle?" Ally asked.
"Yeah if you believe that bull. My grandpa never lied to me before. And he wouldn't lie about this. And this guy just comes walking in says he's my uncle. And expects me to be all happy happy joy joy? I don't think so." Gosalyn replied.
"But what if he's really you're uncle."
"I don't know anything about this guy. Ally what if he's some psycho?"
"That's true."
"Lets just get out of here for awhile." Gosalyn said.
They walked out of the room.
Drake is in the living room reading a news paper. When he heard the girls walking down.
"I'm telling you Ally. I just don't care. He can claim to be the president of the United States. And I still wouldn't care."
"You already don't like the president." Ally replied.
"Yeah, well you can't win them all. We're going out dad. I'll be back before dark." She said.
Her and Ally walked out of the house. Drake just sighed and watched them walk out.
30 mins later..
They were walking around the neighborhood it had started to pour down raining.
Ally's mom came driving by and stopped by the girls.
"Ally, there you are! Come on we have to go take you're brother to the hospital." She said.
"Bye Gosalyn." Ally said.
Ally ran to the car and hoped in and they drove off.
"Bye." Gosalyn waved. Being splashed by the puddle.
"Just great. What else could go wrong today?" She asked.
Just then Steve pulled up against her. "Hey Gos." Steve said.
She just ignored him and kept on walking by.
He drove along side her. "Want a ride?" He asked.
"No thanks. Seeing that my house is only a few steps away. I'll walk." Gosalyn replied.
"But it's raining." Steve said.
"I'll take my chance with it."
"Aww come on Gos."
"Look, I don't know who you think you are. But my grandpa never mentioned you. So if you don't leave me alone. I'll call the cops on you."
"You really are Wills and Gwen's daughter aren't you? A spitting image of you is mom."
"Stop it! Don't talk about them like you know them. Cause you don't!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
"You're wrong. I do. Here's a picture of me and you're dad together."
He handed her a picture, Gosalyn paused and looked at it.
"You are telling the truth." She said.
"Told ya. How about we go to the pizza shop for food?"
"No, thanks. I'm not hungry. Besides I had pizza for lunch." She said.
"Okay, then how about the coffee shop."
"The coffee shop! I'm 13 years old. Coffee taste like chalk to me." Gosalyn said.
"Boy, you are one stubborn kid aren't ya? Just like you're dad."
Gosalyn paused and sighed. "Okay, look Steve. I'll go spend some time with you. But I have to be back home in an hour." Gosalyn said.
Steve smiled and watched as she climbed into the truck. He then drove off.
Gosalyn paused and sighed. "Okay, look Steve. I'll go spend some time with you. But I have to be back home in an hour." Gosalyn said.
Steve smiled and watched as she climbed into the truck. He then drove off.
At the mall..
They stopped at a local ice cream shop. Gosalyn got her usual chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough. While Steve just got a plane vanilla.
"I can't believe that you just a vanilla. What kind of person in this day in age. Gets a vanilla cone?" Gosalyn asked.
"I guess I just like things simple." Steve said.
"Hmm… So how come I never heard or seen you before?" Gosalyn asked.
Steve chuckled. "Boy, you just go straight to the point don't you?"
"Yeah now spill it." Gosalyn said.
"Okay well you're dad and I had a huge fight. And he said that he never wanted to see me again. So we went our separate ways, Then I heard about the car crash that killed him."
Gosalyn was confused by this. "Why didn't you show up at the funeral?" Gosalyn asked.
"I couldn't bring myself top go to it."
"But the thing that I don't understand is. That okay so you two got in a fight. Big deal, my dad wasn't ever one to hold a grudge. It must have been some big fight. What did you two fight about?" She asked.
"Uh… it doesn't matter. Now what matters is that we found each other and no use to live in the past." He said he put his arm on her shoulder and she steps away.
"I guess so. But you could of just talked to him. He would forgive you."
"Oh, I highly doubt that." He replied.
"Then why don't you just tell me what the fight was about?" Gosalyn asked.
He laughed. "Boy, you sure don't give up do you?"
"No I don't. My dad taught me to ask questions when I don't understand something. And I don't understand what is the big deal!" She exclaimed.
"Look Gos, you don't need to know everything." He said.
Gosalyn raised an eyebrow at that and watched him walk away.
'What is this dude hiding? I have to find out.' She thought to herself.
She shook the thoughts out of her head and looked at her watch.
"Oh god! It's late! I was supposed to be home an hour ago! My dad's going to go postal on me! I got to go!" She exclaimed.
"I'll drive you back home!" Steve exclaimed.
The two of them walked out of the mall.
Back with Drake he's walking around in circles in the living room.
"Where she is?" He asked.
Just then the door opened up and Gosalyn and Steve came walking in.
"Dad, I know I'm late…"
"Gos, go to you're room. I want to talk to Steve alone." Drake said.
Gosalyn looked at him and back at Steve. "It's okay Gos." He said.
Gosalyn walked up the stairs.
"Look, Drake. It's all my fault she's late. I saw her walking down the street and I took her to the mall."
"Uh huh. So decided with out asking me her father. Rather or not she could go. And with out calling me to tell me…"
"I'm sorry. It just happened."
"Oh, nothing with you just happens Steve. You think you can just come in here. Make a bunch of promises to Gosalyn. That you don't attend to keep. I'm going to honest with you. I don't trust you. You think you can just walk in and say 'hey I'm you're Uncle."
"I am!"
"Please, I don't believe you. And if you think that I am just going to sit back and watch you destroy her life. You're so wrong."
"I didn't mean to make trouble for you. I just came to see my niece for the first time."
"Oh really? And you didn't make plans to take her for the weekend right?"
"I.."
"Look Steve. I'm going to make this really clear for you. I don't want you near Gosalyn. If I see you near her again. I will call the cops or beat you're head in. Which either one comes first. Do I make myself clear?" Drake asked.
"Yes." Steve replied.
"Nooo!" Gosalyn exclaimed as she ran down the stairs.
"Gosalyn, didn't I just tell you to wait up stairs?" Drake asked.
"Dad, you can't be for real."
"It's okay Gos. I understand."
"Well I don't! Ever since my parents and grandpa died. I always wanted to know about my family. And I finally found you. You can't go!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
"Don't worry Gos. I'll keep in touch."
He walked out of the house and Gosalyn just stood there.
"Gos?" Drake asked.
"No! How could you dad? You knew how much this meant to me."
"Gos, you don't know this guy. He could be a killer. I don't want to see you get hurt."
"No, you're just jealous that I found my uncle! And you'll do anything to break it up."
"Gosalyn Nicole Mallard! Don't you talk to me like that!"
"News flash you're not my real dad!"
"Gosalyn, I know you don't mean that."
"The hell I do!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
Drake sighed. "I know you're angry with me Gosalyn. But don't you use that language with me. Now go to you're room!"
"NO!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
"What did you just say?" He asked.
"I said no! I'm not going to my room." She replied crossing her arms.
"And I say yes. Now go to you're room."
Gosalyn looked at him straight in his eyes and tears filling up her eyes.
"You can't tell me what to do! You're not blood!" She exclaimed.
She ran up the stairs and slammed her door.
Drake just stood there and sighed.
Gosalyn fell on her bed and cried little.
30 minutes later..
Drake knocks on the door. "Gosalyn? Can we talk?" He asked.
There was no answer. He opened up the door and peeked in.
"Gos?" He asked.
He walked in and there was nobody there, the window was opened.
"Oh no, she's gone." He said.
He spotted a note on her table, he picked it up and begun reading it,
'Dear pops,
I'm sorry about what I said earlier. I didn't mean it. It was just an act that I did for Steve.
And you said the acting lesson wasn't going to pay off. Ha!
Anyways, he's hiding something from me about my family. And I have to find out what it is. You always told me to follow my gut instinct. And that's what it's telling me to do. I'll be back by morning. I love you. Gosalyn.' It said.
Drake gasped and looked around the room and sat down on her bed.
Gosalyn is standing near a gas station with her suitcase. Steve's truck pulls up and stops in front of her. "Hey kido hop in." He said.
Gosalyn just smiles and hops in, closes the door.
"We're going to have such a blast." Steve said.
He then placed his hand on Gosalyn's thigh.
She just looked down at it, he then drove off.
To Be Continued..
