"I can't believe you Ed!" Rafe yelled at his son as soon as they got into
the living room of their house. He at first wanted to wait until morning,
but the anger was just boiling inside of him.
"Dad, I can explain..." Ed started but then Rafe interrupted.
"What the hell is there to explain? You lied to us! You told your mother and I that you were going to a concert with Dan, but I guess the plan was to pretend to go to a concert and sneak off to some party. I don't know what's gotten into you Ed. First it's the grades, now you're lying and getting drunk, and for all I know, you could be doing drugs too. Damnit, haven't we taught you anything?!"
"Dad, I'm not drunk."
Rafe raised his eyebrows. "Yes that may be the case. But I wasn't born yesterday. I know you at least had a drink or two."
Ed looked down at the floor. "I'm sorry..."
"Don't bother apologizing! You know better than to drink!"
"Rafe, please calm down. We can talk about this in a calm, rational manner," Alison said, trying to calm her husband down.
Rafe glared at his wife and shouted, "No I will not calm down! Don't you care that our son is out partying, doing things he shouldn't be doing? He's sixteen years old, not 21. Open up your pretty blue eyes for once! And even when you are 21, that still doesn't mean you can go and get drunk," He said, directing the last sentence at Ed.
Alison jumped from the surprise of being snapped at by Rafe. "Of course I care. He's our son. I just don't think this is the way to handle it. Don't get me wrong though, Ed. I'm not too thrilled about your actions lately, young man," Alison said, giving Ed a stern look. "But we will handle this in the morning when we all can get some sleep. It's almost 1. So go on to upstairs to bed."
Ed sighed and then walked upstairs. "Goodnight."
Rafe looked his son in the eye and said, "'Night."
"Sweet dreams," Alison said, giving Ed a peck on the cheek. As soon as Ed was gone, Rafe walked over to Alison and put his arms around her waist.
"Angel, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you like that. But we really need to let him know the rules."
Alison gave him a weak smile. "I know that. I just think that talking things over with him, not yelling at him, and letting him tell us what's going on in his life will make things easier on all of us. Maybe he's feeling neglected, and that's why he's acting like this, so that he can get attention from us."
"He shouldn't feel neglected. He knows how much we love him."
"Well Rafe, I don't know what else it could be. We taught him all about that stuff, so why else would he be doing it?"
"He must be hanging around with more than just Dan and the guys from his baseball team."
Alison groaned as she thought of something. "I hate to bring up this ugly subject, but I think I know who he may be hanging out with."
They both looked at each other, and a second later they both said at the same time, "Trina Ramsey." Trina Ramsey was Livvie Locke and Jack Ramsey's daughter. She was the same age as Ed, and hung around with a lot of the partying crowd. She was well known around town for the hard core rave's she always threw whenever one of her parents went out of town. She split time between her mom and dad, since they weren't married. Livvie, in a desperate attempt to find someone to love, spiked Jack's drink and got him to sleep with her 16 years ago. Trina was the result. She not only looked like Livvie, but pretty much had the same personality and played the same manipulating games as well.
"I saw them talking when I went to pick up Ed on his last day of school," Alison said. "Then I really didn't think anything of it, but now I think it's making sense."
Rafe nodded. "And I heard him tell Dan one night on the phone that he thought Trina was 'one hot babe' but of course I ignored it."
"Rafe, you don't think they're.."
"Sleeping together?" Rafe finished Alison's thought. "There's no way in hell that Ed is getting involved with her. That girl takes after her mother in more ways than one, and I will not have my son go down the same road that I did."
Alison frowned as she remembered everything that Livvie put them through. "Yes, I know. If worse comes to worse, we will have a talk with Livvie and Trina. But I'm hoping that it won't have to come to that. Maybe Ed doesn't hang around her."
Rafe sighed. "Let's hope so. Come on, let's get to bed. I'm beyond exhausted." He took Alison's hand and kissed it and then they both went to their bedroom.
Ten minutes after his parents went to sleep, Ed carefully and quietly went downstairs to use the phone. He wanted to call Dan to make sure he was ok and everything, but he didn't want to call this late since Dan didn't have a cell phone. He then decided to call Trina's cell phone.
"Hey babe," he said when she picked up.
"Hey sexy. What's up?"
"Not much. My parents are pretty ticked off, more my dad than my mom though. I know they're going to ground me in the morning."
"Aw that's too bad. I guess that means I won't be seeing you for a while."
Ed smiled on the other end of the phone. "Don't you worry about a thing. I got a plan."
"Oh really? And what would that be?" Trina asked, with a definite note of flirting in her voice.
"Come on over here. My parents are in bed. You can bring some of your mom's vodka bottles and we can have a blast."
"Sure baby. I'll be right over."
"See ya in a few sexy," Ed said with a smile as he hung up the phone.
Trina snuck quietly up the ladder that Ed had put up to his window in his bedroom. Since his bedroom was upstairs and his parents' was downstairs, he had an advantage. They immediately began drinking the bottles of liquor that Trina had brought over, and were soon drunk. They were acting silly and laughing repeatedly over everything.
"Did I ever tell you how incredibly hot I think you are?" Trina whispered in Ed's ear.
"Did I ever tell you how incredibly sexy I think you are?" Ed whispered back as he pulled Trina into a kiss. They were quickly taking off each other's clothes.
"I've wanted this for so long," Trina said in between kissing him.
"Me too. So much." He took her hand and led her over to his bed. They made love, and seemed to have forgotten that Ed didn't bother to put on a condom. Neither of them cared though because all they wanted in that moment was each other.
Up in heaven, the older Ed sighed as he thought of his grandson. He was just digging himself deeper and deeper into trouble. And as much as Rafe and Alison loved him and as good of parents as they were, nothing they could do would stop Ed from doing the things he was doing. That boy was one rebellious teenager!
"Mia!" Ed called out to a younger angel that was around his grandson's age.
"Yes Ed?" Mia came in, smiling the same bright and bubbly smile that she always did.
"I have an assignment for you. An earth assignment to be exact."
"Oh yay!" Mia exclaimed, jumping around in celebration. She loved earth assignments.
Ed laughed. "Calm down. Here's what is going on. My grandson, who happens to be named after me, is having some problems and it's going to get much worse than it is if something isn't done. So you're going to go down there and befriend him, and get him out of trouble."
"But what about your son and his wife? Aren't they handling him?"
"Well, they're the best parents I know, but unfortunately nothing they do or say will stop my grandson. That's just the way he is nowadays."
"What exactly is going on?"
"Here, take a look." Ed got out the earth monitor and let Mia watch what was happening in Ed's life. "And this is what will happen if you don't go down there." He showed her a glimpse into the future.
Mia was surprised. "I better get down there fast!"
Ed put his hands on her shoulders in a caring gesture. "Please be careful, Mia. This is my grandson."
"Oh I will, Ed. I promise. He's in good hands."
"And watch out for my granddaughter Makala too, as well as Rafe and Alison."
"You can count on it," Mia said, smiling.
"Well, like I said, be careful, and you know the rules!"
"Yes dad," Mia joked.
Ed laughed. "Goodbye Mia."
"Goodbye boss!" Mia said as Ed snapped his fingers to transport her to earth. He hoped that once again good would win over evil and his grandson and everyone else in Port Charles would be safe from harm.
"Dad, I can explain..." Ed started but then Rafe interrupted.
"What the hell is there to explain? You lied to us! You told your mother and I that you were going to a concert with Dan, but I guess the plan was to pretend to go to a concert and sneak off to some party. I don't know what's gotten into you Ed. First it's the grades, now you're lying and getting drunk, and for all I know, you could be doing drugs too. Damnit, haven't we taught you anything?!"
"Dad, I'm not drunk."
Rafe raised his eyebrows. "Yes that may be the case. But I wasn't born yesterday. I know you at least had a drink or two."
Ed looked down at the floor. "I'm sorry..."
"Don't bother apologizing! You know better than to drink!"
"Rafe, please calm down. We can talk about this in a calm, rational manner," Alison said, trying to calm her husband down.
Rafe glared at his wife and shouted, "No I will not calm down! Don't you care that our son is out partying, doing things he shouldn't be doing? He's sixteen years old, not 21. Open up your pretty blue eyes for once! And even when you are 21, that still doesn't mean you can go and get drunk," He said, directing the last sentence at Ed.
Alison jumped from the surprise of being snapped at by Rafe. "Of course I care. He's our son. I just don't think this is the way to handle it. Don't get me wrong though, Ed. I'm not too thrilled about your actions lately, young man," Alison said, giving Ed a stern look. "But we will handle this in the morning when we all can get some sleep. It's almost 1. So go on to upstairs to bed."
Ed sighed and then walked upstairs. "Goodnight."
Rafe looked his son in the eye and said, "'Night."
"Sweet dreams," Alison said, giving Ed a peck on the cheek. As soon as Ed was gone, Rafe walked over to Alison and put his arms around her waist.
"Angel, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you like that. But we really need to let him know the rules."
Alison gave him a weak smile. "I know that. I just think that talking things over with him, not yelling at him, and letting him tell us what's going on in his life will make things easier on all of us. Maybe he's feeling neglected, and that's why he's acting like this, so that he can get attention from us."
"He shouldn't feel neglected. He knows how much we love him."
"Well Rafe, I don't know what else it could be. We taught him all about that stuff, so why else would he be doing it?"
"He must be hanging around with more than just Dan and the guys from his baseball team."
Alison groaned as she thought of something. "I hate to bring up this ugly subject, but I think I know who he may be hanging out with."
They both looked at each other, and a second later they both said at the same time, "Trina Ramsey." Trina Ramsey was Livvie Locke and Jack Ramsey's daughter. She was the same age as Ed, and hung around with a lot of the partying crowd. She was well known around town for the hard core rave's she always threw whenever one of her parents went out of town. She split time between her mom and dad, since they weren't married. Livvie, in a desperate attempt to find someone to love, spiked Jack's drink and got him to sleep with her 16 years ago. Trina was the result. She not only looked like Livvie, but pretty much had the same personality and played the same manipulating games as well.
"I saw them talking when I went to pick up Ed on his last day of school," Alison said. "Then I really didn't think anything of it, but now I think it's making sense."
Rafe nodded. "And I heard him tell Dan one night on the phone that he thought Trina was 'one hot babe' but of course I ignored it."
"Rafe, you don't think they're.."
"Sleeping together?" Rafe finished Alison's thought. "There's no way in hell that Ed is getting involved with her. That girl takes after her mother in more ways than one, and I will not have my son go down the same road that I did."
Alison frowned as she remembered everything that Livvie put them through. "Yes, I know. If worse comes to worse, we will have a talk with Livvie and Trina. But I'm hoping that it won't have to come to that. Maybe Ed doesn't hang around her."
Rafe sighed. "Let's hope so. Come on, let's get to bed. I'm beyond exhausted." He took Alison's hand and kissed it and then they both went to their bedroom.
Ten minutes after his parents went to sleep, Ed carefully and quietly went downstairs to use the phone. He wanted to call Dan to make sure he was ok and everything, but he didn't want to call this late since Dan didn't have a cell phone. He then decided to call Trina's cell phone.
"Hey babe," he said when she picked up.
"Hey sexy. What's up?"
"Not much. My parents are pretty ticked off, more my dad than my mom though. I know they're going to ground me in the morning."
"Aw that's too bad. I guess that means I won't be seeing you for a while."
Ed smiled on the other end of the phone. "Don't you worry about a thing. I got a plan."
"Oh really? And what would that be?" Trina asked, with a definite note of flirting in her voice.
"Come on over here. My parents are in bed. You can bring some of your mom's vodka bottles and we can have a blast."
"Sure baby. I'll be right over."
"See ya in a few sexy," Ed said with a smile as he hung up the phone.
Trina snuck quietly up the ladder that Ed had put up to his window in his bedroom. Since his bedroom was upstairs and his parents' was downstairs, he had an advantage. They immediately began drinking the bottles of liquor that Trina had brought over, and were soon drunk. They were acting silly and laughing repeatedly over everything.
"Did I ever tell you how incredibly hot I think you are?" Trina whispered in Ed's ear.
"Did I ever tell you how incredibly sexy I think you are?" Ed whispered back as he pulled Trina into a kiss. They were quickly taking off each other's clothes.
"I've wanted this for so long," Trina said in between kissing him.
"Me too. So much." He took her hand and led her over to his bed. They made love, and seemed to have forgotten that Ed didn't bother to put on a condom. Neither of them cared though because all they wanted in that moment was each other.
Up in heaven, the older Ed sighed as he thought of his grandson. He was just digging himself deeper and deeper into trouble. And as much as Rafe and Alison loved him and as good of parents as they were, nothing they could do would stop Ed from doing the things he was doing. That boy was one rebellious teenager!
"Mia!" Ed called out to a younger angel that was around his grandson's age.
"Yes Ed?" Mia came in, smiling the same bright and bubbly smile that she always did.
"I have an assignment for you. An earth assignment to be exact."
"Oh yay!" Mia exclaimed, jumping around in celebration. She loved earth assignments.
Ed laughed. "Calm down. Here's what is going on. My grandson, who happens to be named after me, is having some problems and it's going to get much worse than it is if something isn't done. So you're going to go down there and befriend him, and get him out of trouble."
"But what about your son and his wife? Aren't they handling him?"
"Well, they're the best parents I know, but unfortunately nothing they do or say will stop my grandson. That's just the way he is nowadays."
"What exactly is going on?"
"Here, take a look." Ed got out the earth monitor and let Mia watch what was happening in Ed's life. "And this is what will happen if you don't go down there." He showed her a glimpse into the future.
Mia was surprised. "I better get down there fast!"
Ed put his hands on her shoulders in a caring gesture. "Please be careful, Mia. This is my grandson."
"Oh I will, Ed. I promise. He's in good hands."
"And watch out for my granddaughter Makala too, as well as Rafe and Alison."
"You can count on it," Mia said, smiling.
"Well, like I said, be careful, and you know the rules!"
"Yes dad," Mia joked.
Ed laughed. "Goodbye Mia."
"Goodbye boss!" Mia said as Ed snapped his fingers to transport her to earth. He hoped that once again good would win over evil and his grandson and everyone else in Port Charles would be safe from harm.
