Disclaimer: Lords of Dogtown...I SO wish I did own but I dont so yeah there goes my dream crashing lol. On with the story!
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"I thought there was somethin' funny about you..." said Sid as everyone just stared in awed silence.
Stacy elbowed Sid when Skip Let go, and Jamie had to smirk at that. These guys were so...funnyish. They were something she couldn't quite put into words yet, but she liked it.
"I mean funny in a good way of course!" Sid added.
Jamie's stomache growled, and Jay walked over to her. "Skip, give this girl some food. She's already looking like a sack of bones."
Jamie frowned at him. "Excuse me? Jay, is it?"
Jay looked her in the eye and nodded. "Mmmhm."
"Rrriiiggghhtt." Jamie sighed, holding in her already flaring anger. "I think I'm fine the way I am, so if you don't like it then go ahead and just kiss my ass okay?"
Tony laughed, putting an arm around her shoulders. "That's something he'd probably do!"
Jay's eyes bore into Jamie's, unblinking, unreadable. He tilted his head, then turned around and headed out the door.
"Whoa." Sid said, staring after Jay. He smiled at Jamie. "How'd you DO that?"
Jamie shrugged. "I dunno what you're talking about." She looked at Skip. "So..."
Skip furrowed his brows at her. "Just be careful with these guys. They're cool, but..." He looked confused for a moment. What was a father supposed to say when his only little girl who he just met went out with a group of guys? Even if it was for food? He felt something itching to come out, but he wasn't sure what.
Jamie watched him with those same eyes she used on him earlier. "Skip?"
He shook his head, waving them all off. "Get outta here. Sid, watch her."
"Sure Captain." Sid said, giving a salute. He laughed and looked to the others. "Dudes...let's show her!"
"Show me what?" Jamie asked, already walking out the door with Sid in the lead.
"First, food." Stacy said, pulling out some keys which she assumed were his since he seemed like the responsible one of the bunch.
Jamie's stomache growled. Tony grinned down at her. "Yeah that'd be good for that thunder I can hear!"
She found herself smiling at him and shaking her head. These people were so easily amused.
"So...Jammy?" Jay said. He seemed to have appeared from nowhere, making Jamie slightly jump.
She frowned. "It's Jamie." she corrected.
He studied her, then seemed to decide something before continuing. "Jammy. What brings you to Dogtown?"
"I don't want to talk about it." she said simply, not looking at anyone when she said it. She walked faster, catching up to Stacy and Shogo and Peggy as they were already piling into what she assumed to be Stacy's car.
Peggy gave her a welcome smile. "You get used to these clowns in no time. Trust me."
"So this is normal for them? Okay, got it." Jamie said with a laugh as she sat in the middle seat of the backseat. Jay and Tony slid in, Tony to her right, Jay to her left. Sid and Shogo were in the back, Peggy sat shotgun with Stacy.
"Hey Stacy, Kathy's cooking around this time. Let's see what she's got." Tony said with a sudden grin on his face.
Stacy's face turned hard for a second, and Jamie wondered why such a nice guy would suddenly get to...bothered by a sentence like that. She frowned over at Tony when beside her, she felt Jay tense up a bit. Her eyes met Stacy's in his rearview mirror, and he quickly looked back ahead and started the car.
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In her opinion, Tony's house was cool. It wasn't big, but it was cozy and lived in. Jamie smiled as they parked and jumped out of the car. The house reminded her a lot of her old one with her mother.
At that specific thought, she frowned, then shook it off and followed everyone up the steps that led to the front door.
"Yo Kathy!" Tony yelled as soon as he set foor through the threshold.
"What?" came the automatic response. A girl, tanned like Tony, but definately prettier, entered the room with a spatula in hand. Her hair was long, like Stacy's, and dark along with her eyes. There was a resemblance between herself and Tony, so Jamie decided it was no lie that she was his sister.
"Hi." Kathy said when she saw her. "I'm Kathy."
"This is Jammy." Jay answered before Jamie could even open her mouth. "Your soon to be in law."
Tony smacked Jay upside his head, and both began to playfight.
"Um...no offense, but your brother's not my type." Jamie said with a laugh. "I like em more mature."
Tony and Jay paused from their wrestling on the floor. "You're out of the question Jay!" Tony chuckled.
Jay smirked and shoved Tony back to the floor playfully.
Kathy rolled her eyes. "You get used to these clowns." she said.
Jamie laughed. "I've heard."
"Kathy..." came Stacy's voice from behind Jamie.
Kathy smiled as he came to hug her. "Hey Stace!"
"This is Jamie." Stacy properly introduced. "She's uh...Skip's daughter."
Kathy raised her brows. "Daughter? Skip has a daughter?"
"Don't worry. I didn't know until earlier this morning either." Jamie admitted with a shrug.
"What's burning?!" came Peggy's voice from another room, which Jamie assumed was probably the kitchen.
"Oh shit!" Kathy gasped and quickly walked away, waving Jamie to follow, so she did. "Let's have some girltime while I take care of this!"
Jamie glanced behind her, seeing Jay and Stacy watching each other carefully, and she wondered what was wrong with those two before Smoke hit her in the face. "Gaaahh!" she coughed, rushing to the stove with Kathy.
"There goes my mac n cheese..." Kathy coughed.
"Shit that was mc n cheese?" Jamie asked while helping Peggy open a window. Once open, the smoke slowly made its way out and Peggy and Jamie sat at the table. "I didn't know that stuff was burnable."
Kathy laughed. "It is when you eat it the way Tony does. Kind of dry."
"Don't take offense, but I think your brother's a bit weird." Jamie smirked.
"What's all this?" asked Sid as he entered the kitchen, waving his hands around to get the smoke away from his face.
"Kathy burned mac n cheese." Peggy explained.
Sid's face looked surprised, then amused. "Didn't know that was possible with mac n cheese."
"I know, right?!" Jamie suddenly found herself laughing.
"Aw come on guys!" Kathy smiled with embarrassment as Peggy and Sid joined in on the laughter.
"How bout some pizza?" Sid asked. "Skip gave us cash for food remember?"
"Nice." Jamie said. She looked to Kathy. "How bout it?"
"Nice." she agreed.
Sid nodded, leaving the kitchen to make the call.
Once he was gone, Kathy looked to Jamie. "So, Jamie, any of the guys catch your eye?"
"No." she answered honestly. "They're all okay, but none have really gotten my attention like that."
Peggy grinned. "Oh that's so new!"
Kathy nodded. "Yeah." she agreed. "Wherever we go, some girl's always trying to hit on one of them. It's weird."
Jamie furrowed her brows. "I saw them, and I thought something like...'hey look a zoo' and nearly felt like I was home again."
"Huh?" Kathy looked at her, then shook her head with a small smile. "They CAN be animals from time to time. Especially Jay."
"Yeah he and Stacy get along like half the time right?" Jamie asked. "I figured that out once we got in the car and Tony said to come over."
Kathy and Peggy exchanged looks, then Kathy sighed. "I guess some mistakes can't be erased."
"Tell me about it." Jamie sighed.
"What brings you here?" Peggy asked Jamie, trying to switch the topic.
Jamie looked at them hesitantly. "Well...my mom tried to...kill me."
The girls looked at her in what seemed more like understanding than criticism. It was a new, welcome feeling for Jamie.
"Was she...ya'know? Okay?" Peggy asked.
"You mean, was she a nut?" Jamie corrected. "She wasn't always like that." She shrugged and looked towards the window.
Before anything else could be said, Shogo entered the room. "You girls trying to cook or burn the house down with us still in it?" he laughed lightly.
The girls laughed, and Jamie realized she hadn't felt this welcome in a very long time. The guys were one thing to feel open around, but Kathy and Peggy were really nice. It felt good. A feeling of relief washed over her. Maybe living here wasn't going to be so bad...
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Eyes opened to complete darkness. For a moment, the memory of where she was had gone away and she sat up. Within seconds, she relaxed as she found the digital clock on the nightstand. It was one of those hot, sweaty nights, and Jamie threw the covers off of her and reached for the lamp on her other nightstand.
She yawned, stretching herself as she stood up, taking a look at some of the junk still piled in the room. She was grateful that Skip had at least managed to clear a way to the closet, and also took some junk out to make room for her new bed and matching dresser and nightstand. He'd brought the bed in first a day after she'd moved in. A week and a half later, he'd brought in her dresser, looking proud as he told her he and his guys had made it.
Now, she'd officially been in Dogtown aka Santa Monica for two and a half weeks. It wasn't hard adjusting to Skip's odd schedule. She hung out with the guys a lot, and found herself with Kathy half the time so far as well. School was already out for the summer so she had nothing much to do but clean up the entire house, which Skip coplained over at first, but seemed like he was little by little getting used to.
She looked at the clock again. 12 am on the dot. It was soooo warm, Jamie felt her tank sticking to her back. She went to the closet and grabbed a towel, heading to the bathroom across the hall from her.
Skip's door flew open, and she jumped. He was holding a baseball bat up. When he saw her, he relaxed. "What the hell are you doin' up at this hour?" he grumbled.
"It's too warm tonight." she said, rolling her eyes at him. "Go back to sleep Skip."
"What if I wasn't asleep?" he said, scratching his head.
Jamie looked him in the eye. "Sure..."
Skip yawned and stretched. "I could have company right now..."
"No Skip." Jamie said, trying to hide her smile. "Go to bed."
"You go to bed." Skip shot back. He crossed his arms over his chest and they both stared at one another. It was a sight that one would definately smile at. The resemblance was there in the body language as well as personality.
"Skip I'm gonna wash the sweat off my back." Jamie finally said.
"I'm the parent here, and I say go to bed." Skip said, looking like an offended little kid.
"Good night Skip." Jamie said, shaking her head and heading into the bathroom.
She could hear Skip shuffling down the hallway towards her room, and it made her chuckle. Apparently he remembered a little too much of his childhood. She heard him go towards the livingroom and kitchen next, and that definately had her covering her mouth to keep the giggles from being heard. He headed back to her room one more time before heading to his own room. She listened for the sound of him closing his door before she went to turn on the shower and let the water wash away the stickiness. It was a relief.
Once she was out, she wrapped her large green towel around her body, not bothering to pat herself down, appreciating the freshness the water brought her as she made her way down the hall back to her bedroom.
She shut the door, locking it before heading to her dresser for some underwear and a bra to sleep in. There was no way in hell she'd put on pajamas unless she could find her shorts with the matching acdc spagetti strapped pajama set.
The sound of soft knocking on her window caught her attention and she froze. Who the hell would come over at this hour? Then she shook her head. She forgot. Only the Z-boys were nightowls.
She quickly grabbed her white bra and matching bunny underwear and put it on before wrapping the towel around herself again and thanking Skip for putting up the curtains as she made her way to the window.
There was already more knocking and she slid the window open, surprised to find the one z-boy she barely got along with, much less had visiting her through the window at this hour. She more like expected Sid, even Tony.
"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked in a whisper. She realized she sounded more surprised than she wanted to let on. It was a point deduction for her pride and she saw the amusement flash on his face as he made his way to her bed and sat the edge.
"The question is, what the hell are YOU doing up at this hour?" He looked her up and down and met her eyes boldly, just like any other day. "Going somewhere Jammy?"
Jamie narrowed her eyes at him. "What are you, my keeper? It's really none of your business."
Jay smirked, shrugged, then lay himself onto her bed, hands locked beneath his head casually, as if he did it all the time. "I was just in the neighborhood passing by when I saw your light on. Thought maybe a burgler came in."
"So then you think you're my knight in shining armoir or something? Spare me." she said with a snort and headed into her closet. "Could you please leave now? I'd like to get some rest now that I feel fresh and clean and non-sticky."
Jay sat up again, looking in her direction. He stood and she could feel his eyes on her.
Jamie dared not to turn around while she pretended to still be rummaging through her hanging clothes for something to wear. Suddenly, she felt a slightly warm breeze and spun around.
The window and curtains were wide open, and Jay wasn't in the room anymore.
Frustrated, she went to the window and stuck her head out. She expected him to be right outside waiting for a good laugh, but to her surprise, she saw no one. Just a cat jumping from the nearby bushes. She shook her head, closing the window and tugging the curtains shut before switching off the lamp and climbing back into bed.
Her thoughts were on Jay and his odd behavior. She wondered if something was wrong, or if something was wrong with him. Yet somehow, it didn't matter. SHe'd heard more negative than positive stories about Jay, but what she saw when she was around him wasn't what she heard. He was just...Jay. A clown. A jerk. A weirdo. A ...friend? Sure.
She closed her eyes, letting her thoughts go nowhere and everywhere at once, falling asleep immediately. In just a few hours, the guys would be picking her up for a day of fun starting at the beach. This life was starting to get a little more interesting with every day she spent with these kids...
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a/n: Short again I know. I'm jumping betwen this story and another one so forgive me! There's gonna be more details to Jamie's past in the next chapter so don't worry!
