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"Ed! Time to get up. Your mother and I want to have a talk with you!" Rafe yelled, banging on his son's door.
Ed moaned and rolled over to look at the clock. It was only 6:30, and he didn't get to sleep until 3. "Why so early dad?"
"Because your mother and I have leave for work in an hour. So let's get moving!"
"Alright, alright. I'll be down in like 2 minutes." Ed rolled over to get out of bed and then accidentally hit something. It was then that he remembered something.
"Oh man! Trina! You have to get up now," Ed said, shaking her.
Trina sat up quickly and looked around. "Oh god, my dad is going to kill me!" she exclaimed, quickly gathering her clothes from the floor and putting them back on. "He told me that he was going to pick me up at my mom's house real early this morning so we could spend the day together. I have to go or I'll get there after he does."
Ed tried not to panic. "Well you can't go out the front door. And I put that ladder back in the garage so my parents wouldn't suspect anything. Just hide in my closet until my parents go to work."
"Ok."
No one knew about Trina and Ed's secret relationship, not even their best friends. They both agreed it would be better not to tell anyone because of the risks involved. Although Ed didn't know the whole story concerning Rafe, Alison, and Livvie, he knew Livvie was his parents' bitter enemy. Having a relationship with Livvie's daughter wouldn't be a very wise choice in their eyes, especially since Trina was exactly like her mom in Rafe and Alison's opinion. But Ed was the only person who saw a different side of Trina. She may have a manipulative mind like Livvie's, but she also had a gentle and caring heart.
"Listen Trina, you know I love you. And I want to eventually tell my parents about us. You know that. But now's not the time. Especially since I'm about to get grounded."
Trina sighed and gave Ed a kiss. "I know. I love you too. Don't worry about it, ok? Just go downstairs and talk with your parents and I'll leave when they leave. We'll talk later." She was about to go hide in the closet when she heard someone come upstairs.
"Ed?" Alison called out to her son, knocking on the door. "What's going on in there? Open up right now and come downstairs." Trina quickly ran in the closet and Ed opened the door.
"Sorry mom. I was just getting dressed."
Alison looked around his room and spotted Trina's leather purse. "What's this, Edward?" Ed cringed. Neither of his parents ever used his full name so she must be really mad.
Ed tried to explain. "Oh, that's just..um.."
Before he had a chance to come up with an explanation, Alison walked over to Ed's closet and opened the door to find Trina. "Hi Mrs. Kovich," Trina said, trying to sound friendly.
Alison sighed. "Hello Trina. What are you doing in my son's closet?"
"Yeah, I'd kind of like to know myself." Rafe had just come upstairs.
"Well you see Mr. and Mrs. Kovich, Ed and I.."
"Trina, do you mind if you go home now? I'm sure your mom or dad will be worried if they wake up and find that you're not in your bedroom," Alison said, interrupting her.
Trina nodded. "Bye Ed. Bye Mr. and Mrs. Kovich." She grabbed her purse and left the room without another glance back at them.
"I think it's time I told you guys the truth." Ed walked over to his parents and looked them straight in the eye. "The truth, mom and dad, is that Trina and I have been seeing each other for a while now. We love each other. I know you don't like her mom or her for that matter. But you don't know the other part of her. The part that's kind and loving."
"Listen Ed," Rafe said, putting his hands on his son's shoulders. "You know we love you and we want you to be happy. But you know and we know what Trina does. She is nothing but trouble, and we don't want you involved with drinking and drugs."
"So what, are you forbidding us to see each other?"
"Sweetheart I know you love Trina. But you have to face the facts. You obviously know what she's into since you've been hanging out with her. Which brings me to what your dad and I have to say."
Rafe sighed and said, "You, young man, are grounded. You are to go nowhere without your mom or me, and no one is coming over here for a month. We will let you use the phone, but not for a very long period of time. Is all this understood?"
"You are forbidding me to see Trina," Ed said, getting angry.
"Sweetheart.." Alison started, trying to give Ed a comforting hug.
"No, don't bother." Ed backed away from his mom and dad. "I will not listen to either of you! You can't ground me. I'm not a child anymore!"
"Yes you are still a child, Ed. You're only 16 years old! So until you're 18, you must listen to our rules."
"I don't have to do anything. Screw this!" Ed grabbed his wallet and started throwing clothes into his big duffle bag.
"Ed, what are you doing?" Alison asked, clearly confused by her son's behavior.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm leaving. You can't stop me from seeing Trina. No one can."
"Ed, please calm down. Think about what you're doing here." Rafe tried to reason with his son.
"I have thought about it. I'm leaving. So goodbye, and have a nice life."
"Please wait!" Alison begged, tears streaming down her face. "We love you, Ed. We are just doing what we know is best for you."
"Love?" Ed laughed sarcastically. "Yeah right, when hell freezes over. You both love Makala more than me, and that's a fact. You do nothing but defend her every time she comes crying to you. You guys don't seem to care that even though she's 11, she still acts like she's 5. So screw this family! I've had it." Ed picked up his duffle bag and wallet and slammed the door behind him. He grabbed the keys of his parents other car and sped out of the driveway.
"Ed! Time to get up. Your mother and I want to have a talk with you!" Rafe yelled, banging on his son's door.
Ed moaned and rolled over to look at the clock. It was only 6:30, and he didn't get to sleep until 3. "Why so early dad?"
"Because your mother and I have leave for work in an hour. So let's get moving!"
"Alright, alright. I'll be down in like 2 minutes." Ed rolled over to get out of bed and then accidentally hit something. It was then that he remembered something.
"Oh man! Trina! You have to get up now," Ed said, shaking her.
Trina sat up quickly and looked around. "Oh god, my dad is going to kill me!" she exclaimed, quickly gathering her clothes from the floor and putting them back on. "He told me that he was going to pick me up at my mom's house real early this morning so we could spend the day together. I have to go or I'll get there after he does."
Ed tried not to panic. "Well you can't go out the front door. And I put that ladder back in the garage so my parents wouldn't suspect anything. Just hide in my closet until my parents go to work."
"Ok."
No one knew about Trina and Ed's secret relationship, not even their best friends. They both agreed it would be better not to tell anyone because of the risks involved. Although Ed didn't know the whole story concerning Rafe, Alison, and Livvie, he knew Livvie was his parents' bitter enemy. Having a relationship with Livvie's daughter wouldn't be a very wise choice in their eyes, especially since Trina was exactly like her mom in Rafe and Alison's opinion. But Ed was the only person who saw a different side of Trina. She may have a manipulative mind like Livvie's, but she also had a gentle and caring heart.
"Listen Trina, you know I love you. And I want to eventually tell my parents about us. You know that. But now's not the time. Especially since I'm about to get grounded."
Trina sighed and gave Ed a kiss. "I know. I love you too. Don't worry about it, ok? Just go downstairs and talk with your parents and I'll leave when they leave. We'll talk later." She was about to go hide in the closet when she heard someone come upstairs.
"Ed?" Alison called out to her son, knocking on the door. "What's going on in there? Open up right now and come downstairs." Trina quickly ran in the closet and Ed opened the door.
"Sorry mom. I was just getting dressed."
Alison looked around his room and spotted Trina's leather purse. "What's this, Edward?" Ed cringed. Neither of his parents ever used his full name so she must be really mad.
Ed tried to explain. "Oh, that's just..um.."
Before he had a chance to come up with an explanation, Alison walked over to Ed's closet and opened the door to find Trina. "Hi Mrs. Kovich," Trina said, trying to sound friendly.
Alison sighed. "Hello Trina. What are you doing in my son's closet?"
"Yeah, I'd kind of like to know myself." Rafe had just come upstairs.
"Well you see Mr. and Mrs. Kovich, Ed and I.."
"Trina, do you mind if you go home now? I'm sure your mom or dad will be worried if they wake up and find that you're not in your bedroom," Alison said, interrupting her.
Trina nodded. "Bye Ed. Bye Mr. and Mrs. Kovich." She grabbed her purse and left the room without another glance back at them.
"I think it's time I told you guys the truth." Ed walked over to his parents and looked them straight in the eye. "The truth, mom and dad, is that Trina and I have been seeing each other for a while now. We love each other. I know you don't like her mom or her for that matter. But you don't know the other part of her. The part that's kind and loving."
"Listen Ed," Rafe said, putting his hands on his son's shoulders. "You know we love you and we want you to be happy. But you know and we know what Trina does. She is nothing but trouble, and we don't want you involved with drinking and drugs."
"So what, are you forbidding us to see each other?"
"Sweetheart I know you love Trina. But you have to face the facts. You obviously know what she's into since you've been hanging out with her. Which brings me to what your dad and I have to say."
Rafe sighed and said, "You, young man, are grounded. You are to go nowhere without your mom or me, and no one is coming over here for a month. We will let you use the phone, but not for a very long period of time. Is all this understood?"
"You are forbidding me to see Trina," Ed said, getting angry.
"Sweetheart.." Alison started, trying to give Ed a comforting hug.
"No, don't bother." Ed backed away from his mom and dad. "I will not listen to either of you! You can't ground me. I'm not a child anymore!"
"Yes you are still a child, Ed. You're only 16 years old! So until you're 18, you must listen to our rules."
"I don't have to do anything. Screw this!" Ed grabbed his wallet and started throwing clothes into his big duffle bag.
"Ed, what are you doing?" Alison asked, clearly confused by her son's behavior.
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm leaving. You can't stop me from seeing Trina. No one can."
"Ed, please calm down. Think about what you're doing here." Rafe tried to reason with his son.
"I have thought about it. I'm leaving. So goodbye, and have a nice life."
"Please wait!" Alison begged, tears streaming down her face. "We love you, Ed. We are just doing what we know is best for you."
"Love?" Ed laughed sarcastically. "Yeah right, when hell freezes over. You both love Makala more than me, and that's a fact. You do nothing but defend her every time she comes crying to you. You guys don't seem to care that even though she's 11, she still acts like she's 5. So screw this family! I've had it." Ed picked up his duffle bag and wallet and slammed the door behind him. He grabbed the keys of his parents other car and sped out of the driveway.