Author's Note: Here is chapter 4! I am SO sorry that I didn't update yesterday! It was almost done, and then I had to go to bed because it was a school night! :'( Sorry ! I hope you enjoy and review, though! Please? Lol enjoy guys. Oh, and I'm thinking of making the name to this story "We Are Family." What do you guys think? You can tell me when you review if you don't mind! Thanks!

Jack's POV

"You have got to be kidding me," I say when I find myself face to face with my mom and stepdad. It comes out as annoyed and angry, but I feel more sad and longing; we'll just say my feelings are kind of jumbled right now.

"Jack, Kim, hi! How did you two get in here? Knowing Jack, I figured he wouldn't have stayed here alone after I left for a while," she says.

"You don't know me anymore, mother, and I have a key," I say angrily, glaring at her. I can see hurt in her eyes after I say that to her, and I regret it a little bit; for a second I consider apologizing, but decide against it. She caused me a lot of hurt, so it was only fair that she felt a fraction of what she put me through, right? Or was that too harsh . . . .?

"Jack, sweetie, I know what I did was wrong; I'm sorry that I left, but it all worked out, didn't it? I found love again, you have an adorable new sister –" she pauses for a second, gesturing at Erin in James's arms. "And now we are all together and can be one happy family. Wouldn't you like that, Jack?" I don't answer, just thinking for a minute. I did want to be part of a happy family, and I already was: Kim's parents had already accepted me into their family, and the guys were almost like brothers to me. I didn't need my mom after what she did to me.

"But don't you want to have your mother's love again?" a part of me says. "Don't you want things to go back to the way they were before, and to live happily ever after?" This part of me was making it very hard to decide what to say to my mother. Finally, I decide on, "Why did you leave, mom? Do you know how much that hurt me? Do you even know what happened because of you? We were almost killed by psychopaths!" I yell the last part; she looks very confused.

"You were almost killed by psychopaths?" she asks, looking shocked.

"Yeah, but forget it, it doesn't matter! You left me, so obviously you don't care what the heck happens to me!" A tear falls down her cheek.

"Jack, of course I care about you! I made a bad decision, and I truly am sorry, Jack! Please, sweetie, I love you! Please forgive me!" she says pleadingly, more tears falling down her face; now I feel seriously guilty, like I did something wrong, and I feel like I need to make up for it, but at the same time I can't make myself speak, because I can't stop thinking about the pain she caused me. What am I supposed to do!?

"Jack, please honey! I still love you; do you – do you not love me?" she chokes out while James tries to comfort her.

"Mom, no, of course I love you – it's just, I – I just . . ." I don't know how to continue. Kim puts a comforting hand on my shoulder, but I shrug it off. "I can't do this," I say, tears now falling down my face. I push past James and run out of the door, trying to wipe the tears away. Eventually I just can't run anymore, and I plop myself down on the sidewalk and just sit there, still trying to wipe my tears away as more and more fall. A minute later, I feel Kim's comforting hand on my shoulder again, and then she is sitting down next to me, just soothingly rubbing my back. I rest my head on her shoulder and close my eyes, feeling myself calm down a little.

I would be embarrassed to cry in front of people normally, but I've had an emotional 2 days, so this time I let myself, and I know that Kim won't think any differently of me for doing it. "Thanks Kimmy," I say quietly after I am able to get myself under control.

"No problem, Jack. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, Kim, I'm fine," I say, but it's unconvincing even to me. She is about to say something back when a man briskly walks around us, and then back onto the sidewalk when he gets ahead of us. Before he continues on, though, he makes a point to turn around and say, "The sidewalk is for walking, kids! Get a room, love doves!"

Kim angrily gets up and shouts after him, "We were having a moment, scrooge!" and sticks her tongue out at him, even though his back is turned and he can't see her do it. I can't help but snicker a little bit, and a small smile spreads across my face. Kim looks down at me and says, "What?" She smiles too, though, obviously knowing 'what.' She sticks her hand out to me and I take it; she helps me up onto my feet and then hugs me; I hug back, feeling slightly better. "Kim, what should I do?" I ask into her hair. She pulls away and looks me in the eyes.

"Well, Jack, that's up to you. What do you think you should do? If it was me, I would find it hard to forgive her after everything she would have put me through, but at the same time she would still be my mother and I would still love her. You have a hard decision to make, Jack, I guess it's a matter of if you feel that you can trust her again and try to repair your relationship. Do you feel like you can do that?"

"I – I don't know," I say. This is so frustrating! Why can't I make a decision about this?

"It's okay that you don't know, Jack; take your time and I'm sure you'll come up with the right decision."

"Alright, Kimmy; you're good at giving advice, you know," I tell her. She smiles and blushes a little. "Thanks, Jack."

"No problem, Kimmy."

Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed chapter 4! Please review! By the way, if you were a fan of Lover's Bait by MrsCharlieAckles, the sequel is out called Dark Dragon! Go check it out, and if you haven't read Lover's Bait read it because it was amazing, and then read Dark Dragon because it is also amazing so far and really intense so far! Love ya all! Thanks! Next chapter will be up tomorrow!