Hi everyone! :) me again! Here's the next chapter. aah and don't want to whinge but PLEAASEEE review :( hardly anyone is. I don't even know if people are reading this. Anyways enjoy!
Jesse:
Waiting for Stephanie to wake up, I find myself pacing back and fourth through the kitchen.
"Jess, she'll wake up soon then we can speak to her. She'll be fine" Joey tries to reassure me.
"Nah man, Joey, you didn't see her last night. Whatever happened destroyed her" I nervously run my hand through my hair trying not to think of the possibilities.
"Look, when she wakes up we can talk to her about it. We have all day, I've dropped Michelle off at her friends house so we have time to discuss whatever happened properly." Joey for once is actually making sense.
"Yeah, you're right Joseph." I agree.
Soon after I hear Steph making her way downstairs.
"Hey Steph! I made you're favourite, choc-chip pancakes!" Joey says as he puts her a plate of pancakes.
"Not hungry" she mumbles as she walks through to the living room.
Joey and I quickly chase after her.
"Hey, hey we still have to talk about what happened last night" Joey begins to say.
"Go on, do it. Tell me off about sneaking out. Lecture me" she blurted out, slumping herself on the couch.
"Hey now Steph, we don't need to talk about that right now. We just need to make sure you're okay." I explained.
"I'm fine" she concluded, "I got what I deserved" I heard her whisper under her breath.
Joey and I look at each other, concerned. I sit down next to Steph, and place my hand on her knee and she jerks back again. Like she did last night.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you..." I say while moving back a bit. How can my own precious niece be scared of me! What happened to her?
Our conversation is cut short when the phone starts ringing.
"Aren't you going to get that?" she mutters.
"Uh yeah, hold on" I grab the phone. "Hello?" I ask.
"Jess! My man! It'd Danny"
"Oh, uh, hi Danny" I stutter nervously. I have to tell him. Steph's head shoots up when I mention her dad's name.
"Jesse is everything okay?" He asks me. Oh god, here I go... but before I get a chance to say anything Steph grabs the phone out of my hands.
"Hey dad, everything's fine here!" Steph lied as she began speaking to her father.
"Dad, that's awesome!" ... "No, no don't worry about us, we're all doing great"... "Yes I promise, stay the extra week, it's great for you and Aunt Becky, I'm really happy for you guys" ... "Okay I'll tell them"... "Bye dad" ... "Oh and Dad, I love you".
I look expectantly at Steph, "Why did you lie to your dad?" I question her.
"Aunt Becky and Dad were offered an extra week filming while they are away. He had to stay" She mumbles as she runs upstairs to her bedroom.
Joey looks at me... "This is bad isn't it?" He asks. I nod, not knowing how to help Stephanie.