Chapter four: "Talk about bad luck"
The two months leading up to Christmas Beka got adjusted to living with the Boscorelli family. She wasn't looking forward to the homecoming dance for the school but oh well, right? The homecoming was in December. One afternoon in early December she had Ty, Trance, and Rommie over to 'study'. Well it was true. She was helping Rommie and Ty study. Trance, now that was an entirely different story. She was hooked on trying to get Beka to go to homecoming and if she did go she knew how her hair could be done. Trance was playing with Beka's hair while she helped the other two who were so lost in the subjects- Math and Philosophy- that she never thought she could repair them.
"Ouch. Trance are you trying to take my hair prisoner? And Rommie if you are so confused on this why take the course?" Beka said rubbing her sore head.
"I needed the ½ credit for it as an elective. How is it you know so much on the subject?" Rommie asked.
"Had a year and ½ of it. I would have taken it this year but the school won't let me." Beka said. Jamie came running in.
"Some boy is here for you. And it isn't Tyr." She said.
"Great." Beka said going downstairs. She noticed who it was- her brother and Uncle.
"I don't have anything to say to you- either of you." She said pointing to them then went to go back upstairs.
"I told you I'd back for you." Rafe said standing up. She stopped dead in her tracks and looked at him. "I became a monk."
Ty came down to ask Beka a math question and was introduced to her brother.
"So, your brother is a- brother?" Ty asked innocently. Beka slapped him.
"Right, he's a monk and I'm a vesital virgin." Beka said rolling her eyes.
"We don't need to know your sex life, Rocket." Sid said standing up.
"That's because I don't have one because of the two of you," Beka shot back her uncle, "and don't call me 'Rocket'. I hate that name."
"Who and what is an vesital virgin?" Ty asked still confused. The doorbell rang. Beka groaned and answered it. Rev and Tyr were standing there.
"What is this? Some party no one told me about?" she asked letting them in.
"I came for Ty." Rev said. Ty grabbed his bag from the staircase and left with Rev. He didn't feel like getting hit by Beka. She hit hard for a girl. Brandon came running down saying bye to everyone and left. Faith came down with Rommie and Trance.
"Your parents want you three home." Tyr said to them. They nodded and left.
"Rafe why did you really come for me after three years of no more than a letter saying, 'hey guess what I found Uncle Sid' with no return address, huh? You're nothing but a liar." Beka said folding her arms across her chest.
"I told you, I came back for you." Rafe said.
"Psh yea right. May I speak with my brotherly brother Rafe alone for a moment?" Beka asked. They all went into the kitchen to talk with Sid.
"Tell me the truth now boy." Beka said through gritted teeth.
"I told you, for you sis."
"That is fucking bullshit." Beka said harshly, "You got me arrested for your crime, and you also let Sid get me addicted to flash and he almost killed me when he did. Than you forced me into flash withdrawal and left me for dead too. I hate you."
"You're still alive aren't you?" He asked.
"Yea with no thanks to you." Beka said coldly. "So why did you really come for me?"
"Sid and I need to hide out for awhile and thought you would help us."
"Bullshit, and let me guess you want me to meet with some of your 'friends'? No fucking way will I."
Rafe slapped Beka hard and she retaliated by punching him hard in the nose breaking it. Bosco heard the groan from the stairs when he came down. When he entered the living room he saw Rafe holding Beka in a headlock- blood dripping from his broken nose into her hair and Beka biting his arm. Rafe was yelling at her when she elbowed him in his groin and he let go of her doubling over in pain. She grabbed the top of his head forcing him to look at her, and she punched him again- hard breaking his nose in another spot. At the same time Bosco called his parents over. They all came running in. Bosco and his father pulled Rafe away while Tyr half-pulled and half- carried and kicking and screaming Beka to the stairs. He sat her down.
"Rebecca. Rebecca. Stop it!" he said to her.
"Why? And why won't you guys let me deal with him?"
"Who? Your uncle or brother?" Tyr asked.
"Both" Beka said coldly narrowing her eyes. She began running towards the door when Tyr grabbed her arm. She stopped and looked at him then took off out the door and down the street.
"What was that all about?" Mr. Boscorelli asked Rafe.
"A sibling dispute. What else?"
"That was no dispute. That was more like a sibling war. What did you do to upset her?" Bosco asked.
"None of your business." Rafe said still holding his broken, bleeding nose.
"He must of already asked her to help hide us and she must of figured out of how Rafe wanted her to do his dealings." Sid spoke up.
"What?" Bosco shouted. By this time Mikey had already taken the twins out back to play.
"One of you guys should go after her if you truly love her. Her entire family gave up on her after her mother died. She is as tough and mean as she is because of her father and I. Rafe added to that fire once he left her too. She doesn't trust many guys, especially ones like Rafe and I." Sid said looking at the ground.
"Bosco lets find her, the two of us will cover more ground." Tyr said opening the door.
The two of them left in search of Beka. Mr. Boscorelli took Rafe and Sid to the hospital and left them there. By the time he returned it was pouring down, and neither Bosco nor Beka had returned. Mikey and the twins had a small dinner and the twins fell asleep on the couch while Mikey sat on the bottom of the steps waiting. Bosco returned an hour and ½ after his father with no luck of finding Beka.
"Maurice?" his mother asked. "Sorry ma, no luck in finding her. We looked everywhere we thought she would be." Bosco said sitting down at the table.
Beka and Bosco began to become like identical twins; it scared the teachers and his parents more then it scared them. They looked out for eachother and now she was missing. Around 11 Bosco told Mikey to go to bed. Instead Mikey laid down on the couch going to sleep with Jamie and Jeff.
The two months leading up to Christmas Beka got adjusted to living with the Boscorelli family. She wasn't looking forward to the homecoming dance for the school but oh well, right? The homecoming was in December. One afternoon in early December she had Ty, Trance, and Rommie over to 'study'. Well it was true. She was helping Rommie and Ty study. Trance, now that was an entirely different story. She was hooked on trying to get Beka to go to homecoming and if she did go she knew how her hair could be done. Trance was playing with Beka's hair while she helped the other two who were so lost in the subjects- Math and Philosophy- that she never thought she could repair them.
"Ouch. Trance are you trying to take my hair prisoner? And Rommie if you are so confused on this why take the course?" Beka said rubbing her sore head.
"I needed the ½ credit for it as an elective. How is it you know so much on the subject?" Rommie asked.
"Had a year and ½ of it. I would have taken it this year but the school won't let me." Beka said. Jamie came running in.
"Some boy is here for you. And it isn't Tyr." She said.
"Great." Beka said going downstairs. She noticed who it was- her brother and Uncle.
"I don't have anything to say to you- either of you." She said pointing to them then went to go back upstairs.
"I told you I'd back for you." Rafe said standing up. She stopped dead in her tracks and looked at him. "I became a monk."
Ty came down to ask Beka a math question and was introduced to her brother.
"So, your brother is a- brother?" Ty asked innocently. Beka slapped him.
"Right, he's a monk and I'm a vesital virgin." Beka said rolling her eyes.
"We don't need to know your sex life, Rocket." Sid said standing up.
"That's because I don't have one because of the two of you," Beka shot back her uncle, "and don't call me 'Rocket'. I hate that name."
"Who and what is an vesital virgin?" Ty asked still confused. The doorbell rang. Beka groaned and answered it. Rev and Tyr were standing there.
"What is this? Some party no one told me about?" she asked letting them in.
"I came for Ty." Rev said. Ty grabbed his bag from the staircase and left with Rev. He didn't feel like getting hit by Beka. She hit hard for a girl. Brandon came running down saying bye to everyone and left. Faith came down with Rommie and Trance.
"Your parents want you three home." Tyr said to them. They nodded and left.
"Rafe why did you really come for me after three years of no more than a letter saying, 'hey guess what I found Uncle Sid' with no return address, huh? You're nothing but a liar." Beka said folding her arms across her chest.
"I told you, I came back for you." Rafe said.
"Psh yea right. May I speak with my brotherly brother Rafe alone for a moment?" Beka asked. They all went into the kitchen to talk with Sid.
"Tell me the truth now boy." Beka said through gritted teeth.
"I told you, for you sis."
"That is fucking bullshit." Beka said harshly, "You got me arrested for your crime, and you also let Sid get me addicted to flash and he almost killed me when he did. Than you forced me into flash withdrawal and left me for dead too. I hate you."
"You're still alive aren't you?" He asked.
"Yea with no thanks to you." Beka said coldly. "So why did you really come for me?"
"Sid and I need to hide out for awhile and thought you would help us."
"Bullshit, and let me guess you want me to meet with some of your 'friends'? No fucking way will I."
Rafe slapped Beka hard and she retaliated by punching him hard in the nose breaking it. Bosco heard the groan from the stairs when he came down. When he entered the living room he saw Rafe holding Beka in a headlock- blood dripping from his broken nose into her hair and Beka biting his arm. Rafe was yelling at her when she elbowed him in his groin and he let go of her doubling over in pain. She grabbed the top of his head forcing him to look at her, and she punched him again- hard breaking his nose in another spot. At the same time Bosco called his parents over. They all came running in. Bosco and his father pulled Rafe away while Tyr half-pulled and half- carried and kicking and screaming Beka to the stairs. He sat her down.
"Rebecca. Rebecca. Stop it!" he said to her.
"Why? And why won't you guys let me deal with him?"
"Who? Your uncle or brother?" Tyr asked.
"Both" Beka said coldly narrowing her eyes. She began running towards the door when Tyr grabbed her arm. She stopped and looked at him then took off out the door and down the street.
"What was that all about?" Mr. Boscorelli asked Rafe.
"A sibling dispute. What else?"
"That was no dispute. That was more like a sibling war. What did you do to upset her?" Bosco asked.
"None of your business." Rafe said still holding his broken, bleeding nose.
"He must of already asked her to help hide us and she must of figured out of how Rafe wanted her to do his dealings." Sid spoke up.
"What?" Bosco shouted. By this time Mikey had already taken the twins out back to play.
"One of you guys should go after her if you truly love her. Her entire family gave up on her after her mother died. She is as tough and mean as she is because of her father and I. Rafe added to that fire once he left her too. She doesn't trust many guys, especially ones like Rafe and I." Sid said looking at the ground.
"Bosco lets find her, the two of us will cover more ground." Tyr said opening the door.
The two of them left in search of Beka. Mr. Boscorelli took Rafe and Sid to the hospital and left them there. By the time he returned it was pouring down, and neither Bosco nor Beka had returned. Mikey and the twins had a small dinner and the twins fell asleep on the couch while Mikey sat on the bottom of the steps waiting. Bosco returned an hour and ½ after his father with no luck of finding Beka.
"Maurice?" his mother asked. "Sorry ma, no luck in finding her. We looked everywhere we thought she would be." Bosco said sitting down at the table.
Beka and Bosco began to become like identical twins; it scared the teachers and his parents more then it scared them. They looked out for eachother and now she was missing. Around 11 Bosco told Mikey to go to bed. Instead Mikey laid down on the couch going to sleep with Jamie and Jeff.