Chapter 3

Author: Well I hoped everyone liked Chapter 2. I am going to try to put some more of Arieannas background into the story. But I hope everyone likes this chapter and have a blessed weekend! REVIEW!

PS. The quotes may not be exact but I tried! Haha And….yes Arieanna was raped and addicted to sleeping pills. The next chapter will tell why and all that…..sorry for all the confusion.

Arieanna made her way downstairs, seeing the boys all watching tv. "Hey you! You sleep good?" Jerry asked looking up from the tv

"Yeah…" she told him.

"Happy Thanksgiving!" Jack yelled from the kitchen

"Happy Thanksgiving!" she yelled back, with a smile on her. Bobby just looked at her.

"You want to watch some hockey with us?" he finally asked

"Um…no. I'll go help Jack in the kitchen!"

"Yeah cause that's where the girls belong anyways…isn't that right Jack?" Bobby yelled

All they see is Jacks middle finger come around the corner. Arieanna starts laughing. Arieanna turns around to see Angel coming down the stairs with a girl behind. She smiles, before turning and walking into the kitchen. She taps Jack on the shoulder to watch, because you knew Bobby was about to get pissed. Bobby looked up from the tv just to see Sofi come walking in with a smile on her face.

"Oh hell no!" he yelled jumping up from the couch

"What?" Sofi asked

"You need to get your bitch out here Angel!" Bobby told him

"Is this your house?" Angel asked "Are you running this?"

"Yes I am running this shit! This isn't a homeless shelter. Loco Uno is not staying here!"

"Whats your problem Bobby?" Sofi yelled

"Was I talking to you?" he yelled "Was I speaking Spanish. No not keep your mouth shut!"

"Look man don't be talking to my girl like that!"

"She is not staying in this house Angel! Get her out!" Bobby yelled

"Your just jealous because I chose Angel over you!" Sofi spat knowing it was stupid remark.

Bobby just laughed "No one wants a La Vida Loca!"

"Stop calling her that man!" Angel yelled "Baby go back upstairs and let me deal with this!" he told her.

"Why do you let him talk to me like that?" she replied hitting him on the arm

"Just go upstairs please!" Angel begged

"Yeah go upstairs!" Bobby yelled from behind.

"Bobby shut the hell up!" Arieanna yelled from the kitchen. She couldn't help but start laughing. She loved seeing her brother all fired up over something so stupid.

"You can keep your mouth shut in there before I come and shut it up for you!" he replied. Arieanna starts laughing, but hides behind Jack

"Don't you even!" Jack told her moving out the way. Just then she sees Bobby coming into the kitchen

"Jack told me to say it!" she told him still laughing. Jack just looks at her before smiling. He was just happy that she was smiling.

"I bet he did!" Bobby told her walking towards her

"Do you want to eat?" Arieanna yelled "I am slaving over this food for you. You keep bothering me, you aren't going to be eating anything but bread!" she told him trying to be serious. Bobby laughs at her before grabbing her by her wrist. He pulls her to him and throws her over his shoulder. He slams her into the couch and starts tickling her. She starts screaming, trying to fight him off. She keeps laughing, but tries to breathe. "Cant breathe!" she yelled laughing. He takes a pillow and just hits her in the head. She jumps on top of him and starts trying to beat him up. She knew she couldn't do any harm because she was so little and he was so big. It has always been that way, ever since they were little.

Flashback:

"Arieanna Grace Mercer! Get your ass down here right now!" Bobby yelled from the top of the steps at his 8 year old sister.

"No!" she screamed "You cant make me!"

"Want to bet!" he yelled. He stormed upstairs to his sisters room. She ran and tried closing the door but he caught it before she could. He tried grabbing her but she took off running down the hall "It's not going to be bad. Its just court. Come on!" he told her "We are going to be late!"

"I'm not going!" she yelled from her mothers closet. He laughed at himself. He softly opened the door but Arieanna was nowhere in sight.

"Rie!" he yelled "Don't make me come in there!"

"Go away! Tell them I died!"

He laughed again… " I'm about to kill you!" he told her. He walked into the closet and started pushing back clothes. He finally saw her feet hanging out of her mothers dress. Instead of pulling the dress back, he grabbed her feet and jerked her out. She started kicking and screaming trying to get away.

"Stop!" he yelled at her. He threw her over his shoulder and brought her into her room. He picked out a pokadotted dress and showed it to her. He put it up against him. "This one?" he asked modeling it for her. She wouldn't let him see her smile. She just shook her head. He pulled out another and another, until finally he just jumped on the bed and started tickling her. She let out a scream and started laughing. "OK!" she yelled. He got off and pulled out another dress and she smiled and shook her head. He helped her put on her dress and fixed her hair. He held out his hand for her but she just sat on the bed.

"Rie!" he yelled playfully, but then looked at her with sympathic eyes when she looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"Are they going to take me away?" she asked

"No sweetheart they aren't. I will never let anyone take you away!" he told her kissing her forehead "We just need to go one last time to get everything situated with the adoption"

She shook her head. Bobby wiped the tears that escaped from her eyes off her cheek and picked her up in his arms and carried her downstairs. Everyone was sitting on the couch waiting for them

"Now are we ready?" Evelyn asked

"Yes mame!" Arieanna told her.

End Flashback

Bobby and Arieanna finally settled down, when Angel came back down the stairs. He sat down next to the record player. Bobby knew what he was about to do.

"Don't you start!" Bobby told him, but Angel started throwing little disks at him.

"Why do you always go to do that?" Bobby asked

"So aggravating!" Jeremiah replied. Angel started throwing disks at him and mocked him. "Stop man im trying to watch the game!"

"Get um Jerry!" Bobby replied. Arieanna went back into the kitchen to help Jack. They started laughing when she heard something hard hit the ground in the living room. She walked over to the door frame and stuck her head out. She saw Jerry and Angel on the floor fighting.

"So you were a marine?" Arieanna asked after Jerry beat him

"Yeah why?" Angel asked

"Did they not teach you how to fight?" she asked. She knew he would get her for that. The boys started laughing. "I mean marines are suppose to be touch right? I guess they just felt sorry for you….huh?"

"Go cook!" he told her. She just kept smiling.

"Lets eat! Bring out that bird!" Bobby yelled. Everyone made their way into the kitchen. Angel winked at Arieanna when she walked past him to sit down. She just smiled. Her smiled quickly faded when she looked at the empty chair beside her. Everything seemed to get real silent. She felt Angels hand grabs her. All she remembered was Bobby praying then everyone sat down. She just stared at her plate for a little bit before looking up. She saw Jeremiah just staring at their mothers chair. Arieannas heart went out to her brother. He was the one that made her the most proud. He actually made something of himself. She watched him look over at Angel

"Close mouth Angel, what you think you are cow or something?" Jerry replied. Arieanna saw the hurt look on Angels face, but then replaced by remorse. She watched his eyes turn to their mothers chair. He quickly covered his arms and removed his arms from the table. She smiled knowing that ma always told them to keep their elbows off the table. She turned back to her food and started playing with it. She was fixing to say something when she looked at Jack. His face full of fear and hatred. Then his eyes filled with tears. He looked over at her and quickly gave a little smile. Arieanna smiled back. It was her turn to look at her mothers chair but nothing happened. She thought maybe just maybeher motherwould appear. But She never did. Arieannajust stared waiting for something, but nothing happened. She looked over at Bobby, he was trying to find something too. He jumped up from his seat. "Screw this! Lets go get a pick up game. I want to see some quick sticks and fast passing"

"Man its too cold. I didn't come all the way down here to play in the cold" Angel replied

"Shutup! We are playing!" he told him "Lets go!" he yelled half way out the door. Arieanna, along with the rest of the brothers just sat there. She moved to grab the plates to clean them but Jack grabbed her hand "Not now!" he told her "Lets go play!" he smiled. She smiled back and nodded. Everyone got up and got their coats. Bobby was already in the car when everyone came out. Arieanna didn't say a word the whole way to the skating park. She decided she didn't want to play this game. She just sat on the bench and stared off into space.

"Rie….Rie!" she heard something behind her, but when she turned around no one was there. She thought she was losing her mind. She turned back towards her brothers "Don't go away rie!" she heard

"Mama?" she asked

"You are going to be safe, no matter what happens. Don't go away!" she heard "Faith is your strong point. Don't lose it…"

Tears started streaming down her face, but then she saw it. Her mother was leaning against a tree in a pink sweater, holding on a flower pot that Arieanna made her when she was little. "I love you baby girl. Remember that…." Then she was gone.

"I don't know what to do!" Arieanna whispered "I'm so scared…" but no one was listening. She heard the boys yelling, so she quickly wiped the tears from her face.

"We won!" Jack yelled skating over to her. She smiled. She heard Jerry yelling at Bobby

"You're going to be buying me a new phone Bobby! That thing cost some money!" Jerry whined

"You were playing hockey Jer. You don't talk on the phone during hockey. Accidents happen!" Bobby said with a smile

" Accident my ass!" Jerry said making his way to the car. Arieanna just starts laughing.

"Faith!" she whispered and nodded.

Author: Well I hope everyone liked this chapter. Let me know what you think! Please please review!