Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been busy lately.

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Chapter Four: The Plan

When Haley woke up, she didn't know where she was at first. After a few moments, she realized that she was in Angel, Collins and Sophia's East Village apartment. She looked over toward the other side of the room and gasped. Sophia was in her bed staring at her.

"I thought you'd never get up!" said Sophia.

"What time is it?" asked Haley.

"9 AM. We're supposed to meet everyone at The Life Café at 10."

"Who's everyone?" asked Haley. "Roger, Mimi, Kimberly, Jonathan, and Mark," said Sophia. "Roger and Mimi are my parents' friends. Jonathan and Kim are their kids. Kimmy's 8 and she can be kind of annoying, but most of the time she's cool. If you ever call her by her full name, she gets pissed so call her either Kim or Kimmy. Jonathan is 14. He plays guitar and, don't tell anyone I said this, but he's really cute. The only reason I don't go for him is 'cause I think of him like a brother, and dating him would just feel really weird. You'll like him, though."

"What about Mark?" asked Haley. "Mark's a filmmaker. He works for that show Buzzline. He hates his job, but for the past 15 years he's been working there, and he still hasn't quit."

"Is he married?" asked Haley. "He's kind of a loner," said Sophia. "Ever since your mom dumped him in '89, he's been single. "Wow," said Haley. "That's a long time to be single. Maureen went with him?"

"Yeah. I think he still loves her though," said Sophia. "Even after all these years! He's had a couple girlfriends, but none of them were, as cliché as this sounds, 'The One'."

"Well, I think Mark may be in luck. My mom and step-dad split up a couple months ago, so she's single now," said Haley. "Hey, you know what we should do?"

"What?" asked Sophia.

"We should get my mom and Mark back together!"

"That'd be awesome! It'd be just like that movie The Parent Trap!"

"Except Mark doesn't have any kids, we're not sisters, and we weren't separated at birth."

"Well, it's almost like it!"

"AND Mark isn't engaged to an evil bitch."

"OKAY! I GET IT! IT'S NOT THAT MUCH LIKE THE PARENT TRAP!"

"Yeah. I don't like Lindsey Lohan anyway."

Haley realized something. "Hey, wait a minute, didn't you say something last night about a woman named Joanne?"

"I don't really know her, I've just heard about her," said Sophia. "My parents told me that after Maureen got pregnant, Joanne dumped her. Apparently, Mo cheated on her a lot and she was fed up with it. She's been living in the Upper West Side ever since. I remember that I met her like one time when I was really little, but that was it."

"I always thought my mom was cheating!" said Haley. "Before she got promoted, her job ended around 6:00. But for a couple of weeks, she'd come home around 10 PM, or even midnight! She kept saying that she was working late because she was expecting a promotion. Turns out she was doing a different type of work. With her boss. She did get promoted, but my step-dad found out about the cheating and dumped her."

"And people think MY family's messed-up!" said Sophia. "But that's mostly just homophobes."

Haley and Sophia were laughing and talking like old friends. They got ready to leave, and soon they were on their way to The Life Café.

When they arrived at The Life Café, everyone else was there. Turns out this was a weekly ritual. Haley saw Jonathan, and she whispered to Sophia "You're right! He IS hot!" Jonathan had a great figure that was not too scrawny and not too muscular. He had dark, curly hair and was wearing a band T-shirt, a pair of jeans and Converse High-Tops.

"Hi Soph!" said Kim, and she ran over to them. "Who's this?"

"This is Haley," said Sophia. She whispered something in Kim's ear, and she gasped. "Really! Is Maureen your mom?" asked Kim.

"Yup!" said Haley.

"But don't tell anyone yet!" said Sophia. "Pinkie swear?"

"Pinkie swear!" said Kim. "I promise I won't tell anyone!"

They all sat down at the table. This was so normal to everyone; they didn't even notice Haley until Mimi said "Angel, who's this?"

"This is Haley," said Angel. "Some guy almost killed her last night! We brought her to a hospital, and she, surprisingly, wasn't that badly hurt. She ran away from home and she's staying with us."

"AND she's Maureen's daughter!" said Collins.

Everyone gasped.

Angel looked annoyed. "Tom, I wanted to say it!" she said and pouted.

Mark's face turned bright red, Mimi looked surprised, and Roger looked confused. Jonathan looked at Haley in awe (which Haley loved) and Kim was pissed off.

"Hey! You said it was a secret and not to tell anyone! You made me pinkie swear I wouldn't tell, and then you go and tell everyone? That's not fair!" said Kim.

"You're Maureen's daughter!" said Mimi.

"Yeah," said Haley.

"I'm Mimi," said Mimi, "and this is my husband, Roger, our son Jonathan and our daughter Kimberly (Kim clenched her fist), and our friend Mark. I see you've already met Angel, Collins, and Sophy,"

"Nice to meet you," said Haley.

"HALEY APRIL JOHNSON! WHAT the HELL are you doing ALONE in NEW YORK CITY!"

Everyone turned toward the door.

"Maureen?" said everyone at the table.

"Mom?" said Haley nervously. She was really in for it this time.

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