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"What?, Dad we don't need a babysitter" Lucy said to her father. "Yes you do whether you like it or not I ain't leaving." Mark said. "Ugh, why are you so anal about everything?" She screamed walking away. She went to her room, and slammed the door. "What's going on?" Alysha asked. "My fucking dad, is staying here, he says we need a babysitter." Lucy said. "Oh well, what's the big deal? At least he loves you enough to care.We can still have fun." Alysha said. "Yeah right, he'll be in here every five minutes." Lucy said. Alysha shrugged. "Shit, it's Jeff, watch the door." Lucy said. Aly ran to the door and cracked it so she could see out. She held the thumbs up. "Hello, hi. No Aly and I are at my house, being babysat by my dad, how messed up is that?" Lucy said sitting on her bed. "That's pretty fucked up, what, is he afraid you'll get drunk, invite a whole bunch of guys over and have sex?" Jeff asked. Lucy laughed, "yea right, first of all, I hate alcohol, I only like one guy, and inay on the exsay." Jeff laughed, "Well that's good, you should wait till you've found the right guy" Lucy huffed,"I already have" she mumbled. "What, you cut out" Jeff said. Lucy bit her lip, "nothing". She was like Aly, from the moment she met Jeff when she was 8, yes 8. She was in love with him. Her dad was paying her cell phone bill and she was only supposed to use it for emergencies. "Lucy" her dad called coming up the stairs. "He's coming" Aly whispered. "Jeff I gotta go my dad's coming, bye" "Ok bye" They hung up just in time.
"Hey, I asked you an hour ago to put your car in the garage, now get your ass downstairs and put it up or you won't be driving it at all." Mark said. "Sorry, I forgot" Lucy lied through her teeth. He walked in and stood there. He always felt sorry for Aly, he tried to help make her fell apart of the family when she was over. "So hey Aly, how are things going?" He asked. "Good, I guess." Aly quietly said. "You guess, well why don't ya know?" He asked in his southern tone. "Well if I tell you, then you'll tell my dad, then it'll be even worse." Aly said. "Hey, I might be a hard ass, but I'm not a complete ass, now, what's bugging ya?" He asked. "I like Jeff's brother Matt, but he's obviously too old for me and he's dating Amy, there's just something about her that I don't like. I don't trust her." Aly said. "Well I'm sorry about that, and just so ya know, I do about Lucy liking Jeff. I wish they could be happy together, but I won't ever let anyone or any man hurt her again. Don't worry I won't tell your dad." Mark said. "Thanks Uncle Mark" she said. He held out his fist and she pounded it with hers.
Lucy stood in the doorway as if to say, 'you can leave now'. Mark looked up, "you girls be good." Aly almost felt sorry for him, because of how Lucy treats him sometimes. He lovenly pushed Lucy's arm and she rolled her eyes and slammed the door. "God, I can't wait till I turn 18" she said.Aly stood up, "Luce, you should really try to be nicer to your dad, I mean I know you don't like it when he overprotects and tells you what to do, but he's your dad that's his job. He loves you and you should show him a little more respect." Lucy's shoulders dropped, "I know, it's just that Jeff asked me out, and I had to tell him no until I was 18, I'm just afraid I'll loose him." "Jeff really likes you, he ain't gonna give up on you that easily." Aly said. "I know can we change the subject?" Lucy asked.
Aly looked outside, "Damn it's really storming out there." she said. "Really?" Lucy asked. She had Astropobia, which is the fear of the thunderstorms. Right after she said that Mark told the girls to come downstairs. The tornado sirens went off. Lucy screamed. "Taker her downstairs and you guys stay there, I'll be down in a minute." Mark said. He got a radio and Flashlight. "Get down, cover your heads." Mark said running down the stairs. He put his arms around the girls. "Daddy" Lucy screamed. "It's ok baby, I'm right here". He said. They could hear debris hitting the house. It was over as quickly as it started. "You guys stay here" He said. He went upstairs to check everything out. Aly was holding Lucy, who was shaking and crying. Nothing was damaged just tree limbs everywhere. The lights were still on. "Ok girls, come on up" He yelled downstairs. Lucy ran up the stairs and hugged her dad. She was defienatley a daddy's girl. They were all in the living room when they heard a huge crash, the girls screamed thinking the house was coming apart. They looked outside and a big tree fell in the driveway. Mark put his arm around Lucy,"You see that Luce, that's why I wanted you to put your car in the driveway."