Nine Years Later
Sam had grown tired of the attitude. Ever since Lizzie hit sixteen her attitude had spun out of control. At first he thought it was just the way teenage girls are suppose to be but after a year he realized just how wrong he was.
Lizzie was now seventeen and instead of looking into colleges she was out gallivanting at night, sneaking after she was suppose to be asleep, skipping school, and even worst Sam had to bail her out of jail twice now. Luckily no charges were pressed against her since Sam was a buddy with the Sheriff but he warned Sam that this behavior could not continue much longer.
Sam had tried everything from grounding her, bringing her to and from school, taking away privileges but nothing was working. Sam looked at the envelope in front of him 241 Treasure Harbor Drive. It had been years since he had seen Red and from what he had read it didn't look like he was the same person he met all those years ago. However he still kept in touch with his old friend, sending photos of Lizzie as she grew up, updating Red of what was happening in her life, however he never heard back. Sam did know that Red had dropped by every once and in a while to see her for himself, always lurking in the shadows, he could feel it.
Right now Sam was out of options. He knew that Red would come if it was urgent and as of now he was running out of options. Yes, he considered Elizabeth to be his daughter after all these years but he knew that she needed some answers to her life, mostly her parents and until she had them she would continue acting up.
"Oh my god that was amazing" Liz sighed a wide smile covering her face.
"Yeah and you were amazing" Cody winked as he pulled her to him, kissing her aggressively.
The two had just exited a nearby convenient store that had closed two hours ago. Stealing $400 cash, 10 cartons of cigarettes, lottery tickets, 2 six packs, a handle of vodka and a couple snacks because 'hey why the hell not.'
"You're so hot, how did you learn to be so good with picking a lock" Cody grinned as he held Liz's face in his hands.
Liz smirked as she bit her lip before whispering, "guess I'm just a natural," as she held up an expensive looking bracelet that she found in the employee lounge.
"Shit Liz, that looks like it cost some good money, bring it here" Cody smiled.
"Finders keepers, its mine."
Before Cody could yell anything he heard a whistle and then someone yell "Hey lover birds, why don't we bring this party somewhere else before the PoPo come."
The two looked over to see Blake and Nikki, two other members of their "group" leaning against the hood of the car.
"Fine, keep the bracelet, lets get out of here sugar." Cody smirked before smacking her butt.
The two made their way over to the car, packing the stuff in the car before peeling out of the parking lot and down the route. As they drove with the windows down the boys hollered and honked as Nikki began opening up the beers and passing them around.
Ten minutes later they drove their car a bit into the woods and began walking until they hit a tree fort. They began to make their way up while carrying their loot settling down around the fort. He group began slugging back the beers they had acquired while also passing around the vodka bottle.
"Shit this is so much easier than getting a fake" Blake smirked as he took another swig before passing the vodka bottle to Nikki.
"Thanks here to our little cat woman" Cody smirked as he pulled Liz towards him, taking out a cigarette and lighting it up.
Nikki and Blake laughed before grabbing a smoke of their own, while Liz shied away from the group.
"Babe you're being a real downer" Cody whispered to her as he watched Nikki and Blake take shot after shot while feeling each other up. He pulled out a smoke for Liz before passing it to her "here, I'll even light it for you."
"Cody I told you before, I'm not into smoking" Liz whispered, she could feel the heat spreading across her face, embarrassed that she wasn't fitting in very well.
Cody hummed, as he looked at her his face hidden with emotion. "Fine then the least you can do is finish this vodka bottle with me, ah Liz?"
Liz swallowed as she gave a small grimace. She always enjoyed the high of stealing for a second but it slowly wore off, and she hated their "after party". However sometimes Liz felt like it was all she had. Don't get her wrong she loved Sam and he had done an amazing job with her but she knew he was hiding things from her, mostly about her biological parents. She was getting to the point where she was so fed up with the lies that she looked for new solutions, and that's where she found Cody.
He of course was five years her senior, as was Blake. Nikki however was only three years older than her, however the group shared one common thing, they were all out of high school expect for her. Liz met them the first night she ever snuck out. She went to the local townie bar, and got a drink by seducing a stranger. She felt the adrenaline rush and returned the following evening and that was where she met Cody.
They clicked instantly and he introduced her to his friends and that's how their group was formed. At first all they did was sit around a table by the bar, drinking and joking around, however after a week or so she learned that Cody was more dangerous and risk seeking then she knew. They began stealing, breaking and entering, and the group began looking into drugs. At first Liz was all for it, she finally had a group she could fit in with but after a while she wanted to bail out, only it would be hard to get away from Cody. They had only been caught twice and each time it happened they left her there stating that she was still young so nothing severe would happen, unlike if one of them was caught, so she went for it. It wasn't until the group noticed how close Sam and the Sheriff were that they thought she was the perfect girl for the group.
Unfortunately now she was stuck in this group, not wanting to be the girl who didn't have any friends. All her friends in high school left her when they saw her cut class all the time to hang out with Cody and Blake, and officially didn't want anything to do with her when they found out she was arrested. They told her their parents said 'they didn't need anyone like that in their life'. And now it seemed Sam didn't even want anything to do with her, every time he looked at her she could see the disappointment in his eyes, so she chose to stay in the group.
Liz grabbed the vodka bottle before taking a huge chug; she winced and gagged as the liquid made its way to her stomach.
Cody laughed before patting her on the back before saying "another one."
A couple hours went by and Liz began feeling the effects from all the vodka and three beers she had. She began to feel dizzy and tired before looking down at her watch and reading 2:35 am. 'Sam's going to kill me if he finds me out this late' Liz thought.
Quickly she stood up before she fell back on to the floor, the whole group turning over to her laughing at her.
"Shit Liz, forgot you were such a lightweight" Cody laughed before crawling over towards her and caressing her side.
Liz shifted away, looking over at Nikki and Blake who were busy dry humping each other and not leaving each others lips to come up for air. She saw Blake take off Nikki's top as he palmed her breast before she turned her head away.
Cody trailed his hand up her side caressing her stomach until his hand fell on her breast giving her a rough squeeze. She looked at him and noticed the gleam in his eyes, something she had seen before and didn't want any part of.
"I think I'm going to get going" Liz slurred, as she put her hands on Cody's chest to push him away gently.
"Come on babe, don't be a party pooper" Cody whispered before grabbing Liz's hands and moving them down his body towards his pants "I promise you won't regret it."
"I told you I'm not ready" Liz whispered, she could feel the tears began to spring into her eyes.
Cody cracked his jaw before looking at her with a disgusted look. "Then get the hell out, you prude little bitch"
Liz quickly scrambled onto her feet before she heard Nikki say "Aw Cody she still not putting out? No worries I'm all up for sharing if Blake is."
Liz quickly made her way out of the fort before she could hear the answer and stumbled her way the mile and a half to her house. Half way home she began to rub her hands up and down her arms realizing she had forgotten her jacket in the fort, there was no way she was turning back, she would just get it some other time. Tear sprung into her eyes as a small sob escaped her lips as she huddled her body closer together to keep warm. 'Why was her life so screwed up, why did she make it this way?'
Liz quickly wiped the tears as she made her way up her driveway, noticing that the lights were on downstairs. 'Great Sam was up.'
Liz paused at the front door realizing that not only was Sam in the house, but another person.
"I told you, she has been getting out of hand, this was the last thing I could think of." Liz heard Sam hiss.
"You should have called me immediately when this started going on. I mean Christ Sam it's five of three and she's still not back!"
"Called you immediately? I don't know where the hell you have been, plus you said for emergencies only, I didn't want to bother you for something like this, her acting like an idiot!" Sam yelled.
Tears sprung into her eyes again as she heard her dad and the stranger yell at each other, it was official her dad officially hated her, but who was this guy he was with.
"Don't you dare! Don't you dare imply she is a bother." The stranger hissed.
Before Sam could say another word Liz, made her presence noticed by stumbling through the door. Curiosity got the best of her so she made her way into the kitchen to discover who the stranger was.
The first thing she noticed was his suit. He wore a three piece dark blue suit with a crisp white button shirt with small brown vertical lines with a matching tie to top it off, however the tie was slightly undone as he looked a bit disheveled. He was somewhat tall, sturdy, muscular yet soft, his hair was brown like hers yet shaven close to his head and his eyes were a bright jade, however most of all she noticed he looked exhausted.
"Elizabeth where have you been!" Sam shouted at her.
Liz was silent as her eyes moved to Sam for a split second and then back onto the mysterious stranger.
"Who are you?" she slurred. She saw the left side of his face twist at her question, his eyes filled with her but a second later his face went back to emotionless, she couldn't read him.
"Elizabeth I asked you a question" Sam seethed.
"So did I" Liz laughed slightly thinking she was witty for her response.
"Do you think this is funny? It's 3 am Liz! You snuck out, reek of cigarettes and booze, your eyes are blood shot, you can barely stand up and to top it all off you're slurring your speech! How much have you had to drink? And who supplied you with booze?"
Liz ignored Sam as she and the stranger continued to stare at each other. "Are you not going to introduce yourself, cause that's kinda rude"
The stranger's eyebrows lifted as he stared at her with amusement. "Hello Lizzie, my name is William Buchfield."
"How do you know me?"
"That's enough questions for tonight why don't we talk about what you have been up to" He asked while making his way across the room closer to her.
"That's enough questions for tonight." She mocked right back. She noticed his jaw tick before following up with "it doesn't matter where I was."
"Oh it matters Lizzie" he replied.
"Fine I'll tell you guys but can it be in the morning my head is pounding and I just want to go to sleep" she slurred her eyes becoming heavy.
Sam rubbed his eyes before replying "Yeah but you better be ready butterball no excuses."
"Gotcha" Liz replied while making her way up the stairs.
"So William should I show you the guest room?" Sam whispered sarcastically.
"Yes Sam that sounds lovely" Red smirked as he made his way up the stairs. Pausing at Lizzie's door "I'm so sorry Lizzie, things will be different soon I promise" Red whispered before making his way into the guest room.
Hey guys, I was going to leave the story as is but I wanted to add more to the story and then maybe later on get into some of the episodes. Hope you enjoyed the chapterJ
