The next morning I woke up at the Jonas house with Nick asleep beside me. Frankie was asleep in another bed and everyone else was gone. I slowly got up and walked out. I went downstairs slowly and saw Elvis sitting alone in the living room. I walked to the kitchen and saw Mr. and Mrs. Jonas.
"Good Morning" I said smiling.
They looked up at me and gave weak smiles. Mrs. Jonas came over to hug me.
"Good morning sweetie. The others are in the backyard." she smiled.
I went to the door and opened it and saw everyone sitting in beach chairs beside a 7 foot pool.
"Why good morning sleepy head." Kevin said smiling up at me.
I smiled back and walked to where Estella was sitting.
"Scoot over I wanna sit." I said.
"No get your own chair." she said looking up at me.
"Mira don't get sassy with me!" I said scooting her over.
She laughed and moved, allowing me to sit. We talked and the radio started playing "Love story". Tran and Joe started to act it out but at "You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess" Joe pointed a Tran in prince and himself at princess. We laughed and watched in delight, Estella making some odd coments. Kevin tried to join in but Joe pushed him away. We laughed harder, then we heard the door slam. Nick came out dialing his phone and walked to the other side of the pool. We stayed quiet since he hadn't heard us yet. Estella gave me and Tran a look and we nodded. We got closer to Nick while he put his phone up to his ear.
"Hello. I called yesterday but I accidentally hung-"
We pushed him into the pool and fell in with him. He was more startled than happy so I hugged him and felt him smile a little. I looked up at him as he gave me a little smile and got closer to me, but Tran and Estella grabbed Kevin and Joe from their necks and pulled them in, causing a huge splash in the water. We started laughing and splashing water around when I stopped and listened.
"Hello? Who is this?"
I guess Nick accidentally pressed speaker when we pushed him in, but the voice sounded so familiar. Everyone else stopped and stared at the phone, then Nick, then me. Estella heard the voice and gave out a weak gasp. I stared at Nick who had a frightened look and looked at each of his brothers.
"Hello? I'm gonna hang up"
I slowly made my way out of the pool still staring at Nick, who stared at his phone. I picked it up and held it to my ear, barely having a grip.
"Hello?" I asked.
There was dead silence from the other end.
"Melissa?"
I started getting tears in my eyes and I saw Nick move out of the pool and so did Estella.
"Daddy?" I asked trembling.
Nick took the phone away and hung up, taking my hand and turning me around to face him. He only shaked his head with watery eyes and held my hand tighter.
"Melissa." he whispered, still shaking his head.
"Nick what is going on?" I asked starting to cry.
He kept staring at me, then quickly moved into my face. He grabbed my waist and pulled me into a kiss. I was still crying, but I put my arms around his neck and pulled him closer. I could hear everyone gasping and the water moving slowly. Nick slowly pulled away and stared into my eyes. He was crying and shook his head at me.
"I'm sorry" he whispered.
He slowly walked away and through the door, closing it slowly. I stared at the floor, still crying. I felt someone hug me and pull me in.
"He's doing it for you and your sister's safety." Kevin said, stroking my hair.
I cried harder into his chest and felt Estella hug me. She was crying too and Tran and Joe hugged all of us. I pulled away and walked back into the house, bumping into Mr. Jonas. He was startled to see me crying and grabbed my shoulders.
"Melissa what's wrong?" he asked shaking me.
I saw Mrs. Jonas run into the room and stare at me. I cried and shaked my head and ran up to the room. Nick wasn't there and neither was Frankie. I threw myslef on the bed and cried harder into my pillow. I looked up and looked out the window. I haven't seen my dad in 5 years ever since he left for business. I haven't heard from him in a long time, but why is Nick calling him? I stopped crying soon after and stared out the window watching the birds fly by. Suddenly Estella and Tran burst into the room and went to sit next to me.
"We have to find out why Nick was calling dad!" Estella said getting me up from the pillow.
"Whatever it was for was importanmt." Tran said.
"Nobody's gonna tell us anything! They won't until it's too late!" I said getting up.
"We'll make them! Melissa, we are MexiCAN! Not MexiCAN'T!" Estella said putting her fist up.
"What am I?" Tran asked.
Me and Estella stared at each other and then back at her.
"AsianCAN!" Estella said putting her fist up.
We laughed weakly and walked back downstairs. We found Kevin in his room watching tv. Estella turned it off and we all got in front of him. He stared at us confused. He turned the tv back on and ignored us. Estella looked around the room and walked to his guitar. She grabbed it and held it out the window. Kevin turned the tv off and gave her a look. She put it down and walked back to him.
"Why is Nick calling our dad?" Estella asked.
Kevin stared at us and didn't answer. Estella got closer and grabbed his shirt by his collar.
"Tell us or else!" she whispered getting face to face with him.
He didn't say anything. Me and Tran gave each other looks to keep Estella from getting carried away, but she quickly let go and walked away.
"Hey aren't you gonna hurt him?" I asked pointed at Kevin who was smirking.
"No! He's awesome I ain't gonna kill him!" she yelled.
We walked out found Joe in the kitchen with his head in the fridge.
"Joseph Adam Jonas!" Tran yelled.
Joe got startled and hit his head inside the fridge.
"Ow!" he said coming out with chocolate cake all over his mouth.
"Is that my last slice of cake?" Estella asked.
"..........no?" he said hesitentally.
Tran grabbed him and sat him on a chair and stood in front of him.
"Alright Joe. Whats gonna get you to tell us why Nick was calling their dad?" Tran said sitting next to him.
"A kiss?" Joe smirked.
"Deal" Tran said shaking his hand.
Joe pulled on Tran's hand and got her into a kiss. It lasted for about a minute. He pulled away and smirked at all of us.
"I just said a kiss. I never said A kiss for the answer." he smirked.
Estella stomped her foot at him ad he ran out. We sighed and sat down.
"Who else could we ask?" I said playing with my hair.
Estella grinned and stared at me.
"There is one more Jonas." she said pointing up at the ceiling that was the floor of Frankie's bedroom.
We smiled and slowly got up to go see the Bonus Jonas. When we walked in Frankie looked up and got back to playing, not wanting to look at me. I walked in slowly, and went down to sit next to him.
"Squirt?" I said stroking his hair.
He didn't look up at me.
"What" he said still not looking.
"Do you know why Nick called my dad?" I asked.
I saw a tear come down. He wiped it quick but didn't look up.
"Please look at me." I said hugging him.
"No! I'm not gonna look at you! It's gonna hurt since your leaving" he cried.
I got startled by what he said and looked at the girls, who had no idea what he was talking about. I got off the bed and got on my knees in front of him.
"Frankie I would never leave. What would make you think I'd leave you?" I asked holding his shoulders.
"Because on the night that your mom came over I woke up in the middle of the night and I heard my brothers and mom and dad saying they were gonna call your dad to take you away from your mom." he said finally looking at me.
I stared at him then at Tran and Estella, who were frightened. I looked back at Frankie who was crying.
"Frankie I promise I'll never leave you! You're my little squirt." I said tickling him and hugging him.
He laughed and hugged me, then got up and walked downstairs to Elvis. We followed him confused what he was doing.
"Elvis can you go find Nick?" he asked giving the dog a treat.
Elvis barked and started heading for the door.
"Here just give him a treat when he finds him." he said handing me a treat.
"Thanks squirt!" I said hugging him.
I ran out with Elvis beside me and followed him around. We walked for about an hour until he finally stopped at the beach. It was abandoned with nobody there.
"Why'd you bring me here?" I asked petting him.
He walked away and into the sand. I followed him and he finally sat down. I sat down beside him and put my knees up. He laid down beside me and let out a big sigh. I smiled and gave him his treat. About ten minutes passed when he sat up with his ears up too. He looked at me then ran off. I didn't fell like moving so I just stayed there. Suddenly I felt an hand come down on my shoulder. I smiled not looking up. Elvis led me right to him.
"May I sit?" he asked.
I looked up at him and smiled.
"Yes"
