Chapter 10

To my surprise, there wasnt any clothes in the duffel bag but all of my other stuff that I had brought along like my laptop, cellphone, mp3 player, and some other stuff. I pulled out the laptop and turned to my mom.

"Have you called dad yet?" I asked, wondering if I should send him an email or call him.

"No, I havent yet but I was just going to," She said matter of factly as she pulled out her cellphone. She dialed his number and waited.

Stephs POV

Andrew picked up the phone with "Did something happen already Steph?"

How he knows I do not know. " Umm...yeah," I said nervously. I didnt know how he was going to react.

"Do I need to come or is everything being taken care of?" Straight to the point this one is.

"Everything should be fine," I said. "Ranger is taking care of it."

"Ranger?" He practically growled out the name. "What are you doing around him with my daughter? Let me talk to Brittany."

" I wont let you talk to her until you tell me what you have against Ranger? I told you that he was my friend before we came here."

"And I thought I told you to stay away from him when my daughter is around. Did I not make myself clear? And what went down between Ranger and myself is our business. Not yours," he said. "Now let me talk to my daughter."

"How about not," I said and then hung up the phone.

Brittany's POV

I was checking my email when I heard mom hang up the phone. I momentarily forgot about my email and turned around to face her.

"What did he have to say?" I asked. She looked angry as she looked at me and said, 'If he calls you, dont answer."

I was alittle startled at that but there wasnt much that I could do to stop her from her 'rage', as she like to call it. I guess I should be expecting either a visit or a plane ticket, right? From her look I decided not to voice that. Just then my cellphone rang. I looked at the caller ID. It wasnt my dad. It was my bestest friend in the whole world, Evan James Johnson. He was the best guy friend a girl could have. Mom was sending me a look. " It's not dad." She looked a little relieved, although I knew dad wouldnt call until he knew that Mom wouldnt be there. Anyways, I then answered my phone and told him that I would call him back and then I hung up. What? Everyone was staring at me. I wasnt going to talk to him in front of them.

Later that night

I had just finished talking on the phone to Evan James and he wanted to know whether he could come and visit me for a while but, sadly, i had to tell him it would have to wait until I got out of this place. I didnt even know where we were. Everyone had pretty much left so i decided that now would be a good time to figure out were everything was. I walked into the living room expecting it to be empty but to my surprise it wasnt. Mom and Ranger were making out on the couch. I decided that I would just leave them be. I made my job easier. I slowly backed out of the room and went down the hall and opened a random door. To say that I was surprised at what a found would be an understatment. It was Diego and he had just pulled off his shirt. Crap. When I had opened the door he had turned to look at me. I couldnt move. I was frozen to the spot. He saw that it was me and smiled.

"I...I..I'm sorry," I managed to stutter out. " I was...uh...looking for the bathroom." I said meekly trying to hide my blush. I turned around intending on leaving but felt him grab my arm and turn me around.

"There is a bathroom in your bedroom," he pointed out. I blushed deeper. The feel of him touching me was starting to get to me. "But there's one down the hall. Second door on the left."

" Uhh... thanks," I said and hurried in that direction. When I got to the appointed door I turned around. He was still standing there looking at me. I opened the door and went in. I didnt really have to go to the bathroom so I stayed in there long enough to make it believable and flushed the toilet and washed my hands and when I stepped out of the bathroom he was gone. Hey, at least I knew which room was Diego's now. I hurried back to my room, passing the living room on the way.Mom and Ranger were gone. Together or seperate? I dont know.

Once in my room I changed into the pajamas that i had woken up in, climbed into bed and fell into a peaceful sleep.