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Chapter 11: Consequences

"Daddy," Anne said softly as they sat in the back of a town car. Steve didn't look at her. "Daddy, I'm sorry, I just,"

"Anne," he said simply, "I don't want to hear it. It's late, and I'm tired and I'm kind of at the end of my rope." She looked down. "He's ten years older than you Anne, and my client."

"I know," she whispered.

"I can't even," he shook his head. "What on earth were you thinking? This has to go beyond just wanting to get our attention."

"It's not about that," she whispered. He nodded. "It isn't, I just wasn't thinking."

"You weren't thinking," he nodded. She closed her eyes. "We're thinking about bringing you home."

"What?" Anne whispered.

"After this semester," he said softly.

"Leave Eden Hall?" She said in a panic. "But," she swallowed, "Hunter's there and Trina, and Ellie!"

"Yeah," he said, "and your cousins don't seem to be having the calming influence that we thought they would, and as for Hunter," he shook his head. "Anne, you're clearly unhappy."

"I'm not!" She insisted. "I love school and, I want," he looked at her. "Please, I don't want to come home."

"We'll talk about it more in the morning," Steve said, "with your mother." Anne nodded. "She was very proud of you today, you know." Anne looked at him. "Picking the dress that you did for Marissa," Anne smiled. "I was too. It was impressive and it's good for Cal, I think you know that."

"I do know that," she said softly. He nodded.

"And do you also understand how lucky you are that you have a publicist for a father, so tabloids know what will happen if they start to turn you into a party girl?" He said. She looked at him. "But it's getting to the point Anne, where I'm not going to be able to protect you from that anymore."

"A party girl," she whispered. He nodded. "Like Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian?"

"Yes," Steve nodded. "Although, if you tell me there's a tape of you and Kevin out there, I'm going to lose my mind."

"No tape," she said softly. "You know Kevin's not that kind of guy." He nodded. "Are there pictures?"

"A few," he said, "from Puerto Rico, and home while you and Hunter were," she nodded.

"I get it," she said softly. "Why didn't you tell me?" He said.

"Because you're sixteen," he said, "and I knew that once you were at school things would calm down." She nodded. "I wanted to protect you."

"Thanks, I guess," she whispered. She put her head on his shoulder. "Do you want me to come home?"

"Baby, I never wanted to send you two away," he said. She smiled. "It ended up being good for Cal, but I think you weren't ready for it." She nodded. "And as I remember it, you didn't particularly want to go."

"Yeah," she whispered. "Cal did though." He smiled.

"I know it's hard for you," he said. "I know that what's going on with Cal right now, is,"

"I don't care," she whispered, "I'm proud of Cal and," he looked at her. "I miss him."

"I know," Steve said. "That's part of why we think it might be a good idea to bring you home."

"Where I would I go?" She asked.

"Immaculata," he said. She nodded. "Or any number of private schools Uptown." She nodded. "We'll talk about it tomorrow, OK?"

"OK," she whispered. "I am sorry."

"I know baby," he said. "I know."


Trina walked into the guest room where Jace was laying on the bed reading. She curled up next to him.

"Hey," he said softly.

"Hey," she said and kissed him. "How was Daddy?" He laughed.

"Fine," he said. "We have a lot in common, you know, me and your dad." She nodded. "Specifically, we're both pretty protective of you." She looked at him. "Trina, I didn't ask you to give your dad those stories." She sat up.

"I know," she said. "I did it anyway." He smiled. "Why? Did he," she stopped. "Oh, right, he thinks I'm an idiot."

"No," Jace said, "he thinks I'm a sleaze." She laughed and kissed him.

"But you're not a sleaze Jason," she giggled and he rolled her over.

"I know that Katrina," he grinned. They kissed for a while. "What did your grandma want?"

"To talk about my coming out," she shrugged.

"I thought you already did that," he said. She nodded.

"I did it in Minnesota," she explained, "I have to do it in Connecticut too, this summer."

"But you already did it in Minnesota," he said. She nodded. "Two groups of snotty old white people have to know that it's cool for guys to propose to you?"

"Uh huh," she said. "They didn't have any daughters," he raised his eyebrows. "My grandparents, four sons, and three granddaughters, this means a lot to her."

"Did Connie do both?" He asked. She snorted.

"No, Connie just did the one," she said, "The Conways aren't old standing members of the Minnesota Club, it didn't mean so much to them." Jace nodded and kissed her.

"You're very sexy right now," he said. She giggled.

"Jace," she said.

"Uh huh," he nodded.

"Ellie invited us to Italy, for New Years," she whispered. He looked at her.

"Italy?" He said. She nodded. "To her grandma's house in Venice, where my Nona is the housekeeper, and my father lives ten blocks away," she nodded. "That sounds terrible for me."

"I know," she said. "If you don't want to go, we won't."

"You should," he said. She looked at him. "It's Ellie's party and Cal will be there. I can't go to Venice, Trina." She nodded and kissed him again.

"Make love to me," she said.

"OK," he smiled.


Bella woke up on Thanksgiving morning and got dressed quietly. She snuck out the door to the car and drove over to the Coles. She walked from her car to the front door and knocked. Eddie answered it.

"Hey!" He smiled and hugged her. "I missed you! I was wondering when you'd come by."

"Here I am," she said, "is Ellie…"

"She's asleep," he said, "What's up?"

"Do you want to go for a walk?" She asked.

"Sure," he nodded, "let me grab my coat." She nodded and he walked back out, closing the door. "Are you OK?"

"I had sex with Kevin Reed," she said. He stopped. "Eddie, please, just let me get through it OK?" They kept walking. "On Sunday, before I flew home, we were supposed to have dinner with his parents and then he told me he was in love with me and then we started kissing and, well," she sighed.

"Bella, this isn't the first time he did those things," he pointed out. "You had to have seen it coming."

"Yeah," she whispered. "But I never thought that I'd," she sighed and stopped. "When you and Ellie,"

"Bella," he shook his head.

"When you and Ellie, before, when you were with me and you were with her, how did you justify it?" She asked.

"I tried not to think about it," he shrugged, "also, I wasn't ever really with her."

"Fine," she said, "when you were with me and coming on to her, whatever?"

"That I didn't want to hurt you," he said. She nodded. "That I loved you, and it was better to see where it went with her than hurt you by breaking up with you and it didn't work out." She nodded. "Have you talked to Gordon about it?"

"No," she said, "I've talked to him, but not about that." He nodded. "That's not entirely the reason why I'm worried."

"Not entirely?" He repeated. She nodded. "So, telling your boyfriend that you had sex with his best friend is not entirely why you're worried."

"Yes," she said. He looked at her. "We didn't use protection." He stared at her. "Eddie, I know, OK, I know. It was stupid."

"Are you?" He whispered.

"I don't know," she said softly. "I mean, it was only four days ago. I can't know." He nodded.

"Sure," he whispered and they sat down on the curb. "You came to me because of how calm and cool I was that time it happened to us?"

"Exactly," she said. He smiled. "You were very calm and cool. Especially for a sixteen year old." He put his arm around her.

"It wouldn't have totally sucked," he said, "you know? Us having a kid." She laughed.

"Do you remember what we were like at sixteen?" She said. "We would have been terrible parents." He laughed. "I can't have a baby, Eddie. Especially not," she pushed her hair off her face, "Gordon and I haven't slept together since late October," she whispered.

"You don't know if you are or not," he said softly. She nodded.

"I threw up three times last night," she said, "I was supposed to get my period today, I," she closed her eyes.

"You're stressed," he shrugged. "You always throw up when you're stressed or worried, you have since we were little." She nodded. "It's Saturday, right? When you can take the test?"

"Yes," she whispered.

"Do you want me to hold your hand?" He asked. She nodded. "It shouldn't be me."

"I can't talk to Kevin yet," she said.

"OK," he said and kissed her on the forehead.

"Don't tell Ellie," she said. "I don't want the whole family to know." He looked at her. "Because of what I'll have to do, if I am."

"I can't keep secrets from Ellie," he said.

"Then don't bother holding my hand, Eddie," she stood up and walked away.


Cal groaned waking up and rolling over, seeing Anne sitting on the bed.

"Good morning," he said.

"Morning," she said. "You were late last night."

"I was with Marissa," he said. She nodded.

"What happened?" She asked.

"Nothing," he laughed. "We talked, it was good." She nodded.

"Did you kiss her?" She said.

"I'm not telling you that," he said.

"It would be your first kiss with her," she said. "I think you should tell me."

"It would not be my first kiss with her," he laughed. "As two weeks ago we filmed a really hot scene where I made out with her in a barn and she told me that she wasn't ready to have sex and I said something douchey and she cried a lot."

"That wasn't you and Marissa," she rolled her eyes, "that was Brian and Faith." He looked at her.

"Anne," he said.

"And besides, I think she's good for you," she said, "she makes you smile, which is nice, and makes you act like a kid which is awesome."

"Anne," he took her hand. "You made the right call. Going back to New York, it's the right call."

"Hunter's going to hate me even more than he already does," she whispered. He looked at her. "And Ellie's going to be there and," she closed her eyes.

"Hunter doesn't hate you," Cal said, "you hurt him, and he's tired of being hurt. He'll get it." She nodded. "I'm not sure if I'm ready to start up things with Marissa yet. She's amazing, but the stuff with Carmen is really fresh."

"Sure," she said and stood up. "I have to get dressed."

"Aunt Julie's stuffing," he said. She laughed.

"Yeah," she nodded. "I'll see you."

"Yeah," he nodded. "Anne," she turned, "you're doing the right thing." She shrugged.


Connie laughed as she and Henry walked down the winding street in Paris holding hands. They'd grabbed a chunnel train, since Eva and David had invited her to an ex-pat Thanksgiving dinner.

"So, who are these people again?" He asked. She laughed. "I'm serious, I'm having trouble remembering."

"Eva and David Portman," she said, "David is my friend Liz's older brother and Eva is my friend TJ's sister. Also, her younger sister is dating my brother Gordon."

"Got it," he said. "You have a very incestuous little group, you know that don't you?" She laughed.

"Trust me, you have no idea," she kissed him and then she hit the buzzer of the little building and they walked up.

"Hi!" Eva said and hugged her. "It's so good to see you Connie, I'm glad you could come."

"Sure," Connie said, "it's good to see you too. Um, this is Henry Lucas," she pointed and Henry held his hand out Eva shook it. "Henry, this is Eva," she stopped, "I'm sorry, is it Riley? Or, Riley Portman?"

"Portman is fine," Eva said, "or Riley Portman, either works." Connie nodded. It's nice to meet you."

"You too," Henry said, "I'm excited for my first Thanksgiving." Eva nodded.

"Well, come on in, the food's still cooking, but we've got plenty of wine," she ushered him in and then stopped Connie. "Wow, way to warn me about the hunky Limey boyfriend!"

"How did you know he was from Liverpool?" Connie said.

"When I did that semester here at Eden Hall one of my roommates was," she explained, "I know the accent. Does the in crowd know about him?"

"Steph does, which means that your brother probably does, but I don't talk much to Lizzie and Tony these days, and Reese is totally off in her own world," Connie shrugged. "He is cute though right?" Eva nodded.

"Major upgrade from Tony Duncan, I can tell you that much," Eva nodded, "and an excellent distraction from Kevin's fixation on my sister."

"I know right?" Connie laughed. "Can I get some of that wine?"

"Help yourself," Eva nodded. "And thanks again for coming. I made Denise bring the guys from her band for you and a few roadies, that's why you could have let me know." Connie rolled her eyes and walked in. She was most surprised when she saw Mike Gaffney standing in a corner. "Oh right, that," she rolled her eyes. "He flew out to see Denise, but she didn't tell him they were coming here until it was too late for him to cancel. He's still not talking to me." Connie nodded. "See you thought you left all the drama behind in America?"

"Eva, even the Atlantic Ocean is not big enough to get away from all of the drama," Connie said. "I realized that very quickly."


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