Suprise! I am back. Due to all the great feed back I was inspired to write some more. I kind of cut this chapter off, but i didnt want to make it too long. So Maybe another chapter for your christmas present. We'll just have to see.
Maura and I were walking back towards the dorms because Frankie and Tommy were on the way. "You know you are allowed to leave for the weekend," Maura told me.
"Really, I had no idea, that would be so nice to get away for a little while, plus Frankie had a game not too far from here tonight at eight. It is for his travel team; they are playing all day Sunday too." I said. "He is really good you know, college recruits are already looking at him, and I mean division one schools like South Carolina and Alabama."
"That is really cool. Maybe he can go into that professional league stuff." Maura said.
"Professional stuff, really Maura? Do you mean Major League?" I chuckled.
"Yeah," She said. "Did you play sports?" She asked.
"Yeah, I did, but now I just like to play for fun not really competition like Frankie does." I said. "I played softball and basketball then I started getting in trouble, so my parents stopped paying for it."
"Oh ok," She said. "Yeah, I am leaving tonight again, and I am staying the night with Grayson." She said. "Jane, he is so happy now. The doctor said he will be fine. Now, it is just a waiting game. I am just waiting until he can come home, then I get to spend my whole Thanksgiving break all alone with him."
"You aren't going to your parents' house?" I asked.
"Not this year, what about you?" She asked. I shook my head no. "Jane… what are you going to do?"
"I'll probably stay here and hang out." I said.
"You need to try to be with your family," Maura said.
"No, my parents hate me." Maura was about to say something but I cut her off, "I am serious. They day I left, no one said bye to me except for Frankie, but Tommy was at a friend's house." I said. "I have gotten used to it."
"You can stay with me if you want to because I promise that you will be the only person left on campus except for the teacher assigned to watch you. Just say that you are going home for Thanksgiving."
"Ok, well, I'll see you Monday." I said. Frankie, Tommy and I went out to eat before his game. Apparently, I was the only one who didn't know that I could leave because Frankie knew that I could too. Tommy was so excited to see me; he talked constantly the whole ride about school and baseball. I was going to stay with Frankie and Tommy at the hotel, and he was going to take me back before his first game on Sunday.
"Frankie, you know I have missed you so much." I said. We were going to stop by the hotel before the game, so Frankie could change. Tommy was in the back seat playing on his game boy.
"I figured that much out, but I think Tommy missed you the most." He stated. "Every day for a week he would ask me constantly when we were going to see you. I got very annoying after a while."
"How is the divorce going?" I asked.
"I don't think Tommy knows what is going on, but Ma is taking it really hard. Their hearing is in two weeks; I am pretty sure she will get full custody. Jane, you could come home then. You know Pop was the only one who had a major problem with it. Come home for Thanksgiving, and after the semester, come home for good." He said.
"I can't; I have already made plans for Thanksgiving. She wouldn't have sent me here in the first place if she did accept me, plus I don't see her coming down here with you guys." I said. "I am sorry Frankie; things will never be like they used to be. I am headed off to college anyway in two years, so I want to stay at the same school for more than one year."
"Who did you make plans with?" He asked. I gave him a glance then looked away. "Jane, don't tell me you are going to Maura's for Thanksgiving." I grinned. "That has 'not good' written all over it." He said.
"She offered, and how could I say no to her. Frankie, she really cares about me. I feel like I can tell her anything. For once I am happy since she died, can you accept that." Frankie knew that I was really sensitive about that subject, but it was true. I was carrying out her wish to me; moving on to someone else that would love me like she did. Frankie got silent.
"Jane," he sighed, "I want you to be happy, just don't mess it up for the both of you." He said flatly. "I love you, Jane, if you mess up or not, you will always be my role model. I mean really who taught me my awesome swing." He chuckled.
Tommy spoke out, "Jane, I love you more than Frankie does, just saying." The eight year old started bouncing around in his chair. "I miss you soo much at home. Frankie is no fun when we play baseball and basketball because I always lose." Frankie and I both laughed.
"I know Frankie is a meanie butt isn't he?" I asked.
"Yeah, this one time I was riding my scooter, and he just stole it. He didn't give it back for like hours." He rambled on.
"Actually it was my scooter in the first place, and no, I am not a meanie butt." Frankie stated. "We are like five minutes from the hotel. We can stay there for a while, or we can go get a bite to eat before the game." He said. I turned around to Tommy.
"Do you want to eat something now, or get something at the field?" I asked.
"Umm… I guess eat at the field because we will probably go out after the game anyway. Frankie normally does with the team." He said.
"Ok, I guess we can hang out here for a while." He said. The whole team was staying at the same hotel, but no one was going to check in until after the game. It was a pretty nice hotel. Our room had two full beds, a kitchen with a stovetop, refrigerator, and microwave, and just a plain old bathroom. "Wow, this is a nice room. Is Tommy going to sleep with me or you?"
"I sleep with Jane; she is nice." Tommy blurted out.
"Well, I guess that is decided." I chuckled. I wasn't really surprised that Tommy wanted to sleep with me. "I am going to get into the shower; I went on a run before you came." I said.
"Tommy and I will go look around the hotel; I think they said there was an indoor pool." Tommy jumped up when he heard that.
"Really," He exclaimed. "Can I go swimming?" He asked.
"You can after the game tonight; I don't think you have enough time to before." I said. The game was at 6 and it was 3 right now, and Frankie had to be there by 5:30 for warm-ups. He nodded. "I'll meet you guys down stairs in thirty minutes, and maybe we can find a park for Tommy to play at until game time."
"Ok," Frankie said. He and Tommy left the room, and I was left all by myself. I got in and out of the shower in about twenty minutes. I was fixing my hair when I notice I had a new text.
Have fun tonight. See you tomorrow. –M
Ok, I will. Everything seems so good right now, why can't it just stay like this? –J
Life would be too easy if it was. I'll text you later. –M
I headed downstairs to meet Frankie and Tommy. I saw Frankie talking to a lady at the front desk. Tommy spotted me and ran over and hugged me. "Jane, we are going to the park. I am so excited; I don't get to go to the park that much anymore, not since Daddy has been working a lot." I smiled. "I really like new parks too because there is different stuff on the playground that we don't have at home." He said.
"Yeah, me too buddy." I said. Frankie walked over to me.
"She gave me directions to a park that is close to the field. We can leave the park around 5, so I can get there and change." I said.
"Sounds good to me," I said. Tonight was going to be good. Better than I thought it would be. Only thing that would make it better was if Maura was here, but that would never happen…
Should Maura make an appearence? I have it planned both ways, just let me know. REVIEW. Now imagine a T-rex trying to put a star on top of a Christmas tree. Have a happy holidays!