This chapter is not edited so I 'm sorry about that. I'm still waiting for my beta reader.

More of this chapter will come, I might update again so stray tuned.

Chapter 12

Kyle was sitting in the back seat with Stephan and Nicole in the front. He didn't really understand why they came to the warehouse. They were surprised to learn that Jessi wasn't with him and that she spent most of her time with Nate. Now the three of them were on their way back home. Once they arrived, they got out of the SUV and headed up to the porch.

Walking up the steps, they stopped to listen.

"Are we at the right house?" Stephan asked.

Nicole nodded. "I think so. Is that Shania Twain?"

The curtains had been closed, so there was no way to peek into the house. Unlocking the door, they walked in unnoticed, as the music was too loud to hear anything. Slowly, confusion clear in their features, they walked in far enough to see into the kitchen. What they saw made them all question whether they were dreaming.

Jessi and Lori were singing along to the music and dancing around the kitchen. Kyle blinked a few times and rubbed his eyes, not quite sure if he'd secretly been drugged and was hallucinating.

Nope, they were really there. Josh was sitting on a chair at the counter; looking at both girls before him, busy drinking from the beer in his hand. Kyle also noticed several empty beer bottles on the counter. And… a half empty ones in Jessi and Lori's hands. Jessi was drinking? She can't really be drunk, can she? The music was coming from his laptop and speakers. He didn't even know the volume could go up that high. Nor did he own the music they were listening to…What the hell did Jessi do?

Nicole and Stephan looked at each other, neither quite sure what to think or do. They watched as Jessi and Lori danced like, well, drunk people… using their beer bottles as microphones.

Kyle had never imagined he'd ever see either Lori or Jessi in such case, especially Jessi.

"THE BEST THING ABOUT BEING A WOMAN IS THE PREROGATIVE TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN!... OH, OH, OH, GO TOTALLY CRAZY – FORGET I'M A LADY, MEN'S SHIRTS SHORT SKIRTS… OH, OH, OH…"

Kyle watched, slightly horrified, as Josh stood up on a chair. This can't be happening. Kyle glanced at his parents, and he could see the anger in their eyes. He knew at that specific moment that, for Lori, Josh and Jessi, it wasn't going to be a dismissal without a punishment.

"I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN!" Josh sang out loud.

When the song ended, Josh clapped. Lori and Jessi both looked to find Kyle and their parents standing in the living room watching them act like idiots. Instead of being embarrassed though, Lori grinned. "Hey guys, what are you doing here so early?"

"No." Stephan shook his head. "What are you doing? Are you drunk?"

"Come on, Dad….chill..." Lori paused as she listened to the next song start playing. Her grin got wider. "IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES! Come on, guys you have to dance with us."

Still on her chair, Lori began to sing with Josh and Jessi, just looking at her, grinning like maniacs.

"LIFE IS A MYSTERY… EVERYONE MUST STAND ALONE… I HEAR YOU CALL MY NAME... AND IT FEELS LIKE HOME…"

Stephan's heart leapt into his throat when he saw his daughter teeter on the chair, but Jessi was there quickly to steady her and helped her step off the chair. It didn't stop either of them though from singing or dancing.

Jessi had made her own way over to Kyle and dragged him into the kitchen. It took him a few moments to realize she was actually singing. Really singing. She didn't quite sound like Madonna, but her voice was pretty and harmonious with the music. He had absolutely no idea she could sing. Slowly, Jessi took his hand and leaned in closer to his ear.

"I hear your voice… it's like an angel sighing…"

She slid her hands up his arm and across the back of his neck as she walked around behind him to his other side. Kyle simply watched her lips move, completely entranced. He had absolutely no idea how she knew the words to a song from 1989, but he didn't really care.

"I close my eyes, oh God I think I'm falling…"

His breath caught as Jessi snaked her arm around his waist and pulled him closer. Staring into his eyes, she paused, her lips an inch from his own.

"Heaven help me!"

Pulling away without any further contact, Jessi smiled and handed Kyle her beer. Kyle mindlessly took it from her, not quite sure exactly what had just happened. When his brain caught up to him, he quickly glanced around to see if anyone had just witnessed it, but all the four Tragers were now looking at them. Nicole and Stephan were sharing unapproved looks.

Kyle stepped away from Jessi. He cleared his throat and with a flick of his hand, he stopped the music. Glancing at his parents, Kyle finally managed to speak. "You're drunk," he stated and to his surprise Jessi simply chuckled, rolling her eyes. Josh collapsed on the couch and Lori joined him, laying her head on her brother's lap.

"You're no fun, Kyle." Josh expressed leaning his head back on the couch and his sister nodded.

"Is it that obvious?" she asked grinning at him.

"It's not funny, Jessi!" Kyle hissed angrily. Jessi ceased to laugh, and she frowned.

"Oh! Come on…" Josh cried out from cross the room, but Stephan raised his hand to cut him off.

"What happened? Why are drinking?" Nicole demanded, her tone was calm, clearly was trying to get the bottom if the problem with a smooth way.

The three drunken teenagers shared a look before Jessi turned to look back and answered.

"They got dumped."

"So you just decided to get drunk. Why?" Stephan asked walking to his son and grabbed the beer from his hand.

"I really can't figure out why. But I read that people tend to consume alcohol beverages after the failure of a relationship" Jessi replied. Even though, she was drunk, her mind was still able to function not properly but at least 50%.

"So you thought that drinking is the answer? How could you be so irresponsible?"Nicole asked.

Jessi shrugged and gestured to Kyle "Why not? Kyle got drunk ...after Amanda ...dumped him." She hiccupped.

"Jessi!" Kyle shushed, his eyes widening with astonishment.

"Busted!" "You're so screwed" Josh and Lori both blurred out respectively in a sing song voice.

"WHAT?" Stephan snapped while Nicole looked perplexed by this revelation.

Kyle avoided looking at them as he could predict both the discontent and disappointment that their features held.

"I'm sorry" He apologized, his eyes glued to the ground.

"I can't believe you'd do such thing. I never thought you…" Stephan was so frustrated, so irritated by what was happening that he had to take a deep breath and sat down on the nearest chair.

"Whose idea it was?" Stephan asked Kyle.

"Declan." Kyle answered honestly.

Nicole took a deep breath in and let out with a heavy sigh. She glanced at her husband and their eyes met and he simply nodded.

"Okay! All of you go back to your rooms now." Stephan ordered.

"Aye aye captain!" Josh chaffed as he got up. As he stood up, josh caused Lori's head to bump onto the couch. So she moaned, holding her head in her hands.

"Are we grounded?"

"No!" Nicole replied instantly, shaking her head, "The headache and the nausea you'll be experiencing afterward, will certainly be a fair punishment for you." She explained to the all drunken kids.

"As for you …"Nicole addressed to Kyle but she quickly was cut off by a throaty laugh from Lori

"You're so wrong. She can't get hangover." Lori was leaning against the wall practically keeping her balance thanks to it as she started to giggle; everyone there was looking at her.

Nicole raised her eyebrows in amazement. She refrained from smiling as she thought how funny and unexpected her daughter's utterance was.

"Why would think so? You must've drunk to many beers" The blond woman hadn't been anticipating a reply to her question but she certainly had gotten an answer.

"Because ….."She continued to giggle "…Kyle had …." a giggle "… gotten Jessi drunk before …"

Stephan and Nicole were left speechless with widened eyes.

Stephan smirked sighing in disbelief. "This is ridiculous!"

He placed his hands on his hips; looking to the ceiling he closed his eyes for a split of a second before he added.

"Is there something, anything else that me and your mother needs to know, now that you are in state of confessing your dark secrets"

"We had sex." Jessi replied instantaneously, rubbing her eyes. Kyle wished that he was dead at that moment.

His pulse sped up and he was breathing very shallow. His muscles grew tense. He felt his temperature rising, he could almost feel his blood boiling in his veins.

His face turned purple as he was becoming furious at Jessi, her demeanor was starting to irritate him. It wasn't enough that she was drunk, but for her to start revealing such things to his parents was unacceptable. He hated when they were mad at him and now he could sense it, even see their disappointment in him which hurt very badly. He closed his hands into fists. He wanted to yell at her so badly, he had so much anger inside of him that needed to burst out. Nevertheless he managed to keep himself under control. Kyle looked at them.

Their face goes slack, mouth slightly open, body unmoving, and color draining from their faces as they stared wide-eyed him and Jessi . They just froze up to a point where he could hardly see them breathing. Nicole was the first one to snap out of the shock.

She let out a sudden sigh; she opened her mouth to speak. Snap it shut. Gulped. Then with a little more success she finally managed to say something

"You did what?" but it came out raspy, barely audible.

The astonishment drained away from Stephan and Nicole.

They heard Stephan slam his hand on the table.

"What's wrong with all of you? When did this happen? How did this happen?" he demanded.

Kyle opened his mouth to speak but he was interrupted by Nicole.

"Don't answer that. Just don't. I don't want to know, I really don't want to know Kyle. I have never been so disappointed in you, both of you." Nicole gestured to him and Jessi.

Her normally calm and pleasant demeanor slowly changed and her face contorted in an all - consuming anger; her nostrils flaring, her eyes flashing and closing into slits.

"I should have known. I trusted you when you said that nothing will happen with you and Jessi." he took a deep breath before she carried on.

"I saw the affection, how you two have been getting closer to each other. But I ignored because I had faith in you Kyle. Now, I realize how mistaken I was for granting you this faith."

"Nicole…."

"I said don't talk Kyle." She retort.

Her tone surprised, send shivers down his spine. He had never seen her so mad, so angry not at him nor anybody else. Shamed and embarrassed, Kyle looked away from but his eyes met Jessi's.

She was the one to blame for everything. He could have hold Lori or josh responsible for what happened but he just needed someone to blame and she was the one because he couldn't understand why she was drinking.

"Are happy now?" He murmured, it came more like a whisper, only for Jessi to hear.

"You are mad." It wasn't a question but a fact.

"Both of you stop. There is no reason to talk about this now. But from now on, they'll be some changes around here." Stephan said, standing up. He walked to his wife and placed his hands on her shoulders, trying to calm her down.

"I'm really sorry Kyle." Jessi exclaimed, tears formed in her eyes.

"It's too late for this Jessi." Kyle turned to look at her. He was stunned to see the tears in her eyes.

You shouldn't have … he didn't finish as Jessi interrupted him. She seemed as she had sobered up quickly.

"I didn't mean… "She cleared her throat, trying to swallow the lamp that formed in her throat.

"…to upset you…it's just…" she shook her head fighting her fallen tears.

"Are you going to forgive me?….you going to, right? You always forgive me." She looked at him directly in the eyes. She turned to the rest of the family and added "all of you always forgive me."

She declared and then she wiped her tears. The two pod children seamed unaware of their surroundings as they focused on each other, ignoring the fact that Stephan had just told them to end it.

"Then why?" Kyle asked softly.

"I shouldn't have gotten drunk. I know it's wrong. But…last time I got to let go, to forget about everything and I ….I can't stop thinking about Sarah." Her face was now wet with her tears that she didn't bother to wipe away.

Kyle held his hand out, in attempt to reach out for her. He scowled when she shove herself away from him, shrugging as she did so.