A/N: Oh my god! Sorry I have not been able to update lately! To be honest I lost inspiration, but somehow I found it again! LoL Hopefully my readers are still out there! Thank you to all the reviews you've given me! Love you all!
Chapter 21: Adopted
Jenny pressed the 'end' button and put the phone on the table that separate her from Randy. The phone rang once again and Jenny immediately picked it up.
She pressed the 'talk' button and answered, "Hello?"
"What the fuck Jenny? Didn't I tell you I don't like it when you hang up on me?" the voice on the other line stated sounding angry
Jenny almost dropped her phone. It was him. The man that got her into gangs and drugs, the man that almost killed her. She could feel the tears welling up on her eyes. She wiped her eyes and stood up. Randy noticed this but thought she wanted some privacy to whoever she was talking to. Jenny moved away from everyone and was near the sliding glass door that led in the house.
"I---m---so---r—ry--- Ra—phael." Jenny replied stuttering
"I'm sorry Jen, I didn't mean to scare you." Raphael said softly
There it was. The charm that he always used on her, he would shout at her one moment, sweet talk to her the next. Jen couldn't believe that he was here calling. Wasn't he in jail?
"It's ok… Um… aren't you in jail?" Jenny managed to ask without stuttering
"Nope, it was all a lie, I just laid low in Cuba. Pretty good over there, you should go visit some time." Raphael replied
There was a moment of silence. Both didn't really know what to tell each other. When their relationship ended, it didn't exactly end in the best way possible. Jenny didn't want to be part of the gang anymore, and everyone knew that there are two most common ways for you to disjoin a gang. One is to be granted permission to actually leave, but this permission can only be granted if you actually did something really great for the gang. Second way is how most people get out of gangs; that's when they face their deaths. Either they get killed by another gang or they're killed for disloyalty to their gang.
When Jenny wanted to leave the gang, Raphael would not let her. Why? Because she's his girlfriend, she's supposed to stay with him through thick and thin. Besides that, Jenny was one of the people that Raphael could actually trust. The thought of her leaving was just making him go crazy. He accused her of disloyalty since he felt that the reason why she's leaving is to join another gang.
"What do you want Raphael?" Jenny asked breaking the silence between them
"I want to see you." Raphael replied
"For what? So you can order your people to kill me?" Jenny told him bitterly
Raphael sighed, "No, I want to apologize in person. You can bring your brothers if you want, bring whoever you want. I just want to apologize."
Jenny heard the sincerity in his voice, but then she started doubting this. Last time he said this to her she ended up staying in the hospital for a whole month.
"I don't know Raphael, last time you said this to me, I ended up in the hospital."
"It's different this time, I made a mistake when I ordered them to try and kill you Jen. Please just give me another chance." Raphael pleaded
Being the good hearted person Jenny is she decided to agree to it.
"Alright, meet me at Wood Ranch restaurant, 8 o clock good for you?" Jenny asked
"Yeah, that's fine. See you then," Raphael replied
Jenny pushed the 'end' button and sighed. How was she supposed to tell Christian this? Paul doesn't know about these particular events in her life. Paul at this time was busy with wrestling, Christian and Jenny didn't really want to bother him with all these stupid problems Jenny had.
Jenny walked back and found Randy already in the pool. She put the phone on the table and sighed deeply. Christian got out of the pool as he saw the look of distraught on his sisters face. He sat next to her and patted her shoulder.
"You alright sis?" Chris asked
Jenny gave him a small smile, "I could be better,"
"Who was that on the phone?" Chris asked
Jenny was about to tell him, but she hesitated. She knew how much her brother hated Raphael. She knew that if she told her brother, she wouldn't be able to see Raphael. It's not that she wanted to see him, it was more like closure.
Before Jenny could reply JT came out the house and went straight to Jenny and Chris.
"That's bull Jen! I can't believe you would even go see that guy!" JT screamed out in anger
"What are you talking about?" Jen asked confused
"Oh don't bullshit me now. I know you're planning to see Raphael tonight. I overheard you while I was washing the dishes." JT replied angrily
Jen put her head down. She looked up at her brother and found him glaring at her. She found everyone looking at her.
"Look JT, everyone deserves second chances even assholes like Raphael." Jen said
Chris stood up and shook his head, "I can't believe you Jen, after all that bullshit. You're actually going to see this guy. Remember the last time he asked you to see him? Do you still remember what happen? Or did they beat you too hard that you forgot." Chris said coldly
Paul by this time was right beside Chris. He didn't know what was going on and was pretty confuse. He felt bad for not being there for his younger siblings, but could it have been really that bad without him?
"What the hell is going on here?" Paul asked as he wiped his face with a towel
"Our dumbass little sister wants to meet the guy who almost killed her." Chris replied coldly
"Killed her? What the fuck are you two talking about?" Paul asked confused
"Remember when Jenny told you she was in a gang before? Well it's not that she joined because she wanted too, like other stupid girls, she joined to please her boyfriend, Raphael." Chris replied
Before Jenny could speak, Paul spoke up, "You want to see your ex-boyfriend? I don't think so Jen,"
"Look Paul, you don't know what happen, so just stay out of this." Jenny replied shocking Paul a bit
Paul was used to his little sister always running for help to him, but now he found out she almost got killed without him knowing shit about it, it just made his blood boil.
"If I were you Jen, I would watch your tone with me I'm your older brother." Paul said glaring at his younger sister
"I would watch what you say Paul, we both know we are not blood related." Jenny replied angrily
Everyone stood shock for a moment. They didn't know Paul wasn't her real brother.
"That's low Jen, you know how much I care for you," Paul said quietly
Jen bit the inside of her mouth and shook her head.
"I'm sorry Paul, I didn't mean that. We may not be blood related, but your right I care for you like you're my real brother." Jenny replied
"How are you two not blood related?" Dave asked confused
Paul put an arm around Jen and gently squeezed her arm. Jen nodded her head at Paul and he smiled.
"Well, it's true, Jen and I aren't blood related. When she was around ten years old her parents were killed in a plane crash. Our parents were the best of friends so Chris and her ended up staying with us." Paul paused "Pretty much after that I just treated her as my own sister. Really wasn't hard, I've been treating her like that ever since she was a baby."
"To clear things up you two aren't blood related?" Dave asked
"Pretty much," Paul replied
"Wow that's pretty shocking." Dave stated making everyone up
Jenny smiled at Paul and gave him a hug. In a way she didn't mind Paul being her older brother. There are just moments that she gets fed up since she has two older brothers who scold her and it could get pretty frustrating, especially if you're the only girl in the family. But in a way even if her parents died, she's happy she has Paul and his family to call family now.
Even if things were brought to a lighter mood, the argument that was occurring earlier was not forgotten.
Chris turned to his little sister and crossed his arms across his chest, "Look I don't want to argue about this, point is your not going." Chris replied firmly
"He said I can go with anyone I want to go with." Jenny said quietly
"You're walking into a fucking trap! Don't you understand that!? Do you want to spend another month in the hospital!? Do you want to get into depression again like before!?" Chris asked angrily
"Depression?" JT asked
"Yeah, you guys weren't here to see Jenny at her worst. She got depressed. I admit her reason was reasonable. After all I would be depress too if your baby's father ordered people to try and kill you." Chris replied
Everyone stood their shocked. They never knew Jenny was pregnant before. Jenny stayed quiet. She didn't really know what to say. Whatever way she said it the things she did when she was younger was stupid. The only good thing that came out of that is that she learned how to be stronger.
"You were pregnant?" Randy asked
Jenny looked up at him and gave him a small smile, "Yeah, I was pregnant with me and Raphael's baby, that's the reason I wanted to quit, give my baby a better life. I was going to tell Raphael the day he send his guys to kick my ass." tears welled up on Jenny's eyes, but it didn't fall
Chris sat beside his sister and put an arm around her shoulder.
"You have to understand, it's a trap Jen, you shouldn't go." Chris advised
Jenny stood up and headed for the door. She stopped and looked back.
"I wish I could follow what you said, but I can't. I think Raphael deserves to find out what happen. This is for closure. Nothing else. I promise you nothing will happen." Jenny replied
She went inside the house leaving everyone looking on at her. Chris sighed and shook his head.
"She's making a mistake." Chris said
"She's always been hard headed," Paul added "But does your punk ass want to tell me what the hell is going on here? Was I really gone that much?"
Chris chuckled and shook his head, "I guess you were, but on a serious note, Raphael is a good guy. Only thing that's wrong with him is that he makes stupid decisions in life."
"Why are you even trying to defend him?" JT asked
"Raphael and I use to be close, after all he is my age and he use to be my best friend." Chris replied
Then it dawned on Paul. Chris was talking about the Raphael they use to play football with. The one they said that someday he will become one of the biggest NFL Quarterbacks.
"You're talking about Raphael Garcia?" Paul asked
Chris nodded his head, "Yea I know, shocking right?"
"How did that happen? Wasn't he like a good boy?" Paul asked
"Well people change," Chris simply replied
"Let's hope he changed once again…" Paul said
Later That Night
As Jenny walked down the stairs, Randy and Paul entered the house coming from the grocery store. They looked at her and shook her head. She was really going to go see that guy.
"Babe, I don't think you should go," Randy suggested
"Randy, I'll be fine stop worrying." Jenny replied as she put on her shoes on the bottom steps of the stairs
"What if he hurts you?" Randy asked fearing for the safety of his girlfriend
"I don't think so babe, if he does, well I permit you to have a new girlfriend," Jenny joked
"That's not funny Jen," Randy replied quietly
Jenny walked up to him and gave him a hug. She pulled away and pulled him in for a kiss. She pulled away slowly and smiled.
"Nothing's going to happen, stop worrying," Jenny said
She went up to Paul and gave him a hug.
Paul looked at his younger sister and shook his head, "I don't know Jen, I have a bad feeling about this."
"I'll have my cell with me, I'll call you if anything. Besides that, I'm not going alone." Jen replied
"Who are you going with?" Paul asked
Before Jenny could reply, Christian came down the stairs as he put his jacket on. Paul smirked and nodded his head.
"Now that's more I like it, don't come back to late now." Paul said
"Yes sir," Christian and Jen replied with a smile
"Be careful," Paul said in a serious tone
"We will be," Jenny replied giving her brother an assuring smile and then a hug
Before the two walked out the door, Jenny turned around and blew Randy a kiss. He smiled and she smiled back. Jenny closed the door and got in her brother's car. She just hoped that this meeting with Raphael will be the last one she will ever have with him.