Juliet's World
Hello my fellow readers and a happy St. Patrick's Day to you all. It is I, the great James Stryker bringing you another great chapter of Juliet's World. Okay, so you all remember on the last chapter that I mentioned that there will be a character that likes Juliet and Elliot gets jealous. Yes, there will be a character in the reunion chapter that likes Juliet. And that character will be the son of Charlie Gardner. In the reunion chapter, there will be a big Jelliot moment in it. We'll see a love triangle between Riley, Elliot and Charlie Gardner's son. Also, I will be looking for profiles for Charlie Gardner's son. If you have any good profiles for the son of Charlie Gardner, feel free to share and I'll use the character in the story. Anyway, it's update time. Today, Juliet and her family have dinner at Rachel's. Riley, Lucas, Jamie and Evan talk about what's been going on in their lives. And we meet Rachel's little brother. So here it is, chapter twenty-one of Juliet's World. Enjoy.
Chapter Twenty-One
Girl Meets Old Friends
(Juliet's P.O.V.)
Today is Saturday and I was sitting in the car with my parents and my little brother. We were going over to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson's house for dinner and I get to hang out with my friend Rachel. Elliot and Maddie both had plans for today, Elliot was spending some time with his family because his older sister Sarah and her husband are coming over and Maddie and her little sister are visiting her grandfather. We arrived at Mr. and Mrs. Johnson's house as mom parks in front of their garage. They live in a three-bedroom house on Wooldridge Drive and it's a nice-looking house too.
"Mommy." Alan said while he takes his seatbelt off.
"Yes, sweetie." Mom answered.
"I want to watch cartoons. Do we have to eat dinner with them?" Alan asked.
"Al, Evan and Rachel are old friends of ours and their daughter goes to the same school with Juliet and she's friends with her." Dad said as he steps out of the car with the Hershey's chocolate crème pie that mom made last night.
"Is Rachel an only child?" Alan asked.
"Nope. Rachel has a little brother who's four years old." I said.
"Yay!" Alan smiled.
"See, buckaroo. You two will get along just fine just like Juliet and Rachel." Dad said. We made it to the front door as mom knocks on the door while we wait for somebody to answer it. I began to notice Alan trying to pick his nose and eat a booger, but I ended up stopping him just in time before doing that if Rachel's parents opened the door to see my five-year-old brother picking his nose and claiming that he's digging for gold. As the door opened up, Rachel was standing in front of the door.
"Rachel!" I smiled.
"Juliet, hi!" Rachel smiles as I ran up to her and hugged her.
"Ewww!" Alan makes a disgusted look on his face as Rachel and I stopped hugging and gave him a look.
"What?" I asked.
"You two hugging. It's sickening." Alan said as I rolled my eyes at him.
"How are you?" Rachel asked.
"I'm good. What about you?" I asked.
"Pretty good. Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Friar." Rachel greeted my parents.
"Hi, Rachel. How good to see you. Are your parents around?" Mom asked.
"Yes. Mom is in the kitchen and dad is in the back cooking the steaks out on the grill." Rachel said.
"Rachel, who is it?" A little boy said as he walked towards Rachel. He was four years old and he was cute as a button. He had light blonde hair and brown eyes and he had some freckles on his face.
"Hey, Toby." Rachel said as she hugs her little brother.
"Who's that?" Toby asked pointing to us.
"Toby, this is my friend Juliet and this is her five year old brother Alan. And these are their parents, Lucas and Riley Friar. Their dad is a veterinarian and their mother is a lawyer." Rachel said as Toby stood behind his sister very shyly. "Toby, it's okay. They're not going to hurt you. They're nice people."
"Uh, hi." Toby said.
"Hi, Toby. It's okay. There's no need to be shy." Mom said.
"It's okay. Relax." Alan said as he walked up to Toby. Toby comes out from behind Rachel as her mother walks over to the front door to greet us.
"Rachel, where's Toby? I was looking for him. Hi, Riley. Hi, Lucas." Mrs. Johnson greeted mom and dad.
"Hey, Jamie." Riley said as she hugged Rachel's mother.
"Mommy." Alan said.
"Yes, sweet pea." Mrs. Johnson answered.
"Are they friends?" Toby asked.
"Yes." Mrs. Johnson replied.
"You know them?" Toby asked.
"Yep." Mrs. Johnson said as she picks up her son.
"My wife made a pie. It's her mom's recipe for Hershey's chocolate crème pie. She made it by scratch last night." Dad said as he led up the pie.
"I want some pie!" Toby smiled.
"I know, sweetie. You have to wait till dinner. Would you guys like to come in? Rachel, you can show Juliet to your room or you can go downstairs in the entertainment room and watch some television with your brothers while your parents and I meet your father outside." Mrs. Johnson said as she puts Toby down while Rachel and I went downstairs with Alan and Toby.
"Okay, guys. What do you want to watch? We can watch something on Disney Channel, Nick, Boomerang, NickToons or Cartoon Network. They're showing Family Fun Day on Freeform. Dumbo is on." Rachel said.
"Or we can watch a chick flick on DVD." I said.
"What do you want to watch? We have Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Steel Magnolias, Terms of Endearment, Chasing Liberty." Rachel said.
"Sixteen Candles? I love that movie." I smiled.
"Me too! It's my favorite movie." Rachel smiled.
"Mine too!" I cheered as Alan and Toby both made gagging noises.
"What now, you little weasels?" Rachel asked.
"We don't want to sit here and watch girly movies with you two. We want to watch something else." Toby said.
"And what do you want to watch?" I asked as Alan walked over to the DVD shelf and pulled out a DVD and handed it to Rachel.
"In Search of the Wow Wow Wibble Woggle Wazzie Woodle Woo? Are you serious? We can't sit here and watch it." Rachel said.
"Yeah, we would rather watch Airplane! and Airplane II: The Sequel than to watch this weird kid's show." I said.
"Let's watch Airplane! Let's watch Airplane! Let's watch Airplane!" Alan and Toby both shouted.
"Great job, Jules. Now my little brother's going to be repeating lines from the movie and he'll start shouting out boobies when there's one shot of somebody showing off their boobs." Rachel glared at me.
"You think you had it easier? I had to deal with my brother repeating lines from National Lampoon's Animal House. He kept yelling out "Toga! Toga! Toga!" all over the house." I said.
(With the parents, Riley's P.O.V.)
"Evan, Riley and Lucas are here." Jamie announced as we stepped outside while Evan was seasoning some porterhouse steaks.
"Hey guys." Evan greeted us as I walked over to him and hugged him.
"Hi, Evan. Long time no see." I said.
"I know, it's been like forever." Evan said.
"Hey, buddy." Lucas reached out and shook Evan's hand.
"Lucas, how's it going?" Evan asked.
"Pretty good." Lucas said.
"Why don't we all sit on the patio and talk. We'll see what's going on in our lives." Jamie said. Evan adds some seasoning to the steak and let it cook for a few minutes as we all walked up to the patio and sat down at the table.
"Wow, look at us. We have successful jobs and we have children too. So, what's been going on with you two?" I asked.
"Well, after Rachel was born, I became a high school teacher and Jamie became a nurse while we were living in New York before we moved to Texas. I'm now teaching history class at Westlake High School. Jamie is a nurse at Seton Northwest Hospital. What about you guys?" Evan asked.
"I'm a veterinarian at my Pappy Joe's farm after he died. I started my own animal hospital. You have a pet that needs help, come on down to Friar Animal Hospital." Lucas said as he took a sip of his iced tea. "Mmm, this iced tea is pretty good."
"Thank you. What about you, Riley?" Evan asked.
"I'm a lawyer at the law firm of Blanchard, Meyer and Maturo. Right now, I'm tackling a high-profile case involving "Danger Duke" Robinson." I said.
"Danger Duke Robinson? The astronaut?" Lucas asked.
"Ex-astronaut, Lucas." I corrected him.
"Oh, yeah. I've read about him. He was accused of murdering his brother. And you're defending him?" Jamie asked.
"Yeah." I said.
"So, that's why you've been busy." Lucas said.
"Yeah. People say that I'm like the next Marcia Clark. Except Marcia Clark didn't defend OJ and I don't have permed hair, she was prosecuting him." I said.
"Wasn't Marcia Clark involved in the Rebecca Schaeffer murder trial?" Evan asked.
"Yeah. She prosecuted Robert John Bardo for the murder of television star Rebecca Schaeffer. That was her highest-profile prosecution forty years ago." I said.
"What did this Bardo guy do?" Lucas asked.
"He was stalking Rebecca Schaeffer three years before he murdered her. He wrote many numerous letters to her and he attempted to gain access to the set of the show My Sister Sam. He obtained her home address. In 1989, Bardo confronted Schaeffer at her home. He was angry at her for starring in a sex scene in the film Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. He shot her right in front of her home with a Ruger GP100 .357-caliber handgun. She was a rising star in Hollywood who landed a leading role in a hit TV series and landed a slew of movies." I said.
"Poor girl. That man is a sick bastard." Jamie said.
"I know. He is. I read about the case when I was young." I said.
"I've read that she was preparing for a role in The Godfather Part 3. She was preparing for the role of Michael Corleone's daughter Mary. She was scheduled to audition for the role on the day she was murdered." Lucas said.
"Yeah. If she was still alive today, she would've played Mary on the movie instead of Sofia Coppola. Not that I have a problem with Sofia Coppola. I just felt that her acting on the movie was so-so." I said.
"So, what's been going what with you two back in New York before you moved to Texas?" Evan asked.
"After Juliet was born, we were going to college and we moved into a new apartment. Our marriage almost ended after I told Lucas to take the internship at Texas A & U University. We've worked it out and we've decided to move to Texas together as a family. That way he can take online courses and be with Juliet." I said.
"You two have come a long way with two kids and successful jobs." Jamie said.
"Yeah, we have." Lucas said.
And that was chapter twenty-one of Juliet's World. I hope that you liked it. By the way, Robert John Bardo is a real person and so is Rebecca Schaeffer and that case was real. If you don't believe me, look them up. I've read about Robert John Bardo after I read about actress Rebecca Schaeffer. He was 19-years-old at the time when he murdered the talented actress. Before he stalked Rebecca Schaeffer, he stalked child peace activist Samantha Smith before her death in a 1985 plane crash. He was also obsessed with singers Debbie Gibson and Tiffany. I've read that Rebecca Schaeffer was dating film director Brad Silberling and for those of you who remember the 2002 film Moonlight Mile, the film was inspired by Silberling's own experiences. Bardo is still alive and he's still in prison. Next time on Juliet's World, Juliet learns that Harper Rich is throwing a party. Do you think that her and her friends are invited and what kind of party do you think it is? Don't forget to review this chapter (No rude comments, please be nice) and I'll see you guys next time for chapter twenty-two. Till next time, my fellow readers and have a safe and a happy St. Patrick's Day.
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