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About a month later Cody and Chelsea were out getting their pictures taken for their Save the Dates. "This is a good idea," said Cody with a smile just before the photographer took a picture of them standing in front of a tree in their backyard. "Where did you get it?"
"The internet," said Chelsea with a smile. "I thought it was a cute idea."
"Me too," he said as they walked to their next place to have their picture taken. "What are we going to do with the pictures?"
"I was thinking of a magnet," she said. "I think a magnet with 4 pictures and the date of our wedding will be awesome."
"Good idea," he said. "You obviously know what you're doing. I'm just going to let you run the show and just show up on our wedding day."
"You still have to pick out wedding invitations with me and decide on the flavor of wedding cake we'll have. Then I'll just take the show from there."
"All right," he said, "as long as you get your dream wedding is all that matters. I want you to be happy."
"Even if we went to Vegas to get married I would be happy because I would be marrying you," said Chelsea with a smile. "Hmm.. That would be a fun field trip. I think I would like that."
"You want to go to Vegas and get married? What about your family and friends? You don't want them to see us get married?"
"I do but Vegas would be a lot easier. We could go there get married and no one would ever know," said Chelsea.
"Yeah right.. Because 5 minutes after we'd leave the chapel it would be breaking news. I can hear it now, 'Chelsea Batista and Cody Rhodes got married just 5 minutes ago in Las Vegas'. If you think your dad hates me now… he would REALLY hate me . I would be shunned.."
"When are you going to learn that I don't care what my father thinks? It doesn't matter if he would like it or not. It's my life. I will do what I want."
"So are you trying to tell me you want to go to Vegas and get married and forget about our September wedding?" he asked wrapping his arm around her shoulders.
"I don't know. I kind of like the idea of getting married in Central Park… and besides I couldn't do that to my Mama. She is really into my wedding planning so I can't just run off and marry you as enjoyable as that would be."
"Why do you taunt me like this?" he asked with a smile. "You know how ready I am to make you my wife," he said before softly kissing her lips.
"I know," she said before kissing him back. "I love you."
"I love you too," he said, "let's get our pictures taken." He took her hand and walked faster to their next location for pictures.
Meanwhile Dave and Alex were in the living room of their home waiting for Jordynn to arrive home after she had been gone for the last two nights. They had no idea where she had been, who she was with and what she had been doing. Dave was upset as was Alex because she had left to go to the library but never came back. They felt they could trust her but she had proven once again she could not be trusted. Dave paced the living room as he waited for the front door to open. "Dave, relax," said Alex. "Sit down. You don't look like you're doing too well. Sit down."
"I'm fine, Alex. I'm just having a some heartburn. Why does she always do this to us? We give her an inch and she takes a mile. Why?"
"Well, Dave, if you paid as much attention to Jordynn as you do Chelsea you might be able to see Jordynn's tricks coming but you're so focused on Chelsea that you fail to see the problems with Jordynn."
"I do see the problems with Jordynn," he said holding his chest. "I see them every fucking day, Alex. Look at her. She's been out for two days doing God knows what. Alex, I'm sick of it. Something needs to be done with her."
"I've been saying that for a long time now," said Alex, "but you always ignore me. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Alex!" he snapped..
"All right," said Alex.
"I'm sorry, Alex. It's just I'm so frustrated with everything. First with Ben and Alyssa having a baby, then Chelsea not talking to me. It is killing me that she is not talking to me. I just want to hug my baby girl again. Then I have everything with the gym I have to get more staff. At least with Cody there everything was in some type of order now that he quit because of everything that happened I don't have that extra hand. Now we have Jordynn and her constant misbehavior. I am just so frustrated. I didn't mean to snap at you," he said.
"It's okay. I understand," said Alex. "I know it's frustrating. I tried to tell Chelsea to talk to you but she won't budge. She is definitely your daughter. Stubborn as ever. She will come around but right now we need to focus on what's going on with Jordynn. I don't want her to turn out like your oldest. What do you think we should do with her?"
"Send her to rehab," said Dave. "I know she's into drugs. She needs to go to rehab."
"I know and as bad as it is I'd rather her get the help she needs now rather than later. We made this same decision for Chelsea when she had her problems and look how well that turned out. She was a completely different person when she came out of her program."
"Her problems were a little different, Alex," said Dave as he rubbed his chest from his heartburn.
"I know but Chelsea had her eating disorder and we sent her to get help. Jordynn is into drugs we'll send her to get help. I don't want to lose my daughter to the streets, Dave," said Alex with tears in her eyes.
"Neither do I," he said rubbing his chest once more. "Do you have anything for this heartburn. It's killing me."
"Yes," said Alex. "Hold on," she said as she got up to get him something for his heartburn. She returned minutes later and gave him something to help the indigestion. "This should do it."
"Thanks," he said as he took some medicine. "Better," he said. "So how is Chelsea doing?"
"She's doing great. Her wedding plans are really coming together. They're getting married in New York and she's getting ready to pick out her dress soon. She's way ahead of the game."
"New York?" asked Dave, "why would she want to go back to that place? After everything that's happened to our family in New York why would she want to go back there? That place is nothing but unhappy memories for me. And I know it's a lot of bad memories for you too. New York… why?"
"She loves New York. I know it's not what we would like but it's her wedding. I sat and watched Ron die in front of me… you got shot there and Tony died there of course it's all bad memories for me."
"Does Ron's mom know about Ben having a baby?"
"Yes she does. It's her first great-grandchild. She's excited. Thank-you for raising Ben even though he's not your son," said Alex.
"Alex, I have been there all through Ben's life. He may not be my son biologically but he is my son. You don't have to thank me."
"I know but I feel like I should thank you because you didn't have to do it."
"And you didn't have to raise Kaylee either but you did. It doesn't matter, Alex. It is what it is. WE don't have to thank the other for raising a child that isn't theirs," he said as the door slammed and Jordynn walked into the living room. "Jordynn Nevaeh! Where have you been?"
"I was out," she said as if she didn't have a care in the world.
"Let me see you," said Dave, "come here."
"What?" she asked with attitude. "I want to go to bed."
"You should be in school," said Dave. "Why aren't you in school?"
"Because I was out," she said shrugging her shoulders.
"Where were you?" asked Alex.
"With friends."
"You smell like alcohol and pot. Were you drinking and smoking?"
"No," she said with blood shot eyes.
"Don't lie to your mother," said Dave. "Where were you?"
"I was out with friends," she said. "God what is with the questions?"
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"I don't know. You're almost 15 years old, you should be in school, you have on a skirt that is short enough to see your underwear and that belly shirt.. I don't know.. We have to ask questions. It's like we don't even know you anymore," said Alex.
"School is so boring. I want to drop out."
"You're not," said Dave. "Your mother and me are not going to allow you to drop out of school."
"You don't get a say. It's my life. I can get a job," she said.
"What kind of job do you think you're going to get with a 9th grade education?" asked Dave.
"I don't know. I can find one," she said.
"I would like to know where you can find one with barely a 9th grade education," said Dave. "You're not dropping out of school."
"You can't stop me," said Jordynn.
"I can," said Dave, "I am still your father. You're not dropping out of school. You need to go to school because if you don't go to school you don't live here."
"I can live with my boyfriend," she said. "He can take care of me. He said he can find me a job."
"And what kind of job is a 14 year old boy going to find you?" asked Dave.
"He's not 14. He's 35," said Jordynn. "He can take care of me."
Alex's and Dave's faces turned white at their daughter's confession. "Where did you meet a 35 year old man?" asked Alex as Dave held onto his chest.
"Through some friends. It's not a big deal. He can take care of me," said Jordynn.
"By getting you drunk and getting you high," said Alex. "No. You're not going to see him anymore. You're done. You're going into a rehab tomorrow to get the help that you need. You're out of control."
"No I'm not. I don't need rehab. I don't' drink and I don't get high. He is a good guy. Why is it okay for Chelsea to be with someone older than you but it's not okay for me?"
"Because," said Alex, "Chelsea is an adult. If she was a child that wouldn't be allowed. Once you're 18 you can do whatever the hell you want but when you're 14 years old living in MY house you follow our rules. I am so sick and tired of you acting up. It's time that you went and got the help you need."
"You can't make me," said Jordynn. "You can't make me go to rehab if I don't want to."
"I can make you do anything I want," said Alex. "You're not an adult yet. You're going to rehab and you're cut off from this 35 year old man. You do not leave this house unless you're going to school. Do you understand me?"
"You can't keep me a prisoner," said Jordynn. "I'm leaving!"
"No you're not!" yelled Alex as Dave fell to the ground holding his chest. "DAVE!" she yelled as she ran over to him.
"MY heart," he said.
"Jordynn, call 911 your dad is having a heart attack!" Jordynn pulled out her cell phone and called 911 for her mom as her mom tended to Dave as he lay on the floor having a heart attack.
*A/N: So what did you think? Please review and thank-you for reading.
