Ebony sat with her head in her hands. She couldn't believe it had happened again. She looked around the small jail cell and sighed. This wasn't good at all. She couldn't call her parents to bail her out and she knew that none of her friends would be home yet or had enough cash to help her out. There was only one person she knew that would come at this hour and help her. She sighed again when she saw him at the door with the cop.
"Ebony." The cop said as Ebony walked pasted him.
"Randy." Ebony said looking at him.
"Let's try and see if we can make it a whole year without you coming back in here okay?" Randy asked looking at her. "I expect your boyfriend to help you out a little."
"He's not my boyfriend." Ebony said glaring up at Jay.
"Well then he's a really good friend, he had to have paid his lawyer a lot to get you out." Randy said looking at the two kids.
"Money doesn't mean anything Randy. We talked about this last time I was in here." Ebony said smiling and patting the cop on the top of his head. "I'll see you for the court date I expect."
"No, I think I'm going to let you off this one, from the things you've told me you've already had a rough night. Just try and stay out of here for a while. You're file is gonna need its own storage unit if you keep coming back." Randy said as they walked to the front of the cop shop.
"Randal, Randal, Randal." Ebony said shaking her head. "You say that to me every time."
"And every time you're file gets bigger and bigger." Randy said smiling at her before she left the building.
Ebony walked out into the cold morning air. Even though it was still rather dark out she figured it must be around 4 in the morning.
"So are you going to tell me what happened?" Jay asked looking over at her as she got into his car.
"Nothing happened." Ebony said not even looking at him.
"If nothing happened you wouldn't have ended up in a holding cell." Jay said looking at her.
"I don't want to talk to you about it." Ebony said looking out the window of the nonmoving car.
"Really? Then why did you call me?" Jay asked.
"One I didn't want to stay in here all night, two I didn't want them to call my dad, and three I don't know." Ebony said the last part softly looking out the window
"Fine, whatever." Jay said putting the key in the car and starting it.
Ebony looked over at him. Was his choice really Amber then? Was that what he was trying to say, without really saying anything. She could see how swollen his nose was from the dim glow of the dash board. "Sorry about hitting you." She whispered.
"Are we going to talk about it? Or are you going to expect me to read your mind?" Jay asked, angry.
"I can't constantly be defending myself to your friends, to Amber." Ebony looked straight ahead, saying these things made her seem weak, and she didn't like that.
"You don't have to defend yourself." Jay glanced over at her.
"I kinda do Jay, I'm not going to just let Amber bad mouth me to everyone she knows. She was telling everyone that I was easy, and that's the only reason you were with me." She knew this whole thing could have been avoided if she would have just told him earlier.
"So that's why you punched her?" Jay laughed.
"I can't do this, not if Amber is going to be part of it."
"I already told you that I wasn't going to pick between you and my friends, it's not fair." Jay said getting angry.
"I'm not asking you to pick between your friends and me, I'm asking you to pick between Amber and me. There's a difference." Ebony sighed. She wondered if there really was a difference.
"She's my friend Ebony." Jay replied.
"Like I said earlier then, I'll make the choice for you." Ebony undid her seat belt as his car slowed up her long driveway.
"And if I don't like your choice?" Jay asked.
"Then you'll think of a way to fix it." Ebony looked over at him. "I can deal with your mother, and the rest of your friends, but not Amber." She got out of the car quickly and shut the door, not waiting to hear what else he had to say. She didn't want to hear it, not now. She didn't think she could deal with the rejection.
Ebony's room was vibrating with the sounds of Tim Armstrong singing. She was laying on her bed looking up at the ceiling thinking about Jay, Cloe, Tommy, and even her father.
"Hey." Jack shouted coming into the room.
Ebony sat up and smiled at him. She reached for her stereo remote and turned down of volume. "What's up?" she asked looking at Jack.
"Is that the new Rancid CD?" Jack asked sitting down in a computer chair.
"Yeah. I bought it a few weeks ago but I'm just now getting to listen to it." Ebony replied.
"Cool." Jack said nodding his head.
"What happened?" Ebony asked turning so her body would be facing him.
"Huh?" Jack asked confused.
"Its not even 10 in the morning and you're already over here. So I'm guessing something happened last night." Ebony said.
"I told my mom." Jack said turning away so he wouldn't have to look at Ebony. "I told her about Cloe."
"Oh." Ebony said softly looking down at her dirty floor.
"Ebony I'm not ready for this." Jack said looking back at her.
Ebony looked up at Jack. "You seemed excited about it last night."
"I was excited that Cloe and I were back together. I wasn't even thinking about what her being pregnant meant." Jack told her.
"Where is she now?" Ebony asked.
"She stayed with Tai-san and Lex last night. I dropped her off at her house to try and talk to her parents some more." Jack told her.
"Have you thought about what you're going to do if her parents tell her she has to go?" Ebony asked.
"That's all I've been thinking about." Jack replied. "Ebony I'm not gonna be like my dad and take off when things get rough. But I'm not going to act like I know what I'm doing, because I don't."
"I don't think anyone would know what to do Jack. Cloe is welcome to stay here as long as she wants, the same goes for you. I'm sure my mom wouldn't notice." Ebony said giving him a small smile. "I'm here for both of you."
"Thanks Ebbz." Jack said getting up.
"Where are you going?" Ebony asked.
"I'm gonna go pick up Cloe. I'm sure she's going through hell right now." Jack said smiling at her.
"Okay I'll see you later." Ebony smiled as she watched Jack walk out of her room. When Jack was gone she sighed and fell back on her bed to go back to the thoughts what wouldn't stop running through her mind. The thoughts of Jay.