Chapter 2 please R&R for me thanx!
"Hello Corinne did you have a nice day?" Mrs. Coretta asks when Cory walked through the door.
"Yup I was at Kayla's riding horses today."
"Good, so you found your way home ok?"
"Yea, this town is easy to get through"
"Yes it is, you hungry? Dinner is done but Wood wont be home late and I'm having a bridge club meeting here with some of girls so you and Jett can just eat whenever he should be home soon."
"No but maybe I'll grab something later" Cory answers "I'm going to go upstairs and work on some homework."
"All right" Mrs. Coretta says before going back to getting out some cards.
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"Hey Nana" Jett says bounding through the door a half hour later.
"Hello Jett, dinner is on the stove, your dad is at work, Corinne is upstairs, bring some food up to her." Mrs. Coretta response not taking her eyes off her cards.
"All right thanks" He runs into the kitchen and makes up two dishes of food and goes upstairs.
"Hey Cory" Jett says in a goofy voice walking into her room. Where she is lying on her stomach on her bed.
"Hey" came the muffled reply.
"Hungry?"
"No."
Jett put the plate down and went to walk out then stopped and sat down on the bed. "Are you OK?"
"Yea"
"Are you lying?"
Cory sighed and rolled over to face Jett "What do you want Jett?" She asks tiredly
Jett was surprised to see her eyes red from crying. "What's wrong?"
"Did you tell Kayla I'm biracial?" Cory asks accusingly
"Yea, why?"
"Why would you tell her that? It's not like that's some kind of normal everyday conversation."
"I uh" Jett tried to get out.
"Did you tell anyone else?" Cory asks
"Well J.B. that's it though I swear. And yea and this guy Cubby at work it just sort of came up." Jett answered meekly
Cory scrunched her eyebrows in thought "It's easy for you Jett, you know where you stand. And Kayla's it OK for her too, it's not like it is for me"
"What is it like for you?"
"Do you know why my parents are really oversees?"
"A business trip right?"
"What do you think of when you hear business trip?"
"Paperwork and lots of people talking?" Jett guessed
"Try my parents giving speeches in countries all over about how they make an biracial marriage work, they broadcast it wherever they go, it's like they did it on purpose just to prove some point. I don't even know if I am black or white, I don't look black, but I don't exactly look white either. I don't even look like I belong to my parents, neither does my sister."
"You should talk to Kayla about this, she went through some hard times too."
"No, I don't talk about this with anyone. And Kayla could never understand anyway."
"How do you know that?"
"I just do, please leave it alone, you'll never understand."
"So help me understand" Jett asked
"Can you please just leave?" Cory pleaded quietly
Jett sighed, hating to just give up "All right, I'll see you tomorrow."
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"Hey Nana, where is everyone?" Jett asked the next morning
"Your father and Corinne already left, you need to as well so you're not late for school" Mrs. Coretta shoos him out of the house.
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"Hey J.B.! Kayla!" Jett called when he spotted them in the hall
"Hey Jett" Kayla greeted him
"Have you guys seen Cory?"
"Does someone have a crush?" J.B. asks
"Seriously I need to talk to her."
"I don't think she wants to talk to you Jett, she seemed pretty upset when I saw her before, she barely said hi when she walked by me."
"Kayla do you know where she went?"
"I think she went into the library, I'm not positive though"
"All right, I'll see you guys later."
Jett rushed over to the library and spotted Cory talking to someone.
"Cory. Hey" Jett says going over to her.
"So Cory is your name huh? Very original, I like it" The guy says
"Thanks, hey Jett"
"Yea, hi Jett."
"Hi Mike, can I talk to Cory a minute?"
"Be my guest, see you later Cory" Mike says grabbing his books
"Bye Mike, what's up Jett?"
"We should talk about yesterday."
"Yesterday is over, no use in talking about it, what's done is done, my parents are going to do whatever they want to do, besides I'd rather them go a broadcast it where I can't see it. So we're all better off"
"And you get the crappy end of the deal?" Jett asks
"Look. I didn't ask my parents to be like this, but they are and well whatever, but I am not going to sit around all the time listening to you try to talk to me about this, I don't want to talk, I have talked all my life, and I'm tired of it!" Cory exclaims "Listen I'm sorry, but I can't talk anymore. I'll see you at home" She says walking past him.
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"Hi Mrs. Coretta, do you mind if I go to a party tomorrow night?" Cory asks when she gets home that afternoon.
"Tomorrow's Saturday right? Well sure why not. You and Jett would be the only ones home anyway. Wood and I both have some things to take care of, He'll be home late but I won't be home until Saturday, so yes go have a good time."
"Thanks." Cory says sitting down at the table.
"Hey Nana, hey Cory I didn't know you got home already, I didn't see you after school"
"Hey Jett" Cory answers happily
"Cory, you want to come down to the set with me today? It's kinda cool to watch the show get taped."
"All right, let me grab my coat."
"So your not mad at me?" Jett asks as they walk towards the studio.
"No, of course not."
"I'm glad, cause it would really suck if we weren't on good terms……um I wanted to ask you something before all of this had happened"
"What?" Cory asks
"You want to go on a date with me sometime? I know it might be weird and all but-"
"Yea I would" Cory interrupted.
"Really, OK how about tomorrow?"
"How about next Friday? Cause I'm going out tomorrow with some friends and I have a load of homework I want to get done with tonight"
"Sounds like a plan" Jett agrees.
"Good."
"We're here, go make yourself comfortable I have to go change." Jett hurries off.
"Hola!" A voice came from behind her.
Cory spun around "Hi!"
"You must be the infamous Cory"
"And you are…..?"
"Cubby. Nice to meet you."
"Same here. So your Cubby?"
"In the flesh."
"Jett mentioned you."
"Oh yea? Well Jett mentioned you again and again and well again….."
"Really?"
"Yup, so did he ask you out yet?"
"Yea, we're going to go out next Friday. Cause I have too much homework tonight and tomorrow I'm going to a party"
"A party? You don't mean Mike Hansen do you? He always has these raging parties that end up getting broken up by the cops."
"Yea, well then don't tell anyone that I'll be there, I'll be fine I know how to take care of myself."
"He has alcohol there and probably drugs and-"
"Don't worry about it." Cory assures him.
"Fine but at least take my cell phone number so you can call me if anything happens."
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"Hey Cory" Jett throws the phone at her "Your mom is on the phone"
"Thanks. Hey mom. Yup everything is great here. I'm going out with some friends tonight. Yea…….uh huh…….i know……right……Ok bye" Cory hangs up and closes her eyes.
"Is everything cool?" Jett asks carefully choosing his words
"Yup my parents are at it as usual" Cory smiles weakly
"Corinne! You ride is here" Wood Jackson calls
"Later Jett"
"Bye Cory."
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"Hey I'm glad you made it!" Mike yelled over the music as Cory walked into his house.
"Wow your house….it's awesome"
"Thanks, come on I'll show you around." Mike takes her hand and pulls her into the crowd. "Let's dance first"
"All right" Cory says getting onto the dance floor with him.
"What's wrong, you seem upset." Mike asked
"Parents" Cory yelled back
"I got just the thing to cure you." Mike motioned her to follow him "Here" He handed her a drink. "This will make you forget all your worries."
Cory hesitated then took the drink and gulped it down "Thanks"
"Hey there's more where that came from." Mike promised.
Cory smiled.
An hour later Cory didn't feel so good, she had drank before but never felt like this. Her head was pounding and the room was spinning she made her way through the front door and found her cell phone. She saw the number Cubby gave her yesterday and dialed it slowly so she didn't mess up.
"Cubby? It's Cory, can you come pick me up?" She asks softly
"I'll be right there" Cubby promised.
"Hurry" She said before hanging up.
!0 minutes later Cubby's car pulled up, he got out and helped Cory get in. "Whoa what happened?"
"I don't know, I had a few drinks but I didn't expect this." She says tiredly
"I have to take you home" Cubby announced
"You can't do you know how much trouble I'll be in, when they find out I was drinking?"
"Why were you drinking anyway?" Cubby asks pulling away from the curb.
"I don't know, I was just drinking away my problem I guess. It's easier then dealing with them."
"There's other ways to deal with your problems."
"Like what talking? No that doesn't work."
"No, I'm fine, this has…..ugh my head…."
"Come on" Cubby pulled over and helped her out
"Where are we?"
"Your house. I'll go get Jett and Sheriff Jackson."
"Wait!" Cory cried hunching over the grass "Don't tell them please!"
"I don't have any choice. I'm sorry." Cubby ran up the front steps
Cory moaned and remained on the grass. Then she felt two arms pick her up as she started to fall into a fog. She distantly heard voices in the background sounded something like Jett asking his father is she was OK…… *I'm OK, Jett* She thought *Just let me sleep a little first*
To be continued. I can't write anymore it's to late. I'll post the rest soon Please R&R thanx!
"Hello Corinne did you have a nice day?" Mrs. Coretta asks when Cory walked through the door.
"Yup I was at Kayla's riding horses today."
"Good, so you found your way home ok?"
"Yea, this town is easy to get through"
"Yes it is, you hungry? Dinner is done but Wood wont be home late and I'm having a bridge club meeting here with some of girls so you and Jett can just eat whenever he should be home soon."
"No but maybe I'll grab something later" Cory answers "I'm going to go upstairs and work on some homework."
"All right" Mrs. Coretta says before going back to getting out some cards.
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"Hey Nana" Jett says bounding through the door a half hour later.
"Hello Jett, dinner is on the stove, your dad is at work, Corinne is upstairs, bring some food up to her." Mrs. Coretta response not taking her eyes off her cards.
"All right thanks" He runs into the kitchen and makes up two dishes of food and goes upstairs.
"Hey Cory" Jett says in a goofy voice walking into her room. Where she is lying on her stomach on her bed.
"Hey" came the muffled reply.
"Hungry?"
"No."
Jett put the plate down and went to walk out then stopped and sat down on the bed. "Are you OK?"
"Yea"
"Are you lying?"
Cory sighed and rolled over to face Jett "What do you want Jett?" She asks tiredly
Jett was surprised to see her eyes red from crying. "What's wrong?"
"Did you tell Kayla I'm biracial?" Cory asks accusingly
"Yea, why?"
"Why would you tell her that? It's not like that's some kind of normal everyday conversation."
"I uh" Jett tried to get out.
"Did you tell anyone else?" Cory asks
"Well J.B. that's it though I swear. And yea and this guy Cubby at work it just sort of came up." Jett answered meekly
Cory scrunched her eyebrows in thought "It's easy for you Jett, you know where you stand. And Kayla's it OK for her too, it's not like it is for me"
"What is it like for you?"
"Do you know why my parents are really oversees?"
"A business trip right?"
"What do you think of when you hear business trip?"
"Paperwork and lots of people talking?" Jett guessed
"Try my parents giving speeches in countries all over about how they make an biracial marriage work, they broadcast it wherever they go, it's like they did it on purpose just to prove some point. I don't even know if I am black or white, I don't look black, but I don't exactly look white either. I don't even look like I belong to my parents, neither does my sister."
"You should talk to Kayla about this, she went through some hard times too."
"No, I don't talk about this with anyone. And Kayla could never understand anyway."
"How do you know that?"
"I just do, please leave it alone, you'll never understand."
"So help me understand" Jett asked
"Can you please just leave?" Cory pleaded quietly
Jett sighed, hating to just give up "All right, I'll see you tomorrow."
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"Hey Nana, where is everyone?" Jett asked the next morning
"Your father and Corinne already left, you need to as well so you're not late for school" Mrs. Coretta shoos him out of the house.
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"Hey J.B.! Kayla!" Jett called when he spotted them in the hall
"Hey Jett" Kayla greeted him
"Have you guys seen Cory?"
"Does someone have a crush?" J.B. asks
"Seriously I need to talk to her."
"I don't think she wants to talk to you Jett, she seemed pretty upset when I saw her before, she barely said hi when she walked by me."
"Kayla do you know where she went?"
"I think she went into the library, I'm not positive though"
"All right, I'll see you guys later."
Jett rushed over to the library and spotted Cory talking to someone.
"Cory. Hey" Jett says going over to her.
"So Cory is your name huh? Very original, I like it" The guy says
"Thanks, hey Jett"
"Yea, hi Jett."
"Hi Mike, can I talk to Cory a minute?"
"Be my guest, see you later Cory" Mike says grabbing his books
"Bye Mike, what's up Jett?"
"We should talk about yesterday."
"Yesterday is over, no use in talking about it, what's done is done, my parents are going to do whatever they want to do, besides I'd rather them go a broadcast it where I can't see it. So we're all better off"
"And you get the crappy end of the deal?" Jett asks
"Look. I didn't ask my parents to be like this, but they are and well whatever, but I am not going to sit around all the time listening to you try to talk to me about this, I don't want to talk, I have talked all my life, and I'm tired of it!" Cory exclaims "Listen I'm sorry, but I can't talk anymore. I'll see you at home" She says walking past him.
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"Hi Mrs. Coretta, do you mind if I go to a party tomorrow night?" Cory asks when she gets home that afternoon.
"Tomorrow's Saturday right? Well sure why not. You and Jett would be the only ones home anyway. Wood and I both have some things to take care of, He'll be home late but I won't be home until Saturday, so yes go have a good time."
"Thanks." Cory says sitting down at the table.
"Hey Nana, hey Cory I didn't know you got home already, I didn't see you after school"
"Hey Jett" Cory answers happily
"Cory, you want to come down to the set with me today? It's kinda cool to watch the show get taped."
"All right, let me grab my coat."
"So your not mad at me?" Jett asks as they walk towards the studio.
"No, of course not."
"I'm glad, cause it would really suck if we weren't on good terms……um I wanted to ask you something before all of this had happened"
"What?" Cory asks
"You want to go on a date with me sometime? I know it might be weird and all but-"
"Yea I would" Cory interrupted.
"Really, OK how about tomorrow?"
"How about next Friday? Cause I'm going out tomorrow with some friends and I have a load of homework I want to get done with tonight"
"Sounds like a plan" Jett agrees.
"Good."
"We're here, go make yourself comfortable I have to go change." Jett hurries off.
"Hola!" A voice came from behind her.
Cory spun around "Hi!"
"You must be the infamous Cory"
"And you are…..?"
"Cubby. Nice to meet you."
"Same here. So your Cubby?"
"In the flesh."
"Jett mentioned you."
"Oh yea? Well Jett mentioned you again and again and well again….."
"Really?"
"Yup, so did he ask you out yet?"
"Yea, we're going to go out next Friday. Cause I have too much homework tonight and tomorrow I'm going to a party"
"A party? You don't mean Mike Hansen do you? He always has these raging parties that end up getting broken up by the cops."
"Yea, well then don't tell anyone that I'll be there, I'll be fine I know how to take care of myself."
"He has alcohol there and probably drugs and-"
"Don't worry about it." Cory assures him.
"Fine but at least take my cell phone number so you can call me if anything happens."
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"Hey Cory" Jett throws the phone at her "Your mom is on the phone"
"Thanks. Hey mom. Yup everything is great here. I'm going out with some friends tonight. Yea…….uh huh…….i know……right……Ok bye" Cory hangs up and closes her eyes.
"Is everything cool?" Jett asks carefully choosing his words
"Yup my parents are at it as usual" Cory smiles weakly
"Corinne! You ride is here" Wood Jackson calls
"Later Jett"
"Bye Cory."
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"Hey I'm glad you made it!" Mike yelled over the music as Cory walked into his house.
"Wow your house….it's awesome"
"Thanks, come on I'll show you around." Mike takes her hand and pulls her into the crowd. "Let's dance first"
"All right" Cory says getting onto the dance floor with him.
"What's wrong, you seem upset." Mike asked
"Parents" Cory yelled back
"I got just the thing to cure you." Mike motioned her to follow him "Here" He handed her a drink. "This will make you forget all your worries."
Cory hesitated then took the drink and gulped it down "Thanks"
"Hey there's more where that came from." Mike promised.
Cory smiled.
An hour later Cory didn't feel so good, she had drank before but never felt like this. Her head was pounding and the room was spinning she made her way through the front door and found her cell phone. She saw the number Cubby gave her yesterday and dialed it slowly so she didn't mess up.
"Cubby? It's Cory, can you come pick me up?" She asks softly
"I'll be right there" Cubby promised.
"Hurry" She said before hanging up.
!0 minutes later Cubby's car pulled up, he got out and helped Cory get in. "Whoa what happened?"
"I don't know, I had a few drinks but I didn't expect this." She says tiredly
"I have to take you home" Cubby announced
"You can't do you know how much trouble I'll be in, when they find out I was drinking?"
"Why were you drinking anyway?" Cubby asks pulling away from the curb.
"I don't know, I was just drinking away my problem I guess. It's easier then dealing with them."
"There's other ways to deal with your problems."
"Like what talking? No that doesn't work."
"No, I'm fine, this has…..ugh my head…."
"Come on" Cubby pulled over and helped her out
"Where are we?"
"Your house. I'll go get Jett and Sheriff Jackson."
"Wait!" Cory cried hunching over the grass "Don't tell them please!"
"I don't have any choice. I'm sorry." Cubby ran up the front steps
Cory moaned and remained on the grass. Then she felt two arms pick her up as she started to fall into a fog. She distantly heard voices in the background sounded something like Jett asking his father is she was OK…… *I'm OK, Jett* She thought *Just let me sleep a little first*
To be continued. I can't write anymore it's to late. I'll post the rest soon Please R&R thanx!