Chapter Nine

"Hey, Peter, it's Scott!" Scott said into the phone. Kristin was dozing on the couch, and it was 2:00 PM. Martin and Elaine were still at work. "Hey, Scott, how's it going? Everything okay?" "It's okay, I guess." "Okay...what happened?" Peter demanded. "Uh...me and Kristin got arrested yesterday and she ran away this morning really early and while Elaine and dad were at work I found her..." "You got arrested?" "Long story." "Oh. How's Kristin?" "I don't know. Sometimes she seems happy but she's been having lots of dreams and nightmares about her dad. That's what made her run away." "Oh, no. Not again. I guess we're going to have to work on that again when you'll come back." "Yeah." "So I'm guessing you didn't want to discuss all of that?" "Yeah..actually, I wanted to talk to Shelby." "Oh yeah. She's kind of upset her mother's not taking her for Christmas...but Jess is coming down Christmas day. Their mother is working." "Eesh...tough break." "Yeah, well talk to Brandon a minute while I go get her." "Okay, bye Peter." "Bye Scott." "Hello?" A voice asked. "Brandon? Hey, little buddy. It's Scott." "Hi, SCott!" "SO, what's up? Waiting for Santa?" "Yep..Shelby's here, Juliette is and Ezra and Daisy. Auggie went bye-bye!" "Cool. Whatcha think you're going to get?"

Brandon's voice turned panicky. "Peter said a bag of coal because I've been bad!" He screeched. "Uh-oh. What'd you do?" "I said shit!" He cried. "I mean, I heard Auggie say it when he fell, so when I fell I said it! Then Aunt Sophie yelled at me! Then today I threw a roll at Ezra and Peter got all huffy and told me if I didn't behave Santa would bring me a bag of coal!" He pouted. Scott had to bite his tounge to keep from laughing. "Well, here's Shelby. Bye, Scott!" Brandon said. "Bye, Brandon. BE GOOD!" Scott told him. "I always am!"

"Hey, SCott!" Shelby screeched. Scott pulled the phone from his ear. "Thanks, it's not like I ever wanted to hear again. Hey, Shelby," he said. "Oops...sorry. So...how's everything?" "Ahhhh..." "THat bad?" "We got arrested-" "Who the hell is we?" "Uh...me and Kristin?" "Scott!" "What?" "I can't believe you got arrested already...and KRistin?" "Well she didn't really do anything. She was just with me, so they couldn't leave her there." "Oh. Peter know?" "Yeah. And off the subject of arresting, it's kind of depressing." "Oh, yeah, of course!" Shelby laughed. "So...you miss me?" "Of course!" Shelby answered. Scott grinned. Kristin groaned a woke up, rubbing her head. "What'd we do before I went to sleep?" She asked, still groaning. "Nothing I think you hit your head when I was chasing you." Scott answered. "Who was that?" Shelby asked. "Kristin, she just woke up." "Oh. Sounds like you when you wake up from an afternoon nap!" "Haha!" He said sarcastically. "So...anything happen?" Shelby asked, and from the icy tone in her voice she meant with Elaine. "Her and Kristin didn't exactly hit it off. I had to stop her from slapping her." "Damn her!" Shelby cried. At first, Shelby and KRistin had been enemies, then Shelby and her became friends. Now they were more like sisters. "Yeah well...my Dad is pissed at me right now. He yelled at Kristin and I think she's scared of him now." He said quietly, not wanting Kristin to hear. She didn't. She was watching some Zoog Disney show. "So...what are ya'll doing for Christmas?" Scott asked. "Having a real big dinner in the cafeteria. Everyone is gone except for us in the Cliffhangers and a few Trackers. Everyone else have parents who care." She muttered. "Peter and Sophie care about you like parents." "Yeah." She said. "So...what's the trouble with Brandon?" Shelby groaned when Scott asked this.

"Soph and Peter say he's just acting out because he knows his parents send him to be with his Aunt Sophie, so he's trying to be good or something like that. It's not working. He repeats anything we say, he's horrible to watch, he runs away from you. Peter almost called the police one time after a little game of hide-and-go-seek turned into run-and-find-Brandon-or- your-on-shuns." Shelby said and Scott laughed. "Oh shoot, I've got to go." Shelby muttered. "Why?" "Peter needs to call Jason's mother." "Jason McGarmie?" "Yeah, fighter boy." "Oh. OKay. Bye, love ya." "Love you, to. Tell Kristin I said hi." "Okay. Bye." "Bye." They said and hung up.

"Who was that?" Kristin asked while still staring at "Boy Meets World". "Shelby." "Cool." She said. "She says hi." "I say hi, to." She muttered, still staring at the TV. Scott rolled his eyes and jumped over the couch and landed right next to Kristin. Kristin gave him a Look that said "are you okay?" (mentally). "Fine,fine." He said and they turned back to the TV.



I know I have short chapters, and I'm sorry, but I don't like having a cluttered page, plus it is much easier on the eyes.