* Chapter8*

Blair climbs up the stairs of the house.She knocks on a door."Morgan!"Called Blair as

she opens the door."Yes."said Morgan as she puts on some lipstick."What are you doing?"asked Blair."Oh im trying a new look,Like it?"asked Morgan as she puts on some

eye shadow."Yeah its fine,Um..Wheres Marcie?"asked Blair as she pulls some hair out of

her face."You hear that loud noice down the hall?"asked Marcie as she brushes her hair.

"Yeah I wondered what that was."said Blair."Well thats Marcie,Oh by the way she's locked herself in her room,She said she's only comming out if she needs the bathroom."

said Morgan."Well I'll see if I cant fix that."said Blair."Oh please dont,I kind of like not

seeing her face,Its an improvement."said Morgan as she puts some clips in her hair.

"Morgan!Never mind,We all need to talk,Lets go into Marcie's room"said Blair."Do I

have to,She's a slob there is clothes everywhere,Soda cans some still full,Its a pig pen,I

dont want to mess up my hair."said Morgan as she fluffs it alittle.Blair rolls her eyes."Your

hair will live now come on."said Blair as her and Morgan walk down the hall.

Marcie lays on her bed staring at the wall while whispering the words to a song.Marice

leans on her left hand."I hear ya smile in the dark I can even feel you breathing.When the

daylight chases the ghost I see your coat and fall apart To those hints of you im clinging

Now's when I need them most I should get up dry my eyes and move ahead At least that's

what you would have said."whispered Marcie as she starts to cry.Marcie reaches over to

her cd player and turns it off.She lays her head face down on the bed and starts shaking

as she crys."Marcie,Open the door."said Blair from the hallway.Marcie quickly sits up

and whipes her eye then stands up and walks toward the door and opens it.

"Clean much."said Morgan as she walks into the room and sits down on Marice's bed.

Blair looks at Marice's face she can tell Marcie was crying and wonders if she should say

something."Morgan,Did a clown paint your face or did put too much paint on that paint

roller."said Marcie as she sits down on her bed next to Morgan.Blair walks over to Marcie's desk and pulls out her chair and moves it over to Marcie's bed."We need to talk."said Blair as she crosses her legs."About what?"asked Morgan as she leans on Marcie's headboard."Did I ever tell you girls about why I moved here?"asked Blair."Yeah

you and your friends got into a huge fight and you left and moved here."said Marcie as

she moves back so her back is resting against the wall."Well I got a call from Bruce Gaines and Edna is dying.She has cancer."said Blair."They have treatment for that now

so she doesn't have to die."said Morgan."She doesn't want the treatment.Burce wants all

of us my old frineds included to come for a visit.I really dont want to go but I cant loose

her,I just lost Jay and im not loosing her."said Blair."I thought they hurt you."said Marcie.

"They did,But we are going.I thought long and hard about this,Now we have a few rules

to go over,One Dad is alive and well and his Job is with the government.Two we put smiles on our faces the minute we get off the plane.Three you two try to be nice.Four

we leave friday around 10am,Five if I think of more I'll get back to you."said Blair."Fine."

said Marcie."Ok,Can I finish my hair now?"asked Morgan."Yes go on."said Blair as Morgan stands up and runs out of the room.

"Um..Marcie,You ok?"asked Blair as she stands up and walks over to Marcie's bed then

sits down next to Marcie."Yeah,Im..Fine..Just..Fi..ne"said Marice as she starts to cry.Blair

hugs Marcie."Sh..Sh..Its ok."said Blair."No its not.Dad killed himself.He was all I had left.

Now..N..Now I have no one.No mother no fa..ther."cried Marcie.Blair looks up at Marcie."You have me.I know Im your stepmother but I love you just like your mother did."

said Blair as Marcie lets go of Blair."I didn't even know my mother.She held me for an hour just enough time to name me then..D..ie."cried Marcie."I know your father was with

you for the first three years of your life but..I love you just as much as Morgan.I love you.

I dont think of you as my stepdaughter but my daughter."said Blair as she hugs Marice.

"I love you as a mother,Even though I sometimes treat you as a stranger.I do call you mom."said Marcie."From now on lets think of you as my daughter and me as your mother."said Blair."I'd like that."said Marcie."Me too."said Blair."Um..Mom..Do you know why dad killed himself?"asked Marcie."I dont know.He did leave me a letter,I found

it on the ground the night he killed himself.I have not opened it yet,To tell you the truth

Im scared of opening it."said Blair as she reaches over to Marcie's nightstand to get some

Kleenex then hands some over to Marcie."Thanks.What are we going to do now?How can we just put this behind us for a week and pretend like this never happen?What is going to happen to us?"asked Marcie as she starts to cry."I..I dont know."said Blair as she

hugs her Daughter as they both cry.



Blair walks into her room holding a bottle of whine and a glass.Blair locks her door then

walks over to her bed and sits down.Blair sets the glass down on her nightstand next to

the letter Jay left her.Blair then sets the whine bottle down on her bed then picks up the letter.I cant open it I just cant.Thought Blair as she sets it down on the nightstand.

Blair picks up the Whine bottle and opens it then pours the whine into the glass till its full.Blair stares at the glass thinking about the last words Jay told her.

I love you Blair,Please dont Change,Promise me you wont change.Thought Blair as she picks up the glass and holds it in her hands."Im sorry Jay."Whispered Blair as she takes

the glass and puts it to her mouth and finished the hole glass in one sip."Im breaking my

promise."Whispered Blair as she pours another glass of whine."Im Changing."Whispered

Blair as tears roll down her face while she takes a sip of whine.