Please R&R
Megan locks her jaw feeling anger rise up through her, she turns and starts towards her house. A while later she makes it to her property, goes into one of the barns and sits down gingerly, leaning back against the wall thinking to herself. She doesn't even realize when Danny walks in.
"Why aren't you at school?" Danny demands standing in front of her
"Leave me alone." Megan replies
"Yea, right. So why aren't you at school?" Danny repeats himself
"Take a hint Danny and leave." Megan snaps
"I can just go and get dad." Danny moves to the door
"Wait. I can't go to school."
"Why not?"
"Cause I'm in trouble."
"With a teacher?"
"No, not with a teacher. You wouldn't get it." Megan tells him
"Try me." Danny sits down in front of her.
"Michael wont leave me alone."
"So just tell dad he'll take care of it." Danny replies
"I can't, Michael's threatening to screw up dad's name in town. I can't let that happen, rumors spread fast people wouldn't trust him or buy anything from our crop. We'd lose our money, it would ruin everything." Megan explains
"The fact that he hit a girl would do something too." Danny reminds her
"I know and I already told him that….."
"But?"
"But nothing! He doesn't care, it's his word against mine anyway."
Danny glances at her curiously "That doesn't sound like you."
"How would you know?" Megan snaps "You don't."
"What aren't you telling me?"
"You asked for the truth and I gave it to you."
"Not in whole." Danny says sure of himself
"Don't be so sure."
"I am, because you don't take crap from people, especially not from a guy."
"And you know this how?"
"Cause the first time he hit you, that night you walked home in the rain, you could have just went with him. You didn't, you stood your ground and walked home."
"That doesn't mean anything."
"If it didn't, none of this would be such a big deal." Megan doesn't reply and Danny sighs "You are right though, if rumors start to spread about dad it wont be good. So I'm not going to say anything to him, but you need to talk to me and tell me everything."
"And if I don't?"
"Then I will talk to dad and tell him something is up." Danny replies
Megan hesitates "I went with him today, I know it was stupid to leave school with him-"
"You got that right." Danny cuts her off
"He gave me this whole sob story about how I couldn't screw up his future and crap like that. See I had met him at the restaurant the other night and told him if he didn't back off I would tell everyone what he did and he would never get into the services."
"You did what?"
"And I said I'd give him two days to think about it, but now I have two days."
Two days for what?" Danny asks
"Two days to decide if I'm going to go through with my threat and tell everyone what he did."
"And you have reason to reconsider why? "
"Because he counter threatened me." Megan says meekly
Danny looks disturbed "How? What'd he say?"
"Danny, there's really nothing you can do at this point."
"Megan, what did he say?"
"Well it wasn't in so many words that he said it….."
"So he hit you again?"
Megan doesn't answer but Danny knows the answer.
"I don't believe this Megan! How do you manage to get yourself into these situations?" Danny exclaims "Know what? Forget it, I'm going to tell dad cause you wont listen to me anyway and then you'll get into even more trouble."
Megan cringes "That might be hard to do."
"Why?" Danny walks closer to her, away from the door.
"Just don't tell dad, this is my fault I'll deal with it." Megan replies "It's my problem, I'll keep you posted though." She replies getting up "I'm going to go to school." She leaves before he can protest.
******************
"Danny?" Evelyn asks as Danny passes through the kitchen later in the afternon.
"Yea?" Danny stops
"Have you seen Megan?"
"No, why?" Danny's face drains of color
"Well she hasn't come home from school yet, actually it seems as though she didn't go to school at all." Evelyn replies placing her hands on the counter. "Your father is in town, he doesn't know yet and I don't really want to worry him more. He's been so preoccupied lately because of your sister."
"I'll see if I can track her down." Danny replies, grabs his keys and leaves.
"Where are you?" Danny asks himself as he starts driving down the road.
*************
"Megan hello, come in." Anthony greets Megan at his front door.
""Is Michael home?"
"I'll go get him, I'll be out back if you need anything." Anthony replies "Nice seeing you back here Megan."
Megan smiles, but it is quickly replaced with an angered look when Anthony leaves.
"Why are you here?" Michael asks sourly
"Nice welcome." Megan replies turning around
"Out meetings lately have been short of happy, if you get me." Michael answers sitting down on the couch. "So why are you here?"
"Partly to tell you to watch out for Danny." Megan starts
"Your brother?"
"No, my brother's dead father. What do you think?" Megan snaps
Anthony glares at her.
"I told him what happened today."
"Everything?"
"Almost."
"So you left out the part where I bring out the gun." Michael states
"Good job, you're not a complete idiot."
"But you might be." Michael says curtly
"You're not going to shoot me. You still love me."
"Don't count on that, my future is more important."
"So is mine, you know what will happen if people find out about what happened in my family."
"They'll all run away, walk home in the rain, and threaten their boyfriends." Michael sneers
"I don't know why I bothered." Megan says frustrated going to the door.
"Megan, wait." Michael stops her. "You're right, it will hurt your family if it gets out." Megan pauses and looks at him. "Why don't we just forget about everything and go back to the way everything was?"
"Because you hit me, I'm not going to let it go. You need to learn how to control your temper that's what you really need to be worried about."
"So can we both just agree to say nothing?" Michael asks
"No, I've already told Danny. It was stupid but I was mad if I hadn't caught myself in time I would have told him about you taking your father's gun and threatening me with it."
"But you didn't, why not?"
"It's my problem not Danny's or my father's. I can take care of it myself."
"Yea you did a real good job of that." Michael smirks
"You should be thanking me that I haven't said anything, all the opportunities I've had."
"Then do it, you know you wont." Michael replies
Megan looks thoughtful. "Maybe you're right, maybe I wont." She opens the door and starts to leave.
Michael follows her out. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Megan shrugs and keeps walking.
"Megan come back here!" Michael yells and runs after her.
Megan spins on her heel "Don't give and idle threat if you want to shoot me do it." Then she starts to walk again, she stops when she hears a click.
"Don't push me."
"Do it." Megan presses.
Michael's face turns cold and he quickly stuffs the gun into his pocket as a truck slows down. "Megan"
Megan turns and sees Rafe look expectantly at them wanting to know what was going on. "Megan get into the truck." Rafe instructs her.
Megan turns back to Michael once more a cold look on her face, then goes and gets into the truck.
"What was that about? Why were you with Michael?" Rafe asks as he drives away
"Nothing." Megan replies leaning on her elbow looking out the window. "We were just talking."
"Talk to whoever you want, just stay away from him. Why would you even go there?" Rafe asks
"I needed to ask him something that's all, it's no big deal." Megan says forcefully.
"I talked to your brother before-"
"What'd he say?" Megan turns her head quickly
Rage glances at her "He's worried about, he thinks something more is wrong then you're saying. Is that true?"
"Of course not." Megan replies relaxing "Like I said, it was no big deal."
To be continued…. Please R&R
Megan locks her jaw feeling anger rise up through her, she turns and starts towards her house. A while later she makes it to her property, goes into one of the barns and sits down gingerly, leaning back against the wall thinking to herself. She doesn't even realize when Danny walks in.
"Why aren't you at school?" Danny demands standing in front of her
"Leave me alone." Megan replies
"Yea, right. So why aren't you at school?" Danny repeats himself
"Take a hint Danny and leave." Megan snaps
"I can just go and get dad." Danny moves to the door
"Wait. I can't go to school."
"Why not?"
"Cause I'm in trouble."
"With a teacher?"
"No, not with a teacher. You wouldn't get it." Megan tells him
"Try me." Danny sits down in front of her.
"Michael wont leave me alone."
"So just tell dad he'll take care of it." Danny replies
"I can't, Michael's threatening to screw up dad's name in town. I can't let that happen, rumors spread fast people wouldn't trust him or buy anything from our crop. We'd lose our money, it would ruin everything." Megan explains
"The fact that he hit a girl would do something too." Danny reminds her
"I know and I already told him that….."
"But?"
"But nothing! He doesn't care, it's his word against mine anyway."
Danny glances at her curiously "That doesn't sound like you."
"How would you know?" Megan snaps "You don't."
"What aren't you telling me?"
"You asked for the truth and I gave it to you."
"Not in whole." Danny says sure of himself
"Don't be so sure."
"I am, because you don't take crap from people, especially not from a guy."
"And you know this how?"
"Cause the first time he hit you, that night you walked home in the rain, you could have just went with him. You didn't, you stood your ground and walked home."
"That doesn't mean anything."
"If it didn't, none of this would be such a big deal." Megan doesn't reply and Danny sighs "You are right though, if rumors start to spread about dad it wont be good. So I'm not going to say anything to him, but you need to talk to me and tell me everything."
"And if I don't?"
"Then I will talk to dad and tell him something is up." Danny replies
Megan hesitates "I went with him today, I know it was stupid to leave school with him-"
"You got that right." Danny cuts her off
"He gave me this whole sob story about how I couldn't screw up his future and crap like that. See I had met him at the restaurant the other night and told him if he didn't back off I would tell everyone what he did and he would never get into the services."
"You did what?"
"And I said I'd give him two days to think about it, but now I have two days."
Two days for what?" Danny asks
"Two days to decide if I'm going to go through with my threat and tell everyone what he did."
"And you have reason to reconsider why? "
"Because he counter threatened me." Megan says meekly
Danny looks disturbed "How? What'd he say?"
"Danny, there's really nothing you can do at this point."
"Megan, what did he say?"
"Well it wasn't in so many words that he said it….."
"So he hit you again?"
Megan doesn't answer but Danny knows the answer.
"I don't believe this Megan! How do you manage to get yourself into these situations?" Danny exclaims "Know what? Forget it, I'm going to tell dad cause you wont listen to me anyway and then you'll get into even more trouble."
Megan cringes "That might be hard to do."
"Why?" Danny walks closer to her, away from the door.
"Just don't tell dad, this is my fault I'll deal with it." Megan replies "It's my problem, I'll keep you posted though." She replies getting up "I'm going to go to school." She leaves before he can protest.
******************
"Danny?" Evelyn asks as Danny passes through the kitchen later in the afternon.
"Yea?" Danny stops
"Have you seen Megan?"
"No, why?" Danny's face drains of color
"Well she hasn't come home from school yet, actually it seems as though she didn't go to school at all." Evelyn replies placing her hands on the counter. "Your father is in town, he doesn't know yet and I don't really want to worry him more. He's been so preoccupied lately because of your sister."
"I'll see if I can track her down." Danny replies, grabs his keys and leaves.
"Where are you?" Danny asks himself as he starts driving down the road.
*************
"Megan hello, come in." Anthony greets Megan at his front door.
""Is Michael home?"
"I'll go get him, I'll be out back if you need anything." Anthony replies "Nice seeing you back here Megan."
Megan smiles, but it is quickly replaced with an angered look when Anthony leaves.
"Why are you here?" Michael asks sourly
"Nice welcome." Megan replies turning around
"Out meetings lately have been short of happy, if you get me." Michael answers sitting down on the couch. "So why are you here?"
"Partly to tell you to watch out for Danny." Megan starts
"Your brother?"
"No, my brother's dead father. What do you think?" Megan snaps
Anthony glares at her.
"I told him what happened today."
"Everything?"
"Almost."
"So you left out the part where I bring out the gun." Michael states
"Good job, you're not a complete idiot."
"But you might be." Michael says curtly
"You're not going to shoot me. You still love me."
"Don't count on that, my future is more important."
"So is mine, you know what will happen if people find out about what happened in my family."
"They'll all run away, walk home in the rain, and threaten their boyfriends." Michael sneers
"I don't know why I bothered." Megan says frustrated going to the door.
"Megan, wait." Michael stops her. "You're right, it will hurt your family if it gets out." Megan pauses and looks at him. "Why don't we just forget about everything and go back to the way everything was?"
"Because you hit me, I'm not going to let it go. You need to learn how to control your temper that's what you really need to be worried about."
"So can we both just agree to say nothing?" Michael asks
"No, I've already told Danny. It was stupid but I was mad if I hadn't caught myself in time I would have told him about you taking your father's gun and threatening me with it."
"But you didn't, why not?"
"It's my problem not Danny's or my father's. I can take care of it myself."
"Yea you did a real good job of that." Michael smirks
"You should be thanking me that I haven't said anything, all the opportunities I've had."
"Then do it, you know you wont." Michael replies
Megan looks thoughtful. "Maybe you're right, maybe I wont." She opens the door and starts to leave.
Michael follows her out. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Megan shrugs and keeps walking.
"Megan come back here!" Michael yells and runs after her.
Megan spins on her heel "Don't give and idle threat if you want to shoot me do it." Then she starts to walk again, she stops when she hears a click.
"Don't push me."
"Do it." Megan presses.
Michael's face turns cold and he quickly stuffs the gun into his pocket as a truck slows down. "Megan"
Megan turns and sees Rafe look expectantly at them wanting to know what was going on. "Megan get into the truck." Rafe instructs her.
Megan turns back to Michael once more a cold look on her face, then goes and gets into the truck.
"What was that about? Why were you with Michael?" Rafe asks as he drives away
"Nothing." Megan replies leaning on her elbow looking out the window. "We were just talking."
"Talk to whoever you want, just stay away from him. Why would you even go there?" Rafe asks
"I needed to ask him something that's all, it's no big deal." Megan says forcefully.
"I talked to your brother before-"
"What'd he say?" Megan turns her head quickly
Rage glances at her "He's worried about, he thinks something more is wrong then you're saying. Is that true?"
"Of course not." Megan replies relaxing "Like I said, it was no big deal."
To be continued…. Please R&R