~Chapter 3~
The scene opens and you see Ned and Alexis lying on the
bed kissing.
Ned broke the kiss and said, "I thought
you were punishing me?"
"I was." Alexis shrugged. "Your punishment is over
now" She grinned. "Besides, punishing you would be
punishing me and I didn't do anything" she added.
"Well then we wouldn't want that." Ned smiled
seductively.
"Of course not." Alexis replied. The two kissed again,
and it intensified quickly.
But the phone ringing interrupted them.
Ned looked atAlexis, clearly mad, and said, "Ignore it."
"You know I can't do that." She said, exasperated.
Alexis reached over and picked it up. "Alexis Davis."
She spoke into it. Ned rolled his eyes. He hated her
not taking his name, even after such a long time.
"Is this an emergency?" Alexis asked, and Ned
grumbled, "It's always an emergency."
"…Yeah, yeah I'll be there," she continued. "For the
thousandth time (Ned mimicking Alexis as she says it, mockingly)
"Don't say anything until I get there." She hung up
and looked at Ned, clearly annoyed.
"Was that necessary?" Alexis asked.
"Yes." Ned replied.
"Why are you doing this?" Alexis asked almost calmly
"What?" Ned asked innocently
"You know what!" Alexis screamed
"Yeah maybe I do!" Ned yelled back They both stopped and stared at each other defiantly then Alexis took a risk and opened her mouth first.
"Why does it bother you so much?" Alexis asked him vulnerably.
"You should know why by now Alexis." Ned stated coolly.
"You know how I get when someone is trying to reach me."
" I don't care, it was Sonny interrupting us
AGAIN!!"
"How do you know it was Sonny?" Alexis asked
"It's always Sonny." He replied simply but firm.
"That is no means to act like a 2 year old" She said
annoyed
"Something is different about you lately, Ned."
"Yeah well maybe I have had enough of you running off
to Sonny every hour on the hour!"
"I do not!" She screamed.
"You're never home, Alexis, admit it!" Ned yelled
back.
"And neither are you! What about you running off and
visiting Brook Lyn all the time? What is that all
about?"
"She's my daughter Alexis and since when do you have a
problem with me visiting her?"
Ned said, as the fight raged on.
"Since you started going every week!"
"AND that is a problem, why?"
"You spend more time with Brook Lyn than you do with
Kristen or Matt. OR ME, you do remember me right Ned?, your wife!"
"That's not true and yes I know your my wife!" Ned screamed at her
"It is and you know it!" Alexis shouted back.
"Do you know what Kristen told me yesterday?" She
asked him.
"What?" Ned asked.
"That she misses you." Alexis told him. "That she
never gets to see you. And she hates that." He
felt his heart break.
"And Matthew,"
"Have you seen the look on his face, have you ever
noticed, when he asks you to do something with him,
and you have to go?"
"OK, OK! I get your point!"
"I don't think you do." Alexis continued.
"I'm the one who has to deal with that! Every time
your not here! And it breaks my heart to see the
disappointment on BOTH their faces." Alexis said.
"And you think I don't deal with that every time you
run off to go meet with Sonny!"
Ned yelled.
"I can't deal with this right now!" She yelled as she
headed out the door. "I'm already going to be late!"
"That's right. Run off to Sonny!" Ned screamed. Alexis
just looked at him, annoyed.
"This isn't over Alexis." Ned said.
"Somehow I knew that!" She yelled as she left and
headed to the PCPD.
Just as she was leaving, Kristen entered the house,
finished shopping. She took one look at her father,
knew he was mad, and headed towards her room, where
she began to cry.
~Chapter 4~
Julie slammed the door as she walked into the house.
Fuming, she stomped into the living room, where her
parents were.
"I HATE Brook Lynn! But then, that is no surprise.
Everyone hates her! And she'd better watch out. One
day some one will get her. I don't understand how
someone can be so mean to her own sister! I would
NEVER be like that to Camilla!"
She shouted. Both Skye and Jax looked up, surprised at
their daughter's outrage.
"Wow, Julie, where did that come from?" Jax asked.
"Yeah what happened?" Skye asked concerned
"Brook Lynn happened. Not only did she insult Kristen
and her mother repetitively, but she called ME a
mistake!"
"Oh, Julie, you know that is a lie." Skye said,
immediatly. But Julie shrugged.
"I know it is a lie. But NO ONE gets away with making
me feel bad." She said. In that moment Skye saw
herself in the girl. "Anyways, I'm going to take a
shower." Julie good-naturedly ran off towards the
bathroom.
"That was strange." Jax said, concerned.
"Not really. She has that Quartermaine blood, you
know." Skye joked.
"Very true." Jax nodded. "Just look at her mother." He
added jokingly.
"Very funny, Mr. Jacks." Skye crossed her arms.
All of a sudden, they both heard Julie shouting, "Ew!"
from upstairs. "Just hang on, Ben. I'll be right
back." Was the next thing they heard, followed by
Julie pounding down the stairs.
"Okay, so maybe I won't take a shower." She said,
running towards the linen closet. Jax grabbed her arm.
"What is going on up there?" He asked.
"Uh, up where? Julie asked coyly.
"Don't play dumb." Jax warned. Julie gulped and
whispered something in his ear. Then she shot him a
pleading look.
He shook his head. "Go get a towel, then." He told
her.
"Jax? What did she just tell you?" Skye asked, her
hands on her hips.
"Oh, she just - uh - she said Ben is sick." Jax
stuttered. "He's throwing up." At that point Skye
headed for the stairs, but Jax stopped her.
"Skye, he's not sick. That isn't why he is throwing
up." He admitted.
"Why is he, then?" Skye asked, seeming to know where
Jax was taking the conversation.
"Julie said there was a bottle of vodka beside him on
he bathroom floor."
"Oh no." Skye gasped and then headed up to the
bathroom. Ben had seemed to momentarily recover. Julie
quickly ran and stood in front of the vodka bottle,
but Skye was quicker. She grabbed it.
"Ben, really, I can't believe this." She said,
examining the bottle.
Her stare pierced him, and a wave of guilt overcame
him. Skye hurled the bottle into the trash, where it
shattered into a million pieces. Then she turned to
Julie. "Come on. Leave him alone for now." She
instructed. Julie nodded and followed her mother back
downstairs. But before either of her parents could say
anything, Julie spoke up.
"Ben isn't the only problem right now, actually. I
thought you guys should know, since Daddy is Ned's
best friend." She started. "And Alexis'." She added.
"What do you mean?" Jax asked, concerned.
"Well, you know earlier when I came in here?"
"Yes." Jax nodded.
"Well Brook said some things, and Kristen confirmed
it. I was wondering if you could find out if its
true." Julie asked cautiously.
"You need to tell us what it is first." Skye said
"Are they getting divorced?" She asked quietly.
"Why would you think that?" Jax asked.
"Well, the way Kristen was acting. It just seemed off,
and she told me things weren't that good between the
two of them, that's about all though."
"They seemed fine at Thanksgiving" Skye said, trying
to be rational.
"Me and Alecz said the same thing - that they were
fine a Thanksgiving." Julie continued. "But Kristen
thinks otherwise."
"Something about Sonny." Julie added.
"Well Ned has always hated her representing him, not
that I blame him." Jax said.
"Kristen thinks there's more to it than that, so could
you please just maybe ask them?" Julie pleaded.
"I will, Julie." Jax agreed. "Don't you worry about
it."
"Thank you" Julie said but added, "Don't tell them
Kristen suspects anything. She'd kill me."
"I won't," Jax assured her. Then his face changed.
"Julie, did you know your brother had that bottle of
vodka?" He asked.
"No, I swear!" Julie replied quickly. "I just went up
there and he told me his friend gave it to him a while
back. He said he didn't even plan on drinking it, but
then he just wanted to see what it was like. The
bottle wasn't even full, and he did not drink it all."
She rattled out. Skye glanced towards the stairs.
"Looks like I'm going to have to teach him a lesson."
She said.