"Your mother is in the hospital and it's your fault!" the man yells.
"What? Mom is in the hospital." Riot cries. He gets up as his father
disappears. "I'm sorry sweetheart, but I need to see my mother."
"Yes I know and I'll drive you." The two then leave the party and get in
her car and drive to the hospital. Then after leaving him with his mother,
Jerrica enters the coffee shop where she sees Riot's father. He watches her
sit down.
"I'm sorry about your wife. I hope she feels better."
He turns to her. "You were at my son's party."
"Yes I was. I'm Jerrica Benton. I'm your son's girlfriend." He turns to her
his face-hardened. She turns away. She had never met anyone who didn't like
musicians before. Guess there's a first time for everything. She then
listens as he tells her about his life with his son, that is until she sees
Riot in a mirror in front of them. He was walking out. She had to leave and
make sure he was all right. "I'm sorry Mr. Llewelyn but I have to go, but
before I do I will say this, at times I envy your son." He looks at her
surprised. "Both of my parents are dead." She then runs out, chasing after
Riot. Finally she reaches him.
"Rory stop, where are you going?"
"Huh oh sorry; guess I'm in a fog."
"That's understandable. Let's go home." He slips his arm around her. He
needed her right now just like she needed him that night when he learned
she was Jem. However after returning to Starlight Mansion and seeing that
he needed to talk things out, Jerrica suggests that they sit down in the
study so they wouldn't wake up the Starlight girls.
"Makes sense." Then, after settling down, Riot tells her his story. He
tells her about when he was four. How his father had, by physical
discipline, tried to discourage his son from playing music, which his
father saw only to be for women. But as Jerrica listens, Krissie, one of
her eldest, has heard them talking and has come downstairs. The teenager
tiptoes near the study and quietly listens to the blonde tell his tale.
"Oh wow!" she says quietly. She then sees him get up and go over to where
there is a picture of Jerrica's parents on a wall.
"You were close with your father weren't you?"
"Yes."
"I envy you because of this morning I have been disowned by my family."
"Oh Rory I'm sorry." she says as she walks up behind him. "Is there
anything I can do?"
He turns to her. "You have by letting me lean on you; that's enough." He
then tells her he is tired. She nods and the two go upstairs. Nevertheless
after they have gone up, Krissie writes a note and puts it near the honor
jar. She had a plan to help him.
Although his backup singers had been mean to her and Terri, he had been
willing to make up for it. That mattered. However the next day while Riot
and Jerrica go to see his mother at the hospital Krissie calls the
Starlight Girls for a meeting. Although at first unsure about the idea, the
other girls had to admit the blonde singer did try to make up for all the
misery he had caused. Even Ashley had to admit it seemed he had changed.
"Well I suppose we could do something." says Anne.
"But what do we do." asks Krissie.
"I know let's get him a new guitar. You know like the one that Kimber plays
sometimes." says Banee.
"Yeah, but those kind of guitars cost a lot of money." comments Deirdre.
"Not if we go see Mr. Bailey at his museum. Don't forget he owes us some
money for helping out when we did some spring cleaning for him." says
Krissie."
The other girls agree and after getting permission from Shana they go see
Mr. Bailey. However, back at the hospital Jerrica sighs as she watches Riot
and his father argue. To make matters worse it seems their fighting was the
cause of Riot's mother's illness. She then, while her boyfriend is picking
up the rest of his stuff from the penthouse, goes to see Riot's father, but
thinking if it came from Jem it might go easier.
"Mr. Llewelyn my name is Jem I'm the lead singer of the Holograms." He just
nods his head. "I'm here to talk to you about your wife."
Hearing this Riot's father jumps up. "Mildred, she's not."
"No, but you and Rory are killing her. The fighting and the animosity it's
tearing her apart inside." She then tries to convince him to give his son a
chance, telling how his son and his band had worked, and lived for a while,
on the streets of Europe. That determination that Rory had learned from his
father taught him not to give up. This gets Daniel Llewelyn's attention.
"Here is a ticket for his next concert. Try to understand him."
"Never!" he shouts.
"If not for yourself do it for your wife. Do it for your family." She then
gets up and leaves. Then after turning back to Jerrica she goes to help
Riot clean out the last of his belongings. However as they pack up the car
she is stunned when he becomes angry that she had gone as Jem to go see his
father.
"Why didn't you go as yourself?" Riot asks. Jerrica turns away.
"My love it's only a program nothing more. You're using Jem as a crutch. Do
you want people to get know you or do you want them to get to know the
illusion you created?"
"I can't, besides that's what people want. That's what the Holograms, my
sister wants."
Riot shakes his head as he forces her to look at him. "Yes, but is that
what you want? You're an amazing lady you should let people see that,
moreover I doubt that's what your father had in mind."
"Yes, but it's too late. People would get mad if they learned what Jem is.
I'm more fun as Jem anyway."
"Maybe, but I think that's for two reasons: one the Holograms and two
yourself."
"I guess." she says.
He then lifts her chin. "I'm sorry for getting angry at you I would just
have had you rather had dad seen you as the woman I love and not as the
illusion that you created." He then pulls her in his arms knowing it was
because of all those times that Eric and the Misfits had gone after her
identity that she was afraid to reveal herself. They then return to the
mansion so he can get ready for the Stingers last concert.
"What? Mom is in the hospital." Riot cries. He gets up as his father
disappears. "I'm sorry sweetheart, but I need to see my mother."
"Yes I know and I'll drive you." The two then leave the party and get in
her car and drive to the hospital. Then after leaving him with his mother,
Jerrica enters the coffee shop where she sees Riot's father. He watches her
sit down.
"I'm sorry about your wife. I hope she feels better."
He turns to her. "You were at my son's party."
"Yes I was. I'm Jerrica Benton. I'm your son's girlfriend." He turns to her
his face-hardened. She turns away. She had never met anyone who didn't like
musicians before. Guess there's a first time for everything. She then
listens as he tells her about his life with his son, that is until she sees
Riot in a mirror in front of them. He was walking out. She had to leave and
make sure he was all right. "I'm sorry Mr. Llewelyn but I have to go, but
before I do I will say this, at times I envy your son." He looks at her
surprised. "Both of my parents are dead." She then runs out, chasing after
Riot. Finally she reaches him.
"Rory stop, where are you going?"
"Huh oh sorry; guess I'm in a fog."
"That's understandable. Let's go home." He slips his arm around her. He
needed her right now just like she needed him that night when he learned
she was Jem. However after returning to Starlight Mansion and seeing that
he needed to talk things out, Jerrica suggests that they sit down in the
study so they wouldn't wake up the Starlight girls.
"Makes sense." Then, after settling down, Riot tells her his story. He
tells her about when he was four. How his father had, by physical
discipline, tried to discourage his son from playing music, which his
father saw only to be for women. But as Jerrica listens, Krissie, one of
her eldest, has heard them talking and has come downstairs. The teenager
tiptoes near the study and quietly listens to the blonde tell his tale.
"Oh wow!" she says quietly. She then sees him get up and go over to where
there is a picture of Jerrica's parents on a wall.
"You were close with your father weren't you?"
"Yes."
"I envy you because of this morning I have been disowned by my family."
"Oh Rory I'm sorry." she says as she walks up behind him. "Is there
anything I can do?"
He turns to her. "You have by letting me lean on you; that's enough." He
then tells her he is tired. She nods and the two go upstairs. Nevertheless
after they have gone up, Krissie writes a note and puts it near the honor
jar. She had a plan to help him.
Although his backup singers had been mean to her and Terri, he had been
willing to make up for it. That mattered. However the next day while Riot
and Jerrica go to see his mother at the hospital Krissie calls the
Starlight Girls for a meeting. Although at first unsure about the idea, the
other girls had to admit the blonde singer did try to make up for all the
misery he had caused. Even Ashley had to admit it seemed he had changed.
"Well I suppose we could do something." says Anne.
"But what do we do." asks Krissie.
"I know let's get him a new guitar. You know like the one that Kimber plays
sometimes." says Banee.
"Yeah, but those kind of guitars cost a lot of money." comments Deirdre.
"Not if we go see Mr. Bailey at his museum. Don't forget he owes us some
money for helping out when we did some spring cleaning for him." says
Krissie."
The other girls agree and after getting permission from Shana they go see
Mr. Bailey. However, back at the hospital Jerrica sighs as she watches Riot
and his father argue. To make matters worse it seems their fighting was the
cause of Riot's mother's illness. She then, while her boyfriend is picking
up the rest of his stuff from the penthouse, goes to see Riot's father, but
thinking if it came from Jem it might go easier.
"Mr. Llewelyn my name is Jem I'm the lead singer of the Holograms." He just
nods his head. "I'm here to talk to you about your wife."
Hearing this Riot's father jumps up. "Mildred, she's not."
"No, but you and Rory are killing her. The fighting and the animosity it's
tearing her apart inside." She then tries to convince him to give his son a
chance, telling how his son and his band had worked, and lived for a while,
on the streets of Europe. That determination that Rory had learned from his
father taught him not to give up. This gets Daniel Llewelyn's attention.
"Here is a ticket for his next concert. Try to understand him."
"Never!" he shouts.
"If not for yourself do it for your wife. Do it for your family." She then
gets up and leaves. Then after turning back to Jerrica she goes to help
Riot clean out the last of his belongings. However as they pack up the car
she is stunned when he becomes angry that she had gone as Jem to go see his
father.
"Why didn't you go as yourself?" Riot asks. Jerrica turns away.
"My love it's only a program nothing more. You're using Jem as a crutch. Do
you want people to get know you or do you want them to get to know the
illusion you created?"
"I can't, besides that's what people want. That's what the Holograms, my
sister wants."
Riot shakes his head as he forces her to look at him. "Yes, but is that
what you want? You're an amazing lady you should let people see that,
moreover I doubt that's what your father had in mind."
"Yes, but it's too late. People would get mad if they learned what Jem is.
I'm more fun as Jem anyway."
"Maybe, but I think that's for two reasons: one the Holograms and two
yourself."
"I guess." she says.
He then lifts her chin. "I'm sorry for getting angry at you I would just
have had you rather had dad seen you as the woman I love and not as the
illusion that you created." He then pulls her in his arms knowing it was
because of all those times that Eric and the Misfits had gone after her
identity that she was afraid to reveal herself. They then return to the
mansion so he can get ready for the Stingers last concert.