Ch.8: Julie's family
Pan arose from her bed feeling extreme nausea for the first time in the last four weeks. Connor seemed to be awake already because he was standing at the window fully dressed flipping his tail around. Pan reached for the package of crackers on the nightstand and pulled out a few to ease her nausea.
"Good morning Connor." Pan said quietly so she didn't wake Julie.
"Hello." Connor mumbled. "Mom needed to talk to Dad so she sent me in here."
"That's fine." Pan got up and looked over to Julie's bed. Julie was sitting up her laptop open in her lap.
"Morning Julie." Pan said going into the bathroom.
"Conney what time is it?" Julie asked.
"It's a little after eight."
"Is your mom up?"
"Yeah."
"Okay I'll be right back." Julie got up and went into the connecting room. Marissa was sitting on the edge of her bed talking to what seemed like thin air. The truth was Jarrod was in the bathroom.
"Want to go shopping Julie?" Marissa asked.
"Sure. I wanted to talk to you about Connor's father." Julie said.
"Yeah." Julie could tell Marissa was uncomfortable with the topic.
"Are you going to tell-?"
"Julie some things are better left unsaid." Marissa said firmly.
"Right." That was the end of the topic. "We'd better start getting ready or else we don't catch the three o'clock flight home."
"Okay."
**Wal-mart**
It was nearly noon and Marissa had finished collecting clothes, toys and many other items for her son. Jarrod, Connor and Pan had gone off to Burger King for lunch while Marissa and Julie took to Wal-Mart.
"I remember the first time we came here together." Julie said.
"Me too."
"Connor got his first race out fit." Julie said looking around.
"He looked so cute in it too." Marissa said. Suddenly Julie pulled her into one of the aisles. "What are you doing?"
"It's my parents." Julie said.
"So?"
"So when they kicked me out they told me that they never wanted to see my face ever again."
"So?"
"Riss why are you so hard to convince?"
"Because I am a Gemini."
"A Gemini isn't supposed to be so stubborn!"
"Well if the Leo would do her job."
"Smartass."
"Better than a dumb one." Julie's parents turned down the aisle and caught sight of Julie right then.
"Addison?" Her mother asked.
"Hello mother." Julie growled.
"I didn't think I would ever see you again!" Her mother said holding her arms open.
"Um you threw me out of the house when I was fifteen and now you expect me to reunite with you in eight years."
"You were racing."
"And I have earned one hell of a living doing it too." Julie said stroming off. Marissa ran for her.
"She seemed nice."
"Yeah well she threw me out. How nice is that?"
"She's a lot nicer than Milissa."
"Let's just get out of here. It's going to take forever just to get through security at the airport."
Pan arose from her bed feeling extreme nausea for the first time in the last four weeks. Connor seemed to be awake already because he was standing at the window fully dressed flipping his tail around. Pan reached for the package of crackers on the nightstand and pulled out a few to ease her nausea.
"Good morning Connor." Pan said quietly so she didn't wake Julie.
"Hello." Connor mumbled. "Mom needed to talk to Dad so she sent me in here."
"That's fine." Pan got up and looked over to Julie's bed. Julie was sitting up her laptop open in her lap.
"Morning Julie." Pan said going into the bathroom.
"Conney what time is it?" Julie asked.
"It's a little after eight."
"Is your mom up?"
"Yeah."
"Okay I'll be right back." Julie got up and went into the connecting room. Marissa was sitting on the edge of her bed talking to what seemed like thin air. The truth was Jarrod was in the bathroom.
"Want to go shopping Julie?" Marissa asked.
"Sure. I wanted to talk to you about Connor's father." Julie said.
"Yeah." Julie could tell Marissa was uncomfortable with the topic.
"Are you going to tell-?"
"Julie some things are better left unsaid." Marissa said firmly.
"Right." That was the end of the topic. "We'd better start getting ready or else we don't catch the three o'clock flight home."
"Okay."
**Wal-mart**
It was nearly noon and Marissa had finished collecting clothes, toys and many other items for her son. Jarrod, Connor and Pan had gone off to Burger King for lunch while Marissa and Julie took to Wal-Mart.
"I remember the first time we came here together." Julie said.
"Me too."
"Connor got his first race out fit." Julie said looking around.
"He looked so cute in it too." Marissa said. Suddenly Julie pulled her into one of the aisles. "What are you doing?"
"It's my parents." Julie said.
"So?"
"So when they kicked me out they told me that they never wanted to see my face ever again."
"So?"
"Riss why are you so hard to convince?"
"Because I am a Gemini."
"A Gemini isn't supposed to be so stubborn!"
"Well if the Leo would do her job."
"Smartass."
"Better than a dumb one." Julie's parents turned down the aisle and caught sight of Julie right then.
"Addison?" Her mother asked.
"Hello mother." Julie growled.
"I didn't think I would ever see you again!" Her mother said holding her arms open.
"Um you threw me out of the house when I was fifteen and now you expect me to reunite with you in eight years."
"You were racing."
"And I have earned one hell of a living doing it too." Julie said stroming off. Marissa ran for her.
"She seemed nice."
"Yeah well she threw me out. How nice is that?"
"She's a lot nicer than Milissa."
"Let's just get out of here. It's going to take forever just to get through security at the airport."