Chapter Three: Phone Call
It's been a week now and having the Z fighters around become real comfortable, it was almost freaky. Anyways, I was the last one to wake up that morning, and I could smell cooked bacon in the air. Walking down stairs, I passed Piccilo on the way. ..for some reason, after what happened last night I couldn't force myself to look up at him. He was only trying to help me and yet I blew up in his face and lied, so I just gave a quick "Morning." and went into the kitchen.
"Trunks I didn't know you could cook!" I said with shock. I looked over at the table; bacon, eggs, hash browns, sausage, toast, and some fruit were all placed nicely on it.
Putting a hand behind his head and smiling sheepishly, Trunks put the last plate of food on the table. "Heh, yeah well when you've got a Mom that can't cook very well; you tend to want to learn how."
I gave a small giggle and helped get some glasses from the cupboard. "Thanks for making breakfast Trunks.but there was no need for it-I should have been the one making food for you all..I'm such a bad hostess. I should have set my alarm clock."
"You don't have to apologize, Jordy." Trunks smiled, he began to blush a little. "It seemed like you were having a bad night so I thought I'd make breakfast and let you sleep. Goten helped to, so I had some help."
"Then thank you." And with that we called in the rest of the 'crew' and they all started to eat.
"Where's Vegeta?" I asked, noticing he wasn't at the table eating.
"Right here." He growled walking through the living room. Just then the phone rang, and seeings that he was right beside it.Vegeta pick up the phone. "What do you want?" He asked flatly.
"Vegeta!" I can't believe how rude he is some times.
"Jorden? What-who is this?" the voice demanded.
"Who's this?" Vegeta demanded back.
"Put Jorden on the phone...Where is she-is she even there? Are you her boyfriend or something?! Who said you could come into my house!?" the man on the other side of the phone raged. It was my father.and I could tell by his raging yell, everyone could hear.
"What's it to you, you baka! How dare you talk to me like tha-" Vegeta yelled to him.
"VEGETA DON"T!" I screamed and wrenched the phone away from him. "Daddy." I spoke.
"What the hell is going on! Who is in MY house!? What have you been up to Jordy." he asked in a chilling tone that made me shiver.
"I.I'm sorry he's just a boy from school-he's helping me with my.er. homework."
"..you disappoint me Jorden.maybe I didn't quite make myself clear the first time...You've told him something about me haven't you."
"No I never, I'm sorry-please, he's only here for a little while longer and then he's going home." I told him.
"Sorry doesn't cut it kid-obviously I need to teach you some respect!" he yelled.
".yeah by beating the crap out of me." I whispered to myself.
"What did you say!? If I find out that you've opened that mouth of yours-No one needs to know you hear me? That is MY business not his."
*Fuck, shit! Did I say that out loud?* "Nothing! I didn-"
"You're a good for nothing little whore! ..just like your mother was! I don't even know why I even bothered keeping you around.Tell me again why I should bother, Jordy." He chuckled a little.
I didn't want to answer him.not now-not with them around, but I had no choice. If I didn't I was sure to get a harder beating when he got home, so I lowered my voice as much as I could and whispered. "I- .some.some times you. .uh.you ...." I gulped hard ".you get board some times.and some times I get wha.what I deserve..I'm sorry I never listen." I could just hear myself scream at the top of my lungs inside my head. This wasn't my fault.I never asked for this-to beat and robbed of my childhood and virginity.
How was THAT my fault?
I could hear him moan on the other side of the phone, he hearing me say those words seemed to pleasure him physically and mentally..it made me sick to my stomach. ".That's my girl. And I DO disserve that from you don't I?"
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"Don't I?!"
"...Ye...Yes you do."
".Good... I'll be home in two days-oh and Jordy..."
"Hmm?"
"If I were you I'd tell that BOY to take his leave, if you know what's good for you." And with that he hung up. My stomach all of a sudden got that sinking feeling and my heart jumped up into my throat. ".two days?" I mouthed.
Everyone was staring, looking confused why I'd looked so scared. Piccilo and Vegeta especially had their eyes on me which made me feel real uncomfortable. I just wanted to disappear. "Hey Jorden what did your dad say? Did you tell him you had some company over?" asked Goten. I didn't respond. I stood there with the phone to my ear still, staring into nothingness. "Hello-earth to Jordy?"
I finally came to and gave a small smile. "He said to say hi to you all and you're more then welcome to stay as long as you like...he'll be back in two days." Of courses I lied, Piccilo and Vegeta knew it too. Shrugging their shoulders Goten, Goku and Trunks went back to eating, but not before he gave me a weary look. I sat down on the couch thinking . *Where the hell, are these guys going to stay when my Dad gets home?* I noticed Vegeta still standing there looking at me with his narrowed eyes. "What." I asked raising an eyebrow at him.
"Tell me, is your Father always in that manner or did you just piss him off over something you DIDN'T do?"
"I got into a fight with a guy at school that's all. I got suspended for a few days and he blew up at me just before he left. That's why I have this burse-I knew you were going to ask me about that sooner or later-so don't look at me like you were going to ask, Vegeta.. Since when do you care?" I said a little annoyed. *why does anyone give a damn?! Leave me alone-don't ask me anymore questions! I'm just going to lye!* I screamed inside my head.
Vegeta just gave a slight nod and left to sit down and eat. My eyes were as big as saucers *what was that suppose to mean?! Did Vegeta hear our conversation? Or was he referring to how Dad talked to him when he answered the phone... ask him.* said another voice in my head. * I can't ask him! Then he'll get suspicious or something! .I don't know Jordy, Vegeta seems like he knows something.*
"Jordy, you going to come and eat?" Trunks asked. "You better hurry before it's all gone."
"No thanks, Trunks.It looks great but suddenly I think I've lost my appetite." I smiled and I walked outside to sit on the porch. Looking out at the ocean always made me feel better. The sounds of the waves were always so soothing. "God this life is a nightmare." I sighed.
"It's only a nightmare if you make it to be." said a deep voice behind me.
I didn't even turn around to see who it was. "Bug off Piccilo; I'm not in the mood. .Did you tell Vegeta anything, you know. about.last night? Nothing's going on you know, you're wasting your time."
"No.why? You seem to be a little jumpy...maybe you are hiding something." He said bluntly.
"Piccilo.even if I was, it's none of your business is it?"
".No, I suppose not."
"Piccilo?"
"Hmm?"
".You heard what my dad said didn't you?"
"."
* .Great, I'll take that as a yes.*"Well, I don't want you to tell anyone. And I don't want you guys to be around when he gets home.it'll take him awhile to cool down, heh, he won't be in the greatest 'happy state' mood when he gets back. Besides you heard what he said.so I would like handle this without everyone here. We have a cabin a few miles from here on Qualuit Lake. It's a nice place-you and everyone else can stay there. I'll visit whenever I can."
All of a sudden I felt his strong hand grab my arm and whirl me around so that I was facing him. "How can you sit there and say that?" he looked at me with discussed. "So you're just going to let him abuse you like that?"
"Look I didn't recall asking you or anyone else for help." I glared at him.
All of a sudden we heard a noise from the porch door. It was Trunks. And from the look on his face, I'm guessing he heard everything. Piccilo quickly let go of my arm, and we broke apart.
"Trunks! How.how long have you been standing there?" I asked *please, don't let him know! Not him, not Trunks...he'll think I'm a freak*
"Long enough." he said sternly.
"I'll leave you two to talk." Piccilo quickly said and went inside. *Thanks a lot Piccilo.*
"How come you didn't tell any of us?" he said with a hurt look in his eyes.
I looked down at the ground not meeting his gaze "..would you have told anyone? Besides you just met me! I don't have to all of a sudden tell you about my problems!" I started to get angry.
"It all makes sense, your burses, the way you freaked out when you talked to your Father on the phone-"
"You heard?!" I said. *great I bet everyone knows now*
"Yes-'
"You had not right! How could you?"
".Jordy you have to get away from him, he'll end up killing you. I for one am not going to sit here and watch him beat you to death. Why won't you let anyone help you?!" Trunks said frustrated.
" Trunks, you've only known me for two days and already you're telling me what to do?! Look, don't you think I would have gone for help already? My Father is very well known here, everyone loves him to death, and no one would believe me. Besides even if I did tell someone, my Father..he said he'd kill me. Don't you see? I can't do anything even if I tried because he would find a way to hurt me one way or another. I can't run away-I've tried that, but the police just get involved and they bring me back to him. Either way, he wins." By now I was in tears, sobbing like mad. * God, why is this happening to me?!*
"Jorden let me help you..."
"I'm sorry.but I can't. Don't tell everyone else.they don't need to know." And with that I left and ran up stares.
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It's been a week now and having the Z fighters around become real comfortable, it was almost freaky. Anyways, I was the last one to wake up that morning, and I could smell cooked bacon in the air. Walking down stairs, I passed Piccilo on the way. ..for some reason, after what happened last night I couldn't force myself to look up at him. He was only trying to help me and yet I blew up in his face and lied, so I just gave a quick "Morning." and went into the kitchen.
"Trunks I didn't know you could cook!" I said with shock. I looked over at the table; bacon, eggs, hash browns, sausage, toast, and some fruit were all placed nicely on it.
Putting a hand behind his head and smiling sheepishly, Trunks put the last plate of food on the table. "Heh, yeah well when you've got a Mom that can't cook very well; you tend to want to learn how."
I gave a small giggle and helped get some glasses from the cupboard. "Thanks for making breakfast Trunks.but there was no need for it-I should have been the one making food for you all..I'm such a bad hostess. I should have set my alarm clock."
"You don't have to apologize, Jordy." Trunks smiled, he began to blush a little. "It seemed like you were having a bad night so I thought I'd make breakfast and let you sleep. Goten helped to, so I had some help."
"Then thank you." And with that we called in the rest of the 'crew' and they all started to eat.
"Where's Vegeta?" I asked, noticing he wasn't at the table eating.
"Right here." He growled walking through the living room. Just then the phone rang, and seeings that he was right beside it.Vegeta pick up the phone. "What do you want?" He asked flatly.
"Vegeta!" I can't believe how rude he is some times.
"Jorden? What-who is this?" the voice demanded.
"Who's this?" Vegeta demanded back.
"Put Jorden on the phone...Where is she-is she even there? Are you her boyfriend or something?! Who said you could come into my house!?" the man on the other side of the phone raged. It was my father.and I could tell by his raging yell, everyone could hear.
"What's it to you, you baka! How dare you talk to me like tha-" Vegeta yelled to him.
"VEGETA DON"T!" I screamed and wrenched the phone away from him. "Daddy." I spoke.
"What the hell is going on! Who is in MY house!? What have you been up to Jordy." he asked in a chilling tone that made me shiver.
"I.I'm sorry he's just a boy from school-he's helping me with my.er. homework."
"..you disappoint me Jorden.maybe I didn't quite make myself clear the first time...You've told him something about me haven't you."
"No I never, I'm sorry-please, he's only here for a little while longer and then he's going home." I told him.
"Sorry doesn't cut it kid-obviously I need to teach you some respect!" he yelled.
".yeah by beating the crap out of me." I whispered to myself.
"What did you say!? If I find out that you've opened that mouth of yours-No one needs to know you hear me? That is MY business not his."
*Fuck, shit! Did I say that out loud?* "Nothing! I didn-"
"You're a good for nothing little whore! ..just like your mother was! I don't even know why I even bothered keeping you around.Tell me again why I should bother, Jordy." He chuckled a little.
I didn't want to answer him.not now-not with them around, but I had no choice. If I didn't I was sure to get a harder beating when he got home, so I lowered my voice as much as I could and whispered. "I- .some.some times you. .uh.you ...." I gulped hard ".you get board some times.and some times I get wha.what I deserve..I'm sorry I never listen." I could just hear myself scream at the top of my lungs inside my head. This wasn't my fault.I never asked for this-to beat and robbed of my childhood and virginity.
How was THAT my fault?
I could hear him moan on the other side of the phone, he hearing me say those words seemed to pleasure him physically and mentally..it made me sick to my stomach. ".That's my girl. And I DO disserve that from you don't I?"
"."
"Don't I?!"
"...Ye...Yes you do."
".Good... I'll be home in two days-oh and Jordy..."
"Hmm?"
"If I were you I'd tell that BOY to take his leave, if you know what's good for you." And with that he hung up. My stomach all of a sudden got that sinking feeling and my heart jumped up into my throat. ".two days?" I mouthed.
Everyone was staring, looking confused why I'd looked so scared. Piccilo and Vegeta especially had their eyes on me which made me feel real uncomfortable. I just wanted to disappear. "Hey Jorden what did your dad say? Did you tell him you had some company over?" asked Goten. I didn't respond. I stood there with the phone to my ear still, staring into nothingness. "Hello-earth to Jordy?"
I finally came to and gave a small smile. "He said to say hi to you all and you're more then welcome to stay as long as you like...he'll be back in two days." Of courses I lied, Piccilo and Vegeta knew it too. Shrugging their shoulders Goten, Goku and Trunks went back to eating, but not before he gave me a weary look. I sat down on the couch thinking . *Where the hell, are these guys going to stay when my Dad gets home?* I noticed Vegeta still standing there looking at me with his narrowed eyes. "What." I asked raising an eyebrow at him.
"Tell me, is your Father always in that manner or did you just piss him off over something you DIDN'T do?"
"I got into a fight with a guy at school that's all. I got suspended for a few days and he blew up at me just before he left. That's why I have this burse-I knew you were going to ask me about that sooner or later-so don't look at me like you were going to ask, Vegeta.. Since when do you care?" I said a little annoyed. *why does anyone give a damn?! Leave me alone-don't ask me anymore questions! I'm just going to lye!* I screamed inside my head.
Vegeta just gave a slight nod and left to sit down and eat. My eyes were as big as saucers *what was that suppose to mean?! Did Vegeta hear our conversation? Or was he referring to how Dad talked to him when he answered the phone... ask him.* said another voice in my head. * I can't ask him! Then he'll get suspicious or something! .I don't know Jordy, Vegeta seems like he knows something.*
"Jordy, you going to come and eat?" Trunks asked. "You better hurry before it's all gone."
"No thanks, Trunks.It looks great but suddenly I think I've lost my appetite." I smiled and I walked outside to sit on the porch. Looking out at the ocean always made me feel better. The sounds of the waves were always so soothing. "God this life is a nightmare." I sighed.
"It's only a nightmare if you make it to be." said a deep voice behind me.
I didn't even turn around to see who it was. "Bug off Piccilo; I'm not in the mood. .Did you tell Vegeta anything, you know. about.last night? Nothing's going on you know, you're wasting your time."
"No.why? You seem to be a little jumpy...maybe you are hiding something." He said bluntly.
"Piccilo.even if I was, it's none of your business is it?"
".No, I suppose not."
"Piccilo?"
"Hmm?"
".You heard what my dad said didn't you?"
"."
* .Great, I'll take that as a yes.*"Well, I don't want you to tell anyone. And I don't want you guys to be around when he gets home.it'll take him awhile to cool down, heh, he won't be in the greatest 'happy state' mood when he gets back. Besides you heard what he said.so I would like handle this without everyone here. We have a cabin a few miles from here on Qualuit Lake. It's a nice place-you and everyone else can stay there. I'll visit whenever I can."
All of a sudden I felt his strong hand grab my arm and whirl me around so that I was facing him. "How can you sit there and say that?" he looked at me with discussed. "So you're just going to let him abuse you like that?"
"Look I didn't recall asking you or anyone else for help." I glared at him.
All of a sudden we heard a noise from the porch door. It was Trunks. And from the look on his face, I'm guessing he heard everything. Piccilo quickly let go of my arm, and we broke apart.
"Trunks! How.how long have you been standing there?" I asked *please, don't let him know! Not him, not Trunks...he'll think I'm a freak*
"Long enough." he said sternly.
"I'll leave you two to talk." Piccilo quickly said and went inside. *Thanks a lot Piccilo.*
"How come you didn't tell any of us?" he said with a hurt look in his eyes.
I looked down at the ground not meeting his gaze "..would you have told anyone? Besides you just met me! I don't have to all of a sudden tell you about my problems!" I started to get angry.
"It all makes sense, your burses, the way you freaked out when you talked to your Father on the phone-"
"You heard?!" I said. *great I bet everyone knows now*
"Yes-'
"You had not right! How could you?"
".Jordy you have to get away from him, he'll end up killing you. I for one am not going to sit here and watch him beat you to death. Why won't you let anyone help you?!" Trunks said frustrated.
" Trunks, you've only known me for two days and already you're telling me what to do?! Look, don't you think I would have gone for help already? My Father is very well known here, everyone loves him to death, and no one would believe me. Besides even if I did tell someone, my Father..he said he'd kill me. Don't you see? I can't do anything even if I tried because he would find a way to hurt me one way or another. I can't run away-I've tried that, but the police just get involved and they bring me back to him. Either way, he wins." By now I was in tears, sobbing like mad. * God, why is this happening to me?!*
"Jorden let me help you..."
"I'm sorry.but I can't. Don't tell everyone else.they don't need to know." And with that I left and ran up stares.
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