A/N: hey yall. Sorry I didn't get to update yesterday! I was out with a few friends after winning all of our games yesterday! The soccer champ strikes again! Oh yeah baby! Ok so anyway, I'm sorry and I'll try to update faster-just for you movielvr. I'll update it faster just for you. I've got room for a lot of luvin. Oh, and I'll try to make the chapters longer, k? x fig newton 5 x: umm sorry about my you know what habit, but I'm tryin to stop so get off my back! Thanks for the review! Oh, but yall should know that my spring break time is coming up from the fifth through the fifteenth and I'll be in California and then I'll be in New York. But I'll try to update. DON'T HURT ME! I'll try to update as much as I can until then!
I'd like to give a special shout out to Goddess Of Silent Tears! YOU ROCK! My first reviewer and you review every single chapter! Girl, I swear if I ever get around to even reading any of your fan fics, I'm gonna review every single chapter. YOU ROCK IN SURROUND SOUND! I am like gonna dedicate on of these chapters to you. I don't know which one though. Oh and that one line that you loved, I know it was funny, but has there ever been a time when you thought of your parents and the creation of babies and just gave out a shiver! Don't feel left out, I laughed when I wrote it. Ok now let's begin the story.
I looked at Elizabeth, who unfortunately lost her appetite too, and gave her a disgusted look. She returned it and we laughed. I guess we both had the same thought on our minds. Elizabeth and I hadn't touched our food since Uncle Johnny said his news.
I found it odd because my dad told me that Uncle Johnny was afraid of his own shadow and he couldn't think for himself or anything like that. and now look at him, he's gonna be a father. I shivered. I was trying to get the thought out of my mind.
I waited for everyone to finish while I sipped on a Dr. Pepper. My dad gave me a look of suspicion and said, "You not hungry, Eric?"
I looked at him and said, "Uh…umm…well…no. I've just lost my appetite…suddenly. I'll eat something later." I shivered again and I noticed the twitch in my eye. That's great! He probably knows why I'm not eating!
We finally left the restaurant and I got that thought out of my mind…thank God! Dad looked at me in the car and laughed. I didn't see anything to laugh about. Oh well. I think it was because my body was still twitching. I didn't know if it was.
I sat in the back with Karis. My mom decided to go with Aunt Kathy, then Uncle Two-bit went with Uncle Dally, and Aunt Sylvia went with Aunt Evie, and Uncle Steve went with Uncle Sodapop, and Aunt Alicia went with Aunt Ana, so Uncle Ponyboy went with my dad. (A/N: I don't mean to confuse anyone. Put all of your comments in a review about it.)
Uncle Ponyboy had just made a sharp U-turn and my dad said, "Ponyboy! Watch it man! You already got into a car wreck yesterday!"
"Hey! You were the one that let Dallas teach me to drive!" he said abruptly.
"Yeah but I didn't think that you were gonna do that just like him." He said with a laugh. I gave out a small laugh. Uncle Ponyboy was right. I think that whoever gave Uncle Dally his license was drunk, wasted, or stoned that day.
I sighed as Karis said, "Daddy, where are we going?" Uncle Ponyboy looked at my dad and he shrugged then whispered, "Alex is the only who knows where we're going." (A/N: yall probably already put the puzzle together, but Alex is Darry's wife. I don't remember if I told yall that or not)
"Uh, well uh, sweetie, we are going to this place. It's a really nice place that you'll like." He said to Karis. I looked at him and laughed. Uncle Ponyboy has no idea how to take care of a kid. One time, my dad told me that Uncle Ponyboy'd be lost if it were for Aunt Ana.
"How do you know if Aunt Alex is the only one who knows?" she asked.
My dad gave out a laugh and said, "Well because uh…"
"Forget it. I'll wait." She said. She sighed and leaned against me. she gave out a yawn lied down into my lap. Karis does this with everyone. When she's tired, no matter who you are, she'll just lye down into your lap and make herself comfy.
I stroked her hair lightly as she closed her eyes. I rolled my eyes and my thigh went numb. I can't believe how some days my family is like my hero and then others, they are just totally annoying. Ya know what I mean?
Some days I can't help but feel sorry for myself. I know I shouldn't, but I do. then I'll see someone else and just get over it and be thankful that I have a family. I mean that I could be like Aunt Kathy and Uncle Two-bit and be on the urge of a divorce. (A/N: don't worry, they don't get divorced but you'll know more in later chapters) I mean, it is true because they argue constantly. That's partly why Kailyn sleep in Kate's room when she's over here.
Uncle Ponyboy said, "Eric, if she gets cold then there's a blanket on the floor under my seat." I nodded my head.
"What's wrong with her?" Dad asked.
"I don't know. She's been getting hot, passing out, and other strange things. She doesn't sleep anymore and when she does, she has this awful nightmare that scares the hell out of her."
"Oh. Maybe she just gets over heated and passes out." my dad suggested.
"Well no because she was just standing in the kitchen the other day and just fell to the ground. It's happened too many times and Ana will probably have a heart attack if she does it again."
"Well she's also eight and the dreams are probably normal." My dad said.
"Did Sodapop, you, or I have nightmares at her age constantly?" he asked.
"Ok well no, but I don't know everyone is different." Dad said.
"Yeah, but if we did have nightmares, we didn't go days without sleeping, now did we?" he said rather smartly.
"Ok well no, but…ok I've ran out of ideas of what it could be." He said sighing. I sighed along with him as Karis shifted around. She can't sit still to save her life. (A/N: I'm not describing her as being like Sodapop, but have you ever met an eight year old who doesn't move around?)
have you ever like noticed that like how so much has happened and it's like only Monday or Tuesday or something like that? well it's only the first day of vacation and, already, so much has happened. Ya know what I mean? Ok, Holly's moving, she told me she loved me, I said it back, I noticed that my dad does pay attention to me, Aunt Donna's pregnant, and Karis is…well sort of…sick. All of this happened in less than twenty-four hours. What a day! (A/N: I'm having trouble if Aunt Donna's baby should be a boy or a girl. I'm thinking that this one should be a boy and then like the second one be a girl. Oh and that's a hint that she's gonna get pregnant again, but I'm not telling you when. MUHAHAHAHA!)
it turns out that the thing that we were going to do was just a movie. Elizabeth, Katherine, Angela, Johnny, and I didn't really watch it. we all just really hung out in the arcade that they had. I ran into Holly, Mario, and Katy too.
"Eric, hey man what's up?" Mario said.
"Nothin, man, we just waiting for my dad and everyone else." I said.
"Oh." Said Holly. I looked at her and said, "Something wrong?"
"No." she said. "I'm just a little upset, ya know? I don't wanna go, I love Oklahoma…I love you." She said. I looked at her and said, "Hey…" I wrapped her into a hug and said, "I love you too."
"I know you do, but it's not the same if you love me just because I love you." She said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"You didn't love me or say it until I said something. You only say it because I said it first! I don't believe it!" she shouted.
"Holly…why would I say something I don't mean? I don't lie to you and you know it." I was trying to keep my voice calm and steady so I wouldn't just make a scene in the arcade.
"I know you don't, but…" she stopped then said, "it hurts."
"What hurts?" I said. What would hurt Holly.
"Everything! Leaving someplace I love and leaving the people that I love. Not just you, but Katy, Mario, Sears, Josh, Jacob, and everyone else we hang out with! Your family is so cool Eric and you don't even realize that yet! How long has your family been in that house? Huh? Tell me Eric! When is the last time you had to pick up your things and leave everything you love and never know when you'll see or hear from them again! I'll tell you when…NEVER! You think your family doesn't notice you, but Eric, they do. they love you Eric! All of your aunt's and uncle's come down every year to be with you and your brother and sister, your mom, and your dad! when they aren't here, and it's just you and your family…they all love you! Eric…when you're sick, who takes care of you?"
she paused for two minutes. "Answer me Eric!" she said. Her voice started to tremble.
"My parents." I answered.
"And when I'm sick…who takes care of me?" she said.
I paused then thought. "Nobody…Eric!" she said. "Nobody! They have to work! Eric, when is the last time your parents took you out for no apparent reason. You know, just to be nice! Not just because you had family and everyone else down here?"
"My parents." I said.
"You wanna know the last time my parents did that?" she paused and I stared at her. "I can't remember. That's right. if I've ever been anywhere, it's either because we have company over or I'm out with friends. Eric…you don't realize how lucky you are. Your parents love you. They always have."
"Eric…" somebody said from behind me, "is that what you think? That we don't love you?" I turned around and saw Elizabeth talking.
I shook my head and she said, "Well we wasted gas coming down here to be with yall then." She said looking furious.
"I guess we did." Katherine and Johnny said at the same time.
"Then I guess we did too." Angela said.
"Eric, how far do they live?" Holly asked.
"They live in Murray." I said.
"Yeah, and how far is Murray?" she asked.
"I don't know." I said.
"Well it's pretty damn far." Elizabeth said. She turned away and said, "I'm going to get something to drink." She walked away and Katherine and Johnny followed.
"Eric…" Holly said, "your family loves you. Now I want you to go in there and just appreciate what you've got. I'll see you at your house tonight because my parents wanna leave tomorrow. They want to get settled into the new house and get me enrolled and everything like that done before break is over." She walked off with Katy and Mario…without saying a word to me again.
A/N: hey yall sorry about the long wait but I had things to take care of. We won first place in our soccer tournament and the coach has just been running us ragged. He wants us to be as good in this weekends soccer game. Oh well. I'll update as much as I can.