A/N.: Hey Guys. Thanks to all of you that reivewed. This chapters dedicated
to all of you.
~*~Sarah~*~ I just figured out where I'm going to kill Lorraine. I'm writing this new story about the ducks being homocide agents... I know sounds stupid, but it's not that bad, but anyway she's going to be one of the murder victims. lol. Okay I'll talk to ya later. ~Joc~
~*~Snorts~*~ I know wasn't the pizza line great? lol. Awesome Possum hehe. I like that line. That's funny. *laughs*
~*~Beans~*~Yea... thanks for the reivew dudeness. ~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Goodnight," Tommy said to me as he skipped up the stairs to his bedroom. "Don't stay up to late we got the trial tomorrow."
I groaned and turned back to the computer screen.
'I've gotta go.' I typed to Adam on the IM screen thing. Although it was only 10:30 in Minnesota it was 12:30 in Maine, so obviously it was pretty late.
'Allright.' he typed back. 'Talk to you tomorrow. Bye.'
'Tell everyone I said Hi. Bye.'
I shut down the computer and trudged up the stairs to my room. The trial tomorrow was the one that had been bumped back in ninth grade and was now scheduled for tomorrow and I was really in no mood to go, but it really wasn't up to me. I pulled off my pants and quickly changed into my pj's before walking into my neice's bedroom. Sierra was laying in her cradle. Softly I ran a finger up the side of the sleeping child's face. She was so cute huddled up in a little ball just like a cat. Just to think soon Tommy and Jamie would have another little just like her running around here.
~*~*~~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~~*~*
"GET UP JULIE!!" Tommy yelled into my room, flicking the switch twice.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Julie," He peeled the blankets and pulled me out of bed by my arms. "What are you five?"
"Maybe..."
"I don't wanna have to dress you, but I will if worse comes to worse. I'll make you wear that pretty purple vest your father dearest got you for Christmas. Remeber the one with green dots and sparkling stars."
"I'm up," I shuddered at the thought of that horrid thing and quickly threw on a pair of khaki bell bottoms and a green sweater. Tommy, Jamie, Sierra, and I then headed out to the courthouse.
~*~*~*~~*~*~*~~*~
"I'd like to call Mr. Thomas Reagan to the stands," Jack's lawyer told the judge, who nodded in agreement. "Mr. Reagan, how old are you?"
"I'm 28."
The lawyer rattled off a bunch of other random questions about Tommy's life and age and then he started up on how Tommy was unable to keep tabs on me while I was away at Eden Hall.
"Miss Gaffney is 17 and about to go into the last year of her high school career, are you telling me she can't be a handful at times?"
"Well yea, she can be, but what kid isn't sometimes?"
The lawyer turned to the jury. "Mr. Reagan has just started his own family just to let you know and you know how expensive that can be and I'm sure he doesn't need another expense. If Julie is living with her father then Thomas will be able to have more of a flexible life and--"
"She not an extra expense. She's my sister for God's sakes," Tommy yelped into the microphone. The trial from that point on went down hill.
"This isn't going so hot," Tommy told me as we sat outside during one of the recesses. He pulled out a pack of cigarettes and took one out. I hadn't seen Tom smoke in a couple years except when he was really nervous and this was a good time to be.
"I don't understand how he even has a chance to have custody of me," I groaned.
"Apparently he's been attending his AA meetings and is really turning his life around," he laughed sarcastically and took a long drag on his cig.
Jamie and our lawyer soon exited the building. "It's time to come back in." They informed us.
Jamie grabbed the cig from Tommy's mouth and threw it on the ground. "You know I hate that." She shook her head and led us back to the court room.
The judge cracked his knuckles as he read down over the verdict. My heart was caught in my throat as he coughed and leaned towards the microphone.
"Mr. Gaffney, the defendant, has been rewarded full custody of his daughter."
My heart dropped straight to my feet. I looked at Tommy. "Does that mean---"
He nodded. "All summer."
This meant no communication to the outside world from here out, it meant seeing Tommy and Jamie when Jack said I could and it meant spending the whole summer with Jack and Stevie.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"This is your room," Jack pulled back a curtain in his trailer to reveal at room the size of a closet.
It was painted pink, but was plastered with smoke stains and had a single cot in it.
"Great," I sat down on the bed/cot whatever you wanna call it. Jack put his beer can down on the floor.
"You can just stack your clothes in the corner and we go to the laundry mat once a week. It's just great to have ya here," he smiled and left me to myself. Suddenly I heard the back door to the trailer open and a whole bunch of talking from the living room.
Days passed like months in that house. I spent most of the summer outside with neighborhood kids, who played football instead of hockey. Quickly I adjusted and even became pretty close with some of them. Life in the trailer was awful.
Every night I could hear Jack and Stevie "doing things" through those paper thin walls or sometimes Jack would come home drunk with a bunch of his friends and pass out in the living room. The only way to communicate with the world outside the trailer park was my cell phone. Tom was the only one who usually called, but on occasion Adam or Connie would call.
One rainy night I laid in my bedroom, listening to rain on the window when I heard the phone ringing.
"Tom?"
"Jules, she died."
"Who?"
He took a deep breathe and I could hear the sound of a loud speaker in the backround. "The baby."
"Sierra? Oh--"
"No, the one inside Jamie.. was inside Jamie." I could hear him trying to light a cigarette on the other line.
"Where's Jamie?"
"ICU, she's not doing so well... Julie," I heard his voice crack, making my own heart break. "I'm gonna go," he said after a few minutes. "I'm gonna come and get you tomorrow morning. Jack can kick my ass."
"Are you sure your okay?"
"See ya tomorrow."
I hung the phone up and laid down in my bed when a knock came at my door. There stood Joel. His dad, Dan was friends with Jack. Joel and I still weren't on good terms, but we could be civil.
"Who was that?" he asked in a snotty voice.
"Go to hell." He stood there watching me as I fell asleep, but I didn't notice I was too wrapped up in my own thoughts.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Mmmmppphhhhh," was the sound that escaped my lips when I awoke. A dark shadow was hovering just above me. Something was shoved in my mouth and I could feel two colds hands slowly pulling my pajama pants off my hips. I kicked my feet trying to get the heavy person off my legs. The person clapped a hand over my mouth.
"Shut up," they hissed. I squirmed as their hands began to explore my chest, sending a tingling sensation up my spine.
"Get off," I squealed almost suffocating on the gag. His hands slipped inside my panties.
"I told you to shut up," he shoved his knee into stomach. It suddenly hit me who it was. Joel.
Finally I nailed him right in groined, making them fall off my bed and onto the floor with a crash. Quickly I sorted my clothes out, grabbed my phone, and took off in the pouring rain.
A/N.: Allright I'm stopping I'll go into the next chapter with this. REVIEW~
~*~Sarah~*~ I just figured out where I'm going to kill Lorraine. I'm writing this new story about the ducks being homocide agents... I know sounds stupid, but it's not that bad, but anyway she's going to be one of the murder victims. lol. Okay I'll talk to ya later. ~Joc~
~*~Snorts~*~ I know wasn't the pizza line great? lol. Awesome Possum hehe. I like that line. That's funny. *laughs*
~*~Beans~*~Yea... thanks for the reivew dudeness. ~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Goodnight," Tommy said to me as he skipped up the stairs to his bedroom. "Don't stay up to late we got the trial tomorrow."
I groaned and turned back to the computer screen.
'I've gotta go.' I typed to Adam on the IM screen thing. Although it was only 10:30 in Minnesota it was 12:30 in Maine, so obviously it was pretty late.
'Allright.' he typed back. 'Talk to you tomorrow. Bye.'
'Tell everyone I said Hi. Bye.'
I shut down the computer and trudged up the stairs to my room. The trial tomorrow was the one that had been bumped back in ninth grade and was now scheduled for tomorrow and I was really in no mood to go, but it really wasn't up to me. I pulled off my pants and quickly changed into my pj's before walking into my neice's bedroom. Sierra was laying in her cradle. Softly I ran a finger up the side of the sleeping child's face. She was so cute huddled up in a little ball just like a cat. Just to think soon Tommy and Jamie would have another little just like her running around here.
~*~*~~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~~*~*
"GET UP JULIE!!" Tommy yelled into my room, flicking the switch twice.
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Julie," He peeled the blankets and pulled me out of bed by my arms. "What are you five?"
"Maybe..."
"I don't wanna have to dress you, but I will if worse comes to worse. I'll make you wear that pretty purple vest your father dearest got you for Christmas. Remeber the one with green dots and sparkling stars."
"I'm up," I shuddered at the thought of that horrid thing and quickly threw on a pair of khaki bell bottoms and a green sweater. Tommy, Jamie, Sierra, and I then headed out to the courthouse.
~*~*~*~~*~*~*~~*~
"I'd like to call Mr. Thomas Reagan to the stands," Jack's lawyer told the judge, who nodded in agreement. "Mr. Reagan, how old are you?"
"I'm 28."
The lawyer rattled off a bunch of other random questions about Tommy's life and age and then he started up on how Tommy was unable to keep tabs on me while I was away at Eden Hall.
"Miss Gaffney is 17 and about to go into the last year of her high school career, are you telling me she can't be a handful at times?"
"Well yea, she can be, but what kid isn't sometimes?"
The lawyer turned to the jury. "Mr. Reagan has just started his own family just to let you know and you know how expensive that can be and I'm sure he doesn't need another expense. If Julie is living with her father then Thomas will be able to have more of a flexible life and--"
"She not an extra expense. She's my sister for God's sakes," Tommy yelped into the microphone. The trial from that point on went down hill.
"This isn't going so hot," Tommy told me as we sat outside during one of the recesses. He pulled out a pack of cigarettes and took one out. I hadn't seen Tom smoke in a couple years except when he was really nervous and this was a good time to be.
"I don't understand how he even has a chance to have custody of me," I groaned.
"Apparently he's been attending his AA meetings and is really turning his life around," he laughed sarcastically and took a long drag on his cig.
Jamie and our lawyer soon exited the building. "It's time to come back in." They informed us.
Jamie grabbed the cig from Tommy's mouth and threw it on the ground. "You know I hate that." She shook her head and led us back to the court room.
The judge cracked his knuckles as he read down over the verdict. My heart was caught in my throat as he coughed and leaned towards the microphone.
"Mr. Gaffney, the defendant, has been rewarded full custody of his daughter."
My heart dropped straight to my feet. I looked at Tommy. "Does that mean---"
He nodded. "All summer."
This meant no communication to the outside world from here out, it meant seeing Tommy and Jamie when Jack said I could and it meant spending the whole summer with Jack and Stevie.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"This is your room," Jack pulled back a curtain in his trailer to reveal at room the size of a closet.
It was painted pink, but was plastered with smoke stains and had a single cot in it.
"Great," I sat down on the bed/cot whatever you wanna call it. Jack put his beer can down on the floor.
"You can just stack your clothes in the corner and we go to the laundry mat once a week. It's just great to have ya here," he smiled and left me to myself. Suddenly I heard the back door to the trailer open and a whole bunch of talking from the living room.
Days passed like months in that house. I spent most of the summer outside with neighborhood kids, who played football instead of hockey. Quickly I adjusted and even became pretty close with some of them. Life in the trailer was awful.
Every night I could hear Jack and Stevie "doing things" through those paper thin walls or sometimes Jack would come home drunk with a bunch of his friends and pass out in the living room. The only way to communicate with the world outside the trailer park was my cell phone. Tom was the only one who usually called, but on occasion Adam or Connie would call.
One rainy night I laid in my bedroom, listening to rain on the window when I heard the phone ringing.
"Tom?"
"Jules, she died."
"Who?"
He took a deep breathe and I could hear the sound of a loud speaker in the backround. "The baby."
"Sierra? Oh--"
"No, the one inside Jamie.. was inside Jamie." I could hear him trying to light a cigarette on the other line.
"Where's Jamie?"
"ICU, she's not doing so well... Julie," I heard his voice crack, making my own heart break. "I'm gonna go," he said after a few minutes. "I'm gonna come and get you tomorrow morning. Jack can kick my ass."
"Are you sure your okay?"
"See ya tomorrow."
I hung the phone up and laid down in my bed when a knock came at my door. There stood Joel. His dad, Dan was friends with Jack. Joel and I still weren't on good terms, but we could be civil.
"Who was that?" he asked in a snotty voice.
"Go to hell." He stood there watching me as I fell asleep, but I didn't notice I was too wrapped up in my own thoughts.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Mmmmppphhhhh," was the sound that escaped my lips when I awoke. A dark shadow was hovering just above me. Something was shoved in my mouth and I could feel two colds hands slowly pulling my pajama pants off my hips. I kicked my feet trying to get the heavy person off my legs. The person clapped a hand over my mouth.
"Shut up," they hissed. I squirmed as their hands began to explore my chest, sending a tingling sensation up my spine.
"Get off," I squealed almost suffocating on the gag. His hands slipped inside my panties.
"I told you to shut up," he shoved his knee into stomach. It suddenly hit me who it was. Joel.
Finally I nailed him right in groined, making them fall off my bed and onto the floor with a crash. Quickly I sorted my clothes out, grabbed my phone, and took off in the pouring rain.
A/N.: Allright I'm stopping I'll go into the next chapter with this. REVIEW~