CHAPTER ELEVEN
"Ok, what about this shirt?" Scott asked, walking out in a red sweater with some kackii's.
"That's fine, so was the blue sweater. Everything you're putting on is fine. Besides, it's just my parents. You don't need to look perfect." She said.
"But I've never met them before and I want them to like me." He said.
"Why? It's not like we're dating or anything." She said.
"I know, but parents never seem to like me. I'm sorta bad boy, if you know what I mean. I steal the hearts of young girls, only to break them." Scott said while strutting in front of the mirror.
"Right!" Jessica said. "It's hot outside, why are you wearing a sweater anyway?" She asked.
"Oh, you're right." He said and took off his shirt.
"I think you should wear this gray shirt with these jeans." Jessica said as she handed them to him.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"You'll look hot, trust me." She went and sat on the couch while he changed and walked out. "Perfect, let's go!" She as she walked to the door. He followed her.
"So, tell me about you're parents." He said.
"Um, well my dad is a nice guy. He has a bad temper but when he's in a good mood, he's your best friend. My mom is funny. She also has a bad temper but is a nice person altogether." She said. "It's mainly my sisters you have to worry about."
"Sisters? You mean there's more of you." He asked.
"Don't get to excited just yet. We all have very different personalities." She said. "Jill, she's the oldest, she is smart, Lisa is the bad girl." She said.
"She's a bad girl?" He asked with an evil smile. "I like her already!" he said.
"Don't get to excited, she's 15 and she's bad like wears pants down to her knee's bad, not naughty bad. Then there's LeeAnn, she's a princess." Jessica said.
"And you are..." Scott asked.
"I'm the loner, the individualist, I'm my own person!" She said proudly.
"Who happens to be in love with me!" He said with a smile.
"Right, whatever you say." She said. He gave her a questioning look. "Scott, a crush and love are two entirely different things." She said as she pulled into her parent's driveway.
"This is it?" He asked nervously.
"This is it!" She said. "Come on!" She grabbed her purse and headed for the door with Scott behind her.
"Hey, Jessi!" He dad called from the kitchen.
"Hey Daddy!" She said as she gave him a big hug. She, then, went to her mom and gave her a hug. "Hey Momma." She said.
"Hey Jessi!" She said as she kissed her cheek.
"This is Scott, Scott this is my mom and dad, Gina and Vince." She said with a pleased smile.
"It's nice to meet you!" He said.
"Where's Jill, Lisa, and LeeAnn?" Jessica asked.
"Jill is on her way here, Lisa is in the bathroom and LeeAnn is in her room." Her mom said.
"Come on Scott, I want you to meet them." She said as she took Scott's hand and led him to the back of the house.
"JESSI!" LeeAnn screamed as she ran and hugged her sister.
"Hey LeeAnn." Jessica said to her twelve-year-old sister and kissed her head.
"Hey slut!" Lisa said to Jessica as she walked into LeeAnn's room.
"Hey Lisa, um this is my friend Scott, Scott this is Lisa and LeeAnn!" Jessica said.
"Hey!" He said. "Um, where's the bathroom?" He asked.
"Right over there!" Jessica said as she pointed to the bathroom.
"Oh my gosh Jessi, he is so hot!" Lisa said.
"Is he your boyfriend?" LeeAnn asked.
"No he is not my boyfriend, he's just my friend." She said.
"Oh, so he's mine for the taking!" Lisa said while looking towards the closed bathroom door.
"Forget it Lisa. He's like 19 or 20 and your what? 13? Besides, he just got out of a serious relationship." Jessica said.
"FYI I'm 15 and don't come homer with and attitude, no one asked you to come over today." Lisa said.
"Momma and Daddy did thank you!" Jessica said as Scott walked out the bathroom. "Come on Scott. I want to show you my old room!" Jessica said. Scott followed Jessica to an old room. There were stuffed animals on the bed and shelf and a desk. It was pretty much empty.
"This is it?" He asked.
"Well I took almost everything to my apartment." She said and sat on the bed.
"JESSI, JILL'S HERE!" LeeAnn yelled.
"SEND HER TO MY ROOM!" Jessica yelled back. Soon Jill was in her room.
"Hey!" Jill said.
"Jill this is my friend Scott, Scott my sister Jill!" Jessica said.
"Hey!" Scott said and Jill said hey back.
"So what time did you get home? Jill asked Jessica.
"Not to long ago, How's the love life?" Jessica asked.
"I'm so in love with Doug. I really think he may be the one!" She said with a big grin. "Are you two dating?" Jill asked.
"What? Us? No, we're just friends." Jessica said.
"Oh I was about to say, what would Kurt think? But nevermind."
"Uh Kurt and I broke up a long time ago. Momma didn't tell you?" She asked.
"No, I havn't heard anything about that." Jill said.
"COME EAT, FOODS READY!" They all heard Jessica's mom yell and headed for the table. Once everyone had their food and started eating, Jessica's dad started to act like dad.
"So Scott, where do you go to school?" He asked.
"Um, I'm not attending school at the moment." He said.
"Oh, well where do you work?" He asked.
"I don't exactly have a job." Scott replied.
"You don't exactly?" Her dad questioned.
"Well, my dad is sending me checks every week until I can start attending a local college and get a job." Scott explained.
"Oh, I see!" Her dad said. "Scott, how old are you?"
"I'll be 20 next month sir!" Scott answered.
"So you're telling me you're almost twenty years old and you don't have a job?" Her dad questioned.
"Um, Yes sir!" Scott answered starting to get nervous.
"This food is great, don't you think so Jill?" Jessica asked trying to change the subject.
"What if something was to suddenly happen to your dad and you didn't get anymore money? I don't mean death I mean bankruptcy or something along the lines of that. What will you do? I'll tell you something you wont do is get money off Jessica!" Her dad said sharply.
"Daddy!" Jessica said.
"Vince honey, why don't you calm down!" Jessica's mom said.
"With the way this world works today he needs a decent job so he can take care of those he loves instead of having them take care of him!" He said.
"Daddy please, he does a lot more than you think." Jessica argued. "He cooks and clean and he took care of me when I was sick and-"
"When were you sick?" Her dad cut her off.
"Oh well I wasn't sick sick, I just hit and cut my head and he took care of me, he helped me. Just because his dad pays for the things he needs doesn't mean he doesn't work hard. He does his share to pay his dad back!" Jessica said.
"He is old enough to take care of himself. What school did you go too? Didn't that teach you how to work hard for what you want?"
"They taught me a lot of things sir!" Scott answered.
"Like what?" He asked.
"They taught me everything I know. They taught me how to be strong and to take care of myself." Scott answered.
"And you think by having your dad pay for everything is taking care of yourself?" Her dad asked.
"They also taught me to lend a hand when someone needs some help getting back on their feet." Scott said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I think my welcome has been worn out!" Scott said and walked out the house.
"Daddy what is your problem? I've never seen you act like this!" Jessica said before following Scott.
"I knew it Jessica, I knew I should have listened to my gut and stayed home. What was all that about anyway?" Scott asked.
"I don't know, he's never acted like that around anyone. He is really a nice, I swear!" Jessica said.
"Let's just go!" Scott said before getting into the car.
They rode home in silence. The radio was turned off. Scott just laid his head on the window and starred out.
"Scott?" Jessica finally broke the silence.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"What kind of school did you go to?" she asked. "I mean all the school's I went to taught me how a frog looks like from the inside and stuff like that. They taught us what we needed to know to survive school, they didn't teach us things that we needed to survive life!" Jessica said.
"It doesn't matter!" Scott said.
"Well I mean it sounds like a good school. If it's still around maybe I'll send my kids there or something!"
"It takes a lot before you get to go there!" Scott said.
"Like what?" She asked.
"It's just not a regular school." He said.
"Why wont you tell me about it? I mean its like your scared I wont be your friend if you tell me." She said.
"I went to a school for dysfunctional kids ok!" He said sharply.
"Ok, what else?" Jessica asked.
"What else do you want to know?" He asked.
"Why were you there?" She asked.
"We're not going there!" He said as they pulled up to his house. He started to climb out of the car.
"Scott, I'm sorry about my dad!" She said.
"Yeah, don't worry bout it, it wasn't your fault!" He said and walked inside.
Jessica started driving home. She had never seen her father act that way. She pulled up into her driveway and went to her apartment. She started checking her messages before calling her dad to find out what was wrong.
"Jessi? It's Lindsay; I was just calling to say that Go Fish is canceled. It sucks, after only three episodes!"
"Jessica, It's your dad. Look I know I acted wrong towards your friend but only because I'm afraid of losing my little girl. There was something there tonight between the two of you. I know these things. You two are meant for each other. I love you kid, I don't want to lose you. Call me later!"
Jessica walked to her room and sat on her bed. Her dad did always have a way of knowing when people should be together but was he really right about her and Scott?
Author's Note~ Wow, It has been way to long. My deepest apologies. I was about to work on the chapter when my mom had a heart attiack during spring break. Now she's better and I finally was able to update but then my friend gave me her computer so I was busy transferring everything. I am so sorry. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
"Ok, what about this shirt?" Scott asked, walking out in a red sweater with some kackii's.
"That's fine, so was the blue sweater. Everything you're putting on is fine. Besides, it's just my parents. You don't need to look perfect." She said.
"But I've never met them before and I want them to like me." He said.
"Why? It's not like we're dating or anything." She said.
"I know, but parents never seem to like me. I'm sorta bad boy, if you know what I mean. I steal the hearts of young girls, only to break them." Scott said while strutting in front of the mirror.
"Right!" Jessica said. "It's hot outside, why are you wearing a sweater anyway?" She asked.
"Oh, you're right." He said and took off his shirt.
"I think you should wear this gray shirt with these jeans." Jessica said as she handed them to him.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"You'll look hot, trust me." She went and sat on the couch while he changed and walked out. "Perfect, let's go!" She as she walked to the door. He followed her.
"So, tell me about you're parents." He said.
"Um, well my dad is a nice guy. He has a bad temper but when he's in a good mood, he's your best friend. My mom is funny. She also has a bad temper but is a nice person altogether." She said. "It's mainly my sisters you have to worry about."
"Sisters? You mean there's more of you." He asked.
"Don't get to excited just yet. We all have very different personalities." She said. "Jill, she's the oldest, she is smart, Lisa is the bad girl." She said.
"She's a bad girl?" He asked with an evil smile. "I like her already!" he said.
"Don't get to excited, she's 15 and she's bad like wears pants down to her knee's bad, not naughty bad. Then there's LeeAnn, she's a princess." Jessica said.
"And you are..." Scott asked.
"I'm the loner, the individualist, I'm my own person!" She said proudly.
"Who happens to be in love with me!" He said with a smile.
"Right, whatever you say." She said. He gave her a questioning look. "Scott, a crush and love are two entirely different things." She said as she pulled into her parent's driveway.
"This is it?" He asked nervously.
"This is it!" She said. "Come on!" She grabbed her purse and headed for the door with Scott behind her.
"Hey, Jessi!" He dad called from the kitchen.
"Hey Daddy!" She said as she gave him a big hug. She, then, went to her mom and gave her a hug. "Hey Momma." She said.
"Hey Jessi!" She said as she kissed her cheek.
"This is Scott, Scott this is my mom and dad, Gina and Vince." She said with a pleased smile.
"It's nice to meet you!" He said.
"Where's Jill, Lisa, and LeeAnn?" Jessica asked.
"Jill is on her way here, Lisa is in the bathroom and LeeAnn is in her room." Her mom said.
"Come on Scott, I want you to meet them." She said as she took Scott's hand and led him to the back of the house.
"JESSI!" LeeAnn screamed as she ran and hugged her sister.
"Hey LeeAnn." Jessica said to her twelve-year-old sister and kissed her head.
"Hey slut!" Lisa said to Jessica as she walked into LeeAnn's room.
"Hey Lisa, um this is my friend Scott, Scott this is Lisa and LeeAnn!" Jessica said.
"Hey!" He said. "Um, where's the bathroom?" He asked.
"Right over there!" Jessica said as she pointed to the bathroom.
"Oh my gosh Jessi, he is so hot!" Lisa said.
"Is he your boyfriend?" LeeAnn asked.
"No he is not my boyfriend, he's just my friend." She said.
"Oh, so he's mine for the taking!" Lisa said while looking towards the closed bathroom door.
"Forget it Lisa. He's like 19 or 20 and your what? 13? Besides, he just got out of a serious relationship." Jessica said.
"FYI I'm 15 and don't come homer with and attitude, no one asked you to come over today." Lisa said.
"Momma and Daddy did thank you!" Jessica said as Scott walked out the bathroom. "Come on Scott. I want to show you my old room!" Jessica said. Scott followed Jessica to an old room. There were stuffed animals on the bed and shelf and a desk. It was pretty much empty.
"This is it?" He asked.
"Well I took almost everything to my apartment." She said and sat on the bed.
"JESSI, JILL'S HERE!" LeeAnn yelled.
"SEND HER TO MY ROOM!" Jessica yelled back. Soon Jill was in her room.
"Hey!" Jill said.
"Jill this is my friend Scott, Scott my sister Jill!" Jessica said.
"Hey!" Scott said and Jill said hey back.
"So what time did you get home? Jill asked Jessica.
"Not to long ago, How's the love life?" Jessica asked.
"I'm so in love with Doug. I really think he may be the one!" She said with a big grin. "Are you two dating?" Jill asked.
"What? Us? No, we're just friends." Jessica said.
"Oh I was about to say, what would Kurt think? But nevermind."
"Uh Kurt and I broke up a long time ago. Momma didn't tell you?" She asked.
"No, I havn't heard anything about that." Jill said.
"COME EAT, FOODS READY!" They all heard Jessica's mom yell and headed for the table. Once everyone had their food and started eating, Jessica's dad started to act like dad.
"So Scott, where do you go to school?" He asked.
"Um, I'm not attending school at the moment." He said.
"Oh, well where do you work?" He asked.
"I don't exactly have a job." Scott replied.
"You don't exactly?" Her dad questioned.
"Well, my dad is sending me checks every week until I can start attending a local college and get a job." Scott explained.
"Oh, I see!" Her dad said. "Scott, how old are you?"
"I'll be 20 next month sir!" Scott answered.
"So you're telling me you're almost twenty years old and you don't have a job?" Her dad questioned.
"Um, Yes sir!" Scott answered starting to get nervous.
"This food is great, don't you think so Jill?" Jessica asked trying to change the subject.
"What if something was to suddenly happen to your dad and you didn't get anymore money? I don't mean death I mean bankruptcy or something along the lines of that. What will you do? I'll tell you something you wont do is get money off Jessica!" Her dad said sharply.
"Daddy!" Jessica said.
"Vince honey, why don't you calm down!" Jessica's mom said.
"With the way this world works today he needs a decent job so he can take care of those he loves instead of having them take care of him!" He said.
"Daddy please, he does a lot more than you think." Jessica argued. "He cooks and clean and he took care of me when I was sick and-"
"When were you sick?" Her dad cut her off.
"Oh well I wasn't sick sick, I just hit and cut my head and he took care of me, he helped me. Just because his dad pays for the things he needs doesn't mean he doesn't work hard. He does his share to pay his dad back!" Jessica said.
"He is old enough to take care of himself. What school did you go too? Didn't that teach you how to work hard for what you want?"
"They taught me a lot of things sir!" Scott answered.
"Like what?" He asked.
"They taught me everything I know. They taught me how to be strong and to take care of myself." Scott answered.
"And you think by having your dad pay for everything is taking care of yourself?" Her dad asked.
"They also taught me to lend a hand when someone needs some help getting back on their feet." Scott said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I think my welcome has been worn out!" Scott said and walked out the house.
"Daddy what is your problem? I've never seen you act like this!" Jessica said before following Scott.
"I knew it Jessica, I knew I should have listened to my gut and stayed home. What was all that about anyway?" Scott asked.
"I don't know, he's never acted like that around anyone. He is really a nice, I swear!" Jessica said.
"Let's just go!" Scott said before getting into the car.
They rode home in silence. The radio was turned off. Scott just laid his head on the window and starred out.
"Scott?" Jessica finally broke the silence.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"What kind of school did you go to?" she asked. "I mean all the school's I went to taught me how a frog looks like from the inside and stuff like that. They taught us what we needed to know to survive school, they didn't teach us things that we needed to survive life!" Jessica said.
"It doesn't matter!" Scott said.
"Well I mean it sounds like a good school. If it's still around maybe I'll send my kids there or something!"
"It takes a lot before you get to go there!" Scott said.
"Like what?" She asked.
"It's just not a regular school." He said.
"Why wont you tell me about it? I mean its like your scared I wont be your friend if you tell me." She said.
"I went to a school for dysfunctional kids ok!" He said sharply.
"Ok, what else?" Jessica asked.
"What else do you want to know?" He asked.
"Why were you there?" She asked.
"We're not going there!" He said as they pulled up to his house. He started to climb out of the car.
"Scott, I'm sorry about my dad!" She said.
"Yeah, don't worry bout it, it wasn't your fault!" He said and walked inside.
Jessica started driving home. She had never seen her father act that way. She pulled up into her driveway and went to her apartment. She started checking her messages before calling her dad to find out what was wrong.
"Jessi? It's Lindsay; I was just calling to say that Go Fish is canceled. It sucks, after only three episodes!"
"Jessica, It's your dad. Look I know I acted wrong towards your friend but only because I'm afraid of losing my little girl. There was something there tonight between the two of you. I know these things. You two are meant for each other. I love you kid, I don't want to lose you. Call me later!"
Jessica walked to her room and sat on her bed. Her dad did always have a way of knowing when people should be together but was he really right about her and Scott?
Author's Note~ Wow, It has been way to long. My deepest apologies. I was about to work on the chapter when my mom had a heart attiack during spring break. Now she's better and I finally was able to update but then my friend gave me her computer so I was busy transferring everything. I am so sorry. I hope you enjoyed the chapter.