Daddy's Girls: Chapter 6

Author's note: Again, thank you Harry2 for the kind reviews! If it makes you feel any better, we couldn't wait to get to the good stuff either, and we are writing the story! :) I really wasn't going to post an update this soon because the story is still in process, but I felt bad...so here you go. A small glimmer into the true plot, with a cliffhanger ending because I know you like them so much. :) Please continue to read and review!


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Roxanne sat on the bleachers in the gym wondering what she was still doing at school. After Jess had threatened Meagan, the rest of the students began treated her with a bit more respect. Funny that Jess is somebody they all fear, then again looks can be deceiving. She watched, as Jess was being ruthless, during basketball practice.

The coach blew her whistle as Jess knocked Meagan to the ground, "Jessenia your not supposed to knock your own teammate on ground."

Jess blushed and offered Meagan a fake friendly hand off the floor, "Sorry about that coach. I didn't see her there." Meagan didn't reply back, but the look on her face clearly showed that Jess knocked her down on purpose.

"Remember girls," the coach shouted as she blew her final whistle," teamwork is the key to winning the championships. Now hit the locker rooms!"

Jess head over to the bleachers and sat next to Roxanne, "I'm surprise you stayed."

Roxanne just shrugged, "Yeah well, I'm not exactly thrilled about going home either. Umm nice aggressive offensive play out there."

"Thought you enjoy it," Jess took a sip from her water bottle, "You ever though about trying out?"

"ME?" she pointed to herself as if it was a ludicrous idea, "Sports are definitely not my thing."

"Then what is your thing?"

"Well computers, mechanics, and basically anything that goes against the written laws of society. I'm sure your father could elaborate on that. That's what he loves to do involving every topic that have a connection with yours truly."

Jess had a wicked smile on her face, "Are you doing anything this weekend?"

"Let me see…oh yeah I'm grounded…next weekend grounded…my schedule says I'm grounded until the day I die. But that doesn't mean I'm not free." She gave her a reassuring smile.

Jess pulled out a flier for Ecstatic a nightclub on the wrong side of town, "I've been dying to go to this place since it opened. I can't find anybody whose daring enough to come with me."

Roxanne took a glance at the flier, "Looks like it could be fun. We'll need fake Ids to get in."

"Already got it covered. I know somebody who works there; he'll let us in. So you in?"

"Tell me when and where. I'll meet ya," Roxanne remarked, then wondered openly "Seriously how do you intend to get by your father with that?"

"Oh I have a pretty good idea how to weasel my way around him. You don't mind if I bring a friend along do you?" Jess asked

Roxanne picked up her bag and swung it over her shoulder, "Naaa any friend of yours is a friend of mine. I better get going, if I show up any later my dad going to think I kill somebody. I'll see ya Friday night right outside the club."

Jess smiled wickedly as Roxanne walked away, "This is great! Now I can wear that new outfit I bought. Now all I have to do is convince Annie she has to come with me, and my plan is fool proof!"




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Friday night…

Dusty Hayes was nervously pacing back and forth in front of his living room window, ignoring the giggling sounds from the couch behind him.

"Oh my goodness, she isn't even gone yet."

"I know," Sunny Hayes whispered back. "It will even get worse. Once Jess has left, he won't be able to sit still until she returns. Of course he also can't sleep, eat, or please his wife."

"And apparently, he doesn't even hear a thing," Gloria Baker said and shook her head at her brother-in-law's behavior. "But I bet he hears this." She winked at her sister.

Sunny winked back and spoke again, this time loud enough for Dusty to hear. "Do you remember that one time we went out while I was still at college?"

"You mean the time you almost got arrested for weed possession?"

"It wasn't weed! It was for underage drinking. No I mean the time we got involved into the big nice brawl."

"Ah!" Gloria snapped her fingers. "You mean that night you got a tattoo at the shop your sailor friend told you about?" She sat her glass of wine back down on the table and prepared to deliver the final blow to Dusty's nerves. She looked at a picture of her niece and said: "You know, Jess is really taking after you. In every possible way."

Dragging out the last sentence, Gloria turned her head to face Dusty… and just like her sister, she burst out laughing at his shocked expression. After a few seconds, Sunny felt mercy for her husband and walked over to him.

"Oh honey," she said kissing him on the cheek. "We were just fooling around. I have never been drunk in my whole life, never smoked weed, and I never got involved in a fight. And Jess won't either."

"I have no doubt about that. But so much can happen to her! I mean… what if somebody attacks her on the street, or if some drunk driver hits their car or the friend she's going with drinks and drives and causes an accident or …"

"…if she falls down the stairs right here and break her neck?" Gloria said. "Dusty, stop acting like she's 5. She's not a kid anymore."

"Gloria is right. Besides, the friend she's going with won't drink and drive," Sunny stated.

"So? Who is it?"

"Annie."

Relief washed over Dusty's face. Annie wouldn't let anything happen to his little girl. But still…

"The two girls out alone?"

Both Gloria and Sunny groaned and tried at the same not to laugh out loud.

"Trust me Dusty, Jess and Annie can handle themselves. The Rangers trained Annie very well in self-defense, and Jess…"

"I know, I know… she's good too in martial arts… thanks to her trainer." He winked and nudged his ex-partner who smiled proudly at the compliment. "But…"

"Honey, if you say one more word, I'm afraid I have to kill you," Sunny said.