The Other Sister (Revamped Version)
A/N: This is a revamped version of the story I wrote last December called "The Other Sister", if anyone remembers it. And if you don't, here's what it was about. It was about Kevin's sister Lizzie moving to Glen Oak to live with him, it also had Lucy/Kevin parts, and there was a Chandler/Roxanne subplot to the story. The story also has two sequels called "Changes Are A Looming" and "Thirteen Years Into The Future". This saga of stories was one of my proudest works. So now, I hope you all enjoy my revamp.
Summary: Revamp of the first story, set in the 8th season. Lizzie Kinkirk is sent to Glen Oak to live with her older brother Kevin, but she doesn't want to go. Kevin and Lucy are also happily adjusting to married life very well. And Roxanne and Chandler have just gotten back together, but Roxanne learns she is pregnant, is there a possible way for her to tell Chandler?
Rating: PG; just to be safe.
Disclaimer: I don't own 7th Heaven of any of its characters. I just enjoy writing about them. The only people I own so far are Lizzie Kinkirk, Maryanne Barrett, Alyssa Gray, and Jack Robinson.
Intro Chapter: What Did You Just Say?
September 15th, 2003
Buffalo, New York
The wind rustled softly through Lizzie Kinkirk's long blonde hair. It was a warm, yet very windy, September evening. Lizzie had been at the park all day with her friends Alyssa Gray and Maryanne Barrett. The three of them had spent the whole day at the annual town fair, which was held in the public park every year in Lizzie's hometown.
Lizzie was now on her way home from the park. She bit into the pink mountain of cotton candy she had purchased on her way out of the fair. She held a small stuffed pink dog she had won in the "toss the ball at the bottles and knock them down and you win a prize" game in her other hand. Lizzie had decided to name him Snuffy.
Lizzie strolled causally up to her front door and opened it. She entered her house.
"Mom, Jack, I'm home," Lizzie called out to her mother and stepfather Jack Robinson.
"In the living room, Lizzie," Lizzie heard her mother's voice reply.
Lizzie entered the living room. Her mother and Jack were seated on the couch. Lizzie sat down in one of the smaller chairs and placed her cotton candy and stuffed dog Snuffy aside on the living room coffee table.
"What's up?" Lizzie asked, curious.
"Well, Elizabeth," Jack started; he could never just call her Lizzie for some strange reason. It was always 'Elizabeth this' or 'Elizabeth that'. It drove Lizzie insane.
"Yeah Jack," Lizzie said, she preferred calling him Jack instead of dad.
"Well Lizzie, do you remember how Jack and I were talking about traveling around the world together back in April?" Karen, which was Lizzie's mother's first name, asked.
"Yes mom, I do," Lizzie answered.
"Well, we've decided that we want to go, and we're leaving next month," Karen told Lizzie.
"And where does that leave me? Where will I live?" Lizzie asked, confused.
"You're going to go live with Kevin and that wife of his Lucy in Glen Oak while we're gone, Elizabeth," Jack said.
"And how long will you be gone?" Lizzie asked.
"About a year," Karen replied, "two at the very most."
Lizzie's eyes nearly bulged out of her head, "WHAT?! TWO YEARS?!"
Lizzie felt sick. Two years living in the small town of Glen Oak, California. And she would have to live with her big shot older brother Kevin, no less. Great, just great...could Lizzie's life great any worse right now?
There goes two years of my life down the drain, Lizzie thought angrily as she glared at her mother and Jack.
"And another thing, Elizabeth," Jack said, "once your mother and I come back, we've decided to settle down in Glen Oak instead of continuing to live here."
Lizzie just had to ask, didn't she?
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Still September 15th, 2003
California, USA
Everything seemed peaceful by that small blue beach house by the ocean. The sun was slowly fading away into the sky, leaving a beautiful mix of pink and orange in the usual blue color's place. Birds flew elegantly through that same sky. Everything was quiet.
Or so it seemed...
Roxanne Richardson walked out of the bedroom, slamming the door behind her. She had nothing but a bed sheet wrapped around her body. Her boyfriend, Chandler Hampton, emerged from the same room with just a pair of pants on and no shirt. He slowly walked towards Roxanne, who was frozen in her place in the hallway.
Chandler gently tapped on her shoulder, Roxanne faced him, "Roxanne, we need to talk."
"No, we don't. Nothing happened between us, ok," Roxanne snapped.
"Roxanne, a lot happened between us. We just had sex, and you just can't forget that we ever did," Chandler replied.
"Don't say that! You realize if you say that we had sex that it's going to make it true," Roxanne replied.
"Roxanne, it is true. What happened between us is no little pretend thing, it's reality," Chandler said, Roxanne looked even more determined to make it like it had never even happened.
"Chandler, don't make this worse than it already is. We slept together. What will my dad say when he finds out? What will everyone in Glen Oak say?" Roxanne said.
"Roxanne, who cares about what your dad and the town Glen Oak would say. This is a private matter between us. It's no one else's business but ours," Chandler put an arm around her and pulled her closely.
Roxanne flung his arm off quickly, "don't touch me! That's how we ended up where we did in the first place. Look, I need to sleep on this. So goodnight," Roxanne went into the room she was staying in.
"I love you," Chandler told Roxanne as she closed the door in his face.
"I don't care right now," Chandler heard Roxanne mumble back to him.
Chandler slowly turned around and headed back to his room, trying to make sense of what had just happened.
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Still September 15th, 2003
Buffalo, New York
"What, no way?! They're making you move all the way across the country while they're traveling around the world. Harsh. Very harsh, Liz," Maryanne said to Lizzie as the two talked over the phone.
"Yeah really," Lizzie replied. "And the worst part is that I have to leave next month,"
"Oh, that sucks," Maryanne said.
"Yeah, tell me about it. Look, Mare, I have to call Alyssa and tell her the rotten news, can I talk to you some other time?" Lizzie asked.
"Sure," Maryanne replied.
The two talked for a few more minutes and then hung up. Lizzie then called Alyssa and told her the bad news. Alyssa pretty much had the same reaction as Maryanne did. And when she was done talking to Alyssa, Lizzie turned on her bedroom stereo.
"One day, I won't take this anymore, one day, I'll be old enough to do what I want to..." Lizzie sang along to Simple Plan's song "One Day".
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September 17th, 2003
Glen Oak, California
Chandler slowly pulled his car up into Roxanne's driveway. Roxanne got out of the car and went to the trunk to get her suitcase.
"Do you need and help getting your bag?" Chandler asked from the drivers seat.
"No, I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself," Roxanne answered, grabbing her bag and slamming the trunk shut.
Roxanne then headed towards her front door without any other words said.
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Still September 17th, 2003
Buffalo, New York
Lizzie walked into her kitchen. Karen sat at the kitchen table eating her breakfast. And Jack was also sitting at the table reading the daily newspaper. Lizzie cleared her throat to acknowledge her presence.
"Good morning Lizzie," Karen said.
"Good morning Elizabeth," Jack said.
"Yeah, good morning, whatever," Lizzie grumbled while getting herself a bowl of cereal.
"You know Lizzie, you can't stay mad at us forever," Karen said as Lizzie sat down at the table, as far away from Karen and Jack as possible.
"Just watch me," Lizzie said as she ate her cereal.
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Still September 17th, 2003
Glen Oak, California
"So, we're in complete agreement about this?" Chandler asked.
"Yes we are," Roxanne answered.
"So let's get this straight. We never, and I mean never, had sex at all, and the reason we broke up is because we didn't feel attracted to each other anymore," Chandler said.
"Yep," Roxanne replied.
"Good," Chandler said. "Well, I guess this is goodbye."
"Yeah, goodbye Chandler," Roxanne said.
"Goodbye Roxanne," Chandler replied.
The two then both hung up their phones. They were both upset about breaking up. But they had to; they were getting too close to each other. They had had sex, and that wasn't good at all. Sure they may have been in love, but they couldn't be together anymore after making such a dumb mistake.
Chandler's POV
What the hell is wrong with me?! How could I break up with Roxanne?! I feel like such an idiot for doing what I just did. So Roxanne and I may have slept together, but we were in a very committed and loving relationship. We were completely ready for sex, yet we weren't. I don't know...I'm too confused to think straight right now. Was it a good thing or a bad thing to end my relationship with Roxanne, especially when it was going so well? I just hope Terry never finds out that we had sex before we broke up, or I can just start digging my own grave.
Roxanne's POV
God Roxanne, you're such an idiot. I can't believe myself. Ending my relationship with the man of my dreams over one little mistake. Chandler and I were in love and perfectly capable of handling any consequences that might've came out of our choice to have sex. Actually, it wasn't really a choice, it just sort of happened. One minute Chandler and I were out on the beach kissing waiting to watch the sunset together, the next thing I know we're up in his room in his bed together...and I'm sure you can figure out the rest. I'm just so confused. I feel all messed up. I can't think right now. I'm just going to go lie down, I feel tired all of a sudden.
End Of Intro Chapter
A/N: How is it so far? Good? Bad? Should I continue? Please tell me in reviews.
-Alexa