Orphans

No summery…I don't want to give anything away!!

Chapter One

The phone rang once. Ring. The phone rang twice. Ring. The phone rang three times; ring, before DJ picked it up.

"Hello?" She said.

"I'm sorry DJ."

"Who is this?"

"I was drunk, very drunk."

"What are you talking about, who is this?"

"I didn't want this to happen."

DJ was beginning to get mad. Was this Stephanie playing a trick on her?

"Look, who is this? It isn't funny anymore."

"I hit…I ran over…"

"What…?"

"I hit your dad with my car."

DJ didn't answer.

"He's dead."

And then she heard a click, whoever was just talking to her hung up. DJ began breathing heavily. What had just happened? She didn't know what to do. Then she realized her dad wasn't home. He had…

DJ gasped. He had gone for a run. Her eyes began to tear, but she didn't cry. Stephanie came down the stairs.

"Hey Deej," she said. Then Stephanie looked at her sister. "DJ, what's wrong."

She broke down crying. "I just got this…terrible phone call." Stephanie had a look of terror in her eyes.

"Who called? DJ, what is happening?"

DJ sobbed uncontrollably. "Someone…someone…someone ran over dad with a car. He's dead." She shoved her face in her hands and cried.

It took Stephanie a few seconds to process what DJ had just said. "Wha…what?! How do you know? Who called? DJ, I'm really scared." Stephanie began crying. "What are we supposed to do?" She said, still sobbing. "Maybe it was just a prank call."

DJ shook her head. "I don't think it was."

Suddenly Joey came in and saw Stephanie and DJ crying. "Girls!" He exclaimed. "What's wrong? Is everything ok?"

Stephanie and DJ began crying even harder. "Joey, DJ just got a call from someone."

"Someone ran over dad and he's dead!" DJ exclaimed falling into Joey, who hugged her with confusion in his face.

"I don't understand…are you sure? Oh god…" Joey's eyes began tearing. He wasn't sure what to think of what just happened. And he didn't know what to do.