Orphans

Chapter Two

The girls are as followed: DJ: 19 Stephanie: 14 Michelle: 9 I think Nicky and Alex are 5 or 6.

DJ and Stephanie continued to sob. Joey called the police.

"Yes Officer, I understand. No we have no idea, I don't know. Ok, thank you." He hung up. "There isn't much he can do. We don't know enough. He's going to try to trace the call."

"What are we supposed to tell everyone?" Choked Stephanie. "They'll all be home soon."

"Michelle is at a friends house," DJ said still crying. She remembered how badly Michelle took the news about Papouli. This was their dad. Then it hit her. They were orphans. Her, Stephanie Michelle. No parents. They had Joey and Jesse and Aunt Becky, but she still worried.

Joey sat down with tears rolling down his face. At first he was just shocked beyond belief. Now he realized that his best friend was gone. He would never see him again. Steph embraced him in a hug and they both cried silently.

Suddenly they all heard singing. "You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time." Jesse was home. The door knob turned and he came in.

Joey, DJ and Stephanie didn't hide their crying. Jesse looked at them. "Hello…" he said. "Is everything okay?" DJ and Steph broke down again. Jesse, without questioning what was wrong, went over and hugged them both. He looked up at Joey, confused.

Joey tried to hold back his tears. "Jess," he said his voice choked up. "We got a call from someone. Whoever called said…" He put his face in his hands and sobbed briefly. Then he looked at Jesse. "Danny…" he managed to say.

Jesse's face had a look of terror and his stomach tied in a knot. No, he though. He's not going to say what I think he is.

"Danny was run over by a car and he's…dead."

-----Three Days Later----

They still didn't know who had hit Danny. The house was solemn. Michelle had locked herself in her room once she found out the news. DJ and Stephanie didn't do much. They ate, they sat, they cried, they slept. Most of the time, crying themselves to sleep. Jesse, Becky and Joey mostly comforted the girls when they cried and hugged them. Joey tried to get hold of the police officer again.

"Officer this is Joey Gladstone. I was wondering…yes. Oh my god you did?! Oh officer…no…oh my…thank you, yes goodbye." Joey couldn't believe what he had just heard. He knew who ran over Danny and he couldn't believe it. It just couldn't be…