W00t! Chapter two. Wicked eh? Cool. Here we go! F.Y.I their mum's name is Shannon. And Budi apuka üt neki és nővére és ők jött itt részére segít. Ők szükséges egy hely -hoz marad tehát ÉN enged őket -ban. Means: John's dad beat him and his sister and they came here for help. They needed a place to stay so I let them in.
Zigana was woken up by the sounds of her brother puking. She went over and walked into the bathroom to find Whelan passed out on the floor. She freaked out, nobody in her family had ever gotten that drunk. She flipped him over onto his stomach, which was hard because he was heavy. She ran into her mum's room and woke her and Lee up and told them what happened. They got Whelan into the car and drove him to the hospital. Zigana stayed home. She went into her brother's room and woke up Pholan and Karsa.
"What's wrong?" Pholan asked.
"Whelan had to much to drink I guess and mum and Lee drove him to the hospital because he got really sick. Do you guys know what he had to drink?" The boys looked at each other and then nodded.
"After you went to bed one of Lee's friends came over and we all drank, then mum went to bed and Lee had to go out for a bit. Lee's friend offered us all a weird drink; we didn't take any, except Whelan did. It was a very weird looking one; it was green. He drank most of it, but then he said he felt sick and went to bed," Karsa said.
"But do you know what it was?"
"No."
"Is it still out there?"
"Yeah." Zigana ran out into the living room and found the drink and swished it around and smelt it. She then found some other stuff that was used in the drink. Pholan and Karsa walked out sleepily and asked her what was going on.
"It's Absinth," Zigana said. They were all silent and waited on the couch for their parents to come home.
"So…are you guys gonna go see dad?" Zigana asked.
"We aren't sure. Mum and Lee don't know if they can afford all of us to go. If they can then great, but if they can't, you're just going to go. We hate to say this, but out of all of us, you're the one who needs to see him the most." Karsa said.
"Why do you say that?" Zigana asked.
"Because. You are the most like him, and you look the most like him. Come on, Lilly, Kat, and Mari are exact duplicates of our mother, with their red hair and their blue eyes. And same with us, we resemble mum the most too," Pholan said. Zigana knew they were right. They had their mum's dark red hair and ice blue eyes, as well as her face structure, well…more manly like, but you get the point.
Zigana fell asleep before their parents came home. Their mum and stepfather walked in and told the boys what happened. Their mum was crying.
"They had ter pump out his stomach and give him an anti-poison thing. What ever he had, if we didn't get him to the hospital when we did he would have died," Lee said.
"What did he have to drink? Do you boys know?" Shannon asked still crying.
"Absinth. You're friend gave it to him Lee," Pholan said, "Zee found that out." Shannon and Lee looked very angry and Lee went for the phone and called up his friend and gave him hell. Karsa looked down at Zigana and he knew that there was no way in hell that they were going to be able to wake her up so he picked her up and put her in her bed.
Zigana woke up the next morning, ate, took a shower and brushed her teeth, and got dressed. "Zigana. You don't have to go to school today," her mum said.
"I know, but I want to. Are Pholan and Karsa going?"
"Yes."
"Okay." Zigana and her brothers and sisters left for school. Zigana's first two classes went like a blur, at Lunch she went to the parking lot and met up with John and his, for lack of a better term, 'posse'.
Zigana got there and lit up a cigarette when Jen, sensing that there was something wrong, asked, "What's wrong Zee?"
"We had company last night and our company slipped my brother some absinth, he had to go to the hospital last night and get his stomach pumped and get an anti-poison shot thing. He almost died."
"Why?" Kevin asked.
"Do you know what wormwood is?" they all shook their heads. "It's also called wolfs bane. It's a neuro-toxin, and that's what they use in absinth."
"That's sad…so…do you have the stuff?" John asked.
"No. My other two brothers downed the bottle last night," Zigana said.
"Typical Irish-men," Claire said.
"What did you just say?" Zigana asked angrily.
"I said, typical Irish-men. No wonder that country is having so many wars, they're drunk all the time," Claire answered.
Zigana put out her cigarette and said, "Don't you ever diss the Irish."
"Why? You gonna hit me? Oh, and you're brother got what he deserved. He shouldn't be drinking. Oh wait, he's a stupid Irish-man." Zigana had enough and lunged at Claire and beat her up. Mr. Vernon came over and caught them. Jen had pulled Zigana off of Claire.
"What is going on here?" Mr. Vernon asked angrily.
"In short sir. Claire dissed the Irish, Zigana got angry being Irish, and started to beat her up," Jen said.
"I see. I want you all in my office now!" Mr. Vernon said. They all followed him into his office and he told them that they all had detention tomorrow at 8am. Zigana was told that she had to go home so she called her mum and her mum came and picked her up, her two little brothers were with her.
"Two days. New record Zee," her mum teased.
"Haha. Very funny."
"So. What did she do to make you have to beat her up?"
"She dissed the Irish and my brothers," Zigana said shortly. Her mum was silent as they kept driving.
"Mum, you drove past the house."
"We're going to go get Whelan from the hospital."
"Oh." They got to the hospital and went into Whelan's room. Whelan had dressed himself and was ready to go. All of the colour came back to his face and he looked healthy.
"Can you walk?" Zigana asked.
"Of course I can walk Zee. Let's go." They all went into the car and got driven home. When they got home they put he twins down for a nap and Whelan rested on the couch and watched TV.
"So. Why are you home?" Whelan asked.
"I got in a fight. This girl named Claire was dissing the Irish and you. And I have detention tomorrow from 8am-4pm." Whelan was silent as he continued to watch his show. Pretty soon Pholan, Karsa, Kat, Lilly, and Mari got home. They all asked Whelan if he was better, then the twins woke up. And they were told to leave Whelan alone. Shannon came in from the porch and told everyone to leave so that she could talk to Whelan. They all went into the boys' room and they could hear their mum crying and Whelan trying to calm her down. Zigana felt really bad and almost started to cry herself. Pholan gave her a hug and she felt better. Finally her mum called down and went to go make supper. They all left the room and went outside to their rather large yard. They had a really big fenced in yard; they assumed that the person who lived here last had a large dog, or a few large dogs. Behind them there was a bush. They played baseball. The boys got Mari, the best out of the triplets, to be on their team, and Zigana, the best baseball player out of the family was with the girls. They played until dinner. Lee wasn't going to be home for supper because he had a big business meeting to attend. They all talked about going to Hungary in the summer.
"Well," Shannon said, "We're definitely going to Ireland to visit Grandma and Granddad, they're going to fly us out there, and they said that they'd split the cost for you guys to go to Hungary if you wanted to go, so who wants to go?"
"I want to go," Zigana said.
"Us too," The older boys said.
"We don't really want to go. We can't even remember dad. We didn't even get to see him five years ago."
"Well…you can go now. Wouldn't you like to go see you're family? You're dad is really looking forward to seeing all of you," Shannon said.
"Fine, we'll go too," Mari, said. Shannon smiled. Zigana went and did her homework till she had to go to bed.
Zigana got up, got ready, left a note, and left for detention. Zigana walked past John's house and could hear John's dad yelling at him and Jen. "You're just as bad as your brother! I thought you were the good one! Do I have to punish you like your brother?" She heard someone throw a bottle and Jen ran out of the house. She then heard their dad yell at John and then hit him as well. Then she heard John get hit, she felt sick to her stomach. John ran out of the house, swearing at his dad in the process. Zigana walked up behind them and said:
"Top o' the marnin' to yea." They turned around and looked at her funny.
"What?" John asked.
"It's how the Irish say hello, or good marnin," She replied.
"You heard all of that didn't you," Jen asked.
"Yeah…"
"Your dad ever do that to you?" Jen asked almost crying.
"No. I only see my dad every five years. I remember he used to always get drunk as a stone," they started walking, " I don't even remember what he did for a living. He likes to disappear. My step-dad, well he would hit me if my mum weren't there. She would have his bloody head. And my mum, well she's cool, so no. Never."
"How did they react when they found out you had detention?" John asked.
"My mum made fun of me, she doesn't really care. I got in detention for standing up for myself, that's why. If I were drinking or smoking, she wouldn't care. I drink and smoke with her all the time. I went to bed before my step-dad came home so I guess I'll get yelled at when I get home."
"Can we come live at your house?" Jen asked.
"I don't think so. You see, I have 5 brothers and 3 sisters. I share a room with my three sisters, three of my brothers share a room, and the other two share a room. We don't have enough room. Unless you lived in a camper in my back yard or something," Zigana replied.
"How's your brother?" Jen asked remembering what happened.
"He's fine. My mum started crying, which scared me because she never cries. All of us have been to the hospital at least once for a broken bone or something, she never cried."
"When did you go to the hospital?" John asked.
"Broken leg and arm."
"How did you do that?" Jen asked.
"Jumped out of a tree," they started to laugh. "My brothers told me if I jumped out of a tree I could fly! They got into so much trouble though." They talked all the way to the school. They walked into the library to see Kevin and Jason there. Claire was not there.
"Think she skipped?" Jen asked.
"No. Her parent's divorce finalized last night and she's moving into her brother's today," John said. FUCK YES! I wont have to deal with her today! Woot! Zigana thought.
"Well. Today we're going to write an essay that tells us a little bit about ourselves," Mr. Vernon said as he walked in. He gave them each a paper and then left. Zigana sat down with her pencil and started writing.
"You're not actually going to write that are you?" Kevin asked.
"Well, I'm just writing gibberish in Hungarian. It pays to be one of the only people in the school to know Hungarian. My brothers and sisters wont translate it for him," Zigana replied. They all laughed. Zigana finished and put her paper aside and they all talked and talked. Soon it was lunchtime; only Zigana brought a lunch.
"You brought a lunch?" Jason asked.
"Mum made me," Zigana said. They kept talking while Zigana ate her lunch. It was a rather big lunch so she shared some with everyone else.
"Zee," John said.
"Yes…?"
"Are you a virgin?"
"No. I've had sex a few times," She answered. "I know how to do…things." She smiled. "How come you guys have detention? You didn't do anything," Zigana asked.
"Well. I have detention for the next two months, and the rest of us are considered accomplices in you beating up Claire," John replied.
"Ooooh." Zigana laid her head on the table and said, "nap time," and fell asleep. When she woke up she saw Jen sitting on the table having a smoke.
"Have a good sleep?" She asked.
"Yeah. Where is everyone?" Zigana said.
"Over there getting high."
"Oh. You don't smoke weed?" Zigana asked.
"No. You want a cig?"
"No. I'm trying to quit. I been smoking since I was twelve."
"Suit yourself." Jen took another drag on her cigarette. The boys came back still a little stoned. John had a goofy grin on his face, which made Zigana laugh.
"What time is it?" Zigana asked.
"2:30," Jen said looking at her watch.
"Yay. Only an hour and a half left," Zigana said. The boys slowly came off their high and Kevin revealed his love for Jen, who in turn said that she loved him too. Then they made out.
"So…Zee. We have a history project due next week. I signed you up to be my partner," John said.
"History project? When were we assigned this?"
"Yesterday. We have to pick any famous person and do a report on them. Got any ideas?"
"Erzebet Bathroy."
"Who?"
"The bloody countess, you know. The lady who killed virgins and bathed in their blood because she wanted to be beautiful forever."
"Uhm…no."
"Well. We'll do her. I don't care what you say. I know everything about her. I'll fill you in later. Is it an essay? Or what?"
"Poster."
"Fuuun. It is almost time to leave. Yay!"
"Get a room you two!" Jason said noticing Jen and Kevin being quite sexual. They stopped and Zigana heard Kevin whisper to Jen to come over to his house, which she agreed too.
"So John. What are you doing after this?" Zigana asked.
"Well. Jason is going to give me a ride to Claire's house and we're going to help her move in."
"I see." Soon detention ended and they all went home.
Jason and John got to Claire's house and they went inside to go help them unpack, when they heard some strange noises. They walked into the living room to find Claire and her brother having sex. Their jaws dropped. Claire and her brother saw them walk in and they quickly wrapped something around them. John lost it. He yelled/ broke up with Claire and her brother and left, leaving Claire crying and her brother angry. Jason ran out of the house and into the car where John already was. He started up the car and drove him home. Since Claire lived just out of town it took them a while to get to John's house.
"Thanks man," John said as he got out of the car.
"Any time. Sorry about…" Jason said.
"It's okay. What a bitch." John walked into his house to find his drunk father watching the television and his mum cooking dinner. "Jen home yet?" John asked his mum.
"She's in her room. Dinner will be done in 15 minutes," she replied. John walked into Jen's room to find her reading a book.
"How was Kevin's?" John asked.
"Awesome. I wont go into details, but you can guess what happened. How was Claire's?"
"Horrible. She was cheating on me with her brother! We broke up. What a whore!" Jen looked angry and then sighed as she put down her book.
"Jen, John. Time for dinner," their mum called. They went into the dining room where they had turkey potpie on their plates. Their father was eating dinner in front of the TV; there was a football game on. They ate quietly, as to not disturb their father. After they ate Jen helped their mum with the dishes and John went into his room to listen to music. Soon they went to bed.
"Bitch!" John heard his father yell and then his hand hitting his sister's face.
"Dad!" John's dad just kept beating her while yelling profane words at her. John ran out of his room and pulled his dad off of her, he was to late, she was already unconscious. John's dad then turned to him and started wailing on him. John fought back, but his dad was a lot bigger than him and stunned him. His dad then walked into his room. When John could get up he picked up Jen and started walking to Zigana's house.
Knock. Knock. Knock. Zigana was a light sleeper so this knocking woke her up. She looked at her clock and saw that it was 1:00am. She went to the door and opened it. And there was John, carrying an unconscious Jen. She didn't even bother asking because she pretty much knew what had happened. She let them in and brought them to the living room. John laid Jen on the couch and Zigana went for the first aid kit. She checked Jen for any broken bones; luckily she had none, and then cleaned up her cuts. Then she started to clean up John's cuts. "So. How was Claire?" Zigana asked.
"She was cheating on me with her bro-ow, that stings-brother. So I dumped her," he replied.
"That's horrible. What a bitch!" Zigana said as she finished up. They heard someone get up and John got a little scared. "Don't worry. It's probably just my mum," Zigana said. Sure enough it was her mum.
"What be going on dear?" Her mum asked a little drowsily.
"Budi apuka üt neki és nővére és ők jött itt részére segít. Ők szükséges egy hely -hoz marad tehát ÉN enged őket –ban," she replied.
"Oh dear," her mum said. "Would you like something to drink dear?" She asked referring to John.
"No thank you," He said.
"Okay. Well I suppose we could kick one of the lads off of their beds and you could sleep there," Shannon said. "Yes that's what we'll do. You are welcome to stay as long as you like."
"Thank you," John said. Shannon went into the boys' room and kicked Karsa off of his bed. He slept on the floor. Shannon came back out and showed John where he would be sleeping. John gratefully took it and went to sleep instantly.
The next morning John woke up to an empty, clean room, and heard sounds of life outside the room. He got out of bed and walked out of the room. He walked into the kitchen where he saw his sister at the table, Zigana's mother cooking, and two 2 year olds eating some cereal. "Top o' the marnin' to yea John. Hungry?" Zigana's mum said.
"Good morning. Yes," John said.
"Okay, well breakfast is almost ready."
"Where's Zee?" He asked.
"Playing murder ball with her brothers. If she doesn't watch it she's going to get killed," Jen said.
"You okay?" John asked.
"Yeah." Soon breakfast was done and Shannon called in her children for breakfast. Zigana went to the fridge and pulled out a drink and downed it in one gulp.
"Zee that was mine!" Whelan said.
"Was it?"
"Yes. Don't be stupid."
"At least I'm not stupid enough to drink absinth from a guy who I've only met once." Everyone was silent.
"Well at least he's not stupid enough to think that if you jump out of a tall tree you can fly!" Pholan said.
"Not fair! I was ten!"
"Enough! Come eat your breakfast," Zigana's mum said a little irritated. They all shut up and ate their breakfast.
"Where are Kat, Lilly, Mari and Lee mum?"
"Kat, Lilly, and Mari all went to a friend's and Lee is sleeping."
"Why is Lee still in bed?" Karsa asked. "He's always the first up."
"He had to go out of town last night and he didn't come back till five in the marnin'." They dropped the subject and kept eating. Then there was someone at the door. Shannon got up and answered the door.
"Where's my son and daughter!" A man at yelled at her.
"Sir. I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about."
"You heard me! Where is my son and daughter!"
"Sir I'm going to have to ask you to leave this property."
"Or what!"
"Or I'll have to deal with you," a very tall man with a Hungarian accent said.
"Rikard!" Shannon yelled.
"Er…Uh…Fine," John's dad said and left.
"Kids come here!" Zigana's mum yelled. They all ran down to the door and saw their father, Rikard there.
"PAPA!" Zigana yelled as she gave him a huge hug.
"Hello Zigana. How have you been? Oh boys you look just like your mother."
"We've been grand papa," Zigana said.
"Well do come in and have a drink," Shannon said.
"I'd love to," Rikard said. He came in and sat down at the table and Shannon poured him a drink. "You have a few new additions to the family?" he asked.
"Those two right there," she said pointing to John and Jen, "are Zigana's friends. Their father is the one that was just here demanding for them. He hit them last night so they came here. Now those two little buggers," she said pointing to Blade and Axon, "we adopted, their names are Blade and Axon."
"Oh yeah. How long is John and Jen going to stay?" Rikard asked.
"How ever long they want. Oh. Would you two like a shower? I could wash your clothes if you want."
"A shower sounds lovely," Jen said and smiled.
Well that is the end of chapter two. Yay! So…yeah. R&R thanx!