A/N: yes!!!! OMG! StorytellerD that was exactly what I planned on doing....only now you know. Yeah, he did sort of disappear and I need to include the other characters also....... Anyway enjoy this chapter! BTW Guess what? Gasp gaspThis chapter isn't going to focus on the Camerons!! Yay! Lol READ THIS OR YOU WILL UNDERSTAND NOTHING: In the first chapter I said Manny and JT's daughter's name was Katie and than I said Emma's daughter's name was Katie and that does NOT work lol. So now, Manny and JT's daughter's name is Sarah and for story purposes she is 10! So now poor Manny doesn't have a daughter the same age as Emma's daughter Oh well. Her son is the same age as Emma's daughter Nicole....that A/N was way too long I'm sorry
It was a normal morning in the Yorke house. Mannuela was trying to get her teenaged son up for school as well as do her hair and make-up and convince her ten year old daughter she was too young to wear makeup.
"Ryan Yorke! I've said it twice and I'll say it again. If you're not up now you will lose all privileges and that includes soccer!" Mannuela shouted at the bottom of the stairs.
"Five more minutes!"
"Don't make me come up there and drag you out of bed!" Mannuela was starting to get really angry.
"Fine"
"You look you need a massage" Her husband JT said as he rubbed her shoulder.
"Sweetie that feels great, but not now. When do you find out if you got the job?" JT had just lost his job as a comedy show host a while ago and had been auditioning for various roles since. He had just auditioned for a role in a tv movie about a man who can read the minds of animals and other people but he can't be exposed or else really bad stuff would happen and it also keeps him from being with his girlfriend.
"I don't know. They said they'd call me by Saturday" JT said wrapping his arms around his wife's waist.
"That's tomorrow. You have to get the job" Mannuela whispered.
"It would be great but I don't have too"
"Yes you do. I'm sorry but you've been out of work for over two months now and it's.....I don't know, something's not right"
"Mannuela Yorke!" JT fake gasped, "Are you being sexist? Where did this attitude come from?"
"I want to quit my job. I'm losing my touch and I'm losing money. I just can't design clothes like I used to. Amanda won't even wear my clothes. Imagine that, my own daughter won't wear clothes designed by her mom....." Mannuela rested her head on JT's chest as she tried to fight back tears. She gave a small smile as she smelled JT's cologne.
"Hey you're smiling!" JT said happily.
"It's only cause I'm smelling your cheap perfume and yes that makes me smile" Mannuela teased as she walked into the kitchen. JT just smiled as he shook his head. The phone rang and he answered it.
"Hello" JT said. There was no answer on the other line.
"Um, Is this the Yorke residence?" A woman's voice asked.
"Yes" That voice sounded way to familiar and it bothered him.
"Do you know who I am?"
"You sound familiar. Is this a prank call? Because if it is yo-"
"Sh. No. I see this was a mistake" Then the caller hung up leaving JT creeped out and confused.
"How do I look dad?" Amanda asked him, distracting him from his thoughts. Amanda was wearing a shirt that showed a little of her skin and a pair of jeans with flip flops, but that wasn't what he had a problem with. She had purple eyeshadow, mascara, and lip gloss on. Way too much for a ten year old.
"Take the makeup off now" JT demanded.
"But mom said I could" She whined.
"I know she didn't. Anyway people are going to think you have bad parents if you go to elementary school looking like that"
"Amanda, how many times do I need to tell you to wash that makeup off?" Mannuela asked sternly.
"But you don't understand. Matt likes girls who are cute! He said he doesn't like me because I'm not pretty enough"
"Well, Matt's crazy and has terrible taste in girls if he doesn't like you" JT said.
"You are very beautiful" Mannuela added.
"Really?" She asked her face brightening up a bit.
"Yeah, and guess what? I'm going to take you on a shopping spree next weekend to celebrate your birthday!" Mannuela announced happily.
"I can get whatever I want?" Amanda asked.
"Anything" Satisfied with that, Amanda left the room to go take her makeup off.
"Why did you do that Manny?" JT asked angrily crossing his arms.
"What?" she asked innocently.
"Tell your daughter you would buy her anything she wants. We just had a conversation last night about money being tight. Now you're acting like we actually have enough money to let our ten year old daughter buy whatever the heck she wants!"
"Ssh! The kids might hear you"
"Too late" Ryan said as he walked into the room, "I'm ready for school. Do you want me to walk so I can save you the money on gas?"
"Don't be like that Ryan!" Mannuela scolded.
"Buy me a snowboard and I won't"
"Way to go JT" Mannuela said rolling her eyes as she walked into the kitchen.
Later that day at school. Ryan is talking to Nicole and Melissa.
"Are you okay Ryan? You've been kind of quiet today" Nicole asked, concerned. Her friend was never as quiet as he was acting.
"I guess. It's just the other night I hear my parents arguing about how money is tight now, and then to make my sister feel better my mom offers to take her on a big shopping spree"
"Oh, I'm sorry sweetie" Nicole said wrapping her arm around his waist and she kissed his cheek.. They had been dating for the past month.
"It's okay."
"Do you two want to go bowling with me, Stacey, and Mary after school?" Melissa asked.
"I can't, I have cheerleading practice" Nicole said.
"I can go" Ryan said.
"Great. I think Lindsay's dropping us off after school"
"You guys should come to the game afterwards. We are going to have so much fun beating Bardell. They have the worst basketball team ever!" Nicole suggested.
"
Anything to support my baby" Ryan joked kissing Nicole.
"Get a room" Melissa groaned.
Melissa, Stacey, Ryan, and Mary were all sitting next to each other at the game later that night. Ryan and Nicole kept blowing kisses to each other and winking.
"You're so nauseating. Do you see me and Stacey doing stuff like that?" Mary teased.
"You broke up"
"So not the point"
"I'm hungry. Let's go get a snack" Stacey said to Ryan.
"Kay. Anybody else want something?"
Stacey and Ryan walked to the concession stand. They noticed a woman with light brown hair watching them and she looked like she was following them.
"Is she following us? She was sitting right behind us" Stacey whispered to Ryan.
"Yeah, I think I saw her at my soccer game yesterday. She walked up to my parents and then turned around"
"That's strange"
"Yeah it is. She's walking up to us"
"Hi, are you Ryan Yorke?" the woman asked.
"Yeah, who are you?"
"I'm your aunt, Jackie Cooper"
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A/n: REVIEW!!!!!! I hope you liked that chapter.....After chapter 21 I think I'm going to take a break for a month or something and then I'll start the chapters about the new school year! I already have the ending planned but you'll have to wait until chapter 40 or something lol. I hope you liked reading a chapter that wasn't about Lindsay!