A/N: I do not own any of the characters, settings, etc. I am only basing my fanfic on the show. The only part that I created is this plot. Please read the story and review. Don't hesitate to criticize and give me pointers. Thanks.
Chapter 5: Back
Firefighters arrived at the Brady's house, but by the time they got there, there was not much they could do to save the house in its original state. They spent about an hour extinguishing the fire, and then they left back for the fire house.
"Our house is gone," sighed Mrs. Brady.
"Don't worry, Carol, I'll have another one built. In fact, the new house will have two bathrooms for the kids instead of just one," Mr. Brady said. "Now we've just got to find Jan and punish her for burning down our house in the first place. The station wagon's gone, so she obviously took it somewhere. Kids, into the car," Mr. Brady said. All the kids except Peter got in Mr. Brady's car. Mrs. Brady drove the car off and went around searching for where Jan might be.
Five hours later, the family arrived at the bridge where the station wagon had fallen off. There were some skid marks on the bridge that looked like the car fell off by mistake.
"Those tire marks look just like the ones on the station wagon," Mrs. Brady said. "Jan must have been here." Everyone looked down in the river, and they could make out something at the bottom that looked like their station wagon.
Everyone went down the hill next to the road and went to the shore. It was definite that there was a station wagon under the river, and it looked just like the family's car. They were worried about whether Jan might be in the car, though.
About an hour later, they got their car towed out of the river, and paramedics came to check the inside and see if anyone was inside. Sure enough, Jan was inside and unconscious. The paramedics quickly began to perform CPR. As they did, gallons of water splashed out of Jan's mouth. Even a few minnows flopped out as well. The paramedics finally did get Jan breathing on her own, but she was still unconscious. They got her in the ambulance and drove off to the hospital.
Several days later, the doctor informed the Brady's that Jan was in a coma, and it was hard to say whether or not she would wake up. The doctor said that if she was few with an I.V., she could be sent home. However, since the Brady's house had burned down, that was not an option, so they just let her stay in the hospital until the house was rebuilt.
One year later, the Brady's house was finally rebuilt, so they decided to let Jan come back. They laid her in bed in the girls' bedroom upstairs. From time to time, they would check on her to see how she was doing. Most of the time, though, they left her alone.
One day, something miraculous happened. Jan's eyes started to move, and then she slowly began to wake up. Jan looked around the room and realized that she was back home. "Wh-what happened?" she wondered. "What about splashing into the river?" She didn't really care at this point. At least she was back home. She remembered the bad things she had done. She remembered doing drugs and spray painting and hanging out with the gangstas. She regretted those things and wanted to start over and forgive the Brady's.
Jan went to the bathroom and washed out the black dye in her hair. Afterwards, she went downstairs to see what the family was up to. She heard some noise outside. Jan looked out the window and saw that the family was having a potato sack race as they often did. "I guess the family doesn't need me to be happy," sighed Jan. She then headed back for the stairs.
Meanwhile, outside, the Brady's just finished a potato sack race. Cindy said that she thought she saw Jan looking out through the window. The family got excited, and they went back inside to see if Jan was still around. Jan was heading up the stairs when they entered the living room. "Jan, you're awake!" Mr. Brady said.
Jan turned around. "You recognized me!" Jan went down to the living room, and everyone hugged Jan and told her how glad they were that she was awake.
"Of course we recognized you. Why wouldn't we?" Mrs. Brady asked.
"Because I'm not special," Jan sighed. "Every time I would say something, nobody would ever hear me."
"We're sorry about that, and we'll try to do better about that in the future," Mr. Brady said. "How would you like to be in a potato sack race?"
Jan smiled, "Really?"
"Yes," Mr. Brady said. Jan then joined the rest of the family in several more potato sack races for the rest of the day. Later, the family went back to the living room. "OK, Jan, now that you've had your fun, we must discuss your punishment. For being part of a gang, destroying our house, and being disrespectful, you will be grounded for six months," Mr. Brady said.
"OK," Jan said. After that, Jan was noticed more, and she was better respected than before.
The end