Chapter Seven.
Rocky drove home in a huff. But, he could feel his anger diminishing the closer he got to the house. "I should have handled that differently." He thought outloud. "Georgina probably thinks I'm a creep now." He shook his head letting out a sigh. Looking straight ahead, he pressed his foot down on the breaks. "Tum?" He questioned and got out of the car.
His little brother was walking along the sidewalk with his head down, heading home as any other day. But something was definitly wrong with him. For starters it was only lunch time and he should be in school!
"Hey Tum Tum!" Rocky called to him, getting out of the car. His little brother looked up then put his head back down. "I can walk." He heard his distant voice say. Rocky had to know what was wrong with him. He's his little bro, he couldn't sit back and watch him be upset by something.
"Tum tum," Rocky said again when he caught up to him. "I said I'm walking." The boy affirmed tightly. "What's with you?" Asked Rocky, putting a hand on his brothers shoulder. The boy was silent. "Tell me." Rocky pleaded lifting his brothers chin. His eyes went wide seeing a nice sized black eye over his right eye.
Rocky scanned his face turning it left to right searching for any other injuries but the black eye seemed to be the only one.
"Who did this to you?" Rocky asked, with his voice full of concern and a little anger. "Sheven Whittle." Tum tum said, defeated. Rocky registered blank at the answer, that name sounded really familiar to him. "Sheven......Darrens little brother? Why would he do this to you?" Shakes his head in disbelief. "I thought you two were friends?" He then said.
"I thought so too! But he came up to me during lunch, called mom a kidnapper," Tum shrugged. "then we fought."
"Tum tum!" His little brother shook his head. "Don't worry I didn't attack him it was more of a one man show and I backed off, but I was sent home and I didn't wanna bother mom so I'm walking." Although Rocky didn't want his brother to get beaten up, he also didn't want him to not defend hisself when being assulted.
"Is this ever gonna stop?" Tum Tum asked Rocky. The ash blonde shrugged. He didn't know. He hoped it would though, what was everyone so mad at them for.
So their mother made a mistake, she wasn't the one who took Colt. She just took care of him, and damn good care of him if Rocky had any memory of it. "Come on," He steered Tum Tum towards his car and they climbed inside. "Maybe we there's a way we can stop this from happening without getting mom or dad involved."
He pressed down on the pedal and they headed home.
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"Wow." Said John when he walked into the McRea's household. "Whatever you said to mom, keep it up." John tossled Colt's hair much to his brothers disliking and Colt smoothed it back into place. "Mom never lets me have pizza for lunch, she thinks it's too greasey." He gave his mother a kiss and sat down at the table.
Jamie rolled her eyes to her eldest son and handed him a plate with three slices on it. "Thanks mom." He picked one up, before the plate even touched the table and dug in. "So did you guys have a good day?" Asked John, looking from Colt to his mother. She sat down running her hand over Colt's back saying. "It was fine." Colt seemed to think a little differently, but he replied with the same. "Yeah, it was alright. We went uh, to the college and got me signed in."
Reaching for the booklet. "I've gotta pick out the classes I'm gonna take." John nodded and took the book from his brother looking it over. "Have you decided which ones your gonna take yet?" He asked.
"Not really, but I know one of them will probably be business, that's what I was taking at UCLA." Colt took a bite of pizza and picked off a piece of pepperoni placing it down on top of the other slice he had. "Oh yeah that sounds cool." The three of them ate in slight silence except for the low sounds of chewing and the swish of D.K.'s tail on the floor, looking for scraps.
Colt noticed the dog at his side and smiled down at him, picking off a pepperoni and fed it to the dog. Quickly brushing his hand across the side of his jeans, he wiped the slight dog drool from his finger tips. D.K. ate the piece of food thankfully and swished his tail faster for another piece. John laughed, after seeing what went on and Colt smiled asking. "What?"
"You've made a friend for life with that dog, once you feed him he won't leave you alone until his stomach is nice and full." Colt laughed to hisself and looked back down at the dog. "Are you a little Tum Tum, D.K.?" The dog looked at him with hopeful eyes to the promise of more food.
"Oh Jefferson don't give the dog pizza." Jamie said, seeing Colt slip the dog a piece of sausage. Colt, gave her a gorgeous smile saying. "But mom, dogs are people too."
Jamie grinned and blushed a bit shaking her head. "Oh really then tell him he can pay his wn vet bills, and to get a job at the race tracks." She slipped out of her seat, walking over to the upper cabinets. Jamie found a can of 'Might Dog' and she started opening it for D.K. Sensing food the dog ran over to the woman licking his teeth waiting. Colt and John laughed at the sight. "I guess he doesn't love me anymore." Said Colt.
John smiled plainly and gestured for Colt's attention. "So Jeff? You said there was a girl that you couldn't get over, who was she? What was her name?" Colt shrugged, grabbing another slice. "It's really a bad subject for me, I made a lot of mistakes and so did she. But somehow I can't say no to her." He downcast his eyes. "Even though I knew that us together was wrong I still said yes, I don't know it was a few years ago."
"Hey," John was saying. "you don't have to talk about it, it's okay." Jamie had long since rejoined them and looked from Colt to Johnathan and shrugged. "So hey, me and some of the guys are going to a movie this weekend, you wanna join us? My treat?"
"Yeah! That sounds great." Colt was glad for the invite and a ticket out of the house without dear old mom at his heals. "Let's not forget we're going to the mall this weekend for clothes." She informed, bursting the bubble of the freedom train. "Geez mom, don't smother him or he'll end up leaving on his own." Johnathan came back to his rescue.
"Me and the guys can show him where the clothing departments are and he can get some himself." Jamie gave her eldest so a dirty look. "Yeah mom," Colt said to ice the cake. "I'll even model them for ya when I get home and return what ever you don't approve of."
Jamie was thinking it over then she nodded. "Fine, you guys can go, just please be careful ok?"
"Yes mom." They both said. Johnathan checked his watch widening his eyes at the time. "Shoot, I'm gonna be late." He pushed his seat out and stood up. "I gotta go mom, I'll be at Rob's house after school, his mom's making lasagna so don't wait up." He gave the woman a kiss on the cheek and tossled Colt's hair again.
Colt fixed his hair back and said goodbye to his brother. Jamie looked at him and smiled. "You two seem to be getting along alright." She commented. "Hmm, yeah well. He kinda reminds me of someone." Knowing full well what he had meant, Jamie dropped the subject.
Riiiiing!!! Riiiing!!!! "I'll get that, you finish up and put your dishes away, please." Jamie stood up and went in the living room to answer the phone. Colt finished his last slice of pizza and put his plate away, and stored the extra slices in the refrigerator.
Walking into the hallway, Colt heard Jamie telling someone why she was at home. The person on the other end seemed to not care and it was making her frustrated with the situation. "Okay, okay. I'll come in today." She listened to the person on the other end and sighed. Colt walked over to the stairs and leaned against the banister waiting. "Assholes." Jamie spat when she hung up the phone.
"You gotta go in for work." Colt said for her and she nodded looking as though she had been through a battle and was defeated. "That's ok, I'm not going anywhere, because I don't know my way around. And I can take care of a house I'm 21 years old." Colt affirmed. "You're 19 sweety, 19, and I know you'll take care of the house, but I still don't want you here alone." Said Jamie rubbing a hand over her eyes wearily.
"I just wish there was some way I could take you with me...." She mused. Colt watched her wrack her brains for a second, before he spoke up. "Or," She turned and looked at him. "you could just let me stay here alone. I'll lock the door, I know self defense if that's not enough and for the sake of throwing it out there I'm a boy."
Jamie smiled and grabbed her coat off the arm of the chair. "You're right, you win." Colt grinned and said. "Thank you."
"But pleeease, lock this door right after I leave out of it, the back door is already locked. So you....do what ever it is teenaged boys do when their parents are gone, but make sure to do it away from the windows."
Colt nodded walking over to her. "I will." He gave her a quick hug and started pushing her towards the front door laughing a little as he did so. "Now out ya go. Make that money or your fired." Regardless her own words, Jamie wanted to stay, she just didn't feel safe letting him go out alone. And now with John taking him to the mall with his friends. This was all beginning to be too much for her.
Hugging him back, Jamie blew Colt a kiss before leaving. He caught it and pretended to hug it to him. A faint smile appeared on her face then she climbed into the blue Toyota and backed out of the driveway. D.K walked up beside Colt and started thumping his tail on the floor. "So D.K.," He began while closing the door and locking it as Jamie had instructed.
"What do people do in this house when the old bats away?" The dog sighed and Colt pursed his lips wondering what to do. "I've got it follow me."
Rocky drove home in a huff. But, he could feel his anger diminishing the closer he got to the house. "I should have handled that differently." He thought outloud. "Georgina probably thinks I'm a creep now." He shook his head letting out a sigh. Looking straight ahead, he pressed his foot down on the breaks. "Tum?" He questioned and got out of the car.
His little brother was walking along the sidewalk with his head down, heading home as any other day. But something was definitly wrong with him. For starters it was only lunch time and he should be in school!
"Hey Tum Tum!" Rocky called to him, getting out of the car. His little brother looked up then put his head back down. "I can walk." He heard his distant voice say. Rocky had to know what was wrong with him. He's his little bro, he couldn't sit back and watch him be upset by something.
"Tum tum," Rocky said again when he caught up to him. "I said I'm walking." The boy affirmed tightly. "What's with you?" Asked Rocky, putting a hand on his brothers shoulder. The boy was silent. "Tell me." Rocky pleaded lifting his brothers chin. His eyes went wide seeing a nice sized black eye over his right eye.
Rocky scanned his face turning it left to right searching for any other injuries but the black eye seemed to be the only one.
"Who did this to you?" Rocky asked, with his voice full of concern and a little anger. "Sheven Whittle." Tum tum said, defeated. Rocky registered blank at the answer, that name sounded really familiar to him. "Sheven......Darrens little brother? Why would he do this to you?" Shakes his head in disbelief. "I thought you two were friends?" He then said.
"I thought so too! But he came up to me during lunch, called mom a kidnapper," Tum shrugged. "then we fought."
"Tum tum!" His little brother shook his head. "Don't worry I didn't attack him it was more of a one man show and I backed off, but I was sent home and I didn't wanna bother mom so I'm walking." Although Rocky didn't want his brother to get beaten up, he also didn't want him to not defend hisself when being assulted.
"Is this ever gonna stop?" Tum Tum asked Rocky. The ash blonde shrugged. He didn't know. He hoped it would though, what was everyone so mad at them for.
So their mother made a mistake, she wasn't the one who took Colt. She just took care of him, and damn good care of him if Rocky had any memory of it. "Come on," He steered Tum Tum towards his car and they climbed inside. "Maybe we there's a way we can stop this from happening without getting mom or dad involved."
He pressed down on the pedal and they headed home.
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"Wow." Said John when he walked into the McRea's household. "Whatever you said to mom, keep it up." John tossled Colt's hair much to his brothers disliking and Colt smoothed it back into place. "Mom never lets me have pizza for lunch, she thinks it's too greasey." He gave his mother a kiss and sat down at the table.
Jamie rolled her eyes to her eldest son and handed him a plate with three slices on it. "Thanks mom." He picked one up, before the plate even touched the table and dug in. "So did you guys have a good day?" Asked John, looking from Colt to his mother. She sat down running her hand over Colt's back saying. "It was fine." Colt seemed to think a little differently, but he replied with the same. "Yeah, it was alright. We went uh, to the college and got me signed in."
Reaching for the booklet. "I've gotta pick out the classes I'm gonna take." John nodded and took the book from his brother looking it over. "Have you decided which ones your gonna take yet?" He asked.
"Not really, but I know one of them will probably be business, that's what I was taking at UCLA." Colt took a bite of pizza and picked off a piece of pepperoni placing it down on top of the other slice he had. "Oh yeah that sounds cool." The three of them ate in slight silence except for the low sounds of chewing and the swish of D.K.'s tail on the floor, looking for scraps.
Colt noticed the dog at his side and smiled down at him, picking off a pepperoni and fed it to the dog. Quickly brushing his hand across the side of his jeans, he wiped the slight dog drool from his finger tips. D.K. ate the piece of food thankfully and swished his tail faster for another piece. John laughed, after seeing what went on and Colt smiled asking. "What?"
"You've made a friend for life with that dog, once you feed him he won't leave you alone until his stomach is nice and full." Colt laughed to hisself and looked back down at the dog. "Are you a little Tum Tum, D.K.?" The dog looked at him with hopeful eyes to the promise of more food.
"Oh Jefferson don't give the dog pizza." Jamie said, seeing Colt slip the dog a piece of sausage. Colt, gave her a gorgeous smile saying. "But mom, dogs are people too."
Jamie grinned and blushed a bit shaking her head. "Oh really then tell him he can pay his wn vet bills, and to get a job at the race tracks." She slipped out of her seat, walking over to the upper cabinets. Jamie found a can of 'Might Dog' and she started opening it for D.K. Sensing food the dog ran over to the woman licking his teeth waiting. Colt and John laughed at the sight. "I guess he doesn't love me anymore." Said Colt.
John smiled plainly and gestured for Colt's attention. "So Jeff? You said there was a girl that you couldn't get over, who was she? What was her name?" Colt shrugged, grabbing another slice. "It's really a bad subject for me, I made a lot of mistakes and so did she. But somehow I can't say no to her." He downcast his eyes. "Even though I knew that us together was wrong I still said yes, I don't know it was a few years ago."
"Hey," John was saying. "you don't have to talk about it, it's okay." Jamie had long since rejoined them and looked from Colt to Johnathan and shrugged. "So hey, me and some of the guys are going to a movie this weekend, you wanna join us? My treat?"
"Yeah! That sounds great." Colt was glad for the invite and a ticket out of the house without dear old mom at his heals. "Let's not forget we're going to the mall this weekend for clothes." She informed, bursting the bubble of the freedom train. "Geez mom, don't smother him or he'll end up leaving on his own." Johnathan came back to his rescue.
"Me and the guys can show him where the clothing departments are and he can get some himself." Jamie gave her eldest so a dirty look. "Yeah mom," Colt said to ice the cake. "I'll even model them for ya when I get home and return what ever you don't approve of."
Jamie was thinking it over then she nodded. "Fine, you guys can go, just please be careful ok?"
"Yes mom." They both said. Johnathan checked his watch widening his eyes at the time. "Shoot, I'm gonna be late." He pushed his seat out and stood up. "I gotta go mom, I'll be at Rob's house after school, his mom's making lasagna so don't wait up." He gave the woman a kiss on the cheek and tossled Colt's hair again.
Colt fixed his hair back and said goodbye to his brother. Jamie looked at him and smiled. "You two seem to be getting along alright." She commented. "Hmm, yeah well. He kinda reminds me of someone." Knowing full well what he had meant, Jamie dropped the subject.
Riiiiing!!! Riiiing!!!! "I'll get that, you finish up and put your dishes away, please." Jamie stood up and went in the living room to answer the phone. Colt finished his last slice of pizza and put his plate away, and stored the extra slices in the refrigerator.
Walking into the hallway, Colt heard Jamie telling someone why she was at home. The person on the other end seemed to not care and it was making her frustrated with the situation. "Okay, okay. I'll come in today." She listened to the person on the other end and sighed. Colt walked over to the stairs and leaned against the banister waiting. "Assholes." Jamie spat when she hung up the phone.
"You gotta go in for work." Colt said for her and she nodded looking as though she had been through a battle and was defeated. "That's ok, I'm not going anywhere, because I don't know my way around. And I can take care of a house I'm 21 years old." Colt affirmed. "You're 19 sweety, 19, and I know you'll take care of the house, but I still don't want you here alone." Said Jamie rubbing a hand over her eyes wearily.
"I just wish there was some way I could take you with me...." She mused. Colt watched her wrack her brains for a second, before he spoke up. "Or," She turned and looked at him. "you could just let me stay here alone. I'll lock the door, I know self defense if that's not enough and for the sake of throwing it out there I'm a boy."
Jamie smiled and grabbed her coat off the arm of the chair. "You're right, you win." Colt grinned and said. "Thank you."
"But pleeease, lock this door right after I leave out of it, the back door is already locked. So you....do what ever it is teenaged boys do when their parents are gone, but make sure to do it away from the windows."
Colt nodded walking over to her. "I will." He gave her a quick hug and started pushing her towards the front door laughing a little as he did so. "Now out ya go. Make that money or your fired." Regardless her own words, Jamie wanted to stay, she just didn't feel safe letting him go out alone. And now with John taking him to the mall with his friends. This was all beginning to be too much for her.
Hugging him back, Jamie blew Colt a kiss before leaving. He caught it and pretended to hug it to him. A faint smile appeared on her face then she climbed into the blue Toyota and backed out of the driveway. D.K walked up beside Colt and started thumping his tail on the floor. "So D.K.," He began while closing the door and locking it as Jamie had instructed.
"What do people do in this house when the old bats away?" The dog sighed and Colt pursed his lips wondering what to do. "I've got it follow me."