I know it's been a long time so here's a much needed update. This chapter is pretty long so read, review and enjoy!
xoxo Jules
Chapter 8: "The long broken arm of human law"
Aspen walked into the kitchen the next morning to find Logan on the counter eating peanut butter and Jenny and Spencer making out in the window seat.
"Ah, nothing like PDA'S in the morning." Aspen said as she took a seat at the table.
"You want something to eat?"
"Nah, I'm good." Aspen said smiling, before rolling her eyes at Spencer and Jenny. "So when's your grandmother going to show up?"
"Soon." Spencer said pulling away from Jenny momentarily.
Aspen nodded. Logan hopped off of the counter, and grabbed her jacket.
"Where are you going?" Aspen and Spencer asked in unison.
"Um, just out." Logan said secretively
"Oh please, don't pull that Lo, I was sixteen once too." Jenny said trying to sound old and wise. "You're going to see Brooke aren't you?"
"I talked to her yesterday. I was going to go over to her place and meet Katia and stuff." Logan said with an uneasy smile.
"Do you want me to come with?" Aspen asked
"Nah, it's cool." Logan said pulling on a fake smile.
"Brooke looks really familiar, I just can't put my finger on where from…" Spencer said rubbing the new stubble on his chin.
----- Cody jogged behind Hannah.
"Han! Wait up! Where the hell are you going anyway? It's crazy enough that we're out here running at six o clock in the morning on summer vacation, but this whole sprinting thing is taking it a bit far." Cody said as she stopped and rested her hands on her knees breathing deeply. They were now outside of their old elementary school by the playground.
You could see their breath in the air it was so chilly that morning. Both of the girls were dressed warmly in sweats, and the chill had caused Cody's cheeks, and the tip of her nose to turn red.
"Well you said that you wanted to come." Hannah said as she swung around, her eyes looking none too happy.
"Woah man, PMS much?" Cody said laughing, her expression changed when she noticed that her cousin was not laughing. "What's going on Han?"
"What the hell do you think is going on!"
Cody looked at her blankly.
"Hello! Do you not remember two nights ago when you put me in the most awkward position in my life!" Hannah practically yelled.
"Come on." Cody said pulling Hannah by the arm and leading her to the swing set
They sat in silence for awhile.
"Look, I'm sorry if I made you feel uncomfortable, so you and Riv have a thin-" Cody began before Hannah cut her off angrily.
"I don't have a thing for River!"
"Well it just seemed li-"
"Don't assume things Cody!" Hannah yelled.
"Well I'm sorry but when I woke up it seemed like that social worker lady had walked in on something and-"
"Well you thought wrong Cody." Hannah said through gritted teeth.
"Like I said Kid, I really didn't wanna make you feel uncomfortable or anything. But I mean, if there is something with you and River, it's no big deal…" Cody said in a calmer voice
"Well there's not." Hannah said looking at the ground
"Your friends wouldn't care, your family, they wouldn't care." Cody said softly.
"Easy for you to say!" Hannah shot back defensively. "You're parents are Aunt Peyton and Uncle Lucas, and besides nobody would ever think you were gay, you've fucked the entire football team!"
Hannah tried to block the hurt that she saw in Cody's eyes… maybe that was a little low. Cody was only trying to help her in her own way.
"Whatever Han. You do what you want." Cody said getting up from the swing and walking back home with her hands shoved deeply in her pockets.
Hannah roughly pulled her hat down over her ears began to jog, harder and faster this time.
----- Peyton and Lucas sat in their kitchen
"It's been awhile since you've been home." Peyton said not lifting her eyes from her work
"I know, things have been busy at the shop." Lucas said kissing Peytons forehead.
"And things haven't been busy here?" Peyton said for the first time meeting his eye.
"What's going on?" Lucas asked taking a seat across from his wife.
"It's just these kids, I don't know what's going on with them anymore. I remember when Spencer would fall asleep every night in my arms, and now he's on his way out of the house, and Tessa is so sick, and I have no idea where to start between Gunner and Cody." Peyton said desperately putting her head in her hands. "I am just so tired. I feel like I am putting all of this effort into things and have gotten nothing out of it."
"It will be okay." Lucas said taking hold of her hands.
Right then the side door slams and Cody walked in. She stopped, surprised to see her parents there.
"Um, hey." Cody said from where she stood looking nervous for a reason that Peyton nor Lucas could figure.
"Hi." Peyton said simply.
"Where were you Cody?" Lucas asked
"I was out running with Hannah." Cody said leaning against the door frame coolly.
"Well next time would it be too much trouble to tell us." Lucas asked standing up, and walking over to her.
"Um, yeah, fine, whatever." Cody said brushing past him, her arms crossed over her chest.
Lucas cringed at the waft of smoke that could be smelt when his daughter passed. This did not go unnoticed by Peyton either, and if they had looked just a little closer they could have seen the blood beginning to seep through her shirt sleeve.
---- Logan took a deep breath before knocking on an apartment door.
"Hello?" She called through the door when nobody answered.
A minute later the door was opened by a little girl with dark hair and light brown eyes.
"Hi." Katia said in a little voice.
"Hi." Logan responded looking down at the little girl… a spitting image of herself at that age
None of her other siblings really looked like her, they looked like Haley… but Katia…
"Is Brooke here?"
"Yeah." Katia said not backing out of the doorway of the dimly lit apartment. "Are you Logan?" Katia finally asked in the rather blunt way of a child.
"Yeah I am, are you're Katia right?" Logan said trying to be friendly with the little girl, her sister…
"You live with your daddy?" Katia asked finally allowing Logan in.
"Yup." Logan said taking a seat on the couch. Katia, rather small for her age was curled up on the other side of the couch.
"Is he nice?" Katia asked holding tightly to a stuffed duck that was similar to the one that she had as a child.
"He is nice."
"I don't have a daddy." Katia said.
Logan nodded unsure of how to respond to that. Luckily Brooke then walked in.
"Hey Logan. I wasn't expecting you this early." She said glancing at her watch
"Well if you want me to leave I-"
"Of course not!" Brooke said smiling.
Logan smiled at her voice. It was just like her own. Soft and just a little bit raspy… Brooke sat on the end of the couch and Katia curled up on her lap.
"So I forgot to ask you, how long are you going to be here?" Brooke asked
"I'm not really sure. We were supposed to go down and visit Jenny in Florida, but she's here now, and Karen, still isn't back." Logan explained
Katia, having become bored with the conversation ran off to her bedroom.
"So, are you happy with your life?" Brooke asked
Logan thought for a second before answering honestly
"Not really." She took a deep breath "Are you?" She asked Brooke
"Not really…"
---- Haley balanced the laundry basket under her arm. She was walking around Logan and Hannahs room picking up their dirty laundry that she had been telling them for weeks to wash.
She felt around under Logan's bed for any clothes. She stopped when her hand hit a plastic bag… she studied what was in her hand…
"It's just dried up herbs, it's just dried up herbs…" She said as a mantra before she called Nathan up.
"What's wrong?" Nathan asked as he entered the room, Haley held up the bag. "She's dead!" Nathan said, anger flashing across his face.
----- Cody sat on her bathroom floor shaking. She was drenched in a cold sweat. She looked away from the mirror in front of her, she couldn't stand what she saw… she picked up her razor, the sharpest this time and held it to her wrist once again… she pressed it firmly against his skin…
----- Logan sat for a second and looked down at the joint in her hand. She was sitting with Aspen under a playground.
"You alright?" Aspen asked
"Yeah." Logan said lighting up the joint and taking a deep breath inwards…
She just leaned back and relaxed, letting her body slip into complete ecstasy.
----- Peyton sat at Tessa's bedside where she was running a fever. She had no idea where Cody was, and Gunner was grounded so after many fighting matches he was asleep in bed. She watched Tessa closely as she held her clammy hand. She put her head at her daughters side and wept.
Tessa watched her mother, who thought that she was asleep. She hated to see her mother in pain…
----- Karen walked into her house after a long plane ride and switched on the lights.
"Ah!" She screamed as she saw Jenny and Spencer doing unmentionable acts on the couch.
"Karen!" Jenny said scrambling around for her closed that were strewn all over the room.
Cliffhanger, Drama... You have to let me know what you think
In upcoming chapters:
What does Karen do after walking in on Spencer and Jenny?
What will Haley and Nathan do about Logan and the weed?
Is Cody going to be alright?
What is going to happen with Hannah and River?
Brooke/Nathan/Haley/Peyton/Luke confrontation
Will Peyton and Lukes relationship fizzle out? What about Jake?
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xoxo Jules