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Chapter Two: PART I – Happy Family

He first woke up to a child's cry. It was Brady.

Jay sighed and stood up. It had taken him a long time to fall asleep for he was thinking about Amber. The way she acted. The way he had acted towards her. After a couple of hours of thought, he had decided to apologize to her in the morning and her glowing smile would make all his problems go away. He thought.

Yet, when he woke up, he wasn't thinking of Amber. The first thought that crossed his mind was that if Brady was okay.

He walked towards Trudy, trying his best not to wake up the others, knowing that Brady would be somewhere near her. His eyes wandered around, and he had found her. Brady was bawling with one of her upper limbs slightly raised. He picked the child up in to his arms. She had her small red face at his chest, waving her arm around franticly.

Jay softly grabbed her delicate little wrist and saw that her hand was bleeding. Apparently, she had cut herself, most probably with a nail from the floor of the boat, while moving in her sleep.

"It's alright Brady, uncle Jay will make it stop." Her cries had become a bit quieter, which calmed him. He carried her over to the small cupboard that the boat owner had filled up with "necessary" items. Knifes, pain killers, box cutters, condoms, pregnancy tests, nappies, toilet paper, and what he was looking for, bandages.

Unfortunately, there was no rubbing alcohol, plenty of the other kind to avoid for her to get an infection. But what could he do? He didn't know where in the hell he was almost sure that nobody else knew either. Obviously the other people on the boat were oblivious to the fact that the boat owner wasn't going any where in specific, most probably because he was drunk most of the time, other wise the Mall Rats would be rushing to reach their destination. Even impulsive Lex wasn't asking threatening the boat owner when or where they would be arriving. Maybe it was because he knew there was no answer.

Jay wrapped the bandaging around Brady's bleeding hand tightly. She squirmed around a couple of times but in general she was good about it. She's strong. Just like her mother. He sighed out a soft 'hmph', bringing himself back to reality, ridding his mind of Trudy. Then, thoughts of Amber filled his head once again. He picked up Brady again and looked around for Amber. He walked, searching for her body, his body and his mind wandering everywhere. After 2 or 3 corners, Jay began to get worried.

"Amber…" He whispered around. Looking for her was difficult.

"Amber..." He said a bit louder. He began to panic. What if he had caused her to do something to herself?

"Amber!" He cried. He heard a woman's voice.

"Jay?" He walked toward the front part of the boat and he sighed in relief as he saw Amber sitting down grabbing on to the rusted rails that 'protected' people from falling off.

"Amber! I'm sorry about today, okay? We really need to talk. I was frightened, I didn't find you with the other, and what are you doing here all by yourself? Some thing could happen while you're alone and-"

"Jay, calm down. I just came to get some fresh air and thinking time." Amber smiled out. She stared at Brady in Jay's arms, which seemed to be asleep.

"What are you doing with her?" Amber asked him.

"She was crying because she was hurt and I had woken up to her." He explained.

"Where was Trudy?"

"She was asleep, but I didn't want to wake her up. I wasn't in a mood to communicate with anyone."

"Oh…well, I can take Brady, I'll make sure she gets to sleep safe and you can go then…"

"No, Amber. I didn't mean you; actually you're the person that I want to talk to." Amber took Brady from Jay's arms, anyways, just to caress her. Baby Bray was peacefully sleeping in what seemed like the only bed there. Lex had harassed the boat owner in to giving it up. Although- it wasn't just for the baby that he did it. Lex had mumbled of how 'the little twerp wouldn't shut up.'

"She's so beautiful Jay, hopefully Bray will turn out as healthy as her."

"Amber please, we have to talk I can't keep on like this. I… love you and I need you." He released.

"Jay," Amber sighed. "Look, I'm sorry about today, I… I just don't…"

"Amber, it's okay, it's me wh-"

"No Jay, it was me. I'm just so stressed right now. I can't believe I acted like that, it was like if I forgot how I felt about you. I-I don't know, it's like I'm breaking down. I can't be in these conditions."

"Listen to me, I'm sure that everyone here feels somewhat like that, I think it's the same reason I flipped on you. And if you think for one second that my actions today show I really care for you. I'm sorry. They weren't. I would never harm you in anyway-ever. I want to be with you for the rest of my life."

Jay now had Amber in his arms. Although Brady was not their child, they looked like a family. A happy family. They stayed that way for a while and suddenly Jay chuckled.

"Can you believe all we've been through? It's…amazing."

"Yes, and right now I'm the happiest I've ever been." Amber sighed out with a smile.

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Trudy woke up with no Brady around her. He head shop up looking for her daughter. Unlike Jay, she did not wait to be frantic.

"Brady? Brady!"