Ok, a couple people mentioned that I didn't have lawyers and stuff like there would be if this was a true story, the thing is if I put lawyers in and everything I would write it all wrong, then my story would be one of the stupidest, so I hope you don't mind not having the lawyers... And I hope you continue to read it as it goes along, oh, deathstreet, this should be at least over 18,000 words, but I'm not sure how long it will be at the end...

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Justin woke up Dylan was still sound asleep. He smiled as he stood up, it took him a minute to realize that he was at his Uncle Jacks house, he frowned and rubbed his eyes, he opened the door and walked down the stairs, his uncle was asleep on the couch. He sighed and walked quietly around him into the kitchen, he opened the fridge door and pulled out a gallon of milk.

He looked around for some cereal of some kind, and managed to find a box half full of fruit loops. "Fruit loops?" he asked himself but poured himself a bowl, he sat down at the table and started eating, didn't his uncle have a dog or something? He remembered his uncle always talking about everyone needing a dog.

"Where's Dylan?" Paige asked as she walked into the room, and started pouring herself a bowl of cereal and sat across from her brother.

"Asleep" Justin replied.

"Oh"

"Listen, Paige I'm sorry that I was so rude last night" Justin said as he dropped his spoon into his empty bowl.

"Don't worry about it" Paige said as she picked up her bowl and walked out of the room.

Justin sighed, all he wanted was to be a family again not to have some new 'dad', start some new school, and live in a new town. Life sucked.

"Justin?" Dylan asked as he walked into the room rubbing his eyes.

"Hey little bro," he said as he slapped his shoulder.

"Can I have some?" Dylan asked looking at the fruit loops.

"Sure" Justin said as he poured Dylan a bowl of fruit loops.

"Justin?"

"Yeah?"

"I miss mommy and daddy" Dylan said, a tear dropped down his face.

"I know" Justin said as he came over to him and gave him a hug. "I do too"

"Will we ever see them again?"

"No, not for a long, long time"

Dylan sniffed. "Do you think they miss us?"

Justin smiled. "I know they do"

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Jack woke up, he looked at the clock, it was nine am. Wow, I slept... late. He got up and looked around the room, no sign of the kids anywhere, so he walked up the stairs and knocked on the boy's room door.

"What?" Justin called from inside.

"You guys hungry?"

"No"

"Ok..." Jack said and walked across the hall and knocked on Paige's. No answer. "Hmm" he walked down the stairs and checked every other room, she was nowhere in the house, he opened the front door, and there she was, sitting on the step, her shoulders moved as if she was crying. He walked next to her and sat down, he put his arm around her, and snuggled closer.

She started crying harder and hugged him, tightly. "I miss them" she said between sobs.

"Shh, they wouldn't want to see you crying" Jack said, suddenly he felt very cold, Paige was freezing, and neither of them had a jacket on. "Come on, let's go inside, your freezing"

Paige shook her head she shivered.

"Come on, I can start a fire"

"No-o" she shivered, she really didn't feel cold.

Jack stared at her, then quickly went inside and returned a minute latter holding Paige's jacket in his hand, he already had his jacket on. "Here" he said put her jacket on her shoulder.

Paige didn't budge.

Jack sighed and slipped her arm into the sleeve of the jacket, Paige hadn't realized how cold she was until he put her jacket on, she turned and smiled at him. "Thanks" she said, he tears felt like ice going down her face, Jack wiped her tears away with his thumb. "Uncle Jack?"

"Yeah?" He asked as he zipped his jacket up.

"Why did you and dad hate each other?"

Jack turned to her. "Why would you say that?"

"I'm may only be twelve but I'm not stupid"

Jack sighed. "Well, you know my ex-wife Sara?"

Paige nodded.

"We both had a major crush on her, and well… I got her" he said with a small smile.

"That's it?"

"Well, he was also mad that I let her leave me, so… yeah"

"That doesn't seem like dad"

"Well I also never visited my family, and that was a huge mistake" He said as he put his arm around her shoulders.

"You remind me a lot of my dad uncle Jack" she said with a small smile.

"We always did look alike" Jack said.

"I'm not talking about that, you remind me of him"

"Thanks, that's quite the compliment, seeing that everyone loved him"

"Uncle Jack?"

"Yeah?"

"Nothing…"

"No what?"

"Nothing!" she said with a small smile.

"Come on, let's go make a fire" he said as he took her hand.

"Ok"

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"Carter?"

"General?"

"You have experience with kids right?"

"Umm… a little, I mean I have shopped for my nieces and nephews, why?"

"Well I just realized, the kids don't have any Christmas presents"

"Ahh"

"So, you want to try and help me find something for them?"

"Yeah, if you wouldn't mind"

"Not at all sir"

Jack smiled. "Thanks, when's a good time for you?"

"Any, just pick me ok?"

"Ok, thanks" Jack said as he hung up the phone.

"Going somewhere?" Paige asked.

"Yeah, umm… I'm going to call a friend to baby-sit you ok?"

"Umm… Justin Is 16 ya know"

"I know-"

"He can baby-sit us"

"Ok, need anything?"

"Toothbrush would be nice, I don't know when are boxes are going to arrive"

"Ok, I'll be back soon ok?"

"Ok" she said, and then disappeared up the stairs.

After asking Justin is he minded baby-sitting, Jack went into his truck, and drove to Carter's house, the traffic wasn't bad, and it started snowing again, he pulled up at Carter's house, she had a snowman in her front yard, the carrot as his nose was falling off, he smiled, he remembered her mentioning something about her family coming to visit. He turned off the engine and walked up the snowy path and rang the doorbell.

A minute later Carter was at the door, she had on a sweater that had a big snowflake on it. "General" she said with a smile.

"Carter"

"Just a second' she said as she turned to her coat rack and put her coat on then grabbed her purse. "Ok" she said as she closed the door behind her.

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So, what do you think? I hope you liked it! And again please review! It helps me write more, somehow... funny how that works huh?