Chapter 3-
Fi walked down the stairs for breakfast. She could smell the strong scent of coffee, and the bacon and eggs that Jack was making, along with the biscuits in the oven. One of the many things she had missed was Jacks cooking.
"Want some help?" She asked, grabbing the pot of coffee and pouring herself a cup. Jack looked over at his sister and smiled. It was great to have her home again.
"Nope! I got it covered." He said, placing some more bacon in the pan. Fi grabbed a piece of crunchy bacon he had put on a plate on the counter. She laughed as he slapped her hand away.
Molly stood at the kitchen doorway watching her two children make breakfast. Well, watching Jack make breakfast, and Fi eat what he was making would be a better description of it. She looked at the clock and wondered what time the Bells would be over. Last night she asked them to stop by for breakfast this morning. She had to go over some of the arrangments for the tour with Irene and Ned, and she was sure the kids would probally go to the mall or just hang out. Molly smiled once again as Jack tried to keep the bacon away from Fi. Jack held the plate of bacon above his head, and Fi jumped to try and grab the bacon, that was when Molly noticed the small tatoo on the bottom of her daughters back. Her jaw dropped, and she was about to say something, but before she could Irene walked in.
"Hey Molly, the guys are coming in. What are you looking at?" She asked, noticing that Molly was staring at the kitchen.
"Look at Fiona's back. What's that." Molly said, pointing towards Fi's tatoo.
"Is that a...?" Irene asked, gasping. Molly could only nod her head. "Well, I knew she had changed, and the tongue ring was a big change in its self, but a tatoo?"
"Yeah, well, I'm sure it will just take some getting used to." Molly said, trying to convince herself.
"Hey mrs. P!" Clu said, walking inside.
"Do my eyes deceive me? Is that Clu Bell awake before noon?" Molly joked, as Clu walked into the kitchen, where Fi and Jack were still fighting over the food.
Carey followed Clu into the kitchen, where Clue helped Jack with the cooking, while Fi and Carey stood back and watched. Carey placed his arm around Fi's shoulders, and said, "So, what are you going to do today?"
"Well, once the "Iron chef's" over there finish breakfast, I'm going to eat. And after that, I'm not sure what mom has planned." She said rolling her eyes. In all honesty, Jack was actually a really good cook, and Clu was, too, but she wasn't about to admit that to them.
"She's got to go over some plan's for the tour with my parents. So we are all free to do whatever we want then." He said, smiling. He was anxious to go on their date that night, and he would love to spend the day with Fi.
"Ah, well, I guess I'll hit the mall then. I gotta find something to wear for tonight." She winked at him, and walked into the living room to find an old episode of the Pink Panther cartoon on T.V.
"What was that about?" Ned asked walking up to Carey, having witnessed the enitre thing.
"What was what?" Carey said, not sure if he should tell anyone about Ned just shook his head and walked off, muttering about something that Carey didn't understand. Carey just shrugged and walked over to where Clu and Jack were cooking.
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Fi sat on the couch watching an old rerun of the Pink Panther cartoon show. She wasn't really watching it, she was just looking at the t.v., and thinking. She was thinking about Hope Springs, and she was thinking about Seattle. This was her life now. She left Seattle, and she was thrilled to be home, and be going back on tour next week But she did miss her friends from Seattle. She really needed to call Kourtney and talk to her. Kourt had been Fi's best friend in Seattle. Kourt was a bit of a rebel. She had two tatoos, a tongue ring, a belly ring, and an eyebrow ring. She was 17 years old, about 5'7 1/2 tall, and she had dark brownish/black hair, and dark brownish/black eyes. She had an attitude around people she didn't like, and she usually didn't trust people to easily, but Fi and Kourt had been best friends since Fi's first day in Seattle. Kourt used to babysit for her aunt Melindas kids, and she offered to show her around Seattle. Kourt was the one Fi had went to when she was homesick, or when she had a problem.
Fi stood up and walked upstairs to her room, and grabbed her phone, quickly punching in Kourts phone number.
"Yeah?" Was the irritated reply Fi got when Kourt picked the phone up.
"Hey, it's me." Fi said, smiling at Kourts attitude. That attitude had gotten them into trouble more than once over the past two years, usually with the school prinicpal, but once it had been with the police. Her aunt had promised not to tell her mother about that incident as long as it never happened again. But hey, how were they supposed to know that the owners of the old, no longer used building would press charges if Fi and Kourt were to go inside and make it their personal hangout?
"Oh, hey. So, how's the homefront?" Kourt said, wishing her bestfriend hadn't moved. Life in Seattle was incredibally dull, but now it was almost unbarable. But still, she was happy that Fi was able to be home, where she had wanted to be fr the past two years.
"Um, well, my mom totally freaked when she saw my tongue. She hasn't seen the tatoo yet, I don't think. My brother is making breakfast downstairs with his bestfriend, and my moms friends, the Bells, I've told you about them before, I think, are here, and Carey, woah! He asked me out!" She practically screamed into the phone.
Kourt opened her eyes. Fiona now had her full attention. "So, he's hot?" She asked, smiling. Finally something worth while to talk about.
"Totally! I mean, he is gorgous! And the wierd thing is, I've known him forever, but I never really thought about him like this before. I mean, in the third grade I did have a crush on him, but that was different." She said, closing her eyes to picture Carey in her mind.
"FIONA!" Came Jack's voice from the stairs.
"Oh, hey, I gotta go. Talk to ya later, ok Kourt?" Fi said, opening her bedroom door.
"'Kay. Later." Kourt said, clicking the 'off' button on her phone and throwing it on the other side of her room.
Fi looked at the phone in her hands. Kourt had seemed different on the phone than she usually was. Fi shrugged, it was probally just her imagination. But either way, there was nothing she could do about it. Kourt was in Seattle, and Fi was in Hope Springs, getting ready to go back on tour. Kourt would be fine, she had lived in Seattle her whole life, with the exception of visiting her mother in California for a month or two every summer. Right now Fi needed to concentrate on Carey, and finding out about the Boggie man or whatever it was that was in her house without letting anyone know she thought something wierd was going on. It was time to move on with her life, and that was exactly what she intended to do.
Fi walked down the stairs for breakfast. She could smell the strong scent of coffee, and the bacon and eggs that Jack was making, along with the biscuits in the oven. One of the many things she had missed was Jacks cooking.
"Want some help?" She asked, grabbing the pot of coffee and pouring herself a cup. Jack looked over at his sister and smiled. It was great to have her home again.
"Nope! I got it covered." He said, placing some more bacon in the pan. Fi grabbed a piece of crunchy bacon he had put on a plate on the counter. She laughed as he slapped her hand away.
Molly stood at the kitchen doorway watching her two children make breakfast. Well, watching Jack make breakfast, and Fi eat what he was making would be a better description of it. She looked at the clock and wondered what time the Bells would be over. Last night she asked them to stop by for breakfast this morning. She had to go over some of the arrangments for the tour with Irene and Ned, and she was sure the kids would probally go to the mall or just hang out. Molly smiled once again as Jack tried to keep the bacon away from Fi. Jack held the plate of bacon above his head, and Fi jumped to try and grab the bacon, that was when Molly noticed the small tatoo on the bottom of her daughters back. Her jaw dropped, and she was about to say something, but before she could Irene walked in.
"Hey Molly, the guys are coming in. What are you looking at?" She asked, noticing that Molly was staring at the kitchen.
"Look at Fiona's back. What's that." Molly said, pointing towards Fi's tatoo.
"Is that a...?" Irene asked, gasping. Molly could only nod her head. "Well, I knew she had changed, and the tongue ring was a big change in its self, but a tatoo?"
"Yeah, well, I'm sure it will just take some getting used to." Molly said, trying to convince herself.
"Hey mrs. P!" Clu said, walking inside.
"Do my eyes deceive me? Is that Clu Bell awake before noon?" Molly joked, as Clu walked into the kitchen, where Fi and Jack were still fighting over the food.
Carey followed Clu into the kitchen, where Clue helped Jack with the cooking, while Fi and Carey stood back and watched. Carey placed his arm around Fi's shoulders, and said, "So, what are you going to do today?"
"Well, once the "Iron chef's" over there finish breakfast, I'm going to eat. And after that, I'm not sure what mom has planned." She said rolling her eyes. In all honesty, Jack was actually a really good cook, and Clu was, too, but she wasn't about to admit that to them.
"She's got to go over some plan's for the tour with my parents. So we are all free to do whatever we want then." He said, smiling. He was anxious to go on their date that night, and he would love to spend the day with Fi.
"Ah, well, I guess I'll hit the mall then. I gotta find something to wear for tonight." She winked at him, and walked into the living room to find an old episode of the Pink Panther cartoon on T.V.
"What was that about?" Ned asked walking up to Carey, having witnessed the enitre thing.
"What was what?" Carey said, not sure if he should tell anyone about Ned just shook his head and walked off, muttering about something that Carey didn't understand. Carey just shrugged and walked over to where Clu and Jack were cooking.
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Fi sat on the couch watching an old rerun of the Pink Panther cartoon show. She wasn't really watching it, she was just looking at the t.v., and thinking. She was thinking about Hope Springs, and she was thinking about Seattle. This was her life now. She left Seattle, and she was thrilled to be home, and be going back on tour next week But she did miss her friends from Seattle. She really needed to call Kourtney and talk to her. Kourt had been Fi's best friend in Seattle. Kourt was a bit of a rebel. She had two tatoos, a tongue ring, a belly ring, and an eyebrow ring. She was 17 years old, about 5'7 1/2 tall, and she had dark brownish/black hair, and dark brownish/black eyes. She had an attitude around people she didn't like, and she usually didn't trust people to easily, but Fi and Kourt had been best friends since Fi's first day in Seattle. Kourt used to babysit for her aunt Melindas kids, and she offered to show her around Seattle. Kourt was the one Fi had went to when she was homesick, or when she had a problem.
Fi stood up and walked upstairs to her room, and grabbed her phone, quickly punching in Kourts phone number.
"Yeah?" Was the irritated reply Fi got when Kourt picked the phone up.
"Hey, it's me." Fi said, smiling at Kourts attitude. That attitude had gotten them into trouble more than once over the past two years, usually with the school prinicpal, but once it had been with the police. Her aunt had promised not to tell her mother about that incident as long as it never happened again. But hey, how were they supposed to know that the owners of the old, no longer used building would press charges if Fi and Kourt were to go inside and make it their personal hangout?
"Oh, hey. So, how's the homefront?" Kourt said, wishing her bestfriend hadn't moved. Life in Seattle was incredibally dull, but now it was almost unbarable. But still, she was happy that Fi was able to be home, where she had wanted to be fr the past two years.
"Um, well, my mom totally freaked when she saw my tongue. She hasn't seen the tatoo yet, I don't think. My brother is making breakfast downstairs with his bestfriend, and my moms friends, the Bells, I've told you about them before, I think, are here, and Carey, woah! He asked me out!" She practically screamed into the phone.
Kourt opened her eyes. Fiona now had her full attention. "So, he's hot?" She asked, smiling. Finally something worth while to talk about.
"Totally! I mean, he is gorgous! And the wierd thing is, I've known him forever, but I never really thought about him like this before. I mean, in the third grade I did have a crush on him, but that was different." She said, closing her eyes to picture Carey in her mind.
"FIONA!" Came Jack's voice from the stairs.
"Oh, hey, I gotta go. Talk to ya later, ok Kourt?" Fi said, opening her bedroom door.
"'Kay. Later." Kourt said, clicking the 'off' button on her phone and throwing it on the other side of her room.
Fi looked at the phone in her hands. Kourt had seemed different on the phone than she usually was. Fi shrugged, it was probally just her imagination. But either way, there was nothing she could do about it. Kourt was in Seattle, and Fi was in Hope Springs, getting ready to go back on tour. Kourt would be fine, she had lived in Seattle her whole life, with the exception of visiting her mother in California for a month or two every summer. Right now Fi needed to concentrate on Carey, and finding out about the Boggie man or whatever it was that was in her house without letting anyone know she thought something wierd was going on. It was time to move on with her life, and that was exactly what she intended to do.