"A Little Fun"

Ok this chapter is a little uneventful, but mostly about Jack and Alex. But here it is, in all its glory. oh yes, and Jack does have a small musical performance, acoustic, and I must have been like really sleep deprived or something when I wrote the lyrics...hope you're enjoyin this crap..Wow I have like no self-confidence...

"What!" Jack brow wrinkled, with a 'this-can't-be' type face.

"Yeah, What?" Angel exclaimed.

"Guys, before Mom adopted any of us, she had a kid. She didn't keep it though. Uh, I'm not really sure of the...wha...SISTER?" He turned to Katrina, still in shock.

She breathed deeply and nodded.

"Bu...Wha...She had another kid?" Jack was yelling.

"Yes, ok! She did. Me and Jerry found some pictures once. She said she gave it up, but then a few years later she got us."

"Whoa." Iciss whispered to Alex.

"Yeah. Whoa."

"So you're my..big sister, technically? I mean since you are mom's daughter." Angel asked Kat.

"Yeah, I guess. You gotta understand, my parents are still my parents, but doesn't mean we're not family. I loved Evelyn."

"How long have you known? I mean did you--"

"I knew I was, adopted. Then I learned that she was my real mother a year or so ago. But, she was always like a mom to me anyway. So, after I thought about it, I figured, this really doesn't change anything, in the end."

"Thank you." Alexis spoke up. "You didn't let on that I was here. They thought you were me. Thanks." She smiled.

"No problem. So, what do we do now?"

"Hey, Alex, Baby, can I talk to you for a second?" Jack asked.

"What'd you call her?" Bobby sounded slightly agitated.

"Bobby." Alex and Kerrie both said at the same time, trying to keep Bobby in line.

Alex followed Jack upstairs. "What?" Bobby asked Kerrie, impatiently.

"Bobby she's an adult. And I see the way they look at each other. He loves her."

"He better not hurt her. I'll kill him."

"He won't. He'd kill himself first, Bobby." Jerry assured.

Alexis followed Jack upstairs. By the time she walked into his room, he was picking up his acoustic guitar. He turned around, and smiled. "Hey. I wrote something.You wanna hear?"

"By you? Of course."

"It's not that good, but I'm may be improvising, at parts, so, uh, yeah, I had quite the inspiration so..."

Jack started to play. He played a tune, sweet, entrancing, his fingers flowed over the strings and frets, and he sang:

"She's a new motivation, my cool inspiration, Traveled all over the nation just to stop right here,

so stop right there, lemme take in the sight of you, your pure ways and your kick-ass hair,

savor this moment forever, endeavor, this journey we're on, the road will be long,

but persevere, hang on for dear life, we're fallin!

they can't catch us now, can't knock us down,

they won't see us crawlin!

we'll make it through in the end,

surrounded and safe by our friends,

well I couldn't find the words to say,

exactly what I'm tryin to say,

and so to sum it all up

i'll sing it to you now

My heart is, falling, along with the rest of me,

I'm fallin for you, fallin for you,

you know it's true, I love you, I love you,

from the bottom of my heart,

well, I can't think of anything else that rhymes,

i'm too entranced by the beautiful girl that I have,

so close, but so high above me, all I'm sayin is just hear you me, I love you."

He stopped playing. "That's all I really have. Um.."

She went over to him and kissed him before he could say whatever it was he was going to. "I love you, Jack." She briefly separated, from his lips to say only those words, only to return to them anticipatingly. He was sitting on his bed, and so he pulled her over him, onto it, and furthered things. His hands slid up her back, her hands around his hair and face, when they were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. They stopped, Jack now on top of Alex, looking at Kerrie, surprised, yet with a hint of 'can't-you-see-we're-busy-here?'.

"Uh, guys?"

"Yeah?" Jack asked.

"Didn't you learn never to get it on with our door open?" Bobby said as he came up behind Kerrie.

"Good to know. While we're on the subject, would you mind?" Alex asked.

"You know I am trying to accept this."

"We know. Y--," she was going to stand, but realized she was still under Jack. "Jack, get off." She shoved Jack off of her onto her side.

"I was, thank you very much." He whispered.

"Shut up." She replied and went over to Bobby. "We know you're trying. And we appreciate it. Don't we, Jackie?"

"Yes, yes, we do. Thank you Bobby. But sometime in the near future I'd like to be able to have SEX with my girlfriend, thank you."

"You will. Patience, Baby." She smiled.

"Yeah I really can't right now. The moment was ruined. You took it and you killed it. Thanks a lot, Bobby."

"You're very welcome. Now are you gonna spend some quality time with your family and friends, goddamnit?"

"Ok, ok, c'mon, Jack." Alexis said, and she walked downstairs with Kerrie. Bobby attempted to follow, but was stopped by Jack.

"Bobby..."

Bobby turned to look at his brother.

"Thanks."

"No problem, Cracker Jack." Bobby said, and he hugged his baby brother. A truly sentimental moment. They didn't have many of those. "You keep her safe, now, ok? You're her number one man now. I'm steppin' aside, lettin' you take charge. Don't let me down. Don't let HER down."

"I already know all this, Bobby, and I promise, I promise you, her, AND myself, I won't. I love her, Bobby."

"Damn, I appreciate the love, here, boys," Alex said, almost up the stairs," but I can protect myself. I haven't proved it much, but, a lotta painful shit's come back from my past I didn't wanna keep. Damn, I hate doing that."

"Doin' what? Hey, were you listening in on our conversation?" Bobby asked.

"Yeah, well bad habit. Anyway, I hate, crying, in front of people."

"Why's that?" Jack questioned.

"When you cry in front of people, what is the first thing they say? They say, 'Don't cry. It'll be okay.' But sometimes,you KNOW it's not gonna be okay. Nothing is okay, and it's not looking up. Sometimes when you cry, you just need a release, you just need to be let cry, you know? Plus, you get pity. And this is relevent especially if you've been arguing with a person. When you cry, you get pity. And pity is a poor substitute for actual forgiveness. But still, it feels good to know I'm cared about here. I don't get that a lot, you know?"

"Hey guys! I'm going home!" Jerry called upstairs. They yelled their goodbyes.

"Bye, Angel, Kat, Iciss. Nice meeting you, Kerrie."

"You, too. And thank you, again, for helping Janeane. God, thank you. You saved her life. She--" Kerrie voice slightly broke, but she pulled herself together. "She could have died, had you not been there."

"No problem. I had to do something. I got my own little girls, you know. God forbid anything happen to them. I'd die, inside. I couldn't just stand there."

She nodded, and let Jeremiah take his leave. Jeremiah got into his car, and as he was about to turn the key, a man appeared in the backseat and wrapped a cord around his throat.

"Where's the assassin?"

Jerry was scared enough, but knew not to show much of it. "Which fuckin' one?" He choked out, before the cord around his throat tightened. Then there was slightly heard the click of a handgun. The masked man froze, before turning his head, to see the barrel of a gun in Alex's hand. "Guessing you were never a Boy Scout. Release him, Fucker."

"What good is he to you?"

"Your life. He's family. My brother. Now let him go our your fucking brains will be splattered all over my brother's car. Brains are really hard to clean out of your car, and we' prefer not to have them professionally done. LET HIM GO."

So, the man did release Jerry, and got out of the car, Alex's gun still pointed at his head. Jeremiah coughed for quite a bit, and rubbed his throat. Jack came out of the house.

"What happened? Who's this?"

Alexis turned to look at him, and as she did, the man hit her over the head knocking her down, and knocking the gun out of her hand, and began running away.

"Alex!" Jack jogged over to her, and Jeremiah got out of the car.

He kneeled down next to Jack. "Is she okay?" He asked, his voice scratchy.

"I'm fine." Alex said, rubbing her head. "How are you doing?"

"I'll live. No permanent damage. Gotta find a way to explain to Camille, though. She won't like this."

"She'll be happier that I was here to save your ass, Jer." She scoffed outta laugh, as did Jerry.

So Jerry went home, his throat and voice going further back to normal as he drove. He got home, parked in his driveway, and went inside, only to be greeted by Amelia and Daniella, running up to him. "Daddy, Daddy!"

"Hey, baby girls. Where's your mom, huh?"

"In the kitchen. She's making dinner." Jeremiah entered the kitchen, Camille standing, chopping vegetables. He walked up behind her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and sweetly kissed her neck. "Hey, Baby." She said. "How was your day?"

"Eventful. You remember Katrina. And you also remember what I told you about my mom having a kid before she adopted us..."

"No shit! Oh my God, Jeremiah! And you've known her all your life. Your sister?"

"Yeah! Wow, you're very intuitive. And it's sexy."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Well, it'll have to wait til later, Baby. When we're alone." She kissed him, and got back to making dinner, when the phone rang. Daniella answered it. "Mercer residence. Oh, hi Uncle Angel! Daddy! It's Uncle Angel and he wants to talk to you!"

"Thank you, Sweetheart." He said, taking the phone from her, and kissing her head. "You remembered your phone manners. Good job." Daniella ran off to go play with her sister, while Jerry put the receiver to his ear. "Angel? Hey. No, nah, man, I'm fine. It was nothin'. Since when do you worry, or give a damn?"

"Don't underestimate me, Jerry. You are my brother. We gotta look out for each other."

"Damn, that sounds familiar. Where'd you hear that?"

"Shut up. I know. I was just checking in. Anyway, I'll let you go, man. Later."

"Yeah, love you too."

"Hah. Bye."

"Bye."

"How's your head?" Bobby asked Alex. They were all inside now, and Iciss had gotten two icepacks, whch they kept hand in the Mercer house. She offered one each to Kat and Alex. Katrina denied.

"No thanks. I'm tired. Just wanna go home. So, who's drivin' me?"

"I will." Angel volunteered.

"Can I get a ride, too?" Kerrie asked.

"Sure. Iciss, you wanna join?"

"Yeah." She handed an ice pack to Alex, tossed the other to Bobby, to put back in the freezer, which he did, and then followed Angel, Kerrie and Katrina out to Angel's car.

So, Bobby returned to the living room, and after an awkward silence, he spoke, and started for the stairs. "Alright. Feel free to get to bumpin'."

"Don't mind if we do." Jack said, grabbed Alex's hand, and they ran upstairs eagerly. Less than a second later, Bobby heard the door slam. He was about to turn on the TV, when the door opened again, and Alex came out, searching for something on the floor. "Damnit, Bobby! Where did you drop them?"

"Drop what?"

"Uh, let's review. You beat the shit outta my boyfriend, recovered condoms in the room, and, picked them up, I don't know, to...get a closer look?" He then heard Jack in the background. "He'd probably never seen them come that big."

"Hahah. Yeah." Then she spoke up. "Anyway. You dropped them somewhere out here. We need those."

"Baby, I found 'em." Jack said, to their relief. They were getting impatient and jumpy.

"Oh, never mind, Bobby. Later." She said quickly, followed by giggling, and another door slam.

"Get over it, Bobby. She's got her own life now. She's more responsible than you ever were." Bobby said quietly to himself, and turned on the television.

The next morning, Bobby came out of his room, heading towards the bathroom. The door was closed. He knocked. "Hurry up, Angel."

"Uh-unh." Iciss said, walking over to Bobby and the bathroom door. "I claimed it after him. I got dibs. I'm next. You can go after me."

"I don't think so. I was here first." At that point Angel was opening the door.

"Yeah, but I'm sleeping with him." Iciss said, smiled slyly, kissed Angel quickly, and took the bathroom, closing the door before Bobby could stop her. "I win."

But as the cliche goes, one door closes, another opens. Just then, Jack's bedroom door opened. A very satisfied Alex exited, kissed a shirtless Jack standing in the doorway, turned around, and smiled mischeviously at Angel and Bobby. They grinned at Jack, who shrugged, smiled back, and closed his door. Alex went over to them.

"Sleep well?" Bobby asked.

Alex was silent. She just smiled, and shook her head.