Chapter 9: mom is always mom

AT HOME IN THE MORNING

The next day Steph was the last one to get up, the last one to get dressed and the last one to finish breakfast

"C´mon Steph, we´re gona be late for school!" said Michell from the front door to her sister who was in the bathroom brushing her teeth

"I´m comming!" Steph yelled back

She looked to herself in the mirror and wished it was saturday so she wouldn´t have to go to school, but it wasn´t...oh who was she fooling, she had to admit she was scared, not of going to school, but of what would happen afterwards: would her mom really be there?

"Last call Steph! Dad´s leaving!" yelled DJ

Danny always took the girls to school, he would use the excuse of their safety, but he really wanted to control the girls, he didn´t want them missing school

"There, I´m here, why the yelling?" said Steph sitting at the back seat

"Have no idea" mumbled Michell as they drove off

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AFTER SCHOOL

Steph was leaving school with some friends, she had laughed and gossiped a lot with them, she even forgot about Pam, but luckly for her, her mother would never forget her

Pam was sitting in the park, right in front of their school just waiting to talk to them, especially with Steph

"So Steph we´re going to Lana´s house, don´t you wanna come?" asked Jeff, one of her best friends

"No, I can´t, I have to stay here and qait for Michell and DJ, we´re supposed to go home together cau´se our dad is not picking us up today. But thanks, maybe some other time"

"Okay, bye" they all told her before leaving her alone

As the kids got out of school running for their mother´s or for the school bus, Steph started to worry, she didn´t see her sisters comming out. Still she allowed herself to daydream a little... "gosh I hope Derek noticed me today at lunch" she thought out loud

"Why wouldn´t he? You´re the most beautiful person I know, just don´t tell your sisters though" said a familiar voice

Steph turned around only to see Pam smiling at her

"What are you doing here? I told you to leave me alone" Steph shouted

"No Steph, I don´t think you did, but een if you had, I wouldn´t obey, you know, I´m still your mother"

"My mother is dead. Now could you leave me alone, I´m waiting for my sisters"

"Ouch that hurted more then every needle I let doctors put in my body just to return tou you guys and watch you groing up, but I guess I deserve it, afterall I lied to you. By the way, your sisters aren´t comming, I asked them not to eait for you, I needed to talk, explain myself to you"

"What! I can´t believe you did that! I´ll call my father and you´ll see what happens!"

"Go ahead, say that I want to kidnapp you, tell him that I´m forcing you to stay here, call the police if you want damn it! Steph I only want five minutes... please?"

"Five minutes! You want five minutes? Not even a lifetime would be enough for you to apologyze and explain yourself! You left us! You´ve lied to us! How many times I wanted a mom so badly that it hurted, and where were you! I hate you! I hate you!" and then Steph started punching her mother in the elbows while tears fell of her eyes

Pam started crying too, she understood her daughter and didn´t blame her, so she let Steph hit her, she just stood there crying until Steph got tired and gave Pam a hug "I missed you mommy" she whispered

"Oh my little girl! I missed you too so much, I am so sorry, but I´m back and I´ll never leave you again, I promise. Now c´mon I need to take you home or else your father will be the one to kill me"

And they went walking home, catching up on all those years passed without seeing each other

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AT THE TANNER´S HOUSE

Danny was in the kitchen writting on his laptop, the girls had gotten home, except Stephwho was at a friend´s house, he just hoped she would get back for dinner, he had made her favorite meal, actually it was Vicky´s idea she wanted to thank Steph for the support the other night

Suddenly the door bell rang

"DJ answer the door please!" he yelled and when nothing happend

"Michell honey! Open the door pelase" still notjing happed and the bell rang again

"Oh fine, don´t worry girls I´ll get it!"

What was his surprise when he opened the door and saw Pam and Steph holding hands

"Stephanie! I thought you were at your friend´s house... Pam what are you doing here?"

"Just came to bring her home, her friend got sick didn´t he Steph? so she was comming home alone, I was passing by her school, saw her and decided to come with her, you know... just to be sure she got home safe" said Pam

"She could have called me, she knew I was home, didn´t you honey?" replied Danny

"Actually dad, I thought you were at Vicky´s" said Steph running inside "Humm what smells so delicious? Is it the spagetti sauce you´re making? Mom, dad makes the best sauce in the whole world! You should try it"

"I know sweetie, actually I tought him that" but seeing Danny´s not really happy face in having her there she decided to leave "I have to go know honey, but you have my cell, call me if you need anything okay? give your sisters a kiss for me" Pam trew Steph a kiss and a bye to Danny and left

"We should invite her over for dinner whatcha think?" asked Steph

"Umm, no and since when you´re on her side?" asked Danny

"On her side? Dad she is my mother!"

"Last night you didn´t think like that"

"Last night was last night, she was furious, she wasn´t thinking straight, c´mon dad I can´t believe you won´t let us talk or see our mother" said DJ from the stairs

"I didnpt say that DJ, but if you want to see your mother go out and search for her because I won´t admitt that lady inside my house again, I don´t want to see er again was I clear?" and with that Danny bursted out leaving two atonished girls looking at each other like their father went insane or something