A/N: Hey, since it's eight years later, Jaylen is 14, here's chapter 6, and I hope you like it.
The Secret: Part 6
Eight Years Later
St. Louis, Missouri
"Stephanie, hurry up. We have to be at the airport in twenty minutes." Randy yelled banging on the door of her hotel room.
"I'll be out in a minute, LA isn't going anywhere. I'm trying to find an outfit to wear."
"Oh god, we're going to be here forever." John complained sighing dramatically.
"Shut up, I'm out," Stephanie said walking out of the bathroom. "Let's go." She said grabbing her suitcase and walking out of the room with Randy and John following.
Los Angeles, California
"Mom! I'm going to go meet Mike and Scott at the beach!"
"Okay, be back by seven." Trish replied.
"Okay, but before I go, can Scott stay over tonight? His parents are going out of town for a week and he'll be alone at his house." Jaylen said as he grabbed his surfboard from the hall closet.
"Sure. And when you get back I'll take you guys out for pizza, okay?"
"Okay. Bye, mom, I love you." Jaylen said walking out of the house.
Trish smiled and walked into her bedroom, she knelt down on the floor and searched under her bed. A few seconds later she pulled out a small photo album, she picked it up and sat on her bed, then she opened it, and on the first page there were pictures of Randy and Stephanie. She closed it, put it on her bed, and sighed. Then she left her room and went back into the living room.
The Airport
"Oh my god, I love LA." Stephanie exclaimed picking up her bags.
"Yeah, me too. Let's go to the beach." John said smiling.
"Shouldn't we go to our hotel first and drop our stuff off?" Stephanie asked rolling her eyes, knowing that John just wanted to go to the beach to see all the girls in their bikinis.
"No." John smiled.
"Yeah, let's go to the beach." Randy said agreeing with John.
"Ha, it's two against one, we win. We're going to the beach." John said getting into their rental car.
"I hate men." Stephanie mumbled doing the same.
The Beach
When Stephanie, John, and Randy got to the beach they sat in the sand and watched people surf. But three specific people caught their attention.
"Wow, they're really good." Stephanie said pointing to the three boys surfing.
Just as she said that one of them fell off of his board and fell face first into the water.
"Ouch, that's gotta hurt." Randy said laughing.
"Yeah." John said.
"Nice one, Scott." Jaylen said laughing as they walked out of the water and sat down in the sand a few feet in front of John, Stephanie, and Randy.
"Shut up, Jaylen." Scott said smacking Jaylen in the back of his head.
"Shut up, Jaylen." Mike mocked.
"You too, Mike." Scott said laughing.
"Oh yeah, Scott, my mom said you could stay over."
"Okay, cool. What time do we have to be back at your house?"
"Seven, and then my mom is going to take us to get pizza." Jaylen said
"Okay."
As soon as Stephanie heard Jaylen's name she focused all of her attention on them, but tried not to be noticed. She thought for a minute and realized that Trish's son's name was Jaylen. She smiled at the thought of maybe Trish lived in LA. "I'll have to find out for sure." Then she was shaken from her thoughts by the sound of Randy's voice.
"Steph." Randy said waving his hand in front of her face.
"Huh?" She asked shaking her head.
"We were just saying that maybe we should head over to the hotel."
"Okay, let's go." Stephanie said as the three of them walked away.
The Hotel
When they got to the hotel John and Randy were sharing a room, and Stephanie got her own room across the hall. "Um… guys, I'm going to go to bed, I'm tired. Don't knock on the door or anything because if you wake me up, I will hurt you." She warned.
"Okay, see you in the morning." John and Randy said walking into their room.
Stephanie walked into her hotel room and unpacked her suitcase. She waited for a little while and when she was sure she wouldn't be caught she opened the door and peeked out, when she didn't see anyone she slipped out of her room, and quietly shut the door. Then she walked to the elevator.
When she was in the elevator she pulled a small piece of paper out of her purse. "I'll see you soon, Trish." She mumbled sighing.
Trish's House
"Jaylen, Scott!" Trish yelled from the living room. "Hurry up, or I'm leaving without you."
"We're coming." Jaylen yelled back from his bedroom upstairs.
Trish put on her coat, grabbed her purse off of the couch, and headed to the door. "I'll be waiting in the car!" She yelled again, opening the door. But when she opened the door she didn't expect to see who she saw on the other side. "Stephanie." Trish said softly.
A/N: Well, what do you guys think? R&R.
