The Secret: Part 7

"Stephanie," Trish repeated. "What are you doing here, how did you know I was here?"

"Me, John, and Randy are here on a vacation."

"Oh, how long are you guys here for?" Trish asked motioning for Stephanie to come in.

"Two weeks." Stephanie said walking in.

Trish was about to say something when Jaylen and Scott interrupted.

"Ready," Jaylen said walking into the living room where Trish and Stephanie were. Jaylen stopped when he saw Stephanie, he looked at Trish confused. "Who's that?"

"Um… Jay, this is Stephanie. She's my friend from Toronto."

"Oh, hi." Jaylen aid waving.

"Hi." Stephanie replied with a smile.

"Jaylen, why don't you and Scott go wait out in the car and I'll be there in a second." Trish suggested.

"Okay. Nice to meet you." Jaylen said walking out of the house.

When Jaylen and Scott were gone Stephanie turned to Trish. "How old is he?"

"Fourteen."

"Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen you two," Stephanie was trying to avoid the question she came to ask, but she was curious. "Why didn't you ever tell me where you were?" She asked quietly.

"I couldn't." Trish said sighing.

"Why?"

"Because, I just couldn't," Suddenly Trish heard the horn beep. "Listen, Steph, me, Jaylen, and Scott were going to go out for pizza. Um… if you want you can come by tomorrow." Trish said.

"Okay." Stephanie said hugging Trish.

"I really missed you Steph."

"I missed you too. I'll se you tomorrow." Stephanie said walking out.

An Hour Later

Stephanie had just gotten back to the hotel and she was really tired. All she wanted to do was go to her room and go straight to sleep.

When she approached her room she noticed that the door was opened a little. Curiously she opened it more and walked in. When she did she saw John and Randy standing in the room.

"What are you doing in here?"

"Where were you? You told us you were going to bed." John stopped for a minute and looked at her. She looked angry, confused, and shocked at the same time.

"Where I was, is none of your business." She stated simply.

"Where were you? We're curious." Randy said smiling.

"I can't tell you."

"Yes, you can." John said.

"No, I can't because Trish will kill me." Stephanie immediately put her hand over her mouth, she was hoping that they didn't hear that. But she could tell they did, and they looked confused.

"What are you talking about?" Randy asked walking over to her.

"Nothing."

"You're a liar. Why did you say Trish's name?" John asked doing the same.

Stephanie sighed; there was no way they would let this go. "I went to see her, she's here, in LA."

"She is? Why didn't you tell me? Where does she live? How is she? How is Jaylen?" Randy kept asking question after question and it was driving Stephanie crazy.

"Shut up for a minute!" She yelled.

"Sorry." Randy said calming down.

"And to answer your question, yes, she's fine." Stephanie said sitting down on her bed.

"Why didn't you tell us that you were going to see her?" John questioned sitting on the couch.

"I don't know. I guess I just wanted to see her first."

"How did you know she lived here?" Randy asked sitting next to John.

"That's not important. What's important is I got to see her."

"Well, let's go see her again. I want to see my best friend." Randy said walking over to the door.

"No, you can't. She's not home right now; she went out with Jaylen and his friend. We'll go see her tomorrow."

"Fine, I'm hungry let's go get some pizza."

"Okay."

Pizza Place

"What do you want on your pizza?"

"Extra cheese." Jaylen said sitting down in a booth.

"Pepperoni." Scott said doing the same.

"Okay I'll be right back." Trish said walking away.

"Hey, who was that lady that came to your house before we left?" Scott asked taking a sip of his Root Beer.

"I don't know, my mom said her name was Stephanie or something. My mom said I've met her before, but I don't remember." Jaylen said taking a sip of his Coke.

Just then Trish came back with the pizza, she sat down and they started to eat. Then she heard voices enter the restaurant.

"Randy, stop arguing with John." Stephanie said hitting Randy.

"Ow, okay. But he started it." Randy protested.

"Did not." John argued.

"Go sit down, I'll get the pizza." Stephanie said pushing them toward one of the booths.

John and Randy sat in a booth across from the one Trish, Jaylen, and Scott were in. When Trish noticed them she lowered her head trying not to be noticed.

When Stephanie approached the booth she had their sodas. "They said it'll be a little while. So here are the sodas." She said setting the sodas down in front of them.

"Thanks." John and Randy said in unison.

"Mom, when we're done can we go bowling?"

"Not tonight, after this we're going home, I'm tired." Trish said trying not to talk to loud.

"But mom…"

"I said not tonight." Trish said louder then she intended to.

She sighed and looked over to where John, Randy, and Stephanie were and saw them staring at her. "Oh great." She thought.

"Trish?"