Disclaimer: I own Hannah, and Freddy's parental units.

Author's Note: After a break, I'm back!

Freddy Jones: Semi-Life Story

Chapter 8

I laid on my bed, smiling. Obviously Dad was making his rounds and he would be here next, but I couldn't stop smiling. Hannah had gotten caught. And I didn't get attacked as soon as I walked in the door.

Hannah walked into my room and I held back a laugh. There was a bright red handprint on the side of her face and a tear running down her cheek.

"Welcome to my world." I said, showing her no sympathy. "It's a wonderful thing called karma. What goes around comes around, but of course you should know that, seeing as you listen to that ridiculous music."

"Freddy! Shut up! I thought you'd care…"

I smirked, "You broke your promise yesterday." I said, shrugging and staring at my ceiling, "You're dead to me."

She walked over to my bed and sat down, "Freddy, I was wrong."

"And…?"

"I should've told Mom and Dad the truth yesterday, or have told them that you were in school… But I don't know… I guess…" Her voice faltered.

"You enjoy my torment?" I suggested. "I was in a room with bright white walls yesterday. And I'm stuck there until Thursday." I exclaimed, "Dad's going to beat the shit out of me for that. You only get smacked across the face and you burst into tears! Maybe we should switch places, take my place. Get thrown to the floor every night. Get beat up every night." It was all coming out, "My side is all black and blue, I was called 'Scarface' about 60 million times today. AND! It's all your fault."

"How is it my fault?"

"Let's see, if you hadn't told Dad that I was skipping and made up your load of bull about you driving home casually and seeing me walking home and you had kept your promise I wouldn't have gotten beat up as bad last night! But no! Miss Perfect Hannah enjoys seeing her 14-year-old brother get tormented! She doesn't care if it hurts someone else in the process!" I stormed out of my room and walked towards the front door.

"Fredrick." It was my father's voice.

"What?" I snapped.

"I need to talk to you."

"It's going to have to wait." I stormed out the front door and jumped on my skateboard. I headed to Katie's house.

20 minutes later I arrived at Katie's front door, I knocked.

Katie opened the door, "Summer you're…" She looked at me, "Freddy?"

"No it's the ghost of Christmas past." I said, smiling.

"I didn't know you were coming…"

"Neither did I…"

"Come in Freddy… You don't look so good." She wrapped her fingers in mine and led me up to her room.

We sat on her bed and she smiled at me, "Freddy… I miss you."

"But we see each other everyday…" I said, confused.

"No, not like that. I mean… I miss the old you. The way you were before I found out about your dad."

"I haven't changed…"

"It just seems different." She said, resting her hand on my knee, "This is really too much for me to handle right now."

"Are you…" My voice faded out. I didn't know what she was talking about.

"Maybe we shouldn't see each other anymore…"

"Because my dad's an ass?"

"No… Well, kind of."

"Straight answer please."

"It's just… Before I found out, I thought you were just fighting with the wall… Or the bruises from the fights during the day were showing up later…" She said, looking me in the eye, "But now that I know the truth… I just want to play the sympathetic motherly role. And I don't think that's what you need."

"I just need Katherine Jane Brown." I said, looking at her.

She smiled, "And I need Fredrick David Jones, the old edition."

"Katie, I love you. And I always will-"

"So will I… But maybe we need a break…"

"Maybe…" I said, "We'll stay friends?"

"How would School of Rock survive if we didn't?" She kissed me and then looked at the floor.

I looked at her, "Maybe I should get going…"

"Yeah… Summer will be here any minute…"

"I'll call you later?"

"Okay." I walked out, leaving her house and walking through the woods behind her neighborhood. As I got towards the center I saw a rope ladder. I climbed up and next thing I knew, I was in a treehouse from when we were all in third grade. I poked my head in and looked around.

It hadn't changed a bit. I walked in and sat in one of the beanbags. I fell asleep.

--Dream/Flashback—

Freddy, Katie, and Frankie were sitting in the treehouse laughing and giggling. "Did you see Summer today!" A young Freddy exclaimed.

A young Frankie laughed, "Yes! She thought she was so cool because she attempted to wear make-up."

"She could never be cool, not as cool as us anyway." Katie said, flipping her hair and laughing with the boys.

"Ugh! How do Marta, Eleni, and Michelle stand her?" Frankie asked, "I mean… She's so annoying and so… ugly!"

An 8-year-old Alicia climbed up into the treehouse, "Hey guys."

"Hey Ali!" Freddy said, grabbing her hand and pulling her in. "Glad you could finally come and see the treehouse!"

"I'd been putting it off for so long!" Alicia exclaimed, "I didn't think it would be this cool." She collapsed on a pink beanbag.

"Katie's dad made it how could it not be cool!" Frankie exclaimed.

"Yeah he's cooler than my dad!" Freddy exclaimed, then he thought, 'Then again… So is everyone else in the world…'

Katie smiled, "Yeah… My dad is the best."

Alicia laughed, "You guys, no matter what happens, we have to stay best friends forever."

Katie, Freddy, and Frankie nodded, "Deal!"

--End Dream/Flashback—

I awoke with a start, it was pitch black out, and I was in the middle of the forest. And as I tried to get down and the ladder unraveled and fell.

Oh crap. I was stuck up here. Well, if I stayed up here until…

Who was I kidding? I couldn't stay up here. I dialed the first number that came to mind, Zack's. But then I hung up. He couldn't come. He didn't even know where the treehouse was. I had only 3 choices. Katie, Alicia, or Frankie. I dialed Alicia's number.

She picked up, "Hello?"

"Hey Alicia… It's Freddy."

"Why are you calling me at 9:30?"

"Sort of long story."

"Start talking."

"I was at Katie's… And she broke up with me… And then I walked through the woods and found the treehouse, and then I climbed up and fell asleep in one of the beanbags, and as I tried to get down when I woke up, the ladder kind of unraveled. And now I'm stuck."

I heard her laughing, "Hey Tomika! Freddy got himself stuck in a tree." Then she came back to the phone, "We'll be there in a minute." She hung up laughing. I clicked end on my cell phone and it rang again. I looked at the caller ID, it was him.

Dad.

I didn't even know he knew my cell phone number. I did what any kid in my situation would do, I hit the send key, and then the end key. I had just hung up on my own father.

About 10 minutes later I heard Alicia and Tomika. I saw a metal ladder approach the door of the treehouse. "Come on Tree Boy. You're safe now." Alicia snickered.

I climbed down. "Shut up." I looked at the two of them. "Thanks… I didn't expect it to break."

"I didn't expect you to go to the treehouse. None of us have been up there since 4th grade, when you and Frankie still hung out a lot."

"School of Rock changed a lot of things…" I said, shrugging. I looked at my phone, it was 10:04. I had to get home, "Sorry, but I really gotta go."

"Bye Freddy!" The two girls headed back towards Alicia's house. I ran towards the road, and ran along the sidewalk til I arrived at my own house, I climbed up the gutterpipe and rolled into my bedroom window, quickly running to my bed, I threw off my sneakers and crawled under the covers, before he noticed I came back.

chick116: Sorry for the lack of update. But this drama-filled one should please you right?

lilylaylee: I realize that, but I felt it related to his situation.

me: Yes, I'm a woman. And that was the first song that came to my mind.

singingblondie: Yes, poor Freddy. (

Krystal: Hehe. I thought she deserved it.

scarlet emerald: I'm glad you like it.

beachbabe112: Hehe. Everyone loves that I busted Hannah.

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