Marissa pours herself a cup of tea as Jaiden eats his pancakes on the dinner table. Leaning on the counter, she smiles to herself as she watches the little boy use two hands to squeeze the syrup onto his pancakes. I'm responsible for this kid…even if it's just temporary, he's…
Marissa's thoughts begin to surface and her mind begins to race. What was Jaiden to her? He was Theresa's son, and Theresa was her friend…but her and Ryan are watching over Jaiden for the time being…and Sandy and Kirsten have always thought of Ryan as a son, so should Ryan and Marissa think of Jaiden as their son? Even if it's just temporary?
Suddenly, the phone's ringing interrupted her thoughts.
"Hello?" she says through the phone.
"Hi…umm, Marissa?" she hears a low, yet an awfully familiar voice.
"Umm, yes?" Who is this guy? She thinks to herself, not being able to figure out who's the voice was coming from.
"It's umm…is Ryan home?' the voice asks.
"No he's at work right now, may I ask who's speaking?" she asks, politely as she sees Jaiden look up from his pancakes and flashes her a toothy grin.
She smiles back, and waits for the voice to reply. "It's…umm, it's me…Trey." Almost instantly, her hearts stops and the smile fades and her first reaction was to hang up the phone.
Later
Marissa's mind is clouded with worry and curiousness as she helps Jaiden get ready for the mall and for Summer to get there as soon as possible to she can have someone to talk to about it. Why would he call? It's been years…why is he suddenly calling now?
"Coop!" Once again, Marissa's thoughts are interrupted. "Coop, you in here?" Summer shouts, as she walks into the house.
"I'm upstairs in the guestroom!" she shouts back as she pulls down a shirt over Jaiden.
"There you guys are! Hey Jay!" Summer rushes to Jaiden and wraps her arms around him.
"Hi, Aunt Summer!" Jaiden says into Summer's shoulder, his voice muffled.
"When's your mom getting here, Coop?" she asks, turning to Marissa with Jaiden still in her arms.
"Soon." Marissa says easily as she picks up Jaiden's clothes from the floor, still thinking about the phone call
"Umm, okay?" Summer utters, suspiciously.
Marissa turns her head to Summer and lets out a sigh. "Trey called." She says, flatly.
Summer stared at her best friend trying to process what she just said, "Trey? Like, Ryan's brother, Trey?" she asks as she puts Jaiden down.
"Well, what other Trey do you know?" Marissa asks, turning her attention back on the clothes.
"When did he call?" Summer asks, ignoring Marissa's remark.
"Earlier."
"What did he say?"
"At first I didn't know who he was, he asked for Ryan and I said no and asked who he was," Marissa says, re-living the 5 second phone call, "and then when he told me, I hung up."
"You hung up?" Summer asks, as she sees Jaiden putting on a baseball cap and bouncing a ball completely oblivious to what was going on.
"Well what was I suppose to say? The last time I saw him was at the hospital, 4 years ago." Marissa says, looking at her best friend, "He was at the hospital, cause I shot him remember?"
"Right." Summer says easily, nodding. "Well, did you tell Ryan?"
Marissa shakes her head, "I'll tell him tonight."
"You think it's a good idea?" Summer asks as she sits on the edge of the bed.
"Well, he has the right to know, doesn't he? He hasn't seen or spoken to Trey since, who knows when." Marissa replies, letting out a sigh.
"True." The two girls sit in silence for a while, Marissa trying to figure out how to tell Ryan and Summer trying to figure out how Ryan would react.
"Well, I gotta go and get ready, before my mom gets here." Marissa says, finally breaking the silence, "Oh, and if she gets here before I'm out of the shower, you get to tell her why there's a 5-year-old little boy in the house." She says easily as she walks out of the room.
"Whoa, wait what?" Summer says, snapping back to reality. "I'm not telling her!" Summer begins to protest, but she hears the bathroom door shut and lets out a frustrated sigh, looking over at Jaiden, "Oy, do you see what I have to put up with?" she mutters under her breath as Jaiden beams at her.
Sorry about the late update..lol..i know i usually do it alot. well i'm coming up with a bunch of things right now..so please review