Chapter 9
By Pippie
(Jack's POV)
I cringed seeing my dads yell at Dusti. Normally I wouldn't have been real bothered by my sister getting yelled at, but this time was different. What they were yelling at her for wasn't even her fault. Aila had left with Cole and they were gone all night. No one even knew where they went. Dusti wasn't even home at the time when Aila and Cole left so I don't see why my dads decided to yell at her for this. It's such bullshit.
Jordan came up to me and tapped me on the shoulder to get my attention.
"What's going on?" He signed
I sighed "They're bitching at Dusti over Aila, like it's her fault." I signed back
"What the fuck? How the hell is it Dusti's fault?"
"You've got me."
Jordan and I stood back and watched out dads and sister for a few more minutes. I looked at Jordan and saw that he was focusing on them, trying hard to make sense of the shouts. He mentioned softly that they were loud enough for him to hear them but he couldn't tell what was being said. I shook my head and told him that there was no point in him knowing what was being said since it was all bullshit. He looked at me and sighed.
"This isn't fair. They shouldn't be bitching at Dusti."
"What do you want me to do about it?"
He just sighed and went over to them. I saw him calmly signing to Bam and Jimmy. They looked at him and began to sign back. At first they told him to stay out of it but then he got them to calm down and think about the fairness of the whole thing. I don't know how he always does it, but Jordan has always been able to be the rational one in our family. When we're all fighting, Jordan is the one who gets us to calm down and think through everything. I just wish I knew how he does it.
A few minutes later, after trying to get a hold of them, all five of us decided to split up and look for Cole and Aila. I left with Bam while Jordan and Dusti went with Jimmy. In the car I took out my cell and began to text Jordan and Dusti. Between the three of us we were trying to figure out different places Cole and Aila might be. Bam and I checked one of the skate parks first. (I think he secretly wanted to go there to skate more than look for Cole and Aila. I tried not to laugh when he suggested really fast that we should go there.) I took a quick break from text-ing and tried to call Cole. It went straight to his voice mail so I hung up.
When we got to the skate park, Bam got out of the car and automatically got his board out of the backseat. I looked at him and shook my head.
"What?" He asked innocently
We looked around for a few minutes and asked people if they saw Cole and Aila. Of course they hadn't been there. The next thing I knew, Bam had decided to take advantage of our time there and started skating one of the ramps. Whatever. I guess he has to have his skating time. Sometimes he acts more like a kid rather than a parent. Sometimes that's not so bad, but at times like this when we need to be serious I'd rather have more "parent Bam" than "kid Bam". Could be worse I guess.
(Jordan's POV)
I rolled my eyes when I saw Jack's text.
We're at the skate park. Dad decided to skate a little.
That's just great. Who knows how long they'll be there? When dad starts skating he just gets in a zone and it's hard to get him out of that zone. We continued to search for Cole and Aila anyway. After a little while I looked up and out the window. A couple cars ahead of us was Cole's car. I pointed out the window.
"Look!"
"Yeah that's them alright." Said Jimmy
We began to follow Cole's car; Jimmy moved closer and got right on Cole's bumper. I could see Cole look back at us and then he quickly pulled over to the side of the road. Everyone else in the car looked like they were trembling. I almost laughed at the sight of Chris, Corey and Aila try to duck down in their seats. Jimmy got out of the car and went over to Cole's door, motioning him to get out of the car. The two of them stood there talking. (Well Jimmy did most of the talking and Cole did a lot of nodding) About a minute later they both got back into the cars and Jimmy called Bam.
Pretty soon we were all back at the house, my cousins and Aila included. My dad looked really upset as they walked them inside. They didn't waste any time before they began yelling at the four of them. Dusti, Jack and I stood back and watched it all unfold. I don't think I've ever seen my dads so upset at the same time before.
"You kids are 16 and 15 years old! You are no where near old enough to go out partying all night, especially without letting anyone know where you are!" Jimmy shouted, causing them to cower
"Not only were you drinking and who knows what else you were doing, but you all got pierced and tattooed without your parents' permission! And who knows if the equipment that was used was even properly sterilized first?" Bam looked at them "But that part we'll leave for your parents to deal with."
"But Uncle…" Chris started to say
Jimmy cut him off "As if that wasn't bad enough, you guys had Aila with you. We had no idea where you all had gone and of course you neglected to call anyone to let them know you were safe."
"If anything happened to Aila, we" Bam motioned to Jimmy and himself "would have been held responsible for it since she's in our care while she's here. And you all know how protective Ville is of her!" He pointed a finger at them
"We're sorry…" Cole said with wide eyes
"You're damn right you better be sorry!" Jimmy shouted
"Now, boys, we're calling your parents. I'm sure they won't be very pleased at all to hear about this."
"Uncle Bam! You can't!" Corey pleaded
"Can and will. And as for you Aila, I think it's best that you stay in this house for the rest of your visit."
"But Bam!"
"No buts, Aila. It's for the best." Jimmy stated
"Now Aila, you and Dusti go upstairs to her room for a little while. Boys, you stay put while we talk to your parents."
My cousins groaned at the same time as Bam and Jimmy got their cell phones out. Dusti took Aila upstairs, with Aila muttering under her breath in Finnish the whole way. Jimmy looked toward me and Jack.
"You two go upstairs too. No reason for you two to be down here."
Jack groaned and mumbled something about us never getting to see the best parts as we headed upstairs to our room. I shook my head as we went into the room. I just knew that things were going to get much worse once Aunt Jade and Uncle Novak showed up.