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Chapter 32

Tom arrived home from work and came into the kitchen to where Kate was, "Hey how had your day been?" Tom asked as he put down his briefcase.

"Tom I'm worried about the kids. About half an hour ago there was a lot of shouting and when I asked what was going on no one replied and then all I heard was about 6 doors banging as they all stormed off to their rooms. Something has happened like a falling out between them all," Kate said as she expressed her concern.

"Kate their teenagers they argue all the time. I'm sure they will all be down here in like 5 minutes for their tea and they will all be laughing and joking with each other. Just wait you'll see," Tom said as he tried to reassure his wife.

"Ok well do me a favour and go and shout the kids down for tea," Kate requested.

Tom headed up the stairs and knocked on everyone's door individually to tell them it was time for tea. First he knocked on Kyle and Nigel's door and then Kim's, "Kim dinner is ready".

"I'm not going down if Jessica is going to be there," Kim replied.

"well of course she will. Everyone will be here," Tom replied.

"Well then I'm just going to stay up here!" Kim said as she shut her door and went back into her room.

Tom went to Henry's room next, "Dad I'm not sure why there are all arguing but all I'm saying is that it is bad! Kim, Jessica and Sarah aren't speaking at all and I'm not sure about Jake and Mike. Elliot and Jessica's study partner Ryan were involved as well," Henry said as he tried to fill his dad in.

Kim, Jessica and Sarah had all refused to leave their rooms to go eat as a family and requested that their food be brought up to them.

"Will someone please tell me what on earth is going on?" Kate asked the boys who were sitting at the table.

"We don't know either," Mark said as he pointed to himself, Henry, Nigel and Kyle, "You'll have to ask Jake and Mike they were there!"

"Come on one of you two tell me what has happened," Kate asked again.

"It's really not my place to say. I'm not even sure myself what exactly happened," Mike replied.

"You'll have to ask them mom," Jake said as he felt it wasn't his place to say either.

"Put it this way mom I think they have fallen out over boys," Mike said giving away a little bit of information.

"Kate I think we should call a family meeting tonight," Tom suggested as he took a bit out of his food.

"I think you are going to struggle to get the three of them to sit in a room together dad," Jake said as he knew there was no way that Kim or Sarah would want to sit next to Jessica and even Sarah was annoyed with Kim but he could see them making up soon but still being annoyed with Jessica.

"So much for they will all be sitting down here laughing and joking the," Kate said to Tom as she pointed out that he was wrong and she was right to be worried.

"Maybe you were right then dear," Tom replied.

Once everyone had finished eating there was a tense atmosphere as no one was exactly sure what was going on between Sarah, Jessica and Kim.

"Guys I want you back down here at 7 o'clock for a family meeting. Now I want Jake and Mike to make sure that Sarah is down here and I want Mark to make sure that Kim is here and Henry you get Jessica down here. We all ok with that?" Tom said.

"What about us?" Kyle asked since him and Nigel weren't told to do anything.

"Just you two worry about getting yourself here," Tom replied as he knew that somehow they would cause drama before they got themselves to the family meeting.

All the boys left the table and headed up to their rooms.

"Yo Jake you better fill me in," Henry said as he followed Jake into his room, "I mean I have to speak to Jessica and get her downstairs for 7 o'clock to speak mom and dad".

"We better get mark in here too and Mike as well," Jake said as he got the two of them in to discuss what had happened.

"Guys it's bad and I don't know if they will make up for a long time yet . I could see this feud lasting maybe months but defiantly weeks. Basically to make a long story short, Jessica and Elliot got together sort of at the lake and they kissed but never told Sarah, but she just revealed that she seen them kiss and knew all about it and was waiting for them to tell her. Anyway Jessica and Elliot have been spending a lot of time together since Elliot moved here but havn't actually been dating," Jake said as he began the story.

" They are always hanging out together alone. They never invite anyone when they go out and do things, so maybe they were secretly dating," Henry said.

"Well that's what Sarah thinks. Anyway you all know that Kim had a crush on Ryan – Jessica's study partner- well Kim just walked in on Jessica and Ryan kissing so it looks like they ha something going on as well and Jessica told both Ryan and Elliot that she liked them and now both Ryan and Elliot know that," Jake said as he tried to tell the basics of the story.

"Wow," Mark said, "So was Jessica like seeing them both?"

"Not really she was still trying to decide who it was that she really wanted to be with. So yeah she was kinda but she wasn't in a relationship with either of them yet," Jake replied. Jake felt sorry for Jessica as now everyone thought that she was seeing both of them and Jake knew that that wasn't really the case but he knew he couldn't stand up for Jessica because then Sarah would know that Jake knew all about Jessica and Elliot and never told Sarah.

"So why is Kim and Sarah not speaking?" Henry asked.

"Because Kim knew about Elliot and Jessica so Sarah is annoyed with Kim for not telling her and thinks she is just as bad as Jessica but then Jessica announced that Sarah knew that Jessica had feelings for Ryan so it was hypocritical of her to be annoyed with Kim when she had done the same to Kim," Jake tried his best to explain.

"This is all so messed up!" Mike said.

"And again it is Elliot who is part responsible for what happened," Henry said as he was still annoyed at Elliot for the problems he caused at the lake and Henry still blamed Elliot for Mike running away.

"I'd have said it was more Jessica's fault. She is the one at the centre of it all," Mark commented.

"Look guys we shouldn't be trying to point the finger at someone to blame but instead we should be trying to resolve this and first that means that we have to get them downstairs to this family meeting and hope that mom and dad can sort it out," Mike said as he had had enough of everyone looking for someone to blame.

"Yeah Mike's right," Jake said, "although I do doubt that mom and dad are going to fix this problem tonight".

Mark went into Kim's room as he tried to get her down to the family meetings.

"Hey Kim look I don't want to get involved in this whole thing but mom and dad are worried and have called a family meeting at seven and want all of us there and that means you, Jessica and Sarah," Mark said.

"I am no sitting in a room with Jessica!" Kim said as she raised her voice.

"look Kim I have heard kind of what happened and I get why you are annoyed with Jessica but why don't you stop acting like a child and just go downstairs and speak to mom and dad. They are not asking you to speak directly to Jessica. You just have to go downstairs and keep out of each others way. It's not difficult," Mark said with a little bit of anger in his voice as he thought that Kim was being really childish by refusing to sit in the same room as Jessica.

"Fine I'll be go!" Kim agreed.

Henry was complaining to Jake that it was their responsibility to try and get the three girls downstairs and too agree to talk.

"Why couldn't dad just have spoke to them and why did he give me Jessica," Henry moaned.

"I know dude," Jake agreed.

"What Jessica did was wrong. I don't even want to speak to her right now," Henry said.

"Just go tell her that she needs to b family meeting at seven in the living room," Jake said as Henry agreed to go tell her.

Henry went into Jessica's room to tell her, "Jessica dad has called a family meeting at seven and he wants all of us there".

"But Kim and Sarah like hate me right now they won't go if I go," Jessica replied.

"Well dad wants to sort this out tonight so you better be there," Henry said.

"Yeah but Kim and Sarah won't want to be in the same room as me," Jessica said.

"Well I couldn't blame them and to be quite honest what you did was a wrong and I don't want to be in the same room as you either," Henry said.

"That's a bit harsh," Jake said as he came into Jessica's room since he had overheard what Henry had said.

"I'm just saying it as it is," Henry said as he left the room.

After Jake and Mike had convinced Sarah to go to the family meeting everyone was sitting in the living room at 7 o'clock at there was tense atmosphere.

"So Girls would one of you like to tell me what is going on?" Tom asked. Sarah and Kim both stared at Jessica as they waited for her to answer.

"It's my fault really," Jessica said as she broke the silence.

"What did you do?" Kate asked Jessica.

Jake decided to tell the story as he could tell that Jessica, Kim and Sarah didn't want to.

"Well Jake if you knew why didn't you tell us earlier?" Tom asked Jake.

"Because I felt that it wasn't my place to say but then I could tell that they weren't going to tell you," Jake explained.

Tom wasn't sure how to handle the situation because he knew that Jessica had broken Kim and Sarah's trust and that she had hurt them both.

"Girls remember that you are sisters and that you all make mistakes. Your family and family is way more important that arguing over boys," Tom said.

"Why are you sticking up for Jessica? Did you not hear what she did," Kim asked.

"I'm not taking no one's side," Tom replied.

"So you just want us to forgive Jessica and forget everything that she has done then?" Sarah asked her dad as it looked to her like he was taking Jessica's side.

"What I want is for my three girls to make up and stop this argument before it becomes a some huge argument," Tom replied.

"I'm sorry dad but I can't just forget about what she did," Kim said as she got up and left the family meeting.

"I told you this was big dad," Jake said as he tried to tell his dad earlier that he didn't think that him or Kate would be able to sort this out.

Tom ended the family meeting as he agreed that he wouldn't be able to sort this out tonight.

"Kate I don't know what to do," Tom said to his wife as they got ready to go to their bed.

"I know Tom I'm really worried. What if this feud never ends," Kate agreed.

"I know and I don't think that we can fix this. It is out of our hands and control. We can't force them to make up," Tom said as he turned off his bed side light and tried to go to sleep.

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