Chapter 4

New years Eve 1975

Today is my mother's birthday December 31st. Today she would have been 39 years old. I'm pretty sad about that but i must not let that get to me the show must go on. I looked at the clock it said 6:30 am.

"Time to get up." i said to myself. I leapt from the bed, and put on my WOODSTOCK 1969 shirt , a pair of black jeans , and a pair of mismatched socks , along with 3 studded earrings on my left ear and a stud on the right ear and a leather belt that belonged to my dad. Quietly going the stairs i hear voices coming from the kitchen. Taking a breath I walk into the kitchen and head for the fridge. With me in the kitchen are 4 people , one of them being Freddie.

"What are you doing up this early in the morning?" Freddie asked me.

"I'm hungry ." stated flatly.

"You- " i cut freddie off by holding my finger up towards his face.

"I feel like i'm going to vomit so i'm going to eat something." i answer flatly once again, getting on Freddies nerves.

"Ooh she told you Fred." Roger said leaning on the counter. I closed the fridge door and set the food down on the counter; some bread , mayo , ham, and cheese.

"Don't call me Fred , and she did not." Freddie states glaring at Roger.

I finished making my sandwich liking the mayo for my index finger. "On the crontre Freddie i did tell you , and so what if i did just let it be it was only a joke." i said looking at Freddie. Smirking i wrap the sandwich in a paper towel and go sit at the table.

"Oooooooooooooooooh!" i hear Roger and Decan say pointing their finger at Freddie.

"Oh you two shut up." Brian says. I snicker

"Shut up Jeri." Freddie yelled at me, giving me a stern look and the veins in his face are popping.

"Look it was just a joke , please calm down Freddie." i say. Loud footsteps thunder through house. We all look up to see a very angry Joseph storm into the kitchen.

"What the hell is going on why is their yelling?" Joseph screamed at us.

Slowly i tried to make my way form the kitchen.

"Where do you think your going?" i heard freddie yell at me. Damn it. I walk back into the kitchen and sit back down.

"What's going on, why was their yelling?" joseph asked again.

"Freddie got made at me for making a sandwich." I say looking at joseph.

"It is like seven o'clock in the morning!" Freddie screams.

"I felt like i was going to vomit!" i scream back

"Yah right!" Freddie says cocking his head to the side.

"STOP IT THE BOTH OF YOU!" Joseph screams. "Jeri why don't you finish unpacking."

"Fine." i say throwing my paper towel in the trash. I walk back upstairs to my room and close the door. Opening my backpack i take out my cassette tapes and spread them out on the bed.

"Alice Cooper… uh The Beatles, Aerosmith, QUEEN, David Bowie, uh….. The Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Elton John , Michael Jackson and last but not least Guns N' Roses". I smiled at the tapes remembering all the good times i had listening to them. I picked up QUEEN, and put it in the walkman and turned up the volume. Then clipped the walkman to my belt and picked up the other tapes and put them next to record player. Next i pulled the clothes out of my duffel bag and put the shirts in one drawer and the pants, shorts, and flannel sleep pants in another. Putting the socks and underwear in another. Dancing around the room i horribly sing Killer Queen. I grab my hair brush and sing into it like it was a microphone. Knock knock. I didn't hear it. KNOCK KNOCK. I take of my headphones , the music can be heard blaring from the speakers of the headphones. Walking to the door i open it to see Freddie standing there his right hand in his pocket the left at his side.

"Can i help you?" i say with a big smile, teeth and all. Freddie smiles back, covering his teeth with his hand.

"Um it's time for breakfast only if you want it." He says to me. I shake my head

"No thanks." I say.

"Alright." He replies. "Joseph made chocolate chip pancakes." i hear as freddie walks down the hall. I dash to his side. Freddie smiles at me covering his mouth again.

"What i like chocolate." i say looking at Freddie.

'Why do you cover you mouth when you laugh?" i ask.

"I have four extra incisors in the back of my mouth causing me to have a overbite."

"Oh." i say looking straight ahead.

(FANCY TIME SKIP , 12AM )

"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" I hear Freddie yell from my bed room. Suddenly the door burst open.

"GET UP!" Freddie yells at me. I put down my book

"No," i answer.

"Fine we will do this the hard way." Freddie states, i feel two hands on my bear ankles. Next thing i know i'm being pulled off of the bed, almost hitting the floor. Freddie grabs my stomach in mid air and pulls me to his chest.

"COME ON JERI WERE EATING CAKE DOWNSTAIRS!" Freddie scream at me shaking up against his chest.

"STOP IT BEFORE I KICK YOU! I yelled angrily

"NO!" Freddie screams again. I give in. whatever i don't care anymore. Why should i , it is 1976 and i'm having a argument with a 30 year old man. I'll just let him drag me around if he wants me to go somewhere.

"FIne do what you want with me i don't care , drag me down the stair to eat cake if that's what you want." I say , body going limp.

"O.k." Freddie responds and drops me on the bed.

"Come on darling, stop being this way, have some fun, for your parents." Freddie said pleadingly.

"FIne." i said "but im not moving."

"Alright." Freddie shrugged , and picked me up and carried me down the stairs, to the living room.

"Freddie what are you doing?" Mary asked at the sight of me and Freddie.

"Jeri wouldn't come downstairs herself so i had to carry her."

"Put her down." Mary said. Freddie put me down on the couch.

"I'm gonna go get the cake and bring it out here." Freddie said,Mary,and Joseph, Phoebe go into the kitchen. Once i make sure the coast is clear i run back up the stairs and lock the door to my room. In my backpack is a shoebox of keepsakes my mother and i collected together. KNOCK,KNOCK,KNOCK,KNOCK.. Oh crap. Hide the box. Oh crap , oh crap , oh crap, where the hell can i put this? I think looking around the room. Then it hits me the closet. I race over to it open the doors and hide the shoe box under my empty duffels.

"Jeri open the door!" Freddie yells.

"NO!" i scream back.

"OPEN IT!" He yells back.

"Why?" i ask

"CAUSE I SAID SO."

"OVER MY DEAD BODY." I scream at him.

"GODDAMN JERI OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW!"

"NO!"

"JESUS CHRIST WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM IS IT YOUR PERIOD OR SOMETHING?" Freddie screams back.

"My what?"

"FREDDIE LEAVE HER BE, YOU KNOW SHE'S UPSET!"

I hear freddie walk away from the door, and down the hall.

"Freddie who could you go pounding on her door and scream at her?" Mary said " do you even know what today is, huh, do you?"

"No Mary please fill me in on the details because all i know is that it is New Years Eve!"

"It's Leann's birthday the first one since Leann died!" Mary said with anger. The hall fell silent, no one spoke. Click. I open my door, and sit by it on the floor.

"I want my mommy." I say my voice breaking , tears streaming down my face. Mary came to the door and pushed it open and sat next to me hugging me and whispering in my ear.

"It will be alright honey."

"I want to go to bed." i whispered

"Alright." mary tucked me into bed and kissed me goodnight.

"Will you stay with me?" i asked. Mary smiled and nodded

"I'm gonna go get some pyjamas on ok hon."

"Ok." i whispered. When mary came back she laid own in bed with me and held me all night long.

The end of Chapter 4