Ryan Atwood walked into the kitchen after his afternoon shower and sat down at the table. He noticed a pile of mail so he decided to go through it. There really wasn't anything until he came across a letter that read 'TO THE PARENTS OF JADYN S. ATWOOD.' Ryan immediately tore open the envelope and inside was Mid-Quarter notices for three of her classes. Just then Ryan's wife Marissa walked into the kitchen after her Saturday afternoon jog on the beach.
"Hey babe." Marissa greeted as she approached the table to give Ryan a kiss.
"Hey." He replied returning the kiss.
"What's that?" Marissa questioned pointing to the piece of paper in Ryan's hand.
"Something from Jadyn's school." He sighed and she just looked at him funny.
"Mid-quarters." He answered simply and handed her the paper.
Marissa grew angry as she read the paper. They warned their thirteen-year-old daughter last quarter about her grades.
Ryan walked over the bottom of the steps and called their daughter angrily from her room.
"Jadyn Atwood!"
In Jadyn's Room"Jadyn Atwood!"
"Umm Nick I have to go my dad sounds pretty pissed off." Jadyn announces to her cousin older by 2 months.
"Alright Jade. I'm I will definitely see you tomorrow." Nick answered on the other side of the phone.
"Yup! Tomorrow is Chrismukkah! Yeah!"
"Jadyn Sabrina Atwood!" She heard her dad yell again.
"Jeeze he must be really pissed off, I can even hear him." Nick chuckled.
"I know, see you tomorrow. Bye."
"Bye."
Jadyn hung up the phone, walked out of her room and when she got to the steps she saw two very angry parents at the bottom.
"What's up?" She wondered making her way to the middle of the stairs.
"Well your grades aren't." Marissa retorted.
"What are you talking about?" She asked trying to act all innocent.
Ryan just gave her the famous 'Ryan Atwood look.'
"Three mid-quarters Jadyn?" Ryan demanded.
"Yeah so?" She shrugged.
"We warned you last quarter about your grades but you still didn't do anything to change them." Marissa confirmed.
"Come on they're not that bad."
"Excuse me? You have an F in Algebra, another F in Science and a D- in Social Studies, so don't you dare stand there and tell us that they are not that bad!" Ryan retorted loudly.
Jadyn stood quiet.
"And like I said, we warned you about your grades last quarter, and since you did nothing to improve them you are grounded for a month. That means no phone, no laptop, no TV and no friends, except for Nick." Marissa announced.
"What! Come on that's not fair! Chrismukkah is tomorrow and it's not going to be fun if I'm grounded!" She yelled.
"Well too bad, the punishment is final now go to your room." Marissa demanded.
Jadyn ran up to her room and slammed the door shut. She jumped on her bed and buried her head in her pillow.
About two minutes later she heard a knock on her door.
"Jade can I come in?" She heard her dad asked.
"Whatever." She mumbled in her pillow.
"I need your cell phone and laptop." Ryan informed her.
"They're over there." She told him and pointed to her desk that was in front of a window with a beautiful view of the ocean.
Ryan walked over to the desk and picked up the two items.
"You know your mom and I love you right?" He spoke up.
"Yeah." She answered sitting up on her bed.
"Good because no matter what you do we will always love you, even if you screw up." He told her and planted a kiss on her forehead.
"I love you guys too. And I'm sorry about the grades."
"I know. Oh your mom and I are going out tonight so you'll be going to your Aunt Summer and Uncle Seth's house. But remember no TV or anything."
"Cool. Nick and I will just hang out then. When are you leaving?"
"In about an hour or so." He answered.
"Okay I'm gonna take a show." Jadyn announced to him and he left the room.