Blaze Of Glory
PikaDarkness
Chapter 18
Continuation Of Chapter 17.
"Dad, no!" Jeff begged, his father just put a hand on his head before walking out the door. "At least let us come with you!"
Jerry looked at his son. "You're in no shape to come along!"
"Dad I'll be fine, I'll stay out of the way!" Jeff was certain on that one, if Mr Campbell had a full oilcan he wasn't going near him with a ten foot pole.
"Alright but stay in the car!" Jerry ushered his son towards him who grabbed Andrea's hand.
"Come on."
Andrea would definitely not be leaving the car if it showed up at her parent's driveway.
When they reached Andrea's house, Jerry locked the car doors. Jeff felt this endless pit of worry in his stomach.
Jerry knocked on the door, Mrs Campbell answered it, she looked like she was apologising for her husbands' actions.
Dad please just walks back to the car! Just leave! Jeff pleaded inwardly. Andrea's arm came over his shoulders gently, Jeff rested against her not minding the pain from his back.
Suddenly Mr Campbell came out, Jeff whimpered. Jerry was punched in the face.
"Dad!" Jeff attempted to get out of the car but Andrea restrained him. "Lemme go!"
Andrea didn't relinquish her grip. Jeff now had to watch his father being beaten…
But Mr Campbell's eyes swivelled to the car where he saw two terrified teenagers, one of which was his own and the one he set on fire. He rushed at the car and they screamed it was a sound that Mr Campbell couldn't live without.
Jeff prayed the windows could survive, unless he ripped the door off its hinges.
Mr Campbell punched through the window, pulling at the cap that unlocked the door, Jeff kicked out, his foot ended up in Mr Campbell's grip. Jerry was getting gingerly to his feet. Mr Campbell was twisting Jeff's ankle around as Jeff screamed in agony, Jerry broke his grip by smashing his weight into him.
"Unlock my door and start the car." Jerry muttered quickly, handing Jeff the keys. Jeff did as he was told, then as Jerry ran to the car, Jeff flung the door open and Jerry dived in and sped away.
"Are you guys alright?" Jerry asked Jeff and Andrea. They nodded. "Jeff how is your ankle?"
Jeff shook his head, "I don't know if its broken or twisted."
Andrea grabbed his leg and pulled it on her lap, she had experience with broken bones.
Jeff looked at her weirdly, she put a little bit of pressure on Jeff's ankle, Jeff gasped in pain, she touched another part of his ankle and Jeff yelled, pulling his leg back in.
"Your ankle is broken, you have to elevate it." Andrea pulled his leg back on her lap. "I promise I wont touch it!"
Jeff nodded, his ankle was really hurting now. The pain showed up in his face, Andrea rubbed his leg soothingly and a little bit subconsciously.
When they got back home Andrea supported Jeff inside, his broken ankle raised off the ground.
Danielle was sitting in the lounge room looking livid. "Where the hell have you been?" she didn't seem to notice the injuries her husband and son had.
"We were out trying to set things straight with Andrea's father." Jerry explained, he nodded for Jeff and Andrea to go into another room which they did.
"Oh but don't tell me huh Jerry?"
They had a screaming match which was heard from Jeff's room. Andrea had thought they were a perfect family, but right now, Jeff's parents were acting like hers.
"They do that a lot." Jeff commented, shaking his head. "Ah!" Jeff pulled away as Andrea pressed on his ankle.
"Sorry, but I have to push the bone back in." Andrea didn't want to but she had to. She grabbed Jeff's leg to make sure he didn't pull away.
"B-but you don't have to right?" Jeff stuttered, he really didn't want to be in that much pain.
"Yes I do."
Jeff braced himself as Andrea counted down from 3. Andrea pressed his ankle hard, Jeff was yelling, suddenly the bone cracked again and it popped back into place.
"That's it its over." Andrea smiled as Jeff sighed with relief and fell back on the bed. "Oh come on it couldn't have been that bad." Andrea ran her fingers over Jeff's stomach, he laughed and sat back up.
"It hurt, bad."
Andrea shook her head, she had to do this a lot with the bones her father broke on her mother and herself. But then again she was used to it, Jeff wasn't.
"Dad could you at least skip a couple of years?" Emma asked, Jeff grinned at her. "This is longer then I thought."
"Well what do you expect?" Jeff asked crossing his arms. "I didn't just instantly fall in love with her, I thought you wanted to hear start to finish."
"Don't bother finishing, I know how it ended." Emma's smile faded. Jeff pulled her in a hug.
"Alright I'll skip to when Andrea was pregnant with you." Jeff gave in. "But I'm leaving out what we did to get you."
"Yeah, I think I know how you guys got me." Emma smiled, it was a gruesome thought, but she'd be doing that someday.
"Alright then."
Jeff was sitting at the kitchen table, he had a can of soda in his hand as he listened to his mother and father argue yet again.
There was a knock on his door. Jeff got up to answer it. Andrea was at the door in tears.
"Andrea what's wrong?" Jeff pulled her in a hug.
"Jeff…I'm pregnant." Jeff felt his whole world crash. "You're the father."
"B-but how?" Jeff stuttered with the question, he led Andrea outside to talk, his parents overhearing wouldn't be good. "How are you pregnant?"
"We had unprotected sex Jeff. How could I not be?" Andrea sat down on the steps while Jeff leaned against a couple of wooden poles contemplating the predicament. "I'm not getting an abortion nor am I going to give the child away."
"Andrea your 16 and I'm fifteen in 7 months, we cant raise a baby!" Jeff looked at Andrea as if she were crazy. "I'm underage not to mention! We're to young!"
"Jeff I don't care about age! We're responsible-""Oh yes very responsible- look at the position we're in! if we didn't do what we did-"
"Are you regretting all this?" Andrea asked getting angry, Jeff was blowing this out of proportion.
"I don't regret it… I just- I thought I'd be a lot older when became a father, its scary being 14 and now be expecting a child in nine months!" Jeff was indeed scared about this all.
"Actually Jeff we did it two months ago…" Andrea left the sentence for him to pick up.
"Your two months pregnant?!" Jeff now slid down the poles and buried his face in his hands. "Oh god…"
"Hey, we're in this together, not to mention I'm carrying the baby." Andrea grasped Jeff's hand. "You might be young but I'm sure you wont be reporting statutory rape."
"Course I wont, I wanted it to happen." Jeff grinned. Andrea smiled back. "What are we going to name the kid?"
Andrea gave a cheeky grin. "If it's a boy how about Jeff Jr?"
Jeff shook his head. "Come up with something original."
"Well you decide then, its your kid too."
Jeff considered names for a moment. "How bout if it's a boy Matthew and if a girl… Emma?"
"Perfect Jeff." Andrea squeezed Jeff's hand. "Who knew you know how to pick babies names?"
"I didn't know I could anyways!" Jeff laughed, then he became sullen. "What are we going to do? You cant go to school, I cant either-"
"You can still go Jeff, I wont need help until I am five months along…" Andrea explained. "And instead of homework you'll be reading baby books which I'll buy today."
Jeff didn't mind reading books on babies, suddenly he wanted time to speed up, he wanted to see his child. Whoa… wasn't he the one who protested about being too young? shouldn't he be pleading with time to slow down?
"Do you reckon we should go tell your parents?" Andrea asked. Jeff shrugged, but inside he was in fear of how they'd react to their only son on his way to fatherhood in seven months. "Come on lets go tell them."
Jeff got up and helped Andrea to her feet, now he noticed how her stomach was growing.
"Mum? Dad?" Jeff called, squeezing Andrea's hand tightly. "Mum? Dad?"
They were in the kitchen… how ironic. Jerry looked up, frowning at his sons melancholy expression.
"What's wrong Jeff?" Now Danielle looked up.
"Can you come into the lounge room please?" Jeff's insides were twisting with fear. "I need to tell you something." Then he turned around and walked away. "Andrea could you go outside? I just wanna tell them on my own ok?"
"Alright." Andrea walked out the front door.
Danielle and Jerry sat on the lounge opposite Jeff. "Mum…dad Andrea's - pregnant- and I-I'm the father."
It all happened so fast, Danielle got up rushed at Jeff and began to hit him. "You! Stupid! Boy!"
"Mum! Cut it out! Mum that hurts stop it!" Jeff cried, trying to get away. Jerry allowed it to happen. There was a belt on the armrest Danielle began to hit Jeff with it. Jeff was crying in pain. "Mum stop!"
"No! You deserve this!" Danielle shouted at Jeff who cowered as she lifted the belt back up. Jerry had enough.
"Danielle stop, I think the poor kid has learned his lesson!" Jerry pulled the belt from her hands, Danielle watched her sobbing child with disgust. Jeff was cowering away from her, his face wet with tears.
Getting outside, Andrea was shocked, his face was red so was his arms and legs. "Jeff… what happened?"
"Mum… she was… hitting me, s-she said I-I deserved it, that-that I was stu-stupid, Dad, he l-let it happen." Andrea pulled Jeff into a hug letting him cry on her shoulder. Suddenly the door opened, Danielle came through bringing out bags of Jeff's clothes and belongings.
"Mrs Hardy what are you doing?" Andrea asked, Jeff was in too much shock to say a word.
"He's not living here!" Danielle spat, Jerry came out.
"Danielle, be reasonable, he's a kid where is he going to go?" Jerry asked in desperation, he didn't want to send his child to the streets. "I've seen Andrea's father, there is no way I am allowing my son to go live with him."
Danielle turned around. "Then he's screwed either way now isn't he?"
Andrea pitched in. "Mrs Hardy, Jeff is your son! He doesn't want to be a dad, he wanted to wait till he was older! He told me so not to long ago! You cant kick him out!"
"Watch me!" Danielle snarled. Jeff squeaked as she came at him. "I'm not having a child who knocked someone up, living under my roof! I don't want people thinking bad things about us."
Jeff now fought back. "Damn you mum! You always put everyone else infront! You never cared about me!"
"Watch your tone!"
"You never cared! When I was playing baseball- you missed the biggest game of my life just to go have coffee with your friends! That was the championship mum! And when I got bullied you told me to suck it up and just deal with it! Everything I achieved I did it for you! I wanted you to be proud of me! But you aren't I tried so hard for you!"
Danielle slapped Jeff in the face.
"Why should I be proud of you?" Danielle then spat in Jeff's face. Andrea helped Jeff to his feet. "You never did anything right in the first place!"
Jerry stood infront of Jeff. "You leave Jeff alone Danielle!"
"Are you defying me?" Danielle narrowed her eyes to slits.
"Yeah I am because your making the biggest mistake of your life!"
Danielle pointed at Jeff. "He's not even 15 and he's got someone pregnant! If that's not a mistake then I don't know what is!"
"He knows he did the wrong thing! And I think all he needs is support, as his parents we have to get him through this, and Andrea as well because her family probably wont!"
Danielle conceded defeat. "Oh all right."
As she walked around Jerry to get to Jeff, Jeff clutched the back of Jerry's shirt.
Danielle swept Jeff into a hug. Jeff buried his face in his mums chest as she held him to her. Danielle still didn't fully forgive him for getting someone pregnant, but Jerry was right, it was times like these where you have to be there for your kids.
Two hours later Jeff and Andrea were in his room, Andrea was relaxing on Jeff's bed and Jeff was sitting at his computer desk. Jeff was contemplating the argument hours before and shook his head, realising how close he had come to be living on the streets.
"Are you alright Jeff?" Andrea asked, noticing his expression darken.
Jeff looked up at her. "Just this whole thing has been rough, and its only the beginning! Imagine what like will be like when the kid is two! I'll be seventeen and you'll just be entering adulthood! This is going to be super tough! Raising the child is one thing but we have to get another house buy baby clothes, books - all the essentials! How are we going to do that?" Jeff looked at Andrea hopelessly. Andrea beckoned him to join her on the bed, Jeff did so.
"Is that what your asking? Or are you really asking if you'll be a good enough father?" Andrea raised her eyebrows and cuddled up close to him.
"Both…"
"Jeff we'll manage, as for being a great father… you're a great person and I know you'll be an even greater father!"
Jeff leaned over and kissed Andrea, she kissed back. Andrea's hands went under his shirt-
"Dad ew!" Emma pushed Jeff who laughed. "Just because you were 14 doesn't mean you have to tell me!"
"Just telling the story Emma, you don't like it I'll stop it altogether." Jeff crossed his arms.
"Fine then…" Emma relented.
Jeff's shirt was off, the kiss grew stronger, Jeff suddenly broke it.
Both of them were breathless. "Andrea your pregnant, we cant do this yet." Andrea sighed, but knew he was right.
Jeff put his shirt back on- man the child ruined a lot today-
"HEY!" Jeff broke into laughter as Emma shouted out in anger.
"No joke I was thinking that, I was 14 and in the mood, then you reminded me not too!"
"I hope you still don't think that." Emma broke out in laughter as Jeff began to tickle her.
"Of course I don't idiot!"
Jeff stopped the tickling and went back to the story.
But it wasn't the child's fault-
"Nice save."
It was just there it wasn't shouting at him to stop. Jeff smiled at Andrea and she returned it.
"I cant wait to see the baby." Andrea commented putting a hand on her stomach.
"Which gender do you want it to be?"
Andrea tickled Jeff's stomach lightly, enjoying the sound of his giggles. "Female of course! We need another girl to stop your dangerous attitude!" Andrea teased, putting her head on Jeff's chest.
"Trust me, I'll teach the baby to be just like me!"
"She'll be lucky if she has your eyes not your persona."
" 'She'? Who says it's a she?" Jeff raised his eyes. Andrea kissed Jeff's neck right on the soft spot, Jeff moaned with delight.
"Mother's instincts." Andrea muttered then went back to kissing Jeff's neck. Knock, knock. Had to happen didn't it?
Andrea gave Jeff one last kiss on his neck before Jeff called, "Come in."
Jerry walked in.
"Jeff could I speak to you out here?" Jerry asked pointing to the hallway.
"Sure dad." Jeff manoeuvred himself around Andrea and walked outside. Jerry put a hand to his son's back.
"Look I want to talk to you about today-"
"Dad, look I-I'm sorry, I wasn't aiming to get Andrea pregnant-" Jerry silenced his son who looked at him worriedly.
"Jeff, no don't apologise, you maybe fifteen in seven months but that doesn't excuse what you did." Jeff looked down at his feet feeling tears come to his eyes, waiting for Jerry to blow up at him. "it made me realise you are growing up- at an alarming rate. So I figured when Andrea is five months into the pregnancy, I'll buy you both a house to live in."
"Dad!" Jeff gasped. He wasn't expecting this. He rushed up and hugged Jerry tightly unable to tell him how thankful he was.
Jerry laughed and hugged Jeff back happy that he made his son happy.
When they released Jerry said "Why don't you tell Andrea the news?"
Jeff nodded and darted into his room, his father's loving gaze following him until he disappeared.
Andrea shrieked as Jeff crashed through the door. "Jeff! What the hell?!"
"Andrea, Andrea, Andrea!" Jeff gibbered, practically dancing on his toes from excitement. Andrea pulled him over and sat him down on the bed. Jeff was rendered speechless from exhilaration.
"Jeff breathe!" Andrea ordered calmly, Jeff breathed a couple of times regaining his calmed state. "Now tell me what's up."
"Dad- he-he-" Jeff was mad at himself that the best thing in the world was twisting his tongue, so he couldn't relay it to Andrea. "Dad, he said when… your five months into the pregnancy, he-he's going to buy the house."
Andrea was shocked, Jeff waited impatiently for her reaction. It appeared that it sank in because she gave a shrill cry and flung herself in Jeff's arms.
"Oh my god, oh my GOD!" Andrea cried, grabbing Jeff's shirt and shaking him. "Are you serious?" Jeff nodded and she hugged him again. "We have to go down and thank him! He's just helped us out probably more then he has realised!"
Jeff nodded, it was unnerving that she had to be helped up and she was only two months in!
"The baby is having an enormous effect on me already." Andrea commented airily.
"That's probably because your body isn't fully developed yet." Jeff replied.
Andrea poked Jeff's ribs. "You know an awful lot about my body Jeff Hardy!" Jeff grinned. "How do you know a lot about my body."
"Either I learned that at school, or I learned that two months ago." Jeff joked. Andrea scoffed in pure insult, Jeff got out of harms way.
"I hope this baby isn't like you Andrea, I might be fearing for my life." Andrea gave chase and Jeff turned and piss bolted, jumping down the stairs by two's making Andrea's attempt to catch him nearly impossible. When Andrea made it to the stairs, Jeff was waiting there, grinning broadly at her. Andrea's heart melted as his blondish brown hair and blue eyes made him look gorgeous. Getting down the stairs she kissed him.
"Your so cute!" Andrea commented in a squeak, Jeff blushed. Jerry watched them happily from the lounge, they were so young and carefree, not to mention in love. Jerry had known that they were perfect for each other the moment he met Andrea and how they reacted around each other.
Andrea and Jeff had their arms around each others waist, giggling and swaying on the spot. Jerry, for a laugh, broke their moment.
"Are you going to stay there all day?"
Jeff's face changed to horror, he broke his hold on Andrea and span in a circle to find his father on the lounge. "Dad!"
Jerry grinned at his embarrassed son. "The one and only." Jerry held his arms out and then slapped them down on his thighs. Jeff grinned.
"Dad me and Andrea wanted to say thank you, actually I don't think we can say that enough!"
Andrea nodded. "We were worrying- well Jeff was worrying about that three minutes before your offer-"
"It wasn't an offer, I meant that I was going to buy the house for you." Jerry corrected, "Besides you guys should be relieved that in two months you'll have what not many teenagers have."
"And in seven months we'll have what a handful of teenagers have." Jeff grinned, Andrea wrapped her arms back around his waist.
"I do hope you guys are ready." Jerry's happy tone turned to seriousness, he wasn't so sure about letting Jeff go into parenthood and shoot up into adulthood, for he wasn't an adult and he might not be ready to be a parent it was strenuous work.
"We are." Jeff assured happily. "Don't forget Dad we have each other and you and mum."
Jerry smiled, they so didn't know what they were getting themselves into. They were foolhardy there was no doubt about that, but did they have enough foolhardiness to undertake the challenges of parenting? Well in 7 months… they'll all find out.
"well one of us might be." Andrea commented, she looked proud with herself.
"And you think its you?" Jeff asked, seriously thinking he misheard her. "Your carrying the baby and you reckon your ready? Damn you're a bad liar…"
Andrea gaped in disbelief. "Jeff… what's his middle name?…."
Jeff pressed his index finger on Andrea's nose. "HA! You think you know me but you don't know my middle name!"
Andrea felt saddened. "Then maybe I don't love you." Then she turned away with her nose in the air, she headed for the front door.
"Whoa, whoa it was a joke!" Jeff hastened to stop her leaving, putting his hands around Andrea's waist and twirling her around to face him.
"I was joking too you dummy!" Andrea giggled, putting her arms over Jeff's shoulders. Jeff grinned then started dancing to no music. "What are you doing?"
"La, la, la, la, la, la…"Jeff sang tunelessly, dancing around carelessly. Jerry grinned at them and their youthfulness, suddenly Jeff lost his footing and fell, letting Andrea go so she wouldn't hurt herself. Jeff hit his head on the side of the coffee table making him spin in the air once before landing, dazed, on his back holding the side of his head, Andrea had a look of horror on her face.
"Oh god Jeff are you alright?" Andrea bent down and hesitantly lifted Jeff's head up the side of his head was bleeding.
"What's going on?" Jeff mumbled, trying to sit up.
"No, no lie down." Andrea rubbed the uninjured side of his face. Jeff did as he was told. Jerry had jumped to his feet the moment Jeff fell. Andrea looked at him. "He's bleeding."
Jerry rushed to the kitchen to the medicine cabinet, pulling out a bandage and some water to clean the blood away before rushing back into the living room. Jeff was shaking his head, eyes half closed.
"Yes Jeff, you have to!" Andrea was saying.
Jeff gulped then shook his head again. "No…no…"
Andrea looked up at Jerry, taking the bandage and water from him. "I need something to put the water into… I cant use the bandage…"
Jerry ran back out, coming back in with a cloth. The water, which was in a small bucket, was freezing but Andrea didn't mind.
Dipping the cloth in and wringing it out she dabbed away the blood, Jeff's arms moved in an sluggish way, his consciousness fading away. Andrea dabbed the waves of blood, it eventually evened out, but Jeff had passed out. Andrea wasn't worried, as long as he was breathing she wasn't that much concerned.
It was three hours before Jeff woke up, he groaned and clutched his head "What happened…?" Jeff asked haggardly rolling on the floor. Andrea had been watching TV, Jerry had gone to bed- it was 8pm the time he always went to bed.
"Hey Jeffy bout time you woke up!" Andrea rubbed the side of Jeff's face, Jeff took Andrea's hand and kissed it. "You tired?" Jeff nodded, Andrea went to help him up but he held her off.
"No, your pregnant, go sit back down I can do it myself." Jeff grinned at her, it was convincing, so Andrea sat down on the lounge and watched him get up slowly, she knew Jeff would need her assistance sooner or later. When Jeff successfully sat up he laughed at the expression on Andrea's face.
"Shuut up." Jeff groaned, Andrea held her hands up.
"I didn't say anything." Andrea put her hand under her chin and continued to stare at him.
Jeff couldn't stand up, after many failed attempts Jeff laughed this time in defeat. "Okay I can use some help."
Andrea smiled and got up getting her hands under Jeff's arms hoisting him up and helping him to the lounge.
"Don't say anything…" Jeff lazily warned. Andrea rested her head on Jeff's chest.
"I wasn't going to." Then she yawned. "Lets go to bed."
Jeff nodded, feeling equally tired, they walked up the stairs and into Jeff's room where they crashed on Jeff's bed, snuggling up close to each other before going to sleep.
"Oh come on not again!" Jeff pleaded as Emma slumped. "I am not in the mood to carry you to bed again tonight.
"Then leave me here…" Emma yawned ready to drop off.
"You are so like your mother…" Jeff shook his head if only she were here. Retelling all this stuff, it made him realise how much he loved her, he missed her dearly, his teenage years were the best years of his life because she was in it. Tears assembled in his eyes dripping down his face. Emma noticed and sat up.
"Daddy, what's wrong?" Emma rubbed Jeff's back.
Jeff shook his head. "Just remembering all this stuff… makes me realise how much I miss her… I never before thought of living life without her when I met her… she was my whole world…" Emma hugged Jeff tight, feeling incredibly bad for him. She missed Andrea too, but Jeff knew her longer then she did, he loved her more then life, needed her more then oxygen now she was gone and taking his life from him in an instant because she became his life.
When his crying levelled up, Jeff regained composure. "C-come on- bed."
"Ok…" Emma didn't want to make him angry by defying him, he looked in no state for a fight. Then she felt the need to say something. "Daddy… you do know your going to mum again don't you?"
Jeff looked up. "What do you mean?"
"Well when you move on she's going to be there waiting for you, your going to see mum again I promise." Jeff was touched by her words.
He hugged her again muttering "Thank you." Emma was happy that he cheered him up. "I don't know what I did to be blessed with you… all I know is I am happy that I was… you're a sweet girl and I am so proud of you…"
"Thanks dad."
Jeff hastily wiped his eyes again, "Come on, lets get up to bed, we deserve some sleep." Emma nodded and got to her feet. Jeff followed, thinking about what his daughter had said to him, but when he went from the world he wanted to be old, to live through till Emma was in her 50's maybe 60's after all he was 15 years older then she was, he probably would be able to see her into old age. That way he could leave the world in peace.
When Jeff closed his eyes Andrea popped up in his dreams.
"Well done Jeff, keep it up, your proud of our little girl… and I am proud of you too, Emma is right… one day your going to come to me and we'll be together again… then Emma will follow and we'll be a family again."
Andrea was in his dreams all night, giving Jeff words of solace.
***
Jeff was in a hyper mood, the dream had boosted Jeff in full blown high spirits.
Emma was smiling as he practically bounced around the kitchen. "Dad are you ok!"
"Ok!? Are you asking me if I am ok?! I'm GREAT!" Jeff shouted happily Emma yelped as Jeff picked her up.
"What happened to change your mood overnight?"
"I had a great dream, did you do something to me when you told me I'd see your mum again?"
"Not that I know of" Emma said slowly. "Why."
Jeff put her on the floor and kissed the top of her head a million times. "Because I did I saw her in my dreams last night! You voodolised me!"
Emma scrunched her face in confusion. "Voodolised?"
"Voodoo doll!" Jeff exclaimed.
The rest of the day flew as Jeff did 101 of the most craziest things he could think of.
Settling back down on the lounge Jeff recounted the story from where he left off this time Emma's head was on his lap.
Waking up, their bodies were entwined they didn't know how they twisted themselves up they just woke up that way.
"We have to stop doing this… its not good while your pregnant." Jeff shook his head sitting up.
Andrea wearily tickled him. "Mmm don't worry about the baby, the baby is fine I know it is. When my stomach is bulging then I'll see into getting a double."
"You'll see into it? Nah uh I will! You aren't leaving the house baby." Jeff contradicted. Andrea crossed her arms daring him to try and stop her. "I don't want anything happening to you or the baby, I wouldn't live with myself if something did."
"Yeah and I feel the same about you… god I hope one day either one of us doesn't die and leaves the other one to raise the child…"
"Too late ma.."
"Me too…" Jeff had no idea that that was exactly what was going to happen to them, he cuddled close to Andrea.
"How did I get so lucky to have someone so caring, so sensitive and charming like you?" Andrea shook her head. "This baby is lucky to have a father like you."
"I'm not a father yet." Jeff pointed out.
"But you will be and this child is going to grow up right because she has you." Andrea kissed Jeff, savouring the taste of his lips.
"Don't talk like you wont be around to see it or as if you wont have an impact on the kids life! You will be there you will see the baby grow up."
"I don't know I cant see my life going past 24..."
"please don't talk like that, I cant take it." Jeff pleaded, tears in his eyes.
Andrea looked up. "Oh Jeff, I'm so sorry."
"It scares me enough about being a father, but to think of losing you and raising the baby on my own…" Jeff shook his head. "I cant do it."
"Your going to be alright, plus if I do go-"
"DON'T TALK LIKE THAT ANDREA!" Jeff shouted. Andrea leapt to her feet alarmed. "I'm sorry… just don't…" tears strolling down his face.
Andrea realised what she did, scared the hell out of him- installed the fear of god in his heart. "Jeff, I am so sorry…" she climbed back onto the bed and hugged him tightly, Jeff hugged back. "I didn't mean to upset you but… one of us dying while the kid is growing up is something we have to discuss, because it can happen."
"I-I don't wanna talk about-about it now…" Jeff sobbed, Andrea kissed his cheek and rubbed his chest.
"Alright, when the baby is born and with us at the new home we are going to get, then we'll bring it up." Jeff nodded, is eyes turned the glacier colour they always did when he cried.
"I didn't mean to-to yell at you…" Jeff choked, Andrea put a finger to his lips.
"I shouldn't have brought up one of us dying- it was wrong." Andrea contradicted. She wiped tears off Jeff's face with her thumb, then gently wiped the rest from his eyes.
"Your so cute when you cry… I love the colour your eyes go."
"You make it sound like you want me to cry." Jeff scrutinized Andrea. She laughed and shook her head.
"No, you make me want to cry when you do, I just love how your eyes turn glacier blue."
"That's a colour?" Jeff never heard of glacier blue.
"Yes it is!"
"Getting a bit defensive aren't you for something that's supposed to be real…" Jeff got suspicious. Andrea growled and tickled him, Jeff gave up as he always did when someone used his weakness against him. "Alright, alright! Stop! Please!"
Andrea considered it, then graciously stopped. She kissed Jeff "Its real."
FIVE MONTHS LATER.
Jeff and Andrea were sitting in their new home, the effect of the move exhausted Andrea to a degree where she couldn't get up and Jeff had to go get something or unpack this or that.
"The baby kicked." Andrea laughed, putting a hand to her stomach. Jeff looked up.
"What?"
"Its kicking! The baby is kicking!" Andrea pulled Jeff's hand to his stomach, Jeff laughed ecstatically when he felt the tap on Andrea's stomach.
"Oh my god… that's incredible. But doesn't it hurt?" Jeff asked concerned.
"No it doesn't, it might seem like that because your insides are being kicked but that isn't the case, I haven't eaten a soccer player Jeff, now that would hurt." Andrea joked then gasped.
"What happened?" Jeff asked, alarmed. He grasped Andrea's arms seriously frightened.
Andrea smiled at him. "Kicked a little to hard that time. But it's a baby it doesn't understand."
"Now your scaring me, the baby cant hear you."
"I was talking to you." Andrea shook her head. Andrea's stomach was bulging, her back hurt a lot and she couldn't stand up with out her ankles feeling like lead.
"Do you ever talk to the baby?" Jeff asked, Andrea was now the expert with unborn children. "like it hears you or something?"
"Yeah, its like bonding or something, its hard to say… why don't you try it?"
"Oh umm… I don't know."
"Come on! Bond with your child!" Andrea encouraged happily. Jeff looked at her a little unnerved.
"Cant I do that when the baby is out?" Andrea shook her head.
"Now so the baby knows your voice." Andrea then rubbed her stomach and said. "Hey baby… daddy's here to talk to you…"
Jeff thought the baby was driving her nuts. Andrea tapped the side of his head jerking him back to earth. "Oh um… hello?" Jeff said that loudly.
"My stomach isn't a microphone, Jeff." Andrea said sternly. Jeff laughed slightly.
"My bad… Um hello sweetie, its daddy? Am I doing any better."
"Jeff I am not going to make fun of you or tell anybody your communicating with your child through my stomach." Andrea sighed shaking her head.
"But it feels weird, I have never done this before! I just wanna wait till this gorgeous kid is born."
"How do you know the kid will be gorgeous."
"Because either Matthew or Emma is your child and knowing that its going to be hard convincing myself otherwise." Jeff leaned over for a kiss, then kissed Andrea's stomach.
"Your so sweet." Andrea smiled, looking with admiration at Jeff. "I cant wait to hold the baby."
"Technically you already are." Jeff pointed out, Andrea tickled him lightly, Jeff giggled and got away from her. "Come get me!" Jeff teased as he stood five feet from the lounge.
"Not fair! I cant get up!" Andrea moaned, she would've loved to give chase.
"That's the whole point of standing this far!" Jeff pointed out, Andrea threw a cushion at him, he dodged it. "uh oh so close!"
"Shut up and sit back down!" Andrea pleaded holding her hand out. "I am not going to hurt you or anything alright."
Jeff sat back down, Andrea was true to her word and didn't tickle or hurt him. They sat together, Jeff's hand on Andrea's stomach laughing when the child kicked.
"Skip to nine months!" Emma pleaded.
"Fine but there is a whole Lota shit your missing out on." Jeff shook his head as if he didn't have a choice in the matter.
"Language dad…" Emma tutted, wagging a finger in Jeff's face. He slapped it away jokingly.
"I'm older I am allowed to use it." Emma raised her eyebrows, receiving the most serious face Jeff could pull of… it was a bit frightening.
Nine Months Later.
Andrea was confined to bed, Jeff wouldn't let her up (she needed his help) the due date was tomorrow and she was now afraid of the pain she was going to endure giving birth. Sharp pains had been pounding down on her stomach for hours little did she know….
She didn't have to wait till tomorrow.
Sharp pangs of pain exploded in her stomach it was unlike the little knocks of pain she had been experiencing for over 4 hours she needed someone with her, Jeff was downstairs.
"JEFF!" Andrea screamed and he scarped up.
"What's wrong?" Jeff asked as he practically knocked the door down. Andrea looked at him, gasping for breath as the pain heightened to a new and unexpected level.
"The baby is coming!" Then she started shouting from the contractions.
Jeff was totally unprepared, but if he was then only god knows how Andrea was feeling. "I'll call the hospital!"
"No time the baby is coming now!" Andrea screamed, feeling the baby move down as it prepared to come out. "I hate you Jeff!"
"What did I do?" Jeff asked.
"You did this to me…!" Andrea was crying, natural birth wasn't what she wanted.
"Shh alright breathe Andrea, breathe." Jeff grasped Andrea's hand, wincing as it was squashed. Andrea took his advice and breathed deeply. "That's it…"
Andrea laughed as she took deep intakes of oxygen. He was handling this well.
"Oh god!" Andrea cried, the baby was coming out.
"Alright now push!"
Andrea was screaming like the devil, it hurt so much… she didn't know if she'd pull through, its true about the cervix- it does open widely, Jeff almost fainted at the sight but held up. The baby could be seen now.
"That's it keep going! You can do it!" Jeff encouraged, Andrea kept going pausing for breath every few seconds. One last push should do it.
"One more time just once more! Make it big!" Andrea did so, trusting his judgement, he was right! Andrea screamed a final time and fell back onto the bed gasping trying to relax. Jeff took the baby to the change table he set up the other day on Andrea's orders it was a good thing too. Getting the glue like substance from his child's body, he was ecstatic.
"Andrea… say hello to Emma." Jeff wrapped Emma in a blanket and handed her to Andrea who accepted her daughter in her arms.
"Hello gorgeous!" Andrea cooed. Emma opened her eyes, "Oh my Jeff! She has your eyes!"
Jeff was stunned. "I have to call mum and dad! There going to be over here to see there grandchild in a flash! I love you Emma, you too Andrea!"
Jeff ran from the room eager to call his parents then rush back up to be with his family.
"Hello?" Danielle asked when Jeff called.
"Mum! The baby she's had the baby!" Jeff cried excitedly, "it's a girl! We named her Emma!"
"We'll be right over!" Danielle promised then they hung up. Jeff ran upstairs.
"Shh she's sleeping!" Andrea scolded in a whisper, Jeff raised his hands. "I'm proud of you."
Jeff looked at her weirdly. "Your proud of me when you gave birth?"
"You handled everything well! More then well actually! A homebirth wasn't anything I was expecting. Lets see… Emma Maree Hardy born 11th September 1994."
"Dad! That's the author's birth date!"
"You share her birthday."
"WOOO!"
Jeff gazed down at his child with love and pride unable to register he now was a father… and that he helped Andrea bring her into the world. Emma started to cry, but once she was in her father's arms she wasn't upset. Andrea got up, ignoring the exhaustion that took over her body.
"I'll go make a bottle." Jeff could have protested but it was no use. Especially with Emma in his arms, her gurgles making Jeff smile. Her eyes opened, they were the exact same shape and colour of Jeff's, blue met blue and Emma stared into them, Jeff raised her up gently to kiss her.
"Ahh! Emz no! That's hurting daddy!" Jeff laughed as Emma pulled his hair, but he didn't do anything to free himself.
"She likes you." Andrea observed. "Better then she likes me."
Jeff looked over at her, his hair still in the strong grasp of his daughter. "Come on give Emz a chance."
"Oh great- a nickname." Andrea repeated what he said to her two years ago when he woke up in a hospital bed after a nasty bike accident.
"Ah! This girl is strong! My hair is coming out!" Jeff laughed as Emma pulled his hair around, for a newborn baby she was strong, Jeff could've pulled away, but she was only interested.
Emma's eyes glistened, she was beginning to get hungry. Andrea allowed Jeff to give her, her first bottle feed Emma opened her mouth and accepted the bottle, drinking it enthusiastically.
"For a relationship only 5 minutes old you guys have already bonded." Andrea climbed on the bed and smiled at the pair.
"If we aren't married how come she isn't Emma Maree Campbell-Hardy?" Jeff asked.
"What a mouthful it would be! Besides that just reminds me my parents are related to her." Andrea rolled her eyes. "And my father would beat the baby, I don't want them anywhere near my child."
Jeff nodded, the last encounter he had with her father ended with him on fire.
Emma had quaffed down half the bottle, Jeff giggled. "Hungry aren't you sweetie?"
Emma's hands lifted up, trying to touch him, her eyes blinked but never wavered off her father. Andrea watched on, she made clapping noises but all Emma did was flinch she never looked away.
"I've heard of this before! it's a bit rare. Emma feels safe with you she doesn't want to look away for fear of you changing! No wonder the bond is strong! She's attached!"
"What? You mean she isn't going to go to sleep or anything without me being in the room?" Jeff asked, confused, Emma's hand found his pants as he sat on the floor and tugged lightly on them.
"No, this is the child's way of communicating with you- by staring- it strengthens the bond and your allowing her to pull and pinch you, your making her feel safe and warm just by letting her know your around!"
Emma had finished the bottle, Jeff gently slung Emma over his shoulder to burp her, it was not a massive gust of wind just a small tiny "ugh" Jeff kept going just in case there was more wind. There was none. Emma had her head on his her small left hand swiping down his face.
"Shouldn't she be attached to you?" Jeff asked.
"Not really, being her mother doesn't necessarily mean she's supposed to like me, she could get close to your mum or dad. Maybe even a family friend."
Jeff nodded now understanding, Emma gave the tiniest yawn. "Time for bed cutie! Say Bubye to mummy!"
"Gimme kiss!" Jeff gave Emma to Andrea Emma looked like she was about to cry, the pout was also like Jeff's. Andrea handed Emma back, who settled back down.
Jeff took Emma into her room, it was blue because that's the kind of colour for both genders. Jeff put Emma down in her cot and began to sing tunelessly. Emma was asleep in no walked back to his room and grinned. "Sleeping!"
There was a knock on the door just as Jeff was about to crash beside his girlfriend. "Mum and Dad…" Jeff groaned and walked out of the room feeling weary like Andrea. Opening the door he was engulfed immediately- thank god he wasn't still carrying Emma!
"Congratulations!" Danielle squealed. Jeff cringed.
"Emma's-" Too late she was crying. "Hang on!" Jeff ran upstairs calling "Emz don't worry daddy's coming!"
Andrea came out of her room, looking tired and worn out. Danielle hugged her and Jerry shook her hand. "Congratulations dear!" Andrea smiled and said "Thanks!"
Jeff slowly walked out of Emma's room holding the bundle that was his child. Getting down the stairs was a tricky prospect because all he wanted to do was stare at Emma. At last he reached the bottom. Emma opened her mouth as Jeff put his pinkie on her nose, it was as if she was asking Jeff to feed it to her. Jeff completely forgot his girlfriend and parents were in the same room. It was just him and Emma.
"Bonded rather fast don't you think?" Jerry muttered watching Jeff bounce around singing tunelessly to Emma.
"I'd say so…" Danielle commented back.
Jeff bent his head over to kiss Emma's forehead. Emma took the opportunity to grasp his hair again, now she was admiring the colour.
"Emma no! Your hurting daddy… your hurting daddy! Ouch!" What a tug! Strands of his hair got caught around Emma's little fingers, she twirled them infront of her face then was about to eat his hair when Jeff pulled them off her with his free hand, which was 'bitten' by Emma all he felt was gums chewing on his fingers. It was a strange sensation when she did bite him, it was like some good feeling shock, Jeff chuckled a little, cursing how ticklish he was. Deciding to keep his fingers from being torn off in the next year he pulled them out of her mouth Emma looked shocked from being denied her dinner. Jeff's fingers walked up and down her stomach.
Everyone was waiting for him to wake up and look at them and not Emma, this would take a while.
Jeff grinned, then looked up. "Oh hi guys."
"Now he notices." Danielle commented, shaking her head at her crimson son.
"You could have told me you were waiting!" Jeff said defensively, rubbing Emma's stomach as he said it. "Sorry if I like being a father!"
"Well lemme hold her." Danielle said beckoning for the baby, Jeff unwillingly handed Emma to her. He now felt different without the warm bundle in his arms.
Danielle looked scared that Emma started crying, she handed the baby to Jerry who did his best to silence her. Jeff looked on smiling victoriously.
Jerry passed her to Andrea, no luck, but when Jeff got Emma back her cries ceased.
"What the…?" Danielle was shocked. "she's too attached to Jeff."
Jeff looked proud of himself. "At least somebody wants me around."
"Well I certainly do Jeff!" Andrea smiled.
"Hey Emz, don't cry for mummy." Jeff passed Emma to Andrea- did Emma know English already?! She didn't cry at all. "How good am I and how smart is she?"
"I have to agree with both- holy cow." Jerry commented. Everyone laughed, startling Emma back into tears.
"Eek! Jeff take her back!" Andrea gently thrust Emma back in Jeff's arms.
"There there, calm down, its alright, calm down." Jeff whispered to Emma in a whispering sing song voice. Emma closed her eyes and fell asleep. Jeff sh'ed them and walked upstairs.
Jeff tucked Emma in, warmly, making sure she wouldn't lye face down if she moved. Jeff kissed his fingers then placed them on Emma's forehead gently before leaving the room.
"The end" Jeff yawned. Emma looked up at her tired father.
"Aww the end already?"
Jeff nodded. "Yup."
"That didn't take too long." Emma muttered unhappily.
"You made me skip through a lot. I was going to tell you how we got together you know like couple. Then how Andrea's parents reacted to her pregnancy but nooooo you made me go through it all." Jeff shook his head.
"Ooh tell me how you guys got together!"
Jeff shook his head. "Just screw up the story!"
It was June the next year. Jeff was in year 8 and Andrea year 9, their friendship had grew so strong something felt different between them, Andrea couldn't go one day without seeing Jeff, if he was home sick in bed, she'd come over. Jeff didn't mind, Danielle was always the one confining him in bed, all he wanted was to go to school and see Andrea. One day, Jeff felt like the relationship could be something more, but he had to ask the question that could take them to the next level or potentially break their friendship apart, but it was worth a shot; he had to know his feelings were shared.
Andrea was talking to her other friends they didn't like that Andrea spent so much time around Jeff. Jeff hid behind the brick wall they were leaning against, waiting to get Andrea on her own. Jeff also had her school books she lent to him from last year, he needed to give them back.
"What's the deal with you and Jeff?" One with fiery orange hair asked.
Andrea shook her head. "Nothing."
"Yeah and Santa Claus is a skinny little horn bag what's going up with you two? You guys are like a couple!"
"No, seriously, we're just friends." That drove a shard of ice through Jeff's heart.
"So you got no feelings towards him at all?" One with blonde hair asked sucking on her lollipop.
"None whatsoever, I only like him as a friend that's it! Besides he isn't my type anyways!"
What's worse then a shard of ice being driven in your heart? One million shards tearing your heart apart.
"So you like guys like Bret?"
Andrea considered that. "I suppose, Jeff is only my friend that's it! Look he is too young for me! He's good looking but what other trait does he have? Other then being my friend he is nothing else! He's nobody! Besides he is just a good looking person, he has no other trait that I know about!"
"Well here's one that your about to get familiar with; I care about you." Jeff stepped out from behind the brick wall, tears staining his cheeks, he was shaking with hurt and grief. Andrea gaped at him. "I might have even said I loved you, but I'm nobody to you… as of now your nobody to me. Take your books back I don't want to get help from an unappreciative bitch like you."
"Jeff- wait." Andrea grasped his arm put he pulled it out and away from her.
"Don't touch me- you know what? Here!" Jeff took off the necklace she got him for his birthday, it was a holy cross, and threw it at her feet. "You need it more then I do."
Andrea tried to stop him again. "Jeff wait- listen to me!"
"No Andrea I heard enough back there! I know how you feel about me! At least I know about the mistake I almost got myself into! You don't care about anyone's feelings except yourself I've never felt so hurt in my life! You shouldn't have led me on when I came here… I should've left you alone!" Then as the tears grew with the hurt Jeff turned and ran away, Andrea had tears in her eyes, why did she say that stuff? It wasn't fair to talk about her best friend that way, he loved her! And she just screwed with his head.
Jeff wished he could've ran till the moon became a planet, but not even his heart could propel him that long. He collapsed on the stairs and started to sob from the emotional pain he was put through, two boys stopped and sat beside him.
"Hey man you ok?" One asked, he had a deep voice.
"Yeah dude ya'll aight?" his voice was a diminutive grunt.
Jeff shook his head. "I cant believe I fell in love with her."
The two boys now understood. "Unreturned love aye…"
Andrea's friends weren't supportive. "At least you set him straight."
"Look, I didn't mean any of the stuff I said about him!" Andrea shouted. "I do love him!" and now she had to fix things because she tore her best friend apart, he was there for her when she needed him, he dropped whatever he was doing just for her, he helped her out with family issues even if it was late at night or the middle of the day, he was kind and unique and she took advantage of it and messed everything up, Andrea couldn't have felt more regretful about it all, Jeff was sweet and sensitive and her best friend, he was hers and she was his, but after today… she didn't think they'd ever be the same.
The rest of the day, Andrea took every opportunity to talk to Jeff, but he wouldn't have it.
At the end of the day, Andrea took action, it was half an hour before their bus came so she took that chance.
"Jeff, please lets just talk" Andrea pleaded as Jeff walked past her. She grabbed his arm attempting to make him stop. "Don't touch me!" Andrea ignored him and dragged him to a secluded spot.
"Jeff please, hear me out." Jeff shook his head and attempted to walk away, Andrea grabbed his torso impelling him to stop. "Jeff what I said today was wrong I shouldn't have said it!"
"But you still did, you lied about our whole friendship what did you feel sorry for me? That because it was my first day and I didn't have any friends so you took me under your wing- well I think I know the school now I don't need your help."
Andrea sighed, he sure was stubborn. "Jeff… that's not what the friendship was about, it was special! Not a lot of people have the kind of friendship we do!"
"Your not my friend anymore, so just let me go!" Jeff could've thrown her off but he was raised up and leant to not hurt a woman.
Andrea tightened her grip, "No! you told me today that you loved me… I love you too!"
"Bullshit! If you loved me you wouldn't have hurt me!" Jeff wormed out of her grip.
"You always hurt the ones you love!" Andrea shouted, grabbing his shirt.
"How have I ever hurt you?! Huh? I love you but how did I hurt you?!" Jeff cried in disbelief. "I don't know what I was thinking the day I sat down next to you on the bus! I could've sat next to the girl with abnormally large braces or the kid with an IQ of 40!" Jeff stopped shouting and his voice was normal. "Yet I chose you, I saw you first, to me, you were the only one on that crowded bus. You were all I could see."
Andrea was reduced to tears, he was so compassionate and she was the one who led him on a confusing rollercoaster of emotions and in the end she hurt him.
"Now all I see is someone I thought I knew, who I thought was my best friend." Jeff turned and walked a few paces, Andrea still couldn't let him leave.
"No, Jeff wait… hurting you wasn't my intention! Us girls we always say those things, we want to keep our status, but we never intend to hurt the ones we love."
"But you did hurt me… you hold your friendship status higher then our friendship, I don't care if you're the lamest girl in school, I don't care if your ugly, I don't care if you're a klutz, I don't care if the school hates you, all I care about is you, that your nobody but yourself because that's who I fell in love with, not some girl who lies to try and keep her social status."
Andrea was touched by his speech, that was the most beautiful thing she had ever heard. It dawned on her how sensitive and caring Jeff was, she was really lucky to have him.
"I fell in love with you," Jeff continued. "You took my heart, and your heart and cut them in half and stuck my half and your half together and we both got a piece of each other, but right now I think I want my whole heart back, because my half is shattered and I cant live with a shattered half heart, picking the pieces up would be a lifetimes work, and it would also take me a lifetime… to stop loving you… and to move on from this."
Andrea was in tears, his speech was filled with such emotion and he obviously held the love he had for her high above anything else. Andrea wished with her heart she didn't twist and snap his heart like this because he didn't deserve it. He deserved someone better, yet, he wanted her Jeff didn't seem like he wanted to move on. To fix it, she had to do this now.
"Jeff I am so sorry for doing this to you, I do love you and I realise how wrong it was to say those things. If I could do over I would!" Andrea pulled Jeff close to her. "if I could have just one more chance at this, I promise I wont say or do anything like this again. If I do I wont bother you again, and you can get revenge on me which ever way you want to."
"Revenge is not my thing, but I will give you a second chance because you earned it with our two year friendship."
"Do you think we can be something more then friends?" Andrea asked grinning mischievously, pulling Jeff in so their bodies were pressed against each other.
"I don't know depends." Jeff grimaced putting his hands in his pockets
"Just kiss me you idiot!" Andrea pulled his head down and forcefully pressed his lips on hers. They melted into the kiss before it lasted a second. Jeff started swaying jokingly from side to side.
"Now how could I not give you a chance after a kiss like that?" Jeff muttered and Andrea giggled.
"You wont be giving me another because I am not doing this again." Andrea put her hands under his shirt tickling him, Jeff laughed trying to pull her hands away suddenly there was a roaring engine.
"The bus!"
Jeff and Andrea ran, but the bus had rounded the corner.
"Just keep running ok?" Jeff shouted, he picked up speed just like the bus. Soon he was level with it, but tiring out. The bus driver noticed Jeff's attempts to catch his eye, but he didn't bother pulling on the breaks. Jeff didn't see the ditch in the footpath, he was sent flying, landing three times on the ground due to the speed he was going at. But he got up and kept chasing the bus despite the cuts and grazes on his body. Jeff grabbed a rock and threw it at the bus. It broke the third window to Jeff's left. The bus screeched to a halt and an angry bus driver ran at Jeff. "Turn around! Run back!" Jeff shouted at Andrea who skidded and ran the other direction, Jeff unfortunately found himself being pushed to the ground.
"Jeff!" Andrea screamed, about to turn back to help him, Jeff didn't want her caught.
"Just go!" Jeff shouted at her. "Don't worry about me! Just leave!"
The bus driver snarled. "Very noble."
"Shut up!" Jeff began to wrestle out of the driver's grasp. It worked but his ankle was caught. Jeff spun around and kicked the drivers chest and head, managing to wriggle out. Jeff crawled a few feet before getting up and running in a pell-mell way. Andrea had been waiting for him around the corner, as soon as he flew into sight she grabbed him causing him to shriek with surprise, fighting a little until he realised who it was. Jeff allowed himself time to breathe, Andrea had hold of his arms as though he was going to run off again, leaving her behind.
"That was close!" Jeff gasped, dragging them both into laughter.
"You shouldn't have thrown the rock!" Andrea scolded, Jeff could barely breathe for laughing- suddenly he couldn't, Jeff fumbled for his asthma spray in his pocket and puffed 5 times, regaining his breath. "You never told me you were an asthmatic!"
"It isn't that important anyways." Jeff shook his head and put the spray back in his pocket. "I don't really get it much anyways… just on occasions when I'm over exerting myself its not a big deal."
Andrea pulled his face up from he ground so he was looking at her. "Yes Jeff, it is!"
Jeff shook his head. "No it isn't please, don't make a big deal out of this, having asthma makes me feel like a freaky nerd person! So don't, please don't, make a big deal out of it.
Andrea looked into his pleading eyes, and sighed, he looked like an oversized puppy with those eyes. "Alright I wont."
Jeff kissed her forehead. "Now lets go before the bus driver runs us flat with the bus." Jeff was looking over Andrea's head. Andrea turned and the bus had rounded their corner, it wasn't supposed to come this way.
"RUN!" Andrea grabbed Jeff's wrist and hauled him away.
"Run where?!" Jeff shouted, the roaring engine of the school bus was alarmingly close.
"I don't know! Just run!" Andrea shouted back.
"Its too far to run home!" indeed it was, this was Cerulean City, they lived in Pallet Town. "We have to lose the bus!"
"Split up at the next intersection!" Andrea was holding Jeff's hand so tightly it hurt. "Ew their spitting on us!"
"Unless we find a way to get on top of the bus!" Jeff cried.
"Are you crazy?!"
"Is that even a question?!" Jeff shouted back, grinning. Andrea let his hand go so they could run better. "Look I'll get on top of the bus you just hide!"
"No! I wanna climb on the bus too!" Andrea shrieked.
"No, just hide, I don't want you getting hurt if he brakes!" Jeff lost speed, beckoning Andrea to find a good hiding spot. The bus braked, Jeff could hear the screams of trapped and terrified kids. Finding a good hand hold, Jeff climbed on top. The doors opened. The driver came out.
"Get down here kid!" He shouted.
"Let everyone out! Your scaring them!" Jeff ordered, not moving an inch. Andrea came out of the bushes she took refuge in, in her left hand she clutched an abnormal sized rock. Jeff pleaded inwardly for her to not get caught- to late.
Andrea had stepped on a leaf and it crunched, the driver spun around, Andrea screamed, Jeff jumped down from the roof, crushing the driver. Andrea ran into the bus and fiddled with the buttons, the windscreen then the bus rumbled to life. Then she stupidly pulled the handbrake.
"Jeff help!" Andrea screamed as the bus started to move. Jeff ran into the bus. He pressed a couple of buttons and it stopped moving and the back doors opened.
"How did you know how to stop it?"
"Its like my dad's car, he's been teaching me all about how the car works" Andrea kissed him.
Jeff felt a tap on his shoulder. It was Bret. Bret punched Jeff in the face.
"Bret what the hell?" Andrea cried, standing up. She pushed him and ended being shoved back into the drivers seat.
Jeff stupidly did what he did last year, tackled him. This time Bret didn't dominate much of the fight until Jeff lost his breath from another asthma attack. He pulled out his asthma spray only to have Bret snatch it away.
"Give it back he needs it!" Andrea leapt up and smashed her weight into Bret, then ended up in one of the seats with a bleeding nose. Jeff was panicking struggling to even gasp.
"Pl…please… give….back….spray…." Jeff pleaded, he desperately needed the puffer badly. Bret put the spray in his pocket and got off the bus.
"No!" Andrea cried, running off the bus to get it, The Driver got up and walked into the bus, he became shocked to see the poor kid he tried to hurt, gasping on the floor, helpless.
"Pleas…e I…. need… my…. Asthma… spray!" Jeff choked.
"Give it back!" Andrea shouted, "He'll die without it!"
The other students looked weirdly at her.
"What do you mean?"
"My boyfriend has asthma and he's in there choking and trying to breathe because this jerk took his spray off him." Andrea pointed at Bret. The students looked at Bret with disgust before they converged on him to get the spray back, once they did they threw it to Andrea who ran back inside the bus, Jeff was almost lifeless, Andrea put it in his mouth and pushed on the lid, she was thankful to see him breathing again.
"Thanks…" Jeff gasped, regaining his breath. Andrea just rubbed her hand up and down his face.
"Alright bed!" Jeff ordered as Emma's eyes began to droop.
Emma shook her head. "No…!"
"Its 1 in the morning! Bed now!" Jeff commanded pointing to the stairs. "Look the story is over! Ok?! No more story… its whoosh- gone, vamoosed, bye bye!" Emma laughed. "Just get to bed."
"Fine."
To Be Continued
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