Getting Back Jared
Chapter 7
The next afternoon the four friends found the house where Jared now lived. It was small and yellow with red shutters. Liberty could see the lacy cream colored curtains in the windows and a baby swing on the small porch. No one spoke as they got out of the car and looked torward the house but Liberty felt Anastasia move closer to her and wrap an am around her shoulders to lead her torwards the metal gate that fenced in the house and yard.
"Are you okay Libs?" Anya questioned softly,a smile on her mouth.
"I'm fine I just can't believe that I am really here." Liberty said,smiling reassuringly.
Derek,Anastasia,and Danny all nodded their heads understandingly. It was a bit crazy.
They walked up to the door slowly and before knocking on the door Danny asked softly,"You ready?"
They all nodded and Danny knocked on the door. They heard footsteps and then the door was opened slowly. A small black woman with short black hair and dark skin smiled at them. "Hello,may I help you?" She asked with a smile.
"Erm. Hello. My name is Liberty Van-Zant and this is my brother Daniel and his friend Derek and my friend Anastasia Yorke. I...I'll just get straight to the point Mrs. Witkens. I am your son's mother. Remember? I gave him up last year." Liberty said.
"I remember. But that doesn't explain why you are here." Mrs.Witkens said much to sweetly.
"Mrs. Witkens. Jared is LIberty's and my brother's child. She deserves to see him." Anya said with barely,restrained anger.
"His name isn't Jared it is Fester. And I don't see that boy anywhere." the woman said dismissivly.
"That's because some fucker murdered him!" Derek bellowed.
"DEREK! Calm down!" Anastasia whispered urgently.
Mrs.Witkens was obviously taken aback. "Oh my. You poor dears. I didn't know. Of course I let little Fester watch that show PJ JT or something along those lines. He so loves it. But I hadn't heard that the young man had died! How devastating. What exactly happened?" She asked sadly.
"School rivalry." Danny answered simply.
"That's a tragedy it really is but I would still like to know why you are here." she answered.
"Mrs.Witkens,J---Fester is a part of JT. I need him to know I care. I just need closure." Liberty said.
Mrs.Witkens sighed softly and let them in.
With mumbled thank you's the foursome walked into the living room as Mrs.Witkens walked torwards the kitchen. She came back in carrying a little boy with brown hair that waved into beautiful brown eyes. He had a light caramel complexion and a smile that matched JT's perfectly. The child giggled as his mother sat him on the floor and left the room. Anastasia didn't hesitate to get on the ground beside him. "Hello Fester,I'm Anya. Your auntie." Fester acted as if he understood and he waddled over and threw plump little arms around her neck kissing her cheek noisily.
Anya giggled lightly as Liberty got on the floor as well. She watched as Liberty pulled her son into a warm hug and smiled. She couldn't believe how much that that little boy looked like JT,from his hair texture and coor to his smile and eyes. He was JT reborn. She felt a hand on her bare shoulder and a kiss to her ear as a soft voice asked,"You okay?" She turned to look at Derek and said softly,"Yeah of course. He just looks so much like JT. He's gorgeous."
Derek got down on the floor with her and pulled her on his lap,running a hand softly through her honey blond mane and they as well as Danny watched as Liberty and Fester where reunited. "It's surreal. He not only looks like JT he acts like him as well it's like deja vu." Anya continued.
Danny nodded as he got to his knees. "JT would be proud." He said to Derek and Anya as Liberty and Fester played on the floor.