Coming Home
Chapter 6
Courtney's POV
A week later
I dropped the last box on the floor in Duncan's new room. Duncan dropped his box then laid out on his new bed. Since we got out of court, my boss decided to give me a vacation to spend with my daughter and Duncan. I looked over at Duncan who was staring at me neutrally. I knew he was mad with me, but I could care less. So I left the room. I walked over to my room that was right down the hall from Duncan's room, and laid on my bed. The house was quiet since it was Monday, and Andrea was enrolled in school. It was just me and Duncan in the house. I could hear footstep walk pass by my room. I sat up to see Duncan standing in my doorway. I sighed.
"What?" I asked tiredly. He just stood there looking at me.
"What Duncan? I can't read your mind you know." I told him laying back on my bed.
"I just wanted to say I hate you for making me leave my house." He said bluntly. I just rolled my eyes.
"But I want to make Andy's year living here a good. So I'm just going to pretend like I don't hate you for her sake." He said before leaving my doorway. I just sat there. He acts like I don't want Andrea to have a good time here. I'm getting tired of Duncan's funk attitude. I got up and walked into my living room, and saton the white couch. I reached for the remote and turned the TV on. Andrea must have been watching TV earlier, because it was on Gossip Center.
"Welcome back to Celebrity Manhunt! I'm Josh. And today we have some serious dirt to dish out.
Remember the hit show Total Drama Island that came out 17 years ago? Oh course you do. It was a hit sensation. Well according to this letter. They are going to have a reunion. The date is unknown, but according to Chris McLean the contestants from all 3 season will be there. The season's second generation will have their reunion at a different time. Now we will show a little montage of all 3 seasons." Josh came off the screen and then Camp Wawanakwa came up, showing all the campers doing random challenges. I sighed. Those were the worst days of my life. But I never had so much fun. Then a montage of all the couple formed on Total drama came up. Bridgette and Geoff, Trent and Gwen, Izzy and Owen, Heather and Alejandro, Duncan and Gwen, and Duncan and I. I stared at the screen neutrally. Duncan walked in and saw a snapshot of us kissing on the TV.
"Dumb ass show." He said as he walked into the kitchen. Then they started to show more randomness that happened on the show. I got up and walked into the kitchen and sat at on the bar stool and watched Duncan make a sandwich. He was making a monster sandwich with everything on it. He knew I was here, but didn't say anything. There was so much tension between us. I didn't like it, but I wasn't going to break it.
"Why are you watching that junk?" he asked me finally. I just shrugged.
"It was on when I turned the TV on." I told him.
"Well change it. I hate anything that has to do with that show." He told me taking a bite of his sandwich.
"Well, I guess your life is going to be hell because there is a total drama reunion coming up soon." I told him. He started to glare at me like I was the one who called in to make a request for the reunion.
"What the fuck? First I find out I have a 15 year old daughter, then I have to move in here, now you're telling me that there is a reunion coming up." Duncan exclaimed.
"Why are you getting mad at me?" I asked.
"Because everything is your fault." He said finishing his sandwich.
"How!" I yelled.
"Because none of this would have happened if you just would have told me when you were pregnant. You think that I wouldn't be there. But I would have. Because that's my kid too. But no, you wanted to keep it your little secret. That's why everything is your fault." He said before walking out of the kitchen.
"And I'm inviting my friends over later. So let them in." He said as he walked back to his room.
"Dick." I cussed quietly. My phone started to ring and I answered it.
"Hello?"
"Yo? Duncan? Does Duncan live here?" Some guy slurred on the
"Tune in later for a month long marathon of all seasons from 6 pm to 9."
"Um yeah. Duncan lives here. I'll opened the door for you." I replied as I pushed the button on my phone that opens the door to the building. God I love my IPhone. I waited for the guy who I buzzed in to ring the doorbell. Once he did I walked over to the door and opened it.
"Courtney?" The guy had brown skin like mine, black skater hair, and brown eyes. He was wearing torn up jeans, and black tight shirt with grey Vans.
"Colton?" I asked surprised to see my cousin. He smiled then gave me a weird look.
"You and Duncan?" He started making crazy hand motions. I grabbed his hand to stop him.
"No." I stated clearly. Two more guys came up to the door.
"Dang Colton couldn't wait for the rest of us?" One guy said as he walked up to the door. He looked me up and down.
"Well, look who it is Evan." The guy with hazel eyes, a scar under his left eye, and brown hair said. He was wearing cargos and a black Nirvana shirt. I knew the guy the moment I saw him. Jason was one of Duncan's band mate back when we were dating. Jason hated me for so many reason, but his main one being that he felt I took too much of Duncan's time.
"Jason." I said with sarcasm. "I missed you so much." He noticed then gave me a fake smile.
"Same to you love muffin." He replied. The last guy walked through the two boy and smiled right in my face.
"Miss me?" He asked, and I couldn't help but smile. He had tan skin, with dark brown hair with natural light brown highlight, with green eyes. He was wearing a Hollister tee that showed his tribal tattoo on his right arm, and cargo pants with brown cargo boots.
"You know I did." I said reaching out my arms for a hug. Evan was Duncan's other band mate. He was Duncan's right hand man. Duncan was the bad ass while Evan was the sweetheart charmer. And Jason was just the Ass wipe that never left them alone.
"So I don't get a hug, and were family?" Colton joked. I laughed then gave him a hug as well.
"Duncan!" Jason called out walking pass me into my house. Evan and Colton also walked inside.
"Thanks for tell me they were here Courtney." Duncan said casually.
"Dude, I can't believe you and Sassy Pants got back together." Jason said to Duncan as I closed the door.
"We didn't." Duncan growled.
"Then why are you living with my cousin?" Colton asked.
"CT, why don't you ask her" Duncan told him while looking over at me, as well as the other guys. I looked at them, then narrowed my eyes at Duncan for putting me on the spot.
"Well! You gonna tell us why he lives here with you?" Jason stated loudly.
"Because we are raising out daughter together." I replied. Jason, Evan, and Colton's mouth dropped.
"Dude you had a baby? And you never told me? " Evan asked Duncan shocked.
"Hell! I would have if she told me when she was pregnant 15 years ago." Duncan told them. Colton's face was full of confusion, while Jason was just shooting me dirty looks.
"Told you she was good for nothing." Jason spat.
"So you guys are raising a 15 year old teenager… That was born 15 years ago now?" Colton said trying to understand. Duncan nodded.
"Why not raise her together when she was born?" Evan asked.
"Because apparently I wasn't there, and she was in school, and she was emotionally unstable. All that shit." Duncan mocked me. I gasped and walked up to them.
"You make it sound like I just gave her away!" I yelled. He narrowed his eyes at me.
"Because you did!" He yelled back.
"What did you do with her once she was born?" Colton asked still confused.
"She gave her to a foster home." Duncan said as he walked into the kitchen to get some beer. He handed his friends a beer, and they all gladly drunk it.
"So why are you guys raising her now? Why not leave her at the foster home?" Jason asked.
"Because the girl just showed up at my door, with a duffle bag saying she was my kid." Duncan said.
"That still doesn't explain why you guys are raising the girl together." Evan stated.
"That's because Courtney didn't want me to raise her by myself. Even though she gave the girl up in the first place." Duncan replied.
"I did want her Duncan. Stop twisting my words." I groaned. He was trying to make me look like the bad guy. Evan and Colton looked over at me. I couldn't tell what they were thinking. Jason and Duncan on the other hand were glaring at me with pure hatred.
I sighed then walked into the back room and went downstairs into my bar. I grabbed a bottle of wine and took a shot. I was so tired of being made to look like the bad guy. No one other than Bridgette was on my side on this. At the time this was best for Andrea, that she go somewhere else. I took another shot, before my phone started to ring.
"Hello?" I answered while looking at the wine bottle trying to decide if I want another shot.
"Courtney, how you been?" My friend Shane asked. Shane was a guy I been on and off dating. He was a guy I trusted with everything. We been friends since I college, and started dating about a year ago. The only reason it's on and off is because of our careers.
"I need to talk, and some drinks." I said into the phone.
"Do you want to meet up somewhere?" He asked.
"Yeah." I said softly.
"Let's meet at Exclusive. My treat." He told me. I agreed then got off the phone. I decided to take another shot then go to my room and freshen up. While I was getting ready to go I could clearly hear the guys talking about me. I hated that Duncan was living with me. I hate how he brought Jason here. He knew that Jason would be on his side no matter what when it came down to me. Faggot. Once I finished getting dress I looked in the mirror. I was wearing a black pencil skirt with a green blouse and green heels. I had put some loose curls in my hair and a little make-up. I always have to look good before I leave the house. I walked out the door and walked into the kitchen to grab my keys. The guys were in my formal living room with a shit load of food that would ruin my White Room. I snatched my keys then turned off the TV. All of them glared at me.
"You guys need to get out of this room. Go to the den downstairs. I can't afford for this room to get dirty." I told them.
"Who said we were going to make this room dirty?" Jason replied.
"Where are you going?" Duncan asked looking at my outfit.
"Out. Now Get out this room." I spat out harshly. Evan and Colton both got up. Jason was looking at Duncan, who was just glaring at me.
"I said get out." I sneered at them, after a minute of them looking at me. Duncan got up slowly. He was really starting to get on my nerves. He walked past me, and called for the guys to follow him downstairs. I sighed then left the house.
Andrea's POV
I was my first day of school and I was loving it. I told Allison that I wanted to make my own friends. And so far I've been doing really well. I had one class with Allison, and 2 classes with Brianna, and I had lunch with all three of them. Keyah was in all AP classes so I had no classes with her. It was lunch time and i were sitting at a table that Brianna had found next to all the upper classmen. Keyah was talking to some older guys while I was sitting, waiting for the table to fill up, looking around.
The lunchroom was full of people just talking, standing around, or eating. It was completely different from my old school. They all sat down. And ate or talked quietly to their table. This was new. Allison and Brianna walked over to the table. They both had guys on the side of them. Allison swung her hair over her shoulder then sat down next to me. Brianna rolled her eyes at Ally as she sat on the other side of me.
"She is so in love with him." Brianna whispered in my ear. Ally looked over at me.
"Andy this is David, my guy best friend. David this is Andy a childhood best friend. " Ally said with a smile. I smiled at David. David was a blond guy with brown eyes. He was wearing a Hollister shirt and blue jeans. He smiled back at me, and I notice he even had dimples.
"Hey, you have cute dimples." I complemented.
"Thanks, I like your freckles." He replied. I laughed a bit. Brianna and the guy she brought to the table were talking. Then out of nowhere he shouted.
"I'm Grayson! And I like Brianna a lot!" He shouted. Brianna looked over at us then a blush came up on her tan face. Everyone started to cheer. Grayson had milk chocolate skin. He had wavy black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a red polo shirt and black jeans. He was laughing as he sat back down.
"Why are you so freaking embarrassing?" Brianna grumbled. Grayson wrapped his arms around her.
"Because I know when you go home you tell your friends how you like that I don't care about making a fool of myself. You dig it." He said with a smile. I must say he had a very cute smile. Keyah came to the table with a big smile.
"I have a date on Friday!" Keyah squealed. Brianna wiggled out of Grayson's grasp then gave her a disapproving look.
"Not with Alex. Please tell me not with him." She asked. Keyah raised a eyebrow at her.
"It is." She confirmed.
"Why are you upset Bri. She likes him and he likes her." Ally said with a disapproving look at Bri. Brianna rolled her eyes.
"She knows why. That's all that matters. But whatever. I'm happy for you Key." Brianna said before turning to Grayson. Keyah sat down and ran a hand through her long wavy weave.
"Who is the guy your going on a date with?" I asked her. She looked up at me and smile. She pointed to a tall mixed boy who was standing up talking to a bunch of guys. All I could tell is that he had a little beard and had bright colored eyes. I smiled.
"He's cute." I said to myself.
"I know. I like him since freshman year." Keyah said dreamily.
"Oh here I meant to text you this yesterday, but I forgot." Keyah said handing me a piece of paper with a number on it. It was Josh's number.
"Thanks." I said stuffing the number in my bag.
"No problem." She replied taking some of Brianna's lunch. Ally nudged me.
"Isn't that him over there?" She asked pointed at a guy wearing a grey hoodies with loose fitting skinny jeans. I waited for him to turn around before deciding it was him.
"Yeah, it is. I'll be back." I told her.
"Hey just go. Lunch is almost over. See you later." She told me while I got up. I walked over to Josh. He was showing his skateboard off to some girls. I walked over to him and he looked at me with his green eyes.
"Andrea?" He asked.
"Yep." I said with a small smile. Josh threw his skateboard under his arm, and gave me a smile.
"So you go to Hope. I was hoping that you go to this school. " He laughed. I smiled bigger.
"Are you still mad at me?" I asked him. He gave me a confused look.
"When was I mad?" he asked with a frown. How could he forget. We only been together two times.
"When we were at the bus stop, and I had you look up those addresses." I reminded him. He nodded his head as he started to remember.
"Oh that… I wasn't mad. I was just confused on why you were going to that dude's house so late and by yourself." He told me.
RING!
"That's the end out lunch bell. It's time to go to your last period class." He told me. I grabbed his arm.
"Wait, I don't have to go. Do you? I really need to tell you something." I told him, hoping that he would leave with me. He smiled at me.
"Yeah, come on I'll show you the way to go so you don't get caught." Josh said grabbing my hand and pulling my along.
We went through the back exit and walked through the back parking lot and walked on the sidewalk. Josh was holding my hand the whole way. I smiled to myself. He could've let go of my hand a long time ago, but he was still holding it. Josh looked down at me, the sun was shining down on him and made his green eyes sparkle.
"So what did you want to tell me?" He asked me as we found an empty bus stop bench to sit down at. I notice he had let go of my hand. I looked at him and sighed.
"Okay. I haven't been complete honest with you. And I feel like you should know the truth about me." I told him, I was surprised that my voice wasn't shaky. I was so nervous.
"Okay. Tell me." He said coolly.
"Remember when I asked you to look up those people?" I asked him. He nodded, so I continued.
"Well those are…" I started, but I couldn't finish. I looked away from him. I felt him put him hand on my leg.
"They are who Andrea." He told me. I looked over at him.
"My real parents. I'm a foster kid. And I ran away to find them." I told him. He was still staring down at me. I was nervous because he wasn't saying. I could fill my eyes starting to fill with tears.
"You're the only person I've told. " I told him as I tried to hold back my tears. I looked away from Josh. The silence was too much for me. I looked at Josh who still hadn't said anything. I just told him something I never told anyone and he has nothing to say.
"And now I see that was the wrong decision." I said angrily as I got up.
"I should've just kept it a secret." I said as I started to walk back to school. I heard Josh get up, and felt him grab my hand. I looked back at him as a tear fell down my face, I quickly wiped it off.
"It's not the wrong decision Andrea. I just don't know what to say." He told me looking down at me.
"I don't know what to say either." I said quietly. Neither of us said anything. I felt weird inside. I just wanted to get out of there.
"I'm going to go now." I said wiggling my way out of his hand, and walking quickly away. I didn't look back. I wanted to be as far away from Josh as possible.
I had decided to just go back to Courtney's. There was no point in going back to school anyway. I got on the subway and rode it to the closet stop to Courtney's place. Once I got out of the subway station I started to walk to her apartment building. The building was huge. I took a short cut through the park that was in front of the building. Once I got up to the door, I used the lock code she gave me to open it, and walked inside. I took the elevator and walked to the door and opened it. I saw that the kitchen and living room was empty. I sighed then walked into my room.
My room was a light blue. All the furniture was white. It wasn't my style though, but it was better than a black room with 6 other girls and 3 beds. I was even lucky enough to have my own bathroom. I went in there and looked at myself. My turquoise eyes were still watery. I washed my face with cold water to clear my mind. I had a wonderful day, until my talk with Josh. I sighed as I pulled my brown hair into a ponytail. I walked back into my room and found some sweat pants and a tank top and put them on. I just wanted to watch TV. I walked back into the White Room and sat on the couch, and turned the TV on. It was on Sports Center, they were talking about some game. I didn't feel like changing it so I didn't. I just sat there and thought to myself.
Duncan's POV
The guys had left around 1 to go smoke. I would've gone with them but I knew Andy was going to be back around 1. I hated that I was living with Courtney. Her house is so prefect. I was walking around just looking at things she had placed around her house; Pictures, awards, cards, paintings, random knick knacks. That's when I heard the TV come on in the living room. I walked in there to see Andy on the couch. She looked up at me with her big turquoise eyes and smiled.
"Hey Duncan." She greeted me.
"Andy, what's up." I said as I jumped over the couch to sit next to her.
"Nothing much. School was cool. But I'm glad to be back here. " She told me as she started to flip through the channels.
"Skip any classes?" I asked with a smirk. She spun her head towards me quick, eyes opened wide. I laughed.
"Let me guess… the bus stop behind the school, next to the McDonalds?" I questioned.
"How did you know?" She asked.
"I can smell the food on you. Plus, that's where everyone goes when they skip." I told her remembering my high school days. She pulled her hair up to her noise to smell it, then gave me a confused look.
"I don't smell anything." She retorted.
"Kid, I use to be a street delinquent. I know what McDonald smells like." I laughed while she smiled at what I had said. At that moment the front door opened and Courtney came inside with a couple of shopping bags.
"Courtney!" She yelled as she went to hug and help her mom. I inwardly frown at the sight.
"Hey Andy, I got you something." Courtney said as she walked into the kitchen and set the bags down. She looked over at me, and smiled.
"Hey Duncan, I got you something too." She said as she handed Andy a bag. I got from the couch and walked over to them. Andy was opening her bag then she gasped. She pulled out an IPhone box.
"An IPhone? Thanks Courtney." Andy said as she gave Courtney a hug. Courtney laughed as she hugged her back.
"I'm going to go program it right now. Look Duncan!" She said with a smile as she shoved the phone in my face.
"Cool." I said coolly as she walked back into the living room. Courtney was still digging in back when she handed me a bag.
"That's for you." She said with a small smile. I grabbed the bag and looked inside. It was just a box. I looked up at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Open the box genius." She told me while rolling her eyes. I looked back at the box, and took it out the bag. It was a ugly wooden looking box. I opened it and was a pocket knife.
I hate to admit it, but it was pretty nice.
It was steel. And the handle was a dark green. And there was even a little skull engraved in the handle. I picked it up to see how it would feel in my hands. It was pretty damn awesome. I could really do some damage with this baby. I looked back at Courtney; she was taking things out of the other bags.
"Um, thanks Courtney." I said putting the knife into my pocket. She looked up at me.
"No problem. Just think of it as a peace offering. " She said as she went back to her bags. I was about to walk over to Andy when she called me back.
"Hey, I know your probably still mad at me about the whole house thing. So I been thinking if you want you can have the whole downstairs to yourself. There's only one room down there, but if you want that to be your area, I'm cool with it." She said looking back at me.
"Nah, I'm find where I am. Besides, I want to be close to my family." I said with a smirk. Courtney blushed then turned around. Don't get me wrong. I'm still mad at her for keeping Andy a secret. But I love to mess with her. She is still my Princess.
Done. Done. Done. I have no clue why I had a urge to write this chapter, but aren't you glad I did? I know it's been awhile and I very sorry to info you guys that even though it's summer… my updates won't happen as often. I have a Job! And I work all the fucking time. Sorry about that. But yeah. I will try my best to update more often.
So just a little recap.
Courtney is trying to make peace with Duncan.
Duncan doesn't Hate Courtney, but he is still mad at her.
Andrea is upset with Josh, and doesn't have a good reason to actually be mad.
Okay that is all! Until next time.. I love you all.
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