A/N – Here's come drama for you, and by the way I love my reviewers, (all THREE of you!) No offense but why read and then not review? Okay I understand if you read the first chapter and don't like it but if you've read this far I think I deserve a review if your still reading! ( Okay I'm done)
(Not quite)
I forgot a disclaimer last couple chaps! So… NOTHING IS MINE, NONE, ZERO, ZIP, GOOSE EGGS! (inside joke!)
(now I'm really done!)
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"Oh, Eliza! Baby I miss you!" Kimberly said over the phone.
"I miss you too mom." Eliza said her eyes slightly watering
They talked about school, friends, and James, Eliza's new boyfriend.
Kimberly was having a great time actually talking to her daughter, and having her talk back. Ever since she left, her only regret was that the one person in the world that meant everything to her hated her. She was excited because not only are they talking, Eliza called HER, and then an idea popped into her head.
"Hey babe, what are you doing for your birthday?" Kim asked out of the blue.
"Umm, I don't know I haven't planned anything probably just hanging out with dad." She said with no particular enthusiasm.
"What do you think about coming up to LA? You could stay for a few day's and we can just spend time with each other." As Kimberly kept talking Eliza's smile grew.
Eliza wanted to scream YES! At the top of her lungs, but then she thought about Nick. Nick would HATE her going all the way to LA, and "stealing" one of her birthdays. Eliza really wanted to but she also had to live with Nick until she left and that would be hell with him moping around all day that she chose Kim over him. Eliza's mind was going a million miles a minute until she finally spoke.
"Mom, I'd love to but I don't think it's the best thing right now." She said putting a damper on both her and Kim's excitement.
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ELIZA'S POV
(I know it's weird to write in third person and then just change gears
like this but I thought it was the best way to show what happened.)
Here I sit in the principal's office with a red hand mark on my face while they call my dad, one of my shining moments? No. However the girl with a black eye and a nose bleed next to me, I consider that an accomplishment, I mean it takes certain skill to give someone a black eye and a nose bleed in just one punch. My dad however will not see it that way.
Many factors led me to this point, but in the end I'm glad I punched her, actually I'm glad she slapped me first because I probably wouldn't have the guts to slug her if she hadn't.
I'm not normally a violent person. I normally don't fight all that much at all. I mean it all started when I was telling by boyfriend about calling my mom last night. I stupidly said that she invited me to go to LA with her for my birthday and I didn't whisper. Miss black eye Rose over here heard me and may have (meaning she did but worse) said my mom was a hooker. That started the argument.
Rose underestimated my knowledge though when she said that mom was a hooker, because I'm not saying that I'm proud of it but I am a damn good eavesdropper, and I know that her mom strips for extra money when her dad's out of town. Now I'm not usually one to spread gossip either, but when I'm angry I simply can't be responsible for anything that comes out of my mouth. Especially when it involves me screaming to everyone in the hallway that Rose's mom's a stripper.
And James, the AMAZING boyfriend that he is calmed me down after that, and we went to first and second period. We had all the same classes so it was easy to ignore everyone talking about both Rose's and my mom's when he was there.
That is until lunch. I wasn't talking much for reasons that should be painfully clear. All my friends were trying to make me feel better, and James even offered to ditch school so we could talk about it. This is HUGE because he is so school oriented that the fact that he would skip school for me is nothing short of outrageous.
I really am lucky to have him. I mean, he's smart, a good student, nice, sweet, loves the environment and to top it off he's HOT and in a band. I don't even know why he likes me, but he does and that's good enough for me.
Anyway back to lunch, I hardly ate anything because of my mood and as I was going to throw away my full lunch I saw her, and she was coming straight at me. I wasn't scared, more of a what-is-it-now mood. Rose came straight up to me and glared.
When I raised my eyebrows in a what-do-you-want attitude she called me a bitch and slapped me.
I was shocked, so I stupidly stood there with my mouth open until I could form full sentences. "WHAT… THE … HELL!" (great sentence forming I know.) She didn't know what to do so she did the logical thing, she slapped me again.
That did it, I retaliated and slugged her, good too. She looked shocked for a moment and then burst out into tears. The second after I did, I couldn't believe it. My hand went directly from her face then to my opened mouth. As surprised as I was I won't hide the fact that the whole hand over my mouth wasn't all shock, but once it wore off it was to stifle my laughs.
And again, my hero came and stopped me from hitting her again. God he's like batman, no superman, he's much hotter, and has REAL superpowers!
Anyway that's pretty much what got me here, and as high as I was off of adrenaline my high dropped to the lowest of lows when my dad entered the office.
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The car ride home was silent, and Eliza sat in the back seat so it would be easier to avoid Nick's disappointed gaze. She watched the cookie cutter houses pass, one after another, after another, after another. It was like a never ending chain of houses with no purpose except to make Eliza feel like shit. Eliza was thinking about anything but the fact that Nick was disappointed in her.
Nick was disappointed, but he was first and foremost furious. He thought that this was all Kimberly's fault. She left and now Eliza was acting up to get Nicks attention. He was angry that because of Kimberly, Eliza was missing school, and Eliza was missing her mother most of all. He hated that Eliza was going through all of this because her mother couldn't find anything to stick around for, he hated Kimberly.
When they arrived at the house they both sat in uncomfortable silence, Nick waiting for Eliza to explain what happened and Eliza wanting to do anything but that.
"Well?" Nick asked
Eliza stayed silent.
Nick put his head in his hands and sighed.
Eliza kept nervous glances at her car door wanting desperately to open it.
"Eliza what happened?"
And for a second time in one day she was at a loss for words. Eliza was NEVER at a loss for words.
"Go ahead." Nick said when he really thought that her eyes might drill a hole in the car door handle.
She wasted no time jumping out of the car with all of her stuff, sprinting to the back door unlocking it and running upstairs into her promptly slamming her door.
Nick took much longer getting out of the car and went to his office giving Eliza the chance to cool off before they talked.
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Nick entered the office and closed the door. He sat down at the computer and saw that Eliza had a school paper up on the screen. This was a fairly normal occurrence because her computer doesn't hook up to a printer so she prints things off for school on his computer. Eliza was obsessive compulsive over a lot of little things but closing computer programs was never one of them so Nick often had to close Eliza's programs when she used his computer. Nick made sure it was saved and closed it. However he then noticed that Eliza also had Messenger up.
He went to close the program but the word 'Boyfriend' caught his eye. His curiosity got the better of him and he read, knowing the whole time how this was one of the things he vowed never to do to his children, invade there privacy.
LizaBabe: OMG! HUGE NEWS!
TessaLuvsJJ: do tell!
LizaBabe: Sam asked Heather out in Geography and she totally turned him down in front of EVERYONE! That ought to give his ego a blow!
TessaLuvsJJ: hey give him some credit, not all of us have great boyfriends/girlfriends (in our case boyfriends) like you do.
Nick re-read this sentence several times before continuing.
LizaBabe: Yeah, well…
TessaLuvsJJ: you and James are SOOO great together! I mean JJ's hot but honestly sometimes I worry about his sanity
Nick was starting to lose it. Who was this 'James' guy? How long has he been her… (gulp) …boyfriend?
LizaBabe: I DO TOO!
TessaLuvsJJ: hey no one but his girlfriend can worry about his sanity!
LizaBabe: Honestly I worry about both of your sanities!
TessaLuvsJJ: I could take that badly but (being the great friend that I am) I won't.
LizaBabe: Oh Tess, you know I love you both!
TessaLuvsJJ: yeah yeah I know
LizaBabe: what can I do to make up for it?
TessaLuvsJJ: Trade me boyfriends!
Nick couldn't believe kids their age dated, when he was a kid you waited until you were sixteen. It was like your consented date birthday.
LizaBabe: Ummm… let me think… ummm… NO! NO! NO!
TessaLuvsJJ: Well I guess I could forgive you because you're my friend.
LizaBabe: THANKS! (You still can't have James, he's MINE!)
By this point Nick had stopped reading and was half way up the stairs before you could say James.
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Eliza was on her bed replaying what to say to her dad in her head when she heard him running up the stairs. She got up and opened her door just as her dad arrived, making her jump.
Her dad's face didn't have disapproval on it, it had anger, no, pure rage and fury. Eliza hadn't seen him like that since he would fight with her mom. This anger had never been directed at her and to be honest she was a little scared.
"You're grounded, no tv, ipod, or computer. Oh and you can't have friends over either." Eliza was shocked to say the least, Nick always allowed her to explain before he punished her.
"What? You can't be serious!" she yelled back.
"Yes, I am serious." Nick spat back.
"You've got to be kidding me; she slapped me twice before I hit her back. I didn't even start it!" Eliza explained without being invited to do so.
"What are you talking about?" Nick asked still thinking about James and how Eliza was dating him behind Nicks back.
"What are you talking about?" Eliza asked exceptionally confused.
"Your boyfriend! Who do you think!" Nick yelled instead of asking.
"What about him?" Eliza asked. She had no idea where the conversation turned from the fight at school to something her boyfriend did.
"What do you mean 'what about him', It's the fact that you have one!" Nick said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"What are you talking about, of course I have one. He didn't just disappear out of thin air!" Eliza said back.
"You can't have a boyfriend!" Nick said.
"Since when?" Eliza was surprised that Nick even cared; he never even talked to her about dating, ever. He sure as hell didn't tell her that she couldn't date.
"Since…" Nick was at a loss for words, he never specifically told Eliza she couldn't date.
Eliza finally got fed up with Nick's silence and ran back in her room slamming the door on the way.
Nick turned around and walked into his room and slept.
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Eliza was livid, she was pacing in her room thinking about Nick. How dare he just decide that she can't have a boyfriend? He never talked to her about dating and all of the sudden he basically tells her she has to break up with James.
She suddenly got the perfect Idea of how to get revenge on Nick.
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A/N – Yea, that's another chapter, please review! I accept all review's signed and anonymous so there is no reason not too! Please guy's I can't live on three reviews every two chapters!
