Michael 20 Years Old. Janet 14 Years old

The phone rang at half past eleven in Michael's hotel room. Michael was on tour with his brothers and he had tried to get an early sleep.

He grumbled as he shuffled out of bed towards the phone on the desk.

"Hello?" he answered, yawning.

"Hey Mike, it's me, Janet!" Janet whispered down the phone.

"Hey, Jan. It's nice of you to call, but did you really need to call me so early? I was just drifting off to sleep!"

"I know, and I'm sorry, but there's something I need to tell you urgently, and I don't want Mother to hear me, you know? This secret is only something you can know. Do you promise not to tell anyone?"

"I don't know...it depends what it is- -"

"Oh come on Mike. I'm your sister aren't I? And one of your best friends, you know. Please?" Janet pleaded. Michael took some time to think things over.

"Ok, what is it?"

"Mike, this maybe really hard for you to understand, but I desperately need you too. I'm going out with someone who's older than me...he's 17. His name is Danny and we get on so well together at school, I was hoping that you'd understand..." Janet's voice trailed off, wishing she'd never told her brother. "

"Janet do you have any idea how dangerous that is? Mother and Father would disown you! And your my sister, I don't want you to get hurt. Please be careful." Michael begged her. He loved his sister too much to let anything bad happen to her.

"Does that mean you're ok with it" Janet asked.

"Look, if you love each other that's all that matters. But if anything goes wrong, you tell me, ok?" Michael waited as Janet thought for herself.

"I promise. Thanks Mike, I knew you'd understand!" Janet spoke quickly, and she put the phone down before Michael could say anything else.

Michael sighed and got back into bed. Did he make the right choice?

A Few Weeks Later

Janet ran through the busy, crowded streets of the town. She didn't stop running in case anyone was following her. The heavy bag she was carrying thumped on her hip, making it ache.

She rounded the corner and sprinted into a dark alleyway where her boyfriend was waiting for her.

"It's about time you showed up, Janet. Have you got what I asked for?" Danny asked her, eyeing up the large bag.

Janet, who was panting for breath, tipped the contents of the bag in front of Danny. The only reason that Danny fell in love with Janet was for her families' money and the fact that he didn't want to get caught for stealing again. He made Janet do all the dirty work for him, and Janet couldn't say anything because she knew if she did, then Danny would hurt her.

Danny gathered up the piles of cigarettes and booze that Janet had smuggled from the shops.

"Such a clever, crafty little girl" Danny laughed, stroking her face. She pushed his hand away.

"Get off me! I don't want to do this for you anymore if all you do is hurt me!" Janet yelled. Big mistake.

Danny grabbed her wrist and twisted it round, then started pulling her hair. Janet squealed and moaned, trying to kick herself free.

"You'll do as your told, you selfish brat!" Danny yelled in her ear. Janet kicked him hard causing him to let go. Janet began to run, however she found herself surrounded by Danny's friends; about 12 of them formed his gang which he always hung around with.

"Grab her!" Danny ordered. Two of Danny's friends grabbed Janet's arms and threw her to the ground. When Danny had found his feet again, he wrapped one of his arms around her and used the other to cover her mouth.

"This is what you get for being such a bad girl!" Danny yelled. Janet squealed as Danny's friends began to punch and kick Janet. After beating her up, Danny dropped her on the floor and left her to lie in the now pouring rain. After his friends left, he knelt down to her and stroked her hair.

"I'll expect to see you tomorrow. Be here, or receive the same treatment" Danny whispered, before leaving her. Janet sobbed and shook as the rain fell on her body, making her drenched.

She trudged home to find the Jackson Five van waiting in the driveway of her home. The Jacksons now lived in a huge mansion in California, after the Jackson Five had become very successful. Janet didn't even know her brothers were due home. She suddenly felt so happy; she had missed them all so much.

"Hey everyone!" Janet ran in. They all greeted her with smiles, but they soon turned into a look of concern when they saw her.

"Oh my god, Janet! What happened to you?!" Catherine screamed in horror. Janet suddenly remembered the beating, and tried to hide her face.

"I...I fell over in the road and hit my head. I look bad but I feel fine now" Janet managed to smile. The family seemed to have bought it, except for Michael who still looked at her concerned.

Later on, after they all had enjoyed family time together, Michael pulled Janet away for a bit.

"I don't believe you. Tell me the truth!" he pushed.

"That was the truth! You think I would lie?" Janet argued back.

"In this situation, yes"

"What situation?"

"He's hurting you Janet! I have never trusted him! You know how I feel!"

"Mike, you don't know anything, yeah? So back off!" Janet screamed. She pushed Michael out of the way and ran to her room.

Mike knew he was right, but he still couldn't believe that Janet had kicked off at him like that. He knew something was wrong, just by her tone and the cuts and bruises that she couldn't have possibly got from simply falling over. He leaned against the wall and buried his head; he wished there was a way to help her.

The Next Day...

"Well well ...back are we?" Danny teased, his friends jeering behind him as Janet moved slowly towards him, her bag of stolen items in hand.

"Here's what you want" Janet showed him the bag. He smirked.

"You're so pretty, Janet. Do you love me?" Danny asked.

"Of course I do!" Janet lied.

"Yeah? Well I don't believe you" Danny said, backing Janet against a wall. Danny tried to kiss Janet; she tried to resist but he pinned her arms against the wall. He then tried to reach up her top, but just as he was about to Janet threw the bag to the floor and by the sounds of it its contents completely smashed.

Before Danny could react, Janet kicked him as hard as she could. He fell to the floor and without hesitation Janet ran as fast as she could out of the alley.

"Get her!" she heard, and she looked behind to find Danny's friends chasing her. She panted for breath but knew that she couldn't stop running.

Suddenly she heard gunfire. She screamed and ran faster, noticing that one boy was holding a small gun. Tears flooded from her eyes as terror took over.

Suddenly Janet heard a loud bang and felt a sharp pain in her shoulder. She screamed and continued to run faster. After a while, the shouting stopped; she'd lost them.

Janet was alone.

She found that her vision was going blurry and she suddenly got very hot. She touched her burning shoulder and took her blood-covered hand away. She gasped, and before she could look for help, she collapsed.

"Janet? Wake up baby...I love you..."

Janet's eyes slowly opened to find Michael's angelic face staring at her.

"I love you" he said simply.

Janet smiled at him.

"I love you too, Mike. And I'm so sorry for how I treated you!" Janet said slowly.

"It's ok, just relax. Everything's going to be fine" Michael promised. He kissed her cheek and rubbed her shoulder, which was now bandaged.

"Where am I?" Janet asked.

"You're in the hospital hunnie. Its ok" said her mother, walking in relieved.

"Mother! I'm so sorry!" Janet cried.

"Hey, it's ok. But I'm now going to ask you where you've been to be coming home every night damaged. And you're going to answer us truthfully" said her mother, looking at Michael. Michael nodded in agreement and the pair sat on Janet's hospital bed, looking for answers.

For the next half hour, Janet poured out her heart to Catherine and Michael. She expected them to hate her, but they understood. They were just glad to have her safe.

Over the next two weeks, Janet was able to go home, and Danny was found and put in prison. Michael spent every minute at Janet's side, helping her with everything. Janet was grateful; she'd never had a more loving brother.

Thanks for reading! I'm sorry the last few lines/happenings were rushed, but I really need to go to bed and I wanted to finish this!

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