***Disclaimer*** Do I really have to keep writing this or do you guys get the picture? I don't own the Black Donnelly's.
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Once again I woke up to someone pounding on my door. I tied my fluffy pink robe around my waist and went to go see who it was.
"Janey, don't you look lovely this morning." Jimmy said leaning in my doorway.
"What do you want Jimmy?" I wasn't really in the mood to deal with Jimmy this early in the morning.
"Kevin!" Jimmy shouted trying move past me into my apartment.
"Whoa! What makes you think Kevin's here?" I said blocking his way.
"'Cause you two go at it like a bunch of monkeys." Jimmy said laughing.
"You're a pig, you know that?" I said trying to hide my smile as I let him in into the apartment. "Want some coffee? I'm making a pot."
"Jimmy, what are you doing here?" Kevin said coming out of my bedroom without his shirt on.
"Kevin lets go, we got some work we have to do."
"What work?" I asked as my coffee maker beeped, thank god for instant coffe.
"Just going over some things." Jimmy said trying to be secretive and not doing a very good job of it.
"This about Louie?" I poured my coffee into my mug and took a hesitant sip.
"What about Louie?" Jimmy asked turning to face me with his arms crossed.
"That's what I'm asking you." I said while I took a sip of my coffee, it needed more sugar.
"Yes, this is about Louie. How much did you tell her Kevin?" Jimmy asked glaring at his brother. Did Jimmy forget I was sitting with him at their home yesterday, talking about this? He really needed to lay off the drugs.
I rolled my eyes, "Jimmy you act like I'm some stranger he just met. I've known you guys forever, I'm not gunna rat you out."
"You are a stranger; we haven't seen you in years. You left, or don't you remember." Jimmy spat at me, I flinched at his words. Even though it was coming from Jimmy, it hurt.
I set down my coffee and stared at Jimmy for a couple minutes, I could see Kevin shifting back and forth awkwardly out of the corner of my eye. "I remember. Sorry I took my chance to actually go to college Jimmy. But if you don't remember I came back. I'm here now."
"Yeah, but for how long?" Jimmy asked as I went to go get changed.
"Trust me Jimmy when I say, I'm not going anywhere." I slammed the door to my bedroom shut. As much as you could try not to let Jimmy bother you, he did. He knew exactly what buttons to press. What did he care if I left anyway? Wasn't like we were close or anything, in fact I distinctly remember me and Jimmy not exactly getting along when we were younger.
I quickly got dressed in jeans and a t-shirt and grabbed my leather jacket off the chair that was sitting in the corner of my room. I took a deep breath as I walked back into the living room. Jimmy and Kevin were enjoying a bowl of cereal and watching cartoons on the television.
I grabbed myself a bowl of frosted flakes and sat beside Jimmy on the couch. "What are we watching?" I asked.
"Tom and Jerry." Jimmy said between mouthfuls.
Just like that we were cool again, or however cool you could get with Jimmy. It was this unspoken rule between me and the Donnelly's. You have your fight, and then you get over it. No need to talk about what was said, you just let it go and move on. Might not have been the healthiest thing to do, but that was us.
"Jimmy I don't feel right doing this, its Eddie Maxwell. We've known this guy our entire lives." Kevin said as we walked down the street to Eddie's store. I didn't have school till late, so I had decided to tag along with Kevin and Jimmy.
"Kevin he owes us money."
"He owes Louie money." Kevin corrected. Which when you thought about it was technically true the money didn't belong to Jimmy, Jimmy was in a way stealing. I was about to say this, when I realized that the money wasn't exactly legal to begin with. So I shut my mouth, put my hands in my pocket and listened to the two of them argue back and forth.
"Would you stop saying that? We finally got a chance to make some respect here and you want to throw it all away because of Maxwell? I never even liked the guy that much anyway."
Eddie greeted us with hugs and a huge smile, it faded when Jimmy said that we we're here collecting money for Louie.
"You serious?" He asked us.
"As a heart attack." Jimmy said with a twisted smile.
"No, I bet with Louie, if he wants the money tell Louie to come and get it himself." He said. He gave us one last shake of his head and walked into his shop.
Jimmy gave Kevin a look, and walked into Eddie's store. I exchanged a nervous look with Kevin, we knew Jimmy didn't like to be disrespected and that this would lead to something bad but we followed him into the store anyway.
"Gimme the money you owe or ima break both your legs and burn your store down with you in it. You understand?" Jimmy threated.
"Understand this; I got my hand on a 38 automatic. Now Jimmy we've know each other a long time, don't make me use it." Eddie said staring Jimmy down. I looked at Kevin nervously, I should of stayed home.
We walked out of the store and back to the Fire Cracker. The whole way there Jimmy was going on about getting revenge and about getting disrespected. I didn't really listen to him, I swear Jimmy thought if you didn't worship the ground he walked on you were disrespecting him.
I was sitting at the bar with Joey when Tommy burst into the bar.
"Where's Jimmy." He asked angrily. I sighed, never a peaceful moment.
"I dunno." Joey said shrugging. I wondered why Joey was lying.
"Do you want your ass kicked?" Tommy threatened.
"He's in the basement with Kevin." Tommy nodded and hurried downstairs.
"He wouldn't have kicked your ass." I said as I got up to get another drink.
"You don't know that, these Donnelly's are crazy." Joey said.
"You want me to tell them you said that?" I asked.
"I'd rather you didn't." Joey said looking a little scared, I laughed.
"Jimmy. Jimmy! Hey! You really going to shoot Eddie over money he owes Louie?" Tommy asked.
"It's my money." Jimmy insisted. "He embarrassed me Tommy. Stuck a gun in my face. Me, Kevin and Janey had to run outta there with our tails between our legs."
"Technically I don't have a tail." I said.
"Shut up Jane!" Jimmy said glaring at me. I raised my hands in surrender.
"He really do that?" Tommy turned towards Kevin.
"Whatta asking him for?" Jimmy yelled.
"He didn't really wave it in our faces, he just kinda showed it to us. Actually he didn't even show it to us."
"You know what Kevin shut up!" Jimmy yelled.
I zoned out for a bit while I poured myself a scotch. I knew it was early to be drinking, but all this fighting made me need a drink, desperately.
"He made ten bets 500 dollars a pop, lost every bet. Guy makes Kevin look lucky." Jimmy said.
"What ya got to say that for?" Kevin asked. I smiled and handed him a beer.
Finally Tommy promised to get the money. I wish Tommy would sometimes let things go. He couldn't be superhero for everyone.
"Maybe Tommys right, maybe we should get rid of the phone." Kevin suggested.
"You don't like making money Kevin? Or you just don't want us to make a better lives for ourselves? Which one is it?" Jimmy asked.
"That's not what I'm saying. I just think we should get rid of it."
"Maybe you're right. But first we gotta get everyone's name off this phone. You know how?"
Kevin shook his head, "You spend your whole life bettin' and losing money and you don't know?" I smacked Jimmy in the head with a towel I had been using to clean up the bar.
"I bet, it's not the same." Kevin explained.
"Joey get over here." Jimmy ordered, Joey came over and stood right beside me. "You know anything about setting up a book?"
"About the same as Kevin, except a won a bet once."
"You want a smack?" Kevin threatened.
"I'm just saying,"
"I do know this one guy Whitey." Kevin said.
"Whitey's a sleaze bag." Joey said.
"You can say that again." I said.
"Does everyone know this guy but me?" Jimmy asked.
"Whitey is a major creep, Dylan use to hang out with him a bit. Don't trust the guy." I warned.
"Thanks for the advice Mom." Jimmy said earning another smack from me.
I had opted not to go with them to meet Whitey; I had no interest in meeting up with some creep. Instead I went over to the diner to get some lunch but mostly to go see how Jenny was doing. I sat at the counter eating my burger and fries while Jenny tended to the costumers.
"So Jenny, how's everything been going?" I asked once she got a break from the costumers.
"It's been good." Jenny said as she started to make a sandwich. "Actually, it hasn't been going so good."
"What with Tommy?" I asked.
"No, not that that's going great, but with my father."
"Your father?" I asked.
"He's been acting strange, forgetting things." Jenny said looking up from cutting some tomatoes.
"Do you think he's sick or something?"
"I dunno, do you?" She asked eyeing me.
"Well he is getting old." I said thinking about it.
"Not that old." Jenny protested I gave her my best 'Yeah right' look.
I finished off the last of my fries, "Jenny whatever it is I'm sure it'll be okay, but if you're worried about it take him to the doctors or something. I gotta go to school, I have a class in a bit."