This chapter explains the back story of the family of four, which is actually a lot more disturbing than you may think.
After the six students finished telling their story, it was the family of four's turn to tell their story. The family first introduced themselves as the Shoals family. They lived just north of Yorktown, VA.
The father's name was Connor. He was a doctor at Williamsburg Hospital. Connor had fair, brown hair and looked like he was about 32. While his wife was telling their story, he remained quiet. It was obvious that he had a lot on his mind, and it was very visible for the students in the New Directions.
The mother's name was Jackie. She was a lawyer at the state courthouse in Richmond. Jackie had long, curly black hair and looked like she was about 31. She did a lot of the talking, but nobody realized that she was keeping back a lot of secrets, even her husband didn't know.
The two children were very quiet ever since the plane crash. They hadn't spoken one word and were still probably in shock from the crash. The oldest of the two children was a ten-year old boy named Sean. He had all the characteristics of his father. The younger of the two children was a seven-year old girl named Haley. She had all the characteristics of her mother.
The family was on their way to the Big Apple because they needed to get away from the extremely stressful life. The night before the flight was a stressful, crazy night. The Shoals on the outside seemed like your average, high-class family, but they had a history that is so much more than that. After their introductions, Jackie began to tell the survivors the events that led up to them getting on the flight.
Jackie had a long day at work and was ready for this vacation. She had noticed that her husband had been very quiet lately and hoped that this vacation would get him out of the funk that he was in. Jackie also thought that it would be a great experience for the children, they were so attached to their electronics, that they completely have lost touch with reality. This would be the perfect way to expose them to something they never have seen before.
Jackie thought over all of this as she cruised down the bustling highway heading toward the north side of Yorktown. All of the families luggage was already in the back of the car. Connor always insisted that before a trip they pack everything in the car a week before. Supposedly it reduces the likely hood of forgetting something.
Jackie pulled into her driveway to find her husband's car in the driveway as well. This was peculiar because Connor wasn't suppose to get home until the nighttime. Jackie got out of her car and went around to her back door and slowly entered the house. All was quiet inside the large kitchen. Jackie stood still for a long moment, then heard a giant thud come from upstairs. Jackie immediately thought of the worst. She immediately thought her husband was having an affair. This was a bad habit of hers. She always went to worst case scenario.
She slowly and quietly inched her way toward the staircase. She paused when she reached the base. A loud crash was heard coming from upstairs. Jackie no longer tried to be quiet. She quickly ran up the stairs and busted through the door leading to the master bedroom. She saw that the room was empty, but there was a shattered vase in the middle of the room, and one of the two night stands were toppled over.
"Connor?" Jackie yelled, wondering where her husband was. A few seconds later, Connor walked into the door holding a broom and dust pan.
"Hey hon. I'm sorry about the mess. I was packing for the trip when I accidentally knocked it over," Connor explained as he swept up the mess on the floor.
"What about the nightstand?" Jackie asked looking over at the mess at the far end of the room.
"I knocked the entire nightstand over. The vase was on the nightstand," Connor replied.
"Then how did the vase end up in the middle of the room?" Jackie asked, challenging Connor's story.
"I swept the mess over to the center of the room that way it would be easier to clean up with the dust pan," Connor replied, sounding confident. At this point, Jackie stopped challenging him.
"How was your day?" Jackie asked as she stood up the night stand.
"It was busy. I was trying to get all of my paperwork done, that way I didn't have to worry about it in New York," Connor explained, "I finished up a lot earlier then I thought I was going to. That's why I'm home so early."
At this point Jackie seemed to believe him. She then walked into the nearby closet and pulled out a suitcase and began packing.
"What time does our flight leave tomorrow?" Jackie asked as she threw pants into the suitcase.
"It leaves at about 10 AM," Connor replied as he helped his wife pack.
"Can you go pick up the kids? I still have a lot of packing I have to do," Jackie asked as she continued packing.
"Sure," Connor replied as he grabbed the car keys off of the nearby dresser drawer.
As Connor went and got the kids, Jackie continued packing her clothes that she forgot to pack last week when they were packing the car. When Connor got home with the kids, the family ordered pizza. The four of them were silent while they ate. Jackie was still a little suspicious about the situation with Connor. Connor had a very violent past before they got married, Jackie was hoping that this wasn't going to come into their marriage and affect their children. Jackie tried to take her mind off of things by talking to her children.
"So… Are you two excited to fly on a plane tomorrow?" Jackie asked her two young children.
"Of course! I love planes," Sean replied. Sean always had an infatuation with planes since he was a little boy.
"I'm kind of nervous mommy," Haley replied timidly, "What if it crashes?"
Connor decided to chime in, "Haley, the likely hood of that happening is a billion to one. We are going to be fine."
What Connor said sort of comforted his daughter. The family of four continued to eat in silence the rest of the time. After that, the family decided to sit down together and watch sitcoms. Around 8 o clock, Connor want to bed, telling everyone that they would see him tomorrow morning. About a half an hour later, Jackie put her children to bed and then went to go join Connor. As she prepared to go to bed, she noticed that her sleeping husband had a huge scratch going up his arm. Jackie didn't worry about at all, and slowly fell asleep next to her husband, who was having a nightmare.
Connor was laying in his bed all by himself. The entire house was silent. Connor closed his eyes and began to meditate silently. Suddenly, out of nowhere, there was a loud shriek coming from the nearby bathroom. He then heard his daughter's voice screaming from the bathroom. She was screaming for him many times. Connor quickly jumped out of the bed and ran down the hall into the large bathroom. He walks in to see his daughter sitting on the sink crying pointing at the closed shower curtain.
"She's in the shower daddy! She's in the shower!" Haley cried.
Connor slowly approached the closed shower curtain and reached out for it. He grabbed the edge of the plastic curtain and violently threw the curtain to the side. He put his hand over his mouth at the sight he saw next. A woman with fiery red hair was curled up in a ball, naked at the end of the tub. The woman looked up at Connor, she had black irises that sent a chill down Connor's spine just at the sight of it. The woman suddenly stood up and gave Connor a look of death.
"You did this to me you motherfucker! You did this to me!" The woman screamed as she held out her wrists for the world to see. All up the side of her arms was the word Connor violently scraped into her skin.
Connor woke up abruptly. He was hyperventilating, frightened by the dream he just had. He looked over at the clock to see that the time was 8 AM. Their flight was leaving in two hours, they had to go. Connor quickly woke up his wife and both of his kids and began packing the car with more luggage. After he finished, the family got in the car and began to drive toward Richmond.
When the family got to the airport, they quickly got through security and headed toward the terminal, which was already boarding. As the family waited in line, Connor explained the set up of the plane to his wife and how they were going to be in the upper, smaller section of the plane.
Once they go on, Jackie sat with Haley, and Connor sat next to Sean. There were two school groups in the front section with them. One was from a public school from
Ohio, the other was from a catholic school from Indiana. There was also a gay couple and a business woman who was annoyingly talking on her cell phone. The first hour of the plane ride was un eventful. Connor and Sean played card games while Jackie and Haley played hand games like patty cake. As the plane got close toward the city, Connor looked out of his window to see a huge island just off of the coast of New Jersey. He didn't know what that island was. As that moment, a fight broke out in the back part of the plane and a teacher sitting in upper coach was asked to go break it up. Not even five minutes later, the plane began to vibrate and the family of four's life would be changed forever.
So, I know your probably sick of these chapters that have nothing to do with glee. But I promise that these chapters are essential to the story. The next chapter is going to give the background of the gay couple, and then I promise, the characters of glee will be back in the picture. Also, Finn and Blaine will be in this story, I promise.