First off, I want to thank disneyqueen for being the only one to review the last chapter! Sorry it took me so long to update, we had a lot of mid term tests! But now it's spring break, so I'll try to update allot soon!
Everyone sat around their lunch table in the courtyard. All a little puzzled by the anouncement Melissa was going to make. What could it be? All Nathan had sad was that it was about jackson, and that he was doing really bad. They were also a little flustered by the whole environment, this whole school thing was really different from their last month on the tropical island. Everyone sat around chattering aimlessly in small groups, even Lex had bravely crossed over into the high school portion of the school.
Melissa walked out, they all imeadiately silenced. She looked glum, staring at the ground. She sighed, then looked up at the intent and curoius eyes staring at her.
" Alright everyone, so as Nathan may have told you, I wnet and saw Jackson yesterday. And, as you may have suspected, he's not doing good, and that's an enormous understatement."
That was quickly followed with a flurry of questions. " What do you mean Mel? Is he alright? What can we do?"
" Well, that's what I wanted to talk about, you see, I have a plan." She took a deep breath and began, " Well, when we got off the plane, and Jackson got taken away, I could see he was really hurting. And I really got to know him on the island, so I found some things out about him. One of those things being that his only real constant has been music, and that's the only thing that has kept him from a deep depresion all these years. And so I went up to Captain Russel, and I asked him what he planned to do with his guitar. And he said that he no longer felt conected to it, and it held bad memories for him. So I asked if Jackson could have it."
She was interupted by Eric, " So, what are you planning on doing with the thing now that Chief's in the slammer?" Nathan shot him a sharp glare.
" Well, I was planning on giving it to him when he got out, I figured he'd only be in there for like, one night."
Lex looked up at her, fear and confusion in his eyes. " So, what are you saying, Mel? IS Jackson going to get out?"
Melissa, shook a lttle bit, a single tear sliding down her cheek. " Umm.. Jackson told me that.. that, that he may not get out this time. He said they will send hi to jail, because there's no other suspects. And the guy that got hurt is in a coma. And he refuses to even talk to the police for fear he will get shot by the other members of the gang if he testifies against their leader."
She was having a full out breakdown now. Dayley rubbed her back. " Don't worry it'll be okay. Jackson is inocent, he'll be fine." But no one was convinced.
After a few minutes of this, Melissa stood again. She sniffed loudly and then continued, " This is maddening! You're all comforting ME, mean while Jackson's in a prison cell, most likely contemplating suicide!" That shut everyone up. The worry was clear on their faces.
Lex was crying a little bit, " But Mel, what.. what can we do?" he sniffed.
" Well, I was thinking that today after school we could all go visit him, and I can give him that guitar, maybe that'll cheer him up a little bit. But, as far as getting him to confess who did the crime, well, I have a thought..."
To be continued...
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