Chapter 2

I paced the length of my bedroom, my hand raised to my mouth in complete concentration. I could still feel my heart beating rapidly in my chest. What happened to the break I was on? That nice little amount of time where nothing bad was going to happen. I paused in my steps as a knock sounded at the door.

"Jes?" Dad asked as he opened it just enough to poke his head through. I met his eyes and went back to pacing. "You're going to wear a hole in the floor if you don't stop pacing."

I gave him an unamused look and stopped, "I'm glad to see you think this predicament is so humorous!"

He sighed and sat down on the edge of my bed, patting the comforter beside him for me to sit down. I grudgingly obliged, "I don't think it's humorous. I'm just not going to worry about it. So you have an aunt, I won't force you to meet her."

"You're not worried? Dad, this is Bill's sister. My psychopath biological father's sister! I mean my psychopath biological mother's husband's sister! He's not even my biological father! How are you not worried?! She could kidnap me for all we know!" I jumped off the bed and threw my hands in the air in exasperation.

"Okay, drama queen," Dad shook his head and tried to fight off an amused smile for my sake, but it was no use, "I think it's time you calmed down. No one is going to kidnap you ever again. I promise."

I ran a shaky hand through my knotted brown hair and a fragile breath escaped from my lips.

"Sara Croft said that your aunt was completely cut off from Bill and his lifestyle. That's why she never knew about you until now."

I sat back down next to Dad, "Ok, but if Bill isn't even related to me by blood, that means this so called aunt of mine isn't either. Therefore, I don't have any legal obligation to meet with her."

I watched as he scratched his head, "Actually, Bill adopted you when you were an infant. If he didn't then the child support would only come to Laura and not him. So, technically, you are legally related to this woman."

"Ugh!" My head fell into my hands as unwanted tears sprang to my eyes. "I just want the past to stay in the past. I just want to forgot about Bill and Laura, I want to move on with my life."

Dad pulled me to him, hugging me tightly. I let the tears fall onto his shirt and he seemed to tighten his grip even more when he felt them. "I'll call Sara Croft and tell her you will not be meeting with Bill's sister."

I nodded my head against his chest. After swallowing the lump in my throat, I finally said, "Thank you, Dad."

"You know I would do anything for you." He kissed my forehead and stood up, "I hate to leave you, I actually came up here because we caught a case."

"No, I understand. Would you mind if I came with you? Not into the field, just to HQ? I promise I won't get in your way! I'll just sit in your office and work on running lines for the children's show. Please?" I tried not to beg.

"Of course! Grab your things and let's go!" I scrambled to pull on a sweatshirt and grab my script. I followed Dad out to the truck and hopped in.

The ride to the Five-0 headquarters was quiet, I watched as miles of ocean passed by. Dad pulled into his parking space and I followed him into the building. The security guards all smiled at us as we passed by. The elevator ride was short and in minutes Dad was consumed by the new case. I opened the door to Dad's office and plopped down on the couch.

I smiled at the picture frames scattered in various places around the room. They were all photos of him and I doing various things. I looked at a photo of him and I at my birthday luau; he was carrying me to bed. I don't know where he got the frame, but in small letters on the top it said, "My Little Girl". I rolled my eyes at the cheesiness, but I couldn't help the wide grin that spread across my face.

I stood up and plugged my phone into the speaker of my dad's computer. I turned on the reading of all of the other character roles in my script and I began rehearsing. I dropped to floor pretending to sob. I looked up pretending Jack, my counter part in the play, was standing off stage somewhat. I cried harder trying to get his attention.

"Are you alright?" Said the speaker of the computer.

I sat up a little, "No!"

"I, uh, well that sucks." Jack said.

"That doesn't help!" I cried.

"Are you homeless?" He asked.

I stood up and brushed my "dress" off. I said my next line with much sass, "I am a princess. I am not homeless."

"Oh! Why are you out here crying?" Jack questioned.

"The witch took my crown and kicked me out of my kingdom!" I sobbed over-dramatically.

I continued the scene and when it was over I hit pause in my soundtrack so that I could run to Kono's office and grab something to drink; she always kept a mini fridge stocked full of waters and juices. I walked out of Dad's office not paying much attention to my surroundings. I passed by the main area where everyone was gathered around the screens. Stopping just before Kono's office, I realized that it was oddly quiet.

I looked up at everyone and was met by five shocked faces. "What? I'm just getting a drink." I shrugged.

"Are you okay?" Danny asked.

"Yes? Why wouldn't I be?" I asked and then thought they were referring to the aunt incident, "Oh, yeah, I'm not meeting with her."

"Not meeting with who? I'm talking about the fact that you were legitimately sobbing fifteen minutes ago." Danny stated.

I laughed, "I was rehearsing for the children's show I'm in! My character is a little over dramatic."

They all sighed in relief. "Wait, who aren't you meeting with?" Chin asked.

"Dad didn't tell you?" I was met by four blank stares.

"I didn't have a chance." Dad shrugged, "Do you want me to tell them?" I nodded my head. "Sara Croft, a social worker, came by the house yesterday. Apparently Bill Wright had a sister that no one knew about, she was completely cut out of his life. Anyways, she found out about Jessa and she wants to meet with her."

Danny's knuckles turned white as he tightened his hands around the table, Chin stood silently with his arms crossed, Kono looked a little shell shocked, and Catherine wasn't showing much emotion.

"You don't have any legal obligation to meet with her." Danny said angrily, "Bill wasn't your biological father so you aren't related to her in anyway."

"He wasn't my biological father, you're right, but-" I bit my lip.

"He adopted Jessa so that he could receive the child support." Dad finished for me.

I nodded my head. "So legally, you are related to this woman." Catherine finally said, "Which means legally she has the right to demand at least a visit."

A silence fell over the room. I dropped my eyes to the floor and shifted my feet. "But you aren't meeting with her? That's what you said earlier." Kono spoke quietly into the silence.

"No, I am not."

"Good! This family doesn't have the right to demand anything from you. They've already taken so much, they don't deserve to get to know you." Danny spat out, clearly still enraged.

"They've given her a lot, too." Chin added. I looked up and our eyes met. I gave him a small smile because I knew what he was talking about. They took away the Lawrence's, but they gave me Steve McGarrett and the Five-0 task force.

Everyone seemed to fall quiet again as they mulled Chin's words over. I watched as the realization of what Bill and Laura Wright had given me dawned on my family. "I'm not going to meet her. That's that, now if you'll excuse me, I need to grab a drink and get back to rehearsing." I smiled and slipped out of the center of the room.

Once grabbing a bottle of water, I was finally able to get back to rehearsal again. I had just finished my fourth scene when a knock sounded at the glass door. I turned and found Dad smiling and waiting patiently.

He opened the door, "Hey, I didn't want to interrupt, but we are all heading out. We got a lead and it requires all of us. I'll see you in a few hours."

"Okay." I smiled. Dad went to leave and I bit my lip before hurrying towards him. "Dad?"

He turned around hastily, "Yeah?" I didn't answer, I just threw my arms around his middle.

"I love you." I whispered.

"I love you too, Jes." I could hear the smile in his voice.

"Please be careful!"

"I will." Dad stated and kissed the top of my head.

"Okay, bye!" I pulled away and waved to the rest of the team.

"Jerry's in his office if you need anything!" Dad called over his shoulder and with that everyone was gone. It was eerily quiet. I kicked off my athletic sandals and slid across the floor in my socks to the monitors. I turned on some Christmas music, even though it was only November.

I smiled to myself as the cheery tunes lit up the room. That was much better. I needed a break from the rehearsing and what better way to spend a break then jamming out to some festive music?

I danced to Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and sang along. I'm not sure how long my break ended up being, but it was much longer then the original fifteen minutes I had planned. I kept dancing to the merry tunes anyways. I spun around and froze in my spot. Jerry was standing there with a middle-aged woman and he was trying very hard not to laugh.

I quickly hit the pause button and tried to catch my breath from all of the dancing. "Thanks for the warning, Jerry!" I groaned.

He laughed finally, "Sorry, about that, Jessa! I was on my way up here to gather a little info for Steve when I met this woman in the hallway. She was looking for your dad."

"Oh! I'm sorry, he actually just ran out. Is there anything I can do for you?" I asked.

"Actually, meeting you is what I wanted in the first place." She smiled.

My eyebrows furrowed, "Me?"

"I am Susan Wright, your aunt." And once again, my heart wanted to beat out of my chest.

I cannot thank you all enough for all of the favorites and follows for this new story! As "A Not So Ordinary Life" began to wrap itself up, I began to mull this idea over! I really hope you guys are enjoying this because I am enjoying writing it for you all! I would really appreciate reviews because it lets me know how you all feel towards the storyline and they help me to be a better writer! So if you wouldn't mind just taking the moment to leave a quick review I would be so grateful! Chapter 3 is in the works right now! I hope to have it out by the end of the week! I am going to try and update this story at least twice a week! How do you think Jessa will react to Susan Wright dropping into her life? Any thoughts or comments?

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