Chapter 21

As the afternoon went on, Kerri and Jack were making out in the upstairs bedroom.

"You are so hot." Kerri said to him.

"I think you're smoking." Jack said, smiling.

Kerri and Jack then started kissing again. They soon heard footsteps coming upstairs.

"Pippa's back!" Jack said.

Kerri and Jack got up from the bed and were pretending to read a magazine when Pippa entered the room.

"Kerri, can I have a word please?" Pippa asked her.

"Sure." Kerri replied.

"Jack, downstairs." Pippa ordered her foster son.

Once Jack left the room, Kerri sat on the bed and faced Pippa.

"I just finished talking to Mr Fisher about your first day at school and he tells me that you behaved very inappropriately!" Pippa said sternly.

"It's not my fault he put me in the support class!" Kerri protested.

"That doesn't give you the right to be disruptive and rude towards a teacher!" Pippa said. "I completely understand that you want to be in mainstream, but you'll have to stay in the support class until Mr Fisher decides to integrate you into a mainstream class."

Kerri started to sulk.

"And will you please stop sulking, Kerri?!"

"I don't like being treated like a baby!" Kerri moaned.

"Then don't act like one." Pippa said before walking out of the room.

Kerri then started to smoke a joint that she had rolled up earlier in the day.

Meanwhile, Stephanie was still trying to come to terms with the news her foster parents in the city want her to return to live with them.

"Why?" Stephanie asked both Travis and Kelly.

"It seems they want you back because one of the other foster kids got asked to leave." Travis responded.

"I'm guessing this is Heather, right?"

"Who's Heather?" Kelly asked Stephanie.

"She's a girl that arrived at George and Mary's just a few months before Christmas." Stephanie replied. "She was a compulsive liar, who was very racist towards me and a few other kids that lived there."

"Oh." Kelly said.

"In the end, I decided to leave at my own free will." Stephanie continued. "I would go back to the city and live with George and Mary, but I've made a few friends here in Summer Bay and have settled in nicely."

"Whatever you decide, Kelly and I will support your decision." Travis told Stephanie.

Stephanie looked thoughtful.

Back at Pippa's house, Kerri was continuing to flirt with Jack.

"I wish we could lay like this forever." Kerri said, stroking Jack's face.

"Me too." Jack said.

Tiegan entered the room just as Kerri and Jack started kissing.

"Get a room!" Tiegan said before putting her school bag down on the floor.

"Can you get out?!" Kerri snapped at Tiegan.

"Last I checked this was my bedroom too." Tiegan said.

"We're busy, so get out!" Kerri snapped.

"Fine then." Tiegan said, glaring at Kerri as she left the room.

"That was a bit mean." Jack said to her.

"I just want you in my arms and not let go." Kerri said.

"I won't." Jack said before he and Kerri started kissing. A few seconds later, the door started knocking.

"Who is it?!" Kerri asked angrily.

"It's me." Sally said. "I'm just letting you know that Pippa is cooking dinner now."

"Fair enough." Kerri said. "I'll be there when she wants me."

Once she heard Sally go downstairs, Jack removed his shirt.

"What are you doing?" Kerri asked him.

"I hope you'll be okay with this." Jack replied before kissing Kerri again.

Kerri let out a huge smirk.

"You bad boy!" she laughed.

They continued to kiss.

Tiegan arrived at Stephanie's house after dinner that night.

"Your old foster parents want you back to live with them?" Tiegan asked her.

"Yes, they do." Stephanie replied.

"What are you going to do about it?"

Stephanie looked uncertain but she managed to say, "I've been thinking about it all afternoon and I feel that I should make this decision wisely. So, I have made a final decision."

"And what's that?" Tiegan asked her.

"Will you come with me?"

"Of course."

Stephanie and Tiegan went over to the kitchen, where Kelly was getting ready to go on the night shift at the hospital.

"Kelly, I've made my decision." Stephanie told her.

Kelly looked up at Stephanie.

"And?"

"And after some thought, I have decided to stay in Summer Bay with you and Travis." Stephanie said.

"That's amazing!" Tiegan said.

"Come here, darling." Kelly said to Stephanie.

Stephanie went over to Kelly and hugged her.

Meanwhile, Kerri is on the phone to someone.

"This guy is like super, super cute." Kerri said. "Yeah, I know. He's such a spunk! I can't wait to have his children!"

"Really?" said the voice on the other end.

"I'm going to ask Jack Wilson if he wants to be my boyfriend." Kerri said.

Unfortunately for Kerri, Pippa eavesdrops in on the conversation as she is taking the dirty laundry basket out of the bathroom.

"He was really gentle tonight." Kerri said.

Now realising what Kerri and Jack have done, Pippa marches straight into the bedroom.

"Get off the phone, now!" Pippa said firmly.

"Uh, I have to go." Kerri said before hanging up the phone and flashing a fake smile at Pippa.

"I think it's about time you and I had a little talk." Pippa said to her.

Kerri looked smug.

NEXT TIME...
- Pippa warns Kerri that her behaviour could have her transferred to another foster home
- Stephanie receives a present
- An old face from Tiegan's past catches up with her