A New Twist To An Old Story

[Jo/Blair_fan]

A New Twist On An Old Story
Chapter 1.
Detective Jo Sanders enters her house at about 7:00 at night, because she had been working late at the LAPD 12th prescient building working on some follow up reports for her latest assignment that her and her partner Detective Brian Farrow had finished. Her husband Tony of what will be twenty years in a day greets her at the door.
“Hey hun, Ryan, Danny, Carl, and I had some Taco’s for dinner, and there are some leftovers in the oven keeping warm for you if you want them,” says Tony.
Jo walks over to him and hugs him, and says, “Thanks but I’m not that hungry. Where are the boys, or should I say men now?”
“Ryan is out back practicing basketball, Danny is upstairs typing up a report for school, and Carl is in the basement working on his Tae Kwon Do form for his hi-blue belt.” he replied.
“Ok I’m going to go outside and see if Ryan wants to play a quick game of ball with me.” Jo stated.
“Okay, I’m going upstairs to finish up some work I brought home with me to finish up over the weekend.” he says. He begins to head up the stairs as Jo goes out back and sees Ryan shooting,
“I was wondering if you wanted to play a little one on one with your mom?” she asks.
“Sure I could use the practice since I’m going to UCLA on a full basketball scholarship next year” he answered.
They begin to play when Tony comes out with the phone “Jo, it’s for you,” he tells her.
“Mind if I quit the game and we continue it later on Ryan?” she asks.
“No problem mom,” he replies.
Jo goes and takes the phone from Tony. “Hello?” Jo says into the phone as she walks into the living room and sits down on the couch.
“Jo I haven’t spoken to you in far too long” says a familiar voice.
“Blair! It’s great to hear from you again, how long has it been, two years at the least since we’ve had time to talk.” Jo says.
“I know, having a 17 year old daughter and a 15 almost 16 year old daughter, and a 14 year old son makes it hard to keep track of things, not to mention my husband who is all over the states nowadays.” Blair states.
“So how are you Chris, Chloe, Miranda and Jake doing?” Jo asks.
“Well, Chloe has been accepted to UCLA on a academic scholarship and is entirely thrilled she has wanted to go there for so long, I can’t believe she’ll be graduating this year. Isn’t Ryan graduating this year also I wonder if the two of them remember each other, since we haven’t gotten together in about 7 years. Miranda is so looking forward to her sixteenth birthday she wont stop talking about the party she wants to have, so far I have figured it to be the biggest party she has ever had. It’s hard to believe her birthday is next month. Well as you know Jake is 14, he is always in his room or out side skateboarding with his friends, we hardly ever see him any more either. I keep telling him to bring his friends into the house so I can meet them but he wont do it, and I still cant figure out why, what if they aren’t the type of crowd he should be hanging around like if they’re not good for him. Now for Chris him and I seem to be drifting since he’s gone so often. I just wish he would be home for longer than a week or two. I’ve tried to talk about it to him but he just wont listen it seems. I don’t know what’s going to happen, I don’t think the kids have noticed yet, but I still want to make it work you know? I’m doing pretty good I still own Warner Textiles and Eastland, I am also now doing all my work for there out of my house so I can still be close to the kids. So how are you, Tony, Ryan, Daniel, and Carl doing?”
“I’m sure you will come up with something you always do. Just be there for each other and love each other and you should do fine and remember I’m always here for you. I’m doing great I’m now a Detective and am enjoying being with the kids when I can. Tony is now one of the top Video game creators in the state and we are doing well together. As for the kids Ryan is graduating this year and he also made it into UCLA but on a basketball scholarship, its great to know that our kids will be going to the same college, and I’m also happy that Ryan will still live close to home, he’s going to live in the dorms but he has decided to come home every weekend so I can do his laundry for him and cook him meals. Chloe can come over on the weekends too if she wants too I don’t have any problems doing that for her either since she’s part of the family. Danny, as he now wants to be called just turned sixteen we got him a car for his birthday a brand new Jeep. He fell in love with it and is driving it everywhere he’s even doing errands for me and taking Carl to school with him. Its great to have him help out since Ryan is so busy now. Carl is also into skateboarding but unlike Jake I already know Carl’s skateboarding friends because they are his regular friends they all just sort of started skateboarding. He must have at least 3 different skateboards and he has a bunch of skateboarding and BMX equipment in the garage luckily it’s a three car garage and we can keep all the extra sports stuff in the third spot but the driveway already has two cars parked in it.” Jo replies.
“Well the number one reason I was calling was because I was thinking of having a big reunion where yours, Tootie’s, Natalie’s, Mrs. Garrett, Beverly Ann, Andy, and my family’s all get together. What do you think?” Blair asks.
“Well I love the idea. Have you talked to everyone else about it?” Jo replies
“Yea I have I called them all before I called you I knew I would end up talking to you for the longest so I figured I better call you last so I didn’t run out of time to make the other calls, they all said it was great and would love to come I decided to have it here in Peekskill this Christmas everyone will arrive on the 20th and leave after new years, we’d have a old fashion Eastland Christmas and New years. Can you make it?” Blair asks.
“Let me check my calendar,” Jo goes over to the calendar “yes we are free during that time I’d be glad to come I might take a day of that time to take my kids up to the City to see my parents and explore a bit.” Jo states.
“That sounds great to me. I also wanted to say happy 20th anniversary! Wow, look at the time I have to go its almost 11:00P.M here and I need to get some sleep, good night Jo see you on the 20th” Blair says.
“Good night Blair I’ll see you soon. Bye.” Jo hangs up the phone and goes to call everyone into the family room. Once the whole Family is seated in the living room she starts to tell them their plans for Christmas, “I know your wondering why I called you here for a family meeting.” Everyone else nod’s their heads “Well your Aunt Blair called me and she is planning a reunion in Peekskill this Christmas and I told her we could make it.” she explained.
“That sounds great,” says Tony.
“We also talked about how everything is going and I have some news for you Ryan, you remember Chloe don’t you?” She asked Ryan.
“Yea she’s my age isn’t she?” he asked his mother.
“Yes your right Ryan she is your age and she also got accepted to UCLA on a scholarship. I am hoping that will help her around LA when she comes at the beginning of next school year.” She stated.
“That’s no problem mom I’d be more than willing to help out a friend. Who else is coming to the reunion?” He asks her.
“Well it will be our family, Aunt Tootie’s family, Aunt Natalie’s family, Aunt Blair’s family, Mrs. G, Beverly Ann, and Andy.” Jo tells her family.
“Well then if that’s it I better get back to finishing up on the game I’m designing.” Tony states. As he leaves the room and head back upstairs to his den and Jo’s den.
“I’m going to go finish my report in my room now.” Danny tells his mother as he starts up the stairs after his father.
Once Danny and his father are upstairs Jo and her other two sons decide to watch some TV for a while then Ryan says, “I’m going to go play Grand Theft Auto Vice City on the Playstation two upstairs you want to come Carl?”
“Sure sounds great.”
The two young men head down stairs to the basement where the entertainment room is, Just before Carl turns on the PS2 Ryan says “Don’t turn it on, about a week ago Danny and I went out to get moms gift we had decided to pay for don’t worry about the cost Danny and I covered it and you don’t have to pay anything, follow me and I’ll show you what we decided on.”
The two of them head towards the back storage room where Ryan has found a clever way to hide his parents present behind a mountain of boxes. He begins to move the boxes and reveals a family photo that they had taken to a special photographer to enlarge for them so they could put it in a 24inches high by 36 inches long solid gold frame.
Carl looks at it in awe “Wow, that’s perfect I think that we shouldn’t wrap it and that we should just hang it up late tonight after they have gone to bed” Carl said to his brother.
“I totally agree with you bro, and all three of us are going to get up at 6:00 tomorrow to cook them breakfast in bed.” Ryan told his younger brother.
“Okay, who is going to hang it up?” Carl asked.
“I will you and Danny can go to bed around 10:00 or 11 so you’ll be ready to get up and cook. Mom and Dad will be in bed around 11:30 so I’m going to hang it up at about midnight then I’ll be up at 6:00 with you guys.” Ryan explained.
“You don’t have to get up and cook sleep until at least 7:00 since your staying up so late. Since it’ll be Saturday mom and dad wont be up until at least eight. Danny and I can handle it until your up.” Carl told his older brother.
“Okay I’ll do that thanks for caring Carl,” he says.
Carl looks towards his brother and says “Its no problem man.” He looks at his watch and notices its almost 10:00. “I’m going to go to bed so I’ll be ready in the morning good night Ryan.”
“Night Carl have a good nights rest.”
Carl nods and heads across the basement to his room as Ryan puts the picture back in its hiding spot and heads into the entertainment room to play Grand Theft Auto Vice City. Meanwhile upstairs in his room Danny is done with his report and is now working on the card for his parents from him and his brothers. When he finishes that he decides to go to bed so he will be ready for the morning.
At the same time down on the main floor Jo and Tony are talking about the upcoming reunion.
“I can’t wait to see everyone again, it’s been so long since we’ve all seen each other.” Jo tells her husband.
He looks at her and says, “I know how much you have missed them and want to see them.”
Jo nods.
He continues “I cant believe it’ll be twenty years together tomorrow”
Jo then replies to his last statement “I know its hard to believe we’re 44, have been married twenty years tomorrow, have three amazing boys, and jobs we both enjoy.”
“I remember when we first met, it was at that motorcycle shop you were working part time at back in Peekskill. I remember thinking wow I could never get someone as nice and beautiful as that and then we started talking and we set out first date.” He told his wife.
“Wow I can’t believe you still remember that. I knew you would be the one when we met, you were so handsome, kind, funny, responsible, well educated, caring, and much, much more. You still are too.” Jo said.
He smiled in return then leaned in and kissed her and said, “Hun, I think we better go to bed”
“I agree” she responded as they made their way towards their room.
Ryan is heading upstairs as hears a door shut he goes and checks the main floor and the upstairs and realizes no one is up but him or at least no one is going to be out of their room until morning. So he heads back to the store room in the basement and gets the picture out and a hook to hang it with the goes into the living room where he has already found the perfect spot and hangs it up then decides to go to bed since the next day would be a big day for his family.
The next Morning about 6:00A.M Danny and Carl arrive in the kitchen and Danny asks Carl “Where is Ryan?”
Carl responds to him by saying “I told him to sleep in until seven and that we could handle it since he had to stay up late to hang the picture and we didn’t.”
“Okay, how about we make bacon, eggs, French toast, coffee, and orange juice.” Danny suggests
“That sounds like a good idea to me” Carl responds.
Four eggs, four pieces of toast, 8 pieces of bacon two cups of coffee and two cups of orange juice later. Ryan comes down from his room to join Danny and Carl.
“Hey Ryan you ready to help take their breakfast up to them” Danny asked his older brother.
“Yea lets take it to them right now.” Ryan says.
The three young men take the two trays full of food into their parents room and notice they are still asleep Ryan counts to three on his hand and all the of the boys yell “SURPRISE!”
Jo and Tony wake up to see their sons holding breakfast for them, they smile.
“Wow, breakfast in bed, I haven’t had this in ages.” Jo states.
“I know that’s why we did it for both of you to show you how much we cared about you guys.” Ryan tells his parents.
“This is amazing boys we love you so much!” exclaims Tony.
“We know,” declares Danny.
“That’s one of the reasons we did this for you.” said Carl.
Jo and Tony begin to eat while they are talking to Danny, Ryan and Carl.
When they are done eating Ryan announces, “We do have one more surprise but you have to get up and come out into the living room”
“Ok we’ll be out in a few minutes you boys go on ahead and we’ll meet you in there” Tony tells his sons.
Tony and Jo get ready and enter the living room and see the boys standing next to a enlarged family picture with a solid gold frame
“It’s beautiful,” Jo says as tears well up in her eyes but she refuses to let them fall.
“It is” Tony agrees.

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So do you like it???

[MrsGarrettRocksMySocks]

terrific.

[JDS84]

Great

[Ryanmo97]

I like it! But, I'm a little confused about the title, could you explain it a little?

[Jo/Blair_fan]

Originally posted by Ryanmo97
I like it! But, I'm a little confused about the title, could you explain it a little?

To tell you the truth i'm not sure where the title will come into play. But it probably will sooner or later im not sure which. i just tried to think of a title besides something like my new fic.

[james_baby87]

Amazing!

[MrsGarrettRocksMySocks]

Originally posted by Ryanmo97
I like it! But, I'm a little confused about the title, could you explain it a little?

I think it makes sense..like...everyone does reunion fics(well, not really EVERYONE, but..a lot of people) but, this one's different than all of those..soooooo...new twist...old story...get it?

[Jo/Blair_fan]

well i had originaly planned to post more today but my keyboard is f***ed up my shift key dosent work i had to get the little star thing on my 10 key keypad and i cant write names with out a shift key so it will be a bit cuz i need to go get a new keyboard you can see i'm mad about that...

[Rebel Queen 1980]

Hmm,this is a little different from all the reunion fan fics I've read,
but anyways it's still great!.Keep it up!

[james_baby87]

Originally posted by Jo/Blair_fan
well i had originaly planned to post more today but my keyboard is f***ed up my shift key dosent work i had to get the little star thing on my 10 key keypad and i cant write names with out a shift key so it will be a bit cuz i need to go get a new keyboard you can see i'm mad about that...

Mad you sound downright scary

[Jo/Blair_fan]

I know all of you readers have been waiting for me to post but its finally here please excuse my grammer and spelling i know it sucks! Enjoy!
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Chapter 2
Blair Mitchells had just woken up when she smelt something burning, she threw on her robe and headed downstairs to the kitchen, and soon found out that her husband the worst cook ever was trying to make toast. “Chris, your toast is burning!” she exclaimed to him
“I was trying to cook you breakfast, but I failed miserably as you can see.” he said.
Jake, who was sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal, responded, “Next time wait till mom is up, and let her help you.”
“He does have a point,” Chloe added.
Miranda came down the stairs dressed and ready for the day to begin she turned to her mother and said “Mom, a couple of friends and I are going to go to the mall, do you mind?”
“No, I don’t mind. It’s not a problem. Do you need a ride?” Blair questions her.
“No, they’ll be here to pick me up in 30 minutes,” her daughter answered. As she grabbed a box of cereal and poured some into a bowl she asked, “Hey Jake, where did you put the milk?”
“I put it on the table, but Chloe has it now.” He replies,
Chloe hands the carton of milk to Miranda.
“Thanks,” Miranda responds.
“ So when will you be home?” Blair asked,
“Um how does 5 sound?” Miranda responded,
“I guess 5 is alright. But no later!” She warned.
“Okay, 5 it is,” Miranda said. Seconds later the doorbell rang. “I’ll get it.” She told her family.
“Okay see you later” Chris said. Then he turned to the rest of his family, “I better go get packed I was paged about 6:00A.M this morning saying I have to go to Dallas for a week I’ll be back on the 19th of this month.” He told them,
“You better be back by the 19th the reunion is on the 20th” Blair said concerned.
“Don’t worry hun I will be.” He says then adds, “Have I ever been late before? Why would I be this time?” He then heads upstairs to pack
Blair silently thinks to herself how many times he has been late and missed important things like Miranda’s 6th grade graduation. Chloe’s 8th grade graduation and all sorts of concerts, school plays, and games, and then thinks to her self “ya right sure you’ll make it.” She was jolted out of her thoughts when Chloe asked her why she was just sitting there staring at her bowl of cereal. “Just thinking about some things hun, nothing for you to worry about.” Blair told her daughter
“Okay” Chloe responded.
“By the way Chloe, did you know Ryan Aunt Jo’s son is going to UCLA on a scholarship next year also. Although his is for Basketball. I’m sure he’d be willing to show you around when you get to LA.” Blair stated
“That’s great, I’m glad I’ll know someone there and wont be all alone.” She replied
“I know what you mean, also Aunt Jo said you can come over any time you want if you need anything or just want to hang around. She said Ryan is going to do his laundry and eat dinner every weekend there and she said if you want you can catch a ride with him she was sure he’d let you.”
“Okay mom, I get your point.” Chloe said, then adds, “I know I’m welcome there”
“Okay” Blair said. Then looks toward Jake. “Jake, Do you remember Carl? I know you guys were pretty young when you met.”
“Yea I remember Carl, he’s my age isn’t he?” Jake states.
“Yes he is and he also skateboards.” Blair tells her son.
“Sly” he said
“Sly?” his mother questions,
“Yea, sly means sweet or cool”
“I knew that” Blair said in her know it all tone.
“Sure you did mom.” Jake said
“I’m sure he’ll bring his skateboard with him to the reunion.”
“Great! I wonder what he can do,” Jake said
“Why don’t you ask him I’ll get his screen name from Aunt Jo. If you want it,” She says then adds, “Chloe I also have Ryan’s if you would like to talk to him.”
“Sure sounds great.” Jake said
“Cool” Chloe says.
“Great I’ll call her now. I need to wish her and Uncle Tony a happy anniversary anyways.” Blair says and walks over to the phone, and dials Jo’s number
“Hello” Jo answers
“Happy Anniversary!” Blair responds
“Thanks Blair.” Jo said,
“How are you?” Blair asked
“Good, now enough with the small talk what did you call me for?”
“What? I can’t just call my best friend to wish her a happy anniversary?” Blair says
“No, you cant. Now spill it.” Jo demands
“Well I was thinking about giving the kids each others screen names. That way they get to know each other before the reunion so they don’t have to get used to each other there, especially Jake and Carl since they will probably end up sharing a room. Those two then Danny and Carl, then Chloe and Miranda, then Nat’s daughter Megan and Tootie’s daughter Kara, then Tootie’s sonsCalvin and Nat’s son Michael will share a room. I tried to match them up by gender and try to keep the family with the other family members if not by that then we go by age. Since I now own a hotel chain the one in Peekskill is called “The Little Inn in Peekskill” we will all be staying there since it is pretty well located and I have many rooms available for every one to stay in. Oh yea and of course each couple will have their own room.” Blair said
“Well, the screen name thing is a great idea. All the kids are on Yahoo, MSN, and AOL their screen names are the same for each. Ryan’s is dirtbiker2003, Danny’s is streetracer2005, and Carl’s is skaterboy2007. It’s great that you now own a hotel chain. How much is it going to be to stay there? Also good choices for the rooms, I think that you matched them up well. Oh and do you mind if Jake brings his skateboard? We’re going to drive there from here instead of flying its much cheaper, besides Tony and I are driving in the Grand AM all our stuff is going in the Grand AM, Ryan is driving himself and Carl in his Mustang, and Danny is driving his Jeep we’re loading the boys stuff in the backs of their cars considering the way they can mysteriously get places quicker than us they should have it. We’ll drive from here to Colorado, and spend the night there then from Colorado to Cincinnati, and spend the night there, then from Cincinnati to Peekskill so we will probably be leavening in 2 or 3 days from now.” Jo explains.
“Okay, let me write the screen names down” Blair tells her friend as she scribbles down the screen names.” Then she adds “Okay, got it. The kids also have all three messengers and the names are the same on each. Chloe’s is babyblue2003 Miranda’s is driversbeware, and Jake’s is blindboarder2007.”
“Okay” Jo says as she finishes writing the names down.
“I better go, I need to work on some stuff,” Blair says.
“Okay I’ll let you get to work, Bye see you at the reunion” Jo says and then hangs up
Blair hangs the phone up and puts it back on its cradle.
“Alright, Here is the boys screen names; Ryan’s is dirtbiker2003, Danny’s is streetracer2005, and Carl’s is skaterboy2007.” She tells Chloe and Jake.
“Okay mom, I’ll enter them in next time I’m online.” Chloe says, and then adds, “But right now I have a date with Josh.” She then makes her way toward the door and heads out to the porch swing to wait for him, five minutes later he arrives in his BMW and she leaves with him.
“I wish she would at least tell me where she is going or when she’ll be back before she goes out with that menace Josh.” Blair says to her son.
Jake looks at his mother then says “I agree he isn’t the ideal boy friend he takes her to bars and…Oh crap I wasn’t supposed to tell you that.”
Blair interrupts him “Wait a minute did you say go to bars? As in he has a fake ID?”
Jake then says, “Yea he has one and got one for her, I saw her come in drunk around 1:00am that one night she said she’d be at the library until late at night to study and I took her upstairs to her room and got her in bed before she passed out.”
“Oh my gosh! Why didn’t you tell me about this Jake?” Blair asks concerned,
Jake looks down and says, “I didn’t want to get her in trouble, I mean I figured it was a one time thing and she would break up afterwards, it continued to happen and I confronted her about it and she said to stay out of her business and if I told you I’d be dead meat.”
“Oh Jake, I wish you would have told me this earlier.” Blair tells her only son.
“I’m sorry mom,” he says.
“You don’t have to be sorry I understand why you didn’t you wanted to try to protect you sister yourself and not get her in trouble.” Blair tells her son, then adds “I’m going to have a talk with Josh and forbid him to talk to her or see her ever again, that boy is such a bad influence.”
“That sounds like a good idea mom, Just don’t tell her I told you she’ll never speak to me again.” Jake says
“Okay hun, was she drunk last night?” Blair asks.
“Yea she was” Jake tells his mother.
“Ok then, I’ll tell her I saw her come in drunk last night and decided not to say anything about it until she got back today.” Blair states.
“Well, then I guess I’m going to go upstairs and listen to some music.” Jake says.
“Okay.” Blair tells her son.
Jake heads upstairs to his room
Blair begins to head toward her den to gather things she is going to take to the inn with her. She enters and shuts the door behind her, the next thing she does is looks over at her desk where she has a separate photo of each of her family members, then looks at Chloe’s most recent picture and begins to cry. She says to her self “Why did she go take that drink she knows better. She was my baby; maybe I can talk some sense into her or get one of the others to talk some sense into her. Then she looks at the picture of Chris and speaks to her self once again, “Why did I marry some one like my father. Never around work is more important than everything to him. All I wanted was a family, one with a mother, kids and a father that’s around. I guess I didn’t do that good with that. The last thing I want to do is end up like my mom, divorced 4 times. I don’t want the kids to have to go threw what I went threw.” She then decides to head to her and her husband’s room where he is packing. She opens the door to find him shutting his suitcase that he had recently filled with things he would need. Blair looks at him and says “Hey Chris”
“Oh hi hun I’ve been thinking about some things lately. I think we have been drifting and that we need a break from each other therefore I’m leavening you and the kids I packed everything I need and am going to leave today, I sort of lied when I said I had a business trip I really was deciding to leave today, I’m sorry but I don’t think we can make this work much longer. I want to work and you want to have quality family time I cant do both so I decided to work I’m sorry Blair but I have to go.” Chris tells his wife and starts to head toward the door,
“Chris wait!” she calls to him
He turns around to face her
“I think we can make this work though think of the children think of what this will do to them.”
“The children will understand I’m sure.” He says then leaves the house and his family for a new life.
Blair goes over to her bed lays down and cries thinking about what she is going to tell her kids and about why her husband is leaving her.
A few hour later Blair emerges from her room to see a drunk Chloe and Josh making out on her couch.
“AHEM” she says.
Chloe looks at her embarrassed and says “Umm I was just saying good bye to Josh.”
“Yea Mrs. Sanders I was just leaving” Josh say’s.
Blair then looks at him and says “I’ll escort you to the door.” She then take him over to the door and out to the porch, she points the porch swing and says “Sit down I want to have a talk with you.”
He sits down and looks at her then says “What about?”
“About how you have been taking my daughter to bars with fake ID’s. I am forbidding you to ever see her or speak to her again do you hear me I don’t want you to tell her I told you to break it off I want you to call her once you are home and break it to her easily. Do you understand me?” She says madly
Josh looks toward the ground and says “yes ma’am” then adds, “may I leave now?”
“Please do” Blair says
He goes and gets in his BMW and drives off.
Blair heads back inside and asks Jake, “Where did you sister go to?”
Jake then says “Upstairs she’s brushing her teeth trying to get the alcohol smell out of her mouth.”
“Thanks” Blair says, then she starts up the stairs and goes to Chloe’s bathroom she shares with Miranda and says, “So how long have you been drinking?”
Chloe goes white as a ghost and drops the tooth brush into the sink she then turns around and faces her mother and says furiously “Did Jake tell you I’ve been drinking?”
Blair looks at her seriously and says, “No, you just did.”
Chloe looks at her mom and said, “So you just assumed and asked and I told you?”
“No, I already knew I saw you come in dunk yesterday night and decided not to say anything I figured it was a one time thing but then I saw you today with Josh and I had the last straw. So how did you get the alcohol?” Blair asks her daughter,
“Umm I just did.” Chloe lies
“That’s not gonna cut it Chloe, and you know it” Blair said
“The first time Josh had gotten us some fake ID’s and we went to a bar on the other side of the city close to the Bronx because we knew no one would know us there before I knew it I was drunk then the last thing I remember was him taking me home and I woke up in my own bed. I’m sorry mom.” She says.
“Sorry isn’t going to be enough this time. What you did was dangerous for your health and can be addictive and from what I’ve noticed your already hooked on it. The day after the reunion is over you are grounded for two months from the phone, the car, your friends and most of all Josh. Blair exclaims to her daughter.
“Everything but no Josh is okay, I love Josh and you can not stop me from seeing him!” she complains to her mother.
“Hun, if he really loved you he wouldn’t take you to some bar to get drunk then take advantage of you.” Blair said
“He never took advantage of me!” she exclaimed.
“Well then would you care to tell me what he was doing with my drunk daughter on the couch downstairs?” Blair asks her daughter infuriated
“I guess your right” Chloe says.
The phone rings.
Chloe answers it “Hello.”
“Hey Chloe I don’t think we should go out any more I really like you but I just don’t think its working bye” He hangs up
She hangs up the phone and breaks into tears. “Well I don’t think you have to worry about me seeing Josh any more, He broke up with me.” Chloe said.
Blair goes over to her daughter and hugs her.
Chloe calms down then asks her mother “What does dad have to say about all of this?”
Blair’s eyes get watery thinking about her husband, “I don’t know I never got a chance to tell him and I don’t think I ever will.”
Chloe looks up at her mother from where she’s sitting and asks, “What do you mean you don’t think you ever will?”
“Chloe I have something I’m going to tell you that I don’t want you to tell anyone else. Your father left us today. He said that he didn’t think our relationship is working out and that we should separate I asked him why and what about the kids and he said they’d understand. I didn’t know what to do or say and he just walked out the door and out of our lives.” She said with the tears she’d been holding back flow freely. Then she adds, “I’m sorry hunny”
“It’ll be ok mom I know it hurts you a lot and it hurts me too but we’ll survive.”
“Thanks Chloe, you’re a wonderful daughter.” Blair said.
“No, I’m not I drank alcohol underage and became addicted. I betrayed your rules and wishes I’m sorry but I’m not a wonderful daughter.” Chloe admitted.
“Yes you are, you admitted your addicted to the alcohol, and that you betrayed me and I know your sorry and if you want help you have it” Blair said sincerely.
“I want help, no, I need help” Chloe says,
Blair smiles and then says “I think I can help you after the reunion instead of grounding we’ll have you go to rehab everyday for the drinking and you will be helped.”
“Okay, but is the grounding still on?” Chloe asks.
“I think you learned your lesson enough and don’t need to be grounded.” Blair said then adds, “But I do think you owe an apology to your brother he really cares about you. Did you know saw you come inside the first night you came home drunk and he carried you up the stairs to your room and put you to bed so I wouldn’t find you in the living room drunk. I think you should talk to him.”
“Where is Jake?” Chloe asks.
“He’s in his room,” Her mother tells her
“Do you mind if I go talk to him now?” Chloe asks
Blair looks at her and says, “I think that’s a great idea.”
Chloe leaves the room and heads across the hall to Jake’s room, she knocks and asks, “Jake do you mind if I come in for a minute?”
“Sure come on in” He responds.
She enters the room and goes and sits by him on his bed. Then she says “I believe I owe you an apology I shouldn’t have made you keep my drinking a secret from mom. She knows, and She told me that you told her that you carried me to bed the first time I came home drunk. I wanted to thank you for that and I’m glad you care.”
He looks down at his older sister and tells her, “Your welcome, I just don’t want to see you get hurt. I love you.”
“I know you do and I’m going to get help the day after the reunion.” Chloe tells him then notices something different about him and adds “Did you get taller again? You must be at least 6 foot five inches by now. Girls are going to start calling you tall dark and handsome you know that?” She says and smiles.
“Thanks sis, it seems I’m going to be as tall as dad is if not taller. Lets see he’s 6 foot five inches and I’m at that now and if I keep growing I will be taller than he is. I’m already having a tough time finding clothes that are long enough.” Jake says.
“How about I take you clothes shopping tomorrow? Don’t worry about the costs I’ll buy it all for you kind of as an I’m sorry gift.” She asks him.
“That sounds great and I can get what ever style I want?” He questions her.
“Sure, whatever you want” She tells him then she hugs him and says “ love you too” and then she adds, “It isn’t as hard for me to hug you being 6 foot as it will be for mom and Miranda since both of them are 5 foot 5 inches.”
“I guess your right, it seems we got dads growth gene’s.” He says.
“Well I’m going to go take a nap let the alcohol wear off.” She tells her loving brother.
“Okay sleep well,” he tells his sister.
She leaves his room and goes to hers.
Back in Jakes room he smiles and goes out side his room to find his mother. He finds her in her den crying. He head over to her and puts a soothing giant hand on her back.
“What’s wrong mom?” he asks her.
“Nothing hunny, nothing.” She tells him
“Something is obviously wrong other wise you wouldn’t be crying.”
“Jake this is really hard for me to say to you but I have to say it. Your father left us today me you Chloe, Miranda. Chloe already knows and I’m going to tell Miranda when she gets back. It’s harder for me to tell you because you look just like your father every time I look at you I’m reminded of him when he was younger. But your different, you would never do what he did. I love you so much hunny.
“I know you do mom and I love you too, I’m sorry he is putting us threw this but we can’t do anything about it. We need to get on with our lives.” He tells his mother.
She looks at him and immediately notices he grew and says “Well mister tall dark and handsome you grew another inch you seem to be at least a foot taller than me now. It looks like your going to be taller than you father.”
Jake then looks at her and smiles “Thanks, I guess Chloe is right people are going to start calling me tall dark and handsome.”
She laughs and hugs her son, and says, “I guess so. Aunt Jo’s boys get the same thing since they range from a height of 6 foot five inches to six foot seven inches tall. They will all probably end up around six foot seven, or at least that’s what it seems like. You boys just keep growing.”
Jake then looks down at her and says “I guess we do, Isn’t uncle Tony 6 feet six inches?”
“Yea he is I guess all of them got their height from their father.” She told her son.
Just then they heard the front door open and Miranda yell, “Mom, I’m home!”
“Well I guess I’ll go talk to your sister about your dad.” Blair said
“Okay I’ll be up here if you need me.” He states
Blair makes her way downstairs to the family room where Miranda has sat down and begun to flip threw the TV channels.
“Oh hi mom” Miranda says continuing to flip threw the channels and finally gets fed up and turns the TV off.
“Hey hun I need to talk to you about something. Your father left us today…”
Miranda interrupted “WHAT? What do you mean he left us why didn’t you do something! Why didn’t you stop him?” She runs upstairs to her room, and shuts, and locks the door.
Blair just sits down on the couch and tries to think of what else she could have done and after a while of doing so she comes up with nothing she could have done different. She decides that Miranda would soon come to her senses and come out of her room. She decides to go to her room and take a nap.
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Well that may have been a little long but i hope you liked it remember replys are the key to my posting!!

[1strunfan]

Good Story.

[MrsGarrettRocksMySocks]

great story!

[Rebel Queen 1980]

Great Story!Keep Writing More!

[Jo/Blair_fan]

thanks for all the replys I decided to post chater 3 today also so here it is its shorter than the others *that may be a good thing for you readers* ENJOY!
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Chapter 3
Natalie Harrison had just arrived at the Colorado Air Force base where her husband Colonel Mark Harrison flies FA-18 Hornets (for those of you who don’t know what a FA-18 Hornet is, it’s a type of fighter jet flown by both the Navy and Air force). She had taken him to work that day so she could take his car into the shop to get the tires rotated, and the oil changed. As soon as he touches down he fills out his flight log and gets out of the plane, he sees Nat and heads toward her flight suit and all.
“Hey Nat, I missed you.” He says then he leans in and kisses her lightly on the lips. “I missed you too. How is my favorite flyboy today” She asks him
“I’m doing good, are you ready to go?” he asks
“Yea why don’t I go bring the car up front while you go change back into you uniform.” She says
He looks at her and says “okay, see you soon” he goes off to the men’s locker room to change back into his uniform. He comes out later suited up and heads out front saluting a General as he walked by her. He soon made his way outside where Natalie had the car waiting for him. “Hey, how did Michael’s yearly check up go?” he asks
“It went like a yearly check up normally goes he seems to be at his full height of 6’ 2” only two inches taller than you, doesn’t look like he’ll be flying. He is 210lbs and they took another test that says out of the 210 pounds he’s only 6%body fat. I guess all that working out paid off. No wonder he has made star quarterback every year and has cheerleaders and every other girl in his school after him.” She tells him.
“Yea I know, I guess this means we should maybe invest in a few bench presses for him to use at home and one of those combination weight lifting machines and a punching bag or something like that for the basement so he can work out more at home. It makes since I mean he’s 16 he deserves it. He knows what he’s doing.” He add to her recent conversation.
“Sounds like a good idea how about we do it after the reunion.” Nat says
“Okay I like that” he says. Before either one of them knew it they were home. When they walked into the house they immediately noticed Megan was sitting on the couch her 5’ 10” figure stretched out chatting on the phone with one of her friends about god knows what.
“Jenny I’ve got to go mom and dad are home and that probably means dinner is soon I’ll talk to you later bye.” Megan hangs up the phone. And then asks, “hi mom, dad, when’s dinner?”
“Is that all you kids ever think about? Dinner is going to be in 15 minutes as soon as I get to start cooking, by the way what is today’s date?”
Michael comes down the stairs and answers her “It’s the 18th of December remember the reunion is in two days and we are beginning the drive there with Aunt Jo and Uncle Tony tomorrow with Carl, Danny, and Ryan.
“Oh my I totally forgot what today was I need to start packing how would you guys like pizza hut instead of a home cooked meal?” she asks them.
The rest of her family all approves and she goes over to the telephone and calls Pizza hut to order 2 medium pepperoni pizzas. Then she heads into her room to pack her clothes for the following day. After about an hour she comes out of her and Mark’s bedroom with two suitcases, and puts them by the stairs where the kids and her husband put theirs. They decided to drive along with Jo and Tony they would arrive later that night at their house in Colorado and spend the night and everyone would soon be off on their way to New York. The door bell rings and Nat goes to the door to answer it thinking it’s the pizza man but soon Sees Jo, Tony, Carl, Danny, and Ryan standing at the door with a small suitcase each. “Jo! Its so great to see you guys!” They hug then Nat looks up at Tony, Ryan, Danny, and Carl. “My, you boys have grown since I last saw you, and Tony you look better than ever.” She says then goes over to the stairs and yells up them “Michael, Megan, Mark get down here.” The rest of her family comes down the stairs to join her and when they see each other they all exchange greetings. Megan looks up at the boys in awe thinking to herself “these guys are more than any girl could dream about” she then comes back to earth and notices her mother saying “Megan…Megan can you hear me?”
“Oh sorry mom I was just thinking, what did you need?” she says to her mother.
“I would like for you and your brother to show the boys where they will be sleeping while your father and I show your Aunt Jo and Uncle Tony where they will be sleeping.
Megan responds saying “Sure follow us”
Megan and Michael start up the stairs with the other boys in close pursuit.
Meanwhile Carl’s mind is screaming at him “wow she’s hott maybe I should ask her out or something, I wonder if she even notices me or like me, I’ll try to talk to her tonight maybe get into her thoughts about me.” He thinks. Then says “So what grade are you guys in I think I know but I’m not sure its been a long time you know.”
“I’m 14 and in 8th grade, and Michael is 16 and in the middle of his junior year.” Megan quickly responds.
“Well that works out pretty well I’m also 14 and in the 8th grade” he points to his brother “and Danny just turned 16 and is in the middle of his sophomore year, and Ryan is 17 and in the middle of his senior year getting ready to graduate and go to UCLA.” Carl responds.
“That is a nice thing to know” Megan responds
They soon arrive at the guest bedroom where Ryan and Carl will be staying and they decided that Danny and Michael would share Michael’s room because it has a bed they can pull out from underneath Michael’s bed. The boys put their bags in their assigned rooms and head back downstairs.
Carl catches Megan on his way down the hallway to the stairs. “Hey is there someplace around here where we could talk I’d like to get to know you better.” He says rather smoothly.
Megan smiles “I’d like that, we could go down to the basement to the game room.”
Carl then smiled back and said, “Lead the way.”
They head down to the game room in the basement and when they arrive Carl sees it decorated in a black pain with black lights everywhere with all sorts of neon things.
Megan sees Carl looking around and says, “I helped design the idea of the black lights and neon.”
Carl “It’s amazing. So your dads a Colonel in the Air Force right? Does that mean you go to military school or something?”
Megan smiles and laughs “Yes he is a Colonel in the Air Force but what gave you the idea I go to military school?”
“I guess since your dads a Colonel he would want you to go to military school or something.” He said
“Well I see how you got that idea but no I don’t go to military school I go to a public school just about two miles away, you probably passed it on your wan in.” she tells him
“I think I remember it, the two story school with the blue roof?” he asks.
“Yep that’s the one.” She says then adds “So who are you riding with on your way up?”
“I’m riding with Ryan in the Mustang, what about you?” he states
“I’m riding up with Michael in his Dodge Ram.” She tells him
“The Ram is a nice truck, do you like cars?” he asks
“Yea but I only like the looks because I don’t know much else about them.” She tells him
“Well I guess we’ll have to change that” he says while smiling down on her.”
“I just noticed how tall you are you must be at least 6’ 5”.” She says while looking up at him.
“Yea, I am.” He says.
“Wow, that’s tall, I always thought tall guys were kinda cute.” She said then thought to herself “wow, I’m seriously flirting with him.”
Carl thinking about Megan’s serious flirting with him and decides to go along with it considering his hopes had come true about her liking him then responds, “Oh really, does that make me cute?”
Megan then responds to him while blushing “No, you aren’t cute your downright hott.”
Carl smiles a million dollar smile, and says “Thank you, you, are not just pretty you are beautiful.” Then adds “I was also wondering if you would like to go catch a movie or something sometime?”
Megan blushes again and says “I’d be honored to. Maybe we could do it once we get to Peekskill. I’d love to go with you. We better head upstairs or our parents will wonder what we’re up to.”
“Okay” he says as he takes her hand and walks up the stairs with her.
Nat notices the coming up the stairs from where her and Jo were sitting and she whispers to Jo “look at Carl and Megan”
Jo glances over at them and smiles then whispers back “watch this” then she says bluntly to Carl and Megan “We were wondering when you two lovebirds were gonna come up stairs.”
“MOM” Carl yells at his mother
Jo and Natalie are sitting on the couch Cracking up.
Natalie speaks up “you guys did kinda make it obvious” she points to their hands.
Megan then says, “I guess the secret’s out.”
“Yep it sure is and you guys’ pizza is getting cold you two better go eat some.” Jo says
The couple heads to the kitchen to dine.
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well what do you think??? should i post more??