Mr Stanton picked up his car keys and got in his car, Emily shouted “Let her have some fun for once,”
But it didn’t seem to work.
.... Jennifer stepped out of the bathroom Brad was there!
“Hi Jen” said Brad
“Oh sorry, I didn’t realise anyone wanted to use the bathroom”
“No I wanted to talk to you”....
Mr Stanton was approaching the steps of the football club he made his authority known by switching the music off.
He saw Jennifer. She was talking to a boy!
....“Brad your with Emma”
“And your with” Brad was curious and Jennifer realised why,
“A friend” she replied.
Mr Stanton walked over to Jennifer and grabbed her by the arm, “Home Now!” he said sternly
Brad was worried and says, “We were just talking”
Mr Stanton replied by pushing Brad on the arm and saying
“I don’t like Cheeky Kids”
Brad felt deeply under minded.
Nick came looking for Jennifer He found Karren and Brad had told her what happened.
When Jennifer got home her father sent her to her room and told her she was grounded for a week. Jennifer was so embarrassed she began to cry. As she was crying she noticed that she had left her window open, she went to close it, and Nick was climbing the drainpipe!
“Jennifer, you didn’t say goodbye, I didn’t even get your number!”
“Like I had a chance, I’m sorry.”
“Well?”
“I don’t think I should my Parents are famous for ruining my relationships!”
Nick persuaded her “you mean I just climbed this risking my life and you wont give me a chance”
Jennifer heard her Mom coming up the stairs, “You better go”
Nick kissed her on her cheek and climbed back down the drainpipe. Jennifer went back to sleep, she felt slightly better.
Emily and Richard were getting ready for bed when Richard sat on his bed relaxing for a few moments, “I’m really Looking forward to tomorrow, I really need this holiday!”
Emily quietly said “Your parents called they can’t look after Jen this weekend!” She feared the reaction.
Richard had an idea “ That’s ok, I’ll give Jen a chance to redeem her actions, if she follows the ground rules I’ll forgive her for lying tonight.”
Emily was shocked, thought that Jennifer had spiked his drink went through her mind, “ok, I’ll tell her in the morning!”
The next morning Jennifer was told of the situation she was surprised, she didn’t want to break any of the ground rules though or else she knew there would be big trouble.
“Don’t let me call here tonight and find you’ve got people over, and will be back Saturday night so don’t wait up” shouted Richard as he was leaving the driveway.
Straight away Jennifer picked up her car keys and drove to Nicks house. Nick lived with his grandma, as both his parents were dead.
Nick showed Jennifer his granddad’s gun, which he obtained from the war. He took it out of it’s casing and asked Jennifer if she wanted to hold it, she said she didn’t like guns, and backed away. Nick put the gun away carefully and locked it safe.
The happy couple went back to Jennifer’s house where they looked at the photo albums. There was a photo missing and it was of Jennifer covered in birthday cake and nick really wanted to see it so they went into Jennifer’s parents room, where it was on the side, Jennifer gave Nick a solid gold watch she told him it was her Granddad’s but it was really her dad’s, Nick wasn’t too sure about excepting it, he felt it was too much, but Jennifer said she would be upset if he didn’t take it.
Whilst this was going on Richard had been called away from his holiday as there was an urgent meeting that he and his wife needed to attend to, but Jennifer didn’t know they were back in town.
Jennifer’s parents were now parking in the driveway but she didn’t know.
Jennifer and Nick were kissing in her parents bedroom, her father began to walk upstairs, he thought Jennifer had gone to sleep so he went to his room to put his case in, Jennifer saw the door open, “Oh no my dad” she yelled “RUN”
Nick grabbed his Bag and started to run down the stairs, he ran so fast he knocked Emily down the stairs as she was coming to see what the commotion was about.
“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING” Shouted Richard he was so angry that Jennifer had betrayed his trust.
Jennifer stared to explain her self “But, but..”
“..No buts, from now on your Mom takes you to and from school you stay in at night and do you homework, and you don’t see HIM again!”
Richard had really laid the rules down this time.
Jennifer looked at her Mom “But Mom” she groaned. Her Mom just looked away.
She went up to her room.
Jennifer hated her parents; they had humiliated her once again.
Jennifer laid on her bed, she didn’t know what to do. She had an idea, she picked up the phone in her room and rang nick on his cell phone.
“Hi Nick, it’s Jennifer”
“Are you all right” Nick was worried about her.
“No My dad’s said I can’t see you any more. I don’t know what to do!”
“Meet me by the Chinese restaurant down town and we’ll discuss it there. We’ll be together what ever it takes.”
Jennifer hung the phone up. She wanted to make Nick’s words ‘what ever it takes’ seem real. She picked up her make-up bag and made her cheek looked bruised, “This has to work!” she said to herself.
She climbed out of her balcony window and down the drainpipe, then she walked two blocks into town. She saw Nick in his car. She tapped on his window and he opened the door for her.
“What can we do Jennifer?”
Jennifer had another idea “Your Grandfather's gun, does it work?”
“Yes, why” Nick realised that she wanted to kill her parents. “NO! Are you mad”
“It’s the only way, or we can never be together!”
“But how?”
“I’ll tell my parents that we broke it off, and I won’t be grounded anymore, and on Tuesday Karen's having a sleep over, I can come with you and we can shoot my parents then.”
“I don’t know Jennifer,” Nick tried to think of an excuse “your house is alarmed!”
“Not my balcony window, I’ll leave it open” Jennifer said happily. It was as if she had planned it before hand? He brushed her hair of her face with his hand!
“Ouch” she said calmly “Is it still red” Nick was very worried about Jennifer and wanted her to tell somebody, “Yeah! Its red, there is help for this kind of thing, your dad can’t treat you like this.” This is just the reaction she wanted.
“It doesn’t hurt any more, we need to do something, I can’t see you again Nick.”
“OK, I’ll do it,” said Nick regretfully.
Jennifer tries to calm him. “We won’t get caught if we stick together. But I’ll have to tell Karren we broke up or she'll be suspicious.”
“OK, I’ll drop you back.”
Nick dropped Jennifer home and then she went down to her parents.
“I’ve spoken to Nick,” she said
Richard was angry but he was going to give her a chance. “Go on..”
“I told him I don’t want to see him anymore!”
Jennifer was expecting a reaction but there was none, she turned away and started to walk back to her room when “Jennifer” her dad called she turned back her dad came running to her. “I’m proud of you for listening, your not grounded, your forgiven.”
Jennifer was rather surprised that there was no lecture. She asked to go to Karren’s sleep over and she was allowed. Jennifer went back to her room. For a split second Jennifer couldn’t remember why she wanted her parents dead so much, then she remembered, they cant embarrass her when there dead.
The next morning she went to school as normal and told Karren that her and Nick had broken up. Karren reminded her that Brad had also broke up with Emma. Jennifer strangely pleased.
That lunch time Jennifer drove to the wood at the back of Nick’s house and met him there. Nick got the gun and loaded it. He practiced shooting at glass bottles, bullets went everywhere. They arranged to meet at 4 o’clock in the morning, when no one at the sleep over would notice that Jennifer had gone and when her parents would be asleep.
Jennifer went back to school. After school she went to her house to collect her things for the sleep over and to say goodbye to her parents, as this time would be the last.
“Bye Mom, Dad I’m really sorry about what’s been happening, I want you to know I love you.” she said resentfully.
“That’s OK Jennifer, we love you to, but why are you being like this you’re not going to be away from us forever!” said her Mom
“Aren’t I?” Jennifer muttered under her breath. A tear came to Jennifer's eye as she walked out the house. She drove to Karren's house.
The sleep over was going really well until Jennifer received a phone call, It was from Nick but once again Jennifer managed to persuade him round. It was about twenty-five minuets to four in the morning and Jennifer got dressed and went to meet Nick.
At the Stanton House Emily and Richard were both sleeping like babies! Nick and Jennifer came to the house Jennifer climbed first through the window and Nick followed.
“Is it loaded,” asked Jennifer?
“Yes, 5 bullets, is there no other way Jennifer?” nick still wasn’t sure.
“Now come on, quit being a baby, there not even your parents,” whispered Jennifer, “They won’t be mine, soon enough.”
Jennifer and Nick walked along the landing towards Emily and Richard’s room.
Jennifer opened the door. Nick held the gun and pointed it directly between Emily and Richard head’s. He asked Jennifer once more “Is there No other way?”
Jennifer yelled, “SHOOT”, Emily woke, “Is that you Jennifer? What’s wrong honey?”
She yelled again “SHOOT”
“I can’t do it!” Nick dropped the gun. He froze.
Jennifer Picked up the gun, She didn’t point it at her parents she pointed it at Nick
“Are you Mad,” he asked
Jennifer replied, “Yes”
She pulled the trigger of the gun but she turned to face her parents ‘BANG’ ‘BANG’ ‘BANG’ ‘BANG’
She turned back to Nick,
“Jennifer there's another bullet?” said Nick curiously
She sarcastically replied, “I know”
‘BANG’
Straight in Nicks forehead, he went flying backwards, the sick thing was Jennifer was smiling.
She wiped the gun clean and placed it in Nick’s hand so it would look like he murdered her parents and then shot himself. She walked over to her Mom, kissed her on the cheek and said “Famous last words always catch you out!” She spat on nick as she passed him.
Jennifer returned to the sleep over and no-body knew she had gone!
In the morning the Police were at Karen's house they told Jennifer what she already knew, and how they had secure evidence that Nick Ryan was to blame, she put on an act and cried, were the tears real though, no they weren’t she was so happy she had to rub salt into her eye’s.
That afternoon Jennifer walked over to Brad’s house, she knocked on his door and fell in his arms crying once again, Brad and Jennifer grew closer and closer over the afternoon finally she had got what she wanted. But when she wants something else, will she kill Brad if he gets in her way?
Is he safe with a Murderer? Who knows???
