The Messinger Sisters
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Category:
1 through F › Four Brothers
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
15
Views:
1,764
Reviews:
2
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I do not own Four Brothers, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Chapter One
"Family stuff too?" Jayden's neighbor, Jack, sat beside her on the gray hound bus from New York to Detroit.
"Yeah. Back home in time for the holidays," Jayden sighed. Home in time for Papa's funeral, she added silently.
Jack, of course, noticed that something was wrong. It was obvious in Jay's drawings the past two days. Just like his sadness was obvious in the songs he'd played since he got the call from Jerry telling him Ma had been shot. He wouldn't press her though, just like she wouldn't press him.
Together, the two friends rode in mostly silence home to Detroit. They spoke of growing up in Detroit as adopted children when they spoke at all.
"Call me if you get a chance, okay Jackie?" Jay questioned as they got off the bus.
"When I get a chance, Jay-bird," He hugged her and went to catch his ride with Jerry.
Jayden wandered a bit before she found Jewel. "Hey Sis," Jules pulled her into a hug.
"'Lo Jewel. Is Bellatrix or Andi gonna make it?" She asked.
"They're supposed to. Come on. Do you have your bags?"
"Yeah, I've got everything," Jayden got into the passenger side of Jewel's car.
The whole ride to the funeral, Jay starred out the window as Detroit whipped by. Jules didn't speak, knowing Jayden liked her silence. She still remembered when Jay came to the Messinger home and hadn't spoken a word for a year.
At the cemetary, Jewel stood with her husband Charlie and son Sam. Jay stood off to the side behind Bella and zoned out durning all the speeches for her father. She knew everything they were saying anyway.
She left with Jules and her family, leaving Bella to be the last one there.
"Hey Jay," Jayden stood outside Jewel's house when Bella walked up to her.
"How've you been, Bella?" Jay lit her cigerette.
"As good as I could be, I guess. Come on, let's go inside," Bella put her arm around Jay's shoulders and the two of them walked into Jewel's house, Jayden putting her cigerette out before they got inside.
Jay and Bella stayed at Jewel's for a while, talking to her son Sam and husband Charlie. After everyone there had left, the three sisters drove to their father's house. Jay rode with Bella.
"Been keepin' outta trouble, Pixie?"
"Bella, I'm not that thin anymore, ya know. And yes, I have," Jay had been thin enough to see all her ribs clearly when she first came to Evans and that was why Bella had given her the nickname.
Jay could see her sister shrug in the window. Bella stayed quiet the rest of the ride, knowing her sister didn't want to speak and respecting that this one time.
The three girls started up the stairs when a voice spoke in the dark of their dad's porch. "Ya'll ain't right, leaving me out here to freeze like this."
"Hey little sis, ya bitch!" Bella hugged Andi. "You missed our dad's funeral."
Jules and Jay both hugged their sister. "I didn't mean to. I was racing in Vegas and my flight got delayed."
The four girls walked inside and stopped in their tracks. Jayden half expected their dad to come bounding down the stairs, beaming at the four of them.
"Jay, Andi, you two take your old rooms. I'll take Papa's room." Bella decided. The three of them headed upstairs and Jules sat in the living room.
Jay walked into her old room and tossed her bag onto the bed. She reached into a drawer in her desk and pulled out her paints and brushes. Jay sat in front of the only, small, blank stretch of wall left in her room. Without really thinking, she began painting.
"There you are, Jay-bird."
"Where'd you expect me to be?" She asked, not turning to look at Bella.
"On your bed, actually."
"Guys, we're gonna do Thanksgiving together tomorrow. Act like a real family at least," Jules spoke up from the doorway.
"If you're cookin', I ain't eatin'," Andi decided.
"Shut up, Andrea!" Jules punched her sister as Bella and Jay laughed.
"Relax. Jay-bird'll cook for us. Won'tcha, Jay?"
"Guess I have to if ya'll want dinner to be edible." She smirked at Bella.
"Quiet you," Bella cuffed Jay upside the back of her head.
Jay just turned back to what she was painting. "Whatcha paintin', Jay-bird?" Jules sat beside her.
"Dad." Andi answered for her. After a while, Jules left back to her family, Andi and Bella went to their beds, and Jay kept painting her dad's face.
A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter. The Mercer boys will be in the next chapter, I think. At least, they should be. Please review guys, I really want to know what you think.
"Yeah. Back home in time for the holidays," Jayden sighed. Home in time for Papa's funeral, she added silently.
Jack, of course, noticed that something was wrong. It was obvious in Jay's drawings the past two days. Just like his sadness was obvious in the songs he'd played since he got the call from Jerry telling him Ma had been shot. He wouldn't press her though, just like she wouldn't press him.
Together, the two friends rode in mostly silence home to Detroit. They spoke of growing up in Detroit as adopted children when they spoke at all.
"Call me if you get a chance, okay Jackie?" Jay questioned as they got off the bus.
"When I get a chance, Jay-bird," He hugged her and went to catch his ride with Jerry.
Jayden wandered a bit before she found Jewel. "Hey Sis," Jules pulled her into a hug.
"'Lo Jewel. Is Bellatrix or Andi gonna make it?" She asked.
"They're supposed to. Come on. Do you have your bags?"
"Yeah, I've got everything," Jayden got into the passenger side of Jewel's car.
The whole ride to the funeral, Jay starred out the window as Detroit whipped by. Jules didn't speak, knowing Jayden liked her silence. She still remembered when Jay came to the Messinger home and hadn't spoken a word for a year.
At the cemetary, Jewel stood with her husband Charlie and son Sam. Jay stood off to the side behind Bella and zoned out durning all the speeches for her father. She knew everything they were saying anyway.
She left with Jules and her family, leaving Bella to be the last one there.
"Hey Jay," Jayden stood outside Jewel's house when Bella walked up to her.
"How've you been, Bella?" Jay lit her cigerette.
"As good as I could be, I guess. Come on, let's go inside," Bella put her arm around Jay's shoulders and the two of them walked into Jewel's house, Jayden putting her cigerette out before they got inside.
Jay and Bella stayed at Jewel's for a while, talking to her son Sam and husband Charlie. After everyone there had left, the three sisters drove to their father's house. Jay rode with Bella.
"Been keepin' outta trouble, Pixie?"
"Bella, I'm not that thin anymore, ya know. And yes, I have," Jay had been thin enough to see all her ribs clearly when she first came to Evans and that was why Bella had given her the nickname.
Jay could see her sister shrug in the window. Bella stayed quiet the rest of the ride, knowing her sister didn't want to speak and respecting that this one time.
The three girls started up the stairs when a voice spoke in the dark of their dad's porch. "Ya'll ain't right, leaving me out here to freeze like this."
"Hey little sis, ya bitch!" Bella hugged Andi. "You missed our dad's funeral."
Jules and Jay both hugged their sister. "I didn't mean to. I was racing in Vegas and my flight got delayed."
The four girls walked inside and stopped in their tracks. Jayden half expected their dad to come bounding down the stairs, beaming at the four of them.
"Jay, Andi, you two take your old rooms. I'll take Papa's room." Bella decided. The three of them headed upstairs and Jules sat in the living room.
Jay walked into her old room and tossed her bag onto the bed. She reached into a drawer in her desk and pulled out her paints and brushes. Jay sat in front of the only, small, blank stretch of wall left in her room. Without really thinking, she began painting.
"There you are, Jay-bird."
"Where'd you expect me to be?" She asked, not turning to look at Bella.
"On your bed, actually."
"Guys, we're gonna do Thanksgiving together tomorrow. Act like a real family at least," Jules spoke up from the doorway.
"If you're cookin', I ain't eatin'," Andi decided.
"Shut up, Andrea!" Jules punched her sister as Bella and Jay laughed.
"Relax. Jay-bird'll cook for us. Won'tcha, Jay?"
"Guess I have to if ya'll want dinner to be edible." She smirked at Bella.
"Quiet you," Bella cuffed Jay upside the back of her head.
Jay just turned back to what she was painting. "Whatcha paintin', Jay-bird?" Jules sat beside her.
"Dad." Andi answered for her. After a while, Jules left back to her family, Andi and Bella went to their beds, and Jay kept painting her dad's face.
A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter. The Mercer boys will be in the next chapter, I think. At least, they should be. Please review guys, I really want to know what you think.