Picture Perfect

Chapter 15: Unexpected Turn

          Later in the evening after talking to Amanda a little she walks around, finding Jesse. "Hey, what's up?" He smiles.

          "Hey. You having fun?"

          "Yeah, of course. I'm having a great time. Are you?"

          "Yeah," Deagan smiles, patting him on the back.

          "I'm going to be a dad, you're going to be an aunt, a lot is changing," Jesse smiles.

          "You're going to be fine, and I can't wait to be an aunt."

          "Is my kid even going to see you?" Jesse asks, looking over at Deagan, a serious look plastering his face since his sister has a history of leaving and being gone for a long time.

          "Jesse..." taking a sip of her drink.

          "What? Can you blame me for asking?"

          "Yes, she's going to see me," Deagan says leaning over and kissing his cheek. Something she hasn't done in a very long time.

         Before Jesse gets a chance to answer, Troy walks out, "I thought I'd find you out here," Troy says walking out the door.

          "Hey, yeah I'm just talking to Jesse, have I introduced you guys?" Deagan asks as she stands up, brushing off her outfit.

          Jesse stands up also, "I don't think you have."

          "Well, Jesse this is Troy, Troy this is my brother Jesse, he's the one that's having the baby," Deagan says the two shaking hands.

          "Nice to meet you man, and hey congrats, at least it's you and not me huh?" Troy winks at Jesse.

          "Yeah man, yeah.. uhh thanks," Jesse says slightly confused. Deagan can tell Jesse isn't very impressed.

          Cameron manages to get Deagan to keep drinking as the night goes on even though she swore she wouldn't get drunk. After all the kids have gone, and some adults, an after party in honor of Jesse and Amanda takes place. Emma and Chase's band set up equipment up on the back deck, the lights in the trees illuminating light across the yard.

          Troy starts to get a little irritated with Deagan as she continues to throw drinks back, nobody stopping her as most of the alcohol being shots. Through Troy's anger, the band begins to play, hearing some new songs that the band recently put together and also listening to some old ones. Even though she is a bit tipsy, she can still comprehend her surroundings as she looks up at her sister on stage, realizing how good she is.

          "Are you ready to go?" she hears Troy ask.

          "No, let's stay a little longer. Why are you so unsociable?"

          Leaning over, "Because my idea of a good time is not to hang out in a field full of hicks," Troy says over the music, not knowing Cameron and Alayna hear him.

          "Excuse me?" Cameron says.

          "Troy..." Deagan says, totally surprised he said what he did.

          "So you're calling all of us hicks, even your girlfriend's family huh?" Cameron asks.

          Chase sees the tension between Troy and his brother as they finish the song, Chase setting his guitar down. "What's going on?"

          "It's nothing. Troy go," Deagan says, pushing Troy away a little.

          "Yeah I am," Troy answers Cameron's question. "I can see why Deagan wanted to move away from all of you hillbillies."

           "You and your holier than now attitude and your pathetic batting record can get your ass out of here before I throw your punk ass out of here," Chase says back, Troy pushing Deagan's hand away.

          "Gladly, I don't want to spend another second with you hicks," Troy fires back, everyone watching as he turns to walk away.

          "She's too good for you anyway, and you'll be lucky if you get signed again next year," Chase says.

          "Get out of my face dude."

          "Then get the hell off my property," Chase shouts.

          "Come on Deagan," Troy says grabbing her hand and pulling her to the car. Chase shakes his head as he watches Deagan leave with him, he can't believe she is going with him.

          "Can you believe him?" Troy says, starting the car.

           "You were rude," Deagan says coming off her buzz.

          "You're sticking up for that bunch of idiots?"

          "Those idiots are my family."

          As he starts to drive he looks at her, "Well maybe you should just go be with them and your hillbilly ex-boyfriend."

        "You know if you didn't want to come to meet my hillbilly family you could have told me no."

          Pulling up to her parents as they walk in and up the stairs. "I wasn't ready to meet your family, but you begged me to come," walking into the room. Deagan watches Troy start packing. "Come on. We're going home."

          Not arguing anymore, Deagan begins to pack her bags.