Final Destination: If I Die Young

Chapter 13

Tod Waggner sat in the living room of Julie Christensen's house.

Technically, her mom's house. Her dad was broke when they bought it, not to mention, his I.D. card was stolen at the time, so the house is in her mom's name.

The household residents are Janet and Lawrence Christensen (For those of you who like to know EVERYTHING about the characters, Janet's maiden name is Parkinson), with their two daughters: Wendy Marie Christensen, and Juliette Jordan Christensen. They were a happy family; Janet was a well respected lawyer, and Lawrence was the top surgeon at Archer County Hospital. Wendy was the head of the yearbook club, which was impressive as she was a junior. Juliette (Or Julie, as she preferred to be called) was adored by anyone and everyone.

The black sheep of their family was never talked about, but everyone knew. William (Billy) Hitchcock was Janet's late friend Tamara and Wilson Hitchcock's son, and he was left in their care after the ill fated plane crash to Paris from JFK Airport. The Hitchcocks were supposed to go to Dijon, France for a business/family trip, but Billy had gotten sick from smoke inhalation and was unable to go. Janet had offered to keep him as long as they needed, but the plane experienced an electrical problem during takeoff, and crashed, killing everyone on board.

Billy was only eight at the time, and he was kicked out of the Christensen household at the age of ten.

Julie sat on the couch with Tod, clearing her throat.

"So... what do you want to work on first?" She asked.

"Just a question," Tod started, but Julie cut him off with, "If you're going to ask anything about my brother, I will throw you out of here."

"I was going to ask if you and them got along. Sorry for caring," Tod put his hands up.

Julie sighed. She looked down at her hands. "Billy never was really mad, he was just dismayed. Candice, on the other hand, found out about how.... homophobic... this family is. See, I'm bisexual, and I kind of like Amber. But Dad almost killed Billy to find out he was holding another boy's hand in the fourth grade. Add to the fact that Billy's bipolar, and had a slight drinking problem at the time.... Mom and Dad decided Billy wasn't worth the money."

"Candice... Wasn't happy, was she?" Tod tilted his head.

"Nope. I don't know whether it was her or Carla, but one of them practically kicked down the front door in rage. They got into a shouting match with Mom, and Dad called the cops. To their surprise, the cops told Mom that if she didn't pay Child Support to Candice, then both Mom and Dad would be arrested, we'd lose the house, and both me and Wendy would be put in Foster Care."

Tod nodded. "Well, they did neglect a child that was put in their care."

"I know that now, I just don't understand why Mom didn't tell me the truth in the first place," She shook her head wryly.

"Maybe you were just too young," Tod offered.

"Maybe i want out of this 'perfect family'," Julie countered.

"Maybe your parents would freak out."

"Maybe they aren't home."

Tod smirked. "Maybe you should pack your bags."

Julie grinned. "Maybe... I already did."

"Need help getting them out?" He asked, still smirking.

"Call a cab. Julie's out."

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A week later, Julie Christensen found herself at Tod Wagner's house. Her parents reported her missing several times, but the cops never did anything.

Billy agreed to go into Narcotics Anonymous, to help other people that are struggling with drug abuse. Candice was now looking for a new Hobby, since she was done with gymnastics. With the help of Carla, Dennis was almost done shutting down his part of Pressage Papers.

For the first time since North Bay Bridge collapse, it seemed as if everything was finally getting back to normal.

But everyone forgot one problem; Death was still after them.

And Olivia Castle was next.