The problem with Jack (open)

[jack edward riley]

Jack's dad was in town. And ever since he got the latest call,he decided the least contact with that man, the better. He didn't want to fight with him, and he knew that if he were to see him now he would definnetly done something rash. He didn't come here exactly looking for Jack but came here looking for his daughter, Jack's half sister who Jack had sent check to since she was younger. For right now it was Jack's and Scott's little secret, that was until he was ready to talk to someone about it.

So Jack went for a walk. He walked down to the field,knowing that he might be able to be alone there. Nate walked over to the center and sat down, well really plopped down and layed back.He pulled a small leather bound, old book out of his pocket and layed it on his chest. He looked up at the sky and closed his eyes in deep relaxation and folded his arms behind his head.

He was at a loss really. He had been in a slump lately with Scott not getting any better. It was a little bit odd for him.There was so much that was expected from him right now that hadn't been before. He just listened to the world around him. He could hear the sound of wind blowing through the grass, and he could hear the sound of an engine some way away.

Jack sat up and looked down at the book in his hands. He didn't really have an idea that had sunk in, in a long time. He had Ava and that was great, but there wasn't much else except for work. In no way did he ever think about everything and want to go back to drinking and drugs..it was just sometimes he really wished things would be a little more cinematic.

And all of a sudden Jack chucked the book and layed back down with his arms behind his head.He just wanted to be...

[ava louise riley]

Becca had barely stepped off the bus and arrived in Point Pleasant that morning. Why had she come? To find the one person that she knew cared for her, her brother Jack. At least, she hoped he cared. He'd been sending her cheques since she was a little girl so she'd grow up right..and she had, for the most part. Sure, she was sort of an outsider amongst her middle and upper-middle class peers, but she'd been happy too.

Not knowing just how far the closest motel was, she'd decided to walk and save the cab fair..but that had only caused her to end up here, some field in the middle of no where. "Fuck" she thought to herself, droppping her duffel bag which was starting to weigh the poor girl down.

It was then she saw a book come flying her way and just barely dodged it. She looked up to see a guy laying there. She frowned a little. He seemed angry..frustrated. Well that was obvious by the thrown book. She bent down and picked it up and read the title. Becca was a fan of the classics too. She smiled looking at it then looking at him again. "Not as good as you expected?" she jokingly asked, holding it up.

[jack edward riley]

So lost in his thoughts he didn't even hear the girl standing a mere foot from him at first. He was so out of it it took him a moment. The sun shone bright and he put up his hand to shade his eyes to see her. She had a familiar look to her but nothing he could put a finger on. He smiled lightly at what she said. "Maybe just a bit." He said with a smirk. He thought he would be alone, but he was fine with it. Possibly company from and outside party would be nice, "It's this comparative peice- nothing to interesting." He added with a laugh.

[ava louise riley]

She watched as the guy sat up a little and spoke. She laughed a little too. "Right..but then, something must have made you pick it up in the first place?" she said, looking down at it again then back at him. There was always the chance that he was reading it for school or something too. He seemed smart..well, street-smart at least.

[jack edward riley]

" It was just a good excuse if someone came up to me while sitting in a giant field and wondered what I was doing." He said with a smirk as he glanced back up at the girl from the blade of grass he had been playing with. "I'm Jack" He said with a small smile.

[ava louise riley]

"Becca" she replied with a friendly smile, not picking up on the fact his name was Jack. Hell, it could be a popular name..not that she'd ever really met a Jack before. "And for what it's worth, I bought the excuse...at least until I thought about it." She laughed. "So what are you doing in the field anyways?"

[jack edward riley]

He was to caught up in his own mind to put two and two together. " Just a good place to let everything kinda go..sounds wierd but you know its like when everything around you seems to be going shitty its nice to know theres a place where you can just be." He said to her as he picked more of the grass, "What about you?" He asked her.

[ava louise riley]

"I know what you mean." Becca said thinking about all the shit she'd had to deal with in her life. She had a spot where she dealt with it too...maybe everyone had a place like that. "I go to this abandoned old Chinese food restaurant that's just been sitting empty as long as I can remember. It's locked and all, but there is this way inside through the back window and I've been doing it since I learned about it..I even have a favourite booth that I will just sit in and design." she said, taking about how she designed fashion and forgetting he didn't know anything about her. "Crazy I know.." she added before answering his question. "I was looking for a motel, but I guess I took a few wrongs turns." she said, slightly joking and frowned a little.

[jack edward riley]

He shook his head, "It doesn't sound crazy, when I was young and lived in New York I used to hide in the library phone booth, It was my sacred haven where if anything was bothering me i'd go there and read.I'd take stacks of books at a time. One night my mom couldn't find me and even though I was waiting for her to, she left and the library closed. I sat in that phone booth all night until someone from the morning cleaning crew found me." He rememberd with a laugh," Now that's crazy." He added. He nodded as she mentioned the motel, " Yeah it's down church street near the end." He mentioned.

[ava louise riley]

Becca laughed a little as he told his story. Jack seemed like a nice guy and she was happy she'd ran into him as opposed to some creep. "Ah, must have taken a wrong turn." she joked when he mentioned where the motel was. She looked at her bag, then back at him, deciding to wait on heading anywhere anytime soon.

[jack edward riley]

"It's a very small town, trust me, after awhile you'll find out where everything is..Give it an hour." He said with a smirk. Sitting up now and leaning on his elbows, "So what are you in town for..It's not really a destination." He laughed to himself, at himself..It was just weird how he sounded so much like a townie...a townie who actually liked the place.

[ava louise riley]

"Um...someone I know lives here..." She replied, thinking about how to answer that. "Well, know is sort of a relative term..I've only ever got mail from them." She laughed thinking of how stupid that sounded. "With my luck, I probably have the wrong Point Pleasant too." she joked, laughing some more as she looked at him. "I was sort of hoping to start over here..if everything works out." She admitted. "Home isn't so sweet.."

[jack edward riley]

"That's how I got here. I used to live in New York City with my mom before she died...I did a lot of traveling on my own and then when I was sixteen my uncle came and forced me to move here...I hated this place so much- it was as if hell opened and spit it out. But I'm still here for some reason- couldn't stay away." He said with a smile thinking about it. There were other reason's he had stayed but none that he would get into with someone he didn't know.

[ava louise riley]

"So I guess its one of those places that, metaphorically speaking, grows on you?" she asked rhetorically since it seemed thats what he was saying. "Cool..well, lets hope to find out.." She said, wondering when she'd meet this mystery brother..if he was even out there somewhere.

[jack edward riley]

He laughed, Point Pleasant was something out of those books where the new kid moves in and weird things begin to happen, like in a bad twilight zone episode. "Who might you be looking for, maybe I can help you out." He said thinking that there were only a moderate amount of people in town, he was bound to be familiar with the name.