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Raising Chandler

Memories

The doctor came and informed us that Ella would have to stay the night for observation, but that we couldn’t since we were not family. She pouted at the doctor and he shrugged. What an asshole doctor.

Jaime and I stayed until visiting hours were over. I begged to stay the night with my Uncle because I had absolutely no desire to return to my family. He sighed and told me to call Jack and tell him that I’d be staying with Jaime, and I grimaced. I’d hoped I’d not have to talk to Jack OR Lilly for a while, but I did as I was told. I pulled out my phone and slowly typed in the numbers that made up Jack’s cell number.

It rang only once and then he picked up. “Chandler? Is everything okay? Why aren’t you home? Where are you?” he asked immediately.

“Everything is okay. I’ve been with Uncle Jaime, and I’m going to stay the night at his place. He and I have things to do tomorrow,” I replied in a monotone fashion. I heard Jack sigh.

“Okay. Just call and check in. Your mom-” I rolled my eyes, “-is worried about you and so am I,” he said. “Fine,” I replied.

“I love you little man,” he said, but I just nodded and hung up.

Jaime and I arrived at his apartment and went inside. I immediately went to the pantry and got an oatmeal cookie from the package. He chuckled and I tossed him one as well. He bit it lightly and held it between his teeth while getting two cups down from the single cabinet. He handed me a cup and I filled it with Creme Soda, then handed him to bottle so he could fill his too.

We went from the little kitchenette-thing to the living room and he turned on the TV. I noticed that it was an old home video. There were two other clearly hispanic men and two girls….one looked like Lilly. They were all throwing pillows at each other and laughing. The camera turned around and I saw a third man with long brown hair that looked like mine, and features that I saw when I looked in the mirror. He was sitting on the floor and laughing, covered in feathers. I heard Jaime sniffle and pause the video.

“That was my dad, wasn’t it?” I asked, not looking away from the smiling man on the screen. “Yeah, that was Vic,” Jaime said as he moved up to stand next to me. He pressed play again and I watched as my dad stood up and ran with the camera following him as he tackled one of the girls and kissed her. Jaime paused the video again. “And that’s my mom?” I asked. “That’s your mom,” he replied and a small smile appeared on his pained face.

He played the video again and paused it when everyone was in the shot. He pointed at the tallest tattoo-covered Mexican man.

“That was Mike, the love of Lilly’s life for a long time. And then the love of mine,” he said, his voice cracked ever so slightly at the word “mine”.

He pointed at the other man. “And that’s Tony. He was my first love.” He pressed play. My mom and Vic both got up and went to the back of the room and lifted two babies- one in a pink jumper, one in blue- out of the playpen. My mom walked up to the screen and waved the pink-dressed baby’s hand, and my dad did the same with the other baby. Jaime let the video play out until the screen went black, then he pressed pause again.

“The baby in blue was you, Chandler. That was seven months before the crash that took everyone but you and I with it. The baby in pink was your twin sister, Clara,” he whispered, staring at the black screen.

I hugged my Uncle tightly. I felt his tears drip into my hair, and I cried as well. I wished so badly that I’d known all of them before the tragedy. He pulled away from me and looked down, his face dried and his lips tightly pressed together.

“We’re going on a road trip, kid.”

Notes

Phew, a LOT happened in that chapter! Where do you think that they're going? Did they forget about poor little Ella or is she coming with them? What will happen to Ella since her only remaining family is in jail?
Let me know your ideas/theories in the comments (they might even influence the next chapter or two, possibly even the whole story!)
Thanks for being such fabulous people <3 Stay lovely!
~Shayde

Comments

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4/10/16

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3/12/16

OH MY LORD JESUS THERE IS AN UPDATE FINALLY FELT LIKE FOREVER IVE MISSED THIS STORY. hope every goes well for u Savannah hope u find that passion again

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3/10/16

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3/4/16

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