It was all screwed up. The thing is it was my life! The hardest things for me to do was against my first love's family. He accepted it though and agreered with me fully on my actions. That's what I still don't get! Well you probably need to be clued in so here it goes. I had came to my mom's because she went out of town with her boyfriend. I was messing around with my home page, when I heard some people talking. I was freaking out and grabbed the bat that was in my closet. I went out in the hall, like the cops do in the shows. You know with your back to the wall. Any ways, I like peeked my head around the corner. I quickly pulled my head back in because I had seen someone. I thought I was going to faint but I managed not to. I jumped around the corner I found my target he had his back turned. I went to swing but the other person tackled me to the ground. The bat flew from my hands. The same person who had tackled me was now pining me. The person was sitting on me holding my hands. I had my eyes closed and was squirming to get free. I wasn't going to dare look at this person I wasn't at all that brave. All I could think about was what's going to happen to me. I was about to find out soon enough. I was squirming so much that I didn't even listen to the person that had me pin. When I did finally hear the person that had tackled me and had me trapped. I was so embarrassed. "Nice to see you to Zoey!" "Jack?!!?" I was surprised my eyes flew open and I was staring right at him and Jack. "Yes, it's Pacey and me!" "But.. How.. Why.." I was so confused. "What did you think we were here to do kill you?" Jack says with sarcasm. So much I was embarrassed and started to blush. "Hi you guys," I finally manage to say so quietly I couldn't even hardly hear my self. "What are you doing here?" I say as I was getting up and picking up the bat. "We came to visit since Jack told me about you guys were talking again," explains Pacey. As I walk down the hall to my room. I sit the bat back in the closet and sit in front of the computer. Jack and Pacey sit down on the futon couch. "How did you guys know I was over here?" I say as I'm picking up my pop. "Your grandma told me then asked me about 101 questions." Jack answers. "She always did like you for some reason." I smirk. Pacey grins at my trash talking to Jack. While Jack just sits there with a look on his face that shows he didn't think it was funny. The room suddenly becomes silent only interrupted my the clicking of my keyboard. My back is now turned to them and I'm thinking why did I have to say that. The air is full of old tensions dug up by me dissing Jack. Mostly just the tensions between me and Jack a little having to do with Pacey. Pacey finally breaks the silence, "What are you doing?" "I'm just fixing my home page nothing much." "How can you read all that stuff?!" "Easy 'img src="images/ia/nelliebarrientes/".gif' means the image is coming from my server and it's simply a picture." "I could never do that stuff unlike you Ms. intelligent," he says while putting me in a head lock. I push him off of me saying, "Shut-up, O.K. you little crack head." While Pacey and me are wrestling around on the floor and dissing each other. I hear some one walk in the house and scream Luke's name. I stop wrestling with Pacey and look at Jack. Pacey notices the tension me and Jack are feeling at that moment while we stare into each other's eyes. I felt like I was trying to look in his brain, his soul to know who this person is. The trance is broken when this girl walks in. I looked at her she was 5' 6'', blond, and some freaky orange color eyes. Plus she looks like a clown with the makeup she's wearing, including the outfit. She looks at me and just rolls her eyes. Walks Jack's direction and plops her big butt in her lap. Continues by putting his arms around his shoulders and resting her head on his shoulder. "Jack who's the prostitute," I say, then notice I just said what I was thinking, quickly recovering "I mean girl?" I can't help but smile at my wise crack, either can Pacey, I didn't even mean to say. The girl looks at me like I was the biggest bitch in the world. Jack looks at me and shrugs while shaking his head. "Jack your so silly. I'm Jack's girlfriend," saying like I was invading her property. "Well I can see why he wouldn't admit it," Pacey mumbles under his breath. We both crack up laughing even Jack does. "Well I'm Jack's ex-girlfriend and I'm also his friend," I say imitating her snotty voice she used on me earlier, " and I know he wouldn't even began to look at you if you gave him a million dollars." "I blinded both Jack and his mom with my beauty," she says as she gets up and looks in the mirror. "You blinded but trust me it wasn't from beauty! Can you please step away from the mirror before you break it?" I say trying to find anyway to diss her. She takes her place back on Jack's lap. "I can tell why Jack's mom likes you." "Oh really and why is that?" in her snotty voice again "Look how you dress! Now look at me Jack's pick and then look at that piece of trash over there that Jack's mom likes." Pacey stands and says in a announcers' voice, "Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Zoey is crowned Miss America. What are her prizes Johnny?!?" Everyone except Ms. Thing was laughing. I couldn't stop and fell to the floor laughing. "Jack how could you make that mistake!?!" she says facing him. I took that the wrong way, and didn't even notice that I had jumped to my feet. My face was burning and my heart was pounding. The next thing I knew Pacey was trying to pull me down back to the floor. She was lucky he did and I could see she knew it, because of the look in her eyes. "Jack, I don't want you to hang out with this girl and either does your mom," she says emphasizing 'this girl' so much that she made me sound like a deadly disease. I always knew Jack's mom disliked me but I never was told so. Jack started turning red mainly because he knew it to. But for some reason he shoved her off his lap stood up and sat right by me. Then continued to put his arm around me. "Well, whoever you are, this girl is my best friend and you can tell my mom that she can screw off and so can you!" "You are ditching me for that," pointing to me. I jumped to my feet, this time no one stopped me, got right in her face, "That's it I don't know who you are and I don't give a crap! Your not going to come into my house thinking your Ms. Thing! All right... all right?!?" The girl was now with her back against the wall. But I didn't care. Jack and Pacey were now on their feet standing behind me like they were my bodyguards. "You know what I knew that I wouldn't like you when you walked in!" She finally spoke up then started getting in my face the only thing difference between me and her was I stood my ground. "Well your not wanted to be around him." She said in her snotty cheerleader voice. "You know what, he wants to be around me! So guess that's your problem! Now get out of my house, before I throw you out!" I didn't need to repeat myself. She ran out of there so quick and didn't even close the door. Jack and Pacey are giving props to me and stuff. Commenting on anything and everything I said, but I heard something. I had a bad feeling it wasn't over. The next thing I know Jack's mom is all up in my face. She was going on about how I was out of control. "Your the biggest screw up of all times! You're going to end up being a slut or stripper! But I don't think anyone will hire you since your so ugly! Your father and whole family are screw ups.." That's were it had to end no one ever talks about my family. "Oh you witch you have no right to talk about my family! I don't care who you are! My father is twice the parent you will ever be! You don't have no right to come into my house and talk to me this way. So you better just get on! Your nothing but trash to me!" "You little slut you have no.." "Shut-up! Get out of my house before I call the cops! You bitch!" I didn't even see it coming. She slapped me right across the right check. I didn't react right away. My dad always said when you get hit your in shock. That was exactly what I was shocked. Everyone else was in shock too. But as soon I did snap back to reality I went to slap her back, I was stopped by Jack though. When I looked at her she had her finger pointing to me like she wanted to yell at me but she was still in shock over her actions. Jack turned me around and saw my tears running down my face. He just took me in his arms and ran his hand through my hair like I was a little girl who had lost her toy. The moment was cut short because his mom grabbed him and told him to go to the car. "No! I'm tired of listening to you! I don't care what you think! YOU go to the car. YOU get out of this house now!" We were all shocked by Jack's response. I looked at his mom, tears were starting to run down her face. I couldn't help but feel sorry for her. "Jack go with you mom." I said in a low toned voice. Pacey was now holding me and rocking me back and forth. Jack's mom looked at me for a split second but quickly looked away. Jack looked at me and nodded he went to my bedroom and came back with his coat. He then went to me, kissed me on the forehead, and walked out. Jack's mom then came to me. Pacey let go of me. "I'm sorry I don't know what I was thinking." "You should be sorry. I don't care if you knew what you thinking or not." "I shouldn't be surprised by that response. I will stay away from you from now on and let Jack visit you if he wants." "He would visit me any ways if you wanted him to or not." "That's probably true.." "No, it is true." "Well I'll leave now and we won't have to see each other ever again." "No we will. In court I'm suing for assault on a minor. You're going to either pay a fine or go to jail." "You wouldn't, you couldn't." "I would, I can, and I'm going to." "Very well. Good bye." "Bye for now." I followed her to the door and onto my pouch I didn't go back in the house, tell she was out of my drive way, and out of my view. I then walked back in and closed the door. I didn't move I was just leaning on the door. Thinking about what I had just told her. Pacey was sitting on the couch just staring at me. I started back. "Wow, what a show." He said with a grin. Leave it to Pacey to think that this would entertain him. "Yeah, I guess so." Using again his announcer's voice, "Tune in next week ladies and gentlemen for the conclusion the to 'The Twisted Webs Of Love' to see the rest of the story." "Very funny," I say as I laugh. I walk over and sit on the couch with him. He puts his arm around me and I rest my head on his chest. "So what's next?" he says with a sincere voice. "I'm going to have to call a lawyer." "You're not serious, are you?!?" I know he is looking at me so I sit up look him straight in the eyes. "Yeah I'm going to call the police right now so they have it on record. Then I'll call Charles Levad and make a appointment to speak with him." I take my original position on his chest. "That's cool." "Am I doing the right thing?" "Yeah, you are. She didn't have any right to hit you." "How long are you staying?" "Tell you tell me to leave." "Good, I don't want you to leave." I say hugging him. "Here's the phone you better call." He rubs my back. "O.K.," as I wipe the tear from my face. Which is stinging right now. "Hello, Mason City Police Department, how can I help you?" the lady on the other line says. "Hello can I help you?" I'm not answering because I don't know if it's the right thing. "Zoey snap out of it." "Yeah I'd like to report a assault on a minor." "What is your name please?" "Zoey Zickermen, I live at 835 13th Street SE." "Can I please ask who was assaulted and by who?" "I was assaulted by Catherine Turner." "We will send a patrol car to your house. Please stay where you are." I say, "Thank you," then I hang up the phone. "Now what?" Pacey says with boredom. "We wait. O.K." I say nodding my head. "Sit down. You look tired." He says gesturing to the couch. "I am. I feel like I'm fifty because of all this." "Well you differently don't look it at all." "Thanks." I mutter while my cheeks blush. The next thing I know we were kissing. I didn't know if this was a sign we were getting back together or not. But at the moment I didn't care. Then when we stopped we just looked at each other. I knew this was just the beginning of things between me and him. I didn't know how much I would need him later. We both must have dosed off because the next thing I know I was awakened by pounding at the door. We both get up and answer the door. The officer looks at me and I couldn't believe it, but he was the officer who pulled me over during the summer. I had snuck out of my house with my friend Jenny, from out of town, and went to Pacey's friends' house. We didn't start walking home tell 5 a.m. Jenny saw the cop and ran so did I because I didn't want to get in trouble. Well he follows us but we split up and he followed me. When I did stop running he ran out and grabbed me by the neck. Thinking I was a run away. I was only 2 houses down from my house. "You just can't stay out of trouble can you." He mumbles under his breath. "Well it seems to follow me around. Must run in the family." He looked at me surprised I said something, "So what happens to be the problem?" "Well you might as well come in and sit down it might take a while." "I see the cheek has swelled up." "Yeah, well that's where I got slapped." I pause as I close the door behind him. " Well, Catherine Turner, the mother of my friend and ex-boyfriend who was here visiting me with Pacey. I then point to Pacey who is now sitting on the couch and he waves to the officer. She came in the house and we all walked in the living room because I heard someone. We were all in my bedroom because I was on the Internet. She came in here started yelling about how I wasn't good for anything and I would become some slut. Well I told her to get out of my house or I would call the police. Well then she said something about my dad. I told her she better keep my family out of this because she had not right to talk about them. I told her my dad was twice the parent she would ever be. Then she said ' You little slut..' I then replied that she had no right to come in to my house and talk to me this way and I called her a bitch. Then she slapped me." "Did you hit her back?" "No, I was going to but her son stopped me." "What happened next?" "She apologized and said that she didn't know what she was thinking. I said I didn't care and I was going to charge her with assault on a minor or sue her." "Do you want to press charges?" "Yes, I do." "Are your parents home?" "No, my mom is out of town I came to watch the house for her. My dad might be but I haven't talked to him." "So he doesn't know." "No, he doesn't but if I tell him he will be upset." "Yeah, I know. Most parents are but you must tell him to control his anger so he don't get charges." "I know. I would also like a restraining order on her for me, my family, and my friends." "We will do this. Are you a witness to this Pacey?" "Yeah, I am. I will testify if I have to for Zoey." "That may or may not be necessary. Thank you both of you. I will get to the station and file this report as soon as possible." "Thank you." Both Pacey and me say simultaneously. We both smile at each other. "You guys make a cute couple." He smiles as he turns and walks out the door. I feel my cheeks blush. At the same time Pacey takes my hand.