Jennifer Jareau was listening to her parents talk; she knew that if her dad caught her she would be in more trouble than just being grounded for the next two weeks. If her dad would sleep like most normal people she wouldn't be grounded for being out past her curfew.
"Sandy, it's a great chance for us to get a new start. Truth is Jennifer needs it or she's going to get in all kinds of trouble" Tom told his wife
"She's being a normal teenager, Kris and Lauren were both worse than Jen. Moving out of state is not going to help her" Sandy
Move out of state, Jen thought to herself. She wasn't going anywhere
"We're not giving up the house. I thought Kris and Sarah could live her until he gets out of the academy" Tom
"So, we could move back to this house if it doesn't work out" Sandy asked
"Yes, we've raised our kids in this house. I am not giving it up" Tom
Jen knew her mom was going to give in; she hated that part of her parent's relationship. It was time they knew exactly how she felt about this so called moved
"Okay Tom we'll go. We both need to tell Jen" Sandy
"You don't have to tell me because I am not going" Jen told her parents
"You are and there won't be a big fight about this" Tom told his youngest daughter
"Fine, then let me stay here with Kris. I don't want to leave" Jen
"Your brother is not keeping you." Tom
"What about soccer?" Jen, what she wanted to say was want about Michelle, but she knew better
"You can play soccer in New Orleans Jen. Please don't fight about this" Tom
"Baby, we need this." Sandy told her
Jen looked at her mom, she was ready to cry.
"Fine, but I won't like it and I won't be happy." Jen leaving the room
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Two weeks later
She sat in her new room, looking around she hated it. It wasn't her room and now she couldn't go down the hall and sit in Shells room when her parents were fighting.
"Jen, you better be almost ready" Tom yelled up to her
"On my way down" Jen yelled back
She was now going to have to put on a fake smile for all her dads coworkers; a police picnic was never fun. Tom had made sure she knew what was expected from her and that she dressed appropriate. She had on a pair of khaki shorts and a nice tank top, and her long blonde hair pulled out of her face.
She walked into the living room
"Mom do you need any help?" Jen asked as both of her parents turned around to look at her
"No thank you baby" Sandy answered with a smile
"Jen, you look very nice. Please remember your manors" Tom
"Thank you and I will" she smiled at him
"Maybe you'll meet some kids your age" Sandy hopeful she didn't want her to be lonely
"Maybe mom" Jen
"Okay you to lets go" Tom
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Pulling up to the park, Jen noticed a lot of people and some kids. Great now they're going to make me talk to someone, she thought to herself. As she got out of the car she pulled out the dessert that her mom had made; while Sandy grabbed the salad.
Tom Jareau had a smile on his face when he walked up to the park. He knew that his wife was better than most wives and she still had her looks. She was always polite and cooked like no one else. His youngest daughter was pretty; if he admitted to himself all three of his daughters were pretty. Jen was smart and played sports, but her mouth usually got her in trouble
"Tom, glad you could make it" Bill LaMontagne Sr told him
"Bill, it's good to see you" Tom as he was shaking his hand
Jen noticed the boy standing by what she would guess was the other cops wife
"This is my wife Sophie and my boy, Will" Bill told him
"It's nice to meet both you. This is my wife, Sandy and our youngest Jennifer" Tom
"Well, it's nice to finally meet both of you" Sr told him
Everyone shook hands
"Jennifer, how old are you" Sr asked her
"Fifteen Sir" Jen
"Will here is sixteen, maybe he could show you around" Sr smiled
Jen looked at her dad; she knew boys were off limit
"Thank you but I don't want to be a bother" Jen, trying to be polite and not get in trouble at the same time
A girl joined them before anyone could say anything
"Will you going to play some volleyball" she asked and then noticed the Jareau family
"Sorry daddy" She looked at Sr.
"Tom, this is my oldest Kirstin" Sr shaking his head
"Nice to meet you sir" Kirstin smiled
Jen knew the fake smile, she had been giving it at every picnic they had been too.
"You too" Tom
She looked at Jen "You play volley ball, we're looking for more players"
"Sounds like fun, Jen go play" Sandy trying to encourage her daughter
"I haven't played in a while" Jen told Kirstin and Will
"It's okay, most of us don't play until we have get togethers" Will told her
"He's right. Come on, we can introduce you to some more people" Kristin
Jen glanced at her dad, he shook his head yes
"Okay" Jen
She followed Will and Kirstin as they walked away from their parents. She noticed they were walking towards the far end of the park.
"Is volleyball code for something?" Jen asked
"A code to get the hell away from that picnic" Kirstin
"Unless you wanted to stay" Will
"No, trust me that's the last place I wanted to be" Jen with a laugh
"The volleyball court is on the other side of the bushes, so they can't see. We do play but goof around more" Kirstin now walking next to Jen
"Okay" Jen, she was starting to like both of them.
"You're going to be a novelty at first" Will warned her
"Why?" Jen asked
"You just moved here, most if not all of us have lived here our whole lives" Kristin answered her
They had walked up to a group of kids, Jen noticed that they were broke up into several different groups, she was trying to figure it out.
"Will actually found a girl worth looking at" Jen heard from one of the boys
"Shut the hell up" Will told him
"Take it easy; I'm not hitting on her" the other boy
"Josh, shut up" Will again
"Jen this is Steve, Mel, Sara, Jason and the ass, Josh" Kristin told her
"The new girl; Nice to meet you" Sara
"You too" Jen
She stood around talking to the group of kids that Kristin and Will had introduced her; they played a couple of games of volleyball. She noticed that the games usually started when a set of parents walked over, which included hers at one point. She was enjoying being around the other kids.
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She noticed Will sitting in the grass, watching the game going on.
"Hey, you done playing" Jen asked him sitting down
"Yeah, not a big fan" Will told her
"Do you play any sports?" she asked
"Football, what about you" he asked back
"Soccer or I did I am not sure about here" Jen responded
"Teams not too bad, Kirsten plays" he replied
She liked Will he was easy to talk to and around; if she was being honest with herself he was easy to look at too.
"Worried about school" Will asked
"Kinda, I went to the same school with all my friends until now" Jen replied
"That can't be easy." Will
"No, but I'll get used to it" Jen
She was watching the game with her back towards the picnic so she didn't notice that her and Will's parents had walked over.
"Will, just kiss her" Josh yelled
"If you don't shut up, I'm going to knock you out" Will responded loudly
The boy Kirsten pointed out as Steven, went over and slugged him
"I got you cuz" He told Will
"So, you can't be friends with a girl here" JJ getting annoyed
"Yes, Kirstin was right Josh is an" Will started but didn't finish
"Don't finish that sentence" Sr. from behind them, making everyone jump
Jen turned to see her parents standing there too. Her dad was mad; she knew she was in trouble.
"Sorry, he hasn't stopped since we walked up here" Will trying to explain
"I am kind of hungry, I should go grab something" Jen to both Will and Kirsten, who had walked over "Thank you both and it was nice meeting everyone" she walked over to her mom.
Her dad didn't look at her the rest of the picnic. She knew somehow this was all going to be her fault and she hadn't done anything wrong. Two hours later they told everyone good bye and climb into the car.