Getting Back Jared

Chapter 1:The Idea

Liberty Van Zant brushed her brown hair out of her eyes as silent tears poured down her cheeks. She was staring at a photograph of her dead ex boyfriend JT Yorke. They had still been in love but unfortunantly could not tell eachother in time. During the memorial JT's girlfriend Mia had shown a video of JT playing with her two year old daughter Bella. That was the moment when Liberty began to regret ever giving her and JT's son who they where going to name Jared up for adoption. JT had been wonderful with Bella in the video. He had treated her as if she was his own. It made her realize he would have made a great father. She could remember clearly what her son had looked like. He had JT's hair and expressive brown eyes although his skin was a mixture of both parents' skin tones. Liberty reached over and got a mahogany box off of her dresser and opened it. Inside there was a pretty gold ring with amethyst colored stones. JT had given it to her two years ago. It had belonged to his great grandmother Josepina Marie Tarrence who had married his grandpa Tiberious Yorke after whom he was named. She slipped it on before pulling out the photo her son that his adoptive parents had sent of him. He was smiling in it,looking so much like JT. JT...he had wanted the baby...she'd seen it in his eyes that day in the hospital after he overdosed on drugs and again when she had him.

He wasn't supposed to die at the tender age of seventeen. He should have been able to graduate,get married,have more children,and grow old with her. He would still live on in her heart,always. But part of him was so far away from her and she needed that part back,the part they created together with their love. She needed her son back,even though she had signed off all her visitation rights.

At night she dreamt that JT hadn't died and that they had kept their son,that would have been the perfect family portrait. But no...she was left with a broken heart and only the memories of how life used to be. She would never love anyone else. Ever. Nor would she get married..she knew that. No one in her opinion could ever compare to JT and she couldn't imagine anyone else being a father to her babies.

The Next day at school Liberty sat quietly beside Toby,pretending to listen to Mr.Simpson.

Toby looked at her weirdly and as soon as Mr.Simpson wasn't looking he leaned over and asked,"Are you okay?"

Liberty looked at him,rolled her eyes and said in an angry tone,"You have asked me that every damn day since JT died! It's like you think I am mentally unstable."

Toby just stared at her."Look,I was just worried. You haven't been the same since...you know." He whispered smartly.

"I just have something on my mind." She said turning back to the computer.

Toby looked at her suspicously. "What is it then? Why are you being so secretive?" he asked, an eyebrow raised to his hairline.

"I..." She hesitated for a moment then spoke again. "I want to try and get my son back. Mine and JT's."

Toby's eyes widened n disbelief and he started to smile before he realized that she was serious. "Why?" he asked.

Liberty looked at him fiercly "Because he's my son. And JT's!! And I want him back!!!!!

"You want him back? After a year? After JT's death? He has parents now! Parents who love him! It be mean to try and take him away. And besides. you only want him because of JT!!!" he said,frustrated.

"SHUT UP!!!!" She yelled,picking up her books and stomping out of the class room in anger,everyone was watching her in surprise but she didn't care and as soon as she was at the locker's she fell against the one that had belonged to JT and began to cry.

Why had Toby been so harsh? Didn't he understand her atall? She just wanted her son and she really needed him back. And she would get him back . She would.