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Chapter Four

Anna arrived back at the Carters' at three o'clock, to be greeted by BJ.

"Hey! Whassup! Hee hee, how was it?" she asked.

"It was strange.. um, apparently, I've just been.. um.. I am now a spokesmodel for, um.. Studio One.."

"Really! You're one of the models!" cried BJ, somewhat astonished, "Wow, they said they were gonna get models, and the day they announced that, there was a line up outside the studio for 'blocks'! Wow, you are so lucky!"

"I don't know about that, you can have my job! I don't think it's really for me! I mean, it's my first day, and these girls are already giving me a hard time!"

"Really? Why? what did they do?" asked BJ, looking a little worried.

"Well, apparently, this girl Christina.."Anna started.

"Christina Parenteau?" BJ interrupted her, with a cry.

"You know her?" Anna inquired, looking a little worried herself.

"Um.. well, you know, I've modeled too, I've worked with her, the bitch of the business... man, everyone knows her! Her, and these other girls, Kelly-something, Bree Gorgan, um.. Lindsay Hassen, and Maggie or something.."

"Really..?"

"What did she say to you?"

"She just bugged me lots about my weight, and some other girls were defending me, and then Kelly, this Asian girl made a comment about me, and then Maria, the lady in charge of us, yelled at her, and sent her out, and the rest of us were just sent home, that's all.." Anna said, staring at her shoes.

"Well, there is nothin' wrong with the way you look, c'mon, let's go get some Bavarian Cream pie!" BJ said, with a smile, "Mom will be home in an hour or two, she took Aaron out and Angel's at one of her classes, Leslie went to her "boyfriends'" house... it's sooo cute!"

The two girls ran for the kitchen, and after finishing their pie, ran up to Anna's room, and turned the radio on full blast to the sounds of Ricky Martin's "Livin' la vida loca." An hour later, Anna, tired, had changed into a night gown and crashed on her bed, and BJ had thrown a blanket over her, and gone down to the game room to watch tv.

A tall man, about 6'2 walked into the room, sauntered over to the closet, and threw his bags onto the floor, then he ran up to bed, jumping onto it, and kicking his boots off,

"Bobbie! What you doin' in my bed!" he cried, half teasingly, and half annoyed, Anna, a heavy sleeper, did not stir under the blankets, "Bobbie!" he cried, shaking her, roughly,"Where's mom! Bobbie! Get up!" he yelled.

Anna flew out of bed, jumped back and stared at him, with a look of disbelief, "Who are you! Oh my god! Jane! Bobbie!" she shrieked.

"Me? Dammit, what are 'you' doing here! This is 'my' room!" he yelled, grabbing her by the shoulders, "What the hell are you doing here!"

"Ahhhhh" screamed Anna, shaking loose, and running out of the room, towards the stairs, followed by the man, and straight into BJ.

"God! What's wrong!" she cried, "Honey, are you all right?"

"H.. h.. he.. I don't know what happened!" Anna stuttered.

"Nick?" Bobbie said, noticing her older brother, "What are you doing home?"

"Who the hell is she?" He bellowed, "And what the heck was she doing in my room! I thought it was you!"

Bobbie was about to answer, when the doorbell rang, she and Anna ran down the stairs, to answer the door, followed by 'Nick'. Bobbie unlocked the door to find Mrs. Carter with Aaron.

"Anna!" screamed Aaron, giving her a hug, "Hey... what's wrong?"

"Aaron.. me, Aaron, mom!" Nick tried to get the younger boys' attention.

"Hey Nicky.. why are you here?" Aaron said, to his older brother.

"I just got back, mom, who is 'she'?" he asked, motioning to Anna, who, just then, was noticing that she was dressed only in a flimsy night gown.

"Oh gosh, Mrs... Jane, um, I didn't notice I was, um.. I have to go.."

"Go on, hon," Jane said, with a knowing smile, as Anna ran up the stairs, "Nick, what happened.. why was she all upset?"

"Nick, what did you do to Anna!" Aaron yelled, "You better not' a' scared her away, cause she just came by yesterday, an'.."

"Aaron.. your brother and I need to talk.. could you please go finish your school work?" Jane cut him off, when Aaron left, Mrs. Carter continued, "Well, Nick, what did you do?"

"Mom, he, like, totally, freaked her out or something! She ran out screaming!" Bobbie cried.

"Bobbie, go see how she is then, and Nick, go take a shower, and after that, Nick," she motioned to her oldest son, "Stay away from Anna, and let her calm down, and BJ," she turned to her daughter, "No yelling at, hitting, or kicking your brother. I want to talk to all of you in the kitchen later, got it?"

"Yeah, yeah," Nick responded, "Why would I 'want' to go anywhere 'near' her.."

He stormed out of the room, and Bobbie ran up the stairs.

When she reached the top, Bobbie ran for the Nick's room, where she found Anna seemingly, re-packing, she was stuffing her loose clothing and possessions into a 'le chateau' bag, and her suitcases were already in the hall. She had changed into a silver hooded sweater and black cargo pants.

"What are you doing?" Bobbie questioned.

"Well, I figured, your.. um.. brother would sorta want his room back, and I can go home, y'know, that's perfectly all right... really.." she jabbered.

"You've been here for two days! No way you're leaving now! He hee he.. you're stuck with us!"

Anna laughed, "Look, I've totally ticked off your brother, it's okay.."

"It's Nick, no one cares about him!" Bobbie chuckled, "My mom wants us down there, meanwhile, why don't we bring your stuff back in.."

"No!" Nick yelled, barging into the room, "This is my room, and my house, you can sleep in the hall for all I care, my room! Freakin' you come, tramp around 'my' house in your flimsy little slips and take over my mom, my brother and sister, now you want my room! Hell no!"

"Eh, c'mon Ans, you can stay in my room, or one of the guest rooms, until Nick, here, fixes his 'tude. "BJ offered, turning on her heal, and storming out.

"All right.." Anna replied, carrying her bag and following her.

When the two girls got into the hallway, Bobbie began to talk.

"Look, Nicky is all stuck up, now that he's Mr. big-shot music star. It's all right, just ignore him!"

"Big shot music star?" Anna asked, "What do you mean?"

"Oh, he's in a band, I'm sure you've heard of them, but hey, we can talk about that later, let's get this stuff into the spare room, and get downstairs, mom wants to talk to us.

The two girls unpacked all of Anna's belongings in a room beside Bobbies' and across and a little down from Nicks' and proceeded down the stairs to talk to Mrs. Carter.