We Stitch These Wounds

I yawned and stretched out in the back of Sammie's car. "So he didn't tell either of you about the other one?" Sammie asked in disbelief.

"NoPe..." Emily replied popping the p.

I shook my head no even though I knew neither of them could see me. I'm not a fun person to be around if I don't get at least 5 hours of sleep and last night I got about 3 1/2. I had ample time to go to back to sleep, but being woken up like I had sleep wasn't coming anytime soon.

"Are you alive back there Miss PJ?" Sammie's voice sang throughout the car.

"Well since Jake is a stupid unthoughtful ...boy... I didn't get my proper sleep and I hate the world at the moment." I managed to get out before another yawn slipped out.

"Sorry about waking you up like that." Emily said in a sheepish voice. "It wouldn't have happened if Jake used his brain every once in a while."

I was in the middle of yawning when she said this which caused me to snort. "Jake never uses his brain if he did you wouldn't want to be with him. Believe me I grew up with him for 16 years I know what goes on in that head of his and you don't want to know. Where the hell are we going?" I asked trying to mask another yawn.

I had received a text from Andy this morning asking if we were ready. I asked him ready for what that we had been up for 2 hours already and Jake hadn't said anything about getting ready all Jake had done this morning was apologize to Emily multiple times and demand me to make him some bacon. Which I did do, but only because I was hungry. Andy, Ashley, CC, Jinxx, and Sammie barged into the house a few minutes later all slapping Jake upside the head and demanding for us to get ready. "Put on a sexy swimsuit under your clothes!" Ashley demanded with a wink. We all got dress and we left. Nobody would tell me where we were going or what we were going to do. We split into two cars girls in one and guys in the other.

"Can't tell you that. It's a surprise." Emily said with a wink.

I glared at both of them in the rear view mirror and laid down in the back seat "Well wake me when we get there." I said as I popped my ear buds in and drifted off to sleep.

*****Emily's POV*****

I looked at Payton's sleeping figure in the backseat it would look like she was sleeping peacefully if it wasn't for the frown on her face. "So what do you think about Payton?" I asked Sammie in a hushed voice trying not to wake the girl sleeping in the backseat.

"Oh Jade ... she seems amazing. All the guys took a liking to her immediately. Poor girl has been through a lot." Sammie replied as she looked in the mirror at Jade. "Just by looking at her you would think that she is that bad ass rocker chick, but she's so fragile it's almost scary. Her and Jake got into a little fight last night and she all but broke down in front of us. I think this is what she needs ... being back with Jake." she clarified. "What do you think about her?" She asked as she turned the tables back on me.

"Well I honestly didn't get the best first impression, but after talking to her for a while I think she seems like Jake's missing half and if she makes him happy why should I stand in the way." I replied as I looked out the window.

"Oh sweetie..." Sammie began as she grabbed my hand with her own. "Nothing at all is or will ever go on between those two. They are like brother and sister in a million different ways ..." I cut her off.

"Oh no I'm not jealous of their friendship or relationship at all it's just when she walks into the room this huge contagious smile appears on his face and I just I've never seen him smile like that for me." I said with a sigh.

"Emily look at me!" Sammie demanded as she pulled into a parking spot near the beach. "He hasn't seen his sister in over 5 years, he's barely talked to her, and she nearly died a couple years back. Wouldn't you be happy too if you were in his shoes? And pshh ... his eyes light up and nearly pop out of his head every time you walk into the room."

"She almost died? When?" I croaked out barely above a whisper my insecurities feeling very stupid now.

Sammie nodded her head yes. "She was in a bad wreck about two years ago. Her tire blew and she flipped multiple times. It took a years worth or surgeries to put our little humpty dumpty back together again." Sammie said with a little laugh.

"I had no idea." I managed to get out before my door was opened and I was thrown over Jake's shoulder.

"She's sleeping?!" Jake screeched when he looked in the back seat. "OH Hell no! Someone get sleeping beauty out of the back seat!" He demanded as he took off towards the water with me in his arms.

"Don't you dare drop me in that water!" I yelled as Jake ran out into knee deep water. "I swear you will be sleeping on the couch with Trixi if I get a drop of water on me." I warned as he slowly lowered me closer and closer to the water.

"I've got it!" I heard a failure voice yell before they collided into Jake knocking Jake and myself into the water. "Oh my God I'm so sorry dude!" Said voice said through laughter.

I emerged from the water and frowned at the person standing in front of me. "Ronnie I fucking hate you right now!" I said as I tried to ring out my hair. My flip flops had been knocked off of my feet and were now floating somewhere in the ocean. My blue jean shorts and my green and brown stripped over sized shirt now clung to my body.

"You know that might bother me if you hadn't always hated me." He said with a laugh as he pulled me into a hug.

"How can anyone hate this face." I remarked as I reached up and pinched his cheek.

Ronnie jerked away and playfully glared at me. "Jake man how goes it?" He asked as he pulled Jake into on of those odd man hugs.

"Good, great actually I've got the woman I love standing by my side through thick and thin and I've finally got my little sister back in my life." Jake said with that breath taking smile I was talking to Sammie about earlier. She was right I had no reason to feel jealous he was just happy to have his sister/best friend back in his life. Jake had missed her a lot I knew that much. He would talk about her constantly and every year on her birthday he would just mope around the house. I'm glad that she is back although I wish I had known so I wouldn't have made a fool of myself this morning. "Come one you've got to meet her she's awesome and she's a huge fan!" Jake practically shouted as he grabbed both of our hands and pulled us towards the shore where everybody was hanging around talking.

**********Ronnie's POV**********

"Come one you've got to meet her she's awesome and she's a huge fan!" Jake practically shouted as he grabbed both of our hands and pulled us towards the shore where everybody was hanging around talking.

My breath hitched in the back of my throat as we got closer to the shore. I scanned the group of people looking for someone who I didn't know. I knew every single one of them Jacky (my guitar player) was talking to Jinxx, Jake, and CC. Ashley and Andy were talking to Sammie and Miranda was laying on a towel asleep. I mentally slapped my self that can't be Miranda she died 3 months before I got out of jail.

"Dude are you okay? You look like you've just seen a ghost." Jake asked pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Yea I'm fine she just looks a lot like an old friend of mine that is no longer with us." I said as I grimaced at the thought. She was wearing a very failure black tshirt that had a tie-dye peace sign on it with the words Las Vegas under it. Miranda use to wear that shirt everywhere, but then again Vegas is a very popular city millions of people visit the city and could have bought that same shirt I wagered with myself.

"Who Jade?" He said as he pointed in the direction of the girl. I nodded my head in reply afraid that if I said anything my voice would crack. I swear this girl was a clone of Miranda her silhouette, facial features everything.

"She sleeps like the fucking dead." Ashley complained as we got closer.

"Go get me so ice water that's bound to wake her up." Jake replied with an evil smirk on his face.

Emily pulled away from his side. "I've heard about her anger problems and I don't want to be on the receiving line of that." She said as she walked over to where Sammie was standing.

A few seconds later Ashley returned with a bucket of ice water handing it to Jake. A phone started vibrating and then ringing Jake stopped mid throw as the girl felt around for her phone with her eyes still closed. I smiled when I heard my voice blasting through the phones speaker.

"I got these questions always running through my head
So many things that I would like to understand
If we are born to die and we all die to live
Then what's the point of living life if it just contradicts?"

My heart just about jumped into my throat when I heard this blaring through her phone. This was a quote I had gotten from Miranda and I swear that this girl was the spitting image of her, but like I said Miranda died about two years ago.

"I felt the darkness as it tried to pull me down
The kind of dark that haunts a hundred year old house
I wrestle with my thoughts I shook the hand of doubt
Running from my past I'm praying feet don't fail me now"

I tried to contain my laughter as she started dancing to the song. She laid on the towel swing her hips and shoulders from side to side to the beat of the music.

"I've lost my goddamn mind
It happens all the time
I can't believe I'm actually
Meant to be here
Trying to consume
The drug in me is you
And I'm so high on misery
Can't you see"

When she opened her eyes she was met with the sight of Jake standing in front of her with a bucket of water. She jumped up from the towel and launched herself at Jake knocking him over and douncing both of them with water in the process. She let out a shrill shriek when the cold water touched her and proceeded to punch Jake in the chest.

"You fucking bastard!" She yelled.

"Am not my mom and dad were married when they had me." Jake retorted sticking his tongue out.

She jumped off of Jake kicking him in the legs and proceeded to rip off her white wife beater with a sliver skull on it leaving her in a pair of light wash skinny jeans, gray flip flops, and a black bikini top with black pyramid spikes next to her shoulder, fringe around the chest line, and gold and silver designs on her chest. My jaw dropped and eyes just about popped out of my head when I saw the tattoo the ran from her breast to her hip.

"See something you like?" Ashley asked laughing.

I didn't reply I just walked over to where she was standing and rubbed one of my fingers over the failure cherry blossom tree tattoo. "I thought you were dead." I said barely above a whisper.

"I don't know who the fuck you are but please refrain from touching me." The girl growled at me before turning around. Her voice was all I needed to hear to confirm that it was her. "Oh my God Ronnie!" She squealed as she jumped on me her arms wrapping around my neck and her legs around my waist.

"I thought you were dead!" I said again as I pulled her just far enough away to look at her face.

"Psshh ... God doesn't want me and the Devil is too afraid that I'll take over!" She said with her adorable dimpled smile. "You would know this if you would have allowed visitors besides your dad!" She said glaring at me as she smacked me against the head.

"But I saw in the newspaper that you flipped your car." I said pulling her closer to me.

"I did and I was hurt badly I almost died, but I'm still here!" She replied with a huge smile on her face. "Now put me down these pants are fucking freezing!" She said as she casted a glare in Jake's direction who was staring at the two of us dumbfounded.

I sat her down on her feet she kicked off her flip flops and she shimmed out of her soaked jeans, turned around, and threw them at Jake's face. I couldn't help but smirk when I saw her swim suit bottoms she had on a pair of black bikini bottoms with silver six shooters on each ass cheek. He snapped out of his daze. "You two know each other?! What else don't I know about you Payton Jade?"

"Who the hell is Payton Jade?" I asked looking between the two of them.

Miranda turned around to face me a sheepish smile on her face. "That's my birth name I changed it to Miranda when we left my father. My mom and I figured he couldn't find us if we changed our names."

I just nodded my head in understanding. She had told me everything about her life prior to meeting me. She just didn't give me names or show me pictures."So this is your brother that plays guitar?"

**********Miranda's POV***********

"Oh my God Ronnie!" I squealed as I jumped on him.

"I thought you were dead!" He said barely above a whisper pulling me away far enough to look me in the eyes

"Psshh ... God doesn't want me and the Devil is too afraid that I'll take over!" I replied giving him that dimpled smile that I knew he loved. "You would know this if you would have allowed visitors besides your dad!" I replied glaring at him as I smacked him upside his head.

"But I saw in the newspaper that you flipped your car." He replied pulling me closer to him in a much needed hug. I had missed this guy he was the glue that held me together when I moved away from Jake and his family and after Ronnie went to jail I just went further and further into a downward spiral. I had gotten so low I didn't think I could get any lower it was either die or turn my life around, and I chose to get sober and turn my life around.

"I did and I was hurt badly I almost died, but I'm still here!" I replied with a giving him a cheeky grin."Now put me down these pants are fucking freezing!" I said as I casted a glare in Jake's direction who was staring at the two of us dumbfounded.

Ronnie sat me down on my feet I kicked off my flip flops, and I shimmed out of my soaked jeans, turned around, and threw them at Jake's face. He snapped out of his daze. "You two know each other?! What else don't I know about you Payton Jade?"

"Who the hell is Payton Jade?" Ronnie asked looking between Jake and myself.

I turned around to face Ronnie a sheepish smile on my face. "That's my birth name I changed it to Miranda when we left my father. My mom and I figured he couldn't find us if we changed our names." I replied ducking my head. I honestly felt guilty that I had never told him this.

Ronnie just nodded his head in reply. I had told me everything about my life prior to moving to Nevada I had just left out names and faces."So this is your brother that plays guitar?" Ronnie asked.

"How do you two know each other?! Please don't tell me you've fucked my sister!" Jake said looking between the two of us not letting me answer Ronnie's question. Both Ronnie and myself ducked our heads at that question. "Oh my God I didn't want to know that!"

"We never dated we just got fucked up together and fucked." I said simply trying to contain the smirk on my face.

"Oh and that makes it better!" Jake said rolling his eyes and throwing his hands in the air. "I need a beer!" He shouted walking over to the cooler.

Ronnie and myself burst out laughing. "I wasn't going to say anything, but you asked, and technically neither of us said anything you came to your own conclusion." I said biting my lip trying not to laugh.

"Well you the looks on your faces didn't really imply nothing happened." Emily said with a laugh.

"Yeah both of your faces had guilty written all over them it was cute." Sammie replied with a smirk.

"Ducking your heads didn't help either." Ashley said shaking with laughter.

I noticed Emily and Sammie exchange glances and nodding their heads. "Sorry to break up this love fest, but we need girl time." Sammie said appearing on my right side and grabbing my hand.

"But ..." I began but was cut off.

"It wont take that long and he will still be here when we're done." Emily said as she appeared on my left side and wrapped her arm around my waist pushing me forward at the same time. I looked at Ronnie and gave him a frown and he laughed in reply.

"So you and Ronnie?!" Sammie asked when we got far enough away.

I couldn't help but laugh as she wiggled her eyebrows when she asked the question. "Like I said earlier we lived next door to each other we got high together and occasionally had amazing fucked up sex."

"Amazing? I didn't know you could have amazing fucked up sex." Emily questioned.

"Can you have amazing sober sex?" I asked playfully in a confused voice.

"How long did you know him for?" Emily asked.

"I moved to Nevada on Christmas a month before I turned 17, he went to jail in June of 2008 so about a year and a half. I had my accident a couple months before he got out of jail and my mom thought it was best if we moved because even though we were both sober she didn't want either of us relapsing. Don't get me wrong she loved Ronnie, still does, but she didn't want to see either of us like that again."

"He's fucking sexy!" Sammie said as a blush crept up on her face Emily nodded her head in affirmation.

"Only with long hair he looks fucking odd with short hair he's got a long fucking face." I said with a chuckle. The next thing I knew I was being picked up and carried to the water. "Andy put me down!" I screamed.

"Oh you want me to put you down?" He retorted as he dropped me in the water.

I gasped for air as I emerged from the water. "I'm going to fucking kill you!" I screeched.

"Empty threats!" Andy yelled back at me as he ran to the shore.