Adrenaline: A Fall Away Series Bonus Content Collection (16 page)

Dylan: Daddy?

Jared: *sleeping

Dylan: Daddy?

Jared: Hmmmm?

Dylan: Can I sleep in here?

Jared: *opens eyes* Why? What’s wrong?

Dylan: I’m scared.

Tate: Hey, sweetheart. Come on. Climb in.

Jared: *whispers to Tate* We talked about this. One night will turn into six months, and our bedroom is our space. She needs to sleep in her own room now.

Tate: *grumbles

Jared: *looks to Dylan* What scared you?

Dylan: There’s something outside my door.

Jared: What?

*grabs phone, rushes to Dylan’s room, whips open doors*

Jared: You little...

*sees Hawke, Kade, and Hunter wearing Halloween masks and racing back through the tree over to Hawke’ room*

Jared: Get in bed!

Dylan: Yeah! Jerks! *looks to Dad* I knew it was them. I wasn’t really scared.

Jared: Okay, you get back in bed, too. I’ll lock the doors.

*dials Jax

Jared: You have Kade and Hunter sleeping over with Hawke tonight?

Jax: Yeah.

Jared: Well, get the kids in bed. It’s after midnight.

Jax: They ARE in bed.

Jared: Think. Again.

Jax: Son of a... *hangs up

***

It’s Christmas morning, and Madoc and family have come over to Jared and Tate’s. But they’re still sleeping.

Madoc: MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Tate: *groans* *still asleep*

Madoc: GET UP!!

Jared: *lifts head off pillow* I’m going to fuck him up. What time is it?

Tate: *moans, reaches over and cuddles* Ignore him. Come back here.

Jared: *lays back down

Madoc: Seriously!! I can’t believe you two are in bed when your ten-year-old daughter is outside the house unsupervised!!

Jared: *pops head up again* What?!

Madoc: I’M GUESSING RIGHT ABOUT NOW YOU’RE NOTICING A STRANGE SOUND, RIGHT?!

Jared: *listening

Tate: *listening

Jared: Oh, shit! *scrambles, throws on jeans and races out of room

Jared: What the hell is she doing?

Madoc: I’m guessing she found her Christmas present early.

Jared: *swings open front door, sees Dylan and Hawke racing down snow-covered Fall Away Lane on their four-wheelers.

Madoc: You realize it was kind of stupid for you and Jax to get them the same thing, right?

Jared: Dylan!! Get off that thing now!

Dylan: *carries on racing as the snow falls

Madoc: *snorts* It’s okay. Mine hear white noise when I start yelling, too.

Jared: *throws on sweatshirt, shoes, and runs to the street

Jared: Dylan, now!

Dylan and Hawke pull up to curb. Hunter and Kade watching. Fallon and Tate come outside…

Dylan: I love it! It’s so much fun!

Jared: Yeah, you don’t have a helmet on. You haven’t been trained on it, and you’re on a city street. Get off now.

Dylan: Did you wear a helmet when you raced?

Jared: I didn’t race four-wheelers.

Dylan: Were you trained how to race? I thought you told Hawke that a little danger is good for you.

Jared: Hawke’s not my child.

Dylan: Is it because I’m a girl?

Jared: Jesus…

Dylan: And Mom told me that you and she raced all the way to Main—IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY! IN CARS!

Jared: *cocks eyebrow at Tate*

Tate: *hides smile

Dylan: I’ll learn how to use it on my own. I don’t need help.

Jared: No, I…

Dylan: You can’t just take it away now that I’ve gotten a chance to ride it. If I have to come inside, I’m just going to stare at it through the window all day being unhappy.

Jared: Dylan, I–

Dylan: And I don’t want to be unhappy on Christmas. Come on, please? It’s so much fun. It’s going to ruin the whole day if you make me wait to ride it.

Jared: Don’t be dramatic. I—

Dylan: I’m not being dramatic! Do you call the boys dramatic?

Jared: I…I…

Tate: *laughing

Madoc: *making whipping sound

Dylan: Just twenty more minutes.

Hawke: An hour.

Dylan: Yeah, an hour. Then we’ll come inside!

Hunter: Hey, Dyl. Let me ride with you.

Dylan: Don’t call me Dyl, Dork.

Hunter: Fine. Let me ride with you. *walks to four-wheeler

Kade: *grabs him and pulls him away* You go be Hawke’s sissy. I’ll ride with Dylan.

Kade: *looks at Dylan* Scoot back. I’m driving.

Dylan: Fat chance. You want to ride with me, climb on behind. I’m driving.

Kade: *smirks, climbs on behind and then leans forward into Dylan’s back, placing his hands on the handlebars and pushing hers out of the way.

Dylan: Hey!

Kade: I always win. You know that by now. *speeds off, followed by Hawke and Hunter

Madoc: That’s my boy. You can’t learn skill like that.

Jared: *scowls and glares at Madoc

Madoc: Oh, come on. Things are going to get real interesting in a few years. She doesn’t stand a chance. You know that.

Jared: Shut up.

***

Quinn Caruthers is seventeen. She’s sitting at the kitchen table, at night, and Jared, Madoc, and Jax walk in.

Quinn: Hey, can I ask you guys a question?

Jared: Mmm hmm...*searching for food

Madoc: *searching for food* Yeah, what is it?

Quinn: Well, it’s kind of personal.

Guys: *still searching for food

Quinn: Well, um...I kind of wanted to know...what does sex feel like for a man?

Guys: *stop and shoot their eyes over to her

Jax: *snorts

Madoc: Um...

Jared: *looks like he swallowed something bitter

Madoc: It feels like...warm apple pie.

Jax: *laughing

Jared: *scowling* Don’t be an idiot. *looks to Quinn* And you don’t need to know that yet.

Quinn: I’m seventeen.You’re telling me you guys were virgins at my age?

Madoc: *smiles at Jared* Come on, man. She’s practice for Dylan. You’re going to have to deal with this sooner or later.

Jared: It feels good, alright? Is that what you wanted to know?

Madoc: Yeah. It feels...*takes a deep, wistful breath* REALLY good.

Jax: Yeah, really good.

Quinn: Good. That’s it? Come on, guys. I can’t ask Dad. And I’m not going to ask Hawke. He’s a year younger, and I’m not having him educate ME on that stuff.

Jax: *stops with spoon raised to lips* Hawke’s having sex? *looks around to the guys* Fuck, I gotta go. *puts bowl down and leaves room

Jared: *sits down, eating* Why do you want to know?

Quinn: I’m curious. I want to know what men like.

Jared: Everything. And you can find out in college. After college. When you’re married. Not in high school. You understand? Every single high school guy is an asshole. Every single one. I promise.

Madoc: Hey. I have two boys in high school

Jared: *raises eyebrow to Madoc and then looks at Quinn* Every. Single. One. Got it?

Quinn: *rolls eyes

Don’t worry, Quinn. You’re about to be the least of their problems.

***

Jared is shopping for tampons. He and Tate are texting...

Jared: Okay, I’m here. What do you need again?

Tate: They’re in a black box. They say Kotex on them.

Jared: Jesus.

Jared: Like WHERE are they?

Jared: Left, right, top, bottom?

Tate: Do you see the black boxes?

Tate: Jared?

Tate: Are you in the tampon aisle?!

Jared: No.

Jared: I’m staying in the vitamin aisle until you tell me exactly where they are, so I can grab them.

Tate: Dude…

Tate: You’re going to have to go through the check-out, you know.

Jared: Fuck.

Jared: People are watching. I don’t want to be here anymore.

***

Madoc is shopping for tampons. He and Fallon are texting...

Fallon: Where are you already?!

Madoc: At the store

Fallon: Hurry up!

Madoc: There are way too many choices here. It’s ridiculous. Do you need super absorbency?

Madoc: And what’s the difference between a plastic applicator and a non-applicator? I Googled it, and did you know there are sixteen ways women are using these things wrong?

Madoc: I mean, what are you chicks doing with them? I’m actually a little freaked out for you.

Fallon: Madoc...

Madoc: They have gentle glide and something called 360. Does that mean they rotate?

Madoc: Sounds kinky.

Madoc: And they have Sport Fresh, but that sounds more like Tate. She’s sporty. I’ll get those for her.

Fallon: YOU ARE NOT THERE TO GET TATE TAMPONS!

Madoc: Oh, right.

***

Alright, I did Jared and Madoc’s tampon adventures, so here’s Jax!

Everyone’s at his house for a cookout...

Jax: I forgot the hot dogs! Be back in a minute!

Juliet: Wait! There’s a list on the refrigerator!

Jax: *rubs face with hands* There’s always a list. What the hell? I need ONE thing.

Madoc: *snort

Jax: Wait, what’s Kotex?

Juliet: Jax! Shhh!

Jared: *shaking head* I could tell you, but I don’t care to relive that.

Tate: Oh, my God. What a baby. It’s tampons, Jax.

Jax: *cocks eyebrow, looks at girlfriend

Juliet: *shrugs* I need them, and I do your laundry, so...

Madoc: Do you want me to go with you? I’m kind of a connoisseur with that shit now.

Jax: *rolls eyes* When do you need them by?

Juliet: I’m expecting my period next week. I’m sure you can work up the courage, big boy. I promise, no one will think they’re for you.

Jared: It was pretty fucking horrible. People looked at me.

Juliet: Oh, would you shut up? Knowing Jax, he’s going to get one of his flunkies at the Loop to do it for him, and he needs to man up.

Jax: *fiddling on phone

Tate: I’ll go with you, Jax. It’ll be a piece of cake.

Madoc: Well, I want to go, too.

Fallon: And then you’ll be there all day debating sleek fit and regular fit.

Madoc: I’ll show you a sleek fit.

Jax: *fiddling on phone

Juliet: Jax, just do it. Buy some condoms with it if it makes you feel more like a man.

Madoc: Come on. Let’s all go.

Jared: I’m not going.

Jax: *fiddling on phone

Juliet: Just go, please! We need hot dogs on the grill, and this is ridiculous.

Jax: *heaves sigh, puts phone away* Okay, Kotex tampons will be delivered day after tomorrow. I ordered you six, thirty-six-count boxes, and the order will automatically repeat every six months. Four-hundred tampons is enough for a year, right? I love Amazon. They have everything.

Juliet:...

Jared: ...

Tate: ...

Madoc: ...

Fallon: ...

Jax: What?

Jared: You ordered them online? I didn’t know you could do that.

Jax: Work smarter, not harder. I’m going to get hot dogs.

THE END

Acknowledgments

To Katie Harder-Shauer—thank you for searching for all of this content!! It saved me lots of time, and I really appreciate all of your help. Xoxo

To everyone else—thanks for your love of these characters! They live, because you keep them alive. I hope you love the next generation, and enjoy the glimpses of Jared, Tate, Madoc, Fallon, Jax, and Juliet.

‘Under a Black Flag We Shall Sail!’

(Yeah, you’ll find out what that means)

xoxo Pen

About the Author

Penelope Douglas is a
New York Times, USA Today,
and
Wall Street Journal
bestselling author. Her books include the Fall Away Series, Corrupt, Misconduct, and Punk 57, due out September 20, 2016.