Tj and his friends gave each other confused looks before Gus let the elephant out of the room, "Why did they want Spinelli?"

"Yes, they've chosen our dear yet violent friend for no reason, oh the mystery and curiosity that swells inside us all!" Mikey cried, poetically.

"Do you think she got in another fight?" Gretchen asked but Tj shook his head.

"No, she said she didn't do anything then she didn't do anything." He demanded.

"Teej is right," Vince jumped in, "Whatever they wanted her for it was bad... Maybe it's the punishment her parents gave her, she said they never told her what it was..."

"When did she say that?" Tj asked, not remember hearing her say anything.

"On Sunday, she snuck out to Kelso's and I was already there so we just talked." Vince explained.

"Oh," a spark of jealousy started inside Tj but he just swallowed it down, they needed to find out what was happening with Spinelli first, "What else did she say?"

"Nothing much, just that everyone kept riding on her and no one would give her space. She said her parents usually weren't home, and when they were she always got into a fight with them, and Butch kept hitting on her which was pissing her off." Tj balled his fist under the table, digging his nails into his skin, the only thing going through his mind was, 'Kill Butch.'

"That all?" Gretchen asked.

"I think so..." He thought for a minute before his eyes lit up, "No she also said she had a bad feeling, something was going to happen but she didn't know what."

"Maybe she knew the aliens were coming?! And those men were from the government trying to erase her mind! We're all doomed!!!" Gus yelled causing everyone to look at him oddly.

"Keep it down Gus," Vince whispered as everyone started to look away, "Anyway he's onto something, one of those men had a jacket that had the initials, 'S.S'. What do you think it stands for?"

"Well it could mean a variety of things." Gretchen replied.

"Secret Ser-" Vince covered Guses mouth before he could finish yelling, "Sorry, secret service." He whispered as a pink blush dusted itself onto his cheeks.

"Though that is a possibility, it's very unlikely, Gus," Gretchen pushed her glasses back up her nose and turned on Gallileo, "Oh my..." She whispered to herself.

"What, what's wrong?" Tj asked as they all tried to see the screen.

"It says,"

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Spinelli followed behind the men, "What's this about?" She asked, trying to shake the sickness in her gut.

No one answered her as they went through the main office to a conference room. Their was already a councler inside as they all sat down. Spinelli slowly went to take a seat, she didn't understand what was going on. Their was an awkward silence at first, "Why am I here?"

The man with the serious face, "Your parents," He started as Spinelli's heart clentched, "They wanted you to have this." He passed her a big white envelope, her whole name was written in cursive on the front.

"What are you people... What's going on?!" She demanded, standing up.

"Miss. Spinelli, please you may want to sit back down." The man in the jacket pressed.

"No! I'm fine where I am now tell me what's going on!"

He sighed and looked at her with pity in his eyes, "Your parents, they're gone..."

"Wah? No, you must be mistaken... My parents were just late from work, they're still here." She said her head spinning.

"No, see I'm with social services-"

"Stop! I'm gonna call them and they ARE going to answer, I don't know who put you people up to this but this is sick!"

"Does this look like something we joke about, Ashley?" Mr. Tubman asked rhetorically.

"B-but," Her heart stopped inside her chest and she felt numb, inside, outside, everywhere. She grabbed the white folder before walking to the door, "You're lying..." She whispered before walking out, slamming the door behind her.

She walked back to her class, her legs shaking with each step and her heart sinking. When she reached the door, her hand starting to twist the knob but she just couldn't do it, she just couldn't open the door. She let go of the door knob before taking off down the hall, she heard the door open and the teacher call for her but she kept running, even when she hit outside.

Her heart hammered painfully in her chest and her ears kept ringing. She had to run home, she knew her parents couldn't be dead, they were all she had left, her brothers were locked up, no one could watch her. She knew she was old enough to watch herself, she was Spinelli for crying out loud she could hold her own! But the dumb laws states you have to be 18 years or older unless granted parents permission or some dumb junk like that. She thought before reaching her house, she felt as if breathing was an obstacles that was becoming to hard to over come. On shaky legs she made her way to the door, opening it slightly. She stood there frozen before taking in a few deep breaths and pushed the door fully open.

"MOM, DAD?!" She screamed, walking inside, "YOU HOME?!" She checked the whole house before making her way to her parents room. She picked up a picture from that was on the dresser, it was a family picture, at the lake. Her dad was grilling obviously but in the picture, her parents were kissing, she was on Vito's shoulders, while they worked together to over power Joey. It was a simple family picture but it hit home, forcing unwanted tears to stream down her face. She ended up on their bed wrapping up in their sheets, hugging the picture frame close to her chest as she curled up in a ball and just let out choked sobs. Realization hitting her full on, she was going to be alone, she no longer had her mom or dad, she lost both and the last thing they did was fight... She felt as if her whole life had just been ripped away from her.