after bowling we went back to the house and just watched a movie while debbie, carl and emma listened to frank read the hunger games.

lip and i decided we'd go to the train tracks and just go smoke for awhile.

"hey, me and mel are going out." lip said to fiona.

when i looked at her i saw that she was crying. i've never really seen fiona cry, it broke my heart to know she was upset.

"hey, what's wrong fi?" i asked her.

"yeah, what's up?" lip asked his sister.

"hard day. why are you so upset with dad?" fiona asked lip.

"fiona, we've, uh, been through this before. remember? the last time dad was sober." lip told her.

"yeah. so?" fiona asked.

"he, uh, had a bet with some guy at the bar and became the perfect dad. i mean, it was the first time he ever came to one of my little league games. and, uh, i hit a double. fucking never saw him so proud." lip told her.

"you knew he was gonna go back to his regular shitty self." fiona said.

"no, that's, uh, that's the thing. i didn't know." lip told her as he got up and we both walked outside.

"actually, do you think we can go check out that robotics lab again?" lip asked me.

"yeah, lets go." i said grabbing his hand and we were off.

we went back to my house after and then i saw the cops were there talking to mike and i walked inside with a confused look.

"are you melanie wilson?" the cop asked me.

"depends, why?" i asked crossing my arms over my chest.

"we have reason to believe that stuart murray might have murdered his foster parents, do you know anything about that?" the cops asked me as i took a second to process.

i knew what i had to do.

"who's stuart murray?" i asked faking a confused voice.

"m'am you don't know stuart murray, yet you're in his recent call log." the cops said.

again i knew what i had to do.

"well, a stuart did call me a few days ago but they had the wrong number and they never called again." i explained as the cop nodded.

i looked over at their name tag, harry. that was his name. i had lied to detective harry.

"well, we are sorry to bother you then, m'am." harry told me as i shock my head.

"oh, no trouble. i just hope you guys can find out what happened." i said with a smile.

"we do as well ms. wilson, have a good night." harry said.

"you too officer." i replied and he nodded and the cops were gone.

mike and lip both looked at me with a confused look and i explained to them what had happened. mike thought it would be safe for me to spend the night at lips.

i was in his room and i felt my emotions take over and i had tears fall down my face.

"hey, what's wrong?" lip asked me once he walked in and he closed the door.

"he told me he did something bad, but i didn't think he was capable of murdering them." i said.

"but he's still protecting you. he never ratted you out." lip said as i placed my head on his shoulder.

"this sucks." i said letting out a sigh.

-

the next morning i was asleep in lips bed when i heard a loud bang.

"lip, fuck off." i mumbled.

"it's not me." he mumbled back then we heard the bang again and we shot up.

"what the hell?" i asked as he shrugged.

we felt the house shake and then we got out of bed and went downstairs.

"what the hell is that?" fiona asked as her and ian ran downstairs.

"dad, what are you doing?" fiona said as we saw him tearing up the wall with debbie and carl.

"you fucking kidding me?" lip asked angrily since he was woken up.

"remodeling. son, grab that copper wire. it's worth a lot of money these days." frank told carl.

"no. dad, stop." fiona told him.

"what the fuck is happening." i asked.

"why the fuck is our couch on the wall?" lip asked.

"we need a fresh start." frank told them.

"there's a gas line right there." fiona told her father.

"oh. alright. fine. we'll start the demolition in the bathroom, kids." frank said as carl cheered.

lip and fiona went to look at all the damage frank did and lip let out a sigh.

"last time he ripped up the floor boards. remember?" lip asked fiona.

"shit." fiona said.

"said he was gonna put in saltillo tiles. of course, never did." lip said.

"yeah, and i had to date that flooring guy for a month to get him to finish the work." fiona said.

"a month? shit." i said.

"what are we gonna do?" lip asked.

"we have to kill the turtle." they heard debbie say walking downstairs.

"daddy and carl are up in the attic to cut a hole in the roof for a skylight. it's time to kill the turtle." debbie said looking at lip.

"uh... debs, you know that you guys are the turtle in my story, right?" lip asked her.

"oh, right." debbie said.

"that's okay. i get what you're saying though." lip said smiling at his little sister.

"thanks." debbie said.

"you sure about this?" lip asked her.

"it'll hurt less now than if we wait two more weeks." debbie replied as lip said okay.

"what's up with the turtle?" fiona asked.

"you wouldn't understand." debbie replied.

we went upstairs to see frank on a latter and i passed lip the taser from carl's room and put batteries in it.

"daddy, help. i think i see a mouse." debbie said as she walked away from frank.

"a mouse? uh, hold on. i'll be right down. where is the little-" franks sentence was cut off when lip tased him.

frank fell to the ground and everyone looked down at him.

"i thought that taser didn't work?" fiona asked.

"yeah. i just told carl that. i took the batteries out." lip said walking over to fiona while she passed him some vodka.

"alright, open his mouth." lip said while fiona did that and i held franks legs down.

"no. no. no. no. no." frank said as lip poured it down his throat.

"what happened?" carl asked.

"it's better this way, carl." debbie told him.

lip ended up surprising carl with a new turtle and he sat on the couch next to me and i put my head on his shoulder.

all was right again.

-

i was at my grandmas house when i walked in on my mom talking with my grandma.

"what the hell is she doing here?" i asked as mike and emma walked in behind me.

"kids, your mom says that she's gonna bring in a court order to be your legal guardian." grandma explained.

"no, there's no way you're gonna be my sisters legal guardian, not after you left." mike said as our mother stood up.

"look, i know it's been rough for you mike but i can still turn it around with your sisters." cheryl said.

"no, you can't turn it around. and you're not gonna become my fucking guardian because grandma has been there and she has been treating us great." i said.

"please, emma i know that you probably don't think so but i'm better, i stopped drinking and i wanna be your mom again." cheryl said as she hugged emma but emma pushed her.

"just stay away mom." emma said.

"well, once it goes to court i will officially be your legal guardian then i can prove to you all how i've changed." our mother said to us as i shock my head.

"i'll be dead before you can be my guardian." i said as i stormed out and i kept walking until i ended up at the gallagher house and i saw ian on the front step.

"hey, where's uh, where's lip?" i asked.

"he's in the van in the backyard. hey, you okay?" ian asked seeing i looked distracted.

"uh, yeah i'll be fine, thanks." i told him as i walked out into the van and lip turned to me.

"thank god." lip said as he grabbed me and pulled me in the van attacking my lips with kisses.

"fuck, i need a distraction right now." i said as i ripped my shirt off.

"then fuck me." lip said taking his shirt off and the rest of our clothes ended up coming off.

after we were done fooling around we were cuddling while i felt lip hold my hand.

"i haven't seen you in few days." i said.

"oh, yeah. i was working with steve to get some money." lip replied.

"what do you need money for?" i asked him.

"i need it for your birthday surprise." lip replied as i smiled.

"you know you don't have to go all out." i told him.

"hey, i'm gonna give you a 17th birthday you'll never forgot and you're gonna like it." lip said as he kissed me.

then we were both back to laying in silence, it wasn't an awkward silence it was more of a comforting and relaxing one.

"thank you." i heard lip say softly.

"for what?" i asked him.

"distracting me from monica." he replied as i looked over at him.

"wait, she's back?" i asked him as i traced shapes on his chest with my fingers.

"yeah, and her and her lesbian partner bob are trying to take liam." lip said.

"well, at least i'm not the only one who needed this right now." i said as i let out a sigh.

"what's wrong?" lip asked as he rubbed my shoulder.

"my mom is going to court to declare my grandma as unfit and become me and emma's legal guardian." i said quietly as lip kissed my head.

"and ian and i went to take a dna test to see if we're actually franks kids." lip told me.

"life really is fucked up." i said as we both let out a sigh.

"you know that i love you." lip said as i kissed his neck.

"i love you too." i said to him.