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Beep. Beep. Beep. Candice woke up to the sound of her alarm ringing. She was confused to where she was. She finally recognized her room. Recently she'd been having nightmare where people she knew crumpled in pain. The dreams scared her down to the bone.
Candice made herself get off her canopy queen-sized bed and into her bathroom. She quickly showered and blow dried her long, wavy, black hair. She walked into the walk-in closet and spent half an hour trying on outfits until she finally settled on wearing a dark pair of skinny jeans, tucked into chocolate brown colored moccasin boots and a tight turquoise three-quarter length shirt which accentuated her B-cups and her flat stomach. She then quickly applied her makeup. She walked downstairs to the dining room where her dad, William, was already there. He was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper like the dads you see in T.V.
"Good morning, Candy," said Candice's dad when she walked in the room.
"Morning, Daddy," replied Candy.
"How's my little girl this morning?" asked William in a caring voice.
"Dad, I'm not little anymore." Said Candy with a teasing tone, and she wasn't. At 16 she was hardly considered little anymore. She then walked into the kitchen and made herself breakfast and went back into the dining room to eat. When she sat down her brother, Jacob, walked in.
He was tall, about six and half feet, had thick wavy black hair that barely bushed his shoulders, had the same colored skin as his sister, and husky blue eyes also like his sister. He looked like a male model, and he could have been if he didn't think it was a shallow kind of job. He was two years older than Candy and was a senior in high school. Candy was a sophomore.
"Morning, Pa." Jacob greeted his dad.
"Good morning, son. Listen now that I have you both here. I have to tell you something before you go to school." His face became serious and hurt at the same time, "The man that killed you mother escaped yesterday. So I want you guys to be careful since the police told me he might be coming here. Please." Candy and Jacob nodded in agreement. But Candy's mind was in the past she tried to forget.
Candy remembered the night she found her mother on their old house lying dead on the living room. She had been cut in half and bruised all over. She had screamed a blood-curling scream and the neighbor came over to see why she was screaming. The neighbor was a cop so she called for backup while trying to comfort Candy. When the rest of the police came they searched the house and found another body, but this one was alive. He had passed out when he was hit by a lamp. The police immediately matched his fingers prints to Candy's mom death and many other murders. The police put him in one of the most secure prisons in the world. Candy had only been six when all of this happened. After that, they moved across the country to a suburb of San Francisco.
She went to therapy until she was twelve, but what really got her through it was her brother. She could trust him with anything. He took on so much responsibility when their mother died. Her dad buried himself in work and as a result they had plenty of money. It wasn't until two years ago that William started unburying himself and they all became a happy family again; well, as happy as a family whose mother got killed can be.
Candy snapped back into the present, finished her breakfast, put her plate in the sink, kissed her father good-bye, and waited for Jacob to drive her to school. Jacob finally got his keys and headed toward the garage. Candy followed. He unlocked him yellow Porsche and Candy and Jacob climbed in. once they were in, Jacob asked, "You okay?"
"I'm fine," Candy answered in a flat tone that meant she was not okay at all. Jacob's eyes flickered with concern. There was no one in the world he cared for more than his little sister. The last thing his mother said to him was, "Take care of your sister." She meant on the walk to school but it was his mother's last words to him, so they meant a lot to him.
"You know this whole not going out today thing sucks, now I can't go to the party tonight and I heard it was going to be insane." Jacob said, while driving out of the driveway, trying to cheer his sister up.
"That sucks. I have to cancel going out with Amy and Suzie to the mall," Candy said. Jacob noticed her voice was back to its usual happy, care-free self. He was relieved that she didn't take the news that hard. They talked about what they should do today instead of what they planned until they got to school.
When they got to school they parted. Candy went to her friends and Jacob to his. Five minutes later the bell rang and everyone rushed to class. Candy's first class was Geometry, a class that she didn't understand at all, so instead she texted Amy and Suzie. Amy had chin length brown hair, sky-blue eyes, and fair perfect skin. Suzie had long wavy blond hair, navy blue eyes, and creamy perfect skin. All in all Suzie, Amy, and Candy were one of the most popular in school. Ashley, Alicia, and Amber were the meanest girls in their grade and one of the most popular too.
Candy: In geometry so bored. Zzzzzz. Wat r u guys doing?
Amy: In science watching a boring video.
Suzie: In English checking out a cute guy.
Candy: Bad news!
Amy: Wat?
Suzie: Really? Wat!
Candy: Cant go shopping 2day.
Amy: Why?
Suzie: Why on earth not?
Candy: Long story short, Dad said I cant.
No one knew about her past in her school and she didn't want them to find out. She didn't want to answer all their questions about what happened. She hated thinking about it.
Amy: Totally sucks.
Suzie: We totally need ur advice on wat outfits to pick 4 dance!
Candy: U can send me pics and ill txt bac wat I think.
Amy: K, c u at lunch. Ms. White coming.
Suzie: Talk 2 u later. Cute guy just asked me something.
Candy: Later.
When Candy entered the lunchroom, she accidentally bumped into Drew, the school varsity football team captain and quarterback.
"Sorry," said Candy as she moved forward through the crowd.
"It's cool. Candy, right?" said Drew.
"Yeah," said Candy.
"Listen, I know we haven't talked that much and we don't really know each other, but I was wondering if I might get to know you better at the dance next Friday. That is if you want to go with me," said Drew with the right amount of shyness in his voice. Sort of like he practiced adding the shyness in. Candy was expecting this. She caught him looking at her for the past week a lot. Candy smiled and said, "I'd love to go to the dance with you."
"Great, I'll pick you up at 7:00 Friday night." With that Drew left to his friends. Candy walked to her friends and sat down and told then what happened.
"Oh my god. A senior asked you out," Amy exclaimed when Candy finished telling them what happened.
"And not just any senior. Drew Jones, the second hottest guy in school. The first, of course, is you brother," said Suzie.
"I thought that you were over my brother," said Candy in a cautious tone.
"Oh, I am but that doesn't mean I can't think he is hot," replied Suzie.
"Anyways what's with you not being able to go shopping with us. What did you do that your dad won't let you go?" asked Amy.
"Um…well, me and my brother sneaked out to see a band play, and we got caught, so I'm grounded this weekend." Candy made up.
"Whoa, Candy grounded that is new. I guess your dad found out you aren't the sweet little girl he thinks you are, huh?" said Suzie in between bites of PB&J. Candy said, "He better not find out."
After lunch Candy, Suzie, and Amy parted to go to their classed and saw each other again in study hall, the only class, besides lunch, they had together. Their study hall teacher was hardly ever in the room so basically it was social hour. Ashley, Alicia, and Amber were also in their study hall. To Candy, Suzie, and Amy's surprise, they walked to their table to talk with them.
"So, Candy I heard that you have a date for the dance," said Ashley.
"I do, so?" replied Candy.
"Oh, honey, you don't have to play it cool, any girl would be excited to go out with Drew Jones. I would and that is why I'm here to warn you he will be mine so you better get out of the way," said Ashley.
"Um…S'cuse me?" said Candy standing up.
"You heard me, stay away. After that date leave him alone. It would be best. I just wanted to tell you that. See you later," With that Ashley, Alicia, and Amber went back to their table.
"You aren't going to follow what she said, right?" asked Amy.
"Oh, course she isn't," said Suzie matter-of-factly.
"No way am I taking orders from her," said Candy. Candy was outraged that Ashley thought she had the right to tell her who to not date. By the end of the day Candy and her friends decided that Candy was going on that date and make Drew want to go on more dates with her.
When school ended Candy waited by Jake's car to go home. Jake came a minute later.
"Hey, are you ready for a night stuck in the house?" joked Jacob.
"Totally," Candy said sarcastically. When they got home Jacob asked, "So, let's watch a movie and pop some popcorn. Sound good?"
"Yeah, sounds good. Guess what happened at school today?"
"What?" asked Jacob.
"Drew Jones asked me to go to the dance next Friday with him!" Candy exclaimed.
"What? You aren't going to the dance with him. He is two years older than you. Plus, you are too young to date, so that is that." Jacob practically shouted. When it came to his little sister Jacob was a little overprotective.
"There is no need to shout, Jake. Plus, you aren't Dad so you can't tell me what I can't do. You started dating way before me don't even say that I am too young to be dating. And as for him being older that means he is more mature." Candy countered. Telling Jake had been a bad idea. She had dated many other guys before but she had never told her family since to them she was the little sister or the little girl. She was this pure, innocent girl but in reality she wasn't all so pure.
"I may not be Dad, but I'm your older brother so I can boss you around. You are not going out with him!" said Jake and this time he said it really loudly.
"Stop acting like you are Dad. I can go out with him and you can't do anything about it." Candy shouted back. Jake then shouted, "Oh, yeah! There is something I can do about it. I can tell Dad to not let you go, and you know he will agree with me because you are his little girl." At that Candy exploded with anger and shouted horrible things to him. While Candy was shouting those things to Jake, he started getting a really bad headache. It came out of nowhere and the weird thing was that Jake never got headaches unless he was super sick. Jake started rubbing his temples. Candy noticed that and stopped screaming at him. She recognized the pain in his face from her dream where everyone crumpled in pain but the difference was that in her dream the pain was more intense. Candy immediately stopped being mad at her brother and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine now. It suddenly stopped," replied Jake.
"What stopped?" asked Candy.
"My headache. It was really bad. It came out of nowhere and then it just stopped. It was really weird. It felt like someone was squishing my brain." Jake seemed weaken by that on headache. He sat on the sofa and closed his eyes for a minute. He always did that when he felt tired. He said that after he did that he was energized again.
"Sorry," Jake said quietly after a minute of silence. "I know I can get a little overprotective, but I only want to protect you. You're my little sister. Emphasis on the little. And well, about Drew…" Before he could finish Candy interrupted, "I will always be your sister. But you are my brother not my dad. I know you been taking care of me since Mom died, but I can take care of myself now."
"I know. Sorry I got pissed at you, and I guess you can go out with who you want but not…nevermind. You have to ask Dad for his permission though." With that Jake stood up and went to his room. She knew she was going to have to tell Dad about Drew now since she told Jake. At least Dad is less protective than Jake, she thought.