Chapter 1 House of Cards Hello my name is Londen Downty and I am 17 years old. I have dark red hair and normal blue eyes. I have a twin sister Clair and she is always in a bad mood, all the time. Clair looks just like me only her hair is lighter. My mom always wanted us to look alike but I hated having someone look exactly like me. My best friend is Kiki and she is more than I can handle. My sister Clair hangs with the hottest guys and this girl that I thought was weird. Chase one of the guys is my sister's boy friend. Then Zack was Kiki's old boyfriend he ahs the most beautiful eyes they're green and I love boys with green eyes. But, he never noticed me all he ever cares about is this stupid band that he's in he plays the drum and the guitar. Anyways Chase is also in the band and he plays the drums and the guitar too. It makes me so jealous that Kiki gets all the action from the guys. The only guy that I hate is Patrick he is so annoying! Clair doesn't think so because she got use to hanging around the weirdoes.
It was lunch and Kiki was still filing her nails before she eats, she does that every day. Jake was sitting next to her. Jake is this bizarre guy that used to be Katlin's old boyfriend but he cheated on her. So now he's single and has two fractured arms. Katlin now hangs out with the strange people because she hates Jake and doesn't want to even see him. Melrose always sets next to me, and then Jason sits nest to Melrose. Jason is supposed to be 'the hottest' guy in school. Quite frankly and I don't see what so special about him. Next to Jake on the other side of the table are Tory and Rylee two extremely creepy boys, they are Jakes friends no wonder why. People on the other hand call me Kiki's follower, Jake even said so too. In front of us anyways is Zac but spelled with a Z-a-c Kiki's older boy friend that should be in collage by now. Next to Zac is Caridee she is so pretty with her stunning blonde hair. Next to Caridee is three other creepy guys that hang around us and I didn't quite get there names yet.
"Londen you see Patrick I'm thinking." Kiki started.
"Oh your thinking that would be the first time." Jake said. Kiki gave him a horrible glare. "I'm scared…"
"You better be, Anyways that I'm going to ask Patrick out. Should I?" Kiki asked me. Then I thought if I keep on being Kiki's servant that she'll just be hanging on me like an old goose. She'll just keep on making fun of me, blaming me, and she'll never be a real friend.
"I don't care, quite frankly I hate him." I said. Then I thought all the secrets I've kept for her, all the lies I've told her my life is a house of cards. It could fall anytime now if you take one thing out or off.
"Thanks for the help." Kiki said and walked off with her hands on her hips. Then she walked over to Patrick's and Chase's table. Kiki leaned on Patrick's shoulder.
"Look you won the bet already stop it I gave you your damn fifty bucks leave." Zoey said.
"I didn't come your hush money, Patrick well you please meet me outside the cafeteria?" Kiki asked.
"Do you even know what hush money is?" Chase asked her.
"Sure?" Patrick said unsure and queasy.
"What is she doing to him?" Zac asked me. I turned back to face Zac.
"Asking him out…" I said. Zac looked irritated it looked like he wanted to rip Patrick's guts out. "Zac get over it you guys brook up 3 years ago then she went out with Zack Leon you seemed fine with that." I said.
"Yah, well that was Zack Leon not the beefiest guy out there but that, that's Patrick something uh, the best breast stroker on the swim team. And look at me I'm the star quarterback." Zac protested.
"You graduated a year ago how did they even let you back on the foot ball team?" Melrose asked.
"I'm not." Zac said as he drank the rest of his Pepsi.
"Exactly see you should get over her like what I did with Katlin even though she did cry when she brook up with me." Jake said, as Caridee went over were Kiki was to help him eat, he has two fractured arms.
"Yes and I'm surprised you're still here." Jason said. "You see Zoey I got her detention." Jason said trying to change the subject.
"You get everybody detention." Tory said. Tory has blonde hair that is bleached his hair is always spiked he has bluish, grayish eyes and I've had a crush on him ever since the sixth grade. Once in a while he'll spike up his hair. He constantly wears his black high top converse, his dark green military jacket with striped hand warmers. "Hey Rylee are you going to finish that cake of yours?" Tory asked Rylee.
"Here dude…" Rylee said as he handed the piece of German cake to Tory. Rylee has brown hair and green eyes. He has the same hair cut as Pete Wentz of course. Not only that but Jake is like and sometimes I think he is Pete Wentz, that's what got Katlin attracted to him.
"I'm in." Kiki said as she came back.
"You're in what?" Melrose asked.
"Aren't you suppose to pay attention?" Jason asked his x-girlfriend. She ahs to pay attention to Kiki all the time or else she'll get cut from the squad and the table.
"He said 'yes what ever gets you off my back '" Kiki said. "Hey for spring break Londen my dad wants us to interact with the other kids here so he's sending us on like a small yacht with Clair, Katlin, and Zoey what the hell are we going to do?" Kiki asked me.
"Why are you asking me I don't know finally listen to your dad and got to the stupid trip." I said.
"Thanks for the big help." Kiki said as she left the table to go and dump her tray.
"Hey Londen…" Tory asked me. I turned my attention to him. "Why is Kiki all grumpy all of the sudden?" Tory asked me.
That question was hard to find the right answer "uh, I think it's that time of month again." I said. "How many more days tell spring break?" I asked them.
"Uh, Londen it's tomorrow." Jake said.
"Dang it!" I shouted out. "Why does the year have to end so quickly? How many days in spring break?" I asked them.
"14." Jake said.
"Damn." I said. "Well it's time to start packing I guess." I said.
After School
I grabbed my suit case and grabbed 2 weeks full of clothes. Then Clair walked in.
"Are you planning to move to china or something?" She asked.
"No Kiki, Katlin, you and Zoey, and I are going to spend our spring break in hell." I said.
"But I didn't get anything that tells me we well." Clair said.
"Oh you well." I said to her, and then her phone started ringing that same ring tone it has been for days.
"No you don't know what it's like to be hurt," then her ring stopped. "Hello? Yes yah," she closed her phone. "Damn it Londen your right."
"Start packing." Is all I had to say to her and all I did.
Trying to sleep my mind bleeds then the only thing I know about honesty is that the one thing that I'm afraid that one day Kiki well find to I really hate her. Now I can look her in the eyes because the guilt is killing me. I woke up and I was so confused at what I even said in my sleep.
"What? Uh, forget it." I said to my self then went back to sleep. When I woke up it was seven, I took a shower got dressed, woke up Clair through her in the shower with cold water on. It took her a while for her to wake up like fifteen minutes for her to wake up but that's okay.
"I'm awake, I'm awake!" she shouted at me.
"I know I just like doing that for fun." She glared at me the just walked away soaking wet.
When we got to were the yacht was unfortunately is wasn't much of a small yacht it was more like a rusty pirate ship "Kiki I thought you said that it was a small yacht?" I asked her.
"I thought my dad did too." She said.
"Why do you guys even have this?" Zoey asked her.
"Ask my dad not me. Now how do we get us in it and it off the dock." Kiki said.
"Oh, I know thank god Shanks for teaching me how to do this but it's been at least 12 years." Zoey said and I'm surprised she knew all of this.
"Oh, look it my dad gave us a note on the boot," Kiki said as she went over and took it off the anchor. "Uh, can somebody read this?" Kiki asked.
"Why, don't' you know how to read?" Katlin asked her.
"No it's just that uh just read it." Kiki commanded. Then Zoey snatched the paper from Kiki's hand.
"Greetings, I hope you five learn a lesson of a life time, this boat was an old pirate ship I hope one of you knows how to use it. And don't come back until 2 more weeks the dock won't be open. Love Sean Smith." Zoey read with out any emotion.
"That was blunt." Clair said.
"What does blunt mean, and my dad's first name is Sean?' Kiki asked. How could I be friends with an idiot? I asked my self inside my head.
"Idiot." Zoey said as she got the ropes untied by the dock. "Well get the hell in." everybody got in except for Kiki. "Kiki get in."
"Ah, no thank you." Kiki said then, Zoey carried her in and drop her on the ship deck. "Now what?" Kiki asked everybody.
"Well you take the rope off the thingy on the dock and we leave?" Zoey said not so sure of herself. Katlin went over to the edge left the anchor and unhooked the boat from the dock.
"There we're off." Katlin said as we started moving. Then I looked at Katlin's necklace it was a black cross and in the middle and at each ends were glossy rubies.
I had a necklace like hers but it was a goldish cover a black star. Clair had one too but it was a pink star covering a back star. Then I noticed Zoey had one but it was a black, white guitar and Kiki had a blue dolphin that she had since forever. I thought just what a coincidence and what's the big deal?
When we started setting sail and got into the open sea Kiki would not get out of the kitchen which was on the deck. And Katlin was there practicing blasts. Then when I walked were Katlin was practicing was the blast was right were I was standing, out of nowhere Zoey came and grabbed me out of the was. The next thing I knew I was in the air.
"Fu…" I stop what I was about to say then, BAM!
"What the hell!?" this person said. "Ouch, shit, would you get the hell off me!" this man I now under stood what he said. Then I noticed Zoey landed on him where the light doesn't shine, but I was still in the air! Then when I fell I on the same guy but he caught me because he was standing up.
"Uh, thank you." I said. This guy had green hair with a green slash and dark green pants and his shirt was just white. Zoey on the other hand was on the edge of the ship we were in.