Oh new story already...go me! I thought of this one before Hidden Treasures so yeah xx
Blood, It Bonds
Chapter 1 : What An Entrance
Bice was finally able to come back home. It was at her step-mother's insistence that she move away and quit pestering her own daughter, but that didn't exactly make her angry...what did was that her own brother and father had said nothing to stop that woman, and Jenna...oh she had such a laugh at her expense. But Bice was back, and she wasn't leaving.
Trying the key she had when she left, she hoped that they hadn't changed the lock...but of course they had. Sighing, Bice stepped back and looked around...behind the plant...over the doorway-which she struggled with thanks to her height, or lack of it-and finally under doormat. There it was. How cliche...but it was a good cliche, one that didn't keep her out on the porch while it rained. Trying the other key out for size, she let out a breath and made her way inside. The door didn't creak like it used to, Toby must have fixed that. The floorboards were a lighter shade, and there seemed to be new furniture.
It didn't look bad at all to be completely honest. Bice almost forgot her bags in her new found awe, and quickly turned to retrieve them. The largest suitcase was drenched...as the smaller ones. She never took anything too important abroad; a book or two, her laptop and necessities but that was all, no boxes to carry in the rain or anything. She rolled the suitcases inside and left them propped against the wall as she closed the door.
She wanted to see Toby most of all. They were terribly close, and after the things he went through she just wanted to give him one large hug. So Bice set out to find him, jumping slightly when she heard a loud clap of thunder. Climbing slowly up the stairs, she watched with amusement as her shadow danced across the wall.
One thing she was sure of was that the rooms hadn't been switched around...everyone was fine with their arrangement, herself especially. Walking straight to Toby's door, she had the idea of surprising him. If he was home at least...if not she'd have to wait, and then it wouldn't be so fun on her part. A cold hand met an equally cold knob, and she turned it ever so slowly...
The smile on her face was wiped off when she opened the door, however. How could she not have heard the moans? Well know she was hearing the screams. Bice frantically covered her eyes, as countless apologies left her lips, and Toby tried desperately to cover up his girlfriend Spencer. "I'm so sorry...I didn't know. I thought you were home alone Toby. I wanted it to be a surprise."
Her cheeks red, and full of embarrassment, Bice turned around stumbling out of his room and closing the door, knocking into a table in the hallway.
For some reason her hands where still over her eyes, minutes after the incident. Maybe she was still in shock, but hey it's not every day you come home from boarding school to walk in on your brother. Maybe she should have knocked...but she was so caught up in finally seeing her brother face to face again. Bice stood a few feet away from his door...muttering to herself about how stupid she was.
"Bice, you can open up your eyes now." She heard Toby's voice.
Bice didn't exactly remove her hands from her face. Instead she opened her fingers up a crack, and saw her brother-still shirtless-and his girlfriend who she vaguely remembered as Spencer...everyone at Rosewood high knew who that girl was. The younger Cavanaugh sister lowered her hands from her face slowly, an embarrassed chuckle escaping her lips.
"Sorry, Toby."
"An entrance only you could make." Her older brother chuckled, as he pulled her into a hug.