Taking Chances, Growing Up
Chapter One- All You Want
~Liam~
"Ana what are you doing? Get down from there!" I called out to my step-sister as I watched her looking over the edge of a cliff.
"Calm down buddy boy. I'm not going to jump." She said as she backed down from the edge of the cliff and sat down.
"Don't do that Ana. I thought you were serious this time." I said as I went to sit down beside her.
"Yeah, I'm going to be another "spoiled little rich girl" that ends her life because no one cared about her." Ana said sarcastically while rolling her eyes.
"I care." I replied, realizing how corny I sounded.
"Oh. Yes. My hero." She said mordantly as we both laughed and I hugged her. "Please. No touching."
"You really need to get out of that Ana."
"Out of what?" She asked innocently.
"It's not healthy to not like to be hugged or kissed or anything." I explained as she sighed.
"Number one, whoever told you that is a liar. And number two, I only want to be touched when I initiate it. I swear you're such a dumb ass sometimes." She finished as she smiled at me.
"I know. That's why you love me." I joked as I hugged her again and my lips lightly brushed hers.
"Liam. We're step-brother and sister." She said, like she always does, when I kiss her.
"And? We're not blood-related, only by marriage." I explained as I lightly kissed her again. She giggled.
"What's wrong?" I asked as her once happy expression grew sad, like it was 85% of the time.
"They're going to send me away to some place for `trouble teens'." She said as she dug in her bag and pulled out a pack of cigarettes.
"Are you sure?" I asked, ignoring the cigarette.
"Positive. I guess it turns out that I am more screwed up than you." Ana said as she blew smoke out into the distance.
"This was David's idea, wasn't it?" I asked, already knowing why they were sending away.
"Yep. I hate that old bastard." She said as a tear fell from her coal-colored eyes.
"I do too."
"He shouldn't even be able to have kids. He's on what, is third wife?" She asked, already knowing the answer. "I wish I could castrate the bastard." Ana finished as I pulled her in for another hug. The wind blew her brownish-blonde hair blew in the distance. I tried to tuck her curls back into her clip, but gave up after a while.
Two Days Later
"I'm going to miss you. Spoiled brat." I whispered in her ear as she smiled.
"Don't worry. Within five months, you'll be up there with me." She teased as she hugged me.
"What? I get the honor of a hug?" I exclaimed, surprised.
"If that's how you're gonna act, next time, you won't get anything."
~Ana~
"Ana! Wait!" Tsipora, my eight-year-old half-sister yelled after me.
"Yes." I said politely, wanting to leave before anyone saw me cry.
"I made you this!" She exclaimed as she shoved a large painting of my whole family in my face. It even had my real mom's family in it too.
"It's beautiful!" I shouted, meaning every word.
"I know." She said arrogantly. "Can I have a hug now?" She asked as I picked her up and swung her around. "Will you be back tomorrow?" Tsipora asked innocently.
"That's up to daddy." I said as I looked over to David. He knew good and well that if she wasn't there, I wouldn't be so nice and calm around him.
"Daddy! Daddy! Let her come back soon!" She yelled as her mother, Kim, came out of no where to pick her up.
"I didn't know that she was going to be here." I mumbled rudely. David and Kim were the whole reason that I had lived with my grandma, and Nichole, Liam's mother.
I started to walk outside, forgetting that I hadn't said goodbye to everyone yet.
"Ana honey you haven't said goodbye to Coca yet!" Nichole called after me as I put my bag in my dad's stretch limo. Why he was taking me to a school for screw-ups in a limo, I never understood.
"Where is she?" I asked, annoyed. I loved Nichole to death, but her daughter Coca was ... she just irked me.
"Ana. Come back soon." She said as she wrapped her arms around my neck. Her voice was still too whiny. That's one thing I won't miss.
"I will." I lied, glad that I was getting away from my dysfunctional family, but sad to say goodbye to all my siblings and Nichole.
I put my last bag in the car and hopped in. David and Kim followed as I rolled my eyes. Typical. She always had to tag along. Like anyone wanted her around. I watched the porch as the car pulled away.
Nichole, Liam, Tsipora, and Coca became smaller and smaller, until they were as small as ants. We turned the corner and I didn't see them again, and I wouldn't for a long, long time.
I held in my tears because I didn't want to give David the satisfaction. I didn't want him to think that he won. He didn't win anything, except deadbeat dad of the millennium.
I opened my bag and looked at one of the presents that Liam had given me. It was Dido's No Angel. He knew that I didn't care for her, but he loved her. I didn't have anything else to do, so I pulled out my CD player and started to listen. If he liked her, she must be saying something.
I didn't hear you leave, I wonder how am I still here
I don't want to move a thing, it might change my memory
Oh I am what I am, I'll do what I want, but I can't hide
I won't go, I won't sleep, I can't breathe, until you're resting here with me
I won't leave, I won't hide, I cannot be until you're resting here with me ...
"Okay. That one's too depressing." I whispered to myself as I skipped from song to song until I came to #5 All You Want.
I'd like to watch you sleep at night, to hear you breathe by my side
And although sleep leaves me behind, there's nowhere I'd rather be
And now our bed is oh so cold, my hands feel empty, no one to hold
I can sleep what side I want, it's not the same with you gone
Oh if you'd come home, I'll let you know that
All you want, is right here in this room, all you want
and all you need, is sitting here with you, all you want
It's been three years, one night apart, but in that night you tore my heart
if only you had slept alone, if those seeds had not been sown
oh you could come home and you would know that
All you want, is right here in this room, all you want
and all you need, is sitting here with you, all you want
I hear your key turning in the door, I won't be hearing that sound anymore
and you and your sin can leave the way you just came in, send my regards to her
I hope you found that
All you want, is right here in this room, all you want
and all you need, is sitting here with you, all you want
I'd like to watch you sleep at night, to hear you breathe by my side
(A/N: R/R and let me know what you think about the story so far!)
Chapter One- All You Want
~Liam~
"Ana what are you doing? Get down from there!" I called out to my step-sister as I watched her looking over the edge of a cliff.
"Calm down buddy boy. I'm not going to jump." She said as she backed down from the edge of the cliff and sat down.
"Don't do that Ana. I thought you were serious this time." I said as I went to sit down beside her.
"Yeah, I'm going to be another "spoiled little rich girl" that ends her life because no one cared about her." Ana said sarcastically while rolling her eyes.
"I care." I replied, realizing how corny I sounded.
"Oh. Yes. My hero." She said mordantly as we both laughed and I hugged her. "Please. No touching."
"You really need to get out of that Ana."
"Out of what?" She asked innocently.
"It's not healthy to not like to be hugged or kissed or anything." I explained as she sighed.
"Number one, whoever told you that is a liar. And number two, I only want to be touched when I initiate it. I swear you're such a dumb ass sometimes." She finished as she smiled at me.
"I know. That's why you love me." I joked as I hugged her again and my lips lightly brushed hers.
"Liam. We're step-brother and sister." She said, like she always does, when I kiss her.
"And? We're not blood-related, only by marriage." I explained as I lightly kissed her again. She giggled.
"What's wrong?" I asked as her once happy expression grew sad, like it was 85% of the time.
"They're going to send me away to some place for `trouble teens'." She said as she dug in her bag and pulled out a pack of cigarettes.
"Are you sure?" I asked, ignoring the cigarette.
"Positive. I guess it turns out that I am more screwed up than you." Ana said as she blew smoke out into the distance.
"This was David's idea, wasn't it?" I asked, already knowing why they were sending away.
"Yep. I hate that old bastard." She said as a tear fell from her coal-colored eyes.
"I do too."
"He shouldn't even be able to have kids. He's on what, is third wife?" She asked, already knowing the answer. "I wish I could castrate the bastard." Ana finished as I pulled her in for another hug. The wind blew her brownish-blonde hair blew in the distance. I tried to tuck her curls back into her clip, but gave up after a while.
Two Days Later
"I'm going to miss you. Spoiled brat." I whispered in her ear as she smiled.
"Don't worry. Within five months, you'll be up there with me." She teased as she hugged me.
"What? I get the honor of a hug?" I exclaimed, surprised.
"If that's how you're gonna act, next time, you won't get anything."
~Ana~
"Ana! Wait!" Tsipora, my eight-year-old half-sister yelled after me.
"Yes." I said politely, wanting to leave before anyone saw me cry.
"I made you this!" She exclaimed as she shoved a large painting of my whole family in my face. It even had my real mom's family in it too.
"It's beautiful!" I shouted, meaning every word.
"I know." She said arrogantly. "Can I have a hug now?" She asked as I picked her up and swung her around. "Will you be back tomorrow?" Tsipora asked innocently.
"That's up to daddy." I said as I looked over to David. He knew good and well that if she wasn't there, I wouldn't be so nice and calm around him.
"Daddy! Daddy! Let her come back soon!" She yelled as her mother, Kim, came out of no where to pick her up.
"I didn't know that she was going to be here." I mumbled rudely. David and Kim were the whole reason that I had lived with my grandma, and Nichole, Liam's mother.
I started to walk outside, forgetting that I hadn't said goodbye to everyone yet.
"Ana honey you haven't said goodbye to Coca yet!" Nichole called after me as I put my bag in my dad's stretch limo. Why he was taking me to a school for screw-ups in a limo, I never understood.
"Where is she?" I asked, annoyed. I loved Nichole to death, but her daughter Coca was ... she just irked me.
"Ana. Come back soon." She said as she wrapped her arms around my neck. Her voice was still too whiny. That's one thing I won't miss.
"I will." I lied, glad that I was getting away from my dysfunctional family, but sad to say goodbye to all my siblings and Nichole.
I put my last bag in the car and hopped in. David and Kim followed as I rolled my eyes. Typical. She always had to tag along. Like anyone wanted her around. I watched the porch as the car pulled away.
Nichole, Liam, Tsipora, and Coca became smaller and smaller, until they were as small as ants. We turned the corner and I didn't see them again, and I wouldn't for a long, long time.
I held in my tears because I didn't want to give David the satisfaction. I didn't want him to think that he won. He didn't win anything, except deadbeat dad of the millennium.
I opened my bag and looked at one of the presents that Liam had given me. It was Dido's No Angel. He knew that I didn't care for her, but he loved her. I didn't have anything else to do, so I pulled out my CD player and started to listen. If he liked her, she must be saying something.
I didn't hear you leave, I wonder how am I still here
I don't want to move a thing, it might change my memory
Oh I am what I am, I'll do what I want, but I can't hide
I won't go, I won't sleep, I can't breathe, until you're resting here with me
I won't leave, I won't hide, I cannot be until you're resting here with me ...
"Okay. That one's too depressing." I whispered to myself as I skipped from song to song until I came to #5 All You Want.
I'd like to watch you sleep at night, to hear you breathe by my side
And although sleep leaves me behind, there's nowhere I'd rather be
And now our bed is oh so cold, my hands feel empty, no one to hold
I can sleep what side I want, it's not the same with you gone
Oh if you'd come home, I'll let you know that
All you want, is right here in this room, all you want
and all you need, is sitting here with you, all you want
It's been three years, one night apart, but in that night you tore my heart
if only you had slept alone, if those seeds had not been sown
oh you could come home and you would know that
All you want, is right here in this room, all you want
and all you need, is sitting here with you, all you want
I hear your key turning in the door, I won't be hearing that sound anymore
and you and your sin can leave the way you just came in, send my regards to her
I hope you found that
All you want, is right here in this room, all you want
and all you need, is sitting here with you, all you want
I'd like to watch you sleep at night, to hear you breathe by my side
(A/N: R/R and let me know what you think about the story so far!)