Hello all, i have returned with a new chapter to this story after a few months. I have changed a couple of small things in the first two chapters so please read from the beginning.
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"Kayla!" a teen with a mass if curly red hair said as she put up her hand and walked towards the table.
Two of the three girls at the table groaned. "Here she comes." One of them muttered.
"Come on Tori," Kayla said as smiled at her best friend. "She's new here and she needed a friend."
"But did it have to be us?" Sara, her other best friend asked.
Kayla fixed her bright blue eyes on Sara's brown ones as the other girl sat down. "Yes," she said flatly. Then, she focused her eyes on the new girl. "How are the classes going Shelia?"
"They're going great!" Sheila said in a thick Irish accent, "Although, Mr. Turner is a little, ah, stern."
Tori laugh. "That is a nice way of putting it."
Kayla laughed as a breeze blew a strand of her long blond hair on to her face. She was regretting her decision to let Sara and Toni convince her to eat lunch outside of the cafeteria on the schools patio. The teen tucked the strand behind her ear. "Mr. Turner is tough. . . Have you made any new friends?" She glanced at the others. "I mean, besides us?"
After finishing her first bite of lunch, Sheila nodded and smiled. "Not really . . . But I already have a crush on one of the guy's here. I've seen him a couple of times in the halls, and he is so cute!" Her smile grew wider. "He's got the most amazing deep blue eyes and his dark hair that just hits the middle of his back." She took another bite. "He's gorgeous."
Kayla's eyes narrowed, she knew that description well. "Do you know his name?" She asked.
The red head gave a sheepish smile. "Oh, well I don't know his name for sure. . . But I think I heard one of the teachers called him Leonardo." Tori almost choked on her food, and Sara stifled a laugh. "Are you okay, Tori?" Shelia asked.
Tori waved her off. "I'm fine. . ." She gave the blonde a mischievous smile. "Kayla. . . Do you think Leonardo is hot?"
"Well he is good looking," she smiled. "But he's not my type." The response made Sara laugh even harder.
Sheila was confused. "Did I miss something?" she asked.
"Leo is my eldest brother." Kayla said simply.
The new girls face turned almost the same color as her hair. "I am so sorry, Kayla! I had no idea!"
The blonde waved her off. "It's okay. . . Most girls have a had a crush on either Leo or Raf at one time or another. And all of the smart girls had a crush on Donnie."
"Donnie. . ." Shelia said as her embarrassment went away, "really tall, shaggy brown hair, nice brown eyes?" when Kayla nodded Sheila went on. "He introduced himself earlier in science class . . . Who's Raf?"
"He and Donnie are my older brothers too." Kayla said. She cast her blue eyes at the outside clock. Lunch would soon be over. "Tori. . ." she narrowed her eyes at her best friend. "Any plans for tonight?"
"Well. . . Nathan and I are going to the movies." Her olive skin blushed slightly.
"Yes!" Kayla and Sara did a fist pump in the air. They had been trying to get tori and Nathan together for a couple of semesters now, in ways that were subtle and ways that were not so subtle. Now it looked like their hard work was paying off.
"Finally," Sara smiled.
"It's just the movies . . . and dinner." The dark haired girl insisted.
"And maybe a kiss goodnight," Shelia said, making the others laugh.
At that moment, the bell that signaled ten minutes to the next class sounded, and the girls all stood at once. "I'll see you later." Kayla said giving them each a quick hug as they all went to their afternoon classes.
"Hey guys." Kayla said as she walked to Leo's car where her brothers were waiting.
"Where were you?" Leo asked raising an eyebrow slightly.
She gave a dramatic sigh. "Shelia's mom was late picking her up and I decided to waited with her."
"You could have called." Donnie said. "Your phone is still working, right?" He narrowed his brown eyes.
Kayla gave another sigh. "Yes it works. . ." She glanced at the middle brother. "I don't throw it like Raf does."
"Hey." the hot headed brother started to argue, and Kayla swore the spikes that he wore his red-brown hair in stood at attention. But before he could continue, he was cut off.
"It doesn't matter now," Leo spoke sternly, "but you should have called us." He cut off the conversation by pulling the keys to the car out of his dark blue hoodie. "Ready to go?" he asked climbing into the driver's seat. Rafael grumbled as he also climbed into the front while Donnie and Kayla climbed in the backseat.
On the way home Kayla pulled out a book she needed to read for English class. As she started to read however, she found it difficult to focus on the words. Her blue eyes grew heavy and soon she found herself resting her head on Donnie's shoulder. He smiled and gave a small chuckle and then gently stroked her head as she slept.
Raf heard the noise and turned around. Instantly, his usually harsh emerald green eyes softened. "Someone's tired." He smiled.
"You would be too if you had two big tests, and insisted on showing the new girl around the school." Donnie whispered so he wouldn't wake his little sister. He focused on his older brother. "Congratulations on not getting detention, by the way. You made it three days in a row so far."
"I'm just glad I was there to stop you before you threw a punch today." Leo said, deadpan. "You need to learn how to control you temper Raf."
The middle brother groaned. "Do you have to keep saying that?"
"Keep it down please." Donnie said.
"Sorry," Raf said.
The rest of the ride home went by in silence.
"Kayla. . ." Donnie said as the car pulled into the garage. "Wake up sleepyhead."
The teen groaned and sat up in the seat. "What's up?"
He gave her a sweet smile as he opened his door. "We're home."
Kayla put a hand to her mouth as she yawned. Then she stepped out of the car just in time to see Raf throw Donnie's bag to him, and watched as he struggled to catch it. "Hey! Be careful Raf, my computer is in here." The shaggy haired brunette said with wide brown eyes.
"You caught it, didn't ya?" Raf said as he tossed Kayla's bag to her, which she caught instantly with one hand causing her brother to grin. "See, Kayla caught hers."
"True, but she didn't have and expensive laptop in it." The youngest boy said defensively.
Leo rolled his eyes and opened the door into the house. "Would you knock it off please?" He said holding the door for the others.
As Kayla walked into the house she was greeted by a familiar voice. "Welcome home, my children." She turned to see a man in his early fifties smiling at her and her brothers.
She gave him a hug and a quick kiss on the cheek. "Hello father."
Donnie was only about half way through his homework, but he was already tired. "Guess it's time to break out the coffee." He told his laptop. As he walked down the hallway, he saw something that gave him pause. The door to Kayla's room was open, and he could see the glow from her desk lamp. Since the light was on he knew his sister was studying, but she always kept the door closed so she would be bothered by noises. Curious, he knocked on the trim around the door.
"Hello?" She said turning around. After a split second, she smiled. "Oh hey Donnie. . . What's up?"
He paused for a moment. Her voice was weary, and her normally bright blue eyes were shaded. "You left your door open." He said using his thumb to point at the door. He narrowed his chocolate brown eyes slightly. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," she said brightening up.
He raised a curious eyebrow at her sudden lightness. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah," she said stifling a yawn. "Just a little tired."
Seeing that he wasn't getting anywhere, he decided to let it go for now. "Me too, I was just going to get a cup of coffee."
She just managed to hide her involuntary shutter. Even though her genius brother was smarter than most of the teachers at school, he couldn't cook to save his life. None of her brothers could. That's why she and her father did all of the cooking. The only reason Donnie was even allowed in the kitchen was because he made coffee for himself and even that was dicey. She smiled "Do you need any help."
Donnie couldn't hide a smile. "I think I can make a cup of coffee."
Kayla was unconvinced. "Just follow the directions exactly." She said, emphasized the work exactly.
Her brother rolled his eyes. "Yes mom." He said walking out of the room.
She followed and shut the door, and then went back to her desk. Her eyes instinctively mover to one of the three pictures that sat in frames on her desk, and she picked it up. A picture of a woman in her early thirties with long blonde hair and bright blue eyes like her own, smiled back at her.
Kayla sighed as tears welled up in her eyes. "Mom."
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