So the Patricia Part I open with sucks! But I think it gets better. And the rest of the story will. I hope you like my attempt. I know this idea has be done before, but I added my own twist. And I think you'll like it.

Patricia

We were all in the common room, when a familiar face appeared in the room. Jason Winkler. I sat up instantly.
"Hello", he says, with a slight wave.
"What are you doing here?", I ask him.
"You are going to America!", he says. My mouth drops to the floor.
"Why?", Amber asks, obviously thinking about how she was going to back all her shoes.
"What?, Like were Nina and Eddie ran off to?"Alfie asks. I roll my eyes.
"Yes. Eddie and Nina went back to America and now so are you. But America is a big place and we probably won't be near to either of them.", Mr. Winkler says. Well this is interesting.

In America

I smile at Eddie. "What are you doing here?", I ask. He smiles.
"I just had to see where the famous Nina Martin lives", he jokes, my smile widens.
"Seriously what are you doing here?", I ask. He just showed up at my house. My friends house, I stay with her after Gran died.
"My mom, is who Gale is marrying", Eddie says. Gale is my friends single dad he was getting married in like two weeks. None of there kids ever meeting. Of course it was just Eddie and Jessie. And me, the almost adopted daughter.

"And that means?", I ask.
"Looks like were house mates again, Martin", he laughs, pushing past me and entering the house. Its a small three bed room, but it was perfectly cozy.
"Movers will be here in an hour.", says a woman walking through the doors. Blonde, she looks like Eddie's mom. I assume she is. She looks pretty young though.
"And you must be Jessie?", she says trying to hug me, I step away.
"I'm Jessie's friend, Nina, Jessie left for the gym. I'm heading there now. Gale'll be home in an hour", I say grabbing my bag.
"Mind if I tag along?", Eddie asks. A wicked gleam in his eyes.
"You want to join me, for Volleyball practice?", I ask. He nods. I shrug and he follows me out. When we get outside, I bend down and tie my shoe. I look at his clothes. Jeans and a tee-shirt. I laugh.
"What's so funny", he asks. I just shake my head, and sling my bag over my shoulders.
"I'm running to the gym", I say. He just smiles. And follows as I take off running. So now I knew. Eddie's mom was marrying Gale. My friend Jessie's dad, who I'm staying with. Meaning me and Eddie get to share a bathroom. Yay. Won't that be fun?

After practice, I get out of the huddle and meet up with Jessie. I look at Eddie up in the bleachers, two closet sluts throwing themselves at him.
"Hey, Dillon coming over?", Jessie asks.
"No, why would he?", I roll my eyes. Dillon was last weekends hook-up. I was done with him.
"Okay Nina, we are going to find you a boyfriend I mean after your British boyfriend ended it hen he found out you weren't going to come back, what about Austin?", she asks. I freeze was she joking? Austin was my best friend. She laughs.
"I'm going to hang out with Austin, you have to go take your new step-brother home", I say watching her reaction.
"My what?", she asks shock appearing on her face. I gesture over to the bleachers.
"Oh. Shame he's cute and now my step brother. Hey maybe you could date him?", she asks. She doesn't know are past. And she won't get to know.
"Not so sure", I say to her then yell to Eddie, "Eddie!", he turns and looks relieved and walks over to us.
"Eddie, Jessie", I say introducing them, "You ride home with her. Jessie I'll see you later", I say. Shaking my head and walking away.
"Where you going?", Eddie calls.
"Hanging with some other friends", I say with a shrug.
"Okay, so Jessie did Nina tell you how we met?", he asks her. I run back over to them.
"Funny story actually. Yeah.", I glare at him. I want to hide the fact that I completely threw myself at him, the first time I saw him at Anubis.
"Yeah. I went to Anubis", he says. Thank god!
"What are you doing here anyway?", Jessie asks. He looks at me. Osirion. Is what I can tell he's trying to tell me.
"My mom met your dad. She wanted me to be in a happy family like I never was.", he said with a shrug.
"Anyway, I gotta go", I say heading back out. I hope they get along, then I think of Jessie. Of course they would, Jessie was a slice of Apple Pie. No one hated it. But some people only pretend to like it, not to hurt feelings. But Apple Pie doesn't care.

I walk out of the gym. Feeling the warm air. It was August. And in a few more days , school would be starting. Won't that be fun. My tee-shirt was covered in sweat. The sleeves and most of the sides were cut out, showing off my sports-bra, and skin. I wore this with my Spandex. Short tight, volleyball shorts.

I laugh when I see his car. Austin's. Bright red, 1988, ford truck. It's a wonder it still ran. I looked at Austin, in the drivers seat, as I walked up to the truck. He was asleep, with the window down. I swear that boy could sleep anywhere. I looked at him. His blonde hair, that was cut semi-short. He was that rare guy that maintained his hair, but didn't use gel, or crap like that. Then I looked at his closed eyes. Imagining the blue behind the lids.

I had to wake him up. So I grabbed one to the open window, and put my head through it. And then I kissed him, lightly. He startled awake. The kiss didn't mean anything. We both knew that. To me kissing meant nothing. But I didn't make a habit out of kissing Austin. Just to annoy him.

"Hey dog breath, I've been waiting hours", he says with a sleepy-smile. I walk over to the passenger side, and get in.
"Yeah, yeah. Sandpaper lips. Guess who I met today", I ask, as he pulls out of the gym parking lot.
"Old Anubis friend", he says planly.
"Yeah, actually", he turns to me in shock.
"No fuck?", he asks. I hit his arm. I don't let him use the F word, anything else, is fine.
"Yeah", I reply.
"Not that douche who dumped you right?", he asks. I shake my head.
"He was the only other American", I tell him. He looks confused.
"His mom is marrying Jessie's dad. So he'll be staying at her house", I explain, he nods.
"If you need me to beat him up, just say the words", he says looking at me with a grin. I smile.
"So where we going?", I ask. He looks at me as if I'm stupid. Of course were going to the lake. The place we have spent every free second of our summer at. My favorite place in this town. Besides the "spot", or clearing. Where we throw the best parties. I don't throw them, I usually just go to them, and dance, and drink, and hook-up with guys.

We arrive at the secluded lake. It was surrounded by trees, so that there was only a small area where the rocks, were. No one comes here. It's usually just me and Austin.
He picks up a rock and skips it. I skip a rock further and longer than his. He laughs. And tries again. Once again my rock skips further than his.
"You suck at this", I say tossing another rock. He laughs. And runs at me.
"Oh Yeah?", He asks grabbing me and throwing me into the lake. I feel the cool water rush over my skin. And relax instantly.
"Yup", I reply, when I stick my head out of the water. He just grins at me. This is why I love this lake. It's where I get to forget everything in life, and focus on Austin, who's the only relative I have left. Even though he's not actually a relative. Not by blood. He's my best friend.

Austin drops me off, at Gale's house. By the time I get to the house, my clothes are only damp, but my hair is still soaked. I walk into the house. I find Gary and Eddie, moving boxes. Some are coming out of my room. Which is really not a room. And then they move to Jessie's. Who's room is like huge. Eddie will get my room.

With all the chaos going on I sneak away to Jessie's room. Where I find her painting her toes.
"Hey Roomie", she says. And I feel a pang in my chest. Right then she reminded me of Amber.
"hey", I say.
"Your all wet, how was the lake", she asks. I just smile.
"Great, how was Eddie?", I asked. she smirked.
"He seems...cool", she finishes I just laugh.
"I'm gonna shower and change", I say.
She rolls her eyes. I shake my head and grab my stuff and head to the bathroom. I lock the door. And instantly put my I-pod on the doc, so it plays loudly. But not too loud.

I take time in the shower, before I get out. I wrap a towel around myself, like normal. And head back to my room unthinkingly.
"Hey, stranger, putting on a show?", Eddie asks. Turning away from a box he was unpacking. I gasp.
"I forgot, this wasn't my room", I say my face turning red. He smirks.
"Yeah, I'm sure you did", he laughs.
"See you around", I say running out of the room, straight across the hall. See you around? How big of a dork was I? Then I remembered to Eddie, I was a dork. He didn't know the athletic, confident me. I became after Gran died. When I decided to change myself, for the better.
"Something wrong?", Jessie asks with a laugh.
"I forgot,Eddie had my room now", I say with my face turning red again. Jessie just laughs. I go to our new closet. We just share clothes usually. I put on underwear, and a bra. Then pull on a pair of jean shorts, and a tank top. Pulling my hair back into a pony ta
I go back out of the closet. Before I hear Gale calling for Dinner. Great Dinner with the "Family". Not even my family. I yearned for Austin, the only person that felt like family.

So, I know it was slow. Next Chapter Will Get Better, once school starts, and she hears about the Anubis kids. Or Will She? And what about Eddie and her in the same house? Tell me if you liked it, or if you want more of this story. I'm just playing around with a few ideas, trying to pick whcih one I want to stick with for a while. Or If I want to try wrtiing all of them at once.