Hi all of my amazing readers! I just wanted to say that
A. I'm sorry it took me so long to update.
B. I'm sorry that in the last chapter I typed that Sinead has blue eyes, when I knew that she had green. My name is Starlinglover after all.
C. that I make frequent spelling and grammar errors.
Now enough rambling from me, on with the story!
Chapter 2
I ran downstairs and looked out the window. Yes! It was pouring outside which meant no school and no Charlotte! I went back upstairs, got dressed, combed my hair and braided it. I looked at the clock and realized it was already nine o'clock. I walked over to my brothers' bedroom and banged on the door.
"Ned! Ted! Get up! It's nine o'clock already!" their respond was some moaning and complaining about early risers. "Whoever gets downstairs first can have the microchip I found yesterday!" Then I heard them jump out of bed and start rummaging through their dressers. Nothing works as well as bribery. Then I heard a loud crash and something shatter, but I kept on walking. Whatever they broke they could probably rebuild. I start digging through the scrap metal bin in my room until I find an old microchip. I shove it into my pocket and head to the kitchen. I grab two boxes of cereal and a carton of milk and put them on the table. I also grabbed three cups, three spoons, three bowls, and a gallon of orange juice. Breakfast is served. Then I heard the boys shoving their way down the stairs and yelling at each other.
"Ned stop trying to trip me!"
"Ted get your hands away from my eyes!"
"Stop trying to pull me back!"
"Hey! Stunners aren't allowed!"
"Says who?"
"Says me!"
Then they come rushing into the kitchen, skidding to a stop in front of me. They are both grinning and elbowing each other. Even though Ted was blind he had come in about a tenth of a second before Ned so I handed him the microchip. He shouted for joy, ran up to his bedroom, and slammed the door.
"What's for breakfast?" Ned asked as he slumped down into one of the chairs.
"The usual," I reply.
Just then someone knocks on the door. "I'll get it!" I scream. I walk up to the door, open it, and guess who's there? Charlotte.
"Hey Sinead, just thought I'd drop by. Are you busy? Because we need to talk." She said all of this with a fake smile on her face.
"What do you want Charlotte?" I say as I close the door behind me so that we are both on the porch.
"What did you tell Hamilton?!" Her fake smile is now gone.
This question surprised me, "What do you mean?"
"I know you told him some evil rumor about me! All the other girls say they heard him talking about me like I'm some kind of witch!" Her face was so red I wanted to crack up.
Well you are a witch, I wanted to say. But instead I told her "I didn't say anything about you."
I expected to see steam coming out of her ears. "I hate you and I will make your life absolutely miserable." She poked me in the chest with every word. I was now at the edge of the porch. Then Ned and Ted opened the door and walked right up to Charlotte.
"Leave my sister alone." Ned is now right in Charlotte face and the look on her face says that she was shocked. Charlotte turns around, hops in her car, and speeds away. Then Ned turns toward me. "Are you ok?"
"Fine," I said as I open the door and we head inside.
"Who the heck was that?" Ned asked.
"Just the school bully Charlotte," I replied. I tried to escape the conversation by heading toward my bedroom, but my brothers just followed.
"Why was she here?" Ted asked.
"Just to do what she does best, annoy me."
"Why do you let her?" Ted pressed.
Because I'm scared of her I wanted to say, but instead I replied, "Because I don't care about what she says." I walked into my bedroom and shut the door. I didn't do that to be rude but to end the conversation. I listened as my brothers shuffled away and then slumped into my desk chair. I sat for a couple of minutes before I was bored and decided to watch all the security footage from our four video cameras around the house. I started out with the kitchen film, and made two discoveries. One is that Ned and Ted decided to share a carton of ice cream at twelve last night, and the other is that they were spying on me and Charlotte with a video camera. After that I decided to go see what my brothers are up to, because it's never a good thing when they're quiet. I walked into their room and saw the ice cream carton sticking out from under Ted's bed, but decided to pretend I didn't see it.
"What are you guys doing?" Ned had a microchip that looked like the one from earlier and Ted had some wires.
"Building a new gaming system, we're going to be rich!" Said Ned.
"It's a cross of Wii, Xbox, and PlayStation. And it doesn't need a remote, it responds to your voice." Ted explained.
"Can I help?"
"Yeah, you read the blueprints."
"Got it," and then we did what we do best, inventing.
After about five hours of connecting wires and tightening bolts, the sky finally cleared up. I looked at the clock and realized that cheerleading practice was in an hour. I ran up to my bedroom and quickly changed into my uniform and put my hair into a tight ponytail. I put on my sneakers and slid down the stairs railing. I ran outside and noticed my brothers messing with the car's engine.
"Please tell me you'll be finished in ten minutes or less."
"We could tell you that or we could tell you that we need two hours at the minimum." Said Ted.
"I was upstairs for five minutes and you guys have disconnected the engine for the only car?"
"Sorry, mom." Said Ned as Ted gave him a high five.
I walked back into the house and calculated how long it would take for me to walk to cheerleading practice and that wasn't going to work. I had no way of getting to practice without a car so I probably wasn't going. Wait, Hamilton has football at the same time that I have cheerleading so maybe I can catch a ride with him! I punch in his number and bite my lip as I wait for him to pick up. After four rings he picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Hamilton, it's Sinead. My brothers kind of disconnected the car's engine and it won't be ready for several hours, so can I catch a ride with you?"
"Sure, be there in ten minutes. Bye."
"Ok, thanks. Bye." I slammed the phone into its cradle and packed my bag. I waited on the porch for what seemed like eternity and then finally Hamilton pulled onto the side of the road. I hopped into the front seat and we drove away.
"Thanks for the ride, Ham."
"No problem, but your brothers seriously disconnected the car's engine?"
"Yeah, they claim they can get it to run on less gas."
"They do that a lot don't they?"
"Yep."
We sat in silence for the rest of the ride. Once we reached the school, Hamilton parked and we ran toward the football field. Once we got there we realized we were ten minutes early. No one was there so we just messed around. After we put all our stuff on the bleachers we raced the length of the football field. Hamilton won of course, but at least I came close this time. Then I broke out my homework from the day before and finished it while Hamilton tried to see how far he could throw the football. Once the rest of the football team and cheer leading squad showed up practice began. The football team started with sprints and push-ups, and we started with stretches. I watched Charlotte as she went all the way into a split and still managed to lean all the way forward. I could never do that, unless I wanted to end up in the hospital. I went into the split as well and watched the boys start practice. They were ramming into each other, most of them took about twenty seconds to ram the other one out of the way, but Hamilton just went right through his opponent.
"Hello! Sinead, are you to busy dreaming about the man you'll never have to notice that it's time to practice?" Charlotte and all her friends start to laugh.
Time to show these girls who they're laughing at, I think as I get ready to do a maneuver from the clue hunt. I use my back foot to balance myself as I flip backwards, use Charlotte's shoulders to launch myself into the air, and land on top of two cheerleader's shoulders. For a minute they all just stare at me dumbfounded, but Charlotte just rolls her eyes and mutters something that sounded like "showoff". One of the other girls pushes play on the music and we start. The moves are a little easy if you ask me, but I guess that means that I don't have to worry about failing. I breeze through practice and then comes the moment I've been waiting for, the pyramid.
Three of the stronger girls line up and form a tight line. Then Charlotte and Claire climb on top of their shoulders and two other girls drag the trampoline right in front of the almost complete pyramid. I get a running start and jump as high and hard as I can. I land right on their shoulders and turn around. Then the boys out in the field start to look at us waiting for the routine. Then we start our cheer and I wait for my cue to get into a hand stand. Just when I'm about to land my hands perfectly Charlotte twitches her shoulder and I fall straight down. I close my eyes as I wait to hit the hard pavement. I land right on my right arm and open my eyes to see everyone laughing at me. I touch my wrist and try not to scream, I think I broke it, again. As I feel my eyes swelling with unshed tears I get up and sprint for the girl's bathroom. I slam the stall door shut with my good arm and cry.
Did you like it? Did you hate it? I admit that this probably isn't my best work, but I'm trying. I don't think that this is one of my best works and I'm thinking of deleting it. What do you think I should do? Oh and I wanted to thank Candyloversunite15, Iwillcomebacktolife , and Campbell-Soup Girl for reviewing, you guys are the reason I wrote this chapter, and without you I might have gotten rid of this story. So thanks!
Starlinglover