A/N: I just wanted to thank my brilliant reviewers PrettyOdd95 (sorry I forgot the number on the end. Whoops) who was my first reviewer on the first story! Scoobygal thanks to you as well, and also to my brand new Beta reader (well sort of, I don't know how exactly the whole Beta thing works, but she does what Betas do, so yeah.) Katoo! Thank you to Nicole Awesomeness Phillips for reviewing too!! And also WordBird101! Thank you also to EmziGale07 for reviewing as well !Okay then you brilliant, amazing readers, who are definitely going to review, (please? Please? If you favourite and alerted it. Would it take so long to click that little button and type 'nice, update!' or 'good' or ' I hate this'? Seriously, it would mean so much to me. Please!) Are you ready for the next chapter...? I'm not! Only joking!

Chapter 2: A million miles from home

Suze:

Weeks came and went, my relationship with Jesse stayed firmly where it was, going nowhere. Bella's side of the room became a book lover's heaven, everything from classics to murder mysteries to the latest Meg Cabot (A/N I thought you'd just appreciate the irony there), she never seemed to stop reading. Summer was drawing to a close, and school was beginning to close in. My step brothers would be moving in soon, and we had begun decorating the rooms they were going to have. We had had the loft renovated into another bedroom and a bathroom, so Dopey and Doc were going to share. Jake was going to have the guest room.

Why was it that it seemed I would never have a quiet family life?

The day they arrived Bella and I went to pick them up in my mother's car. Bella was driving.. Charlie and my Mom were at work, my mom had told the boys about Charlie, and they were okay with it. I think.

We spent a while waiting at the airport, but when then finally came into view, a strong sense of sadness washed over me. I missed Carmel, and my friends, and I missed Andy. I fingered the 'three amigos' locket around my neck, and made a mental promise to phone Cee Cee later tonight.

Doc rushed over first, and catapulted himself head first into my arms.

"I've missed you so much Suze!" he said and he was crying. I wrapped my arms around him, he'd grown a lot since I last saw him, he was 13 now. He had grown into his face more somehow, he looked, well quite a lot like Brad and Andy actually, only with bright red hair. He had also gotten rid of the braces, and the glasses were much more suited to his face.

"I'm so sorry David." I whispered into his ear, and cried into his shoulder. However, brad interrupted our family moment, by trying to flirt with Bella.

"Hey there, cutie, you're just how I like them, cute and skinny." He purred, and I whirled round to face him.

"You. Will. Not. Hit. On. My. Best. Friend. And. Charlie's. Daughter!" I hissed at him, whacking him with each word. Bella just stood there blinking up at him.

"Okay! Okay! Sorry, you must be Bella. Hi, I'm Brad." He said extending his hand, Bella took it, and shook it meekly.

"Brad! Get over here and help me with these bags man!" Jake yelled, trying to push two trolleys over to us. Brad stuck his hand out behind him, and flipped Jake off, but David ran over to help. Friendly, sweet David, as usual, I really missed him.

Bella:

Suze's brothers were interesting. On the ride home one flirted shamelessly with me, the middle one, one called me Annabelle – and got yelled to learn people's names at by the little red headed one.

I could tell living in this house over the next few weeks would be really, really hectic.

Suze:

My brother's – I still thought of them as that, old habits don't die hard, and I still felt a sisterly affection towards them. Well, towards Doc. Dopey and Sleepy, I could take or leave – went upstairs to unpack almost immediately when we got home. I helped Doc, because he had the horror of sharing with Dopey, and spending ages unpacking alone with him would have been torture.

"So Suze, what have you been doing lately?" David asked me, looking at me with adoring eyes.

"I've started a new school, you won't be at it, but Brad will, your one's nearer though."

"Um, actually, Suze, mom sort of got me into advanced placement ninth grade, I'm starting your school!"

"Oh my God David! That's so great! You're like a little genius!" I said hugging him.

"So Dave told you about his nerd thing then?" Brad called from his side of the room. He pretended he didn't care about his brother, but I knew he did really. The first thing he'd put up on any of the walls was David's cast member signed Star Trek poster and he'd moved the desk from next to his own bed, to just near the bathroom door, closer to David's side of the room.

"Yeah, I'm so proud of him!" I said enthusiastically, so David wouldn't let Dopey's cruel comment get to him. "Andy would be so proud of you, David, so would your mother." I added in an undertone to him. He beamed happily up at me.

"Yeah, they would, Dave. You're doing so well," Dopey called from the corner of the room, he caught my eye and smiled and winked at me. I couldn't help it. I smiled back at him.

It was nice to see Dopey being nice to Doc for once.

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