Hey readers! Thank you so much for all of the reviews, I enjoy reading them. So, I'd have to say that this chapter is where the story begins to become interesting. I know that the last chapter, the events kind of happened fast, but I really didn't want to make that big. Oh yes and Pretty Little Liars is tonight in about an hour! I'm hoping that there will be at least 2 Ezria scenes…Yeah, so let's get on with the story. Enjoy!
Chapter 3
I sighed loudly as I added the last little piece of the Louis Vuitton logo. I smiled as I pulled back and looked at my work. A manga frog, Chanel logo, a girl playing field hockey and my beautiful recreation of the Louis Vuitton logo, copied straight from my mom's very own purse. Everything Ali enjoyed, I enjoyed. I loved it. I added some glitter to the edges of the piece of my flag and then left my bedroom to go put it back-not before putting the flag in one of the drawers of my desk.
I go into the living room and see my mom and dad cuddled up next to each other and me being Ali, I interrupted them, "Mom, thanks for lending me your bag. I'm done with it." I hold it out to her and she grabs it and throws it onto the couch across the room.
I leave the room and go back upstairs to my room. I spend a couple of hours in there, before deciding to leave to go shopping. I put on a pair of jean short, a simple, green t-shirt that says 'I've Been Naughty...'. I put on a pair of platform heels that had colorful, cloth, straps that wrapped around my ankles shortly. I grab a purse and go downstairs. I stop in front of my dad and say, "Can I have some money? I want to go to the mall. Oh and mom, can you drive me there too. You don't have to be with me. You can go to the café or something. Please!"
My mom sighed and got up, kissing my father, before going upstairs to get her purse. I see my dad begin to take out his wallet out of the back pocket, and pull out some dollar bills. He hands them to me and without looking at how much he gave me, I stuff them into my purse, smile at him, and leave. I wait by the car, and a couple minutes later, my mom comes out and we both get into the convertible.
She drives quickly to the mall and gets out. I see her head to a place which is called 'Rive Gauche' which I am guessing that it is a café. I begin to walk around, passing through Sephora and Aeropostale and picking up new clothes. I was planning to go to the Michael Kors to get a wallet, but two girls came up to me and one of them screeched in a scratchy voice that went with her rat-like features, "Hey Ali! Where have you been, we haven't seen you since yesterday!"
I wanted to say, 'Shut up! My name is Courtney! And yesterday probably means 12 hours ago so calm down!', but since I'm so polite, I just plastered a smile on my face and said, "Hey girls! I know, it's been so long. I've missed you." They each hug me and stand there waiting for me to say something.
"So, what are you doing at the mall? Riley and I were about to go stop at Ralph Lauren to go and get my dad a cologne for my dad's birthday." The short-necked, blonde haired girl asked.
"I was about to go to Michael Kors to get a wallet, I really need a new one." I answered.
Riley began to speak again, "Well, me and Naomi can meet up with you at Starbucks. Then we can go to H&M. We all need new summer dresses. We should also be getting some party dresses for the celebration sleepover. I'm guessing that you found the flag already?"
I smirked and said, "I decorated it too. Anyways, you guys can come over at 9. Oh and if you get to Starbucks before me, do me a favor and order my regular drink. Bye. Let's meet in an hour." I walk off without listening to their replies. I walk into the store and begin to look at the small selection of wallets they had.
"Hey Ali." I turn around and see a girl who is probably already going to finish high school. She had brown, curly hair and green eyes that just seemed to say, 'I'm better than you.' She looked like she was in high school, probably almost going to graduate. She had a very mature-looking face.
I plaster yet another smile on my face and say, "Hey. What are you doing here?"
She raises her eyebrow at me answers, "I'm shopping, of course. What are you doing at a Michael Kors store?"
"I'm buying a new wallet. My old one is getting ugly. Are you here with anyone?"
"Um…yeah, my boyfriend, Liam. He's paying at the register. Are you here with anyone?" She asks.
"I'm here with my mom. She's at Rive Gauche and I'm going to Starbucks to meet up with Naomi and Riley." I pick out a random wallet, either way all of them are nice while a boy who looks a little older than the girl, walks up to her and says, "Melissa, I paid. We can go now."
Melissa. Hm. Nice name.
She smiles at me, "Bye Alison, I'll see you soon." She begins to walk away and I begin to walk the cash register. I smile at the lady and she charges me for it and I quickly walk away. It takes me a while to find Starbucks, but I soon find it and see the girls sitting at a table in the corner. They seemed too have been waiting for me, not even bothering to talk to each other. Ugh. How did Alison deal with them? Either way it's not like I'm going to be keeping them for long.
Once I get there they hand me what I'm guessing is Ali's regular and then they begin to talk about everything they got, then asking me what I got. We stay there for a couple of hours and I soon go back to Rive Gauche and meet my mother, we leave, thank god.
LINE BREAK
"You took the damn piece! Give it back!" I screeched. I know he took it.
"No I fucking di-" He began to deny but I cut him off.
"Don't give me that shit." I said, gritting my teeth together.
He began to turn red, but slowly began to burst into laughter.
I clenched my fists and he stopped laughing, but he left that stupid smirk on his face.
"Don't!"
"Don't!" He imitated.
"Stop it."
"Stop it." He did it again.
I turned around and got the vase that was lying on the dining table and attempted to throw it at him but he quickly dodged it by ducking down. "Enough!" We both look at the staircase –where the noise came from- and see my dad. I grab a picture frame and try to throw it at Jason, but he grabs it from my hand and it throws it to the ground. He then storms out of the house leaving me alone with dad. Wow. What a very angry drama queen.
For the next five minutes, I listen to my dad's talk about how I should be calm around Jason and blah, blah, blah. I soon go outside and see 4 completely obvious shadows. One is ducked behind the oak tree. A second is hiding among the tall tomato plants that are growing in the yard. A third is crouched behind a pruned raspberry bush and the last is trying to hide behind the boulder near the shed.
I roll my eyes and yell out, "You can come out now!" I see two of the shadows move their hands to their mouths and one other one ducked down further into her hiding spot. "Seriously. I know someone's there. But if you have come for my flag, it's gone. Someone already stole it." I see my neighbor come out of the raspberry bush.
"What? Who?"
The one behind the oak tree emerges next and then the other two. I sit down on the stone bench near the small koi pond and sigh. I take off my wedges and sink my feet into the soft green grass. "I don't know who." I answer. "One minute, the piece was in my bag. The next minute it was gone. I'd decorated it already and everything. I drew this really cool manga frog, the Chanel logo and a girl playing field hockey. I worked forever on the Louis Vuitton initials and pattern, copying the design straight from my mom's handbag I got it perfect. I felt my face start to form into a pout. I had to lie. They couldn't know that my brother had taken it from my room while I was out at the mall. "The loser who took it is going to ruin it, I just know it." That part was true. Who knows where Jason is right now. Probably in the woods with his stoner buddies, already drawing a boob on it.
"Ali?" All of us turn our heads and I see my mother on the deck. "We're going to the brunch at the club, now okay?"
"Okay." I answer. I turn around to my neighbor and point to her, "You're Spencer, right?" I've heard Ali talk about how Spencer always tried to be perfect. She said that it ran in the family.
She nods and I look at the other. They tell me their names and I nod. Spencer asks, "So, uh, where was your flag stolen?"
I blink. "Um, the mall." I began to chew on my pinky finger.
The chubby girl, Hanna, begin to talk, "What store? Tiffany? Sephora?" I raise my eyebrows at her, who knew that someone like her would know the names of upscale shops.
"Maybe." I murmer.
"You know, the stealing clause shouldn't even be permitted. It's just…mean." I push a strand of hair behind my ear and shrug. I see a light snap off upstairs.
Emily began to talk for the first time, "So where did Jason hide the piece?"
I began to spin the silver ring on my finger, "Uh, right. Just somewhere in the school. So…bye." I go into the house. And snap on the light from my room and lay down.
LINE BREAK
I hear the back door slam and jump up from my bed. I go downstairs and see Jason. "Jason." He looks up at me and raises his eyebrows as if to say, what do you want now? My voice softened, "Can I have my flag back?" He rolls his eyes and snorts.
"I gave it to one of those little friends of yours. The goth one, Aria." My eyes practically pop out of my head and he leaves me on the staircase to go answer the door and in comes a lot of his retarded friends. I go out the back door and just cross the property line and go to Spencer's. I knock on the white backdoor and Melissa answers.
She smiles at me and says, "Hey Ali. What do you need?"
"Is Spencer here?"
"Yeah, come in." She opens the door and moves aside to let me in. I step in and see their beautiful house. It's much prettier than my own.
Spencer begins to come down the stairs and I giggle at her shocked face when she sees me. "Alison, what are you doing here?"
"I came here because I was wondering if I could stay here until Jason's stoner buddies leave. My parents are at a brunch so invited all of them over."
"Yeah, sure. Come on." I follow her up to her room, which is much bigger than mine. "Do you want me to invite Emily, Hanna, and Aria? I have their phone numbers." I nod my head and sit down on the couch in front of her window. She calls the girls and soon, we end up having a sleepover.
Thank you so much for reading Chapter 3 of 'Sister, Dear'. PLL was amazing and I'm glad they finally found out about Jenna's eyesight. Anyways, I'll probably be updating this on Friday. I hope you enjoyed it and I am still looking for a beta reader so if you would like to be a beta reader for this story then please send me a message and I will check out your beta profile. Thank you! Review. PLEASE!