Brothers
Chapter Four
"Claire and I go to Degrassi Community School. We're meeting Connor and Alli here." KC told Spinelli.
"You go to a public school? Well then why is Claire wearing a uniform?" Spinelli whispered to his brother in confusion.
His brother just shrugged and gave a sheepish grin. "She feels comfortable dressing like that. Before this year,she went to a private school." He said,looking at her. He noticed that Claire was staring at Spinelli and shook his head at her.
"Oh." Spinelli muttered.
Finally,Maxie and Claire seemed to finally come out of their own thoughts and looked torwards Spinelli and KC again. "So what is there to do around here?" Maxie asked,with one hand resting on her hip.
"We have a mall and a theater and a small beach not too far from here and an arcade." Claire answered,smoothing out her plaid skirt.
Maxie grimaced. "So in other words there isn't anything." She said,disdain feeling her voice.
"The Jackal likes this town. It's so nice and quiet,peaceful." Spinelli answered,glaring a bit at Maxie for sounding rude.
"There's a skate park!" KC interrupted eagerly,eyes dancing brilliantly. "If you guys don't know how to skate I can teach you!"
Claire rolled her eyes. "Ignore him. He loves skateboarding. Infact when we first met I thought he was in the wrong class. He didn't look like he belonged in the accelerated classes." She declared.
Spinelli smiled when he saw KC roll his affectionatly at the girl.
Maxie was watching the whole exchange with a smile curved upon her lips. It was a nice site to behold. Seeing Spinelli with his kid brother. Although Spinelli had never really spoken about his past,Maxie got the hint that it wasn't all sunshine and roses. Infact his granny,in his own words, was "the only one who gave a damn about him." She knew that abandonment was probably the reason Spinelli stayed in the mob with Jason and had cared about LuLu even when she treated him like crap on her shoe.
Just then a girl with long,black hair and dark eyes and a boy with dark hair and glasses walked into the diner and over to the foursome. "Hey Claire,KC!" The girl said happily,looking at her friends' companions with curiousity in her eyes.
Claire smiled and turned to her friends. "Hey Alli,Connor." She replied,she looked at Spinelli and Maxie and Spinelli and introduced the four to one another quickly.
They all talked for a little while longer as they ate their food,then Claire and KC and Alli and Connor headed home.
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Maxie and Spinelli were on the way back to their hotel room,talking about the events of the day. "Your brother is absolutely adorable!" She squealed with a clap of her hands,earning a look from Spinelli.
"I'm glad you like him. The Jackal just wonder how he is going to tell his Brotherly One that we are related." He said,his hands gripping the steering wheel of the car so firmly that his knuckles were white.
Maxie frowned and placed a soothing palm on her friends knee,rubbing gently. "Don't worry Spinelli. You'll figure it out." She told him matter of factly,giving him a reassuring smile.
Spinelli faked a smile and turned his gaze back to his driving. "Telling his brother that he had been lied to for most of his life would be the hardest feat he'd ever have to conquer.
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Across town,Claire Edwards was wondering why Damian Spinelli had seemed so familiar--and why he reminded her of KC of all people.
