Wow! Down to the last few chapters! What a road it's been! Lol. I just want to thank those of you who've been with me since the beginning. Well, here it is! The second to the last chapter of 'Dear Sister'. Show me some love, review!

CHAPTER 4

Unfortunately, it had been an oversight on Reggie's part that the following week was a school holiday, North Shores High School would be closed that Monday all the way through to Friday.

So instead of having to avoid Otto for two days, Reggie would have to survive a whole week alone with him.

Otto had been unusually quiet this whole time. After the shower incident, he went to his room and made no attempts to leave the house whatsoever. He did not stop in front of her door anymore, he did not call to her, nothing.

Her father called every other day, however all his calls were intercepted by Otto, who always had an excuse as to why Reggie wasn't able to talk. Not that Reggie had the courage to tell him anything anyway. It did help though to further her isolation.

She couldn't live like that anymore and made a desperate move to regain some normality. Getting on her computer, she e-mailed her friends Gina and Sarai, begging them to come to her house for a sleep over. Both responded quickly with an excited 'yes' and set the sleepover for that night.

Reggie bolted from her room the minute she heard the doorbell ring. Otto had been downstairs and was relatively shocked to see her. Her heart pounded in her chest, but Reggie ignored him and opened the door.

"Hola!" Gina and Sarai said in unison, holding up sodas and chips. Reggie smiled and threw her arms around the girls, forcing herself to keep from crying. They would never know just how relieved she was to see them.

"Glad to see you too, Reg," Gina said, confused. Reggie stood up straight, "Sorry, I've just been so bored!" she lied.

The girls looked past Reggie to the boy now retreating up the steps, Gina in particular, "Who's that?" she asked with obvious interest. Reggie had nearly forgotten that they didn't know who Otto was and that they weren't at the prom, she counted her lucky stars for the coincidence, "That's just my brother." she said in a passing tone.

"I didn't know you had a brother!" Gina replied incredulously, "How old is he? Has he been going to our school?"

"17 and no, he goes to another school, are you going to continue ogling him or will you be coming inside?" Reggie didn't want to embarrass Gina, but she needed the subject off of her brother right now. As she expected, Gina blushed and muttered a "just curious", entering the Rocket house and closing the door.

"I asked you guys to come over to hang out, not to set me up," Reggie said in response to a picture that had been shoved in her face.

Gina's hand flew up defensively, "We know, we know, but this one was waaaay too good to pass up!"

Reggie made a face, "I don't know guys, I really don't feel like dating anyone right now."

"Torrence was an idiot, don't let him deter you!" Sarai chimed in.

"It's not just Torrence, it's Jeremy, Caleb, and all the others that never wanted to see me again," Reggie said, with everything that was happening with Otto she'd forgotten the problems she was having keeping a boyfriend. It depressed her that it was now getting slapped in her face on top of all the other things she was dealing with, but at the same time it made her happy that she was able to focus on something different than the constant fear of being alone with him.

"Again, we know but this one is different."

"How so?" she asked with a smirk.

"Those were boys, stupid high school boys! This is a man Reggie,"

DING DONG!

All three girls looked towards the hallway as someone pushed the doorbell incessantly. Reggie heard Otto's door open, he walked by without so much as a sideways glance. They heard the front door open and loud voices.

"O-toh!" someone said, then Reggie heard what sounded to be like high fives and other obnoxious forms of greeting.

"Whazzzap!" Another voice asked, "I brought munchies...for later...hahaha."

"Was your brother going to have friends over too?" Gina asked. Reggie turned from the doorway. Who would Otto invite? Other than Twister, Sam,and Tito the only people that came to see him were the caretakers and nurses.

"He shouldn't have..." she said.

"Hey, baby doll," a girl said, causing Reggie to freeze. Footsteps got closer and the three watch as two stoner-looking guys passed. One, a boy with pseudo-dreads and more piercings than a tattoo convention walked by, then backed up and grinned into Reggie's room, "He-llo ladies," he said.

Reggie cringed and the boy just bounded in and took a seat next to her, his eyes were bloodshot and he reeked of pot, "Kail," he said, extending his hand. Reggie reluctantly offered hers and regretted it with every kiss he placed on it.

"So what we up to?" he asked, apparently under the impression that anyone wanted him in the room. Gina and Sarai stared at the guy like he was from outer space.

"K!" everyone turned back to the door where Otto was standing with his arm draped around a girl's shoulder.

"What up, yo?" he asked.

"Out," Otto barked.

Reggie looked at the girl next to Otto up and down, she looked like she was at least 21 and just came out of a stripper's club. Otto caught her glance and the two stared at one another for a moment before Reggie jerked her head away, clearly giving him the cold shoulder.

"If I leave, who will protect these lovely ladies?" he asked jokingly. Otto's hard stare told him however that he'd better get moving or face the consequences.

Kail rose and bowed, "Sorry ladies, it seems as though my associate requires my assistance. I shall return later," he said, bounding out of the room. Otto pulled the girl closer to him and kissed her neck before starting down the hall to his room.

"Who the heck were they?" Gina asked.

Reggie didn't hear her, she was too busy looking at the spot where her brother just stood. Anger riled from deep within her heart, 'That was fast Otto,' she spat in her mind, 'Wait, why the hell should I care? He may finally be out of my hair!' When she realized the way she was acting she shook her head and turned back to the girls.

"O.k. Who is this again?" Reggie asked, not answering her friend's question.

Gina popped another chip in her mouth, Sarai answered for her, "His name is Seth, he goes to college at North Shores."

Reggie looked at the picture, he wasn't a bad looking guy, quite the contrary. A tall boy with jet black hair and deep blue eyes was grinning with two other guys on either side of him. She'd definitely be interested in him, but would they hit it off? Would he be just like the rest, one good date and that was it. Reggie didn't want to believe that that was her lot in life, but she couldn't take the disappointment anymore.

"So do you want me to call him or not?" Gina asked, her cell already out and opened. Reggie hesitated, not sure what was the best avenue.

"He's hot, Reg!" Gina pushed.

"He's smart, driven, in the basketball team and he skates!" Sarai chipped a few more gems in there.

"O.k." Reggie said after a while, "Go for it."

"Peace!" Reggie looked at her doorway in time to see the two guys passing by, 'They're leaving already?' she wondered, hopeful. Kail popped his head into the doorway, "Sayonara my sweet goddesses, until next time!" he blew them all a kiss and took off.

"Yeah Buddy, in you dreams," Sarai spat, "Can you believe that pot head?" she asked.

Reggie's eyes lingered to see if the girl was leaving as well, nothing.

Otto was in his room, alone, with the girl.

'Why the hell should I care?' Reggie asked herself, willing the unsettling feeling in her heart to go away. This was a step in a good direction, Otto must have decided to listen to reason. That aside, her brother was a grown boy and would naturally bring a girl home every now and then. It was none of her concern.

"Reg, you o.k?" Gina asked, snapping Reggie out of it.

"I'm fine, why ask?"

"You've just had this really pissed look on your face," she said. Sarai nodded in agreement.

"Oh! Um…yeah…I just hate it when Otto brings people over at the same time I do," she lied.

"Aw, leave him alone. He's young like us. Let him have his fun," Gina's words did nothing to sooth Reggie and was subsequently the last push she needed to get up and go to his room.

She pressed her ear to his door, straining to hear anything. Unfortunately Otto had his stereo on loud so the only discernible noise was that of Immortal Technique.

'It's not that I care, I just don't need his dumb ass getting sick because he decided to be an idiot with a girl!' that reasoning was good enough in Reggie's mind to mask her real reason and open the door.

Never in her life did she regret such an act.

The only thing Otto moved was his head to glare at the intruder. The rest of his body was crouched over the girl, one hand was pressing against her leg, the other was knuckle deep between Tanya's slick folds. Otto used the fact that Tanya hadn't noticed someone else was watching to his advantage. He removed his fingers and slid them in again, all the while watching Reggie's face react to the girl's moans.

"You're sick!" she whispered. Tanya heard her that time and sat up, pulling her skirt down. Otto rose from his bed and made his way to the door, "Then why'd you stick around?" he asked in a low voice that only Reggie could hear, "Jealous?"

Reggie fought to keep from slapping him, instead she decided to play his game, "Don't be mad that that's as close as you'll get to me," she said, allowing a seductive smile to grace her lips. That hurt Otto and she knew it, Otto grabbed the door, "I don't give a shit about you! Now butt out!" he yelled, slamming the door in Reggie's face.

She hated a lot of things right now, she hated what happened at the prom, she hated what happened in the shower, she hated that she couldn't cry right now, as badly as she wanted to, she hated that Otto was in his room with a girl, she hated that that bothered her, she hated the words that came out of her mouth, she hated the words that came out of his mouth, but most of all, she hated the fact that she felt like Otto cheated on her.

'Am I as sick as he is?' she wondered, tears threatened the corners of her eyes but she couldn't let them fall, her friends were here and she didn't need an interrogation.

"Reg!" Reggie wiped the tears away and turned as Gina bounded up to her, "He said yes! He wants to go on a date with you!"

"Who?" Reggie asked, Gina looked at her as though she had a dead fish hanging from her mouth, "Seth!" she said, she looked like a puppy who'd gotten his first chew toy.

Reggie looked back at the door, Otto's words playing over and over in her head. She then sighed and turned back to Gina, "O.k., I'll do it."

So what do you think? The last chapter should be up before too long! R & R