Hey
Okay I like wrote most of this today because I was home sick....
Part of this is for Hayley! She'll know what part. ;)
Enjoy :D
I turned to see Hannah Jackson standing there with a smirk across her features.
Hannah Jackson, one of Sierra's minions.
"Hannah have you sniffed too many nail varnish fumes again?" I said sarcastically.
"No, I heard you today in homeroom. You aren't just the mystery girl. You're their sister!"
Crap she was listening!
I turned and opened my locker.
"Hannah I'd have to look like them and have the same surname to be there sister, now wouldn't I? Do I have brown hair? No, it's naturally black. Do I have chocolate brown eyes? No, I have blue eyes. Is my name Gray? No, it's Graystones."
"But-but-but" she stammered.
"But nothing. Don't go around accusing people of thing that aren't true." I said closing my locker.
"Ha-ha you're right there's no way you could be related to them you're too uncool." She laughed and skipped away.
*_*_*_*
I came home that day to what I thought was an empty apartment.
I wandered into the kitchen to get a drink of water and dropped my bag on the table. I turned around and dropped the glass with a fright.
"Jebus!"
"Well hi to you too lil sis." Yeah she calls me her lil sis.
"Hayley, why are you just sitting in the kitchen?"
"Caitlyn was moving out of our apartment today and I couldn't be there. I can't believe she never told me and I can't believe I never copped onto it." she put her head in her hands.
"It's not your fault." I said grabbing a brush and shovel. "But this whole broken glass on the floor is." I said causing her to laugh.
"If you go to the cupboard under Nate's keyboard in his room you'll find a glass there to replace it."
I looked at her with confusion.
"They keep a secret stash of glasses because Jason breaks them a lot. He sees one bird and crash to the floor goes the glass." She explained.
I made an 'oh' shape with my mouth in understanding.
"They finding annoying at times but each time I find it funny and I'd never have my Jason any other way." She beamed and I laughed in return.
I left the room to get a replacement glass but stopped off in the bathroom on the way.
I opened the stash cupboard to find boxes and boxes of glasses.
"How many does he break!" I muttered to myself grabbing one. I went back to the kitchen and found her looking at a book that had fallen out of my bag.
"Why do you have a book belonging to an Ellie Graystone in your bag?" she asked looking at the name scribbled on the cover.
"I lost mine and she let me borrow it?" I said more of a question that a statement.
She looked at me suspiciously.
"Wait you had blue eyes a minute ago and you've brown eyes just like your brothers." She pointed out.
Crap, she noticed.
I've been able to keep the whole 'secret identity Disney channel' type thing a secret for so long and now Hayley figures it out? Hopefully she'll brush it off and won't suspect anything.
A gasp broke my concentration.
"You pretend to be someone else in school!" she said pointing at me.
Damn she figured it out. How come Jason has to go out with a smart person why?!
"You're leading a double life! Now I know why you looked so familiar that first day, when Mitchie said the name of your band, the name on the book and the fact you have a different eye colour now! It makes sense now!"
"How the hell did you figure it out but my own uncle can't" I said to myself.
"Wait your uncle?"
"Yeah my uncle Brown's my new music teacher. It's been nearly three weeks and he still hasn't figured out I'm his niece." I laughed at the looks he gives me in class.
"So when's the next gig?" she asked.
"We tried out for our school's senior prom. Justin's brother's girlfriend is in charge of music so we just played for her and hopefully we'll get it." I stated.
"Who writes your songs? I absolutely loved them."
"I write the majority."
"So are you thinking of joining the family business?" she joked.
"If I do become famous, I'll be Ellie Graystone the blue eyed girl. And I'll make it on my own." I simply stated. We then heard the door click and voices.
"Please don't mention anything about my you-know-what." I pleaded with her.
"that is just between you and me."
"What between you two?" Jason said entering the kitchen and kissing Hayley on her cheek.
"Well if we told you, it wouldn't be between us two now would it? Jeez honey," she teased.
"That's true. Oh my god guess where we took Frankie today!" he sounded excited.
"The bird sanctuary!"
"Jason it just opened a few weeks ago, how often have you gone?" I asked cautiously.
"I think hundred and forty two times." He smiled. That's for his birthday I'm getting him a hamster or something. "Oh yeah Danni, Shane has something in the living room for you."
Ugh! What does he want now? Break my heart? Rip my songbook?
"What do you want now Shane?" she asked annoyed.
"Em, I was wondering if you'd want to come guitar shopping with me. I know I broke yours and I want to buy you a new one." He said.
I did need a new guitar since mine was broken.
"Sure, I'll go grab my jacket." I said going into my room.
I opened the door of my room and on my bed I saw it.
My guitar with a huge purple ribbon around it. There was a card on top of.
I ran over and read the card.
Sorry I broke your guitar. But Frankie said it was important to you so we got it fixed and now it's as good as new. But you and I are still going guitar shopping!
Shane.
I picked up the guitar and inspected it. You couldn't even tell it was broken. The strings were replaced. I strummed it. They were tuned too. I place it back on my bed.
"Sorry broke it in the first place." Shane said from the doorway.
I ran over into his arms.
"Thank you!" I said hugging him. "Sorry I threatened your sunglass collection."
"Does this mean you forgive me?"
"Yes but you have to still get me another guitar and I think we can stop off for ice cream too."
"Wait you think?"
"I mean we are" I corrected myself.
"Aye aye captain. Let's get going."
[SHANE]
"Hey guys, I'm bringing Danni guitar shopping." I told Hayley and Jason who were now sitting on the couch.
"Can we come?" Hayley asked.
"Oh we can totally stop for ice cream on the way home!" Jason exclaimed.
I nodded and laughed at how alike Danni and Jason can be at times.
They turned off the tv and got their jackets. Danielle came out of her room and looked around.
"Anyone seen Frankie?"
"Yeah him and Nate are up in the studio. I asked what were they doing but all they said was it was a surprise." Jason informed us.
"Oh okay, well let's go!"
When we got to the lobby Danielle stopped.
"Shane, give me your glasses."
We looked at her like she was nuts.
"But they don't match what you're wearing." I argued. My sunglasses stay on MY head.
"Way to sound like a man there Shane and think I'd care no. now hand um over." She held her hand out and a flash from a camera went off.
When we got to the door cameras began to flash. I sighed in defeat and took them off.
"Thanks." She said putting them on.
"Danielle you'll have to tell the press that you're their sister eventually." Hayley reasoned.
"I know that, I'm just not quite ready yet. Or maybe I just like watching the funny things they come up with." She said slyly.
We step outside and the questioning began.
"Miss, are you having an affair with Shane?"
"Miss, are you going out with Nate?"
Were the most frequently asked question.
"Je suis désolé. Je ne parle pas l'anglais." Danielle said in a french accent.
"But miss are you going out with one of Connect 3?" another reporter asked.
"Pourquoi sortirais-j'avec un membre de bande qui est des pantalons sont trop tendu pour eux ?"she replied.
"Huh?" the whole load of reporters said in unison.
"Précusément"
I stared in astonishment at her. Since when can she speak French?
We caught up with her and waited until we were in the car to speak.
"Since when can you speak French?"
"Since I was about nine or ten. We had a French family staying with us and they taught me a lot of it and I then took it up as a class in school."
"Just curious what did you say to them?"
"Oh nothing really just I don't speak French I didn't understand them." she laughed at the last part.
*____*
When we arrived at Guitar World, Danielle ran to the door.
"OH MY GOD!" she exclaimed. "It's like I've died and gone to heaven!"
We all laughed at her reaction before walking in.
Jason went to show her where to get the best electric and acoustics to get were meanwhile me and Hayley walked to the desk.
When we got to the desk a girl with curly brown hair had her back to us.
"So, how's the search for a new roommate going?"
"Crap, no one wants to pay the rent." She complained.
"Hayley you don't even pay your own rent. Jason does."
"Against my wishes!"
"Well you have to get used to it. I pay Mitchie's third."
She just shook her head.
The girl at the counter looked up from what she was doing.
"Oh hey Hayley. Hi Shane." She said. Yes needless to say the staff of Guitar World know us way too well. We send them a Christmas card individually each year.
This girl had brown hair that fell into soft waves. She had clear blue eyes and a pale enough complexion. She was a very pretty girl in conclusion.
"Hey Shirley." We both greeted her. She smiled at us.
"So what brings you here on a Thursday?" she asked then her eyes widened, "Jason didn't break another guitar attempting back flips again did he?"
"No. We're actually here guitar shopping with my little sister. She's with Jason right now."
"Aw, you guys have a little sister? Wait no you don't it'd be all over the place if you did."
"Well I guess you could say she the 'secret Gray'" Hayley joked causing us to laugh.
"So what's her name and how old is she?"
"Danielle and she's si-" I was suddenly interrupted by Danni.
"Help I can't decided." She said holding up two guitars an acoustic and an electric.
"Why not both. I owe you big time." I said and I swear her eyes could light up all of California, they shone so bright.
"Dude you rock!"
Jason then called her and she went over to see what was wrong.
"I take it that was the 'secret Gray?'" Shirley said quoting Hayley.
"Yes, that would be her."
Suddenly Shirley's phone began to ring. She held up one finger to excuse herself.
"Hello? What do you want?... no I will not… because it was my apartment in the first place… listen, I want you out there actually you know what don't be home later, I'll move out. I wouldn't want to live in a place knowing what happened." She said before hanging up.
"Are you okay?" I asked slightly worried by her conversation.
"Just peachy." She said pulling a newspaper from under the desk. She opened it on the property page. "Just great. Now I've to find a new home."
I nudged Hayley, who was now daydreaming.
She shot me a glare but I nodded toward Shirley.
"Hey if you're looking for a place to stay. The apartment I'm staying in could do with a girl with brown wavy hair." She teased.
"Are you sure you'd want me as a roommate?"
"how soon can you move in is a better question." Hayley laughed.
Shirley jumped over the counter and hugged Hayley.
"Thank you a thousand times. You have no idea how bad I needed to move out."
"How bad?" I asked idiotically.
"Very."
"Why?" I asked once again idiotically.
"Because a week ago I caught my boyfriend and roommate sleeping with one another." She said looking angry and upset.
"Well me and the guys and go collect your stuff if you want after this. It's not like we have anything to do." By now Danielle and Jason had returned.
"Yeah, Shane's on dinner duty tonight, he'll do everything and anything from ordering pizza." Danielle joked and I shot daggers at her.
I can cook……I just choose not to.
"That's be awesome guys,"
"Woo! We have a new person to add to the gang!" Jason punched the air.
We all just laughed at him.
[NATE]
I was beginning to worry before Shane rang.
"Hey Nate, we need your help. Can you meet us at Hayley and Mitch's apartment in awhile?"
"Um sure, see yeah in a while."
I drove to their apartment to see them pulling up.
They all got out along with another girl. She had brown hair that fell into soft waves. Her eyes were clear blue. She was wearing dark blue skinny jeans and a red chequered shirt. She had blue converse on. She was so beautiful.
"Hey Nate, meet our new roomie, Shirley." Hayley smiled walking by with a box.
"Hi." She extending her hand. I took her hand and tried to ignore the sparks but I couldn't
"Hi." I smiled. Wait I don't smile. She directed her attention to Frankie then.
"Hello and what's your name?"
"I'm Frankie
"Grab a box buddy."
After we helped her move in, we collapsed on the couch.
"Moving in is hard," Frankie said.
"It is."
" Who wants to go back to ours for food and a movie?" Jason asked.
"Yes please, we never went shopping yet this week." Mitchie agreed.
We persuaded Shirley to agree and we left. Danielle came in my car with Frankie and we played the car colour game.
"Red!"
"Blue!"
"Black!"
"Nate stop cheating that a motorcycle not a car."
"It needs gas, it has wheel and it travels on the road it totally counts!" I argued.
"Does not"
"Does so"
"Does not!" Danni argued as I pulled into the park lot.
We walked past a bunch of reporters and they began to ask her questions. She ignored them and walked on. We were back first. Danni jumped on the couch and flicked on the tv and Hot Tunes was on I heard "Connect 3's mystery girl insults them in French" and she changed the channel.
"Danni go back to that,"
"Go back to what?" she said,
"Don't play dumb go back to Hot Tunes."
"Make me" she tested waving the remote in front of my face. I went to grabbed it and end up wrestling her for it,
"Give it to me or I'll tickle you"
"No way turkey legs." She said.
I began to tickle her and she shouted for me to stop.
Frankie walked in the room and looked at us.
"Hey aren't I supposed to be the kid?" he said. "By the way Danni I'm getting my casts off in a week, just incase you forgot."
I stopped tickling her so she could breathe.
"Of course I didn't forget. And I'm taking that day off school to bring you." she smiled at him and he went to sit on the armchair.
"Okay now give me the remote."
"Why we probably missed the section." She retorted.
"Still and I began to wrestle her for it again.
The others came in the door and just laughed us.
"I'm going to guess there's something about us on tv and she won't I've him the remote." Shane guessed speaking to Frankie.
"Yeah the Hot Tunes lady said ""Connect 3's mystery girl insults them in French" and she changed the channel so they wrestled for the remote."
Suddenly Jason and Shane began to help me.
"Guys this is unfair! It's three against one and you're over five years older than me," she complained in between laughs since I was tickling her.
"Got it!" Jason said grabbing it out her hand and flicking to Hot Tunes. I sat on Danielle to stop her from trying to grab the remote back.
"Why do they always have us last?" Shane asked.
"They save the best for last" Mitchie teased getting the food out of the bag.
"We saved the juiciest gossip for last."
"Today Connect 3 front man Shane and his brother guitarist Jason were seen out today with Connect 3's mystery girl and Jason's girlfriend Hayley. When reporters asked the girl was she dating any of the boys she replied in French. Her second response is getting everyone wondering what she said.
What does she mean by "Pourquoi sortirais-j'avec un membre de bande qui est des pantalons sont trop tendu pour eux ?"
Danielle burst out laughing underneath me and we all looked at her.
"This is great even Hot Tunes don't know what I said!" she said cracking up even more.
"But what did you say?" Shane asked.
"Oh don't worry your pretty little flat ironed head about what I said," she smiled.
We ate dinner and watched a dvd. Since it was our turn we decided on watching Rocky.
It was almost have way through when I looked over at Danielle and Frankie who were on the armchair. They were fast asleep.
"Hey guys, inseparable are asleep." I said.
"The inseparable?" Shirley asked confused,
"Frankie and Danni, they are nearly always together," Mitchie explained.
"Come on Jason, it's your turn to take Frankie and mine to take Danni." I said standing up.
"Why do I get the feeling they have to do this most nights?" Shirley laughed.
"Because we do" I laughed too.
I picked Danni up. She was a lot lighter than I thought. Well than last time I put her into bed. I came back out I sat down on the ground because the girls had called the couch.
When the final credits rolled on screen, there was just me and Shirley left since the others had fallen asleep.
"I know I brought my sister in to her room but not a chance I'm bringing my two lunk head brothers in to theirs."
"And I may lift drum kits and stuff for a living but no way in hell is I bringing Mitchie and Hayley home."
"Why don't you just stay the night?" I offered.
"Sure but I've no pyjamas or anything."
"You can borrow a pair of Mitchie's. She has tonnes in Shane's room."
"Em, ok sure." she smiled.
Her smile was breath taking.
Just breathe Nate, just breathe.
"I'll go get you a pair and them blankets." I said getting up.
After draping blankets on the couch sleepers I went to say goodnight to Shirley. She was sleeping the guest room since Frankie slept in Danni's more than the guest room. I knocked on the door and opened it.
"Hey I just wanna say good night…so goodnight."
She laughed, "Goodnight Nate."
I went to close the door but she spoke again.
"And thanks Nate."
"For what?"
"In the short space I've spent with you and your brothers have been nicer to me than my boyfriend of three years ever was."
"He sounds like how Shane used to be. A cocky jerk"
"That was what he was…so thanks for being really nice to me. I extremely appreciated it." she smiled a genuine smile.
"No problem, see you in the morning Shirley."
That night I had the best nights sleep since Caitlyn told me she cheated on me and all I have to do is thank Shirley for that.
What you dude(ttes) think??
and if you're wondering what the french is it:
Sorry I don't speak english
and
Why would i go out with a band member who's pants are too tight for them?
So yeah review :D
