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Chapter: 9 Strangeness

It didn't take very long to wake up this morning as it had Monday. I pulled on a light blue v-neck long-sleeved shirt, gray skinny jeans and my pair of blue Converses. After breakfast I grabbed a dark blue zip-up sweater and headed out the door to school.

*****

Today, just like yesterday, Kim sat with us against the wall in building three. I couldn't help but notice that Jared was out yesterday and I bet that he wasn't here today either. We talked until the bell rang for first period, then headed off to class.

As I entered math class I saw Jacob talking with Embry. When I sat down in my seat Jacob turned over to me.

"So your Mom cool with you tutoring me?" He asked.

"Yup, as long as I don't fall behind in my studies, which I won't," I said.

"Yeah, can't spend too much time giving Jake lessons," Embry teased.

I laughed quietly at his joke. "I bet he would need a lot less lessons than you would."

Jacob laughed and raised his right hand for a high-five. "Nice one."

I smiled and high-fived him. I looked over at Embry who was shaking his head with a smirk on his face.

*****

The three of us walked to gym class where we were starting our volleyball unit. I had Danielle on my team along with Lilly, Embry and three other people. We only did volleyball exercises and warm ups all of class; tomorrow we would start playing games. Just like I guessed earlier Jared wasn't here today, along with Paul.

Ever since Quill told me about them being in a gang I've been noticing a lot more about them. Like how they both had some serious muscle on them, something that could hardly be accomplished without some sort of drug.

Biology wasn't what I thought it would be. Skyler genuinely asked for help with the chapter review worksheet. Which was very weird, he usually harasses me for answers and doesn't even care if he can't understand it. Things were the complete opposite today, I tried as best I could to answer any questions, thinking he may not be so mean to me if I try to help him out. Only twice did I insult him about his intelligence. The first time he glared at me before finishing writing down the answer I had given him. The second time it looked like he just brushed it off. I kinda felt bad, for some odd reason, about doing that to him. So when he had finished the two page packet I offered to hand it in for him. He nodded and I took our packets and handed them in to Mr. Smith.

*****

When I walked into World Civ. Class I saw Alivia shifting in her seat, a sure sign she was gonna ask me something.

"So what's the newest news?" I asked Alivia, sitting in my seat.

"How was Biology?" She questioned.

"Cady told you about that?" I said. I knew Alivia and Cady talked and gossiped during their fifth period class. I was surprised Sky's behavior was worthy of it.

"Yes, she did. So what did you end up doing to him so he wouldn't annoy you to death?" She said, slightly eager.

"Nothing, he was just acting really strange today," I answered.

"Really?"

"Really."

"Hmm." Alivia sat back in her chair and looked towards the front of the room. Probably applying what I had said to what she and Cady had been talking about earlier.

*****

I had found that walking home wasn't so bad. Yes, it was always rainy but the short walk gave me a bit of time to think. Somehow it was calming to hear the rain fall to the trees and the whirr of the cars passing on the wet pavement. I've been having these lone walks a lot now. I only rarely walked with Skyler, and if I did there was always a great distance between the both of us. It was like there was a truce between us, there was the walking home thing and the TV pact. I would now always go straight to my room after grabbing a snack from the kitchen and do all my homework. While I did that he had the TV, but once I was done and coming down the stairs he would leave on the TV for me and head upstairs.

Walking home today, all by myself, I couldn't help but notice that our relationship wasn't a normal brother-sister relationship. Until today, Sky had been putting a lot of distance between us. He hardly talked during dinner or during breakfast. It wasn't just me he was shunning either, he hardly even said a word to mom and the same went for his dad, which was surprising. I had always found his relationship with his dad something I imagined every boy wanted with his father.

*****

After our now usual silent dinner, Scott asked to talk with me after I was done putting the dishes in the dishwasher. Placing the dishes in I thought about what Scott would want. It of course wasn't anything bad, I haven't really done anything to deserve a stern talking to. I then placed the last fork in the little holder, loaded the Cascade in and started the dishwasher. I walked into the family room and Scott rose from the chair he was sitting in.

"So, what do you wanna talk about?" I asked.

He took a big breath then asked, "How's school going?" I just knew that that wasn't what he was going to say. There was a serious air about him and school wasn't going to get him riled up like that.

"Fine," I said dismissively, shifting my weight to my left foot and Scott sighed.

"How are things with Sky?"

I was surprised by his question, this was all about Sky? I thought for a second to come up with a simple answer for his question.

"Things are fine, though a little distant."

Scott nodded like he understood. "Well, I just needed to tell you that if he ever opens up to you, be nice. I want him to be able to have a normal conversation with someone."

I thought back to Biology class when Sky had, in Scott's words 'opened up'. I internally cringed thinking I already hadn't been nice.

"Okay, I'll try," I said, also promising myself that I would.

"I hope you will Holly," Scott said seriously.

He then walked off and left me standing in the living room with questions running through my head. What is up with Scott? And Sky? They're both acting very strange. I had to figure out what was going on, I just had to. I turned on the TV so everyone else thought I was watching it, while I was really thinking about Skyler's strange behavior and Scott's seriousness.

A/N: I know this wasn't very long, but it was loaded with info about the family. Can you guess what the deal is with Sky not talking to his dad and Michelle?