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Tom's P.O.V
Chapter 11:
As soon as we heard the water running signaling that Kala was in the shower Ryan began his interrogation.
Ever since Kala went into her 'lockdown' as I call it, when she wouldn't eat, sleep or talk, Ryan had been interrogating either me or Seb about how she was acting and whether we thought she was getting any better.
He would always do it when Kala wasn't around though because we all knew that if she knew she would personally decapitate us for talking about her as if she was a ticking time bomb.
"So how was she this morning?" he asked looking at me seeing as I was the first awake.
"She was like she usually is Ryan." I told him rolling my eyes. He was getting a little too over protective if you ask me.
"Don't roll your eyes Tom, this is serious, do you want her to go back like she was before?" he asked angrily and I sighed.
Ryan had a way of making us feel guilty about anything and everything he thought we shouldn't have done. And he always got his way in a fight, well unless it was with Kal, he was just so damn convincing!
"Of course I don't I just think you are going over the top with this stuff!" I told him, now I was angry, "You need to just wait, be patient, she will go back to normal in her own time, she is getting way better everyday! Especially since we came here!"
"She may look like she is getting better Tom but that doesn't mean she is! She could just be getting better at hiding it!" Ryan argued, "You know just as much as I do that the nightmares aren't going away!"
I sighed, he was right, her nightmares weren't going away. I had hoped that they would.
"Fine. Whatever." I grumbled. I hated admitting defeat but I did it way too much when I was arguing with Ryan.
"So? What was she like?" he asked impatiently.
"I told you! She was normal okay?" I tried not to get angry but I was over Ryan and his protective ness.
"Okay we can finish this conversation later, I can't hear the water running, she must be out." Ryan said and I sighed in relief.
"Well now that you two have finished arguing I think you should go get changed," Seb told us coming down the stairs. I hadn't even noticed he had left. He was changed out of his p.j's and dressed in jeans and a shirt with a jacket over the top.
I raised my eyebrows, "Jeans?"
Seb shrugged, "First thing I pulled out of the cupboard."
"Fair enough." I said and started cleaning up his and Ryan's mess from their pancakes.
While Ryan went to get changed Seb and I washed up in silence. Then while we were waiting for Ryan and Kala to come down, decided we would have a cloth-whipping contest.
And for those of you who have lived in a hole your whole life and don't know what a cloth whipping contest is, it is where you whip your opponents butt with your cloth.
Remember now? Yeah. Thought so. And don't try and deny that you have ever participated in one of these before cause we all know there is not a person on earth who hasn't.
So while Seb and I were trying to create big red marks on the other's backside Kala and Ryan came downstairs.
I quickly glanced up when Kala cleared her throat, "Okay you primates, put the cloths down so we can go."
"Why must you refuse to believe that we are humans not primates?" I asked in a mock irritable voice.
She just shrugged and opened the front door. It had started to rain. Brilliant.
"Got the keys Ry?" She asked. Ryan tossed her the keys and she bolted out the door.
"I never understand why she can never take an umbrella." Seb sighed as he grabbed two and passed one to me.
"Cause she is our sister and she is weird." I concluded.
"Of course." Seb sighed again and we walked out the door leaving Ryan to lock up and get soaked. Cause we were such loving brothers.
"Thanks for waiting guys." Ryan said sarcastically as he climbed into the drivers seat.
"Enough with the sarcasm lets go!" Kala said impatiently.
Seb and I shared a smirk; we had both seen how her eyes lit up when Ryan announced that Leah had invited us over. And we had also seen how she acted around Seth last night at the bonfire.
They had nearly been as snugly as Ryan and Leah! Okay maybe that was a bit of an exaggeration but when Kala fell asleep on Seth he certainly didn't wake her up or anything!
I mean its not like I was angry or anything, actually I was really happy about the whole thing. Maybe this was what Kala needed to get her out of her mini depression.
It was obvious that Seth had fallen for her. And hard. I also had a feeling that maybe Kala might be coming close to falling for Seth as well.
"So what exactly did you and Leah plan on doing? I mean it's raining so we can't exactly do anything." Seb stated.
"Leah is introducing us to her Mom." Ryan stated.
Seb and I snorted, "Doesn't the whole meet the parents thing usually happen after a few dates? Not the day after you meet them?" I asked.
"Oh shut up you two. Leah is special." Ryan grumbled.
"Do you even know where you are going?" Kala asked.
After a minutes hesitation Ryan said, "Uh oh."
I sighed. Ryan may be the oldest sibling but he sure as hell wasn't the smartest.
"Your kidding me." Seb said exasperated.
"So you don't know where they live?" Kala asked trying to stay calm but I could tell it was hard.
"Well not right now, I mean she wrote her address down on a piece of paper but I left it on my bed…" Ryan explained.
"So stop driving around aimlessly so we can go get it!" Kala yelled at him losing her cool.
Without another word Ryan turned the car around and we were headed back home.
So by the time we had gotten home and Ryan had raced upstairs, grabbed the paper with the address on it and raced back into the car it was already five past ten and Ryan was freaking out.
"I can't believe I was so stupid! We are so late! She is gonna think I ditched her or something and never want to talk to me again! She is going to hate me!" Ryan kept this up all the way to the Clearwater's house.
Before any of us got out of the car Kala grabbed Ryan's face with both of her hands and turned him towards her.
"Ryan you listen to me right now. Calm. Down. Or so help me God I am going to kill you. You are driving me insane. Leah is not going to hate you just because you are ten minutes late. So shut up. Calm down. And get out of the car." Kala said in a scarily calm voice.
Once she had finished threatening Ryan she let go of his face, opened her passenger door and hopped out.
A second later we all followed her. It was still raining but we didn't bother bringing the umbrellas.
Without a glance at any of us Kala knocked on the front door. A second later three people were in the doorway, Leah, Seth and an older woman that had to be their mom.
"Hello. I'm Sue Clearwater. Come in! You'll get wet!" Mrs Clearwater said as she ushered us inside her house.
"Hello Mrs Clearwater. I'm Ryan, these are my brothers Sebastian and Tom and my sister Kala." Ryan said in a formal voice. He sound so stupid, but that is just the opinion of an annoying sibling who's job it is to insult him so don't listen to me.
"Oh call me Sue! Its lovely to meet all of you! Come in to the kitchen I have just finished baking some cookies!" Sue said with a warm smile.
I saw Kala's eyes light up and fought the urge to roll my eyes at her. Cookies were her drug. It was ridiculous.
We followed them into the kitchen that smelled of freshly baked cookies. Delicious.
"So how are you liking it here so far?" Sue asked us just as I took a bite out of a warm cookie.
"It's great! The people are so nice! And the weather is awesome!" Kala said excitedly.
Sue laughed and Seth gave Kala an odd look, "You like the weather? Its raining!" Leah exclaimed.
Kala nodded, "Yeah but I love the rain! It barely ever rained in Phoenix and here it rains all the time!"
"You'll get over it." Seth grinned at Kala.
Kala grinned back at him and her eyes lit up when she looked at him, "I don't think so, once I decide I like something I usually stick with it."
Okay maybe its just me but did my sister just attempt to flirt? Emphasis on the word attempt. Seb and I shared a glance and we both nearly burst out laughing but managed to hold it in.
"Come on Ryan I'll show you my room." Leah said and they walked out the door.
"Well Seth you might as well show Sebastian, Tom and Kala around the rest of the house. I have a feeling we won't see Ryan and Leah for a while." Sue smirked and we started laughing.
Okay it was official Sue was cool.
"I'm sorry I won't be able to stay but I have a lunch date to attend. It was nice meeting you." Sue announced and Seth grinned.
"Say hi to Charlie for me." He called out the door as Sue left.
"I will." Sue called back and she closed the door.
Seth tuned to us, "No offence but our house is small enough that you don't really need a tour and my room is too messy to even attempt to open the door at the moment." He told us slightly embarrassed.
"That's okay! We can do something else. Did you want to go to the beach? We could go surfing! It has been forever since I went surfing and the waves looked great this morning!" Kala gushed out excitedly.
Hold up, did she just say the waves looked great this morning? How would she know what the waves looked like? We didn't pass the beach on our way to the shop.
"How do you know what the waves looked like?" Seb asked suspiciously mirroring my thoughts.
Kala froze realizing her mistake. "Err… I… Umm… I'll race ya to the beach!" she cried changing the subject.
She rushed out the door before we could say anything.
Seb groaned, "Ryan is going to murder her!"
"What he doesn't know won't hurt him." I said.
"But it's still raining. Won't she get a cold or something?" Seth asked worriedly.
I rolled my eyes, "Nothing will stop her Seth. We'd better follow her."
We walked out the front door after Seth scribbled a quick note and left it on the bench for Ryan and Leah to find.
"Please stop raining." Seb murmured quietly to himself as we stepped outside.
It didn't stop raining but the rain did slow to a mere sprinkle which was handy. Seb had always had a strange gift of being able to ask the weather to change and it would. Yeah he is a freak but he's my brother and thanks to DNA testing I will never be able to disown him. Damn you science!
"Didn't she say she was going surfing? How is she going to if she doesn't have a wetsuit or a board?" Seth asked confused as we speed walked down the street headed towards the beach.
"My guess is she wore it under her clothes and she probably left her board in the back of the back of the truck without telling us so she could make a quick escape. She probably planned this all along." Seb explained sounding very scientific. How did he know this? Because we know her style and that is exactly what she would do. Sneaky kinda gal.
We reached the beach just in time to see Kala running into the water, board in her arms.
"Good guess." Seth said to Seb.
"So what are we supposed to do?" I asked. I was annoyed that I hadn't thought of wearing my swimsuit under my clothes and chucking my board in the back of the truck. I loved surfing!
"Hey why don't we just run back to Seth's grab the truck, drive home, get the boards and come back? Seb asked.
Of course! I should have thought of that! "Cool. Lets go!"
Seb and I started running back up the beach when I remembered Seth. I turned back but he was focused on Kala so I didn't bother.
By the time we got back he probably wouldn't even notice we had left.
