Gaaah! I lost all my readers D'X This is part three and last part of my series, The Replacement. Thank you readers who have been with me from Part 1. I would truly love it if you would read this last part too. I do not own Just My Luck or McFLY.
Chapter 12 (Stephanie's P.O.V.)
I heard Dougie leave and waited to hear his car pull out of the driveway. When I heard the engine fade into the distance, I fine ally came out of our room. Of course the first thing I did was head to the fridge for my daily dose of coke zero. Once I pulled a can out of the fridge and popped it open, there was a knock at the front door. I was confused at who would visit me at this hour. I walked out of the kitchen and before I knew it, Ren walked in, dragging Jem behind her. Jem was screaming thrashing around behind Ren as her butt dragged across the floor.
"Um...what's going on?" I asked as Ren released Jem right before my feet. Jem's arms instantly crossed over her chest.
"This girl..." Ren pointed down at Jem. "...is the rudest, most racist, evil little bratty sister!" My jaw dropped. Never has someone talked about Jem like that...truthfully. Sure Dougie...sort of did. Plus Bianca, Erica, Ren and I have talked about her, but only Ren had the guts to say the truth in front of Jem.
"I'm going to tell Dougie!" Jem shot back, which was unaffected to Ren.
"Shut up brat! I'm not the one dating your brother!" Ren yelled back. Jem was instantly silent, but I was still confused. Why did Ren explode? What append to make her react like this?
I put my soda on the counter and walked back to Ren. "What the heck happened?" Ren immediately turned to Jem.
"She tried tricking me into hating you!" My eyebrows tightened together with annoyance.
"What?" Jem just looked away from me and then she stood up and started walking away."Jeh-mhee Poynter you get your butt back here this instant!" Jem practically froze and Ren's eyes had widened. I wasn't sure why they reacted the way they did. I mean sure I've never used that kind of tone before, but was it really a big deal?
Jem turned around and glared at me. "You're not my mother."
I put my hands on my hips and glared back at her."Family room, now." Jem dropped her head and stomped into the living room. Jem sat down on the couch, crossed her arms and sulked. I stomped in after her. My arms were also crossed over my chest and I was still glaring at her."Ever since you got here you've been two-faced. You've been the perfect baby sister for Dougie but for some unknown reason, you hate me! Explain yourself!" Jem didn't look at me. Her eyes were plastered to a spot on the floor. I groaned, irritated that I was getting nowhere with Jem. I began walking out of the family room until Jem spoke up.
"You'll take him away." I stopped in mid-step. I slowly turned around to see Jem curled up into a ball. "My parents separated. I don't like living between them. Dougie was my escape route, he's my shelter. And he's had other girlfriends before but you're different." She sniffled, pausing to hold back her tears. "You guys are so close and so in love that...I feel like you'll take him away from me. I want my brother." She buried her face into her knees and the tears finally came. I felt sorry, I really did. I walked over to her and was about to give her a comforting hug when she slapped my hand away. My hand recoiled away from the surprise."I don't want your pity." She muttered just before she got up and ran out of the family room. She didn't stop running until she ran up the stairs and into her room, slamming the door shut behind her.
I was in shock. There was clearly nothing I could do to make her accept me.
"Steph..." I slowly turned around and faced Ren. I knew she felt sorry for me, but just like Jem, I didn't want anybody to pity me. I shook my head and sat down on the couch. "Okay." She simply said as she too sat down on the couch and turned the T.V. on.
I really wished she hadn't.
The image of a pretty blonde woman popped onto the screen. She then introduced the topic of today's edition on whatever show we were even watching. 'Hot new celeb gossip on Dougie Poynter and Frankie Sandford. They're hitting it off together, better than ever!' She said as the image of the girl disappeared and was replaced by a picture of Dougie and Frankie on the screen. They were hugging. Dougie was smiling like a buffoon and Frankie seemed satisfied. Ren immediately turned the T.V. off and it was silent.
"Steph...?" I didn't know what to think. I didn't know what to do! Should I scream? Should I throw a fit? Should I just break down and cry? "Steph...are you-" She was just trying to ask me if I was okay, but once again, I didn't want any pity.
"I'm done."