Thanks to everyone for reviewing :D
P.S In England DT stands for Design Technology
I was waiting for Mike with Austin. My school made us go to school on Saturday, but we could wear what we wanted. I was wearing a pair of blue high waisted jeans which I ripped, a black jumper, which hung off of my shoulder, and I had rolled the sleeves up to my elbow. The Jumper had the word LOVE on it in big purple writing, like the 60s pop art, except the O was a heart. I was also wearing my purple vans, my white Pauls boutique watch on my left wrist, and 7 wristbands on the right, each in the order of the rainbow. Austin was wearing black jeans, with an emerald green Superdry T-Shirt, with a black button up shirt which he left open and green converse.
"So, when's he getting here?"
"He said he would be here by 2, it's 2.30." I sighed, checking my watch. Mike doesn't really seem like the kind of person who'd be disorganised, I hope he didn't bring everyone else.
"Don't worry, it was worse at my other care home, they would be hours late, so I told them to just get me a train pass." He said, slouching against a wall. After a few minutes of awkward silence, the minibus finally pulled up, I guess he brought everyone else.
"Great, he brought everyone else." I muttered to myself as I got on, Austin shortly followed
"Sorry we're late Tess, everyone wanted to see the area, and we lost track of time." Mike explained to me
"That's fine, by the way this is Austin." I said, introducing him to everyone else, while I scanned the minibus to see who was on it, everyone was here except Frank, Liam and Electra. Everyone already knew about Austin, Mike had told them.
"Hey, I'm on my way back, finally! xxx" I texted to Liam, after about a minute he replied.
"Thank god, I was missin ya ;) xxx" Once I read his text, I wondered if he knew about Austin. I guess he should know, Mie did tell everyone. Carmen and Tee instantly started talking to Austin, as we were in the seats behind them. Lily's respite care was over so she had gone to live with her dad. I spent the rest of the journey home, texting Liam and playing games, whilst Austin was listening to music. When we arrived, I went in and I was instantly bear hugged by Liam
"Titch!" He yelled,
"Calm down Liam, I haven't been gone for that long!" I tried to say, I heard wolf whistles coming from the living room, but they shut up quickly. Liam let go and went into the living room to play pool with Rick and Frank.
"So Austin, do you want a drink? Mike says he'll sort out the test."
"What drinks are there?"
"Orange juice, coke, milk." I answered
"Coke then." Austin replied, as I got out a 2l bottle of coke
"Well, there's hardly any in this, so just take the bottle." I say, handing it to me. I glanced over at Liam to see him looking at me raising an eyebrow. I looked away feeling confused. I went to Mike's office to get the DNA test that Mike organised.
"Ok Tess, we're going to need a swab from the inside of your cheek. Same with Austin." Said Mike, as he handed me two swabs and 2 plastic bags. I got them and went to my room with Austin. Austin had just gone in, when Liam came up to me.
"Tess we need to talk." Liam said, hinting agitation in his voice.
"About what?" I asked, looking up at him
"About ya and the new boy, what the hell's goin' on?" He asked, obviously pissed off,
"He goes to my school, what ar-"
"What the fuck are ya up to at school then? 'Aven't you forgotten that I'm ya boyfriend?!" He said through gritted teeth.
"What the fuck Liam? Weren't you fucking listening when Mike told EVERYONE, that I was bringing him with me today, for a DNA test? He might be my fucking brother!"
"Tess-"
"Maybe you should at least ask what's happening before flipping out!" I said, walking back into my room. Austin was admiring my guitar.
"I see that you've seen my guitar then." I said, trying to keep my mind off of Liam.
"Yep, by the way, how many instruments do you play?"
"17"
"Holy shit! Which are?" Austin asked, seeming impressed
"Piano, Accoustic Guitar, Violin, Electric Guitar, Keyboard, Trombone, Drums, Saxophone, Flute, Trumpet, French Horn, Harp, Bass Guitar, Cello, Double Bass, Harmonica, and singing, if that counts. Oh and I used to play the bagpipes."
"May I ask how the hell did you have time for that?!" He asked
"I'd spend my entire Sunday, Monday, and half of Tuesday in lessons." I explained, "Now at Rosewood Grace, I can take all the lessons in school instead. I played instruments because I was dyslexic, I was always amazed that I could understand sheet music without a problem, usually words and letters break up and dance around the page. I threw so many tantrums in primary school, I got so annoyed" I said, realising that I was starting to rant. "Why did you do sports?"
"Well, I remember, when I was about 9, I was moved to this care home, which I was absolutely terrified of, it made Burnywood look nice. I tried to stay the hell away from it, so I signed up to as many clubs as I could, Football, Basketball, Rugby, Hockey, even Sailing… oh yeah, Canoeing and Kayaking. I got really good at them, and got on most of the teams. It was helpful since I could finally get away from school on some weekends. " He explained.
"You went to Burnywood? It seems like everyone went there, I guess it's a shame I didn't find you earlier." I mumbled, but Austin still heard me
"It's fine, better late than never." He said with a small smile. "So, let's do that DNA test before we forget."
"Ok," I said, handing him one of the swabs and the bag. He did what Mike said was needed to be done before I could even say.
"How do you know how to do DNA tests?" I asked
"I may have suspected a few people of being in my family, but they all came back negative. That's why I was a bit paranoid about you. I think I gave up looking for my family when I was 12."
"Same actually, I ran away a few times. At least this time I found them. Austin, what will happen if we're not brother and sister?"
"Then we'll be friends, you helped me around the school and got those crazy girls to stop stalking me." He said, making me laugh a bit.
"It's nothing, besides, I kind of predicted that would happen when I was showing you around. So many girls, and a few guys were staring at you." I said, I quickly did the DNA test and put the swab in the plastic bag. "I'm going to give these to Mike" I said, as picked up both the bags and went downstairs. I heard Liam and Frank talking, I thought nothing of it until I realised they were saying something about me. Suddenly feeling nosy, I stopped dead in my track, eavesdropping on their conversation. I was at the bottom of the stairs, I couldn't see them, they couldn't see me. I could only hear them.7
"Great. I've only gone at yelled at Tess about that new boy, did you know that he could be her brother?" Liam asked, I was guessing they were playing pool
"Yep. Mike told everyone, I don't remember where you were all of that day, you weren't even there when everyone was talking about it."
"I've fucked up completely haven't I?" said Liam, "I don't even know what came over me, of course Tess wouldn't cheat."
"Liam, what did you say to her?" Frank asked
"I told her that we need to talk, about her and that boy. I thought he was a new kid. I felt really annoyed when she paid attention to him; I just wanted to tell that guy right there and then to piss off. Then she told me that she goes to her school. I interrupted 'er, and asked 'er what the hell she was up to at school. Then she told me that 'e might be 'er brother, and then she stormed off" Liam explained
"Liam, I think you're jealous." Frank said
"But I was never like that with any other girl I've gone out with. I guess that's why I freaked out"
"You're used to it being the other way around." Frank said. I had no idea that he know about all this stuff.
So Liam's jealous, for his sake, let the relentless teasing begin.