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Chapter 26
"I kissed a girl and I liked it," Craig sang as he lay across four chairs in the waiting room. Robert looked over at him rolling his eyes as he sat next to him. Madison was lying on three chairs across from them with her eyes closed. Matthew was leaning against the wall, watching the three of them.
"Well, I would hope so," Robert commented to Craig.
"The taste of her cherry chapstick," Craig mumbled.
"She wears watermelon chapstick," Robert said.
"Really? Interesting," Craig said as Madison opened her eyes.
"She doesn't like cherry chapstick, she thinks it's too sweet," Madison told them.
"Watermelon is sweet," Craig said looking over at Madison who shrugged closing her eyes again.
"Her favorite movie is Juno," Robert said with a hint of a smile on her face.
"She drank tons of Sunny D after seeing that movie," Matthew added.
"She told me that she's not sure god exists because why would he make poisonous tomatoes," Craig said and Robert laughed.
"Makes sense," Madison stated.
"She likes fried shrimp but hates any other kind of seafood," Matt muttered.
"She wants three kids," Robert said.
"But she also thinks that would be unfair unless they are all the same sex," Madison added.
"She thinks musicals are an example of how the world should be," Matt replied.
"I agree," Craig said.
"She bit me once on the shoulder for telling her to be quiet," Robert said frowning.
"She bit me on the leg once when we were fighting, like physically fighting, it was hilarious," Madison said.
"She thought it was funny when Danny made that flag of her bras," Robert said smiling now.
"No she didn't!" Madison exclaimed her eyes flying open.
"Yeah she did! She just didn't want to tell anyone but I got it out of her," Robert said.
"I think I am going to call Ellie," Craig said after a few minutes of silence.
"Why?" Robert asked.
"Whenever I was depressed, she always made me happy," Craig answered.
"When I think of Ellie, the last thing I think of is happiness. No offense to her, I mean, she's a great girl…just really depressing," Robert said.
"Sometimes, but with the right circumstances, she can be very refreshing," Craig told him.
"Is she your girlfriend?" Madison asked.
"Craig doesn't have girlfriends, he has girls he sleeps with," Robert said.
"Dude, what did I ever do to you," Craig asked.
"Let's see…," Robert said, giving him a look and immediately, Craig was silenced. After a few minutes, Madison spoke up, her voice shaky.
"Do you think Isabella will be okay?" she asked with tears threatening to fall. Over the past few hours, since the surgery had gone on, the four had been sitting there talking about her, but in a way not acknowledging what had happened. None of them had spoken her name, referring to her as "she". Craig immediately got up and went over to Madison, pulling her into a hug.
"She's going to be fine. She hates to lose, why would she start losing now?" Craig assured Madison. Matt was looking away from them, trying to hold back his own tears while Robert stared intensely at Craig and Madison.
"It doesn't make sense," he whispered, angrily and Craig looked up at Robert.
"Dude, what are you talking about?" Craig asked.
"It wasn't you, was it?" Robert asked suspiciously.
"I don't know what you are talking about," Craig answered.
"Who called that night you idiot?!" Robert asked and Craig's eyes widened.
"It wasn't him," Matt said softly and they all looked at him.
"You were going to ruin everything," Matt said, his voice low but his eyes intense.
"Matt! You didn't!" Madi said, her voice revealing her shock.
"I was sleeping over Anthony's house that night and we went out to get some soda and stuff. I saw you two and I knew. You were going to ruin her life; you were going to ruin everything. She deserves so much better. What can you give her? You already have a kid and now you've stuck her with one. I had to try and stop you but it didn't work as you can see," Matt explained.
"I knew the minute you two started this little game that you were going to ruin everything. You've destroyed our family. Izzy might die because you had to break the rules. My dad is in the hospital because he was so worried about her that he couldn't take care of himself," Matt said.
"You never liked me," Robert realized.
"They were all so dazzled by you. You were the "great Robert", even my dad was amazed by you…but I saw right through all that," Matt said. Madison stood up now shock and anger causing her whole body to shake.
"How could you do that? She's our sister," Madison asked.
"I was protecting her," Matt answered.
"By breaking her heart? Well it looks like your plan worked because now she is dying!" Madison yelled.
"That's not my fault. I wasn't the one who slept with her behind our dad's back and got her pregnant or the one who drove with her while being drunk. There are only two people to blame for this. So don't you dare look at me and point the finger," Matt said.
"You told on her!" Madison yelled.
"Madi, don't! He was just doing what he thought was right," Robert objected and Madison looked at him like he had lost his mind.
"He ruined everything. She cried herself to sleep every night after you left. She was sad even when she was asleep. She had nightmares that caused her to wake up screaming and he is trying to stand here and say he did nothing wrong," Madison said.
"He was doing what he thought was best," Robert said.
"Have you gone insane?" Madison asked.
"No, but I know if I thought anyone was going to hurt my sister I would do whatever I had to do to protect her," Robert said.
"She's already been through enough this year, I didn't want to see her hurt again. I figured she would get over you," Matt said.
"Well, I guess your plan didn't go the way you expected," Madison said.
"You never know, when she wakes up, maybe she won't remember any of this or him then he can leave. She can get rid of the baby and everything can go back to the way it was before he showed up. If you didn't notice, problems only started showing up when he got here," Matt said.
"You've gone insane," Madison observed.
"No, I just realize that life isn't always about what makes us happy at the moment, it is about what is best in the long run and him being around isn't good for her," Matt answered.
(A/N-Are you shocked? I know you are because I am!! This came out of nowhere but I would love to hear your thoughts on it. Please review and here is the summary for my new story.
This story takes place when Casey and Derek are both 29 years old. Derek is a professional hockey player who gets suspend at the beginning of the season for starting a brawl which led to someone being severely injured. He is suspended for the rest of the season which led him to start messing up. He gets a DUI and has to call Casey to bail him out because his dad and Sam both refuse to put up with his antics. Casey agrees to let Derek stay with her while he gets back on his feet. Casey on the other hand has problems of her own. She just got a divorce from Max and is now learning how to balance a job and taking care of two children by herself. She has a 9 year old son and a 6 year old daughter.
It's called the Borrowed Family and is already up with like 4 chapters, so yeah. Go check it out and review!!)