You know what I hate? Regardless of whether you care or not I'll tell you anyway. I hate that some people start stories on here then just leave them unfinished, ok so the majority of us on here don't leave our stories without saying it won't be updated for a while or it's ending, but some do and it really annoys me.

I feel so much better now that I've ranted about that to someone.


I'm going to try something completely new in this chapter, I've literally just rewritten it, it uses the POV of one of the youngest characters, this inspiration from work experience has been so great and I'm hoping I pulled it off.


Gabriella's POV

I stood there staring at my father, speechless, how could he know.

"Answer me Gabriella," He demanded, "Please, tell me you did not go and see Kevin."

I sighed, relieved that he had no idea where I had been, "Relax, I didn't go and see Kevin, why would I? What possible reason do I have to go and see him? I don't care if I ever see him again," I exclaimed, suddenly annoyed that he'd thought I would go there.

"Revenge, Gab," He decided, " You're mom told me all about the various vengeful choices you made when you were younger."

"That was when I was younger," I pointed out, perhaps a little too harshly, "It is possible for people to change you know, you changed, something in you must have changed to make you come back."

I continued walking upstairs, ignoring his calls, I found it somewhat amusing that he's automatically jumped to the conclusion that I'd gone to see Kevin, but he hadn't even thought about Alyssa.

Tia's POV

"Unca Andew?" I asked, he was covering his face with his hands, "Play peek-a-boo?"

"No, T, not now," He told me.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I said not," He replied.

I didn't think this was a good enough answer, so I repeated my question, "Why?"

"Just no," He told me again.

"Why?" I repeated.

"I SAID NO, TIA," He shouted.

I screamed, he shouted, mommy and daddy shouted, and I don't like it, and then Maria shouted, "WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING AT HER?" So now they are shouting about shouting and I think it's silly, so I'm going to go and find Gabi.

Gabriella's POV

I'd started reading when I got to my room; the book I'd decided to read was ironically it was called Envious Vengeance. (A/N: Completely made up)

I heard my dad shouting at Tia downstairs, typical human behaviour I guess, displacing anger for one person onto another, I was surprised when I heard mom shout at him, she rarely shouted, but I guess she saw a vulnerable child when she saw Tia, she's been really protective of all of the kids in her life since the whole Kevin thing, especially me and Isobel.

"Gabi," I heard Tia squeal from the door, what must have been at least two minutes later.

"Hey," I grinned at her, not knowing what affect my dad's shouting had had on her.

"Where Bailey?" She quizzed, returning my grin.

The puppy yapped at the sound of his name and ran from his bed on the corner to try and jump on the bed.

"BAILEY," Tia screeched excitedly, "You can't get up there yet, you're only a little doggy."

The way she said it made me smile, it was as if she believed he could understand her, it was adorable beyond words.

"Yeah. Bailey's a small doggy isn't he," I agreed, watching her nod enthusiastically in reply, "He won't be small for long though will he?" She shook her head repeatedly to answer my second question, he hair flying all over her face.

"Tia, I'm gonna have to brush you're hair now," I pointed out, watching the mess she'd created on her head.

"NOOOOOO," she shouted in refusal as she ran out of the room.

I laughed as she left, not bothering to chase her, mom would brush her hair when she saw the mess it was in anyway.

I picked up my cell and dialled.

"Hey Gab," Came the voice on the other line.

"Tay, You know what I told you about what Alyssa said to Carly?" I questioned.

"Yeah," She answered, "What about it? Anything new?"

"I went to see her earlier, she pretended to be clueless, you know, acting like the perfect parent, it was sick, almost cruel, and that Kyle guy was there, he definitely hates Carly," I explained.

"Gabi, who went with you?" she quizzed.

Typical, her main concern was who was with me.

"No one," I told her truthfully, "I went alone, my family, my problem."

"Gabi, Troy will kill you for this," She pointed out.

"I know," I sighed, "That's why you can't tell him, he's worrying about me enough as it is and he's trying not to show it, if he finds out that I went to confront Alyssa and Kyle alone he'll get mad, and then he'll go from mad to insanely protective like he was a few weeks ago, and I don't want him to go back to that, because he needs to think about himself aswell as me, and when he's protective on that scale he doesn't think of himself."

"He's not gonna stop trying to protect you," My friend pointed out, "He'll always believe that you need him to protect you, after Kevin, he'll never stop being permanently freaked over your safety."

"And this won't help," I exclaimed, "I haven't even told dad this, he'd probably try and ground me or something, it was something I had to do, for Carly."

"I get it," Taylor told me, "but you have to admit it wasn't your best idea, you know nothing about Kyle, he could have been another Kevin for all you knew, you should have really let your dad deal with it, he'd be better at it all, he's a parent Gab, you're not."

"Not you too," I laughed.

"What?" She asked.

"Dad complained about me acting like a parent too," I relented, "He said I'm too young to act like one.

"He's right," Taylor agreed with him, "Look, I have to go, Chad's here, I'll call later, we can discuss this properly."

"Sure," I replied before hanging up.

What was it with everyone and freaking out about me?


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