Twister went home awhile after the surfing episode even though Reggie wanted him to stay and hang out. He told her to go ahead and stay with Otto and Sam even though she offered to come with him. He was feeling depressed about the whole surfing thing and really just wanted to be alone. Besides, Otto was starting to get on his nerves. He tried not to let it get to him, but Otto has a bad habit of pushing things too far. He thought it would be better to just leave and chill out for awhile before things got ugly again. Otto would always be his best bro, but he could really be a pain in the ass sometimes too.
When he got home he found Lars flopped on the couch watching TV. He wasn't sure if it was safe to talk to him yet after the way he acted earlier. Anything could set Lars off sometimes so he started up the stairs and kept his mouth shut. When he was halfway up, Lars called him.
"Get back down here dork!" he said in his 'I'm gonna whomp you' voice. Twister froze on the steps and tried to decide what to do. He could go get his whomping now or he could go up to his room. If he went to his room, Lars would be up there pounding on the door, madder than ever, until Twister finally opened it. Their parents wouldn't be home for a few hours and that was a long time to listen to Lars scream at him from the hall. Either way he would get it so he figured he might as well get it over with. He didn't even know what it was for this time.
He started slowly back down the steps when Lars yelled again "You better come back here lame-O!" He stepped into the living room and tried to hide the fear from his face. Why was he so afraid of Lars? He was only two years older than Twister. At fourteen, Twister was almost as big as Lars was now. But he still cowered in front of him like a little kid. One day he would find the courage to stand up to Lars, but today wasn't that day.
"What Lars?" he asked.
"I just wanted to congratulate you bro." Lars said his, the tone of his voice completely changing.
"You mean you're not going to whomp me?"
"Nah, I was just messing with your mind." Lars said.
"Oh…congratulate me for what?" Twister asked.
"DUH! The thing with you and Rocket girl. My little bro is finally growing up."
"Oh. Thanks Lars!" Twister said with a big grin on his face. "I thought you were mad or something the way you acted earlier."
"I wasn't mad, just surprised, that's all." Lars said knowing that Twister was dumb enough to buy that lame excuse.
"Cool! I'm glad you're behind me on this dude!" Twister said excitedly.
"That's what brothers are for." Lars said and flashed his broken smile.
"I'm going up to my room for awhile cause I'm not feeling to good." Twister said.
"Ok. Later."
Twister starts to walk of then turns to face Lars again.
"Lars…um…thanks for being nice to me lately. I'm glad were finally getting along. I really like hanging with you."
"No problemo, Twister" Lars said.
"Ok then…well, later." Twister walked up to the stairs to his room thinking about how Lars had actually called him Twister and not "lame-o" or "dork."
When Twister was gone Lars closed his eyes and tried to wipe away the guilt that was pounding in his head. Why did Twister have to be so sweet and clueless? If he was more of a loud-mouth bigheaded showoff like his lame-o friend, Rocket Dork, Lars wouldn't feel so bad about what he was planning to do. Being nice to Twister only made it seem that much worse. If everything worked out like he planned, Twister would be crushed. He didn't really want to hurt him. Deep inside he knew it was wrong, but he couldn't help it. He had always wanted to be with Reggie and now Twister stole her from right under his nose. Maybe he should have let her know how he felt sooner. The pounding in his head got worse so he decided to go out and see what Pi, Sputz and Animal were up to. Busting shoobies and scaring little kids would make him feel better.
AN: This story is REALLY long! I had no idea it was going to be this long, but I'm like on ch 13 and still not done! Anyways, keep checking for updates I'll post them as soon as I get them typed.
AN2: You can probably figure out some of what's gonna happen, but there's some big surprises coming up to :-P
AN3: Thx a lot to those who posted reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love ya!! ;-)