Thorn lay cross the sofa in her living room totally beat. It was a
Saturday, and Mads was supposed to be picking her up soon to go to Lu's and
then the mall. She was slightly surprised when Mads rang to ask if she
wanted a lift, afterall Lu's cottage is only in walking distance from
Thorn's house. She had accepted gratefully though, she was too tired to
walk today. She'd got up at 9 o clock today, which for Thorn is way early
for a weekend. Actually it's pretty early for a school day as well. The
phone rang from the hallway, but Thorn didn't bother to try and answer,
instead her brother ran and got it. Thorn could tell from Will's excited
voice that it was her father on the line. Now she was very relieved she
hadn't answered the phone. A few minutes later Will came back into the
room, still on the phone.
"Dad wants to talk to you" he stated gruffly, although he knew full well what her answer would be. Thorn didn't bother to even reply to him, she just turned up the volume of the TV not glancing his way. She hadn't spoken to her father since her parents divorce, two years ago. He had an affair with his secratary, 'how original' Thorn thought bitterly. Their split effected Thorn badly. The day she had found out, she was miserable all day at school practically on the verge of tears. The only person who had even noticed was Kai. He caught her crying in an empty classroom, she had been embarassed that he had seen her like that. Instead of teasing her, as she would of expected, he had hugged her. It was the biggest shock of her life, even now she sometimes thought she may of imagined it.
Her father still sent the yearly birthday and christmas cards . It was the only parenting she would accept from him, even though they to were unwanted, they usually go in the bin straight away. Frankly she was surprised he could even remember the date of her birthday. Speaking of birthdays, it would be hers soon. 31st of October, Halloween. She figured that was why her mother had given her a name like Thorn. Or she might of been drunk, Thorn had never asked.
A whole month had passed since she had been at the Hiwitari mansion, the tension between Tala and Mads is obvious. He barely speaks to her anymore and when he does it's in a robotic unemotional voice. Very creepy for someone like Tala, who is usually very open with his feelings. Thorn was actually beginning to miss him bugging her in Science about Mads, she never thought it was possible physics could actually get even more tedious. Whatever had happened between them at the mansion had been serious, and nobody seemed to have any idea about what had happened. Except maybe Becca and Kai. Thorn had asked Mads about it, but she had found out nothing. Mads had just made her excuses and left quickly totally avoiding the subject.
Seeing as Tala spent most of his time apart from Mads, Thorn had seen very little of Kai. Thankfully. This was good news because Thorn really didn't want to face him after their 'moment'. She was still confused about what had happened. What had nearly happened. Whatever it was, it would never happen again.
Nothing else had much happened apart from the fact that Becca was suspended from school for a few days a couple of weeks ago. During Design Tech Dorleen told her she was off the cheerleading team, for no apparent reason. Well Becca hadn't been very pleased to say the least. Somehow Dorleen's head became completly covered in superglue. Later on Becca claimed that her hand slipped. Repeatedly. Anyway Dorleen's much loved hair was completely ruined and Becca was suspended. However when she came in the next day, it was back to normal. A rumour began that it was a wig. Mads vowed to find out the truth. She cornered Whoreleen at lunch time and stated that she was going to have fun humiliating her by ripping her wig off and she'd have just as much fun if it wasn't a wig. Unfortunately a teacher had intervened at that moment. Since then Whoreleen has been avoiding Mads like the plague.
Also it was quite fun to see how Kai reacted to Whoreleen. On the Monday back she was all over him as if nothing had happened. Well Kai just kept her at arms length, with a look of great distaste on his face. Thorn didn't know what Whoreleen had expected, that Kai would just take her back with open arms?. If someone hurts Mads and Becca then they hurt him. Well Whoreleen's popularity really has taken a blow from her split from Kai. She was only mega popular because of her association with Kai. Mads and Becca are really close now that Whoreleens out of the way. Becca has been accepted into their little group without question, and she has struck up a close friendship with Mariah. They did have the whole girly thing in common.
Thorn was so busy thinking about everything she didn't even notice her brother enter the room. Will stared at her obviously wanting her to give him some space on the sofa, Thorn still daydreaming didn't catch on. He glared at her, with a look so similar to Kai's own deadly glare, Thorn started to laugh. A look that menacing didn't look right on her brothers babyish face. Will scowled obviously not seeing the funny side. Thorn and Will have never acted like brother and sister, more like next door neighbours. They even look totally different. Thorn has her mothers black hair and her dads green eyes. Whereas Will has his mums blue eyes and fathers reddish brown hair.
"Move yourself fatso" he said to her roughly. Thorn shouldn't of been at all bothered by this remark because it was totally absurd but as Kai would know Thorn is very easily riled. Thorn probably doesn't even have an ounce of fat on her, even though shes always stuffing herself. A fact that Mariah is very jealous of. Although Thorn would rather have a curvier figure like Mariah's anyway. The only thing that Thorn is happy about is her height. Shes taller than Max, Tyson and Mariah. Just as tall as Becca, Mads and Ray and nearly as tall as Tala. Annoyingly the only person she has to look up to is Kai.
Thorn replied sourly not budging at all "Piss off tombstone teeth". When Will had been only three years old he had fallen down the stairs, knocking his two front teeth out. When his two front teeth had grown out they had been his adult sized ones. Two adult teeth surrounded by his milk teeth. The effect was similar to Bugs Bunny. A fact that she teased him about endlessly. Another thing which really pissed him off is when Thorn calls him 'toddler', even though he's ten she'll always make comments about it.
The famous Beckford short temper kicked in and the pair ended up in a vicious fight. Will pulled Thorns hair roughly and she responded by pinching his face. He was tugging on her hair so much he pulled her off the sofa. Their mother was upstairs working so their was no one to break them up. Thorns mum, Heather, is a lawyer so she had a lot of work to do. Thorn could hear the doorbell ring but she couldn't quite make it to the front door. The brat had a strong hold on her. She managed to untangle herself from her brother long enough to walk halfway to the door. A sudden pain made her cry out, the little son of a bitch was biting her leg.
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Mads rang the doorbell impatiently, she had been waiting outside for ages. She wouldn't be surprised if Thorn was still asleep. Mads tried to see through the blinds, but it was too dark to see anything in there although she was sure she had heard a crash from inside. A few minutes later and the door swung open, to reveal Thorn. Her black hair was a complete mess and there was a nasty scratch along her arm. Thorn grabbed her black cord jacket and rushed out quickly. However as she left she shouted "FUDGEPACKER" behind her. Calling Will that, had always infuriated him because he didn't know what it meant.
Thorn pulled Mads along away from the house, looking behind her worried. "I tied Will to the banisters with a skipping rope but i don't think it'll hold for very long". Thorn stopped out of breath at the end of her drive, she sat down on the fence for a breather. The strap of her Emily the strange top was ripped and she had to tie it to hold it together again.
"Are you scared of your ten year old brother" Mads asked disbelievingly. Afterall Will is only half Thorn's height.
Thorn defended herself "Well you obviously haven't experienced one of his super chinese burns"
"Super chinese burns?" Mads enquired chuckling.
"Stronger than regular chinese burns but not as violent as extreme chinese burns" Thorn replied.
Mads laughed she found the two siblings fights hilarious. There had been one time when she had been round their house and Thorn had thrown a baseball bat down the stairs at him, and it had hit Will square on the forehead. Nearly knocking him out.
"So where's your car" Thorn asked looking around her. She could only see her neighbours cars. When she spotted it, she screamed.
"I'm not getting on that" Thorn stated stubbornly pointing at her friends silver motorbike.
Kai and Mads were both the same, motorbikes, snowboards, surfboards, skateboards are all the same to them. Their pros at them all. Thorn however has no balance at all, even though she would like to be able to do those things it was completely out of the question. Shes had many bad experiences with things like that. She'd nearly cracked her head open when she fell off a skateboard once, and that was with one foot still on the ground.
Mads rolled her eyes "When did you become such a chicken? Your nearly as bad as Becca".
Thorn growled "Remember the last time"
Mads grinned at the memory then became serious at Thorns stressed expression. "I swear this time i won't do any wheelies and this time i'll actually stay within the speed limit".
Thorn reluctantly agreed but she was pretty sure that she'd have a heart attack before she got to Lu's. "So why did you offer to pick me up this morning?" Thorn asked before she put on the silver helmet Mads gave her.
Mads put on her own helmet before replying impishly, "Kai said you'd probably get lost trying to get there".
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When the motorbike stopped suddenly, Thorn clambered off quickly, her face green. Mads had definitly not kept to her promise, Thorn feared for her life for most of the journey. She was surprised the police hadn't chased them, the speed they had travelled. There was no way she was ever getting back on that thing. Thorn sank onto the lawn infront of the cottage waiting for the nausea to subside.
Lu's cottage had once been totally white with a thatched roof, it was situated near the edge of a cliff near the seaside. Sometimes during the summer Tala, Mads and Kai would dive off the cliff into the sea. Thorn wasn't a strong enough swimmer to do that and besides shes scared of heights. Lu had found all the white of her cottage very boring though, so when Kai, Mads and Becca were about eight or nine years old she had let them lose with the paints. The result was a multicoloured phycadelic cottage. One side Becca had done was covered in mermaids, dolphins and fairies. Another side had obviously been painted by Mads, it was a gothic horror scene. A mix of skulls, werewolves, vampires and ghouls. Thorn was amazed by the standard of art, to look at it you would think teenagers had painted it not eight years old.
Thorn grudgingly had to admit though, it was Kai's art that was the most impressive. It's a red, orange and black picture of a phoenix surrounded by flames. For a nine year old it was outstanding. The final side of the cottage, the front, they had done all together. It looked like they had had a massive paint fight. It was a mixture of all the colours of the rainbow, on top are multicoloured handprints. Nobody lived very near to Lu, so there had been no complaints about the cottage.
Thorn was about to knock on the door when she realised the door was already ajar. She and Mads wandered into the cottage. Thorn hadn't been to Lu's for awhile so what first struck her was how many cats there were. She could immediatly spot a dozen wandering around. Becca was curled up in an armchair stroking one. She greeted her warmly then introduced her to the cat on her lap.
"This is Miu Miu" Becca said cooing over the small cat. Thorn laughed it was a good name. It was pure white with blue eyes, it was curled up purring comfortably. When she reached out to stroke it, it hissed at her. 'Cats really don't like me' Thorn thought to herself as Miu Miu reverted back to its usual affectionate self when Mads stroked it. Becca went back to petting the cat, Thorns attention had been caught by something else anyway. There was a very unwelcome person smirking at her.
"You didn't tell me, he was going to be here" Thorn accused her friend as she pointed at Kai. He was lying across the sofa, four cats were curled on him purring. Thorn didn't quite understand why anything would want to be that close to Kai, although she knew she was being hypocritical as she'd been pretty close to him herself not that long ago.
"Didn't I? It must of slipped my mind" Mads stated innocently as she suddenly became very interested in the back of her hand.
Thorn glared at Kai, trying to make him move off the sofa, suddenly realising she was acting like her immature brother, she made do with sitting across his legs. She sat down heavily on him, hopeing to hurt him he just chuckled at her. She jumped up quickly when she felt something squirm beneath her. A ruffled ginger cat stared at her reproachfully before jumping off the sofa and stalking away. Thorn could of sworn that the cat had given her a dirty look. Thorn commented aloud "cats hate me".
Becca laughed "all animals hate you".
Thorn pouted and then smirked "That explains why your pig of a cousin hates me"
"I've never said i hate you" Kai said casually lying back lazily.
"Actions speak louder than words, Kai" Thorn replied. Kai looked like he was about to retort but then thought better of it. He lay there quietly not complaining when Thorn sat on his legs again. He absent mindedly stroked a cat that was perched on his chest. Thorn watched him intently, studying his serious face wondering what he was thinking. A strand of hair fell into his eyes, Thorn had a sudden urge to brush it away.
She realised suddenly that Mads and Becca were watching her, watching Kai. They both grinned at her in a very infuriating way. They were almost looks of triumph. Thorn tried to break the awkward silence. She seemed to be doing alot of that recently. Mostly to avoid awkwark questions directed to herself.
"So where is Lu?" Thorn asked them.
It was Kai who replied grinning "She's in the kitchen trying to pretend shes making homemade lemonade, even though its obviously shop bought" he said the last bit loudly for Lu's benefit.
"I resent that" Lu called out from the kitchen.
A moment later Lu walked in, she was holding a tray with a jug of lemonade on it and several glasses. She was wearing a rainbow coloured poncho, leggings and clogs. Her long hair was still a deep brown, not a grey hair in sight. It was her eyes that gave away her great age, they were a light blue and full of wisdom. When Thorn was younger she used to believe Lu was a phycic or something, because of the mysterious powerful air about her. When Lu saw Thorn she smiled broadly. She put the tray down and was just about to hug Thorn when she spotted a purple bruise slowly forming on her cheek.
"Oh" Thorn said trying to explain "It's nothing serious, my skins so pale that i bruise really easily". Seeing as she was constantly fighting her brother or falling over Thorn gets a whole lot of bruises.
"Who did it?" Becca asked curiously, she really didn't see anyone being able to hurt Thorn like that.
"Will" Thorn said grumpily, she hoped she'd left a few bruises on him, the little brat.
Kai chuckled "I've always liked him".
"You would" Thorn said sourly before being engulfed in a bone crushing hug by Lu.
Becca looked thoughtful as she helped herself to a glass of lemonade. "I always thought that Will was an odd name for your brother. Will and Thorn. It doesn't quite fit. He should of been called Spike or something".
Mads, Lu and Becca already had a glass of lemonade each. Thorn reached out for the last glass at the exact same time as Kai. They struggled for it, each too stubborn to go and get a glass from the kitchen. She saw Lu wiping a tear out of her eye and whispering confidentially to Mads and Becca "they make the perfect couple". She was so shocked at Lu's comment that she backed off from fighting with Kai. The first time ever that had happened. Thankfully Kai didn't seem to have heard Lu's comment, instead he was saying that the lemonade tasted suspiciously like 7-UP.
In fear that, Lu might make a similar comment again or Mads and Becca might try and stir things up Thorn tried to divert their attention.
"Whats with all the cats" she asked gesturing around her.
Lu tried to explain "I got one cat and then it had kittens. Then they had kittens. Then they had kittens, until it looks like i'm running a cat sanctuary".
"Why don't you sell some or something?" Thorn asked confused.
Mads rolled her eyes "Because she can't tell if the new owners will look after them, so she only gives them to people she trusts."
"Hey! You never offered to give me one" Thorn said offended.
Lu looked awkward "Well............"
Thorn pointed at Kai "You gave him one, your standards can't be that high". Becca and Mads sniggered.
"I'll have you know that i look after Prickles very well. It's not my fault that i got given the brain damaged cat". Thorn threw a dirty look knowing full well he wasn't just referring to Prickles.
Thorn remained in a huff until Mads asked her innocently "How many pets have you had?"
Thorn muttered an inaudible number, and then repeated it louder when they carried on staring at her questioningly. "Five".
"And how many of those are still alive?" Mads asked.
"Some.......maybe........probably.........possibly" Thorn guessed.
"And how many ran away" Mads asked again, trying to supress a grin. She already knew she was just asking for Becca's benefit.
"Some" Thorn said glumly.
Becca looked interested, Kai and Lu were grinning.
"So what happened?" Becca asked.
"Well i started with two mice; Chocolate and Snowy" Thorn explained "Chocolate died of old age" Mads snorted with laughter looking unconvinced. "Thats the truth actually" Thorn said hurt throwing her friend an annoyed look.
Mads didn't argue, instead she asked "What happened to Snowy?".
"Well you see" Thorn said turning to Becca, the only one who didn't already know the story "My mum got me three cats; Snap, Crackle and Pop. One day i let Snowy out of his cage, and without going in to details lets just say Snap was very well fed that day".
Becca and Lu tried to look solemn but they couldn't help but chuckle. Kai and Mads didn't even try and be serious they started laughing straight away holding their sides.
Becca now was very interested to see what had happened to the other three pets. For some reason though Thorn sat down and wouldn't say anything, she looked very embarassed. So Mads decided to tell her.
"Snap only lasted a few days in the Beckford household. Thorn kept sitting on him and Will threw him down the stairs. Twice. Funnily enough, it ran away. Crackle lasted a few weeks longer and Pop, well Pop died in mysterious circumstances". Mads explained.
"I have my suspicions that one of my neighbours killed him." Thorn said confidentially. "It may of been Mr Peeping Tom or Crazy Bird Lady".
Becca laughed "Mr Peeping Tom?"
"Yeah, seriously one day i'm sure i caught him looking into my room with binoculars. Also his eyes are really close together and hes shifty looking. Hes got the whole Norman Bates thing down to a tee"
Kai snorted "Why spy on you? It's not like theres much to see" he said as he stared unabashed at her chest. Thorn tried to slap him but as usual he moved out of her range always one step ahead. Or three or four.
"And Crazy Bird Lady?"
"Yeah theres always birds screeching in her house. Shes a sweet old lady but you know, still crazy."
Lu looked thoughtful "You should introduce me to her, I am Crazy Cat Lady afterall."
Kai smirked "Maybe you poisoned Pop with your cooking". Thorn flushed, her culinary skills weren't exactly up to scratch, although thankfully she had been able to give up Food Tech more than a year ago.
Thorn sniffed "Actually my skills in the kitchen have improved" she said although she was lying threw her teeth. In her house, the kitchen is off limits. Not even to make Poptarts.
Kai sniggered "Yeah right, i remember a time when you actually burnt pasta".
Mads sniggered "I didn't know you could burn pasta".
Kai chuckled "Prickly can. Our Food Tech teacher looked like she was going to have a nervous breakdown everytime Thorn was in the kitchens."
Thorn glared at him "I bet you believe all that sexist crap, that a wife should be all domesticated and the homemaker"
Kai laughed "Not at all. My future wife doesn't need any kitchen skills. Just bedroom ones" wiggling his eyebrow suggestively.
Thorn gave him a sickened look. "Like anyone would marry you".
Becca rolled her eyes "Chill Thorn, Kai was just joking, your so easily rattled.". There were alot of reasons why Kai could never be sexist. He had grown up with four females in his family, none of which could at all cook. Although Lu likes to pretend she can. Roxie's, Kai's mum, business is even bigger, wealthier and powerful than his fathers and thats saying something. Roxie like Lu was not one to stay home and do the housework. Also if Kai expressed any views like that he had alot of female relations who would beat the crap out of him. Of course Thorn would gladly join in as well.
Kai managed to go a more than two hours without teasing Thorn. They all sat companiably watching Pirates of the Carribean. Mostly for Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, well not in Kai's case. Kai even sat up and let her have more space. As the credits rolled he nudged her.
"Got any plans tommorow?" he asked her, looking very interested. Thorn couldn't answer for a few minutes, it had almost sounded like Kai was asking her out. He was still gazing at her intently as she tried to talk, at the moments all she was managing was syllables.
"No" she finally managed to choke out, with no idea why she was suddenly becoming so shy. This was only Kai afterall, the boy who used to put worms down her top when they were six.
Kai looked surprised "Oh, i thought you had Sunday school". Thorn was confused at first but she blushed deeply when she figured out his meaning.
Last week, on Monday, Thorn actually got to school early. She had been really proud of herself as it had been the first time she had ever got to school on time, let alone early. She had sat in her form room for ages wondering why there was no one at all coming in. Until a caretaker had informed her that it was actually a Sunday. Of course her crappy luck meant that on Monday she was even more late than usual. Her awful luck meant that she had to bump into the caretaker from Sunday. He recognised her of course, and who had to be walking behind her and happened to overhear. Kai, of course. He had told absolutely everyone and spent every oppurtunity laughing at her about it.
She glared at him, but he just laughed mockingly at her. Why did he get to her so much?
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Thorn decided she would never again get into a vehicle driven by a Hiwitari, because frankly their insane. She had refused point blank to get on the motorbike with Mads but she hadn't exactly been over the moon about being driven by Kai. Kai drove his BMW with Becca and Thorn as passengers. Becca hadn't been overly enthusiastic either but at least she had a bit more experience with her family's crazy driving. Mads took her motorbike with Lu on the back. Lu found the ride to the mall loads of fun, she spent the whole time yelling and laughing. It turns out when Hiwitaris drive on their own they go way fast, but if you put them together it's just plain scary. When you get two people driving like Mads and Kai, who are adrenalin junkies, will do anything for a dare, seem to have no fears and who are both fiercly competitive, it always ends in a race.
The race had confused Thorn so much for a few minutes she had no idea where she was. Mads had to practically drag her into the mall because she was so disorientated. When they got inside. Lu left them saying she had a whole load of cat food and kitty litter to buy.
Becca turned to Thorn "Isn't your birthday soon? On Halloween?". Thorn just nodded still trying to recover from the car journey, if she opened her mouth she was pretty sure it wouldn't be words that came out. "We should have a party or something" Becca said excited. In a few seconds she was already planning decorations. When Kai, Mads and Thorn didn't look exactly enthusiastic at the prospect, Becca decided to enlist Mariah's help. She ran off, knowing that Mariah would be up in the food court at her Saturday job, waitressing.
At the mention of Saturday jobs, Thorns face darkened. When they had turned 16, both Mariah and Thorn had wanted to get Saturday jobs to get extra cash. Well Thorn gave up after being fired from her fourth job. For once it hadn't been her fault, Tala and Kai managed to get her sacked from each job. Her first job, was in a shoe shop. Kai and Tala came in and kept dropping things on the floor, very discretely so only she noticed. She ended up following them around the shop picking things up. Until the point where she ended up shouting at them, not realising the Manager was witnessing her staging an 'unprovoked attack' on two of his customers.
Her next job was as a waitress, this was a very absurd choice because Thorn isn't exactly the greatest at balancing things. Kai and Tala came in and tripped her up so that she dropped all her plates and spilt hot soup over her supervisor. Funnily enough, her boss didn't think she was suitable for a waitressing job. She next managed to get work in a trendy clothes shop. She thought it was a perfect place to escape the gruesome twosome as it only sold womens clothing, but as she should of figured out Kai and Tala will go to any lengths. One day only Tala came in as Kai watched from outside. Tala proceeded to try on all the latest skirts and dresses. Thorn would of found it funny, Tala dressing up in womens clothes if she wasn't so pissed at him. Thorn tried to chuck him out but he continued to play dress up. Her manager came over to see what all the noise was about. Thorn was about to explain when Tala told him tearfully that his employee (Thorn) was discriminating against him just because hes a transvestite. It was a performance worthy of an oscar.
The final job she got was another waitressing one. Tala and Kai turned up saying that they had decided to call a truce all they wanted was some food. Thorn should of known better than to trust them, but she gave them the benefit of the doubt. Kai ordered soup and Tala ordered a burger and they both ordered coffee. When Thorn served it, Kai complained the soup was cold and it had a hair in it. Tala moaned (loudly) that he was a vegetarian and had ordered a bean burger not a beef burger. When she returned with their new dishes, Kai poured his coffee down himself and accused her of doing it. The manager was alerted by Kai screaming "IT BURNS IT BURNS" while Tala attacked him with napkins 'accidentally' knocking over all the plates around him. Thorn ended up getting fired again but adding salt to the wound, Tala and Kai were given a free meal due to her poor service.
As if, Kai guessed what she was thinking about, he started laughing. She glared at him, it may of been amusing for him but she was still embarassed. That was four places in the mall she couldn't go in to without turning tomato red. Mads pulled Kai and Thorn along "Come on i'm dying of starvation". She led them to a restaurant on the second floor, to a table that overlooks the fountain on the first floor. Thorn was starving, her pig of a brother had eaten everything in the house, so she had missed breakfast.
Even though she knew she should eat something more sensible, Thorn ended up choosing a massive triple chocolate sundae with the works. Chocolate sauce, nuts, chocolate flakes and smarties. Mads and Kai both got burgers and fries. Kai looked amused as he watched her carry the massive sundae back to the table. "What? I'm hungry" Thorn defended herself between huge mouthfulls of chocolate icecream.
Mads quirked an eyebrow "Are you sure you've got enough there" she stated sarcastically. "That could feed a small country".
Kai laughed "Becca will freak when she hears you ate that without her, shes a chocoholic". Thorn was about to reply when she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. She spotted Tala hanging out around the fountain, on the floor below them. He wasn't alone.
"Who's that next to Tala" she asked Kai curiously, pointing to the girl Tala had his arm around. Kai and Mads both looked down at the figure she had pointed at. Mads looked intently at her then turned to Kai questioningly.
Kai shrugged and spoke casually "His girlfriend".
Mads snorted "Tala doesn't have girlfriends he has fuck friends"
Kai's eyes flashed and he looked defensive for his friend "Well now he does, in fact they've been dating for three weeks". Mads looked like Thorn felt, shocked.
Thorn studied the girl again, she must be pretty special if she's been with Tala for three weeks. In Tala land, a three week relationship is equivalent to three years. Tala's girlfriend was very pretty, but she didn't dare say it outloud, Mads wasn't looking very pleased at the news. That would be the understatement of the century, Mads face looked stoney and cold.
"What's her name?" Thorn asked. The girl had long red hair darker than Tala's, it had black streaks through it. She didn't look like his usual bimbo type, she looked like she had a lot of attitude.
"June" Kai said, he seemed to be watching Mads reaction.
Mads just rolled her eyes and said sarcastically "Let me guess, Was she born in June?".
Kai didn't reply annoyed as Thorn would of expected, instead he watched his cousin closely. He frowned as if there was something on her face "What's that? Oh it's just you turning green" Kai said with a smirk "Jealous are we?".
"More like nausea" Mads spat venomously.
They glared at each other for a moment while. Thorn sat there awkwardly, wishing she had another sundae to keep her busy. Mads spoke first "Well she doesn't look like his normal type. she actually looks like she may have half a brain".
Kai's face was blank "Well then aren't you just slagging off yourself?" he asked her "I mean you were his type, well until........". Thorn looked up at this comment, so that meant Kai did know what happened between Tala and Mads. By what he was saying, she could figure out that Mads must of done something cruel to Tala. Well crueler than usual.
Kai got up and without any explanation left, not even saying goodbye. Looking livid Mads got up without a word and walked off into the other direction. Thorn shouted after her "Thats fine just leave me on my own with no way to get home".
"Thats just fine" Thorn said quietly to herself. She sighed and decided to drown her sorrows in another sundae. 'Chocolate cures everything' Thorn thought to herself.
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I updated earlier then i thought i would. Much like Thorn, revision really doesn't work for me, so i thought i'd do this instead. This chapter was just to introduce Lu and June.
The next chapter is going to be the best ever!. It's set two weeks on at the Halloween party for Thorn. All the characters will be there in costume even Whoreleen. I'm gonna try and get it done by Saturday or Sunday. It's going to be very very long.
Mads, Kai and Thorn are fun when their drunk! Hee Hee
"Dad wants to talk to you" he stated gruffly, although he knew full well what her answer would be. Thorn didn't bother to even reply to him, she just turned up the volume of the TV not glancing his way. She hadn't spoken to her father since her parents divorce, two years ago. He had an affair with his secratary, 'how original' Thorn thought bitterly. Their split effected Thorn badly. The day she had found out, she was miserable all day at school practically on the verge of tears. The only person who had even noticed was Kai. He caught her crying in an empty classroom, she had been embarassed that he had seen her like that. Instead of teasing her, as she would of expected, he had hugged her. It was the biggest shock of her life, even now she sometimes thought she may of imagined it.
Her father still sent the yearly birthday and christmas cards . It was the only parenting she would accept from him, even though they to were unwanted, they usually go in the bin straight away. Frankly she was surprised he could even remember the date of her birthday. Speaking of birthdays, it would be hers soon. 31st of October, Halloween. She figured that was why her mother had given her a name like Thorn. Or she might of been drunk, Thorn had never asked.
A whole month had passed since she had been at the Hiwitari mansion, the tension between Tala and Mads is obvious. He barely speaks to her anymore and when he does it's in a robotic unemotional voice. Very creepy for someone like Tala, who is usually very open with his feelings. Thorn was actually beginning to miss him bugging her in Science about Mads, she never thought it was possible physics could actually get even more tedious. Whatever had happened between them at the mansion had been serious, and nobody seemed to have any idea about what had happened. Except maybe Becca and Kai. Thorn had asked Mads about it, but she had found out nothing. Mads had just made her excuses and left quickly totally avoiding the subject.
Seeing as Tala spent most of his time apart from Mads, Thorn had seen very little of Kai. Thankfully. This was good news because Thorn really didn't want to face him after their 'moment'. She was still confused about what had happened. What had nearly happened. Whatever it was, it would never happen again.
Nothing else had much happened apart from the fact that Becca was suspended from school for a few days a couple of weeks ago. During Design Tech Dorleen told her she was off the cheerleading team, for no apparent reason. Well Becca hadn't been very pleased to say the least. Somehow Dorleen's head became completly covered in superglue. Later on Becca claimed that her hand slipped. Repeatedly. Anyway Dorleen's much loved hair was completely ruined and Becca was suspended. However when she came in the next day, it was back to normal. A rumour began that it was a wig. Mads vowed to find out the truth. She cornered Whoreleen at lunch time and stated that she was going to have fun humiliating her by ripping her wig off and she'd have just as much fun if it wasn't a wig. Unfortunately a teacher had intervened at that moment. Since then Whoreleen has been avoiding Mads like the plague.
Also it was quite fun to see how Kai reacted to Whoreleen. On the Monday back she was all over him as if nothing had happened. Well Kai just kept her at arms length, with a look of great distaste on his face. Thorn didn't know what Whoreleen had expected, that Kai would just take her back with open arms?. If someone hurts Mads and Becca then they hurt him. Well Whoreleen's popularity really has taken a blow from her split from Kai. She was only mega popular because of her association with Kai. Mads and Becca are really close now that Whoreleens out of the way. Becca has been accepted into their little group without question, and she has struck up a close friendship with Mariah. They did have the whole girly thing in common.
Thorn was so busy thinking about everything she didn't even notice her brother enter the room. Will stared at her obviously wanting her to give him some space on the sofa, Thorn still daydreaming didn't catch on. He glared at her, with a look so similar to Kai's own deadly glare, Thorn started to laugh. A look that menacing didn't look right on her brothers babyish face. Will scowled obviously not seeing the funny side. Thorn and Will have never acted like brother and sister, more like next door neighbours. They even look totally different. Thorn has her mothers black hair and her dads green eyes. Whereas Will has his mums blue eyes and fathers reddish brown hair.
"Move yourself fatso" he said to her roughly. Thorn shouldn't of been at all bothered by this remark because it was totally absurd but as Kai would know Thorn is very easily riled. Thorn probably doesn't even have an ounce of fat on her, even though shes always stuffing herself. A fact that Mariah is very jealous of. Although Thorn would rather have a curvier figure like Mariah's anyway. The only thing that Thorn is happy about is her height. Shes taller than Max, Tyson and Mariah. Just as tall as Becca, Mads and Ray and nearly as tall as Tala. Annoyingly the only person she has to look up to is Kai.
Thorn replied sourly not budging at all "Piss off tombstone teeth". When Will had been only three years old he had fallen down the stairs, knocking his two front teeth out. When his two front teeth had grown out they had been his adult sized ones. Two adult teeth surrounded by his milk teeth. The effect was similar to Bugs Bunny. A fact that she teased him about endlessly. Another thing which really pissed him off is when Thorn calls him 'toddler', even though he's ten she'll always make comments about it.
The famous Beckford short temper kicked in and the pair ended up in a vicious fight. Will pulled Thorns hair roughly and she responded by pinching his face. He was tugging on her hair so much he pulled her off the sofa. Their mother was upstairs working so their was no one to break them up. Thorns mum, Heather, is a lawyer so she had a lot of work to do. Thorn could hear the doorbell ring but she couldn't quite make it to the front door. The brat had a strong hold on her. She managed to untangle herself from her brother long enough to walk halfway to the door. A sudden pain made her cry out, the little son of a bitch was biting her leg.
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Mads rang the doorbell impatiently, she had been waiting outside for ages. She wouldn't be surprised if Thorn was still asleep. Mads tried to see through the blinds, but it was too dark to see anything in there although she was sure she had heard a crash from inside. A few minutes later and the door swung open, to reveal Thorn. Her black hair was a complete mess and there was a nasty scratch along her arm. Thorn grabbed her black cord jacket and rushed out quickly. However as she left she shouted "FUDGEPACKER" behind her. Calling Will that, had always infuriated him because he didn't know what it meant.
Thorn pulled Mads along away from the house, looking behind her worried. "I tied Will to the banisters with a skipping rope but i don't think it'll hold for very long". Thorn stopped out of breath at the end of her drive, she sat down on the fence for a breather. The strap of her Emily the strange top was ripped and she had to tie it to hold it together again.
"Are you scared of your ten year old brother" Mads asked disbelievingly. Afterall Will is only half Thorn's height.
Thorn defended herself "Well you obviously haven't experienced one of his super chinese burns"
"Super chinese burns?" Mads enquired chuckling.
"Stronger than regular chinese burns but not as violent as extreme chinese burns" Thorn replied.
Mads laughed she found the two siblings fights hilarious. There had been one time when she had been round their house and Thorn had thrown a baseball bat down the stairs at him, and it had hit Will square on the forehead. Nearly knocking him out.
"So where's your car" Thorn asked looking around her. She could only see her neighbours cars. When she spotted it, she screamed.
"I'm not getting on that" Thorn stated stubbornly pointing at her friends silver motorbike.
Kai and Mads were both the same, motorbikes, snowboards, surfboards, skateboards are all the same to them. Their pros at them all. Thorn however has no balance at all, even though she would like to be able to do those things it was completely out of the question. Shes had many bad experiences with things like that. She'd nearly cracked her head open when she fell off a skateboard once, and that was with one foot still on the ground.
Mads rolled her eyes "When did you become such a chicken? Your nearly as bad as Becca".
Thorn growled "Remember the last time"
Mads grinned at the memory then became serious at Thorns stressed expression. "I swear this time i won't do any wheelies and this time i'll actually stay within the speed limit".
Thorn reluctantly agreed but she was pretty sure that she'd have a heart attack before she got to Lu's. "So why did you offer to pick me up this morning?" Thorn asked before she put on the silver helmet Mads gave her.
Mads put on her own helmet before replying impishly, "Kai said you'd probably get lost trying to get there".
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When the motorbike stopped suddenly, Thorn clambered off quickly, her face green. Mads had definitly not kept to her promise, Thorn feared for her life for most of the journey. She was surprised the police hadn't chased them, the speed they had travelled. There was no way she was ever getting back on that thing. Thorn sank onto the lawn infront of the cottage waiting for the nausea to subside.
Lu's cottage had once been totally white with a thatched roof, it was situated near the edge of a cliff near the seaside. Sometimes during the summer Tala, Mads and Kai would dive off the cliff into the sea. Thorn wasn't a strong enough swimmer to do that and besides shes scared of heights. Lu had found all the white of her cottage very boring though, so when Kai, Mads and Becca were about eight or nine years old she had let them lose with the paints. The result was a multicoloured phycadelic cottage. One side Becca had done was covered in mermaids, dolphins and fairies. Another side had obviously been painted by Mads, it was a gothic horror scene. A mix of skulls, werewolves, vampires and ghouls. Thorn was amazed by the standard of art, to look at it you would think teenagers had painted it not eight years old.
Thorn grudgingly had to admit though, it was Kai's art that was the most impressive. It's a red, orange and black picture of a phoenix surrounded by flames. For a nine year old it was outstanding. The final side of the cottage, the front, they had done all together. It looked like they had had a massive paint fight. It was a mixture of all the colours of the rainbow, on top are multicoloured handprints. Nobody lived very near to Lu, so there had been no complaints about the cottage.
Thorn was about to knock on the door when she realised the door was already ajar. She and Mads wandered into the cottage. Thorn hadn't been to Lu's for awhile so what first struck her was how many cats there were. She could immediatly spot a dozen wandering around. Becca was curled up in an armchair stroking one. She greeted her warmly then introduced her to the cat on her lap.
"This is Miu Miu" Becca said cooing over the small cat. Thorn laughed it was a good name. It was pure white with blue eyes, it was curled up purring comfortably. When she reached out to stroke it, it hissed at her. 'Cats really don't like me' Thorn thought to herself as Miu Miu reverted back to its usual affectionate self when Mads stroked it. Becca went back to petting the cat, Thorns attention had been caught by something else anyway. There was a very unwelcome person smirking at her.
"You didn't tell me, he was going to be here" Thorn accused her friend as she pointed at Kai. He was lying across the sofa, four cats were curled on him purring. Thorn didn't quite understand why anything would want to be that close to Kai, although she knew she was being hypocritical as she'd been pretty close to him herself not that long ago.
"Didn't I? It must of slipped my mind" Mads stated innocently as she suddenly became very interested in the back of her hand.
Thorn glared at Kai, trying to make him move off the sofa, suddenly realising she was acting like her immature brother, she made do with sitting across his legs. She sat down heavily on him, hopeing to hurt him he just chuckled at her. She jumped up quickly when she felt something squirm beneath her. A ruffled ginger cat stared at her reproachfully before jumping off the sofa and stalking away. Thorn could of sworn that the cat had given her a dirty look. Thorn commented aloud "cats hate me".
Becca laughed "all animals hate you".
Thorn pouted and then smirked "That explains why your pig of a cousin hates me"
"I've never said i hate you" Kai said casually lying back lazily.
"Actions speak louder than words, Kai" Thorn replied. Kai looked like he was about to retort but then thought better of it. He lay there quietly not complaining when Thorn sat on his legs again. He absent mindedly stroked a cat that was perched on his chest. Thorn watched him intently, studying his serious face wondering what he was thinking. A strand of hair fell into his eyes, Thorn had a sudden urge to brush it away.
She realised suddenly that Mads and Becca were watching her, watching Kai. They both grinned at her in a very infuriating way. They were almost looks of triumph. Thorn tried to break the awkward silence. She seemed to be doing alot of that recently. Mostly to avoid awkwark questions directed to herself.
"So where is Lu?" Thorn asked them.
It was Kai who replied grinning "She's in the kitchen trying to pretend shes making homemade lemonade, even though its obviously shop bought" he said the last bit loudly for Lu's benefit.
"I resent that" Lu called out from the kitchen.
A moment later Lu walked in, she was holding a tray with a jug of lemonade on it and several glasses. She was wearing a rainbow coloured poncho, leggings and clogs. Her long hair was still a deep brown, not a grey hair in sight. It was her eyes that gave away her great age, they were a light blue and full of wisdom. When Thorn was younger she used to believe Lu was a phycic or something, because of the mysterious powerful air about her. When Lu saw Thorn she smiled broadly. She put the tray down and was just about to hug Thorn when she spotted a purple bruise slowly forming on her cheek.
"Oh" Thorn said trying to explain "It's nothing serious, my skins so pale that i bruise really easily". Seeing as she was constantly fighting her brother or falling over Thorn gets a whole lot of bruises.
"Who did it?" Becca asked curiously, she really didn't see anyone being able to hurt Thorn like that.
"Will" Thorn said grumpily, she hoped she'd left a few bruises on him, the little brat.
Kai chuckled "I've always liked him".
"You would" Thorn said sourly before being engulfed in a bone crushing hug by Lu.
Becca looked thoughtful as she helped herself to a glass of lemonade. "I always thought that Will was an odd name for your brother. Will and Thorn. It doesn't quite fit. He should of been called Spike or something".
Mads, Lu and Becca already had a glass of lemonade each. Thorn reached out for the last glass at the exact same time as Kai. They struggled for it, each too stubborn to go and get a glass from the kitchen. She saw Lu wiping a tear out of her eye and whispering confidentially to Mads and Becca "they make the perfect couple". She was so shocked at Lu's comment that she backed off from fighting with Kai. The first time ever that had happened. Thankfully Kai didn't seem to have heard Lu's comment, instead he was saying that the lemonade tasted suspiciously like 7-UP.
In fear that, Lu might make a similar comment again or Mads and Becca might try and stir things up Thorn tried to divert their attention.
"Whats with all the cats" she asked gesturing around her.
Lu tried to explain "I got one cat and then it had kittens. Then they had kittens. Then they had kittens, until it looks like i'm running a cat sanctuary".
"Why don't you sell some or something?" Thorn asked confused.
Mads rolled her eyes "Because she can't tell if the new owners will look after them, so she only gives them to people she trusts."
"Hey! You never offered to give me one" Thorn said offended.
Lu looked awkward "Well............"
Thorn pointed at Kai "You gave him one, your standards can't be that high". Becca and Mads sniggered.
"I'll have you know that i look after Prickles very well. It's not my fault that i got given the brain damaged cat". Thorn threw a dirty look knowing full well he wasn't just referring to Prickles.
Thorn remained in a huff until Mads asked her innocently "How many pets have you had?"
Thorn muttered an inaudible number, and then repeated it louder when they carried on staring at her questioningly. "Five".
"And how many of those are still alive?" Mads asked.
"Some.......maybe........probably.........possibly" Thorn guessed.
"And how many ran away" Mads asked again, trying to supress a grin. She already knew she was just asking for Becca's benefit.
"Some" Thorn said glumly.
Becca looked interested, Kai and Lu were grinning.
"So what happened?" Becca asked.
"Well i started with two mice; Chocolate and Snowy" Thorn explained "Chocolate died of old age" Mads snorted with laughter looking unconvinced. "Thats the truth actually" Thorn said hurt throwing her friend an annoyed look.
Mads didn't argue, instead she asked "What happened to Snowy?".
"Well you see" Thorn said turning to Becca, the only one who didn't already know the story "My mum got me three cats; Snap, Crackle and Pop. One day i let Snowy out of his cage, and without going in to details lets just say Snap was very well fed that day".
Becca and Lu tried to look solemn but they couldn't help but chuckle. Kai and Mads didn't even try and be serious they started laughing straight away holding their sides.
Becca now was very interested to see what had happened to the other three pets. For some reason though Thorn sat down and wouldn't say anything, she looked very embarassed. So Mads decided to tell her.
"Snap only lasted a few days in the Beckford household. Thorn kept sitting on him and Will threw him down the stairs. Twice. Funnily enough, it ran away. Crackle lasted a few weeks longer and Pop, well Pop died in mysterious circumstances". Mads explained.
"I have my suspicions that one of my neighbours killed him." Thorn said confidentially. "It may of been Mr Peeping Tom or Crazy Bird Lady".
Becca laughed "Mr Peeping Tom?"
"Yeah, seriously one day i'm sure i caught him looking into my room with binoculars. Also his eyes are really close together and hes shifty looking. Hes got the whole Norman Bates thing down to a tee"
Kai snorted "Why spy on you? It's not like theres much to see" he said as he stared unabashed at her chest. Thorn tried to slap him but as usual he moved out of her range always one step ahead. Or three or four.
"And Crazy Bird Lady?"
"Yeah theres always birds screeching in her house. Shes a sweet old lady but you know, still crazy."
Lu looked thoughtful "You should introduce me to her, I am Crazy Cat Lady afterall."
Kai smirked "Maybe you poisoned Pop with your cooking". Thorn flushed, her culinary skills weren't exactly up to scratch, although thankfully she had been able to give up Food Tech more than a year ago.
Thorn sniffed "Actually my skills in the kitchen have improved" she said although she was lying threw her teeth. In her house, the kitchen is off limits. Not even to make Poptarts.
Kai sniggered "Yeah right, i remember a time when you actually burnt pasta".
Mads sniggered "I didn't know you could burn pasta".
Kai chuckled "Prickly can. Our Food Tech teacher looked like she was going to have a nervous breakdown everytime Thorn was in the kitchens."
Thorn glared at him "I bet you believe all that sexist crap, that a wife should be all domesticated and the homemaker"
Kai laughed "Not at all. My future wife doesn't need any kitchen skills. Just bedroom ones" wiggling his eyebrow suggestively.
Thorn gave him a sickened look. "Like anyone would marry you".
Becca rolled her eyes "Chill Thorn, Kai was just joking, your so easily rattled.". There were alot of reasons why Kai could never be sexist. He had grown up with four females in his family, none of which could at all cook. Although Lu likes to pretend she can. Roxie's, Kai's mum, business is even bigger, wealthier and powerful than his fathers and thats saying something. Roxie like Lu was not one to stay home and do the housework. Also if Kai expressed any views like that he had alot of female relations who would beat the crap out of him. Of course Thorn would gladly join in as well.
Kai managed to go a more than two hours without teasing Thorn. They all sat companiably watching Pirates of the Carribean. Mostly for Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, well not in Kai's case. Kai even sat up and let her have more space. As the credits rolled he nudged her.
"Got any plans tommorow?" he asked her, looking very interested. Thorn couldn't answer for a few minutes, it had almost sounded like Kai was asking her out. He was still gazing at her intently as she tried to talk, at the moments all she was managing was syllables.
"No" she finally managed to choke out, with no idea why she was suddenly becoming so shy. This was only Kai afterall, the boy who used to put worms down her top when they were six.
Kai looked surprised "Oh, i thought you had Sunday school". Thorn was confused at first but she blushed deeply when she figured out his meaning.
Last week, on Monday, Thorn actually got to school early. She had been really proud of herself as it had been the first time she had ever got to school on time, let alone early. She had sat in her form room for ages wondering why there was no one at all coming in. Until a caretaker had informed her that it was actually a Sunday. Of course her crappy luck meant that on Monday she was even more late than usual. Her awful luck meant that she had to bump into the caretaker from Sunday. He recognised her of course, and who had to be walking behind her and happened to overhear. Kai, of course. He had told absolutely everyone and spent every oppurtunity laughing at her about it.
She glared at him, but he just laughed mockingly at her. Why did he get to her so much?
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Thorn decided she would never again get into a vehicle driven by a Hiwitari, because frankly their insane. She had refused point blank to get on the motorbike with Mads but she hadn't exactly been over the moon about being driven by Kai. Kai drove his BMW with Becca and Thorn as passengers. Becca hadn't been overly enthusiastic either but at least she had a bit more experience with her family's crazy driving. Mads took her motorbike with Lu on the back. Lu found the ride to the mall loads of fun, she spent the whole time yelling and laughing. It turns out when Hiwitaris drive on their own they go way fast, but if you put them together it's just plain scary. When you get two people driving like Mads and Kai, who are adrenalin junkies, will do anything for a dare, seem to have no fears and who are both fiercly competitive, it always ends in a race.
The race had confused Thorn so much for a few minutes she had no idea where she was. Mads had to practically drag her into the mall because she was so disorientated. When they got inside. Lu left them saying she had a whole load of cat food and kitty litter to buy.
Becca turned to Thorn "Isn't your birthday soon? On Halloween?". Thorn just nodded still trying to recover from the car journey, if she opened her mouth she was pretty sure it wouldn't be words that came out. "We should have a party or something" Becca said excited. In a few seconds she was already planning decorations. When Kai, Mads and Thorn didn't look exactly enthusiastic at the prospect, Becca decided to enlist Mariah's help. She ran off, knowing that Mariah would be up in the food court at her Saturday job, waitressing.
At the mention of Saturday jobs, Thorns face darkened. When they had turned 16, both Mariah and Thorn had wanted to get Saturday jobs to get extra cash. Well Thorn gave up after being fired from her fourth job. For once it hadn't been her fault, Tala and Kai managed to get her sacked from each job. Her first job, was in a shoe shop. Kai and Tala came in and kept dropping things on the floor, very discretely so only she noticed. She ended up following them around the shop picking things up. Until the point where she ended up shouting at them, not realising the Manager was witnessing her staging an 'unprovoked attack' on two of his customers.
Her next job was as a waitress, this was a very absurd choice because Thorn isn't exactly the greatest at balancing things. Kai and Tala came in and tripped her up so that she dropped all her plates and spilt hot soup over her supervisor. Funnily enough, her boss didn't think she was suitable for a waitressing job. She next managed to get work in a trendy clothes shop. She thought it was a perfect place to escape the gruesome twosome as it only sold womens clothing, but as she should of figured out Kai and Tala will go to any lengths. One day only Tala came in as Kai watched from outside. Tala proceeded to try on all the latest skirts and dresses. Thorn would of found it funny, Tala dressing up in womens clothes if she wasn't so pissed at him. Thorn tried to chuck him out but he continued to play dress up. Her manager came over to see what all the noise was about. Thorn was about to explain when Tala told him tearfully that his employee (Thorn) was discriminating against him just because hes a transvestite. It was a performance worthy of an oscar.
The final job she got was another waitressing one. Tala and Kai turned up saying that they had decided to call a truce all they wanted was some food. Thorn should of known better than to trust them, but she gave them the benefit of the doubt. Kai ordered soup and Tala ordered a burger and they both ordered coffee. When Thorn served it, Kai complained the soup was cold and it had a hair in it. Tala moaned (loudly) that he was a vegetarian and had ordered a bean burger not a beef burger. When she returned with their new dishes, Kai poured his coffee down himself and accused her of doing it. The manager was alerted by Kai screaming "IT BURNS IT BURNS" while Tala attacked him with napkins 'accidentally' knocking over all the plates around him. Thorn ended up getting fired again but adding salt to the wound, Tala and Kai were given a free meal due to her poor service.
As if, Kai guessed what she was thinking about, he started laughing. She glared at him, it may of been amusing for him but she was still embarassed. That was four places in the mall she couldn't go in to without turning tomato red. Mads pulled Kai and Thorn along "Come on i'm dying of starvation". She led them to a restaurant on the second floor, to a table that overlooks the fountain on the first floor. Thorn was starving, her pig of a brother had eaten everything in the house, so she had missed breakfast.
Even though she knew she should eat something more sensible, Thorn ended up choosing a massive triple chocolate sundae with the works. Chocolate sauce, nuts, chocolate flakes and smarties. Mads and Kai both got burgers and fries. Kai looked amused as he watched her carry the massive sundae back to the table. "What? I'm hungry" Thorn defended herself between huge mouthfulls of chocolate icecream.
Mads quirked an eyebrow "Are you sure you've got enough there" she stated sarcastically. "That could feed a small country".
Kai laughed "Becca will freak when she hears you ate that without her, shes a chocoholic". Thorn was about to reply when she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. She spotted Tala hanging out around the fountain, on the floor below them. He wasn't alone.
"Who's that next to Tala" she asked Kai curiously, pointing to the girl Tala had his arm around. Kai and Mads both looked down at the figure she had pointed at. Mads looked intently at her then turned to Kai questioningly.
Kai shrugged and spoke casually "His girlfriend".
Mads snorted "Tala doesn't have girlfriends he has fuck friends"
Kai's eyes flashed and he looked defensive for his friend "Well now he does, in fact they've been dating for three weeks". Mads looked like Thorn felt, shocked.
Thorn studied the girl again, she must be pretty special if she's been with Tala for three weeks. In Tala land, a three week relationship is equivalent to three years. Tala's girlfriend was very pretty, but she didn't dare say it outloud, Mads wasn't looking very pleased at the news. That would be the understatement of the century, Mads face looked stoney and cold.
"What's her name?" Thorn asked. The girl had long red hair darker than Tala's, it had black streaks through it. She didn't look like his usual bimbo type, she looked like she had a lot of attitude.
"June" Kai said, he seemed to be watching Mads reaction.
Mads just rolled her eyes and said sarcastically "Let me guess, Was she born in June?".
Kai didn't reply annoyed as Thorn would of expected, instead he watched his cousin closely. He frowned as if there was something on her face "What's that? Oh it's just you turning green" Kai said with a smirk "Jealous are we?".
"More like nausea" Mads spat venomously.
They glared at each other for a moment while. Thorn sat there awkwardly, wishing she had another sundae to keep her busy. Mads spoke first "Well she doesn't look like his normal type. she actually looks like she may have half a brain".
Kai's face was blank "Well then aren't you just slagging off yourself?" he asked her "I mean you were his type, well until........". Thorn looked up at this comment, so that meant Kai did know what happened between Tala and Mads. By what he was saying, she could figure out that Mads must of done something cruel to Tala. Well crueler than usual.
Kai got up and without any explanation left, not even saying goodbye. Looking livid Mads got up without a word and walked off into the other direction. Thorn shouted after her "Thats fine just leave me on my own with no way to get home".
"Thats just fine" Thorn said quietly to herself. She sighed and decided to drown her sorrows in another sundae. 'Chocolate cures everything' Thorn thought to herself.
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I updated earlier then i thought i would. Much like Thorn, revision really doesn't work for me, so i thought i'd do this instead. This chapter was just to introduce Lu and June.
The next chapter is going to be the best ever!. It's set two weeks on at the Halloween party for Thorn. All the characters will be there in costume even Whoreleen. I'm gonna try and get it done by Saturday or Sunday. It's going to be very very long.
Mads, Kai and Thorn are fun when their drunk! Hee Hee