Ding-dong. 7-year-old Ruthie Camden ran to the door. Upstairs her 2 older sisters Lucy and Mary, ages 15 and 16 were arguing loudly from their room. Her favorite older brother Simon was locked up in his room that was conjoined with Ruthie's. Her father was at his church getting his laptop while her mother was cooking a huge Thanksgiving dinner. Ruthie was expecting her oldest brother Matt to come home from college. She flung open the door and saw a boy that was definitely not Matt. He looked about Matt's age maybe older, however Ruthie had no time for pleasantries.
"Who the heck are you?" she said rudely. The boy was clearly surprised and slightly taken aback, but then remembered why he was there.
The boy said "I'm Robbie your … Can I speak with your parents uhh…"
"It's Ruthie jerkface."
She scowled at him and he said, "O.K. Ruthie, can I speak with your parents?" Robbie was really losing his patience with this little girl. Robbie and Ruthie were arguing at the door for quite a while. Meanwhile in Mary and Lucy's room they too were losing patience with each other. Lucy was seriously mad at Mary and it was so close to becoming violent. Lucy had just found out that Mary was dating her ex-boyfriend Jordan (For the purposes of the story Mary never dated Jordan.) and to make it worse Mary had dated Jordan while he was dating Lucy.
Lucy thought of her older sister as her best friend, not just a sister. They had always told each other the truth and never lied to each other. Only 1 year apart they had been close all their lives and Lucy couldn't believe Mary would betray her like this. Lucy thought that Jordan was a nice guy but after this if she ever saw him again it would be too soon.
Lucy screamed at Mary "I can't believe you would do this to me Mary! Such a great sister aren't you?!!"
Mary pleaded "Luce, I am so sorry. I never meant to do this! You've got to believe me Luce!"
"You could have told me before I found out the way I did!" Luce screamed at her. "Mary you're my best friend and my sister! How could you do this to me! I'm telling Matt about this and you know what he'll do!"
Mary paled at this. She said "Luce I'm truly sorry, please forgive me!" But Lucy wasn't listening anymore. She turned and walked out the room leaving Mary at the door.
Simon heard his sisters arguing from his room down the hall. He didn't doubt that the neighbors heard as loud as they were. His sisters rarely argued but when they did they really argued. Simon was sitting on his bed thinking about what he saw yesterday. He didn't know who to tell but he knew he had to tell someone and fast before it destroyed his family as he knew it.
Find out what Simon's secret is in the next chapter! Sorry so short but I had to let you know what was happening in this time period. Thanks to andie07, IMINLOVEWITHABOYNAMEDPACEY, and marycamdenwest2004 for being my first reviewers! Thanks to marycamdenwest2004 for the advice and I tried to work on it in this chapter. Promise next chapter will be longer!
Jasmine