Chapter Four

Andy's POV

Lily wasn't much of a fighter. Her moves consisted mostly of trying to scratch me or push me off of her. I got in some pretty good swings before her parents heard the commotion and pulled us apart.

The worst of my injuries was had bitten my arm and had actually managed to break the skin. Lily's nose and lip were bleeding and it looked like she was going to have a black eye. I couldn't help but smile at my work.

"What is going on?" my uncle demanded.

"Ask her! She's the one that attacked me!" Lily practically screamed. She looked as if she were about to cry and I wished I had my video camera.

"Andrea what would provoke you to do that?" my aunt asked.

Oh sure, they didn't even ask if that's what really happened-alright, granted that technically that was what happened, but they shouldn't automatically jump to the conclusion that it was just because Lily said so.

"She's the one who stormed in and told me to stay away from a guy who doesn't even know her!" I replied calmly.

"Lily, go wash up then go to bed," my uncle said. She glared at me and I considered taking another swing at her. I settled for sticking my tongue out instead.

"Care to explain yourself?" my uncle said.

"Not really," I replied.

"It wasn't a question, young lady."

I sighed and said, "Isn't it obvious? You're daughter's suffering from Jan Brady Syndrome."

I received blank stares before my aunt asked, "What the heck are you talking about?"

"You know, Jan Brady from The Brady Bunch was always complaining that her sister Marsha always got all the attention. She felt shunned and that no one noticed her. Jan Brady Syndrome," I said.

"You think Lily is jealous of you?"

"Not exactly, she may just think I'm moving in on her territory. Although you can hardly call a guy that doesn't even know her name her territory," I replied.

"You're saying that Lily's acting territorial? You're making our daughter sound like some kind of wild animal!" my aunt said with an odd expression.

I fought down the many retorts that came to mind and said, "Look, Lily burst into my room and started yelling at me. I don't know what was going through her head if she thought that she could talk to someone like that and they'd just stand there and take it."

"Alright, as this your first offence-although you really should know better!-we'll let you off with a warning," my uncle said.

"Oh, thank you oh gracious one!" I rolled my eyes.

They said something about not pushing it and left. I fumbled with the wiring on my stereo system that I hadn't finished installing yet and once that was done I started playing blaring Jesus Freak by DC Talk before my uncle shouted to 'turn off that horrible racket'. Oh, and I suppose Lily's singing is like choirs of angels!

I threw myself onto my bed without bothering to change and went to sleep.

Lily's POV

Mom and Dad didn't even ground her! She made me bleed and she got off! Ugh, and what is she playing? I may torch her CD collection if it all sounds like this!

Why did it have to be us? Why did she have to move in with us? We had another aunt and two uncles that she could have lived with, but no! Her mom decided to leave Andy with her favourite sister!

I lay in my bed staring at the ceiling. Why did I have the feeling that in the end my cousin and I would end up killing each other?

Andy's POV

I was woken the next morning by I'm Not Okay (I Promise) by My Chemical Romance coming from my radio alarm clock. I groaned as I rolled out of bed, not bothering to turn off the alarm. I liked that song.

I pulled black pants and a black tank top with DORKETTE written in purple out of my closet. I put a purple and black arm warmer on my right arm and my black watch on my left arm. I debated over which pair of All Star's to wear, but finally decided on the purple ones.

I left my hair down, not even bothering to brush it. I skipped makeup and went downstairs for breakfast.

My uncle was drinking coffee while my aunt searched through the fridge.

"Hello Andy," my uncle muttered when I walked into the kitchen.

I nodded in reply as my aunt's head came out of the fridge. She glared and said, "Andy, what do you eat? You can't eat dairy, you can't eat meat, you can't eat eggs! What am I supposed to feed you?"

"I can go to the store later and buy some vegan stuff. I know how to cook, so I'll start making my own meals. For now I'll just have a cup of coffee," I said moving towards the coffee maker. I sat down and took a sip from the mug. It wasn't nearly strong enough, but it would have to do.

Lily came down and I almost choked from laughter when I saw her. She had about three inches of makeup on, but the black eye still showed. She had a few bruises on her arms that she didn't even try to cover. I smirked at my handiwork and drained the rest of my mug.

"I'm off to school, see ya! Oh Lily, that's a good look for you!" I laughed as I ran out the door. I heard glass shatter on the door about a second after I closed it.

It was a pretty boring day; the most excitement I got was when I sat with Jake at lunch, causing Lily to look like she was going to try and fight me again.

After school I invited Jake over and we just hung in my room and listened to the radio. RFR came on and Jake said, "You like this show?"

"It's not completely horrible," I said.

"Yeah, but every time I request something like Audio Adrenaline or Critical Mass they just go, 'I'm sorry, who?' Honestly, they should get some of that stuff," Jake said shaking his head.

I nodded in agreement as Shady Lane started signing. Her voice sounded oddly irritating this time. The song sounded like I had heard it somewhere before but Pronto insisted that it was a new song that he heard Shady write the day before.

99 Livesby the Pettit Project came on (a song that Jake and I both agreed was awesome!) and my arm warmer slid down a bit revealing the mark from last night's incident. I tried to pull it back up before Jake noticed but he caught a glimpse and said, "Whoa, what happened?"

"My lovely cousin bit me last night. I really hope I didn't get rabies or something," I smiled as Jake laughed.

The show ended and Jake and I just sat in my room listening to music. Lily came home about half an hour later and came into my room with out knocking.

"Hey freak girl, mom says for you to-Jake hi!" she turned girly all of a sudden. "What are you doing here? Oh, did you stop by to see me? You could have waited in my room; you really didn't have to-"

"Actually, freak girl invited him over," I cut her off. "Your mother wants me to do something?"

"Uh, yeah, she says that it's your turn to take out the trash," Lily said.

"Sure, get out now," I said.

"Jake, I wrote a song the other day do you want to-"

"Actually, I wanted to talk to Andy," he said coolly.

She froze for a second, then left slamming the door behind her. Jake laughed and asked, "What's up with all the bruises?"

"She had the crazy idea that she could take me and was proven wrong. That's where I got the bite," I said.

The sound of Lily's angry singing rang through the house, irritating me to a point where I considered using her guitar to beat her unconscious.

That's when something hit me. The song Shady Lane had played on RFR today Lily had been singing yesterday. The similarity in the voices was uncanny.