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A/N: Here's the next update. And to those of you who don't like my cliffhangers, you are going to hate me. I'm sorry if this is bad, but it was so hard to write. It took me three times and I still don't like it.

Tess's POV

"What's up with you?" I asked Matt as he walked out of the locker room. He had been in a bad mood all day. Actually he hadn't said much at all. A 'Hi' in the morning and a grunt every once in a while to show that he was listening.

"You'll never guess what happened this weekend." He said and took a seat on the bleachers with me.

"What?" I asked and scanned the parking lot for Leon. I would be eating dinner at Matt's house. It would be my first time meeting Brian.

"Brian moved in." My jaw dropped and I thought it would hit the grass. "I know that's what I thought."

"Didn't Mia even talk to you about it?" He shook his head.

"And that's what made me the maddest. They didn't even ask what I thought about him. I mean I told you how I freaked when he showed up at the store." I nodded. He told Shane and me before practice a few days earlier. "Now everyone just acts like nothings wrong, like things were always like this. Ok, I take that back. Vince and Sydney are ticked. They won't even look at him. I haven't even seen Vince in a couple of days. He's staying clear of our house."

"That's ridiculous!" I exclaimed.

"Tell me about it."

"Well if it'll make you feel better, you can stay at my place." I told him and a small smile played on his lips.

"Be careful. I may take you up on that offer." I smiled back at him and thought of how it wouldn't be so bad.

Sydney's POV

After Leon came home with Matt and Tess, Matt went to get cleaned up and I started to tell Tess about the new guy I had met.

"Ok. What's his name?" She asked and I smiled.

"Carlos." I said with a Spanish accent causing her to laugh. "He just moved her from the other side of town and he's a beauty!"

"Well, I know you like him but he still has to pass my test." Tess teased me and started to giggle. Just then Matt stormed in and slammed the door.

"Hey! Pick on a door you own size." Tess yelled at him and I laughed but the laughed died when I saw Matt's face. He was mad! I mean really seriously ticked! "What's the matter?"

He started to pace and bite his bottom lip. "Matt?" I said getting his attention. He snapped.

"They are down there MAKING OUT!" He yelled and picked up my basketball, ready to launch it out the window. My eyes got big at him as Tess got up and took the ball from him.

"What a crock." I snarled. Tess nodded in agreement. Matt continued to pace around my room.

"Yeah, no kidding." He sat down on the edge of my bed.

"What are you gonna do?" Tess asked before I could. He shrugged.

"I can't take this much longer." He got back up and began to think hard. Matt can only be pushed to a certain point, and then he breaks. He was close to breaking.

"Guys, dinner!" Dad yelled for us.

"Don't do anything you'll regret." I told him and we all went downstairs.

Matt's POV

I managed to make it through grace without exploding, but I was shaking with anger. Tess and Syd could tell. They both kept giving me looks that clearly said 'Calm down'. We started to eat when Mom stupidly bit into the hot spaghetti.

"Ow! I think I burnt my tongue off." She exclaimed.

"I'm surprised Brian didn't swallow your tongue in the kitchen!" I yelled at her and the table got quiet.

Silence.

"What's that suppose to mean?" She said softly, shocked that I had said that.

"You should know." I snarled and stormed inside. I made it half way through the kitchen when Brian caught up to me. "What do you want?"

"What is with you?" He yelled and grabbed my arm spinning me around. "What's you problem?"

"YOU!" I screamed in his face and jerked my arm free. "You are my problem. You and Mom making out in the kitchen. You moving in. You even being here." Let me tell you that released a lot of anger. I slowly took a deep breath. Mom walked in the kitchen fuming. I thought steam was going to come out of her ears.

I set my jaw, ready for round two. "What has gotten into you?" She asked through gritted teeth. Brian was mad too. His face was the color of a tomato and he was breathing in short gasps.

My whole body was shaking with anger. "You and him." I pointed to both of them as I spoke. My teeth ground together as I tried to compose myself. "Ever since he came back to town it's like your twenty again and you've been acting like a SKANK! How many times have you two slept together since he moved back in? Three? Four times a day?"

SMACK!

I would have gone on ranting but after I finished that sentence Brian swung around and slapped me with so much force that I flew into the counter and I tasted red metal in my mouth.

Silence. It was defining. Brian stared at his hand, were it had started to turn red. Mom's eyes were as round as saucers. I wiped some blood from my chin and bolted for the door, grabbing a set of keys as I went. By the time Brian and Mom realized what had happened I was in Mom's car and down the driveway. I had picked up the keys toher car.

I looked in the rear view mirror to see Brian and Uncle Dom coming after me. Sydney and Tess were behind them. I slammed on the gas and sped off before they even got to the back of the car.

It was very clear to me that I was no longer wanted in that house. Actually I wish I wasn't wanted back there. It would have been easier to run away if no one would have wanted me there. I didn't want to go back there where I would be forced to accept that fact that Brian was back in my life.

There used to be times when I wanted a father but after what had happened I didn't want anything to do with my family. Vince was my only family now. He understood. He didn't like Brian either. Sydney didn't like him either, or Shane or Tess. I could see it in her eyes.

Tess. I tell you what; if I had to be running away with anyone it would be her. From the day we met I knew there was something between us. The way she smiled at me and looked at me. There were some things I could tell her but not tell Shane or Syd.

By that time I was far downtown and tears began to fall as I thought about what I had done. It's funny how you do something in the heat of the moment then reality sets in and you realize how wrong you were.

I did have a right to be angry but I shouldn't have called my Mother a skank. That was going too far. But I was so mad. I bet Brian will feel really bad when they can't find me.

Maybe I'll go to Canada. Or some state to the East where it snows. I've never seen snow.

A/N: Man, I'm going to make a lot of people mad. Lol Sorry but I had to leave it there. I hope I still have some reviewers out there. Sorry it's been so long. Please r/r!

Queen B 83: Here's a new chapter. I hope you like it!

Kate: Thanks! Here's some more Sydney and I'm adding in the romance.

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