I had spent a an hour to jog two miles and back only to find that everyone was still asleep besides April who had apparently arrived here while I was gone and was making pancakes.
I sat at the kitchen counter and looked at April, "You are like side kick or something because it looks like your prediction is going to come true."
She looked up from the stove and nodded, "I know,"
"That means I have to find a place to live since I doubt that Bam will want his ex's nieces staying with him. By the way did you happen to get the newspaper?"
"Yeah, honey, here and if you can't find a place to live you are always welcome to with me and Phil even though I have known you for less than twenty four hours." She laughed, and soon I laughed along right with her.
I opened the newspaper to the classifieds, "I am sure I can find a place, I wouldn't want to burden you, I mean Kayla and I will be turning eighteen next month, so I think I can get a one bedroom apartment and leave Kayla with Jenn. I am tired of raising a person that is my age."
It was quiet after I said that, she was making a lot of pancakes as I looked at the ads for an apartment. Soon Ville came down and said, "That is a disaster waiting to happen,"
He gestured to my aunt Jenn; I rolled my eyes as he sat next to me. I looked up at him and asked, "I am surprised that you don't have a hang over."
"No, love, last night I just crashed. I was too tired to go to a party, I had stayed here. What are you looking for, love?" He asked curiously,
"Oh, after a day of living here I am afraid I am going to have to move. You know, because of that 'disaster waiting to happen.'" I looked back down the paper. Surveying this one ad deciding if I should call the place, I bit my lip.
I had my casted arm on my lap and with out thinking I set it on the table with a flop. Let's just say bad mistake, because soon I was yelping in pain.
"Oops, forgot about that." I said in pain. I noticed Ville's eyes widen at my arm and he asked, "Love, how did you manage to break your arm?"
I looked at him and lied, "I fell down the stairs, it was no big deal. April was there to save me."
"You just lied," Ville said simply, "Because I would have heard you fall."
"I fell down the porch steps." I smiled to show him that I was not kidding him even though I was; I frowned when he continued to look at me, "Fine! I didn't fall down the stairs; I had a skateboard accident last night, happy?"
He smirked and said, "Very,"
"Please don't tell anyone else, my sister already hates the fact that I skate board and I don't want her to find out." I begged.
"Love, your secret is safe with me." He said smiling. I was relieved, but soon tensed up when I heard Bam yell, "What the FUCK!!"
Ville and I looked at each other, "Uh oh," I said before listening on the conversation.
"Bam, it is not what you think!" I heard Jenn say.
"What am I suppose to think? You are on my couch naked with another man!" We both hear Bam yell. I am sure that this woke up everyone on the house.
"But Bammi, I love you! I was drunk I didn't know any better!" Jenn cried.
"What about the last time you did this? What about then?" He asked angrily, "And to think I was going to propose to you! Jenn you better start packing your stuff and get the hell out!"
I looked at Ville and said, "It was nice knowing you but I need to get my sister up and call this number to see if the apartment is available." I gave him a sad smile before getting up.
I ran up to my room and grabbed my cell phone. I dialed Tony's number, he answered with a hello.
"Hey Tony, can you lend me some money? I will pay you back as soon as I can. I just need it so I can get an apartment for me and my sister."
"Sure but as long as you join team Element." He said making an offer.
"Tony, I can't, well, not at least until I graduate. I kind of broke my arm last night from skateboarding and I can't skate board until like four months." I explained.
"I will hook you up with an apartment in West Chester, and in January, you try out for Element." I thought about it and said,
"Fine, are you still in West Chester?"
"Yeah, I will come and pick you up around noon, be ready."
"I will, bye Tony and thanks a lot!" I smiled into the phone.
"No, thank you, you are finally going to show your talent." Tony said, "Bye Kitty Kat."
He hung up after that. I looked at my sister who was soundly asleep; I started packing my stuff away and had them all loaded by the bedroom door. I looked at the clock and it read 10:01, I walked over to my sister and gently woke her up.
She rubbed her eyes and said, "Katty, my head hurts really badly."
"I know but you need to wake up, Jenn just go dumped by Bam." She smiled at this and said,
"So Bam is a free man now!"
I looked at her disbelievingly, "No that means we are moving away from here."
She pouted at this, "But I want to stay here."
"You can't do that, you have the option of leaving with me or Jenn."
She looked at me puzzled, "Where are you going?"
"I am not going to live with Jenn, I can't stand to mooch off people, just for this reason!"
"You never asked if you can stay so it doesn't count if I demand you two to stay here." A voice behind me said.
I turned around and found Bam leaning against the door frame smirking with Ville behind him.
"She can stay if she wants; I have Tony coming at noon. We made a deal and I keep my promises. I am not leaving West Chester so Kayla can visit me any time she wants." I said looking at him in the eye, "And you can't stop me from leaving, I don't like to take help from others unless I can help it."
"You want to see about that?" He said mischievously.
"Doesn't matter, if you can prevent me from living in an apartment your mother offered for me to live with her and Phil."
"And how exactly do you know Ape?"
"She helped me get to the hospital when I broke my arm." I held up my right arm. He eyed it and said,
"So what, I will make sure she doesn't help you because I want you to stay here, well. It's Ville who wants you here, too."
I raised a brow at Ville, "What, love, is it alright for me to care about one of my new friends safety?"
I rolled my eyes, "Just because I broke my arm doesn't mean that I am weak, plus I am not even going to be out of a fifty mile radius of here."
He raised his hands in the air in a defeated motion, "Whatever Bam, just let her live on her own, she is too stubborn. But Katherine, one thing happens to you and I hear of it I will personally fly out here and drag you back to Bam's!"
"Whatever." I looked up at the ceiling, "I just want to try to see if I can live on my own, jeez, I don't want to depend on Bam."
"Just let her go, Bam, she is such a wet blanket you won't want her to stay." Kayla said behind me. I turned around to look at her, I was shocked that she could say such a thing.
"Excuse me, Kayla. Care to repeat what you said." I looked at her; she shrugged and repeated it menacingly.
"Kayla, how can you say such a thing?" I was beginning to get angry.
"Well, it's true. You never do anything; you just sit around and mope or just hide your self in your job! Frankly I don't care if you go or not, plus you have been dying to get away from me!" She yelled out the last part, "You are tired of raising a person your own age, well I got it. So leave for all I care."
I looked at her shocked, I could not believe that she was turning against me, "Fine, don't come for me for money when you get sent away from this place because I am not going to take you in! You know what Kayla, I could have been exactly like you but I decided that I needed to take care of my careless sister. I even had to turn down a bunch of career opportunities, especially the one I got offered yesterday to do the one thing I love for you! But you know I am such a wet blanket, good bye Kayla! Never talk to me again." I yelled at her as I grabbed my stuff. I pushed both Ville and Bam as I walked through the door.
I stormed downstairs and sat my stuff down outside under some shelter to protect it from the rain.
I grabbed my black hoodie and put it on since I was still in my sports bra. I grabbed my cell phone and called Tony.
"Hello?"
"Tony can you pick me up now. It will just be me, this time. My sister is staying with Bam," I was on the edge of breaking down and crying. I held them knowing that someone might come out.
"Why is she staying and your not?"
"Because I don't want to live with Bam fucking Margera or my sister, my sister wants nothing to do with me." I replied calmly.
"Sure, I will be there in like twenty minutes." He hung up.
Ville came out of the house, carrying his cigarettes. He looked at me sympathetically and I said to him, "I am not a wet blanket I am just grieving, you know? I lost my dad on 9/11 and my mother became depress and eventually killed her self. I lost both of my parents and my sister has not grasped the concept that they are never coming back."
He nodded, and lit the cigarette that he had in between his lips. He inhaled the smoke, "Losing family is always hard on a person, people take in the death differently."
I looked at his cigarette in disgust, "Obviously in the near future, somebody is going to be grieving about your death."
He laughed and said, "As long as I already accepted that I am dying, I can always be in denial about it."
I shrugged and asked, "Does it really take way all the stress?"
His green eyes looked upon my face, "Yes, but I wouldn't recommend it for a beautiful girl like your self."
"I am not beautiful, so it wouldn't matter. But you know what; you are a great person I would like to keep in contact since you understand." I said honestly, I didn't think of him as a potential boyfriend just a friend. A friend is all what I needed.
"I can say the same about you. Even though I have known you for less than a day, I could tell that we would make great friends. You are honest and I like that," He said.
"Yeah, you won't have to worry about me falling in love with you. I am no the person to believe in that stuff," I smiled as he shook his head. A car pulled into the driveway and I assumed it would be Tony, since it was him in the driver's seat. "Well here is Tony,"
I gave Ville a hug and he hugged back. I gave him my cell phone number and said, "Call me sometime you are at Bam's I would like to keep an update on my sister."
"Alright love, be safe. And here is my number, well at least my American cell phone number." He slipped me a piece of paper. I smiled and said,
"Thank you, for everything." He helped me grab my stuff and take it to the trunk of Tony's rental.
We said good bye to each other as I got in the car, "Bye, love."
I smiled and said, "Bye Ville." As I closed the door, Tony drove away from Bam's house.
He looked at me warily and said, "I found you a small apartment not to far from the skate shop, I hope its ok."
I nodded and looked out the window, "I have to leave tomorrow but I will keep in call you frequently." He said while driving.
"Alright, well Tony, I am going to drop out of school and join Element since I already have enough credits."
I looked at him, waiting for his reaction. He looked surprise, "Oh, well I will have to call Bam and the rest of the team."
"Don't tell him that it is me that is joining I want to prolong telling my sister as long as possible and I still can't skate board until October. Thank you for everything."
He nodded, "Okay, and no problem, anything for my best friend's daughter."
