Daughter of Ipswich

Falling Down the Rabbit Hole

Night to Forget

Pogue roughly grabbed my arm, and pulled me through the crowds in Nicky's.

"I can walk by myself, thank you very much" I hissed quietly, ripping my arm out of his grasp, walking over to Chase, who sat next to Kate, Sarah, and Caleb.

I scowled at Sarah for a brief second, before I put on a fake smile, and sat down in between Chase and Kate. "Hey! Sorry, Pogue and I got stuck in traffic on the way here."

"No problem," Chase smirked at me, while Kate grinned, to my irritating brother," Oh, hey, baby! You missed a great movie."

"Yeah," Pogue used his typical excuse," I had to get my bike fixed."

"What movie did you see?" I asked Kate, as I took a sip from her drink.

Chase then smiled and answered," Mr. and Mrs. Smith."

"Oh," I smiled, while Kate explained," It's alright, Pogue. Chase and I hung out and kept me company today."

My brother glared at Chase for a brief second, as he pulled of his leather jacket. "I'll bet he did."

I could tell he was upset by this though. Because he was really possessive about Kate.

There was an awkward silence around the group of us, before my brother reached over and shook Caleb's hand. "What's up, man?"

"It's all good." Caleb replied politely.

Chase then poked my arm, discretely, making me look over at him, as he mimicked my brother pulling off his coat, in the macho manor.

I couldn't help but laugh, while my brother just glared at Chase and me.

"You should become an actor," I teased, poking his arm, while Pogue nastily asked Kate," You want something to eat."

"Celeste and I will share our usual," she smiled, before looking over at me. "Is that okay, hun?"

I nodded, and smirked up at my brother," We'll have the usual, Pogue."

Pogue scowled at me, before walking away to the bar.

Kate mouthed "sorry" to Chase, but he just laughed," Don't worry."

Caleb then rudely cut in," Celeste."

I jerked my head in his direction, seeing his matching scowl of my brother's.

"Yes?" I questioned, letting Chase wrap an arm around my shoulders.

"Reid and Tyler are playing pool. I suggest you go over there and make sure they don't start a fight with one another." But I could tell he just wanted me away from Chase.

I growled, before looking over at Chase and Kate, ignoring Sarah completely. "I'll come back in just a second."

"Come back quickly," Kate pleaded childishly, as she reached over and planted a kiss upon my cheek.

I smiled back at her, while Chase took his arm off of my shoulder, allowing me to saunter over to the pool table.

"Corner pocket!" Tyler motioned with his hand, where Reid should put his ball into.

And of course Reid got it.

"Great shot," I cheered, as I walked up to both of them.

"Hey, babe," Reid grinned, kissing my lips, before I was passed along to Tyler, whom I gave a politely kiss upon his cheek.

"How is the game going?" I chimed, looking down at the pool table.

"Tyler is actually winning," Reid chuckled, patting Tyler's back, like a proud father would.

"Really?" I looked up at Tyler, who was lightly blushing but smiling in a proud expression.

"Well, well, well…" Reid announced, only to let me see my brooding brother.

"How long have you guys been here?" My brother asked, ignoring me.

"A bit." Reid answered, as Pogue, Tyler, and Reid exchanged handshakes, high fives, and brotherly punched on the shoulders.

"Just been playing Aaron and Brody, and-Would you look at that?"

I looked in the direction of the bar, where both my brother, Tyler, and Reid were looking, at a woman bending over in a black mini skirt, almost revealing her bum.

Reid slammed twenty dollars onto the pool table. "Blue, cotton."

"Pink, lace," Tyler added his money to the pot.

Pogue then looked over at me, making me groan. "I'm putting in my own bet."

Pogue scowled, since he usually had me tell him what she was probably wearing.

He pulled out his money, put it on the pool table. "Black, silk."

I rolled my eyes, and pushed forty of my own dollars onto the table. Then I smirked at the three boys," Boys, she hasn't been wearing underwear since she was twelve."

Tyler giggled for a second, but caught himself before he seemed too childish, before I looked over at Reid, whose eyes went black.

A gust of wind blew at the girl's skirt, reveling exactly what I expected. Nothing but a bare bottom.

I heard Pogue, Reid, and Tyler each groan loudly, while I gathered up my money. "A pleasure doing business with the three of you."

"She's a girl, she shouldn't be allowed to play," Reid groaned to Tyler, who just shrugged his shoulders, while my brother groaned again, before going off to the bar, while I kissed Tyler and Reid's cheeks, before marching back over to my table, counting the money I had gotten.

"Where did you get all that money from?" Kate asked amused by the stash of money in my hands.

I smirked, as I sat back down. "Let's just say the boys forgot that girls are better than guys."

"In what sense?" Chase inquired, playfully smiling down at me.

I tucked my money into my pocket, before answering," I guess you'll just have to find out."

"Is that a challenge?" Chase smirked at me.

I giggled and nodded, before my eyes drifted over to Caleb, who was looking down at the table frowning.

I felt my insides drop. I was flirting with Chase, when I wanted to flirting with Caleb. I felt absolutely sick with myself.

Chase then looked over at Caleb, and challenge," Lets go play some Foosball."

"Go ahead and play," Sarah urged.

With that Caleb and Chase ran over to the Foosball table like children, leaving me with Kate and Sarah. Much to my dismay.

So, I busied myself with eating my food that Pogue had just delivered to Kate, before he ran off over to Caleb and Chase.

I beginning to have a small fantasy play back out in my head again, when suddenly Sarah piped, with her annoying voice," Okay, what just happened?"

"What?" Both Kate and I questioned her stupidity.

Sarah then leaned over towards both Kate and I, while we nibbled upon the fries," We were sitting here, together, having fun, and now we're watching them have fun."

I rolled my eyes, and muttered sourly," That's what Ipswich boys do. You have to get use to it, if you want to hang with them."

Kate sighed and repeated," What Celeste means is that's what we girls do. You know boys and their toys. Trust me; Celeste has been with them since birth."

Sarah then bit her lip in thought, before smirking," Give me a quarter."

"Why?" Kate questioned, looking at Sarah's extended hand.

"Just give me a quarter. I'll show you what girls do." Sarah teased again, making me roll my eyes.

Kate sighed and dug into her purse before handing her a pocket.

"So what is it girls do?" I questioned, looking up at her.

"Just watch," she smirked standing up, running over to the juke box.

Instantly the song that Brittany Spears sang in crossroads echoed over the speakers, making me cringe. This was defiantly going to be a long night.

"I like her," Kate smiled, making me roll my eyes again.

But my insides shrived up in anger, as I saw Sarah approach Caleb and begin to dance with him.

"I guess you're not a dancer."

I looked next to me, and spotted Chase sitting there, while Pogue and Kate went off to dance.

I shook my head, and explained," I'm half the size of most guys here, and I'm not all that coordinated."

"You don't have to be coordinated to dance," he smiled, reassuringly. "I'm not all coordinated myself, but I still attempt to dance."

"Attempt?" I questioned, with a smile.

"Let's just say it looks ten times worse than that," Chase explained motioning over to a couple, who were practically having sex upon the dance floor.

I laughed, while he just innocently smiled.

"That's pretty bad, Chase," I giggled, while Chase continued to just smile and stare at me, like I had seen Pogue do to Kate.

"So why do you hang with those guys so much?"

I shrugged my shoulders, before shoving a French fry in my mouth," When those boys do everything together, and you're Pogue's twin sister, you are natural pushed towards them. Girls envy you for being so close to them, and boys want to date you, just so they can claim they are dating the daughter of Ipswich."

"Daughter of Ipswich?"

I sighed and explained," The boys are called the 'Sons', but since I am the only girl born this generation, I got the title of the 'Daughter'."

"Interesting..." Chase drawled, while he kept starring at me. "Have you ever made attempts to get away from them?"

"Plenty," I laughed," but they've all miserably failed. My last one ended with my dating of Aaron, the guy you met last night."

"You dated him?" Chase asked amused.

I nodded, bitterly," He is the top guy, outside of the boys, and I figured I might as well date their 'arch-enemy', if I wanted to separate myself. And I did, for a while. That was until..." I paused to think if I wanted to tell him one of my deep secrets. But if I wanted him to at least be a close friend, I would have to tell him.

"What happened?" he whispered, leaning forward, closer to me, with a serious face.

I took a breath," Well...Aaron and I were...doing something not very appropriate in the back of his car, out by the cliff, when he tried taking a step further than I said he could, we got into a argument. But he got physical, and started to choke me."

I paused again, to see if I should continue. But Chase seemed very absorbed in the story. "I just barely got him off of me, and basically ran into the woods, where I walked to Caleb's home, which was the closest. When I arrived, I was dressed in my school blouse, socks, underwear, looking completely dishevel, with bruises around my neck. Caleb and his mom cleaned me up, before he called up the boys and they basically went on a man hunt for Aaron to get my things and try to teach him a lesson. But they only got so far, before Aaron called the police for harassment."

"Wow," Chase mused, as he leaned back into his chair. "I didn't think it was that intense."

"Well," I ate a fry," it was."

"Blow me!"

I gasped and looked behind me, as I saw Aaron and Reid fighting.

"Let's take it outside! Come on!" Tyler added, stepping in for Reid's defense.

"Oh god," I gawked, as I stood up. I looked back at Chase and cooed," I've gotta go stop this. I'll come right back."

Chase nodded, while I began making my way over to Reid and Tyler.

I was forced to follow them outside, where I heard Reid shout," Let's go! Bring it on!"