06/23/12

A/N: I want to say thanks for those reviews! You made me want to write more, and here it is like I promised! Numero Tres! Want to thank all my readers!:

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After mom went to work the next day, the babysitter arrived smiling at T.K.

"Yay! Sora is here!" he exclaimed excitedly, hugging her leg.

"Hi, T.K. How are you?"

"Good! I missed you Sora."

"I missed you too."

He let go of her leg and took her hand instead and dragged her to the couch, "Come! Play with us! My brother and I were playing a videogame."

We were playing together before she came and interrupted the fun. I narrowed my eyes looking away.

"Here, play with Matt. I already got beaten tons of times." He gave his control to Sora and she looked at it as if it was something she never seen in her life. I looked at her waiting for her to make a move, when she didn't, I explained how we played; she just smiled and nodded. She chose her player and we began to play.

For a girl who had just learned how to play, she did pretty well. I was amazed to see that we were tied. I had 9800 and so did she. I began more worry when she was ahead of me by a hundred points. It was time to freak out. Her fingers seem to be familiar with the buttons, she had speed, her eyes didn't move; they were paste the whole time on the game.

"Come on Sora! You can do it! Go! Go!"

Hey! I thought T.K. was on my side! Wait, I'm not supposed to be concentrating on his cheers, I'm supposed to beat this girl!

"Yay! Sora Won!"

I couldn't believe this! I got beaten by a girl! A girl! Not just a girl, a ten year old babysitter! I stared at the screen of the TV, as it flashed between my shocked eyes, the words 'GAME OVER.' Repeatedly blinked

"H-how?"

"Matt! You were right; no men can beat you and your high scores. But Sora here is not a men, she is a girl!"

"I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself. My cousin Wayne always challenged me with video games. And well, I started to play with him. He would usually beat me until I started to play more seriously and then one day I beat his high scores."

I didn't know what to say, I could just picture myself right now without a mirror; my mouth slightly opened, shocked. I was crushed flat, now I knew how T.K felt every time I beat him.

"Are you okay? I'm sorry...I-"

The light inside me burst. I clutched my fists together throwing the control beside me. "I'm fine. You won, be happy."

"Matt? What's wrong big brother?" T.K kneeled beside me looking at my red looking face. How humiliating, I got beaten by a girl in front of my little brother.

"It's nothing; I'm going to my room." I got up not looking back at my shoulder. I didn't want sympathy from anyone, not even my little brother. I know I'll regret it later.

I locked myself in my room like I always did when I was in a cranky mood or I needed to clear my head off. I went to my desk and grabbed my harmonica. I started to play a tune, then a song. I closed my eyes, and there she was; sitting next to T.K. smiling joyfully. What's with her? Why do I hate her?

That's the time where I needed to clear things off of an unanswered question; Why don't I like her?

A knock.

Suspecting that it was my little brother to comfort me, I opened it.

Wrong.

It was her; her hands on her back looking down at the floor, her reddish hair falling down her eyes, she tucked her hair behind her ears and looked up straight into my eyes just as I opened the door.

This was the first time I clearly saw them; they had this color that I quite couldn't distinguished like the other colors from the rainbow, it was different; a different kind of shine, not like brown, blue, or green. But a shade of a bright ruby that surrounded her orbs...

She looked so innocent standing there. I didn't understand why she was here. Literally, why was she here? I know she was here to babysit us, but what was her whole purpose?

"Can I come in?"

I was still mad at her for beating me, but I let her in without saying 'sure' or a 'yeah'. She took a good look around my room.

My posters of my favorite musicians and bands were scattered around and pasted with tape on each of my four walls, filling almost the entire room only leaving empty spots on some parts of my walls.

The Telescope on the corner of my room was covered with a white sheet; you could automatically tell what it was. I only used it a few times in my life. When my father had his nights frees and we would stare outside the window looking up the shiny stars.

But those days with my father and I, viewing the many brilliant eyes of the night-sky, were over, abandoning that object in that lonesome corner. Until that day comes again with my father, that thing won't be touch.

"You have a nice room," she said staring at the telescope.

I made no verbal answer but I shrugged my shoulders just in time to see her face facing mine. I don't think she was here to get a look of my room.

"I'm sorry I upset you, I didn't mean that to happen."

That's right, you didn't mean anything to happen, only for my brother to look up to you like you were his big hero.

"I know that you don't like me, I could tell from the start. I tried my best for you to like me as a friend, but I don't know how to win your trust, and friendship."

The words she said to me stung me with different emotions. First it was astonishment; I was surprised that she knew I didn't like her; I made it too obvious, next time I won't make it that visible.

Second it was kind of pity, I guess. I felt pity for her for 'trying' her best for me to like her. Like that's ever going to happen. She was wasting her time trying to please me and to know me.

And thirdly, the last of my feelings; she wanted to win my thrust and my friendship, she wanted to be my friend.

I had to think about that. Friends, me and her...meh...I didn't see it...

However, there was the other side of me, the other side of me that felt something inside my heart, like the half of my body wanted to agree with her proposal. It was not a proposal; it was more like permission from me. To be her friend...Friends with her? Friendship? It made my head swirled with confusion.

"Why are you here?" I asked not even thinking what I was going to say.

She looked clueless and puzzled, "What do you mean? I'm here to take care of you."

"I don't need care from you. You haven't answered my question; why are you here?"

"I wanted to talk to you; I want to be on your good side." She had this look on her face that looked like fright. I think she was afraid of me. Good.

"You're wasting your time, you are not here to be my friend; you are here because it's your duty to keep an eye on us, not that I need it." I think I just slapped her soul; I crushed her being or something. As I said those words she looked hurt, her eyes were ready to cry. Yet she lifted her head up high and looked at me, with no tears presented.

"Okay, I'm sorry for trying."

She turned around and left my room, closing the door behind me.

My ear was pressed against the door right after she left.

"What did he say?" T.K. asked

"He doesn't want to," she said.

"Oh, we can go without him."

I heard the front door open then close. All I could hear was the silence around the apartment; neither T.K. nor the babysitter.

I left my room and stood in the middle of the living room, recalling those times, T.K. and I spending together before 'she' had to come into our lives and mess up everything. Before 'she' came in like a stranger and getting in my way of becoming responsible for the care of my brother. For blocking my way towards him, to show him that I could do it, that it was only me he needed. Everything was her fault.

And that's when I realized, I had found the answer to my own question. Now I knew why I hated her; I was jealous of her. I hated how she got too close to T.K., how fast she won his trust, his love. Her charm had worked on him, but not on me, I still resisted, no one was going to put a spell upon me. Not even her...

An hour had passed; T.K. and the babysitter weren't home. I was starting to get worried when I heard the door open... They were laughing.

I ran up to him kneeling down and grabbing his shoulders. "T.K.! Are you okay? I started to get worried when you weren't coming home."

He just smiled, "I'm okay Matt; Sora was with me all the time." Oh, yeah. I bet she was and I bet you had a dandy day.

"Oh." That's all I could manage to say

"We went to the park and played soccer together. We wanted you to come but you were not in the mood. We didn't want to bother you..." I felt bad, my brother wanted to play with me but I, being a stubborn pain, didn't want to go because of a dumb defeat. I stood up and noticed that Sora was beside the door, away from me.

I was planning on apologizing, but I wasn't going to do it soon. I still had the grudge inside of me, until that ceased down, we'll see what happens next.

"I promise that next time I'll come." It was hard to see, but I think Sora's eyes lighten up. I hope she didn't get the idea that I was going to be her friend. I'm just doing this for T.K.

"So, you're not mad anymore?" I looked into his small little eyes. I wouldn't lie to him.

I smiled at him. "No."

We spend the rest of the night watching movies, until my mom came home and paid the babysitter. T.K. gave her a hug before she left. She waved goodbye to my mother and T.K., but didn't say anything to me, she just gave me a stare and left. I recapped that stare in my mind; It wasn't a hateful stare, nor an I'm-Going-To-Get-Revenge-On-You stare. It was more like a caring stare, like if she really did care about me. But for what purpose?

My mom was exhausted; she said she wanted to hit the hay early because she had a headache, and closed her bedroom door. I already, cleaned from a morning shower, headed towards my bed.

For some strange reason, I woke up early this morning wanting to take a shower; I wanted to be clean and to clear my head with some cold water, and I wanted to smell good for some reason.

Before my morning shower, I found my brother slightly, snoring beside me. I don't mind him sleeping with me, but what troubled me is that this was the fifth time he's done this. Every night telling me the same excuse to sleep with me, "Just for tonight." I haven't said anything, just in case he wanted to vent anything out. So far, he hasn't said anything.

The covers of my sheets felt so comfortable against my skin, it made me relax and forget my defeat. I was about to close my eyes when I heard the creaked noise of my door open. I stood upright and found T.K. on the corner of my bed.

"Just for tonight."

I scooted to the other side of my bed and left a spot for T.K. He got in and smiled at me, but then he frowned.

It was too dark for me to see anything, but the light of the full moon outside my window gave a good source of light. I could see T.K.'s face lines and his sad smile. "Why don't you like her?"

"Who?" I asked, knowing perfectly well who he was talking about.

"Sora. She's really nice, pretty and she cares about us. Why don't you like her? She thinks you are a really nice person."

"She does?" Even when I treated her bad?

"Yeah, she told me when we were playing soccer... She doesn't know what she did wrong or why you don't like her? Why?"

"I don't know..." I couldn't admit it to myself or my brother; that my ugly grudge against her was because I was jealous. I couldn't think of saying it. "Now you tell me; why do you keep on sleeping here instead of your own bed?"

His eyes became petit and shallow; he turned his back towards me covering himself with the sheets of my bed and whispered, "Because...I'm scared...I hear yells in my room."

That was the only thing he told me that night, he didn't continue his conversation about my hatred for the babysitter, he sighed and fell asleep. Something was troubling my brother, and I had to find out what. But first, I had to get rid of that babysitter for good. She will not take away my brother from me, never.

A/N: I hope you don't start to hate Matt...he's just going through a phase...lol promise that he won't end up like this in the end of the story, sorry for my spelling errors or grammar...I don't have a beta at the moment...sigh I'll keep searching... anyways please leave any comments! thanks again to all of my reviewers!