Key- Demongrl923: Syd
icdeadpple043: Kori
/Blah/: conscience
Chapter 2
Syd was sitting on the couch in her living room, doing her homework for once. She had already been yelled at for getting sent to the guidance offices.
A tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the room. This was Mike Jaylor, Syd's father. "Syd..."
"Yes, Daddy?" Syd asked, not looking up from the essay she was writing on the Black Death (random, but I like it and it works.).
"I have something I need to tell you and you're not going to like it..." Mike said, causing Syd to turn to look at him. "We're having a family stay with us for a month while their house gets checked for mold..."
"Okay..." Syd said slowly. "And this family is...?"
"The... Hiwatari's..." Mike said.
"What??" Syd now had a near horrifed look on her face. "You gotta be kiddin' me."
"There are times I wish I were..." Mike told her, slightly relieved. He had been afraid Syd was going to scream loud enough to be heard in the next town over. "You have half an hour."
Syd stood up. "I'm going up to my room. I ain't comin' down till dinner," she said. She then gathered her stuff and walked up to her room, slamming the door behind her.
Once she had thrown her stuff in some random corner like she always did, she turned on her computer, waited for it to load the got on the interent and signed in to AIM.
Demongrl923 has signed on
icdeadpple043: hey loser
Demongrl923: Hey...
Demongrl923: I hate my life
icdeadpple043: Why?
Demongrl923: I'm stuck w/ sum1 while their house gets checked for mold
icdeadpple043: who?
Demongrl923: ...I'll give you a hint: It's a he.
icdeadpple043: that's helpful.
Demongrl923: ...Here's another one then.
Demongrl923: he's your boyfriend's best friend...
icdeadpple043: oh, HIM!!
icdeadpple043: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
Demongrl923: -.- Don't make me block you... on all your names
icdeadpple043: i sorry. But it's funny.
Demongrl923: Gotta go. Daddy's calling me. prob'ly be back on later.
Demongrl923 has signed off
In truth, Syd had just wanted to get off the computer and had only gone from the computer to her bed, a total of about five feet or less. Until she was really summoned.
"Syd, I need your help with dinner!!" Mike yelled through the door.
"Yeah, yeah." Syd got off her bed and walked out the door. "I'll make it," she mumbled. "What were you gonna make anyway?"
"Same thing you always make." Ah, so it was porkchops.
"Got it..." Syd walked into the kitchen and got what she needed. Then the phone rang. "Daddy, phone!"
"I'm not deaf!!" Mike yelled back at her. ("You can sure act like you are..." Syd mumbled to herself.) "Hello? OK. Yes. That's fine. Syd's going to freak but it's fine. 'Bye." He hung up the phone then walked into the kitchen.
"I heard my name in the conversation. Why is this?" Syd asked, turning around halfway so she could at least see her father out of the corner of her eye.
"Well... You have five minutes to get your act together."
"I'm in mostly honors classes, but I'm still an idiot," Syd said, "so elaborate."
"They'll be here in five minutes--" Mike started to say.
"WHAT?!" Syd screamed, cutting off her father and simultaneously dropping what she had in her hands, but managing to catch ot before it hit the ground. Mike laughed nervously as his daughter fumed and her expression darkened dagerously.
She could be scary when she was mad.
Mike left the kitchen, leaving the angry teen on her own.
The five minutes passed far to quickly for Syd's liking. Mike came into the kitchen to give a warning to the blue-green banged girl, then left again. Syd grumbled under her breath.
"Jaylor," a familiar voice said as its owner entered the kitchen.
"Hiwatari," Syd replied. "You in here to annoy me or something else?"
Kai sighed. "I was wondering if we could have a temporary peace..."
"How long is temporary?" Syd asked, turning to face the dual haired Russian, who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. He was watching her.
"As long as I'm living here," he replied.
"Okay." Syd turned around and went back to what she had been doing. She could tell that Kai was still watching her. "Uh... Do you need something? Cuz if you don't I'd appreciate it if you stopped watching me."
"Uncomfortable?" Kai asked, amused.
"It happens when people are watching me, which is why you've always done the presentations when we got stuck as partners."
Kai smirked. Syd, somehow knowing this, turned around to glare. This might be better than I thought... Kai thought.
/Maybe you two can become friends,/ said a voice in Kai's head.
Not you again! Kai groaned in reply.
/I'm always around when you want me least,/ the voice laughed.
"Damn conscience..." Kai mumbled.
"Having an arguement with your good half?" It was Syd's turn to be amused. "Or are you just taling to yourself?"
Kai's only answer was a glare. Syd grinned back at him. The dual haired teen shook his head and left the kitchen.
A while later dinner was on the table. Everyone was staring at it.
"Does anyone plan on eating or did I waste my time?" Syd asked, annoyed with the staring. "It ain't poisoned."
"Sorry, Syd," Mike said. "I'm just not used to your food looking right."
"Wait... what?" Syd truely had no idea what her father meant by that.
"I meant that your food is usually good, but it doesn't look right," Mike explained.
"Oh... O...kay..." Her confusion must have shown because Kai smirked. She glared at him and was the first to start eating.
"It's a new record! They haven't insulted each other in 50 minutes!" Both Kai and Syd turned to glare at Rina.
Rina was Kai's 10-year-old sister. She was the only one who believed that Syd and Kai would become friends.
"We've made a temporary peace," Syd muttered.
"You two might become friends after all!" Rina exclaimed.
"Don't hold your breath..." Kai mumbled.
"Kai Hiwatari, how many times have you been told not to talk to your sister like that?" Kai's mother reprimanded. Kai rolled his eyes. Syd smirked, but hid it by looking at her food.
"Oh, that reminds me!" Mike said suddenly. "One of my nephews will be here for a few days, starting tomorrow."
"Which one?" Syd asked, still looking at her plate.
"Tom..." Mike answered, letting his voice trail off at the end.
Syd froze, dropping her fork. She looked up slowly, her sapphire eyes narrowed. "Did you just say Tom...?" she asked, causing Mike to nod. "Excuse me, but I need to go do something that will probably involve me hurting my hand and/or screaming." She stood up and walked out of the house.
Soon after, an angry and pain-filled scream was heard, followed by a screamed, "Fuck you, Volkov!!" then loud reprimanding.
"Is that normal...?" Rina asked hesitantly.
"Yes and no," Mike answered. "It is for Syd, but most likely not for anyone else."
Fuming, Syd came back in. It looked like she was going to have a black eye.
"And the black eye came from...?" Kai questioned.
"Volkov threw a baseball at me," the blue-green banged girl answered irritably. From that point on she was silent.
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