AN: It's been sort of complicated this week, one of my closest friends was killed from an IED in Iraq about two weeks ago, and I just found out about it this week. It's really weird for me, since I never really lost anyone before, plus I never would have expected it. She was a great person, a great soldier. I wanted to mention this to remind everyone here to honor those who are out there risking their lives for us, giving up their time for us to do the shit we do every day. My friend, Heather did just that. Thank you.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Life with Drew--Chapter 3

"Oh my gosh!"

'I can't believe I tripped in front of everybody, and to top it off, I landed on top of Drew's friend! UGH!'

May, still on top of his back, lifted her head up and surveyed her victims body, looking for any signs of blood, cuts, scratches, broken bones... "I'm so sorry...!"

Brendan grumbled, his face planted onto the tiled floor, "...mmmfff."

"What was that?" May tiled her head.

" 'Get off of me, stupid' is what he's trying to say." Drew answered her bluntly.

"...Oh." May carefully rolled off the boy, remaining on her knees next to him. "I'm really sorry...Drew's friend. I guess I should really watch where I'm going."

"Oh no, May, as a matter of fact, you should close your eyes next time, and to amuse me a little more, wear a penguin suit."

Before May could snap at Drew, Brendan cut him off fast. "It's Brendan," A coy smile grew on his lips as he looked up at her. "dude, though I'm used to girls falling for me, I can say I never had a girl fall on me before."

May averted his gaze, giggling childishly feeling her heart pound against her chest. "I'm May." She managed to squeak out.

Standing up, Brendan offered out a hand to her, "I know, your bro has told me a lot about you, can't say it was all good though." He shrugged at the comment, while Drew had his attention elsewhere, more as, his attention was on the female passer bys.

May gratefully took his hand, hoisting herself up. "Well, don't believe what that jerk says about me," May responded, her confidence already rising in front of Brendan. "he's always trying to make me look bad."

"And I do it well." Drew cut into the conversation, winking to a blond girl that was waving to him from a distance.

Brendan shook his head, looking down at May, his smile never leaving his face. May found herself drawn to that smile, almost hypnotized, she couldn't help herself. His eyes, smile, hair, his entire presence made her insides feel completely warm, and jumpy. She knew that she was instantly love struck. "No way dude--tte, you two are bro and sister, of course he's going to make you look bad, but I can already see he's totally off with that."

Brendan's surf-boy slang only made May grow even more fascinated with him, especially hearing him sort of compliment her. She felt the blush on her cheeks redden, twiddling her thumbs, she looked away, "I'm glad I fell on you then..."

Brendan gave her a bashful grin, "Cha, though I would've preferred something a little less painful on my butt," he paused for a moment, shoving his hands into his pockets, looking as if he was unsure of what to say next. "So, uh, see you later then?"

"Definitely!"

"Definitely!" Drew mimicked May with a girlish voice, "I swear you sound like a teletubby most of the time."

May's eyes narrowed, "At least I don't look like one."

"Whoa, dude, now that she mentioned it, you look like the green one with that hair..." Brendan observed, May burst-ed out into laughter.

"Shut up Brendan..."

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"Hah, I can't believe you fell on top of Brendan Birch," Drew continued on laughing at his step sister, which he has been doing ever since they drove home together from school. Drew poked his head in the fridge, looking for some sort of highly caffeinated substance to overindulge in. "You probably broke his butt by yours!"

May's cheeks still remained flustered, her mind kept playing that particular incident over and over again, it was making her head spin. More as, the thought of Brendan was making her head spin.

"He was okay, and besides, he wasn't mad at me at all for falling on him."

"Puh-lease, he wasn't mad because that's the first time he's been up close and personal with a chick!" Drew discovered a Pepsi can way in the back of fridge, "Yes." He cheered to himself.

May quirked a curious eyebrow at him, "You're not nice to anyone, including your friends, are you?"

"Nah, I'm just being myself."

"In other words, you're not nice. Period."

"And you are? Hah, you're so full of it."

"I am to nice!" May interjected.

"You're not nice to me."

May clenched her fists, her patience steadily declining. "Because you're not nice to me."

Drew opened the soda can, giving her a careless shrug. "We're even then."

Jordan, Drew and Leah's dad steps into the kitchen. "Hey guys!" Drew nodded in response to his dad, May scoffed at his blunt rudeness before saying hello.

"Hey Jordan, how was work?" May stood up from her seat, walking over to the cabinet to grab the loaf of bread. "If I knew you were going to come home from work early, I would've made you something to eat by now, I'll make you a sandwich." She heard Drew murmur what sounded like "Suck up." She turned around at him and shot him a glare, "It's called being nice, imbecile."

Jordan sat himself down, sighing tiredly at the two. It's only been a few months since the Maple's have moved in with them, and already he was tired of Drew and May arguing constantly. Usually, he just simply ignored them. "Thanks May, that would be nice."

"I want a sandwich too!" Max was heard from the living room.

"Make your own!" May yelled back.

"Well, that's not the nice person you describe yourself as.." Drew smirked, taking a sip of his soda before walking out of the room.

"Good riddance, he's been riding on my rear the whole day." Finished with making the sandwich, she put it on a plate and placed it in front of Jordan, sitting herself across from him.

Jordan's brown eyes met with hers, it was funny to May how Jordan looked nothing like his son Drew, but his daughter Leah. He had blond hair, brown eyes, and tan skin. Drew probably looked more like his real mom, instead. He didn't act exactly like Drew, but there was some traits where you knew that the two were related.

"Hm," Jordan took a bite out of his sandwich, taking in his step daughter's words. "That isn't something fun to picture."

"You know what I mean, Jordan." 'Now that sounds like something Drew would say..'

Jordan only smiled, not taking May's words too seriously. He knew that Drew and May didn't get along too well, he wasn't around enough to know the extent, but he only figured it was that natural brother sister thing. "Don't work yourself over because of Drew, he's just like the other teenager boys out there. He'll mature someday."

'Brendan is nothing like Drew, that's for sure...' May exhaled in defeat, knowing that arguing with Jordan wouldn't work, he obviously didn't know much of Drew's actions he's pulled on her during the day's he's not present, which is pretty often.

"Sure, Jordan." She flashed him an appreciative smile before standing up. "I'm going to start on my homework, see you later."

Jordan took another bite of the sandwich, "Thanks for the 'wich, dear!"

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"MAYYYYY!" Max yelled up to May's bedroom. "There's a guy on the phone for you!"

Mays thoughts of equations, decimals and fractions were cut off by Max's extremely annoying voice. She was about to yell at him to take a message, thinking it was only Dawn, but when she heard that it was a boy on the phone, she stretched for the phone on her dresser quickly. "Got it!" She shouted pressing the phone against her ear, repositioning herself more comfortably on her bed.

"Hello?" May almost asked in a whisper.

"Uh, May?" The familiar voice made May's ears ring, "It's that Brendan dude you fell on earlier today."

"B-Brendan?" She acted clueless. "Uhm, sorry, did you want Drew? I'll get him for you..."

"No no, dudette! I actually called for you."

Mays heart fluttered. 'He called for ME...and he called me dudette! EE!'

"He he, yeah, again I'm really sorry for falling on you. I hope I didn't...break your butt or anything."

May felt relieved when she heard him laugh, "Nah dudette, it's cool. It's a little sore, but that's probably from all the squats we had to do in hockey practice yesterday."

"You play hockey with Drew?"

Drew was walking down the hallway, heading towards his room. Hearing his name from the room right across from his, he stopped in his tracks, casually leaning against May's closed door. He heard Max say it was a boy on the phone, he was curious of who it was, but it especially made even him even more curious since the guy seems to know Drew. He pressed his ear against the door, listening intently.

"Cha!" Brendan replied with the utmost enthusiasm, which made May draw the phone away from her ear a little. "You never been to our games before? Tsk tsk, I'm going to have to make you go next time, me and Drew are like, the best players."

She wasn't sure about that, she preferred not to go anywhere near Drew when he was carrying a big stick around, he'd probably use her as the hockey puck. "S-sure, if you'd like..."

There was an awkward silence that drew between them, May was about to say something to see if he was still on the other line, but Brendan beat her. "...I actually called you for a reason, uh, sorta to ask you something."

"What is it?" She said really fast. 'Crap!' May smacked herself on the forehead, 'I have to not sound so eager, it could scare him off!'

"I sorta wanted to know, if you'd like to hang out with me tomorrow?" His voice sounded completely nervous, but that just excited May even more.

"Yes, I would love too!"

Drew pressed his ear more against the door, a questioning look was on his face. "..Sounds like he's asking her out on a date or something."

Leah walked up the stairs to grab her two skateboards for Max and herself. Catching Drew leaning against May's door, obviously listening into her conversation, Leah approached him crossing her arms. "Drew, why are you being nosy?"

He jumped at the sound of Leah's authoritative voice, he leaned over to cover her mouth. "Why are you being nosy of what I'm doing?"

Leah narrowed her eyes at her big brother, she pulled away from his grip. "I never listen into your phone conversations," Not that she would ever want to, that would be scary for her to experience. "Why does it matter to you of who May is talking to or not?"

Drew cringed hearing Leah's tone of voice not changing. "It doesn't!"He answered in a harsh whisper.

Leah stared with confusion at Drew, she loved the guy, she just never would understand him even if she tried. Especially how he is with May. "Whatever you say Drew, have fun not caring who May is talking to."

Drew rolled his eyes before continuing on what May was talking about.

"Okay, tomorrow around one sounds great, I'll be ready by then. See you later!"

Drew heard May hand up on the phone, then foot steps go towards the door. He pulled himself away from the door quickly before the door opened. May stopped at the doorway, seeing Drew stand in front of her bedroom.

"Why are you standing in front of my bedroom...?" May inquired with suspicion.

"What are you talking about, I was just walking by. Sheesh, you are paranoid." Drew flicked his hair, heading into his room, closing the door behind him.

May cluelessly stared at Drew's bedroom door, which had a "No Crossing Zone" sign on it. "He was in a hurry..." May narrowed her eyes suspiciously. 'He's up to something...but what?'

Entering his room, he walked over to his desk to turn on his stero, selecting the "shuffle" selection, randomly, the stero chose to play 'Teenagers' by My Chemical Romance. Steadily, he cranked up the volume before sitting himself on the bed. For some reason, playing music at a high volume helped him think, and create pranks for a certain step sister.

"Tomorrow, he's picking her up..." He scratched his chin, figuring that they'll most likely hit the mall.

"I'll find out who this guy is..." He remembered hearing May say that he plays in the hockey team. His eyes darkened, "And it better not be who I think it is."

AN: Woo! Another pointless chapter! I thought it would be a good idea to sort of have more interaction/introduction to the other family members of the home. There's going to be more of it, I promise you that. Thanks for reading, and reviewing, keep at it!