Remember me When I'm Gone
Hey, I'm back. Did you like the last chapter? Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I'm having a lot of fun writing this story and I hope that you like reading it. I'm sorry for the late update but I just started a new school and at the end of the day I come home really tired. So anyway, this is chapter 4 and I hope you like it.
Chapter 4:
Keira's P.O.V:
Keira opened the door to her house and found that both her brothers were watching wrestling on television, well Josh was anyway; Caleb was just staring into space. She closed the door and hung her house-keys. She was still in shock from the news Cornelia had given them to care why her brother Josh was screaming and yelling at the television screen like a maniac. Apparently, he likes yelling at the television screen for no apparent reason. Keira felt sick to her stomach but she knew that it was still the effect of the shock that she was in. It was just so over whelming.
Never in a million years would she have thought that one of her best-friends would be sick, especially with an illness as harsh as leukemia. She took off her jacket, practicly tore it off of her body, hung it on the coat rack and sat her back-pack on the ground. She still held the Hospital books had given her but she wasn't in the mood for reading so she sat them down on the counter and went into the living room. Once she was inside, she sat in her favorite armchair and automatically started munching on some chips.
She was feeling kind of weird by keeping a secret from her brother which contained information on the real reason Cornelia broke up with him. She wanted to tell him so badly but she promised Cornelia that she wouldn't tell a soul about her illness. But the question remained as to why Cornelia really didn't tell the gang about her illness in the first place. Why did she wait until one of them found out? Maybe she thought that once they knew they'd treat her differently or maybe she thought that they would go easy on her at power practice if they knew the real truth. Who knew? Keira sure as hell didn't know the answer to any of those questions. Just then, Josh yelled, elbowed Caleb in the ribs and pointed to the television screen completely destroying Keira's train of thought. Apparently, someone who was fighting won the match.
"Hah, I told you Kane would win this match. The Hurricane is no match for him." He said with a smile. Keira looked at Caleb and saw that he was bored to death, just like she was.
"Yeah, whatever. You were right." He mumbled, he wasn't looking at the television screen so he didn't know who beat who but he didn't care.
Josh looked at Keira and mouthed, 'What's up with him?' She just shrugged and continued munching on the salty chips she liked so much.
"Caleb, can I ask you a question?" Josh said as politely as he could, Caleb didn't utter a word but Josh still continued. "Ookaay. I'll take that as a yes." He cleared his throat loudly and said, "What the hell is wrong with you? You've been acting like this for the past few weeks. All sad and moody. So what if Cornelia dumped you? And so what if she cheated on you? She did it and there's nothing you can do about it."
"Said the one who experienced it first hand." Keira said before popping a huge chip into her mouth. Josh ignored her comment and continued to 'lecture' his brother.
"Yes, she did cheat on you, but your life doesn't have to stop there. She probably would have done it sooner or later so in my opinion, its better she broke up with you now. You'll be more available. But my point is, you're still young and there still are other fish in the sea. There's still time. So get over this… break-up or whatever you want to call it and get your ass off that couch and go out and have some fun. "
Keira was furious at what he just said. Why in the world did he hate Cornelia so much? She never did anything to him. If he knew that she was lying in a Hospital bed with an IV tube tapped to her arm he would take back all the cruel things he ever said about her, he'd take back all the cruel things he'd ever said to her and he'd wish he'd never done any of those horrible things that had hurt her feelings over and over again. She felt her blood boil and got up.
"I should beat you into a pulp for what you've just said. Cornelia would never cheat on Caleb. I don't know why you're making such a big deal out of it Josh, it's not like you ever cared if Caleb was with Cornelia or any other girl and it's not like you ever dated her. If you knew the real truth, you'd understand why she did what she did." She was yelling at Josh, her finger barley an inch away from his face.
Even though Josh was older than her by 2 minutes, he usually acted like an immature brat. Most of the time Keira always spoke like she was older than she looked and she always acted like she was older than she looked too. It just made her so mad to hear her brother talk so badly about one of her best-friends. She took a deep breath and continued, "I don't know how we both can be related, Josh, we are so different and yet you're my twin brother." She turned around and stormed out of the room. She grabbed her Hospital books on the way out and then stomped up the stairs leaving a bewildered Josh staring at her figure. He was surprised at his sister's outburst. It wasn't like her to threaten him. What had gotten into her? He blinked a couple of times and then said;
"I need a glass of milk." He got up and went into the kitchen. He poured a glass for himself and once he drained it he poured one for his brother. "I was thinkin', you should go to this party my friend James is having he's Hayley's older brother. Plus, you can forget about Cornelia for a night and just be normal again. Huh? What do you say?" he said, totally forgetting his sister's early outburst.
"Look, Josh, thanks but no thanks. I'm not in the mood for a party right now." He said, "I think I'll pass."
"Oh c'mon, Caleb, it'll be fun. Besides, Hayley will be there. I told her you'd be there too. You'll hurt her feelings if you don't come." Josh said with a big smile spread across his face.
"Hayley Parker, huh?" Caleb shot him a wise look. "I think I know where this is going. You're trying to set me up with her again, aren't you? Well, you can forget it I don't want some snooty brat clinging to my shoulder all night." Whenever Caleb or Cornelia had a fight Josh would always swoop in and take the opportunity to get Caleb with Hayley Parker. Her parents were filthy rich and she always wore designer clothes like Gucci or Prada which always cost a fortune. But she didn't care, as long as she got what she wanted she was always happy which was most of the time. Hayley was Josh's best-friend and he always thought she would be better off with Caleb. But the problem was that Caleb hated her and he couldn't stand the sight of her.
"She is NOT a snooty brat and she's really nice and sweet once you get to know her."
"Then if she's so 'nice' and 'sweet' then why don't you date her?" Caleb yelled.
"Because I don't like her like that. Shish, I was just trying to do you a favour. I know you feel like crap after a harsh break up like that. God knows I did when I found out Christa cheated on me. I just thought a party might cheer you up."
Caleb's gaze softened, "Thanks, Josh, it was a nice thought, but I don't think anything can cheer me up right now." He turned back to stare at the television screen. There was a commercial on new computer software but Caleb didn't seem too interested. The problem was that he just couldn't get the image of Cornelia's beautiful and angelic face out of his mind. Trying to forget about her was turning out to be an impossible mission. How could he forget about the girl he fell in love with? Right now, he felt as heartsick about the whole thing as he had felt the night of the break-up.
But Josh wasn't giving up that easily. One way or another, Caleb was going to forget about Cornelia even if it was the last thing he'd do. He was determined.
"C'mon, don't be so damn stubborn. If you're not having fun you could always leave. At least you'll get out and have some fun." Josh said sincerely. "Please, it would mean so much to Hayley."
"I see we're back on this Hayley business." Caleb said, praying that his brother would give up on this whole plan he had. But unfortunately for him, his brother wasn't giving up that easily. Josh was as stubborn as he was.
"What's wrong with Hayley? She's smart, funny, cute I mean, what else would a guy want?" Josh was counting the benefits Hayley had on his hand but Caleb didn't care if she was funny or cute. The only girl he thought was cute, funny and smart was Cornelia.
"How about love? I need to love the girl in order for me to be with her." Caleb said, thinking only of Cornelia.
"Well, if you go out with her maybe you'll like her and hopefully it'll turn out to be love." Caleb just let out a humorless laugh which made Josh want to slap him in the back of the head. "Honestly Caleb, if people saw the way you're acting when I mention her name they'd think she had four eyes and had tentacles for arms. In case you haven't noticed she is extremely good-looking and quite talented."
"So you keep saying. Look, if she's so good-looking and quite talented then she has no trouble getting dates on her own accord." Caleb took a sip of the milk his brother had given him and continued 'watching' television. "She doesn't need my help."
Josh, yet again, resisted the urge to smack his brother in the back of the head but instead he took a different approach. "I'll bet Cornelia isn't going to be lying around in bed tonight. She's probably out in a club right now, dancing her pretty ass off with her new boyfriend. Or maybe he took her out for dinner in a nice restaurant and then he would take her to a movie or something like that." He circled the sofa with a huge grin spread across his face. He was sure his brother would take the bait. And he was right because at the mention of Cornelia's name he furiously turned the television off and spun around to face Josh.
"How come all of a sudden you know so much about Cornelia? You're no expert on knowing her favorite places to go to on a Friday night." Caleb said. At the image of Cornelia in another guy's arms, he felt his blood boil.
"No, I'm not an expert but I still hear things at school. You know how they love to gossip." He yawned pretending to be tired.
"Oh, yeah? Gossip on what?"
"Well, just yesterday Hayley heard a bunch of jocks say that Cornelia's been skipping school and she's been cutting classes." He sat beside his Caleb. He frowned at what Josh just said and held the remote control tightly in his grasp.
"That doesn't sound like Cornelia, she's always been an A student and she wouldn't skip classes for no reason."
"People change. She probably got fed up and decided she needed a break." Josh shrugged. It took a while for Caleb to respond but after a couple of minutes of silence he said;
"What else did she say?"
Josh smiled triumphantly, his plan had worked, Caleb had taken the bait and now he was just like a hooked fish. He was almost in his grasp- he smiled once again. Now Caleb would go to the party and he'd dance the night away with Hayley. 'This plan is brilliant!' he mused.
"How should I know? I'm not the freakin' FBI." He said casually, "But if you're really interested you should ask Hayley yourself."
"If anyone said you're not the FBI they'd be surely mistaken only in your case it stands for 'Forever Butting In'" He got up from the couch and drank the last of his milk. "What time did you say the party was?"
"Nine-thirty. And don't worry Caleb you won't regret this." He ran up the stairs and in the middle of the staircase he stopped. "You'll have a blast."
"I somehow don't believe you. I just hope you're right 'cause if I don't you'll regret this." He said playfully. Although he didn't mean the last part, something inside him knew he wasn't going to have fun.
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Keira sat alone in her room trying to read the Hospital literature she was assigned to read but she wasn't concentrating. Her thoughts kept going back on what Josh had said. Was Cornelia really capable of cheating on Caleb? She couldn't possibly do it. She told them so herself. Keira sat the books beside her legs and let out a sigh. Her best-friend lay in a Hospital bed just a few minutes away from her house and she couldn't do a thing about it. She had battled dozens of medieval monsters, helped bring down Phobos, mastered the art of the bow and arrow in less then a month and yet she still couldn't bring herself to convince Cornelia to tell Caleb the truth. If there only was some way of convincing Cornelia what a terrible mistake she was making by not telling Caleb. The look in her eyes was something not to be argued with. She seemed so sure that what she was doing was the right thing, even though it was causing her more pain (physically and emotionally). She was determined, brave and yet she was sad. No one could blame her. Having to face leukemia and still have to go to school was something incredible.
Keira got up from the bed and went to sit on the window ledge. Her favorite spot in Heatherfield. There she could have some peace and quite and enjoy the spectacular view. Once she sat down she heard a knock on the door and it swung open to reveal Josh.
"Knock, knock." He said softly.
"Hey." Josh entered the room and sat beside his sister. They spent a few seconds in silence until Josh cleared his throat.
"Nice view, huh?"
"Yeah, it is." Keira sighed deeply and continued staring at the view.
"If I knew you have this spectacular view I would've called dibs on it when we first moved in." he said trying to make her laugh, it worked and he laughed a bit too. "Uh… Keira? About earlier. Can you tell me what I did wrong?" he said calmly, barley looking at her. "You kinda went psycho on me back there."
"You just made me so angry, Josh. You keep calling Cornelia a slut, a bitch and a whore and yet she did nothing to offend you. She didn't do a damn thing to you, Josh. So why do you treat her like dirt? She helped save our home; she helped free the innocent people of Meridian from Phobos' dungeons and she never hurt you or Caleb." She said it calmly but her voice was cracking with anger and rage. "Hell, she loved Caleb, she still does."
It took him a couple of seconds to respond but after a few deep breaths he said, "I don't hate her. I just… I don't know why I pick on her I just like doing it. The things I do are all just jokes, nothing more," Keira gave him an odd look and crossed her arms in front of her chest. Josh always hated the odd looks his sister gave him, she always managed to get him to spill everything the moment she looked at him. "What?! Don't look at me like that. So, I like picking on her a little so what? It's not like I committed a crime or anything."
"Oh c'mon, Josh. The way you joke with her, isn't just joking around. The way I joke around is pretty different from the way you joke around. You almost dye her hair pink, you poured paint all over her, filled her locker with mudsluggin goo and you threw pies at her as an April's fool joke. I think trying to dye her hair pink is not a joke somebody got a laugh out of except for you, which in my opinion, is kinda pathetic. No one picks on other people for their own personal pleasure. Except the people that do, apologies afterwards." She said calmly.
"Well, Phobos did it." He said defensely.
"Seriously? You're comparing yourself to Phobos? He was a loon, Josh. You're not." She sighed.
"You're right. Sorry."
"Just try not to pick on her a lot. Maybe once in a while pull some stupid prank of yours but nothing that can humiliate her. It's just not funny anymore."
"Ok, fine. But only if you don't try to beat me into a pulp. I didn't like the way you threatened me earlier." Josh said.
"Ha-ha. You knew I was serious and you know that I can beat you anytime, any day." She said playfully.
"Not in a million years." He punched her in the arm playfully.
"Yeah, you better laugh." She giggled, "Thanks."
"For what? If you're talking about the pranks and jokes I think I can level it from all the time to 3 to 4 times a day." She looked at him and sternly said;
"If you do, I'll pull pranks on you every single second of the day. And I assure you, you won't get any sleep during the night either."
"Ok, ok I'll level it from 1 to 2 times a month. Happy? I'll even try to be nice to her if you like." He said sincerely. If he would be lying Keira would know the second he would have said it because as twins they could read each others auras. It was kind of confusing for others to understand but it was pretty common for those who were twins. They sometimes finished each other's sentences which was kind of creepy for other people but for them it was normal.
"Good." she leaned in and gave him a hug, "Thanks." Once they pulled apart Josh put his hand on her forehead and opened her mouth. "Josh, what are you doing?" she asked as best she could with her mouth open.
"I'm just checking if you're alright. I think you're sick." He closed her mouth and let out a chuckle. "You're never nice to me and you never give me hugs. Not since we moved to Heatherfield. Before, when we lived in Meridian, we used to hang out more and we were much nicer to each other."
"Yeah, I've noticed that." She knew right away that he was a bit sad about it and he also knew how she felt which was just like he was but only a bit worse. "Hey, how about this weekend we go visit mom and dad? We haven't been to Meridian in like, ages."
"I was just about to ask you the same thing." Josh smiled and leaned backwards to lean against the wall, "I love being your twin brother. I hope you feel the same way."
"Well, duh. Of course I do. You're my older brother, how would I not like having you around?" Keira smiled and gave him another hug. Once they pulled apart Josh stepped down from the ledge and went to the door.
"Well, I've got to go. There's a party Hayley's having, you should come. It could be fun." He was trying to tempt her into coming but there was no chance of that happening anytime soon because she hated Hayley Parker. She was head cheerleader and she always made other people feel like they were crap when she walked into the room.
"Nah, I think I'll stay here. I have some studying I need to catch up on." Keira pointed to the open books. "Try not to stay out too late."
"I'll try." He turned around and closed the door behind him leaving Keira alone once again.
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Caleb put on his leather jacket and waited for Josh to put on his skate-shoes. "Is Keira coming?"
"No, she has some studying to catch up on." Josh said as she laced his left shoe.
"Oh ok." Caleb really wanted Keira to come since he didn't know anyone at this party. At least if she was coming he wouldn't have to feel like a fish out of water.
"Done." Together they entered Caleb's silver porshe and speed through the streets to James' party. Caleb turned on the stereo to calm his nerves. He popped a CD inside and waited for it to play. 'Chasing Cars' by Snow Patrol played and from the first note Josh cringed his nose in disgust.
"Don't you have any decent music? This is all whack." He grabbed his IPod and popped it into the socket. After a few seconds 'In the Ayer' by Flo Rida began to play. "Now that's more like it. Oh hot damn, this is my jam, keep me partyin' till the a.m." Josh sang.
"Who the heck is this guy? He sounds like a bag of strangled cats." Caleb said as he stopped at a red light.
"That's Flo Rida, the best rap artist there is." He kept singing to himself while he moved a little in his seat. As soon as the light turned green Caleb decided to give Josh a little scare, he pressed the gas pedal as far as it could go until Josh held tight to the dashboard and stopped his dreaded singing.
"Did anyone tell you, you drive dangerously?" He closed his eyes and braced himself for the road bump straight ahead.
"A few people actually mentioned it." After a few more seconds of crazy driving Caleb found a parking space and drifted into space. Josh was the first one to open the car-door, looking pale white as he emerged from the silver bullet. People looked in their direction to see who was driving so recklessly. Caleb took off his seat-belt and got out of the car making sure he locked it behind him. Several girls started batting their eye lashes at him while making sure to smile at the handsome young devil that just emerged from the expensive car.
"Hey." Caleb said politely, flashing his dazzling smile that made half the girls blush insanely. Josh had regained consciousness and was now looking better than ever.
"Dude! You're a total chick magnet!" he said. "You should get out more often." Caleb ignored him and made his way to the front door. Josh opened the door and stepped inside getting a look at the party that was making way too much noise the neighbors could take. There were streamers hanging from the ceiling, a huge table was in the middle of the room offering the guests food and drink, and the DJ's equipment was set up in a corner having two large speakers at each side. James was in the middle of the equipment playing a song that made the people get up and dance.
As soon as Caleb walked inside he was immediately greeted by Hayley. 'Oh great here comes the welcoming committee.' he thought. She was wearing a black and white halter-neck with printed pink flowers across the middle. 'Probably Gucci.' he thought. Her long golden hair was made into low curls that flew naturally behind her as she walked.
"Hi Josh! Hi Caleb! I'm really glad you could make it." She clung to his arm and led him away from Josh. 'Help me!' he mouthed. Josh just gave him a thumbs-up and went on his own way to chase some girl that was probably not interested. Hayley led him onto the living room sofa. In her hands she had two cups filled with Pineapple Malibu, she handed one to Caleb and then sat beside him.
"I'm glad you came, Caleb." She took a sip from her drink and crossed her legs inching ever so closer to him. She was so close, she could smell his aftershave.
"Yeah, me too." He took a long swing from his own drink and then sat it on the coffee table in front of him. From the moment he saw Hayley, Caleb knew it was a mistake for coming. He never should have let Josh talk him into coming in the first place, he only agreed to the idea because if he'd stayed home it would be just like any other night he'd had for the past few weeks. And that feeling of being alone was unbearable, a feeling to control the urge to run to the nearest phone and call Cornelia was something that he couldn't handle anymore. Which was kind of ridiculous in the first place. It would be weird phoning your ex-girlfriend just to see how she was doing or to see if she was dating someone else, which he had no intention of doing, after the way she broke up with him.
Anger pounded in his temples, and he could feel his face grow red hot at the thought of Cornelia with someone else. He'd spent the entire week trying to make himself hate her, but it was no good. Each time he picture her he'd make himself fall even deeper in love with her. Which was crazy, he knew that but he just couldn't help himself. He'd make himself want to hold her in his arms and never let go, making her safe and protected. 'But she doesn't want my love or protection.' He thought. She had told him so herself, well she didn't say anything but by the way she was acting she might as well had told him.
Yet the way she'd looked at him that night was strange, something that made his heart ache at the memory. As if what she was saying had hurt her more than it was hurting him. He knew he was probably just imagining it because he wanted so much for it to be true, a part of him still couldn't believe she could end it like that. 'You can't stop loving someone just like the way you turn off a switch.' He thought. Lately he'd been remembering all the good times they'd had together. At first he'd be so angry at the thought of her but then he'd start remembering all the times she had made him laugh and his anger would melt away.
"So…seen any nice movies lately?" Hayley asked, trying to make some small talk.
"Um… I've seen Overboard." He said.
"That's ancient! My parents probably remember it." She said with a laugh.
"Heh-heh." He forcefully chuckled, "I hear you're head cheerleader." He said changing the subject.
"Yep, I'm the best there is." She began babbling along about team spirit which made Caleb want to gag. After a few minutes of talking about splits and somersaults she said, "I heard you and Cornelia broke up. That's too bad. Cornelia's a really nice girl." She didn't sound very sincere which made Caleb feel like he was talking to Cedric, his least favourite person in the world.
Caleb took another big swing from his drink and drained it in less than 4 seconds. "How well do you know Cornelia? I was just wondering because she never actually talked about you that much." The moment he said it he felt like a total ass. Why should he care if she was friends with Hayley? It's not like he'd feel any better if he knew if she was friends with her or not. It wasn't his business to know anything about her now, it was over between him and Cornelia.
"I don't really know her that well," Hayley admitted, "She doesn't really mix with us cheerleading type of girls. She isn't that into sports as we are."
"For your information, she Ice-Skates and she's a champion at that sport. She's won over a dozen gold medals and not one of them is a bronze medal." He yelled. Why was he defending her? It wasn't going to make a difference to him if Hayley judged her or not. It wasn't his place to protect her from the cruel things people say, not anymore. She looked at him oddly and took another sip of her drink. "I had to yell because the music is too loud." He lied.
"Oh, that's ok. Anyway, you don't have to worry about hurting her feelings anymore. Josh told me you got fed up with her and you decided to break it off but I guess Cornelia must have gotten over it real quickly."
"What? What do you mean?" He felt his mouth go dry and he suddenly felt his tongue was too big for his mouth.
"I heard she got a new boyfriend." She said a matter-of-factly, "I even saw her myself at the drug store with him. She had a big brown bag in her hands and he was real polite, he even opened the door for her." She took her sandals off and curled up beside him. "They must have bought a lot of stuff from the looks of it too, because the bag was pretty big."
Caleb felt himself go cold; 'I used to open doors for her, too.' He thought. "Oh, well it isn't any of my business what she does. We're not together anymore. She can date whoever she wants."
"Exactly what I told myself."
"She can see whomever she likes. I mean if she wants to hang with some creep in public, who am I to judge?"
"Same thing ran through my mind. Caleb, what's getting you so angry?" she said suspiciously.
"I'm not getting angry." He got up from the couch just as soon a bubbly song ended. "C'mon, let's dance. I feel like dancing tonight." Cornelia can do whatever she likes. 'She's not my girlfriend anymore.' He thought, but that didn't lessen the anger he felt.
Hayley dreamily got up behind him, "Sure, Caleb, let's dance." As soon as they stepped on the dance-floor the DJ was heard saying;
"Now all you gentleman take that special lady and get ready for a slow dance." A soft and romantic song played but Caleb would give anything for him not to be there, not with Hayley in his arms. He stiffly placed his arms around her. With a content sigh, she snuggled even closer to his body. Caleb closed his eyes, imagining it was Cornelia he was holding. Cornelia's warm and fragile body pressed so closely against his. Cornelia's perfectly manicured fingertips dancing happily over the back of his neck into his shirt-
'Stop doing this to yourself' he told himself, 'She doesn't want you back so it's no use trying to imagine her next to you.' Some other guy was probably holding her close to him right now, kissing her softly, maybe even telling her he loved her. All of a sudden Caleb placed his hands on Hayley's neck, he jerked his head forward slowly and kissed her perfectly lip-glossed lips. But inside, he felt nothing, just cold and bitter.
Hayley placed her arms around his neck and softly in his ear she murmured, "Oh, Caleb. This is going to be the best night of my life."
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It was nearly two in the morning and Caleb still hadn't come home. Josh flopped on Keira's bed and smiled happily. He had been home an hour now and since then he changed into a white t-shirt and pair of boxer shorts.
"Can you tell me why you un-invitingly made your way in my bedroom?" Keira said sleepily, she yawned and took the sheets off of her body. She was almost asleep when her brother came barging in completely waking her up.
"I've got some brilliant news!" He said, dodging the question. "Caleb and Hayley are together. He was all over her. He kissed her so hard she was both shocked and surprised."
"And that's brilliant news because…?"
"Because my plan worked! Hayley always wanted Caleb as her boyfriend." He turned on his side to look at his sister's expression.
"Yeah, right. Last month she wanted Riley James as her boyfriend, the month before she had Scott McGee as her boyfriend and three months ago she was fantasizing about the football jock, Chris Williams. Need I say more?"
"Well, ok. She didn't always want Caleb as her boyfriend but she always had an eye for him." He said with a content sigh. "I don't think he'll be walking around looking like a zombie anymore. He's probably still dancing with her."
"Oh the joy." She said sarcastically. "Do you think he's serious about Hayley?"
"I hope so. He told me he wasn't coming home yet, I said it was cool and then my friend Lucas gave me a ride home."
"C'mon, Josh, he can't possibly have meant it." Keira said. She brought her knees close to her chest, letting her hands rest on her shins.
"Of course he meant it. I had to hitch a ride with Lucas."
"No, I didn't mean the ride, stupid! I meant the kiss and the 'relationship'." Keira said annoyed at her brother's stupidness.
"Oh, I guess he is. I think." Josh sat up and started fumbling with the pillow cover.
"But Hayley's all wrong for him. She's pushy, stubborn and self-centered," she counted the disadvantages Hayley had on her fingers.
"Well, so are you but I still love you." He teased.
"This is not funny, Josh."
"But she's also cute, funny and smart. Besides she's a cheerleader. Don't you know how flexible cheerleaders are?"
"Sooo not the point plus that's disgusting. Who cares if she's a cheerleader? Being fun and loveable is what counts." Keira said, partly disgusted by her brother's dirty mind.
"Whatever, the point is my plan worked and me and Hayley are happy about it." He laid down on the bed and rested his head on the pillow he was holding. "You're just jealous Caleb listened to me for a change."
"Excuse me? I'm not jealous of anyone. I'm perfectly happy with the way my life is thank you very much. And who cares if he listened to you instead of me. I only talk to him about stuff that matters not to bring up hurtful memories of the past."
"Fine, whatever," he got up from the bed. "You know? You should try and get yourself a boyfriend. You probably get to be a bit happier than you already are."
"For your information, I do have someone that fancies me and next Saturday I happen to have a date with him." She said. It was true, but she never told her brother about her mystery man. He'd just start teasing her in public.
"Good, you'll get to boss him around instead of bossing me around all day." He started walking to the door.
"I'm not bossy and you should get out of my room if you don't want an arrow pinning you to the wall of your room."
"Don't worry, I have no intention of staying." He got out and slammed the door behind him.
"Oh yeah? Then why did you come in here in the first place." That was probably the lamest come back of the century but you can't blame a girl for trying. Getting woken up in the middle of the night isn't something you'd want happening anytime soon. She laid back in her bed and tried to forget the fight she just had with her brother. After a few minutes she was fast asleep.
End of Chapter 4
Finally, it's ready. So how'd you like it? I know it's long but I just didn't want to separate it into another chapter I think it's wrong to do that. Besides I didn't know where I could separate so there you have it, the longest chapter I've ever written. Anyway, tell me if you like the longness (new word xD) by sending me a review or two and I apologize once again for the late update. –xKrissyx-
