After this chapter, this story will no longer be a collaborative effort between me and the other writer seeming as he and I are no longer friends as of yesterday when he told me to 'stay the fuck away from him'. And what's worst is I can only blame myself because I know it was my all my fault. Me, being the stupid insensitive temperamental person I am, screwed everything up. I fucked up a friendship I've had since third grade because of the jealous heinous bitch I am inside. Obviously, you probably don't want to here about this. Not that it matters… but I'm going to miss him.
This story may be taken off the sight all together, ended here, or something completely different. I haven't decided yet. If you as the readers have an opinion please tell me.
Chapter 3: Getting Her Attention
"Holy..." Jessica's voice died out slowly, her eyes wide as she stared around her at the place Riku had tricked her into coming to with him. Riku chuckled softly, watching her looking around.
"Well?" Riku asked her, a little concerned as to why she hadn't said anything yet. After all, her brother had said she would like it... Unless Brandon lied to make her hate him more, and if it turned out that was the case Riku would just have to get the guys together and go teach him a lesson he wouldn't soon forget. No body made Riku look like an idiot – especially in front of a girl. Even if in Jessica's opinion from the previous day he was more than capable of making a fool of himself without anyone's help.
"It's just so- I can't believe- how did you-" She spun around quickly to look at him, almost running into him as close as they were. Riku gulped, momentarily afraid that she was going to hit him. Jessica stared up into his eyes for some time, a small genuine smile creeping on her face. "How, Riku?"
"What do you mean how?" Riku said slowly, his nervous confusion making her role her eyes at him in an amused sort of way. Nevertheless, he expected a standoffish response as always.
"How did you know?" Jessica elaborated, making it seem to Riku as though she thought anyone would have picked up on what she meant without having to be told. "How did you know I would love this? How did you know to bring me here?"
"That's for me to know and you to never find out if you catch my drift." Riku said with a small smile, taking her by the shoulders and turning her around. He could swear as he did so he heard her mutter 'Brandon' under her breath as he did so but put that thought quickly aside. "Would you like me to show you around?"
"Normally I would but... do you really think that's such a good idea? I mean really Riku, think about it. What about first period, will we be late if you show me around this place?" Jessica asked, not wanting to be late on her first day of school.
"We still have fifteen minutes before the bell even rings, and five minutes after that before the tardy bell goes off so we have plenty of time. And besides, you're new so you're off the hook for two weeks as far as showing up late if you say you got lost, and I can say I was showing you around since that's technically true." Riku explained, the whole time edging his hand closer and closer to hers until their fingers barely touched. To his dismay she pulled her hand away and took a step back, blushing. He cleared his throat as though trying to give himself time to think after her shooting down his plan of holding her hand. "So, do you want a private tour?"
"Yes, please! That would be awesome. This place is like a dream come true!" Jessica smiled brightly, following Riku. A few steps later, she stopped. "How come there's nobody else in here? Riku, are we allowed to be in here?"
"Well, not per say but-"
"Hey, who are you two and what are you doing in here? You know the rules, students aren't allowed in here until classes!" A tall looming figure came suddenly out from behind a large easel, a paintbrush in hand. The man walked over to them and stopped in from of Riku, smiling. "Riku, you made me go into teacher-mode on you. Next time, tell me it's you, it'll save a lot of trouble."
"Sorry Sephiroth, I forgot." Riku smiled sheepishly as 'Sephiroth' ruffled his hair with the hand not holding his paint-filled brush.
"Hey Riku, it's kinda rude to leave your friend standing there without introducing us." Sephiroth whispered to Riku, but not softly enough so that Jessica couldn't hear.
"Oh, sorry Sephiroth, this is my new friend Jessica, she just moved here." Riku said quickly. "Jessica, this is my uncle Sephiroth, he runs the music and art department here."
"Hello, nice to meet you." Jessica said softly smiling when Sephiroth winked at her. Did Riku really just call me his friend? Did he really mean it? I have a friend... that sounds so weird to me.
"Now that the introductions are out of the way, why don't the two of you explain what you two are doing here before school like this in the Art & Music Department Wing when one of you knows it's not allowed? Riku, you really should be setting an example for your new friend you know, seeing as she's new and doesn't now the rules." Sephiroth said as he turned back to his easel, Jessica stifling a cough.
"I wanted to show Jessica some of the student art that's being exhibited right now." Riku said. Leaning in close to his rather unconventional uncle's ear, Riku whispered so quietly that Jessica couldn't hear him. "She really loves all things that relate to art and music Uncle Seph... and she's gonna be in your art and music classes."
"Well, I am stressed for new art and music students. And if she has any talent funds are sure to increase..." Sephiroth looked up excited thinking through all the possibilities. "In that case, Jessica, come by anytime you want to look around or just hang out here and create something."
"Really, I can? Thank you so much!" Jessica smiled sweetly, forgetting her usually calm demeanor for a moment and allowing herself enough girlishness to hop up and down on the spot a few times clapping and giggling. Riku walked over to her and took her hand, and this time she didn't pull away, Sephiroth's face disappearing immediately back behind the easel with a small laugh at the pleading look Riku sent him clearly asking him to stay out of his way while he was with Jessica. She pretended not to notice.
"Shall we then Jessica?" Riku asked her, and she nodded gleefully. And thus Jessica's day began.
A musical dinging was heard throughout the school halls and classrooms.
"First bell gotta run! I'm meeting Rikku and Yuna to exchange ideas for our next pottery project! See you all later!" Namine squeaked as she jumped down off the short barrier wall in the abandoned hall where she and the other had been hanging out talking.
"Does she always do that?" Brandon asked in his delight at the hilarity of watching her scamper off.
"Pretty much, almost everyday anyways ya know?" Wakka chuckled. "It's her spastic self takin' over."
"Namine has to be in her classroom as soon after the bell as possible because she has the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder thing. She's not spastic, she just can't help it." Tidus explained, whacking Wakka unkindly on the back of the head in a scolding manner. "She doesn't like us talking about her disorder though because she knows how Wakka thinks of her and her disorder, which is exactly why she tries to come up with a different excuse everyday so that she can leave us as soon as the bell rings."
"We better get to class too I guess." Paine sighed, slipping down off the wall with more grace than Namine had. Turning to Brandon, she frowned. "That's right; we need to get you to class. What do you have first period anyways?"
"Um..." Brandon frowned, pulling his folded up schedule out of his pocket. "I haven't even looked at it yet. Let me check my schedule. Oh, I have Intermediate English."
"I have that!" Wakka smiled, jumping off the wall. "I can take ya there!"
"Alright, let's go then. Bye Tidus, Paine!" Brandon said with a small wave as he proceeded to follow Wakka down the hallway toward his first class.
"I think I better warn ya now. A lot o' the prep squad's in dis class so watch ya back." Wakka warned him as they walked through the classroom door. Brandon walked over to the teacher's desk when-
"Hey Brandon, look behind you!"
Brandon turned around and came face to face with a very pleased looking Sora holding a Starbucks coffee in one hand and very large chocolate chip cookie in the other. Brandon took a set back, smiling. "Hello again Sora, I didn't expect to see you again so soon."
"Are you gonna be in this period?" Sora asked, smiling when Brandon nodded. "Wow, I didn't think you'd be in this class! You look way smarter than me, so I figured you'd be in the smart classes like Riku is."
"Nah, I'm just a regular idiot, my sister's the smart one in the family. She gets the grades and the advanced placement classes, not me." Brandon shrugged.
"Oh come on, you aren't an idiot! Intermediate doesn't mean you're stupid, it means you're in the middle, like average. Average is good, it's the Pre-classes mean you're stupid. I should know I take Pre-Algebra after all." Sora said in a rush, blushing in embarrassment afterwards at how much information he had just unintentionally divulged. "Whoops, just made myself look bad. Apparently I have a little idiot-ness in me today anyways wanting to get out. Sorry Brandon."
"Its fine Sora, a little idiot never hurt anyone. And besides, it's those smart ones you have to keep an eye on." Brandon smiled as he nudged Sora in the side with his shoulder making Sora laugh. "I should know, I live with one. Jessica can be very wild and crazy at times, the conniving little sneak."
"Jessica, a wild and crazy conniving little sneak? Come on, don't lie." Sora poked Brandon in the chest with his index finger. "She doesn't look capable of being mean."
"Oh believe me on this Sora, she can be. You never had to live with her, let alone be her twin for fifteen years." Brandon frowned, shaking his head solemnly. "She is the best when it comes to embarrassing pranks, and Truth or Dare questions are her specialty. If you're ever at a party with her and someone decides you should all play truth or dare, don't pick dare."
"Huh, I guess I'll keep that in mind or future reference." Sora smiled, glancing back at where the people he had been talking to before Brandon had come into the room were sitting. They were whispering, throwing glances in his direction, giving Brandon dirty looks behind his back. Brandon didn't notice Sora's frown or the pleading look he sent his friends before turning back around just as Brandon finished collecting his text book from the teacher. "Come on Brandon, you can sit with me. There's an empty desk beside me you can take."
"Alright Sora, thanks." Brandon said, nervously aware of the disapproving stares coming from Sora's other friends as he took his seat. Oh great, another school where everyone hates me before getting to know me. Something's never change I guess. Stupid fucking humanity...
"Riku, can I ask you something real quick?" Jessica asked, not looking up from the painting she was looking at. I have to act as though I don't really care that much... but the truth is it means a lot to me to know the truth. I just hope he doesn't notice how much his answer means to me... She coughed again, this time not catching herself in time
"Go ahead, ask me anything Jessica. Fire away." Riku said, leaning against the wall next to her as she examined the art around her. She looked up at him suddenly, her eyes latching onto his.
"Did you mean it back there when you told your uncle we were friends?" Jessica asked softly. Riku's eyebrow popped up and Jessica looked away. I knew it, he was just saying that. He doesn't really think of me as a friend at all...
"Of course I did, we are friends aren't we?" Riku asked, his voice showing her his confusion at her question. "You... you do what to be my friend don't you?"
"Yeah, I do. I didn't mean I didn't want to be your friend or anything like that." Jessica looked back down at the painting behind the glass, smiling. "I was just checking."
"Can I ask why you needed to check?" Riku asked, curious as always as to how this strange girl's mind worked.
"It's just how I do things I guess. After everything that's happened... never mind." Jessica cut off suddenly, leaving her statement hanging in the air between them like some unexploded bomb. He hadn't failed to notice that as she cut off her eyes seemed to tear up a little, signaling that whatever she was thinking about was a sensitive subject. Riku let it go, looking away from her to give her a moment to pull herself together.
"Damn it!" Riku swore loudly as the bell went off just as he turned around to say something comforting, instead grabbing Jessica by the wrist and pulling her away from the painting she had been examining, her face so close to the display case her breath left a slight fog over the surface. She gasped softly as Riku jerked her arm, running along with her behind him, trying to keep up without understanding what was going on.
"Riku, what's the rush? You said we were right by our first period." Jessica asked as they ran. He cursed loudly again and she frowned, knowing immediately that he hadn't been completely truthful with her early. "Wait, we were nowhere near first period were we?"
"No, we weren't. Chemistry is kinda a floor above and down the opposite wing as the music and art department." Riku confessed, dragging her along.
"So you lied to me?" Jessica asked a hurt note in her voice. Her voice lowered leaving her voice almost inaudible, but Riku heard her nonetheless. "I thought you said we were friends Riku."
Riku stopped running suddenly. So suddenly in fact that Jessica went spinning into him, his grip on her wrist loosened so that she landed sprawled out on the ground at his feet, coughing wildly even though the wind had been knocked out of her. She looked up into his face, her eyes meeting the hurt look her was wearing.
"We are friends Jessica, you said so yourself back in the Music and Art Department Wing. We're friends, aren't we?" Riku asked as Jessica fixed her skirt so that she didn't have to look at him just yet, pulling herself onto her knees.
"I don't know anymore Riku, I mean I thought we were but..." Jessica said slowly, her indecisive side taking over. She coughed again.
"What do you mean you don't know?" Riku dropped down to his knees before her, his face close to hers.
"Friends don't lie to each other Riku, that's how it goes, everyone knows that. You lied to me, which is sad because I just met you and you're already lying to me. What does that say about the future?" Jessica sighed dejectedly, pulling back from him.
"Jessica, I'm sorry okay? I just wanted to show you something you would like to get you to like me after how stupid I know I sounded to you yesterday when I drove you and Brandon home." Riku sighed standing up and running a hand through his hair distractedly. He offered her a hand to help her up. "Just take my hand, I promise you I'll never lie to you again if you'll still be my friend."
Riku waited, his hand still outstretched in invitation. Both of them knew that if Jessica didn't take his hand, it meant she would be rejecting his friendship as well. After a moment's hesitation –
Jessica took his hand.
"So how was your first day Brandon?"
"Fine I guess." Brandon sighed as he, Namine, Paine, and Tidus walked away from their lockers towards the exit. "Hey, what happened to Wakka?"
"Oh, Wakka has a Speech-Improvement class after school on Mondays up in the Library." Namine smiled.
"Oh, okay. Now to find Jessica so we can leave this hell-hole. Has anyone seen my sister?" Brandon asked, looking around through the crowds without finding anything but snobby preps.
"I saw her in my 3rd period Art class and my 4th period French class." Namine said with a shrug. "Boy, if you could have seen the look on Professor Sephiroth's face when she walked into Art all by herself after everyone else was seated! I thought he was gonna pass out for a second. He loves getting new students, especially ones like your sister who actually listen and are that enthusiastic about Art."
"Not to say that that news isn't fascinating or anything Namine, but has anyone else seen my sister?" Brandon asked, slightly annoyed with his new blonde friend.
"She was in my fourth period. Lunch A and Band in place of Lunch B." Tidus said thoughtfully. "Does she seriously play the piano?"
"Yeah, she does Tidus." Brandon sighed.
"Then why was she playing the xylophone thing?" Tidus asked.
"Because they're the same thing, except you push keys on a piano and hit the keys on a xylophone with a mallet." Brandon said sounding uninterested. "Did you see her anywhere else today Tidus?"
"She was in my 8th period World History class." Tidus said, blushing at the harsh note in Brandon's voice. "That's all though, I only have two classes with her."
"Paine, do you have any classes with her?" Namine asked as Brandon scanned the crowd again.
"I have 2nd period Algebra II with her, but that's it." Paine said with a shrug of her gothic shoulders.
"How the hell am I supposed to find her?" Brandon asked no one in particular.
"If you really want to find her, I'd ask Riku if he knows where she is." Paine said suddenly in her monotone voice. The three others shot her a confused looks and she continued. "She was talking to him when she came into Algebra II, he pulled an unused desk right up beside him for her, and then they left the class together. I think they might be friends or something entirely twisted like that."
"Now that you mention it that does make some sense I suppose." Namine said softly, looking at the floor as she spoke deep in thought. "He waved at her when we walked into French and she waved back. I didn't think anything of it then though."
"Tidus?" Brandon asked, looking to where the blonde was standing – or had been standing to be correct. Tidus was walking off, muttering darkly to himself as he went. "What's that all about?"
"Tidus hates Riku with a fiery passion sprung from Hell's fires themselves. Tidus even refers to Riku as the 'enemy' at times. They had a serious falling out a few years back. Don't worry too much Brandon, just know that talking about Riku in front of Tidus makes him upset." Namine explained softly as Riku rounded the corner.
"Hey Riku, you got a minute?" Brandon asked sharply grabbing Riku by the elbow as he made to walk past them on his way to the parking lot.
"Oh hey, sure I guess I can talk for a minute, my ride will wait for me. Normally I'd drive myself but my car is at the mechanic's getting a paintjob." Riku said coolly, sticking his hands into his pockets as he shook his hair out of his face so he could see. Shit he's so hot, Brandon thought as Riku smiled at him. I gotta back off, he likes my sister. He likes my sister, he likes my sister – just repeat it over and over again he likes my sister! But does she like him? The one time I can't figure out how she feels is the one time I actually want to know really bad. I have to find out, because if she doesn't like him... I wonder if I can have Riku AND Sora...
"Have you seen my sister around, I can't find her. I don't know her locker number or last period class is or I'd go find her." Brandon said looking over Riku's shoulder as Sora walked past the small group.
"Oh, she has Music Appreciation last period the same as me." Riku said casually. "And her locker is up on the third floor by the music and art department wing by mine and Sora's. I think she has locker number 1150 but there's no point going to look for her there, she's not there. She said she had to get home and if I saw you to tell you she already left. Listen, I kinda have to leave now if you don't mind."
"Oh, go on ahead Riku. And thanks for the help." Brandon said stepping out of his way. "Well I'm gonna leave then guys, I'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye Brandon!" The three misfits called after their new friend as he shouldered his back and walked out of the front doors.
She is in so much trouble when I get home! She left without me!?! What's that about? Brandon, so deep in his thoughts, never noticed the two cars driving along beside him. At least, he didn't notice them until one of them pulled in front of him and stopped.
"What the hell?" Brandon asked, stopping dead in his tracks. The occupants of the silver convertible in from of him laughed at his surprise. "I'm walking here, what's the big deal!"
"Oh come on, we just wanted to meet the new kid, is that such a bad thing?" The redheaded teenager from the backseat of the car asked sarcastically, the small blonde boy sitting next to him smiling at the comment. "What's you're name?"
"Who wants to know?" Brandon shot back defiantly, glaring at the teen.
"Oh, I don't think he likes you very much Axel!" Another blonde with spiky hair sitting in the front seat laughed. "What did you do to the kid?"
"Hey, I'm not a kid!" Brandon shouted back, his hands balling into fists.
"Pipe down pipsqueak or I'll have you screaming for you're Mommy." The driver, a brunette with a long scar across his face said sternly. At the word 'Mommy' Brandon blanched, a strange urge to punch someone bubbling in his stomach. "No body talks to Spiky like that."
"Hey, my name isn't Spiky, its Cloud." The blonde said, pouting slightly. The driver turned back to him with a smirk firmly in place just for him. "Quit making cracks about my hair – Squall."
"I think I know your name by now Cloud." The driver gave him a rare smile making Cloud smiled softly back. "And the name's Leon, don't call me Squall."
"I don't care who the hell you all are, just get out of my way and leave me alone!" Brandon shouted, walking behind the car trying to continue on the way. With a screeching of tires the other car, this time a hot pink convertible, blocked his path. "You've got to be kidding me! Damn it!"
"Um no, I don't think we are." The driver of the pink car, a pretty brunette girl smiled at him.
"Don't you know it's rude to cuss in front of a lady?" Another brunette girl with hair that flipped at the ends said wagging a finger in Brandon's direction disapprovingly.
"Bite me! Do I look like I care?" Brandon sneered back, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Oh he's so mean!" The dark haired girl in the passenger seat complained. "What did we ever do to him to deserve such treatment?"
"He obviously doesn't know he's dealing with The Great Ninja Yuffie!" A girl with short black hair said from the back seat, her fists thrust up in the air as she said it.
"Should that worry me?" Brandon asked, faking nervousness. Yuffie gasped and made to jump on him but the brunettes held her back.
"Let me go you three! Tifa, Selphie, Rinoa let me go this instant or I'll explode! I swear I' gonna kill him for that comment! Everyone should know about The Great Ninja Yuffie!" Yuffie struggled with the three girls as Brandon attempted once again to get past the two cars.
"Hey, is that the new girl Sora and Riku were telling me about?" Leon asked the others. Brandon turned around looking where Leon was pointing. Sure enough, there was his sister caring a large brown grocery bag under one arm, her messenger bag slug over her shoulder as always. She stopped short, looking at the two cars, her twin brother standing between them looking angry.
"What's going on?" Jessica asked, confused and a bit nervous.
"Oh we're the welcoming committee of course! We saw that one leaving and followed him to welcome him to our school." Selphie smiled waving at Jessica cheerily, Jessica waving back unenthusiastically. "What's your name then?"
"Wait a minute – Jessica?" Roxas asked from beside Axel, scrambling to the side of the car. Jessica smiled and nodded. "How are you? Did you have a good first day then?"
"Hello again Roxas, and yes, I had a good first day." Jessica said, readjusting her bag so that she didn't drop it.
"Wait a second, you know her?" Leon asked looking perplexed.
"Yeah, I met her earlier." Roxas said offhandedly. "And yeah, before you ask she's the person I ditched Pizza Hut at lunch for. She's new and seemed really nice so I asked if she wanted to hang out sometime and since she didn't know what to do for lunch I took her down to the cafe with me and stayed with her. She's actually really cool guys."
"Hold the phone, she looks familiar." Cloud said softly, staring at Jessica's clothes as though he hadn't been listening to Roxas at all. "I know her too! She's that girl who stood up for the dweeb Tidus this morning! Now I know why she looks familiar!"
"THAT'S the girl that came to Tidus' rescue?" Axel asked looking shocked. Roxas nodded slowly not looking at anyone. "And you actually talked to her after she ruined out fun Roxas?"
"Did you ever think about how that made Tidus feel?" Jessica snapped back as her brother walked over to stand next to her. "Well, did any of you? Did you know how miserable it made him? And you call that fun? What kind of people are you?"
"The cool kind, that's what!" Leon smirked back gaining appreciative laughs from the others in both vehicles. "Look girly, this is how it goes: Tidus is a loser, therefore we as the cool cats that we are, have the right to make his life a living hell after all the Anti-In-Crowd pep rallies he held."
"Let's go home Jess, don't fight with them. We can't win, they have us outnumbered." Brandon whispered to her as she opened her mouth to reply contemptuously.
"You're right, let's go home." Jessica smiled back at him as they turned to walk away.
"Where do you think you're going? We're not done talking yet." Rinoa called to them as they made to leave. Just then another car joined the crowd.
"What's going on here?"
"Nothing," was murmured from the collective group as Riku, Sora, a redheaded girl, a teen with indigo hair falling in his face, and a brunette boy with a strange type of Mohawk pulled up alongside the other two cars in a black Ferrari.
"It sure doesn't look like nothing to me." Riku said sourly, looking between everyone, his eyes finally falling on where Brandon and Jessica stood together. "You guys weren't bugging the new kids were you?"
"No, we were just talking." Jessica piped up suddenly, the people crammed into the convertibles shooting her curious looks as she covered for them. "Actually, my brother and I were just on our way home when they pulled over for a little chat. We really need to get home now though."
"As long as nothing's going on, who wants to come to my house for pizza?" The redheaded girl asked. Everyone in the In-Crowd smiled and agreed that would be cool.
"That would be great Kairi!" Sora smiled at the girl. "Hey Brandon, do you wanna come?"
"No thanks Sora, I have things to do tonight." Brandon called back, his sister knowing by the way he spoke that he really wanted to but didn't dare go with Sora if the other Inners were going to be there.
"Bye then everyone, we better get going." Jessica said as Brandon turned to leave. Riku stuck his head out of the window and waved at her. Smiling, she waved back before turning and following her brother down the road.
"That sure was an interesting day." Jessica smiled at her brother as they entered their dingy bedroom, setting the bag of groceries on her bed.
"Yeah it was... um, interesting. Though I'm not sure that's the right word." Brandon said gruffly, climbing up the side of the bed and collapsing on his mattress. "What all classes do you have?"
"Um, Advanced Chemistry, Algebra II, Art, French, Lunch A and Band, Advanced Literature, Craft-Pottery-Sculpture, World History, and Music Appreciation." Jessica said, ticking them off on her fingers as she said them aloud.
Brandon was silent for a moment, a disgruntled look painting his face. "So we don't have any classes together at all. What a bummer."
"Yeah I know." Jessica sighed, reaching into the bag and grabbing a bag of chips which she threw up to Brandon who whooped appreciatively before ripping the bag open the bag and cramming his mouth full. "But I made some friends."
"Really, you have friends already?" Brandon asked, looking hurt at the very idea.
"Yeah, I do. Namine, Wakka, Tidus, and Paine are my friends and your friends so don't look so upset, you have some too now. And then there's a quiet girl names Yuna I met in 6th period Advanced Literature class, and energetic Rikku from my 7th period Craft-Pottery-Sculpture class. And Roxas I suppose." Jessica said with a smiled as she pulled an apple out of the bag before shoving the rest of the contents under her bed. "And then we have Sora and Riku."
"I'm friends with Sora, you can't have him! Stay away from my Sora! I'm not willing to share him with anybody, even you!" Brandon called suddenly very protective sounding. There was a very pregnant pause. "Um, I mean, um... what I meant to say was uh... I just meant... shit." She knows exactly what I'm thinking I bet! She always does – the little mind-reading witch that she is! DAMN IT!
"You like Sora… don't you?" Jessica asked softly.
"Yeah, I guess I kinda do." Brandon replied from the top of the bed where his sister knew he must be blushing furiously. "Damn, it only took me two days of knowing him and now I've gone and fallen for him. What am I gonna do now?"
"I wouldn't do anything just yet; you just met him after all. Wait a bit and if you still like him after you've had a longer time getting to know him then you can decide what to do but two days is not an option." Jessica said wisely as she looked out the window. Watching her from where he lay, Brandon noticed the unnatural pale tint to his sister's face as she coughed yet again. "I think I want to go for a walk – alone."
"Alright, I'll cover for you. Dad will never know you were gone." Brandon smiled down at her, frowning when upon reaching the door she collapsed against it in a coughing fit that wracked her whole body. "Are you okay Sis? Do you have a cold or… Jess, did you take your medicine this morning?"
"I don't remember to tell the truth whether I did or not." Jessica said sheepishly making her brother scoff at her. "I feel fine though so no worries there."
"Do you really think you should go alone, especially if you're feeling sick?" Brandon asked, worried for this sister's health.
"Goodbye Brandon, see you later!" Jessica hurried out quickly, not bothering to reply to her Brandon's question.
Her brother looked at the ceiling, thinking. Yeah, she feels fine. That's what Mom said the day before she died...
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