A/N: Finally. An update. And the worst thing is I think that this chap is gonna kind of disappoint yas… But hopefully, I'll be updating more often.
"Be down in a minute, Ace! I'm getting dressed." He shouted downstairs.
"My little friend Chris, here, tried to tell me you weren't in, Eyeball." Ace's voice came up, low and menacing. "I knew your car didn't drive itself home."
"What the fuck, Chris?" Eyeball shouted down, sounding frustrated.
"I didn't know you were back!" Chris shouted, playing along. "When'd you get home?"
Eyeball turned to me, "Shit, I should have known he'd be comin' over here. Daddy would have went to his house for his old man. Cassie. I'm going to have to go with him. Get him out of here…."
"It's ok. Do what you have to do." I told him. I would never let him get hurt over me…
He gave me a quick hug before shouting downstairs again. "Chris, you little faggot! Did you take my t-shirt?"
"I never touched your t-shirt!" Chris shouted back.
"Come up here now, you little fucker!" Eyeball shouted down.
"What t-shirt?" I asked.
He smiled and shook his head. Chris came storming into the room. "I never touched your t-shirts, Rich!"
"I know. Look, Chris, I have to get him out of here, ok? So, I need you to look after her." He gestured at me. "Make sure Ace is out of the way and then walk her home?"
"Yeah, no problem." Chris said, looking at me. I smiled shyly. "Is she your girl, Eyeball?"
Eyeball hesitated and looked at me. He looked back at his little brother. "Yeah."
"Why don't you want Ace to know?"
"It's none of your business." Eyeball snapped.
"Rich, he deserves to know if we're dragging him into this…" I said, placing my hand on his arm.
He looked at me for a while and said, "Ok, tell him if you want. Just keep it to yourself, cock knocker." He told Chris.
Chris nodded in response.
"Right, Cass. I gotta go. Look after her, Chris." He nodded at me and went downstairs. I could understand that he wouldn't be affectionate toward me in front of his little brother. It just wasn't his style to be like that in front of anyone.
"Chris said go upstairs." I heard Eyeball's voice. He must have been talking to Gordie. "C'mon Ace. I think they want some alone time." Eyeball laughed at himself and I heard the front door bang.
I shook my head at Eyeball's behaviour. I found him funny but he was kind of arrogant sometimes.
"I'm Cassie." I smiled at Chris, holding out my hand.
"I know." He smiled back, taking my hand and shaking it. "Chris."
I sat down on Eyeball's bed, feeling kind of awkward. I knew who Chris and his friends were but had never spoken to them other than the odd "Hello" and nod when passing in the street. Gordie quietly slipped into the room.
"Hello," I said to him.
"Hello," He replied quietly. He looked down at the ground and there was an awkward silence for a few minutes.
"So you're going with Eyeball?" Chris spoke. I nodded. "How'd that happen? I mean aren't you from Sugarbush Row?"
Sugarbush Row wasn't so much a Row as a section of the town. Each street had a slightly varied name such as "Sugarbush Road" or "Sugarbush Estate". It was a section of the town where only fairly well off people lived and generally those people wouldn't mingle with those who lived in the Valley. The end of the town I was in now.
"Yeah," I replied. "It doesn't matter to me. Where I live- the way they dress, how they act- it isn't me. I like hanging out with Eyeball. I like people for who they are, not their money or family…"
Chris looked at me sceptically for a few moments before nodding his head at me. A smile spread across his features and he walked over to sit down beside me. He put his arm around me and said, "So tell me, what is it that could possibly attract you to my brother?"
I laughed knowing that Chris had just given me the seal of approval and welcomed me to the family.
"Chris, your brother is lovely. He just doesn't show it much."
Chris laughed. "I am sure he is. So, really, how come he didn't want Ace to know?"
I sighed, hating that I had to tell this story, but I knew he really deserved to know. My mind went back to when Eyeball and I got together and how things were before that.
A/N: ok, so more soon. There'll be four boys stuff, cobra stuff and, of course, Ace stuff. Lol. I know where the story is going so I'll be able to update quicker now, as long as work doesn't get in the way.