"Carol? ... Carol?"
I opened my eyes and everything was blue. What had happened to the pink?
"Carol, do you know where you are?"
"This isn't my room."
He laughs at me. I try to get up, but my head still feels like a pound of bricks. I fell straight back down onto the unknown bed.
"Well it's good to have you back sis."
My head snapped into the voices direction.
"Caleb?"
"Carol?"
I jumped off the bed headache gone and fell into my big brothers arms. He fell back and we ended up on the floor laughing and wrestling like we used to.
"Carol! Caleb! Stop this nonsense at once! Carol please get up. You're a lady not an animal."
"Hello mother, it is wonderful to see you again."
I said with all the sarcasm I could muster.
"Hello Carol, now get up and get ready you two we have company coming."
"Company? I just got back mom!"
"The exact reason for everyone to come by."
"Everyone? … Mom!"
"Hush, hush, now put on something nice and go down stairs."
I looked over at Caleb, he stood there smiling back at me and began to laugh as mother left the room. I hit him in the arm.
"What?"
"Suck it up, go to dinner and we'll go to Jake's later."
I smiled and pushed him out of my room so I could get changed. So my mother had invited everyone that would mean Caleb's three best friends and their families. This is going to be great, now if only I could find my father before dinner.
"Carol please come downstairs."
"Coming."
I looked at myself one last time in the mirror; natural make-up, blue low cut halter with no back and my black skinny jeans. I put on my boots and chose my strappy heels and walked out of my room not quite ready to face what was waiting for me downstairs.
"Oh look at you! How much you have grown."
"Hello Mrs. Garwin how are you?"
"Wonderful, just wonderful and this is Marcie my little one."
"Hi Marcie."
I bent down to the level of the little girl
"Hi! I'm eight and you're pretty!"
"Why thank you Marcie. You're pretty too."
Caleb walked over to me and gave my shoulders a squeeze. I stood up heading to greet everyone else. Only two more hours and I'm off to Jakes.
Everyone was looking at me with these eyes like they were peering through my soul, what the hell was wrong with everyone. I walked over to my mother.
"Where's dad?"
"Enough dear, now who's ready for dinner, shall we?"
She brushed me off that complete slut just brushed me of, what the hell is going on around here? I walked into the guest dinning hall and sat beside Caleb. Cook had made this fancy low fat meal that my mother had made him look for. Can anyone say burger and fries later?
"So… Carol how does it feel being back?"
That was Tyler he was always a cutie; lean torso, light brown hair and blue eyes. He had the characteristics of the smart never do wrong kind of guy.
"A little awkward actually, I guess it's just because I haven't been home in five long years!"
I emphasised the last bit a bit louder, maybe my mother would hear me.
"Well either way it's great to have you back."
That one was Pogue he has a muscle toned motorist's body. Totally hot, he had that straight kind of long dark brown hair and brown eyes. He was the cool guy who didn't like fights, but he was extremely jealous whenever it came to his girlfriend Julie.
"Awww thanks guys that means a lot."
Both Tyler and Pogue were two guys that I could always count on to pick me back up or make me feel that much better.
"So what happened to Reid?"
"Oh that son of mine, you know he is always at Jakes causing some kind of commotion; pool here, money there it never seems to end."
"Not to mention the fights he always gets into."
"That doesn't sound like the Reid I know."
I looked over at Caleb who looked as if he was completely upset and disgusted with Reid's behaviour. I just didn't understand it; everything today seemed to be totally out of wack.
"Well that was a lovely dinner and all, but the four of us must be off!"
"Dinner was lovely Mrs. Danvers."
"Thank you Tyler."
"Suck up."
I whispered into Tyler's ear as we walked down the hall to the front door.
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