Chapter 13
Amber looked for her duelist sister through the crowd of the excited students. She saw a tall blonde girl with a perfect hourglass form. That could be her she noted as she brushed past some chatting girls. She noticed the long blue glove on the young woman's arm. It has to be Alexis she assured herself.
"Alexis Rhodes," she yelled before the girl turned around sharply. Amber sighed as she hoped she didn't make a total idiot of herself.
Alexis coughed as she faced her oldest sibling. "Amber, is that you?" she asked looking at her sister who looked more professional than from what the duelist prodigy could remember, but then again, it had been three years since she had seen Amber and Ally.
"You bet it is," said Amber giving her younger sister a large hug. "I've missed you." She got a good look at Alexis. Amber smiled as she saw the long blonde hair that trailed to her back and soft grey eyes. She had already noticed Alexis's flawless form. She must be the school goddess thought the editor trying to hide a smile.
"I've missed you too," replied Alexis smiling at her sister. She seems so happy to be here she observed. She noticed that there was something missing from her sister but declined from mentioning it.
Amber said quietly, "You really do look like mom. It's amazing." She smiled as she remembered her mom.
"Well, thanks," responded Alexis cheerfully, "I'm sure Ally does too." She stared in disbelief as Amber shook her head in protest. Ally is my twin. She has to look like a clone of me thought a confused Alexis.
"No," replied Amber, "She's so different from you. You carry on how mom did." She noticed a grin forming on her sister's clear face.
"So where is Ally?" asked a curious Alexis with the desire to know where her twin sister was, but before her oldest sibling could answer, Chazz ran over to them in a state of shock and fear. "What is it, Chazz?" asked the blonde.
"My brothers are here," he retorted, "They shouldn't have been able to set foot on Duel Academy grounds." He covered his face with his large pale hands. He looked up at them unaware that his brothers came for his graduation. Poor Chazz thought Amber looking at the distraught boy his brothers really must have really hurt him. He hid behind the girls as Slade and Jagger came searching for him.
"They look like hunting dogs," muttered Amber stifling her laughter, but Alexis and Chazz just exploded into fits of giggles.
"What did you tell them, Amber?" roared Slade making the two students continue laughing. Chazz thought oh yeah, that's his ex-girlfriend that used to baby-sit me on the weekends if Slade and Jagger went to business meetings with Mom and Dad. The spiky-haired kid smirked in pleasure. Watching Slade make an ass out of himself was a definite amusing.
"Nothing that concerns you," Amber retorted then pulling Chazz to her side. "What did you do to this poor boy besides disband him from your family, try to close his school down, and treat him like crap?" Chazz wondered how she knows all of this. My guess is either Atticus or Alexis told her since they are related. Maybe it's Jagger because of his conscience. He looked up at the furious Slade and calm Amber.
"Whatever," he snarled taking Chazz by the arm but was made to break his grasp because Ally and Atticus were walking and cut through. Slade's eyes narrowed as he saw the brunette boy. No, not him his brain panicked.
"Hi, stalker boy," greeted Atticus with an arm around Ally. He grinned at Chazz, "This is my other little sister, Ally. I've been introducing her to all the students at Duel Academy. Somehow, none of them believe that my two little sissies are twins." He flipped his warm brown hair behind his shoulder and flashed an award winning smile.
Alexis asked, "So did you introduce her to your girlfriend?" Alexis frowned as Atticus wrapped his other arm around Alexis's shoulder.
"I can't find her," he said with his disappointment showing, "but I can't wait for them to meet one another." He jumped up and clapped his hands and squealed like a schoolgirl. I can't wait for them to meet his brain exclaimed.
"So who's this lucky lady?" inquired Amber grabbing her younger brother's attention. He smiled swaying back in forth in pleasure of just thinking about her.
"Her name is Jasmine, she's Mindy's best friend. Ally, that's the girl with black hair that's dating Chazz. Chazz, why aren't you with Mindy? Get over there," rambled Atticus kicking the youngest Princeton lightly.
"What's wrong with you?" demanded the spiky-haired Princeton as the rest of the Rhodes and Jagger were laughing at Atticus's eccentric behavior. Slade wondered what would have happened if he had someone as annoying as Amber's younger brother in his life.
"Nothing is wrong with him," said Alexis, "He just wants you to treat Jasmine's best friend with the proper respect, and you better, she's one of my friends as well, and if you hurt her I will…" Ally put her hand over her twin's mouth and shook her head. Yes, threatening to kill someone does so much good she thought with sarcasm in every crevice of her mind.
"I agree with your friend," said Jagger quietly, "You should treat her with all the respect you can give." He earned a smile from Amber in approval. Slade shook his head in disgust.
"Whatever," grumbled Chazz as he went to search for Mindy earning a laugh from Atticus and Alexis.
"He certainly is crazy over her, isn't he?" Alexis asked to Atticus who smiled. He was proud of his accomplishment of setting the lovebirds up. The brunette was born to be a matchmaker.
Atticus replied, "yeah. You missed the boat on that one, Lex. C'mon let's go find Jasmine. I want to introduce her to Ally and Ambie." He rushed off grabbing Ally's and Alexis's wrist.
"So that's what your family is like all together," said Jagger astounded. He had never seen them all together before.
"Yeah, pretty much," she replied.
Slade smirked and said fiercely, "This was worse than when you met our whole family for the first time." Jagger rolled his eyes in disgust.
Amber replied coolly, "how was it bad? You didn't serve me any kind of meat?" Slade shook his head refusing to explain to her how he felt about that night.
Flashback
Amber knocked on the door nervously. She had never met her best friend's family before, and seeing them on the news didn't suffice. She shuffled her feet as the butler opened the door and asked, "May I help you?" She attempted not to smile, but she had always wanted to meet a butler for some strange reason.
"I'm Amber Rhodes, I…" she said being cut off by the butler's white glove held up to indicate silence.
"Yes," he said, "The masters have been waiting for you." She followed him into the large main room where she was told to wait. She stood there beginning to count the ceiling as the Princetons walked into the room.
"Mom, Dad, this is Amber Grace Rhodes," said Slade as he closed the door. Amber smiled shyly and curtsied.
"It's very nice to meet you," she said. For some reason, she wanted the Princetons to like her. Chazz walked over and gave her a hug.
"Slade told us lots about you," smirked the nine-year old evilly. Amber knew he was Chazz by the eldest Princeton's description of the young man.
"That's enough out of you," snarled Slade as he tried to hold back the youngest sibling
"No," the child retorted biting his oldest brother then running up to Amber. "Do you know who I am? I'll give you a hint, I'm the…" He smiled as the adolescent girl was about to answer rapidly.
"You must be Chazz," she said confidently. She felt the small child give her a hug. "He's so adorable," Amber chimed. The Princeton parents smiled at one another as they began to like the teen girl already.
End of Flashback
"How was that bad?" asked Amber remembering more events that were forbidden to speak of in front of Slade since it mainly involved him making an ass out of himself in front of her.
"It just did," snapped Slade bitterly.
"Everything is bad with you," Jagger said causing more than wanted tension.
Mew Kazurinu: Well, that's it for this chapter. I'm going to head to sleep. I need ideas for chapter 14, so if you can help, that'd be great.