"Ben, I'm home!" I called throughout the apartment. I was feeling good. I ran a total of 10 miles, just because I felt like it. It also helped ease the slight tension I had after seeing Jeremy again.

"In the living room!" he called back, voice laced with something I couldn't describe. Curious, I marched into the small room to see what was going on.

When I reached the doorway, I froze in my tracks. Sitting there were 4 extremely hot guys. I did a quick scan of them. The one sitting on the end was really cute. He had blond hair that was in a faux hawk, the next had chestnut brown hair that was a bit short and tousled, the next was a dirty blond, almost brown, had a skater style to him, and next was, what….. HARRY? Another cousin who I had thought I would never see again. Harold Christopher Judd. He like us, didn't have the same last name as the rest of them. I knew coming to live with Ben was a bad idea! God…. He KNOWS how I feel about our family. He knows how I was left out of everything. When I was younger everything was fine, but as I grew older I became a bigger nuisance, literally.

"Jessica?" He said, like he didn't believe I was there standing before him in basketball shorts and a tank top. Then it hit me. He had a posh English accent… how weird.

He had changed since I last seen him. His tall lanky build was now extremely muscled, and his gross mullet that he had in high school, was exchanged with a buzz cut. It suited him and made him look a bit older than his 23 year old self.

"Carly." I sneered and narrowed my eyes at him. He looked at me confused.

"Don't look t me like that Judd. I had reason to leave like I did." I said giving him a cold glare. "Now If you will excuse me I'm going to go take a shower and clean up." I turned around and went to my room.

I picked up my hair dryer, straightener, and clothes. For the evening I chose some skinny jeans, a Hey Monday tee, and a yellow tank to go under it. The shirt was a bit see through. It was laid back, just my style. I never put too much effort into my appearance. Well, my clothes only I guess. But I wasn't a really high maintenance girl either. I didn't go get manicures or go to the spa, pile too much make up on my face, or die my hair that fake blond color.

As I made my way to the bathroom I bumped into a rock hard chest. The chest was clad in a black bat man t shirt. I looked up into warm brown eyes that had a childish glint to them. I took note that he was the blond guy that was with Harry.

"Sorry" I mumbled and pushed past him into the open door behind him.

As I showered I thought about how my day had turned out. Sure, I haven't seen anyone from my family in a few years, and now they are catching up to me? It seems really weird that Harry is here. He left when I was in grade 11. It was never the same. At first he called and we skyped but one day he just stopped. I never really understood why either. It was strange. He was another big brother to me. Harry and Ben had always been around when I needed them most, and Harry had never filed me before until then. He was one of the last straws. I had made up my mind that I hated small towns and I wasn't going to go back to Tall Oaks. People there are too bi polar, nosey, gossipy, and horrible, and most of all, close minded. It just crazy. Then I thought of the other three guys that I had completely ignored. What did they think of me? They were probably having a nice conversation with my brother and Jenny, but then I came in looking like a mess, then blowing up at what I'm assuming a close friend of theirs, and then running out, without saying a word to them. Well I guess I did say sorry to the blond one but I was still pretty rude for just pushing past him… But oh well. Its not like they were going to be sticking around. I hope….

I got out, dried myself off, and got dressed. I turned my flat iron on and blew my hair dry. After I was done in the bathroom I made my way into the living room to retrieve my laptop from the coffee table.

To my surprise they were still there. I took my laptop without a word and left. I faintly heard foot steps behind me so I picked up my pace. I scurried down the hall and back into my room and slammed the door. I flopped down on my bed and hoped the person got the message. There was a knock at the door. Nope I guess not.

I ignored it. The knocking persisted, and then suddenly it stopped. I was just opening up Itunes when the door was kicked in. I jumped up from my spot and stood in a defensive postion. I looked down and Harry was there on the floor looking like he was in a bit of pain. The door was

"The door was unlocked you douche bag! Are you that dumb? Dammit Harry! You broke my door!" I shrieked at him. The idiot BROKE my door. It was hanging by one hinge and there was a dent in it where I was guessing his shoulder hit.

"I'm sorry Lee. I'm sorry if I wanted to talk. Now calm down. Tell me why you left. Now." He said as he got up.

"Do you think that you can just show up and just demand that I talk to you after the way you treated me? Get real." I barked turning away.

"How I treated you?. You were like my little sister Jessica!"

"CARLY"

"Okay Carly. Do you understand how much you scared me when you ran away? Really? I can't believe you just up and left like that. With out letting anyone know." It amazed me how calm he was being. Usually he was a hot head, and I had had my fair share of arguments over nothing with him to prove that.

"Its pretty hard to imagine that you actually cared. Before I left I was dirt under your feet Harry. I was sick of everyone looking down at me, of being nothing to nobody. Do you know what that feels like? To feel like you have no one? Especially when there are plenty of people around? I grew up with those kids. They knew me. Yet they still pushed me aside like I was nothing. It hurt. So I left." I started crying by that point. It brought out old memories.

"What are you talking about? We all loved you Carly. And you know it. Your like my sister. You meant the world to me. You were. No are my best friend. You think I didn't care? I tried getting the RCMP involved, but you were 18 so I wouldn't happen. I even went to England to look for you!" He had gotten louder and louder. By the end of the rant he was on he was shouting.

"No. You may have loved me and Nick and Ben but the rest of the people didn't. In the end you stopped talking to me anyway! You stopped calling Haz! Why? You knew I needed you. You knew I was counting the days to get out of there! I was alone!" I retaliated

"Carly, I was going through a really rough time then. My best friend back in Scotland had died. Do you blame me for not wanting to talk to anybody? I went there because I remembered you said you were going to go there if you ran away. Well I thought that you would go there since all through high school you were so set on it." Harry reasoned.

"I didn't have enough money to get there Haz. Or I would have. Trust me. To get as far away as I could from Tall Oaks is my dream. But I didn't have the money. It wasn't good for me for awhile. I did some stuff regret but I can't take it back. I also don't want to talk about it okay. End of story. I'm here with Ben now, only I don't want my mother or father knowing okay? Seriously. I have reasons for that. I am sick of people trying to take over my life, for looking down on me, putting me down all the time. I was depressed for the longest time. Right now I'm trying to get enough money to get into Juilliard, or some other school. That's my main focus." I rambled on.

"Well I'm here if you ever need to talk. I understand about your mom. She could be a little condescending. And with your music…. I can help you with that." He said with his signature smirk appearing.