Hey guys! Long time no see! (Sorry about that...) Well, not much has happened since I last posted, EXCEPT CHRISTMAS! Ahem, yeah. So this is kind of a fillerish chapter, not much goes on, but it's what I like to call a 'connection chapter.' (Sounding technical there, I don't actually call it that...) Anyway, please review, any reviews are welcome, any at all. (PREFERABLY constructive though.)
Smirks-Classified: I wonder why you like Ainah? Everybody hates stairs, unless they are a stair... NO JENSON BUTTON IS BETTER! You make me sad dissing my O. :'(
Gg: Haha, I thought that would go down well... ;)
acherontamovebo: Sorry about that, It'll soon be done, I just thought that it would make the story more interesting than if I started from the beginning, because it would drag it out less and thank you! :)
Call Moi Crazy: It wasn't lame! (In fact I thought that joke was rather good(e)) heh heh, and thank goodness!
RandomPerson007: Thank you! It hopefully shortens it..
BookWorm2the2ndPower: Yeah that could be slightly awkward.. Don't think about it...
FluffieWuffie: Hey, I fail at everything else in life, I could at least be alright at nicknames!
xXxGgirlxXx: It's always good when people come back with food... Yes Zach does indeed have a sister!
Zach-Goode' : Yup, it thought you were a website! She's not a dude, and It can be pronounced one of two ways! AY-NAH or IY-NAH. That was a confusing comment!
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Present time – Zach's P.O.V
"Sheesh, do you have short term memory loss or something? We have just been through this! My name is Ainah, I'm living here because it's my Mums current location, my Mu-"
"No," I said. "Who are you?"
She looked at me as if I was crazy.
To be honest, I probably came off that way, but it's not every day a guy discovers that he potentially has a sister…
"Who are you?" She demanded.
Huh?
I must have looked confused, because she added on "Look, I fall down the stairs expecting to land on my face. My fall is broken by some random guy in his pants –thank you for that by the way, not the pants, but saving my face, it's a very Goode face if I do say so myself – he gets me into a headlock, I kick him in the balls and then HE starts questioning ME. So who, are you?"
Okay, she might have a point there.
"I'm Zach."
"No," she said with a deadpan expression, "Who are you?"
I raised an eyebrow and she started laughing before suddenly stopping.
"But seriously, what are you doing here?"
I shrugged, what was I doing here? I was supposed to be rescuing Cammie, but not much of that seemed to be really happening at the moment. I hadn't even set the stupid building on fire yet...
"Seeing the sights?" I replied.
She rolled her eyes, "Zach, I'm not stupid. No guy turns up in a building WHICH is in the middle of nowhere, in his pants if he didn't have any ulterior motive."
I laughed "Are you speaking from experience?"
"Quite possibly."
I suddenly felt overprotective… WHO THE HELL IS SNEAKING IN TO SEE MY SISTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? I am seriously gonna-
Wow, I guess my brotherly instincts are kicking in already... And I still don't know if I'm actually her brother, or whether she just some crazy lunatic.
Or a spy…
Sent from mom…
I think I was staring a while, because Ainah suddenly waved a hand in front of my face. "Uh Zach, you've zoned out…"
I nodded slowly before quickly shaking my head. Great, now I looked like I had fleas… You're making a fantastic impression on your potential sister here aren't you?
"Soooooo…" I started.
She raised an eyebrow before saying "So are you actually going to tell my why you're really here?"
I mulled this over for a bit before replying "to be honest with you… No."
Her other eyebrow joined the first. She stood there looking me up and down for about five minutes before saying
"Y'know, they are really cool boxers."
I rolled my eyes, then smirked, and then gasped, because it dawned on me.
I've suddenly thought of a way that I could see whether she was my sister or not, using a little test I like to call… 'Smirk, or no Smirk."
I'm not going to lie, the name's not original, the test isn't fool proof and I'm probably going to look weirder than I already do, but it was worth a shot.
"Ainah, I've uh... Been working on a project at school a-"
"Oh really what school do you go to?"
Jeeze, cut a guy off won't you!
Schools, schools… We went south didn't we… My guess is probably North Carolina.
"I go to a school."
She nodded slowly, I think she thought I was a bit dense.
"And that school is… North Carolina State High.."
Okay, what the hell? Couldn't I have done better than that? She seemed to buy it though, after a while.
"Isn't that a long way to go to school? It's like four hours away?"
Okay, so maybe she didn't buy it.
"Where are we?" I sighed.
She looked puzzled.
"We're in South Carolina."
Wow, we were travelling a lot longer than I thought.
Less than a week ago
"What do we do?"
Bex said, her 'Irish' accent making me chuckle every time I heard it.
Jake elbowed me because I was laughing, Bex just glared.
"M-Sorry Kassia, go make out with him!" Cammie exclaimed.
We all turned and stared.
"What?!" She cried.
"He fancies the pants off her and SHE'S HIS GIRLFRIEND."
Nudge nudge.
Nudge is a good word. I really need to use the word nudge more often.
Macey sighed before shouting up to Nick
"Tom! Tom!"
He turned around recognising Macey's voice.
"Mom's here! She said we have to go RIGHT NOW. I think she found out about the whisky!"
Cue everyone the mall staring at Macey.
Through our coms unit, I heard Dr Steve say "Well done team B, Nick is now out, you've got rid of a good guy there, but unfortunately Macey is also out due to her 'excuse.'"
"Oh sugar my muffin!" Bex cried.
Everybody turned to stare at her. We seemed to be doing a lot of staring today...
"Y'know Bex, that could be taken as an innuendo…" I said.
Bex stared at me. (See what I mean about the staring?) "Oh go hug a tree." She snapped.
The British, I sighed.
"The rest of team A are still on the ground floor like us, only Nick managed to sneak up." Jake informed us all.
"Bex, if you and Tom go up to Hollister do you think you can row with security or something so Tom can get in?" Liz asked.
She nodded. "What's your name again?" She asked Tom.
"Uh… Tom."
She sighed.
"No, I mean your naaaaame." She said again, emphasising the 'aaaaa' part.
"I just said, T- Oh!" He cried when I nudged him (heh heh, managed to fit in nudge again)
"Ben." He smiled.
"Hallelujah." Bex muttered. "Come on then Benjy! Let's go talk to the nice Hollister man!"
This was all said in her 'Irish' accent, so of course I started chuckling again; well until Cammie elbowed me anyway.
"Shut up Jesse!"
Bex and Tom went up the escalator and got to the Hollister shop. We could see them from where we were standing, because the above floors are basically half floor, half balcony – which is quite cool.
Bex approached the guard, and we couldn't hear what she was saying but his face seemed to change from white, to red to purple.
Bex then winked at him and tossed her hair.
"Um, okay, just a query, but… is Be- Jenna FLIRTING with the security guard?"
I looked round at everyone. The boys seemed to have the same incredulous expressions on their faces as me, the girls… Not so much.
"Well come on, you've got to be fair, he is hot." Cammie laughed.
"Woah, he can guard me any day!" Liz said.
WAIT LIZ SAID?
LIZ?
Another bout of staring happened, this time at Liz.
"What!?" She cried.
"I'm allowed to make crude and suggestive comments sometimes you know!"
We were still looking at her before Cammie finally said "Liz, just leave that to Bex." And patted her back.
Talking of backs, Tina was still on mine. "Oh my gosh Jess, why don't we like, go for an ice cream or a coffee or a bagel or a pretzel or-"
I cut her off there.
"BECAUSE VICTORIA we need to sort out that top from HOLLISTER."
Grant was sniggering, so I glared at him.
Actually, come to think of it, Grant had been rather quiet for… Well Grant.
When I pointed this out, he merely said that he was hungry and looked wistfully to where Bex was (shamelessly) flirting with the security guard.
I'm guessing that's code for I fancy the pants off Bex then?
"Suuuure Grant, we've all been hungry." I then did an exaggerated wink and looked at Cammie.
Not that I liked her or anything.
Hey don't doubt me!
She looked at me as if I was insane (which was nothing new) and carried on nattering to Liz about how Justin Bieber was disgracing the world of pop.
(I agree, evidently Liz doesn't.)
We suddenly heard a voice in our coms.
"Sorry B's, Bex has been kicked out for harassing a security guard and Tom's in an ambulance currently on his way to ER. Try again."
I was puzzled.
"Uh, Dr Steve how did he manage to hurt himself in Hollister?"I asked.
I heard him sigh.
"He said, and I quote this, 'I thought she was a mannequin.'"
I decided not to pursue this matter any further… As I pondered the possibilities of what Tom had actually done (okay, so it intrigued me) Jonas suddenly piped up
"Guys, I think I've got a plan… But we're going to need a distraction."