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Chapter 4 – Awkward

"Eric, wait up!" Abby had taken Eric to Wal-Mart to get some stuff he needed for school. He was his usual hyper self, which he always was after soccer practice. "Eric, slow down please. I can't keep up with you!"

"Sorry. I forgot." A little smile crept upon Abby's face as she caught up with her brother. Richard had stepped on her left ankle the evening before, on purpose, causing a mild sprain. But of course she couldn't tell Eric that, so she said she twisted it walking down the stairs.

"So we've got the pencils and the paper. Anything else you needed?" Eric, with his head buried in some comic book, shook his head.

"Or wait, actually, Abby, please! Can I please get some Twizzlers?" Abby rolled her eyes and looked at Eric's puppy face.

"Eric, I don't know." Eric started pouting and clasped his hands together in front of him, pretending to beg.

"Please, Abby! Pretty please!" Abby sighed defeated and closed her eyes.

"Fine. But the smallest pack you can find, and you do the dishes tonight!"

"Thanks sis!" Abby sighed again as Eric ran towards the candy isle, and slowly started following him.


When she finally reached the isle, she saw Eric talking with someone. She bit her lip. She didn't like it when Eric talked to strangers. "Eric!" The little boy looked up, and seeing Abby's face he knew what she was thinking.

"Sorry Abby!" But at the same time the other person spun around. Abby froze and she could feel her cheeks blushing.

"Luka? What are you doing here?" Luka smiled and held up some candy.

"Shopping with my parents. Was told to get the candy. And hello to you too!" Abby looked down embarrassed, happy when Eric interrupted them.

"So you guys know each other?" Abby looked at her brother who had a huge grin on his face, and took a deep breath.

"Luka, this is my annoying little brother Eric. Eric, that's Luka. He's new at our school." Eric faked an angel face, pretending to feel hurt, making Luka put his arm around his neck.

"Sorry, Abby, but I'm gonna have to team up with your brother here. I have an older brother myself, so I know how it feels to be picked on by older siblings." Abby looked stunned at the two boys in front of her, not believing her own eyes.

"Whatever. Ready to go, Eric?" But before Eric had time to reply, Luka let go of him.

"But of course, since I am a younger brother myself, I also know perfectly fine that that face before was fake, and that Abby was most probably 100 correct with her statement before." This time it was Eric's jaw that fell to the ground.

"Yeah, Abby. I'm ready." He looked at Luka who was chuckling, but that turned into curiosity when he saw Abby limping towards her brother.

"What happened?" Abby opened her mouth to reply, but Eric was quicker.

"Oh, she lost her balance on her high heel while pole dancing at a strip club last night." Abby's face turned into a burning red color as she felt Luka starring at her, laughing, so she sent Eric a killer look.

"Very funny, Eric." She looked down, still embarrassed from the comment before, while chewing on her lower lip. "I twisted it while walking down some stairs."

"You just have to ruin all the fun, don't you?" She smacked Eric on the top of his head and took the Twizzlers out of his hand.

"Move it, boy. Time to go home." She looked at Luka for a second before following Eric. "See you tomorrow, Luka!"


"Where have you been? You should have been home an hour ago!" Eric held up his plastic bag.

"Wal-Mart. Sorry, needed pens and paper for school." Richard didn't even look up from his newspaper.

"Okay. Your mother will be here with dinner soon. Just go to your room in the mean time." Both kids nodded and walked, or limped, towards their room, but Richard gabbed Abby's arm. "Not you. I need to speak with you." Chills ran through her body by the touch of his hand tightly wrapped around her lower arm.
She bit her lip and held her breath till her brother was out of hearing range. "It doesn't take an hour to go to Wal-Mart for paper and pens!" He tightened his grip on her arm.

"We ran into someone we know and started talking. And it hurts when I walk on my foot. I can't walk very fast." She started rambling, trying not to let the pain get to her. This time he looked up at her scared face, as he tightened his grip enough to cut off the blood circulation to her hand.

"No food for you tonight. Just say you aren't hungry and stay in your room!" She nodded while biting her lip enough to make it bleed, and almost gasped for air as he released his grip on her. He went back to his newspaper article on some rape victim like nothing had happened, while Abby walked to her and Eric's room.

"Abby and Lucas sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Abby threw her sweater at Eric, shutting him up.

"We're NOT dating. And it's Luka, not Lucas!"

"Oh yeah? Then how come you blushed like crazy when you saw him? I'm not stupid, Abby!" She gave him a dead stare and fell down on her bed.

"Just shut up, Eric. I just met him. And besides, every single girl in the school has a crush on him already. Why would he ever even just look at me?" Eric got up and joined Abby on her bed.

"Because you're pretty?" Abby shot him an evil look, telling him to get lost. "Or maybe because he looked just as 'in love' as you when he saw you." Abby quickly sat up und punched his shoulder, causing him to fall off the bed.

"Eric, don't make fun of me, you know I hate it. And you shouldn't lie, you're better than that!" Eric was about to reply, but before he had a chance Abby got up and went to the door. "I'll go take a shower. Just tell them I wasn't hungry."