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Alien

Chapter 23: Surprise? Sort of

I was buttoning up my white shirt for tonight. I was wearing that and black slacks, that seems presentable enough to me. I mean I was just going to be cooking anyways, and being proper never phased me during eating or cooking. You were bound to spill something on yourself either way right? Well I wasn't going to cook that much, I was in charge of the macaroni and cheese. Seemed simple. But I had history with macaroni. I could never cool it right to save my life.

I gave a weak smile in the mirror, I wasn't pleased with my appearance, but it was going to have to do. I haven't wore my hair up in years, it made me feel naked like I was bearing my secrets to the cold world. I was scared and excited at the same time. Bill would always tell me I should wear my hair up because I was super pretty. Well here I am, with my hair up. And he's with that whore. Everything was fine until Bill questioned everything and here we are. Like we never even met.

"Abby!" My dad yelled from the living room. I didn't move from my spot, I waited for him to call me again. Because honestly I was stalling. Things were going to be awkward. "It's time to leave! The Kaulitz's are on their way over. We have to get our seating arrangements down ok?"

I sighed and left my room, of course we were going to have to all ride together. It's just my luck I was going to be stuck in between both twins, meaning I would have to set next to Bill. I didn't want to touch that boy, let alone sit in the same car with him. I walked into the living room and I was alone, which meant they were all getting ready. I sighed and tossed on a little jacket and snuggled into its warmth, I was going to need all the support I could get tonight. I hope I didn't break down.

I was mentally exhausted. I didn't need any of this stress, but I had to deal with it because it wasn't going anywhere any time soon. I threw open the front door, and it went gliding into the bushes getting stuck. Stupid wind. "Come on Abby!" My dad yelled from the front seat. Bill was leaning on the car, waiting patiently for me to get in so he could sit. I gave a frustrated sigh, the door was caught in the bushes and it took me a while to finally get it free. I turned back around and everyone had an amused expression. Good for them.

I tried walking quickly to the car, but I tripped over my own two feet, barley catching myself on the car. To my dismay, everyone laughed; but Bill. I was probably clumsy from being so tired. "Hey Abby!" Simone chimed happily as I climbed my way into the car, scooting myself as close to Tom as possible. He noticed too and tried to scoot over for me. Sweet of him. I acknowledged her with a nod. She turned her attention back to my dad. "Have you told her yet?" She whispered.

This had my attention, and everyone else's in the car as well. We were definitely a nosey lot of people. "No I haven't, I was kind of shooting for it to be a surprise, but since you brought it up I might as well tell her."

I leaned forward, placing both elbows on each seat and resting my chin on my crossed hands. I was waiting for whatever surprise they were talking about. Haven't had a decent present in a long time. My dad chuckled at my expression. "You might like something that's waiting for you at my restaurant!" I quirked my eyebrows at Simone, because he wasn't giving anything else away.

She smirked. "You'll have to wait dear. But I think you'll like.. Er… it." She composed her face. Ah, that gave me interest, who knew what it was now.

Tom laughed from beside me and I turned my full attention to him. "You are so adorable if you're getting a surprise." I rolled my eyes at him. "Do me and Bill get a surprise too?" He said a little too happily. Poor guy.

She laughed too, her curls bouncing around from side to side. "Maybe if you're good, I'll treat you all to some ice cream afterwards."

"Sounds good enough to me." Tom smiled. I rolled my eyes and leaned all the back in my seat, my arm brushed Bill's and I internally cringed. He let out a sigh.

"Are you okay back there son?" My dad asked him. Bill didn't seem to hear him, for he was off in his own little world, staring out the window. That's great it was starting to rain. Unpredictable weather Germany has. "Bill?" My dad tried again a little louder.

His head snapped up. "Huh?"

"You okay back there?" He eyed him from his rearview mirror. My dad was being an ass, he knew why Bill was so far off into his own little world. He knew why I kept stalling earlier too. I mean if it isn't obvious I don't know what is. We were furious at each other. Or I was at Bill anyways. Bill just nodded, and my dad was going to keep on but Simone put a calming hand on his arm. I don't care what you say, they were so adorable together.

My dad also hasn't had another man whoring tendency since that day I cut deep… For that I was thankful. He's been sticking to Simone's side like glue ever since. He didn't make any sense to me whatsoever. But he was my dad and I loved him. I knew that much. I swear he was in love with Simone. It hurt to think she was going to be replacing my mom, but I'd rather have it be her that anyone else out there. Besides, I already loved Simone to death.

I was sitting in suspense as we got stopped at the 5th red light in this damn town, we were almost there. I way dying to see what my surprise was. I felt like a little kid on Christmas eve. I calmed down a bit, I didn't want anyone to see my anticipation. With my luck I had extra things to clean or cook. That would suck, considering I'm highly uncoordinated today.

Bill hasn't looked at me during the whole car ride, we were basically giving each other the cold shoulder. You could feel the tension radiating off of each other! When we pulled up to the restaurant, everything was dark. Early birthday surprise maybe? Doubt it, my birthday was a long time away. I wasn't scared, just a bit excited because I was never told I was going to have a surprise waiting for me.

"You have to go in last okay sweetie?" I rolled my eyes and slouched more comfortably in the seat. Bill climbed out and so did Tom. "And don't worry about it, because they don't know what's going on either. Me and Simone arranged it." He said sweetly to me. I gave a small nod. "I'll have one of the boys text you when it's time to come in." Another nod, and I was alone. I waited and waited for the longest. I was debating whether or not to curl up in the seat and take a nap. I mean I had nothing better to do right? I gave a giant yawn to emphasize my own point. I was about to doze off if they didn't hurry up.

My phone lit up in my hand. It was on silent, but thank god I was looking at it, because who knows how long I would have sat there stupidly.

Bill: K.

I didn't bother sending a reply as I flung the car door open, the alarm went off. Who in the hell does that stuff? I shut the door and an automatic click happened disabling and re arming the car alarm. I tried not to trip on my way up the steps, when I got there the door was locked. I mean how special could this surprise be anyways? I knocked and waited patiently. A rather angry looking Bill opened up the door. I quirked an eyebrow at him, a silent gesture in asking what was going on. He let out an angry huff and stepped out of the way.

"Ready?" Simone yelled. I gave a heavy nod, because from where I was standing I could see someone standing behind her. Hiding? What in the world was going on? A random person? Do I have any other people I would really like to see right now? Yeah, but how would they even get here?

"Surprise!" Simone and my dad yelled at the same time, moving to reveal…

"Abby!" Jaimie screamed, with his arms in the air, jumping out from behind Simone. My eyes bulged and I probably had the hugest smile ever on my face. My first love, my first ex, my first everything was standing in the room with me this very second. "Get your adorable ass over here this second!"

I think I yelped in surprise and skipped my way into his arms. I forgave him for everything, because in reality I'm the one who pushed him away. He hugged me tight, picking me off the ground and spinning us around, we both laughed. It felt good to see a familiar face again. He was my best friend, ever since I was a little girl, we grew up around each other. Our moms were best friends so they stuck us together. They were ecstatic when we decided to date. Well you know how that went.

He held me at arms length. "Let me get a good look at you! I haven't seen you in ages! Let alone had a decent conversation with you. Do you still not talk?" He wasn't being rude, just caught up in the moment. I made an X on my throat. He gave a little nod. "I'm glad to see that you've gained weight." I quirked an eyebrow at him. "Well you know what I mean." He laughed. "You look so much alive here, I'm glad." He smiled sadly, tracing the scar that was on my face.

"How are things back home Jaimie?" My dad yelled from behind the kitchen doors, he was already cooking.

Jaimie laughed. "Everything's going fine, well my mom is all depressed still, but I cant expect anything different, she lost her best friend." Everyone was silent. He changed the subject. "Introduce me to your friends will you?" He tried to lighten the mood. I rummaged through my jacket pocket in need for my notepad and a pen.

They are Bill and Tom. I wrote sloppily on the notepad.

He had a grin on his face. "As in Tokio Hotel? As in Kaulitz?"

"Nice to meet you dude." Tom said while laughing, Bill just stood there stubbornly, good thing Jaimie didn't notice. "How'd you guys meet anyhow?" He asked my ex curiously.

"I have some stuff I brought from Kentucky. Like old yearbooks and photo albums, if you'd like to see?" Jaimie inquired.

"I'd love to see a baby Abby!" Simone exclaimed. Everyone threw in their thoughts about it, even Bill shockingly. I rolled my eyes as he grabbed a box out of the corner, I cringed. So many memories were held in this box.

"I didn't really bring pictures that old. Sorry." He said, putting the box down in front of everyone so they could take dibs at what they wanted to look at.

Simone had a decent pile of pictures, she was enjoying herself. "Who is this charming young man with Abby?" She said, trying to sound cute. Maybe even to rub it in Bill's face even more. "A boyfriend?" She smirked at me.

I glanced at the photo. Wow it has been forever since I've seen that. It was a picture of me and Andy at the beach, I was wearing a bikini and he had on board shorts and a surfboard in one hand. His arm was draped protectively around my shoulders. We didn't look alike at all, so this is why she thought we were dating. Bill took a long glance over my shoulder. "You guys look happy…" He trialed off happily. "What happened?"

I gave a small smile. This is Andy. I mouthed to him, with tears prickling in my eyes.

"Who is it dear?" Simone asked again, feeling out of the loop.

"That's Andy." Bill said for me. "Her twin brother." She gave a sad smile towards me.

"Here's an old yearbook." Jaimie smiled at me, sitting down on the side of me that Bill wasn't on. I was feeling a little boxed in as I opened up my past. I gave a small smile as I saw my old broken smile. Man you could tell shit was going down in my life, just by the look of my old middle school picture. I stared at myself, thinking, why the hell didn't someone do something to help me out.

Bill was leaning on me. "I don't care how mad you are at me right now, I have the urge to hug you. I don't care if you hug back or not." He said, wrapping me tightly in his arms, I was stiff and didn't hug him back. He sighed and glanced at Jaimie. "Why didn't you do anything to help her? I mean I'm not pointing fingers, its just a question."

Jaimie gave a friendly smile, I mean who could be mad at an international rockstar anyways? I guess that was only me. I shrugged out of his arms and sat blankly there. "Honestly, I had a ton of crap going on with me at the moment too, I was too blinded by anything to notice." Then he looked at me. "You forgive me right?" He looked so sad and far away.

I was never mad at you, I understood where you were coming from Jaimie. I sighed. If anything I'm sorry for worrying you.

He snorted. "Never be sorry for something you cant control. You had your reasons, I just felt like I abandoned you in the end."

Not your fault. I pushed you away. This felt weird to talk to in front of other people about. Because I knew they were all listening, well to his side of the conversation anyways. I was stuck writing sloppily on a dumb note pad.

"You know, I still go there…" He trailed off when I gave him a clueless look. "Where your car was found after the accident, trying to find some kind of clue as to where he went…" He sucked in a giant breath, tears forming in his eyes. "I just cant believe it. He was our fucking art teacher. I liked him!" He exclaimed. I was past the point of people caring about this. "And the fact that he killed…" He trialed off when my face paled.

I don't want to talk about that. I wrote, clear as day. I couldn't talk about it. I would relapse and cut myself off from people if I did. I already knew. That's what I did when it happened. Talking about it made me relive it. I couldn't do that.

He gave a tired sigh.

Tom looked like he closed himself off from everyone, taking in the information he'd just learned about me. Simone being the ever persistent one had to go and ask questions. "Your art teacher killed who honey?" She was using a sweet tone of voice. "You know you can share anything with us right?"

I didn't answer. But Bill took up for me. Shocking I know. "Mom! Quit being so nosey, cant you tell this is a hard subject on her?" He exclaimed.

"Just asking…" She muttered. I smiled, because she was just like a little kid.

My dad came bustling out of the kitchen with food. Thank god! I don't think I could stand sitting here another moment talking about my past. We all put my old memories back into the box and Jaimie returned it to the corner. It was time to eat, having those family conversations that embarrassed you. Boy did some of these topics get heated too.

"One time…" Jaimie started off. "When Abby Cat stayed the night at my house, I guess she sleep walked?" Everyone busted out laughing at this. I just slouched more and pouted. "Well anyways, she somehow ended up with the scissors and chopped most of her hair off!"

Tom was laughing the hardest. "Did you really?" I nodded and blushed. "That is pretty hilarious if you ask me!"

That's why I didn't ask you :P I wrote, showing it to him.

He rolled his eyes. "What's the history with you guys anyways?" He asked, takin a bite out of some rice.

Oh god here my dad goes, he was getting into turbo story mode. I was kind of terrified. "This boy right here?" He pointed his fork towards Jaimie, who was on my right, and Bill was on my left. "He was my daughters best friend, their moms grew up together, so they stuck them together." He laughed. "You should have seen my wife's face when she figured out they were dating. Like a dream come true!"

Bill stiffened. "They dated?" He looked over at us. "Really?" I only nodded. I guess it did seem like an unlikely match, Jaimie had brown hair and dressed really preppy now. And well, I was emo Abby.

My dad started up again. "You bet they dated! They were inseperable and started holding hands at a very young age! Jaimie here was her first love, first kiss, the first sex…" My eyes bulged, I was so embarrassed. I wound back my foot and kicked my dad as hard as I could.

"Ah!" Tom yelled, grabbing at his knee. I failed. "Bill goddamnit!" He cringed in pain. "Watch where you keep those giant boats, what were you trying to do? Kick a winning touchdown?"

Bill stared at his brother like he was stupid, and I took my chance to stare down my dad. He was busy looking at the scene unfolding in front of him by the twins. I then gave Simone a pleading look, she understood.

"Max honey, maybe you shouldn't talk about your daughter like that in front of friends? You're embarrassing her." She gave a pleading look. Thank god for Simone.

"I apologize." Dad said to me, I just sipped on my soda sadly.

XxX

It was time for Jaimie to go now, and I was shedding tears for him, I really was going to miss him. It was good to see a familiar face around here. He was only here in the first place because his mom was having an art showing here in Germany, they were traveling and on the road a lot. His mom couldn't take our old town either; too many old memories. Everyone let us be for a moment.

"I'm sorry my mom couldn't come and see you guys." He said sadly, pulling me into a giant hug. "Be strong okay? And I know you and Bill are in a giant argument, over what? I don't know. But don't you think its best to forgive and forget? And I really want you to tell someone your story to. Not a bit of it, the full thing. You'll feel so much better." He kissed my scar and hugged me tighter. I hugged back even more tighter, I was going to miss him.

Pretty soon he drove off in his little rental car, off into the pitch black of night. I hope he would be safe out there. I sighed. I knew he was right, I was going to have to tell someone about my past really soon. And I will. But I don't think I could forgive Bill that easily. I mean could you blame me though? He was a horrible little shit. He was better though, but Heather wasn't with him, so that's expected.

I walked back into the restaurant and Bill was still sulking, I just wanted to run up to him and shake the shit out of him. Tom was texting, Shilo I presume. When they heard the door shut they all looked up at me. "How'd you like your surprise sweetie?" Dad asked me. I just nodded in acknowledgement, too tired to really do anything else. I needed sleep. I needed to sort everything out in my head. I knew one thing for sure, I was going to stay mad at Bill until he dumps that dumb prostitute hooker bitch. Yeah, jealousy works both ways.

I sighed.

This was a long night.

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