Chapter 4
"Right hoodlums!" Rudy yelled at the group, "We're represtening the dojo, so behave your best, and who am i kidding? Be yourself, have fun and win belts!"
We were all sitting along the benches opposite to the black dragons, at the last competeion Jack hurt his leg, and used his hands to kick down a peg. He's got a lot to live up to this time round, but i'm sure he can pull it off.
Whilst Milton was competing in the board breaking, and Jack in the sparring. My phone started to buzz, i looked at the group apologetically before going outside the room to take my call, as i left i looked over my shoulder and saw that Jack had stopped sparring to look at me leave, i shot him a thumbs up as the black dragon boy made a kick, but Jack was back to his senses before he could get him down.
I answered the call when i got outside,
"Hi dear! You know cousin Valerie? Well her parents are taking a years trip around the world! How lucky?" My mum blabbered on for a while about their destinations,
"Mum. Get to it, whats happening?" I said, cutting her off.
"Well hun, Valerie needs somewhere to stay, and i offered to let her stay at ours! How fun! But as theirs only 2 rooms at our house she's sharing with you!"
"Mum. Can't she sleep outside? Valerie is the total opposite of me!" I whined, starting to panic, Valerie is my cousin, who's younger than me by a few months, she's a preppy, happy, bubbly blonde. Who always has a boyfriend, or a boy in her mind. I don't think my black walls and red bed, or my metal music is to her liking very much.
"Please dear? For me? It's just for a year, she'll have her own bed, i'm putting a mattress into your room for her, and she will get to know her own friends! You'll be roomies! Please?" she begged me
"Fine." I snapped, "Don't except me to like it, when is she coming?"
"Tonight, she gets off her plane at midnight, back to ours by 1 or 2, i except you to come with us as its the weekend, please Scarlet? Can you get home the now to clean your room? Tell your buddies you have a family thing on?"
"Sh-sure," i sighed, " I'll tell them."
"Bye dear, love you!" My mum said as i cut off the call,
"Great. I finally get real friends and she has to go ruin it!" I muttered under my breath. I took in a breath of air before walking back into the competition room, Jack had just finished his match, judging by the sweat running down his neck, and was looking frantically around. And staring at the door,
"Scar! I won!" Jack screamed, running over and lifting me up, his strong muscular arms wrapped around me.
"Well done, i got to go Jack, family emergency. Tell the guys i say good luck and bye?"
"Whats wrong Scar? Whats the emergency?" He asked, a scared look in his eyes, i've never had someone be so concerned about me that they were scared for me..
"It's okay alright, i'll text you later, okay?"
"Sure, bye.." Jack said, turning and walking back towards the group.
I got home a little later by the bus, Rudy drove of us to the competition, which was a good half hour or so away. I had to take two busses, and a 5 minute walk until i got home, the house looked spotless for once. The magazines and mugs that were usually on the coffee table were missing, the pillows of the couch were sitting upright and plumped, the couch blanket was hanging over the back of the couch, the kitchen was neat and today. Except the sink, which was loaded with dishes, with a note beside them saying 'Be a dear and do the dishes? Out getting food for Sunday Dinner, thanks - Mum x' i walked up the stairs, no shoes loitering at the side of it, and checked the bathroom. everything was spotless, crystal clean. And then i checked my room, it was a mess. The tampons with boogers on them still lying on top of my bed, and a mattress was in front of my bed. I started to clean my room, putting make-up in drawers, making my bed, putting the tampons in the bins. Which was rather a bit sad, the memories being thrown out with them. I had just finished cleaning and was about to make Valerie's bed when i got a text from Jack,
'Hey Scar? You okay? You seemed a bit, jumpy and nervous earlier. Call me as soon as you get this x'
I quickly punched his number into my keypad,
"Hey! Scar, whats wrong?"
"Nothing that serious, just my cousins coming to stay with us. Me and her don't exactly get on well,"
"How long? Surely it can't be that bad!" He said, trying to cheer me up.
"A year Jack, one whole year. Anyway i got to go make her bed, instead of the living room or anything. My mum decided to put her bed in my room! Yay." I said with a dull voice,
"Tough luck Scar, See you later?"
"Sure, i got to go! Bye!"
I ended the call on him and started to put the sheets on her bed, i grabbed and pillow and duvet from the cupboard and plopped them down on that before heading downstairs to wash and put away the dishes.
The door burst open around about 5 o'clock, my mum ran in saying something about early flights, and dropped the food she had just bought onto the counter,
"Well are you coming? She's already here!" She snapped at me, rushing out to her car. It took me a little while to get this into my head, but i soon realised and went out to the car,
"Wait, she's here. Now?" I asked when my mums tires screeched out the drive, she was driving like a physco,
"At the airport yes, she just called me saying her flight got in early 5 hours early, cause another flight got delayed cause of hurricanes or something so her flight came early." My mum explained,
We drove for an hour and a half until we got to the airport, and there was Valerie. Sitting on her case outside the airport doors.
"Go on dear, you go fetch her," My mum said, hopping out the car to let Valerie into the back.
I got out and walked over the the devil, um i mean Valerie.
"Scarlet! It's been too long! How are you?" Valerie bombarded me with questions as her skinny arms wrapped themselves around me, her curly blonde hair was in my eye.
"Hey cousin dearest, had a nice flight?" I forced myself to say with a fake smile as i grabbed her case, "C'mon, it's a long drive home."
We walked to my mum's car together and i shoved her case into the boot,
"Obviously you'll need to get new clothes when your here, they might not be able to last you a year all the clothes in that case!" She said laughing.
Valerie hopped into the back and i sat in the front, she constantly asked questions, 'What are the boys like?' 'Who's the cool kids at school?' 'Who's you friends at school?' 'Who's your crush?' 'Who's your enemy?' The list went on and on. We drove home, not at the same speed going there and got inside,
"Valerie, Scarlet will show you to your room, what do you girls want to eat tonight?" My mum told us,
"Pizza!" I said, "I think Jerry and Jack are going to come over to work on my dance, and Jack's moving in tomorrow so he said he's helping unpack some of the stuff, and said he'd might drop bye to say hi by the way."
"Jerry? Jack? Who are they?" Valerie asked, grabbing an apple from the fruit bowl,
"My friends. C'mon Val, i'll take you to my room."
I grabbed her free hand and pulled her up the stairs,
"My bed," I said pointing to the bed in the room, "The mattress is for you, you can put your toiletries and stuff in a bag that says Valerie on it, in my toiletries and belts drawer, " I opened the cupboard, "Mum's going to give you a cupboard in her room for your clothes, and my iPod. You never touch, you touch? You die. Okay?"
"Sure, wow. You never got over your OCD did you?" She said peering into my cupboard, "Everything is labeled in here, the drawers. Your belt bag, heck your shoes are even in boxes with the picture of them on them! Is your make-up in alphabetical order of colour too?"
"Don't talk about my OCD, now, sort your stuff out. I'm gonna be busy tonight, i didn't think you were coming until later and i made plans." I told her, giving her a fierce glare,
"It's fine cuzzy, i'll be up here or helping your mum." She said that as the doorbell rang, i sprinted down the stairs and opened it.
"Scarlet!" Jerry said giving me knuckle touch,
"Hey man! You ready to rehearse? Stay right here, i'll go upstairs and get my iPod, and we can go rehearse in my back garden?"
"Sure, hurry though!" He yelled up the stairs to me, as i had already sprinted away.
I grabbed my iPod and dashed down the stairs,
"C'mon! We might see Jack, he's moving into the next house, and may go outside, but oh well!" I warned him.
We went outside and i sat my iPod down on a patch of grass and we stood an arms length away from each other, i quickly pressed play on my iPod and ran into place.
Me and Jerry danced harder than we ever had before, putting passion and energy into each move. We had been trying to recruit member to make a crew, and overtake Smooth, but so far it was only us. The dance finished and we high-fived each other and thats when Jerry pointed out,
"Hey Scarlet, who's the girl in your room?"
"My cousin, Valerie." I said looking up at my room, she was staring out the window and into the next garden, Jack's new garden. Then she saw us looking and she disappeared from the window.
"Jerry, think she's checking out Jack? C'mon, give me a piggy back?" I asked, but i was already clambering onto his shoulder,
I peeked over the fence and saw Jack in his back garden putting out a deck chair and a table,
"JACK!" Jerry yelled, "C'mon round when your done man!"
"Sure, i was enjoying your dance there, i peeked through the fence," He said smirking,
"We were enjoying the dance, you were enjoying the dance and Scarlets cousin was enjoying you!" Jerry said, with a stupid grin plastered on his face,
"Cousin? The cousin that was coming tomorrow?"He asked, his eyebrows creasing up in confusion,
"Her flight came in early," I explained,
Then we heard Jack's mother yelling from their new house, something about how he was finished and he can go play,
"Play!" Jerry snorted, "We haven't played in years Mrs Anderson!" He yelled back,
"I'll be right round, Jerry stop laughing before you drop Scar, we don't want her with another Scar!"
Jerry dropped me from his back and Jack walked round to my house, i grabbed my iPod and ran to the front door to let him in,
"We're having pizza if you'd like to stay," I told him.
"That sounds yummy, hey, wheres your mum?"
"Probably out finishing the shopping, she got cut short to pick up Valerie. That reminds me," I started to climb the first few stairs, "VALERIE! Come meet my friends that i said were coming over!" I yelled up to her.
Valerie came skipping down the stairs, her cheeks red as tomatoes,
"Nice to meet yous, I'm Valerie. You're Jerry and Jack yeah?" She asked,
"Yeah, nice to know Scar talks about us to her family!" Jack said, nudging me.
"Anyway, has mum called for pizza yet?" I asked Valerie,
"Yeah she said it should come, about now!" Valerie giggled.
The door bell rang,
"Good timing there!" Jerry said, winking at her.
"I'll go get it, " Jack and i both got up and walked to the door,
"P-Pizza delivery!" The spot covered teenager croaked, "That'll be, £17"
I handed him the money and took half of the pizza's, Jack took the other half.
"One for Valerie, Cheese, Jerry, pineapple, Jack can share with me, cause we both like Pepperoni and my mum got a ham" I said checking each box,
I put mums pizza on the counter beside the microwave and cut mine and Jacks pizza down the middle,
"Half each," I said smiling.
We all bit into our pizza, laughing about stories, asking Valerie about her old home and about herself. The night was turning out pretty well, guess i spoke to soon.