Chapter Forty Eight: Ted and Pheebs

ASPEN!

Every time Teddy came to their home in Aspen he remembered why it was his most favorite place that they owned. It was big but something about it was so much cozier that there other places. They'd been there for a couple of hours and the parent's life to have a late night on the town leaving the kids to their own devices. Ted had just finished unpacking his things when his sister entered his room. Phoebe handed him a cup of Mrs. Taylor's famous cocoa. It was tradition that they drink it on the first night. He smiled at his sister. She sat down Indian style of the foot of his bed as she sipped her own cup of cocoa.

"It's snowing you know. It just started," she said quietly. Ted strode over to his window and pulled back the curtains and looked at the view. It was beautiful he motioned for his sister to come and look with him. Phoebe took a big relaxing breath and leaned her head on Ted's shoulder.

"You know, I'm glad that Tam couldn't make it tonight," she bluntly but quickly followed up with an explanation as to not fuel Teddy's temper. "Everybody's going to be in couples mode the whole week it's just nice to have some time alone and not feel like a third or fifth wheel."

"Pheebs nobody's going to be in couple's mode the holidays are about family I promise that you won't be left out." Phoebe scoffed and went back to sit on the couch in Teddy's room.

"Bull shit dear brother, it's already happening. Ava and Blane are locked in their room now taking advantage of the fact that Aunt Kate isn't here. You know how she feels about Ava having sex she says it's too soon. You remember what she told her in front of all of us that time."

"When you're old enough to drink you're old enough to do the business!" Ted tried to sound like is Aunt and Phoebe laughed.

"If Aunt Kate only knew about you!"

"And what is there to know about me?" Ted snorted as he sat beside his sister and finished up his cocoa.

"Uh, Teddy I was only a couple years behind you in school. I knew just about all the rumors there were to know about you. The main rumor was that if the girl was cute and had a pulse you fucked her."

"And you think that's true?" Ted gave his sister the side eye. He would admit starting to have sex early in his life but he was nothing if he wasn't selective. He didn't just fuck anybody. There had to be something that motivated him and he was always safe about it so he didn't see if as a problem.

"No, I don't your Tammy set me straight. You remember when she came over to the house and was helping me learn some of the cheers so that I could try out for the team. I was telling me some of the things that I'd heard. Like that you were fucking, what was that girl's name, oh Nattie and Tamera just laughed. She said that I should believe anything that any of the girls in school said because as far as she'd seen you'd only been talking to college girls that year. It made me realize how shallow some of the girls were at school. That was also the first time I heard Tamera call you hot." Phoebe giggled she could see that her brother was intrigued and curious but she didn't want to spend tonight discussing Tam, once she came she was sure she wouldn't have any time to really hangout with her brother.

"I didn't realize she even looked at me that way in high school," Ted said indifferently as he hopped up and stretched. "I want some brownies I know that Miss Gail made some." He started out of his room and Phoebe followed him. She was shocked that Ted didn't beg her for the information she had and to be honest she was a little bummed about it. He bounded down the stair toward the sweets jar and grabbed some of the sweets out of it. He placed one of the brownies in front of his sister and then scooted over to the fridge to grab some milk.

"You feel like I've been neglecting you since I got together with Tam?" Ted asked bluntly and Phoebe frowned and gave it some thought.

"No, the way you've acted hasn't changed much. I've always been doing my own thing but normally I've been attached to someone and since I'm not I realized that we aren't as close as we used to be." Phoebe shrugged as she bit into her delicious fudgy browning. "It's kind of sad you know." Ted bit his lip to stop himself from laughing at his nostalgic sister. He circled the counter and grabbed her up in a bear hug.

"Awww who knew little Pheebs could be such a sweetie weetie pooh!" Teddy teased as he kissed his sister on the cheek.

"Ugh Teddy God! I take it back Tam needs to hurry up and make it here so you can stop acting like this!" Phoebe squirmed and tried to push her brother off her but she had to admit that it was fun picking at him this way. After a while Teddy gave it a rest but he knew he'd made his sister happy.

"So we never got to talk about the last douche bag that left you."

"Yeah, I'm going to need something stronger if we are going to talk about that asshole," Phoebe said dryly and Ted chuckled a little.

"I would give you something but then mom would come back and skin me alive!" Ted said with semi-mock horror in his eyes. After a few moments of silence Ted asked again because he was partly curious himself about what happened. "So you don't want to talk about it?"

"Not much to say the dude dated because of my name and not who I was, the same old tale just a different face. I'm close to being over it now. It's weird that Ava didn't understand why I was so hurt but Tam she understood and was more understanding than my own cousin. I think it's because Ava has never had a guy break her heart."

"When did Tam talk to you about this?" Ted questioned.

"New York. It was one of the rare occasions you left the apartment without and gave her the chance to talk to somebody else. She very empathic and you're lucky to have her by the way!"

"I know," Ted agreed as he allowed himself to think of Tam he was trying to focus his energies on his sister but she seemed determined to bring Tam into the conversation.

"She's like the big sister I never had but always wanted and if you hurt her I sock you in the nose!" Phoebe held a fist up at her brother and then started to yawn. "Well, I think I' done for the night. I have a few more things to unpack and then I'm going to head to bed. Night Ted." Ted watched as his sister disappeared upstairs. He felt bad that she'd felt that their relationship had become distant, he wanted to make sure that he carved some more time over the holiday for the two of them.

Author's Note: I'm going to finish this night in the next chapter there's something a little fun that I want to do. Also I hope you all like this chapter it didn't have Tam in it because I wanted to have Ted interact with another member of his family. There will be a lot more of that in the chapters to come. Also there will be big events for Ted and Tam as well. As always please read, review, and no flames.

PS: I am deviating from my schedule a bit and if you read my Twilight stories I will be working on Tale of The Brokenhearted next!