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"Wake up Tali. Wake up baby, you're safe. It's okay." I sat up sweating and shaking. Paxton had his arm wrapped around me. "It's okay. You're safe. You're safe." he held me and Parker gave me a glass of water. My dad was standing in the doorway.
"It's okay. Go back to sleep you guys. It was just a dream." I tried to convince them. Dad turned to leave.
"Hey, get some sleep. You have school tomorrow." he said. He left. I could hear him limping down the stairs. He got shot in World War 2 in the leg. On bad days, he has to use a king. Parker was the next one to leave.
"If you need anything, just wake me up, okay?" he offered. I nodded. Paxton got up to leave.
"Pax? Will you stay with me?" I asked.
"Yeah, of course." he spoke softly.
"I'm sorry I woke all of you guys up." I apologized.
"It's okay. Do you remember what it was about?" he asked. I shook my head. I do. It was Parker and mom in the car accident, losing them, me getting jumped. I fell asleep dreamlessly.
"Wake up! It's breakfast!" Parker shouted up the stairs.
"Coming!" I shouted back. I put on a white t-shirt and my favorite leather jacket. I put on my jeans and a pair of boots. I went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. My eye wasn't as bad as yesterday. It wasn't swollen shut and I could see clearly. I put some concealer on it. My ribs were still aching pretty badly. I walked down the stairs and headed into the kitchen. We were having eggs and mine already had strawberry jelly on it.
"Do you wanna stay home today?" Parker asked as I swallowed three aspirins.
"No. I got to go, I'm riding with the guys anyways." I told them. I put my plate in the sink, gave my brothers a hug, and grabbed my hug.
"Well, let us at least walk you over there." Paxton and Parker said in unison. They do that sometimes. It must be a twin thing. I nodded. We left the house and started walking. I started braiding my hair while I was walking.
"I have no clue how she does that." Paxton whispered to Parker.
"It must be a girl thing." he whispered back. I laughed to myself. "If anything happens, come get me or Paxton. I talked to Steve last night. Two-Bit and Steve should be in most of your classes." Parker informed. I looked at Parker.
"Two-Bit's 18. Shouldn't he be a senior?" I asked. He just nodded and laughed. I walked up the stairs. "See ya guys later." I waved. They waved back blowing fake kisses. Ugh. Boys. They spun around and started walking to wherever they were gonna go before school. I walked through the door. Steve and Two-Bit were wrestling on the floor. Darry was shoveling chocolate cake into his mouth and Soda was running around the house with one sock and one shoe. Pony was in the kitchen actually getting ready for school with Johnny.
"Is it like this every morning?" I asked nobody in particular.
"Pretty much." Darry affirmed, finishing his chocolate cake. I nodded. I love this. "Hurry up Soda. I am leaving in two minutes and if you are not in the truck I'm leaving and you can walk to the DX!" Darry threatened.
"I'm here...I'm here." Soda panted, coming out of the bedroom with an unbuttoned DX shirt. "Oh. Hey Tali. Ready for your first day?" Soda asked. I only nodded. Darry and Soda left and the rest of us shortly after. We had to give Two-Bit's car a push start. We got to school and Pony went to his classes. Two-Bit, Johnny, and Steve took me into the office.
"Hi. I'm the new student. Tali Adders." I introduced myself.
"Hi. Welcome to your new school. Let me go get your schedule and locker number." the secretary said, sweetly and left to go get it. I looked at Steve and Two-Bit. They were laughing.
"What?" I asked them, puzzled.
"Old lady Charles ain't ever been that nice to anybody." Two-Bit laughed. I playfully hit him in the chest. She came back and I took the papers. I nodded my thanks and the four of us walked out and we found my locker. Me, Steve, Two-Bit, and Johnny have the same classes. We got through the day just fine. We found Pony and walked back to the house. We talked about our classes and then ate chocolate cake. Soda and Darry got home and we played charades and laughed. Me and Soda walked home alone.
"I'm sorry I kissed you last night. I just wanted to say thank you. I honestly didn't know I was gonna kiss you until about two seconds after." I apologized.
"Oh shucks, it's okay. You didn't have to say thank you. I'd save you any time." he said, rubbing the back of his neck. "You're a pretty good kisser." he whispered under his breath. I don't think he meant for me to hear that. We walked up to my porch. I kissed him square on the lips. He looked really surprised.
"How's that for being a good kisser?" I asked. I walked into the house and closed the door. I looked out the window and he was gone. I went outside to see where he went. Soda popped out in front of me and kissed me, running his hand down my cheek. He stopped.
"Great." he turned and walked back to his house. I was stunned.
