Chapter 4

Vi arrived home late in the afternoon, just finishing up her shift. She set the tin of cookies on the counter just before she was rushed by a small, long-haired figure.

"What are these?"

"Hey, don't touch those." Vi said as she tried to grab the tin back, but the smaller girl was much faster.

"Cookies…who in the hell would give you cookies?" Jinx asked as she took a large bite of one.

"None of your business." Vi said as she ripped the tin away from Jinx.

"Did someone say cookies." A young scrawny man with dark hair asked as he made his way into the kitchen.

"I swear you guys are like damn vultures." Vi said, as she handed a cookie to Mylo.

"Seriously, where did you get these?" Jinx asked as she finished the cookie.

"Seriously, don't worry about it." Vi said as she playfully smacked Jinx on the back of the head.

"Ask her." Mylo said nervously, as he nudged Jinx.

"Ask me what? Vi said as she suspiciously looked between Mylo and Jinx.

Jinx looked up nervously. "Will you take us to the social tonight?"

"Hell no." Vi said as she grabbed a soda from the fridge and went to leave the room.

"Please," Mylo begged as he followed her out of the room.

"Why do you need me to take you?" Vi asked annoyed.

"Because Vander won't let us go unless you come with us." Mylo said right before Jinx punched him in the arm.

"What in the hell did you guys do this time?"

"It was nothing really, just a small fight at school." Jinx said casually.

"You guys got in another fight. What over this time?"

Jinx and Mylo both looked nervously at each other before Mylo turned to Vi. "Some kids were saying some pretty nasty things about you again."

Vi looked at them both as her anger began to dissipate. "I told you guys to ignore that shit."

"But they called you a-.." But just as Mylo was going to finish his sentence, Jinx smacked him in the head.

Vi looked at Jinx, who looked embarrassed, just thinking about the words people were using to describe her older sister.

"It doesn't matter," Vi said as she sat down on the couch. "You guys need to ignore it."

"So will you take us?" Mylo asked with pleading eyes.

"Fine, but when the fair comes to town next week, you guys owe me a cotton candy, and candy apple."

"Deal," Jinx said as she jumped on her sister and wrapped her long arms around her.

"Easy," Vi said as she squirmed out of Jinx's embrace. "You guys better not cause any trouble either, or this will be the last time I do this for you."

Vi pulled up to social in her two door Green Chevy truck. Jinx hopped out of the other side, while Mylo and Clagger jumped out of the bed of the truck.

"I'm going to go find Lisa." Claggor said immediately as he took off.

"Ugh, I hate that girl," Mylo said as he looked at Jinx.

"Claggor only likes her because she's got huge ti-."

"That's enough." Vi said as she grabbed Jinx. "You two better behave tonight."

"Yeah," Mylo said, as he pushed Jinx and ran off towards to barn doors.

"Asshole," Jinx yelled out, as she chased after him.

"Idiots" Vi said as she followed them inside.

The second Vi entered, she felt like the outcast, she always knew herself to be. She tried not to make eye contact with anyone as she tried to find Mylo and Jinx to keep an eye on them. They weren't hard to spot, as they continued to push each other through the crowd of teenagers. Vi walked closer, just to see Mylo push Jinx into some tall Brunnett. Vi went to yell at the two, just when she heard her name being called out by the one voice, she never expected to hear in a place like this. When Vi saw Caitlyn standing alone amongst the crowd, her heart stopped for a moment. She looked perfect in her light blue dress, with her hair pulled up. 'Maybe this won't be so bad after all', Vi thought to herself as she talked to Caitlyn. That is until Caitlyn reached up to touch her leather jacket, causing Vi's heart to practically beat out of her chest, but before her mind could compute what was happening, her body was being pushed against Caitlyn's. Vi immediately grabbed Caitlyn by the waist, not wanting to knock her over, as she let out a deep breath against Caitlyn's neck, just to be able to inhale deeply, and smell Caitlyn's scent that was intoxicating. She quickly pushed herself off, not wanting to linger, and make things more awkward than they already were. When she turned around and saw Mylo and Jinx smirking, she knew she wanted to pummel them.

Vi walked calmy across the dance floor as her two siblings took off in a dead run. Vi made her way outside to find them when she ran into Claggor, who looked like he was just finishing kissing his girlfriend, Lisa. "You see Mylo and Jinx?"

"They went that way." Claggor said with a smile as he pointed to the back of the barn.

Vi spent the next few minutes looking for the two, before giving up and deciding she would rather be talking to Caitlyn than out looking for two idiots.

Once inside, Vi spotted Caitlyn and made her way towards her not realizing who Caitlyn was standing next to.

Vi's heart sank, the second she saw Jayce and Viktor standing in front of her. She hadn't seen either one of them in almost three years, and to her that wasn't long enough. To make matters worse she just realized Caitlyn came here with Jayce.

"How do you two know each other?" Jayce practically demanded as he looked at Vi and Caitlyn.

"What do you care pretty boy?" Vi said as she stood tall, and straightened her jacket, not allowing Jayce to intimidate her.

"What's going on?" Caitlyn asked innocently.

"You shouldn't be hanging around with a person like her." Jayce said as he grabbed Caitlyn's arm.

"Fuck you" Vi practically shouted.

"Still got that mouth on you I see." Jayce said.

"Jayce please." Caitlyn said as she pulled her arm out of Jayce's grasp. "Will someone please tell me what's going on?"

"A girl like that can ruin your reputation, Caitlyn." Jayce said as he looked down at Vi.

"Oh really." Vi said as she looked at Viktor, who refused to make eye contact. "You going to remain silent? Guess I shouldn't expect anything less from you."

"What's she talking about?" Jayce asked as he looked at Viktor.

"Jayce, lets just get out of here." Viktor said as his eyes remained on the floor.

"Yeah, run a long now." Vi said as she waved them off.

"We will leave when were ready." Jayce said as he moved closer to Vi.

Vi balled her fists at her side, wanting nothing more than to punch the smirk off Jayce's face.

"Please stop." Caitlyn begged as she walked between Vi and Jayce.

"Your lucky and actual lady is around." Jayce said as he backed up.

"You talking about Viktor or Caitlyn?" Vi said with a smirk.

"What did you just say?" Jayce asked as he walked up to stand right in front of Vi. The tension only growing as the two stared into each other's eyes. Both daring the other to make the first move.

"Is there a problem here?" A voice asked from behind Vi. As large stalky male, with broad shoulders and large arms came walking in standing next to Vi.

"Everything's fine Claggor" Vi said as she kept her eyes on Jayce. "Right pretty boy?"

"Right" Jayce said as he looked and the young man, who was clearly younger that him, but much larger in stacher.

"Lets just go, this is lame anyways." Jayce said to Viktor and the other friend who remained silent. "Come on Caitlyn, I'll take you home."

"But I'm not rea-." Caitlyn went to protest, just as shouting came from the dance floor.

"FFFIIIIIGHT." Was heard being yelled through the crowd.

"Fuck." Vi said as she looked at Claggor, panic in her eyes.

"Let's get out of here." Jayce said, as he grabbed Caitlyn's arm.

"Wait," Caitlyn said as she tried to pull herself free.

"Go Cait," Vi shouted. "You don't want to be here when the cops show up."

Caitlyn looked at Vi before turning to run out with Jayce and his friends.

Vi and Claggor ran towards the fight looking for the two people they knew would be in the center of it. "Find them and let's get out of here." Vi shouted to Claggor as they both pushed through the crowd of teenagers.

Vi made her way to the center, just in time to see Jinx jump on the back of some teenage boy. "Jinx," Vi shouted as she grabbed her sister, ripping her off the kid, just as a larger boy threw a fist that connected with Vi's face. Vi fell to the ground, Jinx landing on top of her. Without thinking she quickly stood herself up, picked Jinx up, and threw her over her shoulder, as she barreled her way out of the crowd.

Once at the truck, she threw Jinx in the passenger seat, just to see Claggor with his large arms carrying Mylo, who was bleeding from his nose making their way to the truck. "Get in quick." Vi shouted as she jumped behind the wheel. Claggor tossed Mylo into the bed of the truck, before jumping in the back himself. He then tapped the side, and shouted "Go".

Vi quickly sped away, hoping to get out, before getting caught by the police who were sure to be there any minute.

"What in the hell were you thinking." Vi shouted at Jinx as she quickly made her way home.

Jinx remained silent, knowing now was not the time to speak.

Once home, Vi stormed inside. She went straight to the freezer pulling out an ice pack and putting it to her eye. The other three slowly strolled in behind, too afraid to speak. "Do either one of you want to tell me what happened back there?"

Mylo and Jinx both looked at each other before reverting their gaze to the floor.

"So that's how its going to be?" Vi said as she tossed Mylo a rag to clean the blood from his face. "How are we going to explain this to Vander?"

"Explain what to Vander?" A tall burly man asked as he entered the kitchen.

"Shit, sorry, I thought you were asleep". Vi said as she tried to hide the already growing black eye.

"So, who's going to speak first?" Vander asked, as he pulled Vi into focus to look at her already blackening eye before setting his gaze to Mylo's bloody face.

"No one huh?" Vander said as he looked at the four. "Do I need to worry about the police showing up at our door?"

"No" Jinx said quickly as she looked up at him. "It was just a stupid altercation. No one got seriously hurt."

"You sure?" Vander asked as he looked at Vi.

"I didn't hit anyone, I swear." Vi said as she pulled the ice pack from her face. I got punched when I went to pull those two idiots out."

"Everyone in bed now." Vander said, as he looked at the four. "We will discuss this tomorrow.

The next morning Vi woke up extra early, as her sleep was restless anyway. She got ready for work, as she met Vander who was sitting out on the front porch, smoking his pipe and drinking his coffee.

"I'm sorry." Vander said as he looked at Vi.

"What?" Vi asked, taken back by the statement.

"I put to much on you. I should have never expected you to chaperone your siblings, that are clearly too old for that shit."

Vi chuckled as she went to sit by Vander. "Its okay, someone has to do it."

"But it shouldn't always be you. I just don't know what else to do. I'm worried they are going to get in to trouble that I won't be able to get them out of."

"I get it." Vi says, as she thinks about her sibling's future, and how she too is worried about them.

"That's some shiner."

"Fucking little punk. Total cheap shot." Vi says as she instinctively touches her now black and swollen eye.

Vander chuckles, "You're a good kid."

"Thanks," Vi says as she walks off the porch. "Ill bring some milk and pastries home."

Vi makes her way through the neighborhoods, making her deliveries. She is 20 minutes ahead of schedule, which means Caitlyn won't be expecting her this early. Vi is grateful, as she isn't sure she is ready to face Caitlyn's many questions that she is sure she has.

Vi pulls up to the Kiramman residence. 'Good no Caitlyn on the porch,' Vi thinks as she gets out and walks the milk up to the porch. She sets the bottles down, just as the front door opens up slowly.

"Vi".