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Reese coming down. She went into the
dinning room and grabbed the rest of the dishes then headed into
the kitchen.
     
    I plopped on the couch and
propped my feet up on the back. "Mom has a new best friend. They'll
be doing hair and nails. It'll be fabulous," I said in a girly
tone.
     
    Garrett burst out laughing
at me. "She's scared as hell. Mom is right; we need to be on our
best behavior. Well, you need to be."
     
    "That doesn't sound like
fun."
     
    He laughed and shook his
head. "Just try, idiot."
     
    He turned up the TV and
zoned out. I looked up at the ceiling. I wasn't a bad person. I
just didn't do fake or cover up my feelings for the sake of someone
else. I was real.
     
    I needed to smoke in a bad
way. Mom would bitch if I did it while she was up. She knew that I
smoked, but she said she never wanted to actually witness the
cancer stick in my mouth. Mom gave up telling me what to do a long
time ago. I pierced my own lip after she told me I couldn't get it
done, she signed for me to get a tattoo when I threatened to find
some bootleg tattoo artist to do it, and she stopped telling
Garrett to quit buying cigarettes for me because she knew I'd get
them from someone else anyway.
     
    Okay, so maybe I was a
troublesome teen. I laughed.
     
    Reese came out of the
kitchen and looked at the TV for a moment before heading back up
the stairs.
     
    My phone vibrated in my
pocket.
     
    Jude: Heard through the
grapevine you have a new sister.
     
    Me: Gotta love a small
town...
     
    Jude: WTF dude?! That is so
messed up.
     
    Me: Yeah,
well...
     
    Jude: What are you gonna
do?
     
    Me: ?
     
    Jude: With her?
     
    I grinned.
     
    Jude: Wait don't answer
that. I opened myself up for that one.
     
    Me: lol
     
    Jude: is she a spoiled
bitch?
     
    Me: Can't answer that yet.
It's the first day.
     
    I stuck my phone back in my
pocket and sat up. I ran my hands through my hair and stared
blankly at the TV. My foot started tapping impatiently. Mom would
just have to bitch.
     
    I slipped on my shoes and
went out to my truck. I should've grabbed my hoodie. It was
freezing.
     
    I opened my glove box and
grabbed my lighter and cigarettes. I sat on the hood that's all
bent and stared down at the hole in my jeans reminding me that
Reese was nothing but trouble.
     
    I looked up towards her
window and saw her bare back. She had forgotten to shut her
curtains. Thankfully.
     
    She slipped off her skirt
next. I changed my mind about this whole
arrangement. Mom was my favorite person right now.
     
    I watched as she bent over
and pulled on a pair of sweats. She slipped on a t-shirt then a
hoodie. She opened her window next and climbed out. She sat on the
first story roof and looked at the stars, her knees pulled tightly
to her chest. She put her head on her knees and cried.
     
    I finished my cigarette.
I'd be damned if I let her ruin another one for me. She quit crying
and noticed me watching her.
     
    "Don't mind me."
     
    "Shit!" She yelled then
almost fell off the roof.
     
    I laughed as she got
herself re-situated safely back in her spot.
     
    "You know, if you wanted to
give me a strip tease, you could've just invited me up to your
room. I wouldn't have said no."
     
    Her mouth opened like she
was going to say something then she closed it. Her face turned even
brighter. She locked eyes on me. "I...I..."
     
    She shook her head then
climbed back into the window. She closed it and the curtains, but
not before looking at me one last time.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 
     
     

     
    REESE
     
    I laid awake for hours
while everyone else slept. I had slipped into sleep a few times,
but was awoken by the nightmares. I got up and put on a pair of
blue jeans, socks, boots, a t-shirt, and hoodie. I walked outside
and looked Havock's truck over. I found some tools and got to work.
I worked for a few hours until I was satisfied that it was going to
run better and got the passenger door to work.
     
    I hurried inside, took a
quick shower