I Knew You Were Trouble.

Chapter Four: It's really happening.

I was sitting in a bus, filled with a bunch of lunatics, heading to a therapy center where I would spend two months living with these lunatics. What has my life escalated to? Misery. People were staring at me, can you believe it? They looked at me as if I was the freak and they were the normal ones. I really wanted to speak up but I decided to take a chill pill and just sit there next to this girl who has spent the last fifteen minutes telling me her life story... As if I asked or cared.

"I don't mean to sound like a bitch or anything, but I am in a very annoyed state right now and i'm wondering why you're telling me all of this?" I moved my stare from the window to the girl sitting next to me. I think I remember her name being Kate. She rolled her eyes and smiled.

"You didn't listen to any of that did you?" she chuckled, which weirded me out because I thought she would be mad. I shook my head in reply. "Yeah, happens all the time, I just wanted you to know a bit about me since we'll be sharing a room together." She smiled at me.

"Alright, well i'm not the talkative type, so don't expect me to hold big conversations." I said, looking back out of the window. "How many stops do we have left?"

"We're almost to the last one and then we'll head back to the center." She pointed to the house coming up, I recognized it, it was Michelle's house. I have to admit I was curious to see who this mystery brother was. Michelle's mom walked out and greeted Kayla with a sad look on her face, then they talked for a few minutes, then they hugged and Kayla headed back to the car.

"What? Where's the kid?" I looked around to see if he would emerge from the door but we started driving away, I was confused. Kate shrugged.

"Guess he's not there, maybe he ran away." She laughed. "I wanted to when I first got picked up too, didn't you?"

I bit my lip, "yeah I had my ideas, but I decided to bite the bullet." We smiled at each other and then the rest of the ride was silent.

We pulled up to a huge house, it was white and reminded me of a bigger version of my big house. I didn't think it would look this stylish honestly, but I guess Kayla has some taste, hopefully inside can look just as good. We parked and everyone evacuated the bus, heading indoors with their luggage. There were a few newcomers like me, and then there are some that come every year, like Kate. I would probably shoot myself if I had to come here every single year, but I guess she likes the therapy. Kate showed me to our room and I rested my luggage down. The beds weren't as cozy as mine and the place smelled slighly of smoke but otherwise it was okay.

The walls were separated in half by colour, Kate picked her side to be the side with purple walls, and I picked mine to be the side with red walls. Red was one of my favourite colours, so that worked out well. Now I really wanted to know why Michelle's brother Sam didn't come. I sent her a little text.

To: Mich

Message: Why is ur bro chickening out like a punk? He nvr showed up? Also, why was ur mum cryin?

"Alright, Kate, I want to meet some people so... show me around?" I got up from the bed, adjusting my pants to my waist. She looked up from her book and nodded.

"okay, sure, let's go." She got up and walked out the door, as I followed. She took me to the kitchen where cooks come in and cook food for us, she took me to the gym room, where there was a small gym for anyone who wanted to work out. There I saw a very attractive young man lifting weights. Kate watched as my mouth dropped open and she laughed.

"That's Stefan, he's not much of a talker and there are rumours he is really agressive." She said this ad if scared of him, yet she almost drooled watching him. I was a bit interested now.

"Sounds just like me." I smirked and as if she knew what I was about to do next she stood in front of me, grabbing my arms.

"Don't you do it, he's dangerous Arianna." She warned, but I rolled my eyes and began to walk again. Feeling a hand grab my arm and pull me back I glared at her.

"Seriously, don't get involved with him, it's your first time here," she paused and looked around to see if he was watching, then whispered, "last year he nearly beat a kid to death and I heard he's not someone to mess with, please just come on, save it for another time." She looked at me with pleading eyes and I gave in.

"Fine, let's meet everyone else then." I rolled my eyes, following her out the door.

The next two hours were spent meeting the rest of the teenagers. There was Brian and Tohni, who I suspected to be a couple considering all the flirting they did, Jenna who had serious social issues and was afraid of me, and finally Jimmy, Carter, and Jessica who all seemed pretty normal in my eyes. Next came the workers, Kayla obviously owned the house, but she was also the therapist who acted as a guidance counselor to everyone. Then there was the man who dealed with medical issues, Jack. The cooks were Louise and Mary and there was a few security guards who controlled problems like drug usage, fights, and use of weapons. It kind of freaked me out the place needed security, but I guess it's also more comforting knowing they are there.

It was time for dinner and we all sat around a table eating, some people chatting, others minding their own business. This whole scenario was weird for me but I just ate and didn't think about it. I overheard some people talking about Sam and eavesdropped.

"I heard he is refusing to come!" Jessica whispered to Carter.

"I heard he got locked up before he even got a chance to attend this place." Carter replied. Jimmy scooted his chair in a bit toward them and then joined their conversation.

"I think he's just a punk and he doesn't want to come, and since he is such a momma's boy she let him do what he wanted." Jimmy snickered.

I rolled my eyes at their mindless gossip, it gave me no correct answer. Just then I got a text from Michelle. I read it under the table.

From: Mich

Message: Dont worry, he will be thre. He got in trouble with the police 2day and they are keeping him in jail 2nite. My mom is freakin out! W/e they are still forcing him 2 go so he will cme. Remembr the deal! Ttyl.

I sent another and she replied instantly.

To: Mich

Message: Wht did he do?

From: Mich

Message: He beat this guy up at a party and was about to get into the car and drive drunk, but the police busted the party nd found him 1st.

I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. This kid seemed cool, and now I really wanted to meet him. The others looked at me funny and I contained my laughter. Looking over at Carter I tapped my chin.

"So, tell me about this Sam guy I overheard you talking about." I smiled. Carter looked over my face a few moments before answering.

"Well, we heard he is a real bad boy and everything he does is to keep his status up. He never does anything normal when he goes out, he always gets drunk, smokes, sneaks into places he shouldn't be, or gets into a fight." He chuckled a little. "This guys has such a bad reputation, but he still gets all the girls, he must be doing something right!" Jimmy laughed along with Carter and Stefan rolled his eyes.

"He's nothing but a punk, he didn't even show up today, stop talking about that asshole like he's cool." Stefan put down his fork in his cleaned plate and got up, walking away to his room

Hmmm.... looks like someone has a beef with Sam. Wonder why..?