Right In Front Of You

Chapter 12 - The Power of Sisters

Brittany's POV;

I would do time for Shaun's scrawny little ass! We had been having a good time, Suzie was relaxed and she was even laughing with everyone as she and Shannon completely took the piss of the whole game that we had decided to play. The both of them trying different positions in which they threw the balls down the lanes. Anything from between their legs to lying down to throwing the balls with their backs to the lanes.

It had been the first time that I had seen Suzie just cut loose in the longest time, and it was good to see. It was almost as if she just forgot about everything and allowed herself to have fun and then Shaun walks in with some floozy on his arm and proceeded to parade her in front of my big sister.

It wasn't hard to miss the change in everyone in the group. Shannon had hung by her side; trying to keep her focused on us rather than on him and his stupid little mind games, while Matt had turned tense to the point where it felt like he had turned to stone and Jeff quietly simmered in his seat, watching the way Shaun kept moving his tart so that they were in Suzie's line of vision. Heather was coiled tighter than a spring, and I was bouncing on the balls of my feet; only to eventually be held back by Matt.

Suzie had tried to remain in control and just continue to have fun but it had become too difficult when Shaun had all but had sex with the tart right in front of her; his hands groping the woman's body, his eyes staying focused on Suzie to see her reaction as he kissed the woman in his arms who apparently had less class that Divine Brown. My sister had bolted with such speed that none of us were really aware of it happening until she was out of the bowling alley.

By the time we had gathered all of our things and made it out in to the parking lot, my sister was no where to be found. The sight of the cab she had grabbed leaving the parking lot just as Heather caught up to us.

It was a pity because we had been talking about making it an all day thing, with talk of us heading on to The Core Lounge for a night of drinking and continued fun. But Heather and I would have to put it aside to be there for Suzie, she was our sister after all and all that she had put on the line for us over the years, it was only fare that we be there by her side through this.

Thankfully Matt, Shannon and Jeff understood enough to not question or press us in to changing our minds. They had driven us back to our house and told us to call if there was anything that they could do then left us to come in and comfort our big sister.

Barry had explained that Suzie had asked for sometime alone and for the time being we were happy enough to accommodate her request but it wouldn't be forever. For the first time in our lives, Heather and I were determined to be the ones who were there for her instead of the other way around.

"You want to order pizza for tea?" Barry asked pressing mute on the TV that had been playing in the back ground of our conversation.

"That would be great," Heather admitted. "It's her favourite food; it might coax her out of her room,"

"I doubt it!" I admitted thinking about the state of her in that bowling alley, my best reckoning was that she wouldn't be in any fit state to actually eat, in fact my thoughts were that she was probably sat in her room right now with the bottle of Jack, curled at the head of her bed, and just lost in her grief.

"What you thinking there squirt?" Heather asked as both she and Barry turned to look at me questioningly.

"I'm thinking that she isn't going to want to do anything other than drink herself in to oblivion," I replied as Heather lit a cigarette and inhaled deeply. "Her life has crumbled down around her and all I can think is that she will want to forget about it, I am just hoping that she doesn't slip back in to the whole drug scene again to try and forget,"