Excellent Words

Chapter 5 RAMSIES

I walk in to see her crying and him holding her while they look at a piece of paper. I clear my throat and they turn there teared eyes towards me the tall freak in the door.

“Hi Ram. You alright?” J asks concerned.

“Perfect, love to see my sister falling for someone. What are you gonna leave with him like Dad and Becca?” I spit angry mad I told Ryder that she liked him.

“What do you mean?” She asks confused and hurt.

Before answering I give Ryder, oh adoring Ryder, a warning look and he immediately lets go of her. Which i’m glad for. “Come on J we all know you guys love each other don’t be a baby to admit it I already told him,” with a smirk on my face i say that.

“How do you know that?”

“I listen to you talk about how you miss “Dear Ryder, Gorgeous Ryder, all day”

“You better stop now Ramsies James Finch,” she says turning red and looking really mad.

“I’m gonna go Jaz. See you tomorrow after school,” Ryder says.

On his way out I make sure to ram into his shoulder, that’s one way I got the nickname Ram. Jasmine is fuming and about to lose it. She waits till he left out the front door and drives his bloody hell ass away from my sister. Then it comes she comes towards me and yells.

“Why do you have to ruin my only future with the only guy I’ve ever loved and got accepted by?!”

“I love you and want to protect you,” I reply just as nasty.

“Ugh sometimes I wish I never belonged this family,” she sits on her bed then cries into her hands.

“Look neither do I, and because of this family I’ve tried to commit suicide 2 times. The only thing keeping me from that is you, J i need to protect you.”

“I love you don’t you ever leave me you get that if not I will burn down the house with all of us in it including your corpse.”

“Wow ok,” I say as she hugs me which she hasn’t done in years. I hate to admit it but she’s warm and nice to cuddle with no wonder Ryder likes hugging her.

“You know that no matter what I will protect you not the other way around, I’m the elder I take care of you,” she says through a laugh.

“Of course,” I laugh along with her.

Soon everybody is in her room and we are all hugging like a pack of wolves. It is something we haven’t done since a long long time and we all enjoy it. After we go downstairs to the living room and talk while Amelia and Natalie make dinner.

***

Its well past midnight and I’m up on the computer talking to my best friends Charlie, Danielle, and Louis. The night was quiet except for Jase’s and Mika’s snores. Online we had decided to play truth or dare, a game that Louis hates. We were asking questions when my world changed right then. Danielle just told us that she overheard Jasmine at the girls talk, they have every month, say that she knew her Dad tried to come home and get them from our mom yet J refused. It pissed me off knowing J said no to our only hope.

We stop talking and go to sleep at 2 am. Yet I can’t sleep at all. I lay awake thinking about Dad and how we were an actual family until he left us for a better wife and 3 kids. Finally I walk and go into Jasmine’s room.

***

I wake up to someone shaking my shoulder. I can barely see because I’m so tired. Then the person, I think it’s Mika or Ramsies it’s big enough to be them, sits besides me. I reach over tap the dang person and mumble, “Who are you?”

“Ramsies.”

“Why are you in my room this late?”

“One of my friends told me they heard you talking to someone saying Dad was gonna come back and take us home.”

“Well that is partly true, you see Dad only wanted Tabitha, Theo, and all the younger munchkins. I told him that if he wanted them he’d have to get to me and take all of us with him.”

“Honestly you wouldn’t stop him.”

“Yes because I know you, Mik, and Jay would help. He’s an asshole and a cheater.”

“Fine ok”

“Goodbye and get out.” After I’ve said that he left, yet I have a feeling this isn’t the end of our discussion knowing him.