Deception

Chapter 18

"Thanks Carl." I say, he hands me some water and I sip it gingerly. The incident with my brother happened over three days ago, none of the group have really brought it up. I guess they think I need help or something.

"Are you sure your okay?" He asks me, his hand slides around my waist and I get pulled into him.

"I'm fine, seriously." I pause and then continue, " you don't think I crazy do you?"

He laughs and shakes his head "oh April your not crazy, remember what my dad told you?" I shake my head, I didn't really listen to Ricks pep talk. "When my mum died he kept seeing her, then he would pick up the phone and she would be at the other end, it had something to do with grief or something like that, it's only natural April."

Yeah but is it normal to see your brother turn into a monster right in front of you? I agree with Carl anyway. I hear Judith start to cry and Carl gets up but I put a hand on his shoulder and to stop him. I haven't seen Judith since the incident happened and to be honest, I kind of miss her. I mean I treat her like she's my sister, and it's wrong just to ignore her.

"Don't worry, I'll go see if she's okay." I get up, Carl frowns.

"Are you sure?" He asks, he raises both eyebrows, I laugh,

"Yeah I'm sure, anyway I'm the only one that can stop her crying." I say, cockily, Carl puts both arms around my waist again and whispers in my ear,

"Damn right you can," I chuckle and untangle his arms from my me. I walk over to Judith's room and open the door. She cries and I rush over to her aid, putting my hands under her armpits I gently pick her up, she immediately stops crying and I smile to myself, well at least one baby actually likes me. I cradle her and she falls asleep, "your actually quite good with baby's." Someone says, I expect it to be Carl, but instead it's the last person I want to see.

Jake stands by the, now closed, door, his arms crossed over his chest and a smug smile across his face. "Thanks for pointing out the obvious." I mumble, he comes over and gestures for me to give him Judith, I shake my head a look of disgust on my face. "No way! I don't want your cockiness to rub off on her." Jakes smile fades and he looks annoyed.

"Well aren't you just a little ray of sunshine?" He mutters. I smile.

"Well don't annoy a girl who wants nothing to do with you." I put Judith back in her cot and start towards the door. Jake steps in front of me, blocking the path. He smiles smugly and I frown. I step to one side and try to make my way round him, he copy's my actions blocking me again, I then do this to the other side, he does the action again. I sigh, "what the hell do you want Jake?" His hand comes up to my hair and he starts to play it. I feel uncomfortable and I slap his hand away. "Move the hell out of my way of I'll stab you in the dick."

"Ohhh feisty, you know that's kind of a turn on for a guy right?" I punch Jake in the nose and he screams cradling his nose. Smiling, I move round him, I get as far as the table until he grabs my wrist and pulls me back.

"what the hell do you want Jake?" I whisper shout, not wanting to alert Carl, turns out I can actually protect myself, I don't need a boys help. Jake comes closer to me and he puts his hands back in my hair again, he's so close now that his chest touches mine. his lips come closer to mine and before they touch me I scream and push him away. "I HAVE A BOYFRIEND JAKE!" Why the hell did he do that? why would he want to make out with a troll faced teenager like me?

"That doesn't matter, I mean I could easily get rid of him." He smiles and shrugs his shoulders, "I mean it's kind of a shame that your the only girl around here that's my age, I mean come on, you have a face like a troll so your not really the easiest to make out with but you know I actually kind of like you." He grabs my hand again and I fall into him. I don't like this it feel to much like the basement incident, I feel nervous and scared and all I want is Carl.