The Man Behind the Makeup

Chapter 2: Him

I met a boy today. His name is Andy. He's in my photography 3 class, part of the yearbook committee and he's really close friends with my brother. He's tall, thin, covered in tattoos, and has a nose and lip ring, but it really suits him. The awful part is that my brother invited him over to 'hang'. More like stay, eat dinner, and sleep on our couch for the next three days. Not that I would mind- who said that?! My brother and I share a house together since he doesn't trust me by myself, dad said so, and we are really close. Since I killed Chris, we became really close and told each other everything. I don't think it really bothered him that much when mom died, but you could tell it hurt. Anyways, Andy was coming over around three o'clock this afternoon and it was noon now. I left the house to go see Dustin at football practice. Maybe Andy will be there taking pictures.

Dustin's POV

"C'mon guys! You can do better than that!" I yelled to my fellow teammates.

"Alright you guys! Come and get a break!" Coach yelled and we all went over to the side of the field. My name is Dustin and I'm the devil's son. I am the captain of football team and I guess you already know about my sister. I felt really bad for her when I found out about Chris. He deserved it.

"Hey Dustin, look who showed up!" yelled Andy from the bleachers, putting down his camera. He's my best friend and we were supposed to hang out after practice. I looked over to see my sister walking onto the field with a bag of snacks. Yes! I ran over to her and picked her up in a big, sweaty hug.

"NO! Put me down! You're all sweaty." She yelled and I laughed as I put her back down.

"I see you brought food." I smirked eyeing the lunch box she held.

"Yeah, only a few snacks." She gave it to me and I held it up like the monkey did to Simba in the Lion King. I ran back to the others and she followed. Everybody started whistling and making 'goo-goo' eyes at her. Fucking sickos. Are you seriously going to do that when I'm standing right here? Okay, I guess I'm a little protective of her, but c'mon! She's my only one! She really likes football, too, and is just as good as I am, but coach won't let her play.

"Alright guys, back to practice!" Coach yelled snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked over to see Andy talking to Anna. I went over and gave her one more hug before running back out on the field.

"Who is that? You're girlfriend?" asked Derek. He didn't know that she was my sister, but it was still a stupid question considering I didn't kiss her.

"No, she's my sister."

"She have a boyfriend?" No way in hell, was he going to go out with her.

"Not while I'm still alive." He laughed and we practiced for a few more hours.

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After practice was over, Anna took off her shoes and started kicking footballs past the field goal post. She was throwing them perfectly and Andy and I watched as she perfectly stretched her arm. He took a couple pictures and then put he camera back in the bag.

"Sucks coach won't let her play." He said and I nodded my head.

"I know. She is like, another me out there, but coach is just a sexist asshole."

After a little while later, we all went back to the house. At the house, I was playing Madden on the X Box, Andy was editing and printing pictures, and Annabelle was cooking dinner.

"Dinner's ready!" I paused the game and Andy and I raced to the kitchen. We made it to the kitchen and I started setting the table while Anna finished up last minute things. I set the plates down and Andy and Anna helped put down the food. He knew our secret and I was glad he was okay with it.