chasing my enemies: tatemcrae

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we're about 20 boxes down and we're coming onto the last few, it's definitely been a lot quicker with tate here. and yeah i hate this dude but my mom looks so happy i can't ruin this for her.

"that's the last of them" john says, piling the boxes down on the tables.

"it's a beautiful place" my mom says looking around in awe. i watch her with my arms folded, looking at her stood with johns arm around her shoulder. i don't know how they managed to plan all this and keep it from me. i had no idea about any of this until a few days ago.

i don't know why my mom chose to hide it from me.

we leave the venue and head out to tate's car, we have the unfortunate pleasure of having katie with us, how exciting. everyone gets in the car and tate starts the engine and begins driving.

"so katie, do you have a boyfriend or anything" she asks trying to be friendly and start a conversation.

"that's absolutely none of your business" katie replies being a bitch like normal. tate looks at me and i roll my eyes at the thought of her having to be my stepsister tomorrow. i'm not ready one bit. i also refused to be a bridesmaid so my moms had to chose her friends instead.

once we pull up on the drive we all get out and meet my mom and john inside who are both messing about around the kitchen. i walk over and go into the fridge pulling out a bottle of water.

but as i try to walk away i'm trapped between someone's body. john reaches over me, grabbing some milk from the top shelf. i push him out the way as he looks at me with a smirk.

"fucking creep" i mumble under my breath forgetting anyones looking. but once i turn around i see tate looking at us both in confusion clearly seeing what just happened.

"so tate do you have any hobbies?" john asks the confused looking girl. i take a seat at the breakfast bar as she walks over and sits beside me.

"yeah i dance and also sing a little" she says awkwardly but she definitely knows something is up. i run my hand through my hair and mess with the sleeves of my sweatshirt.

"oh that's amazing, we'd love to hear your music" my mom says, joining in to the conversation.

tate takes hold of my hand noticing me anxiously messing around with the rings on my fingers. "what's going on" she says quietly to me whilst my mom and john have their backs turned.

i shake my head not wanting to say anything, sighing and gripping hold of her arm and then resting my head on her shoulder.

"i saw what he did over there, has he done something to you?" she whispers.

"no it's fine, don't worry about it" i say, holding onto her a little tighter for comfort. she sighs and rests her head on top of mine.

"so have you got any music we can hear?" john asks kindly.

"yeah, sky has a CD i have her" tate admits, both of us lifting our heads off each other. john raises his eyebrows, "let's hear it, go and get it sky".

i groan and stand up, grabbing my bag and getting the cd out of it, everyone now moved onto the sofas in the living room. john comes over to me and takes the cd, his hand purposely grabbing hold of my fingers as well as the cd.

i stare at him as he smiles weirdly, he then lets go of me and turns around to the speaker.

a pair of hands come up to my waist as tate gently pulls me down onto the sofa next to her, her arms finding their way around me as she holds onto me protectively.

john looks at us both and grins before taking a seat next to my mom. i feel tate tense up immediately with anger, so i quickly take hold of her hand to try and calm her.

"wow your a really good singer, our katie here wants to do music" john says.

right on cue katie walks in with her friends, staring down at me and tate for us to move so they can all sit down. "fuck sake, let's just go upstairs" i say, standing up and taking the CD out of the speaker.

not looking back once i run up the stairs into my bedroom, tate trying to keep up behind me. i sit down on my window seat, staring out at the forrest of trees behind my house.

tate sits opposite me, "please tell me what's going on" she says.

i shake my head and squeeze my eyes shut, resting my head back on the wall behind me.

"sky" she adds.

"tate, please just drop it ok" i say, leaning forward so i'm closer to her. her eyes scan my face as she tries to figure out what's going on inside my head right now.

she sighs and tucks a piece of hair behind my ear. "if he had hurt you, you'd tell me right?" she asks calmly.

"yes, now please can we just leave this" i lie.

she nods, not looking fully convinced but she knows she's not going to get anything out of me easily.