I Hate You More

Great Idea

Remington

"Would you hurry the fuck up?" I yelled as I banged on the bathroom door for the fifth time in ten minutes.

Harlen, and her sister had been staying with my brother's and I for about a week. Who knew that it would be so...difficult. I guess I shouldn't have expected anything else.

"Relax," She shouted through the sound of running water, "I'll be out in five."

God damn it, "Hey. What's with your sister taking an hour long shower?"

"I don't know. She does that sometimes, when she's sad," Gianna shrugged. She was very straightforward and mature, especially for a seven year old, "do you want to come play the playstation with me?"

"Sure," I chuckled. I had grown to love Gianna like a sister in the short time I've known her. The same was far from being said about Harlen, "what game?"

"Can we play Tekken?"

Listen, for being a seven year old girl, she was really into a game where the only goal was to kick your opponent's ass and, she was also pretty good at it.

"Absolutely," I smiled, "but only if you let me win."

"Fine," She grumbled, "but only one time."

"Deal," I laughed again, and held my hand out for her to shake, "let's do it."

I followed her to our living room, which was now an actual living room since we moved our studio equipment to the basement, and set up the playstation four, after making sure that Tekken 6 was in the disc holder.

"Here," I handed Gianna one of the controllers before sitting next to her on the couch, "ready?"

She nodded her head with an eager grin, prompting me to hit play, prompting her, to kick my ass.

"Damn Gi," Sebastian chuckled as he walked into the living room, "you're kicking his ass."

"Please stop rubbing it in. I mean what happened to letting me win?" I grunted, trying my my best to keep my focus on the tragedy ensuing on the television.

"Can I get next game?"

"Sure," I shrugged, "winner keeps the controller."

"So shouldn't you just let Sebastian play now," Gianna said causing Shy to laugh from a chair nearby, "I mean. I don't really want to see you cry today."

"Harlen really is your sister huh," I mumbled as she knocked out my character for the second time, bringing the round to an end, "damn it."

"You really haven't seen it coming by now," Harlen chuckled as I handed Sebastian my controller, "I don't think she's lost this game once since we got here."

I sent her a weird look, "Welcome to the land of the living."

"Hardy har har. Very funny rat." Harlen said sarcastically.

"Hey have you guys found another guitarist?" Phoebe said suddenly, taking a seat next to Shy.

"Nope," Emerson scoffed from the kitchen, "do you guys want something to drink?"

"Can I have the bottle of gin out of the cupboard?" Sebastian asked.

"It's 11:30 in the morning." I scoffed.

"Hey Harlen," Ok so now he was ignoring me too, "what are you doing this summer?"

"Uh," She shrugged focusing on the screen, watching Sebastian lose. To a seven year old. I guess I can't really say much, "just- what I'm doing now. Why?"