Brother's Best Friend [Heartbreak High]

1: Honey, I'm Home

NOTE: This is set at the end of Season 1, so I'm guessing end of March? I'm basing this off Australian school terms which run Jan-Dec, while UK schools are September-July.

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You stood outside the bus station, headphones on, scanning the cars that were coming through the pick-up zone. Of course, he's late. Your phone buzzes, and as you grab it from your pocket you see a message from the culprit himself.

Big bro: sorry sissy just a few more mins xx

You let out a sigh, I mean, you had expected as much. Your brother was a bit of an airhead, a loveable one for sure, but an airhead nonetheless. He may be one year older, but that didn't mean much, you had even skipped a year, meaning you were in the same class as him. After being away for a year (it was supposed to be 2 years, but certain...events led to a swift return home) you were looking forward to seeing your big bear of a brother and friends you'd had to leave behind before.

Another peek at your phone told you it had now been 20 full minutes. Oh he was dead-

"Flo! Hey Flo!"

Lifting your head up, you immediately spot your idiot of a brother sticking half his body out the car window, waving his arm franticly. You couldn't help but laugh as you quickly stood up and ran over to him.

"And what time do you call this, huh, Anthony Vaughn?" you mockingly question him with a hand on your hip. 

"Oh come on Flo, don't be like that, I was only a few minutes late" Ant pouts, retreating back into the car. 

"More like twenty actually", you say as you shove your suitcase in the back and climb into the passenger seat, "but I'll accept 5 dollars for each minute you were late". Ant rolls his eyes, but breaks into a grin as soon as you're sat opposite him. 

"Missed you Flo", he says, throwing his arms around your neck for a bear hug. 

"Missed you too Anty", wrapping your arms around him and laughing into his hug. He was the only one that called you Flo, to others you were Floss or Flossie, or Florence to your parents when you were in trouble. Similarly, you were the only one that could call him Anty. "I heard some crazy shit has gone down...is this what happens when I leave you alone for a few months?"

"Oh sis, you're in for a ride. So it all started with this Incest Map..."

Ant starts telling you what had happened while you were gone, starting with Amerie gaining the name Map Bitch, to Harper and Dusty hooking up with some new kid named Malakai, Darren and imprisoned Cash, new couple Sasha and Quinni, ending with some eshay's car being set alight in a carpark. 

"Jesus. And I thought I had an eventful few months." You turn to face the window, noticing the familiar surroundings. You can tell Ant is looking at you, and before he can ask any questions you quickly interrupt him, "What about our other favourite bug boy? How's Spider?"

Ant snorts, "Spider is Spider, same as ever". He starts telling a story about their usual shenanigans, and as you listen you think back to when you were 12 and had a huge crush on your brother's best friend. How cliche. It had almost been a year since you'd seen him now, since you had to leave in July, during Term 2, the year before. Getting a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school in the UK seemed like a dream come true, to your parents, who didn't waste a second before pulling you from Hartley High and sending you halfway across the world. The first few months had been nice, you attended a summer school of sorts before classes actually started that September...which was when things quickly went downhill. So unfortunately for your parents, 6 months into the school year and you were back. Luckily Hartley was more than happy to accept you back, even if it was almost half way through the first term. 

Anyway, back to Spider. You laugh to yourself now, thinking how silly of a crush it had been. You were nothing more than his best mate's little sister. You glance in the mirror, and okay, you were still the sister but you weren't little anymore, that's for sure. You were now 16, and let's just say you may have learned a little something from the Europeans during your time there, as you definitely didn't look the same as you did when you left. 

"...and you're not even listening to me are you, huh" Ant says, raising his voice to catch your attention, smirking at your dazed expression when you finally turn to look at him. 

"Oh, sorry, I was just spacing out", you point outside, "Weird to be back. A good weird though."

"Well you'd better unspace yourself soon, cause we got plans tonight," Ant excitedly announces, giddy in his seat. 

"And pray tell, where are we going?" 

"Dusty is hosting a little welcome party for you! It's just gonna be the usual guys, and you'll meet the rest of SLTs too. Nothing crazy, super chill, don't worry." Of course you knew Dusty and Spider, the usual guys, very well. You'd practically grown up with them. But you were excited to meet the rest of this infamous group.

"Nothing crazy, sure sure" You scoff, knowing full well that those boys didn't plan for a split second to be 'super chill'. But that was fine with you, you were excited to let off some steam and see the boys again. You lock eyes with Ant, seeing that glint in his eyes which meant he was feeling equally mischievous. "Yeah, let's get fucked".