Keeping up with... Kamryn?

Chapter 23

"AHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

I gasped as I was awakened by a blood-curling scream.

I threw the covers off of me and ran towards the closed bedroom door. I was in my underwear and a tank top...but at that point all I was thinking was some crazy stalker of this family has broken in and someone is in danger.

I threw the door open and ran to the railing. I looked down to the entry of the house and Kylie and Khloe were wrestling on the ground.

My heartbeat slowly decreased to somewhat normal. I sighed and put my head in my hands.

All the sudden I heard, "Hey, cute undies!"

I looked down at and Khloe was smiling up at me. I said awkwardly... "Oh, sorry- I, I heard screaming and I just-"

"Don't worry about it doll. You gotta get used to the craziness in this house sometime, right?" She laughed.

I nodded along and slowly turned around to return to my bedroom.

I got in and shut the door behind me. I really didn't want them to see that much of me yet, but we all have the same parts so I guess it's no big deal. They didn't seem like it was.

I tiptoed my way back to the bed and flopped down on my stomach. I sighed and reached for the clock on the nightstand beside the bed.

I rubbed my eyes and looked at the time. It said 11:34 am.

Um, wow. I never sleep that late. Actually, I don't think I have ever slept in late. My father always woke me up by yelling at me so I could do something for him.

Even though I was still fairly sleepy, I decided to get up. I don't want the family to think I am this lazy bum who sleeps in late every day. They have schedules and they are all up and going by 7:00.

I looked through my new wardrobe which was hanging up neatly and organized by color in my enormous closet.

The housekeeper hung them up, also I would have gladly done it myself. I need to thank her for that.

I looked through the pants and I found a pair of black pants with a few raglike rips here and there. I actually really liked them. For my top, I was lost.

There was so many choices! There was every shade of every color you could imagine. I looked through the many shirts and one caught my eye.

It was red and grey striped and I loved those two colors. I put it on and it fit perfectly. I noticed there was a full body mirror in the corner of my walk in closet, so I walked over to it.

I looked at myself up and down. For years I have loved the clothes other teens wear. I have just never been in them myself. They usually didnt sell $60 pants and top of the line shirts in the thrift store I went to.

For the first time in my life, I felt like a normal teenage girl. And under the circumstances of where and who I am, that was the last thing I expected to feel like.

I walked out of my bedroom and down the stairs. Khloe and Kylie were gone now, and the house was silent.

I walked into the kitchen and still there was no one. I grabbed a banana out of a fruit bowl on the counter.

As I peeled the banana back, ready to take the first bite, I saw Kris walk in the room, yelling at someone on the phone. Behind her came the entire camera crew, startling me.

I slowly bit a small chunk out of my banana as Kris walked behind me. She was still angry and yelling at the person on the phone but she took a micro-second to pat me on the back and grin at me. I forced a grin back, although it was hard to ignore the cameras all facing at me.

Kris walked out of the room and the crew followed her. Geez. That went from peace and quiet, to a circus of people, to peace and quiet again within a minute.

Khloe then entered from the family room. "Hey Kam." She said nonchalantly as she opened the fridge.

I was taken back a little bit. "Hey." i smiled. "what did you call me?" I asked curiously.

She looked over at me as she grabbed a container of left overs to heat up. "Kam....sorry, do you not like it?"

"No, no...it's fine. I've just never had a nickname like that before." I slightly laughed. "I like it."

"Okay! So Kam it is!" She smiled. She took a seat on the stool across from me and had a serious look on her face. "So, I need to apologize to you."

"About what?" I asked. She hasn't done anything to me.

"I have been sort of a..... Bitch." She laughed at herself. "I really really didn't like you at first." She began.

My eyes grew wide and I think she sensed that I was offended, so she said, "Let me explain though- I am used to behind the child that doesn't get all that much of attention. I always come last. So I guess I thought when you got here, that you were just one more child to be put ahead of me."

"Khloe, I would never-"

"I know." She cut me off. "I know that you would never intend to do that but that was just me being paranoid and now I see that that is not the case. I actually think.....I like you."

She acted as if she had hoped it wouldn't come to this. She "liked" me.

"You say it like it's a bad thing." I addressed my thoughts to her outloud. I half laughed when I said it, but inside I wasn't laughing at all.

"No, I am sorry...I shouldn't have said it like that. God I am such a idiot!" She laughed at herself. "Girl, I actually do like you and I am happy about it!! Besides, if I should be mad at anyone it's Kris!" She laughed.

I laughed along with her, faking a smile. "Why be mad at Kris? Maybe we could just put all this behind us..."

"Psssshhh!" She laughed loudly. "You obviously aren't adjusted in this family yet." She laughed.

Kendall walked in the room in a crop top and skinny, low cut jeans. "Heyy guys." She said calmly and Khloe stopped laughing gradually. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing." Khloe said. "Aren't you supposed to be in New York for a shoot?"

"Yeah, I am leaving in a couple hours." She said. "Hey Kamryn, what part of NY did you live in? I might've been there!"

I looked at Khloe and Kendall, reluctant to tell then where I actually came from. "I - I doubt you've been there...it's not really the glamorous part of town." I pathetically giggled.

"Oh come on, it couldn't of been that bad." Khloe joked.

"Yeah, yeah it was." I sighed. "A couple weeks ago there was a gang shooting in the apartment below mine."

Kendall and Khloe's eyes grew wide. "Wow, I had no idea." Kendall said as she munched on a cookie. How in the world is she so skinny yet she is constantly eating sweets?

"Yeah, I am really glad to be out of there." I said, looking at the floor.

"Awh!! Kenny look!" I heard Khloe say. Her voice grew childish as she cooed, "Somebody needs a hugggg!"

As I looked up I was engulfed in a best hug consisting of Kendall and Khloe. I smiled and giggled as they squeezed every last bit of air out of me.

I really felt like I was in a real family now.