My Step Brother's Obsession - Carly #2

This Better Be Good

She closed the door behind us, she turned quickly to face me head-on, her arms folded and her eyes stared at me coldly. If she's trying to intimidate our parents, she's doing a good job. "This better be good."

I sigh. "I'm sorry. I know it's a crap apology, but I truly am. I know you don't believe me, but I am. I should never have acted like I did."

"No you shouldn't. It's my life, not yours, my decision to make Kaden."

"I know." I sighed. "I shouldn't have said what I said to you."

"You told me I wasn't your sister! You said I was a fucking drama queen, Kaden. How the fuck did you think I would feel my own fuckin flesh and blood my brother say I wasn't his sister and to leave him the fuck alone! It hurt Kaden."

"I'm sorry." I said, stepping forward, wanting nothing more than to comfort her for my fucking mistakes.

She held up her hands to stop me. "Don't just fuckin don't. Your hateful, hurtful words cut deep. The guy I trusted most who understood me the most. It fuckin cut fuckin deep so fuckin deep that you may bother the one who I went to when I was down and depressed and who understood me more than anyone who understood me more than Aden ever could through it back in my fuckin face!" she screamed, tears running down her face.

I gulped hard and she swore and began to nudge her finger into my chest. "You. Kaden. Kingsley. Are. Worse. Than. The. Pricks. I went. To. School. With. You're. An. Asshole. Prick. Who. Doesn't. Give. Two. Shits. About. Anyone. But. Yours. Truly. Her tears were streaming down her face, her hand was shaking and her eyes were bloodshot, dark and angry like she was going to set the world on fire, or me.

I pulled her into me. "Im so fuckin sorry Carly Poo. I was just so damn angry that you gave Aiden another chance. After the shit he pulled after everything he said to you, you took him back. I can't believe that you would be so damn naive to accept his half-witted apology. I was humming when I returned to school. My friends were even scared to approach me, but my best bro got me to talk about what was bothering me. Then I went to see the school psychologist. She made me realise I was being irrational and you were my sister and I should respect your decisions whether they are right or wrong in my eyes. If I didn't, you'd end up pushing me away even though I had already done the pushing. I'm so fuckin sorry I'll do anything to make things right between us. I did not have my sis next to me when I went to college. You're the most important person in my life, Carly Poo, and I would never forgive myself if I lost you." and I meant every damn fuckin word of it. She's my rock, my other half.

She sniffled crying on my t-shirt and I held her tighter, not wanting to waste another single moment through my stupidity.

Once she stopped crying. I wiped her tears away and he headed out of the room, my arm over her shoulders. Kyler and Jonathan looked up, grinning at us. "So did you get your sibling rift sorted?"

"Getting there." I stared. And we were, I hope.

"Good, a grumpy Carly is an unpredictable Carly."

I couldn't agree more. So much so that I decided to stay until the games were over. I made sure I called dad and told him me and Carly were still sorting out our differences and I wanted to stay at camp until they were resolved. Dad agreed and he said he would let mom know now all I had to do was convince Carly I meant every single word I said. First off, I was going to join in on the games. If Carly wasn't contending, I would take her place. Let's just hope I don't let her down.

Carly

Kaden had decided to stay the whole two weeks here with me at Camp so we could air our differences out and hopefully make amends and be back to what we were before. He had decided to partake in the games, so he had words with Caspian. Even though it was against the rules for "outsiders to participate", he allowed it. Purely because he knew Kaden was my brother and I worked there and I wasn't planning to participate in the games anytime now. They knew why I chose not to but had chosen to keep it between all of us and not tell Kaden. The truth was I didn't want him to think I was still a drama queen and over reacted. Aiden didn't know what had happened during the games, just the aftermath that almost caused our first break up. I wasn't going to burden Kaden with what happened this time last year during the fakes and neither was anyone else.

Kaden and I were spending as much time together as we possibly could between him training with Kyler and Jonathan and me taking more responsibility for the counselling of the campers. My college tutor had visited me just before Easter break and had encouraged me to take more hours over Easter break to get to know the kids and connect with them on a professional level. Even though I would be co-counselling the sessions I would have a few on my own, but I would get watched.

The day of the games had finally come and I made my way to where they were all meeting for the first of three days of the competition between both campsites. Let's hope there were no incidents this year.

I sat down admiring the scenery and the fact Karen was at the front with a guy I didn't know, so he had to be from the other camp.

"So you're here to watch this year?"

I looked up and spotted the only one of Ethan's friends that I was surprised to be here. I thought he was off to war like Ethan. "What a surprise and yes I am."

He smiles and sits down. "So who are you cheering for this year?"

"My brother."

He looks over and nods. "Does he know about last year's games?"

I shook my head. "And I wish it to say that way."

"Understood."

"Why are you here, Conrad? Didn't you get thrown back into the army after what happened last year?"

He grins. "I did, but unlike Ethan, I'm not trying to impress my daddy or a girl."

"Oh."

"I asked to be part of it this year and, as I'm the only one who put their name forward out of me and my friends, so they agreed as long as I kept my distance from you."

Well you're not doing a very good job of that, are you?"

He grins. "I guess not, but as I am not allowed to participate this year you have the pleasure of me on the sidelines cheering on Camp Holingway."

I smiled sarcastically at him.

Wonderful.

"Cheer up Evans. It could be worse, it could have been Damon. Things here would've been a lot worse if it was."

"So you're not even angry at me for any of that?"

He shrugs his shoulders. "We were all to blame Carly. None of us were innocent in that we were on the understanding that you were the woman's daughter that caused the rift between his mom and dad and you had to pay. There's a lot of that no one knows about Ethan and his father, but he has issues. He reckons you deserved what you got. But Ethan acts first before he thinks like all of us. I don't blame you, but Damon, on the other hand," he says, shaking his head.

I gulp. I remember that asshole he was more like Ethan than Conrad, one person I am glad that I don't have to see ever again.