Good Luck Anna

Intervention

Anna

   This whole week has been fairly miserable, by the time we got to dinner in Christmas day we were all wrecked, silently eating while wrapped up in our own heads. Thomas decided to brave the homefront on boxing day, only to put his new key card to use early on the 27th with more clothes being added to his drawer as a result.

  He has stayed with us since, even going as far as to sign up for the same gym as Alex to make sure I don't "end up hating him" for being around all the time. As if that could ever happen, the opposite is actually happening, Thomas' presence has been anchoring me to normality, so I'm not smothered with longing for someone I will never see again.

  Thomas is at the gym when Becca turns up for an intervention, She got invited to Hannah's New Years party, when I immediately refused, she took such great offence that she felt the need to berate me in person.

  I don't really want to leave Alex alone tonight, Edward invited us to his party which we both rejected since the idea of being in a house of sympathetic faces was the equivalent of wading into the seventh circle of hell.

  We had planned that the three of us would have some drinks here, keeping this year fairly quiet, when I told Becca this, she was most offended that she wasn't invited to our private gathering.

  I've been trying to limit the Becca/ Alex meetings since the way he is now just upsets her and lets face it he is never going to date someone his little sisters age, I hoped the time apart would hopefully help her puppy love fizzle out but since she is currently sitting in my living room looks like my plan has failed.

  Becca is still begging me to go to Hannah's when Alex returns from work, Edward must have kicked them out early today – he never returns home while it's still light out - she brightens as he walks in. "Hey Alex!" she beams before I can even get a word in.

  "Hi..." mild confusion flutters across his face, clearly trying to remember her name until he gives up, addressing Becca with a small nod instead. Ever since the crash his memory has been shockingly bad, he is constantly writing himself notes.

  There are so many unusual symptoms of depression that I have never known until recently.

  Alex catches my eye over Becca's swooning head, raising an eyebrow as if to say "new girlfriend?" I shake my head as a small smile reaches his lips.

  "I'm going to the gym, I'll start dinner when I get back."

  Alex heads toward his bedroom when Becca flashes me a mischievous smirk then hollering out, "We've been invited to Hannah's party tonight, is it cool for Anna to go?"

  I could actually punch her, combined with obviously not wanting to leave my brother alone for our first New Year without mum, Emma will also be at this party and after managing to avoid her for the remainder of school, I have no desire to see her now.

  "Yeah, of course that's fine, would you like me to collect you again?" His voice gives away nothing, is he disappointed? Happy? you would never know.

  "Em, it's OK I'll just stay with Becca, you can go out tonight." She turns to me frowning, I just return her smirk, serves you right good luck getting laid now. 

  "Don't worry about it, I can get you when you're ready to come home." With that he disappears inside the room. Great, now not only is my night going to be shit, so will Alex's.

   Once he is gone, I turn all my rage onto Becca, "what the fuck was that? told you that I didn't want to go!"

   She ignores me gushing "Wow, he looks so damn fine in a suit."

  "Becca! What was that!"

  Finally noticing my temper, she turns her attention to me, "look you've been in a funk for weeks now, you need to blow off some steam, make out with some hotties at new year, remember how to be a teenager."

  I get that she's only looking out for me but it's pushing way too hard. "This is my first year without mum, so sorry for not being overjoyed at the prospect of spending it with a whole load of drunk idiots." Tears begin rolling down my face as Becca tries to suffocate me with her double D's.

   "Ah shit, that was insensitive of me, I'm so sorry darling, we don't need to go if you don't want to... we can just spend the night here with your totally not boyfriend and insanely hot brother instead."

  "Well when you put it that way, let's go to the party." I grumble making Becca cackle. "We are bringing Thomas with us though I need the moral support."

  Becca seems confused before shouting, "fuck I forgot about Emma, Oh that bitch better stay far away from us or she is getting a Louboutin to the face." The image of that does make me smile but after what she said to me that morning, I assume Emma will be avoiding me like the plague.

  Thomas is laying on our bed reading one of my romance books while Becca pulls my head in a million different directions. He seemed equally as enthused as I am about our change of plans.

   When she is finished with me, I flop down next to Thomas, basking in his fucking amazing aftershave. Could kiss Edward or more Alex for getting him another bottle.

   On Christmas eve I wriggled out from under Thomas' arm, creeping out of our room to find Alex on the phone, "Yeah, I think he's going to be here for Christmas any chance you could do me a favour and get him something, so he isn't left out."

  Edwards faint voice is on the other end, when Alex said "don't know." Then he picked up the aftershave Thomas abandoned on the coffee table the night before telling Edward to get him that.

  My heart swelled so much I was convinced it was about to explode. He is an actual angel.

  Now I get to be constantly surrounded by that addictive scent.