Lonely

Chapter 4 The grape war

This chapter is dedicated to my brother for inventing this game.

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(Still graces pov)

When Jace and I were done reading I walked home. I opened the door and was immediately greeted with a loud "smack" right next to my ear. I turned to the door frame and saw a green slimy mess dripping down, I followed the drip and saw a mashed up grape laying at my feet. I realized too late what had happened because right as I turned to run a, grape hit me in the neck. Hard. It hurt, a lot. I ran to the kitchen, opened the fridge, grabbed a bunch of grapes and turned to see my brother and two of his friends. My brother Ryan and his two friends Dylan and Zach stood there holding bowls of grapes looking ready to attack! Some how my brother managed to make friends the day we arrived. He's 15 and annoying as heck, but he's my only friend and we have some really fun times together. "No fair 3 on 1!" I yell as I darted past them holding as many grapes as I can manage. I run out to the back yard and hide behind the pool shed which is a mistake because they could easily surround me.

I hear the back door slide open then whispering as they make a plan. Then I see Ryan and Dylan run past and into the woods. I sigh in relief. Wait where's Zach? I wonder too late because right as I turn to look behind me a grape hits me right in the left arm "oowwww!" I whine. Then see Zach turning the corner with a grape ready to be thrown. Luckily Ryan and Dylan aren't with him because they're still looking for me in the woods. I briefly wonder why they left Zach behind, then decide not to worry about it because I have a different problem at hand. Zach is slowly getting closer to me. He throws two more grapes but I manage to dodge them. I can do one of three things, run and risk getting caught by all three of them, try to fight back but probably still end up getting hit or try to convince Zach to join my team. I decide to go with the latter I quickly rack my brain for ideas to convince a 15 year old boy to join my team. Bribing him is my best option. He's now 5 feet from me and looking at me in confusion probably wondering why I have not run or fired back yet. I step a few feet closer to him with my hands up to show I'm not going to fire.

"Hey Zach." I say.

"Umm, hey?" He says confused. "You should join my team!" I tell him. "Why would I do that?!" He asks. "Because I'm your friends awesome sister?" I reply lamely. "No deal!" He says and throws another grape at me at the same time I nail him in the cheek, throwing him off guard. With him distracted I run up to him and pin him against the back of the shed by his shoulders. After the shock passes is stares at me and says "ooo what you gunna do kiss me?" He wiggles his eyebrows. "Eeww, no you perv!" I almost shout at him remembering we need to be quiet. "How does that make me a perv? Your the one who's on top of me!" He exclaimed. "What ever! Just listen." I said annoyed.

"Ok what? It's not like I have a choice since your still on top of me." He says. I roll my eyes. "Just be on my team, ok?" I say. "Why what's in it for me?" He retorts. "I don't know what do you want?" I say. Then instantly regret it because of his next words. "So how bout that kiss?" He says with a smirks nd his eyebrows raised. " eww gross!" I say and shove him. "So no?" He asks. " what do you think?" I say. "Awww." He frowns.

"How about five bucks?" I ask. "Make it fifteen." He says. "Ten."

"Deal!" We agree. "Ok so what's the plan?" He asks. " first tell me everything you know. What's their plan? Why'd they leave you behind?"

Zach tells me everything, apparently their plan was to leave Zach behind and have him find me then chase me into the woods. Where they would ambush me.

"Ok, I have a plan!" I tell him. Then lead him into the house. "What are we doing?" he asked. "Getting better weapons." I told him. "I thought we could only use grapes." He said. "We can but, there was nothing ever said about how we use the grapes."