CHAPTER 3
Love and Hope
Kyrin Anderson
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I wake up to the sound of an incoming call. I grab the phone from the side table and check ID. Shit. It's my dad, probably wondering where his beat up toy is. God I can't stand that man. I set my phone back down and head back to sleep, but only a few minutes later I'm literally dragged out of the bed.
I groan as my body hits the floor and I see Ryder standing over me, smirking. "What the fuck was that for?!" I groan out. He hold out his hand not answering. He lifts me up to my feet and chuckles when I flop onto the bed.
"You have 12 minutes to get ready for school. If your not downstairs by then I will come up here and dress you myself." His threat goes noticed and I gulp a little, doing a horrible job at trying to hide it. Maybe I'm not as good as I thought I would be.
20 minutes later we pull up in front of the school parking lot. We park and few people gasp when I get out of the car. I'm not normally a person the most famous Ryder would drop off. Since Ryder doesn't go to this school anymore he can only drop me off he can't stay, but I wish he could. I wave goodbye to Ryder as he pulls away.
Claire runs up towards me when I step through the front doors. A shocked expression meets me when she abruptly stops in front me of. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET A RIDE FROM THE LEGEND OF OUR SCHOOL?" She screeches, causing a few eyes to look our way. I look down trying to keep my cool.
"Would you believe me if I said he's like a brother to me?"
"No." She says right away, making me sigh. "You would have to show me. After school I want to meet him." She crosses her arms against her chest making her look like a little girl.
"You look like a little girl threatening to kill me with her jump rope." I tease earning a smack to the back of my head. "Owww, why you gotta be so rude?" I drag out.
"Don't you know I'm human too." She sings teasley. Knowing her voice is like a person dying. I plug my ears with my fingers being over dramatic, when I noticed something.
"Hey, where are the guys?"
"Oh. Umm, Flyer is at practice, Mark is at guitar practice and Connor is.... Well I have no idea where Connor is." Claire shrugs her shoulders, looking behind me, her eyes widening. I'm about to look behind me, but she grabs my arm and pushes me into an empty class room before slamming the door shut.
"What the hell was that for?" Rubbing my arm that got scrapped against the doorway.
"You're welcome." She mumbles. "The demon of our dreams was walking down the halls heading straight towards us. Well me anyway. I have no idea why he loves me. When really he has no idea what I'm capable of, he thinks I'm another one of his sex toys." Claire shudders slightly at that thought before opening the door a crack to check to see if the coast was clear. It was.
We get out of the enclosed classroom and walk to homeroom.
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"RYDER FREAKING JAMES!?" Flyer screams at the top of his lungs attracting looks from people at other tables. I shove my hand against his mouth muffling the scream a bit. He speaks in a lower tone, "How the hell did you get a ride from Ryder James?"
"Umm, he's practically a brother to me." I mumble and Marks, Flyers and Connor eyes all widen noting that they heard me. They give me strange looks in form of questions I sigh. "Ever since 4th grade Ryder was the only friend I've ever had. He has always been there for me. Also he's..... he's umm, my cousin." I say the last part quieter than the rest but my friends have super hearing of some sort, and they all gasp. Claire hits me behind the head. "Oww. What the hell Claire?!"
"Well for starters, why the hell didn't you tell us the legend of our school is your cousin? And aren't we your friends too? Why can't you talk to us?" She answers, raising an eyebrow, at me making me squirm under her death stare.
"Well one, it never came up, two, you are my friends, and three, I do talk to you." I shake my head when the school bell goes off signaling last period. "Well talk to you guys later." I joke, mad that right after school my friends are making me introduce them all to Ryder. They wave goodbye, but half heartedly. I sigh. So much for a good day.
