The Way It Should Be

Chapter Thirty

When I leave the room I go straight to that park I went to the the night before.

Its filled with kids playing games now. I sigh, and sit on the ground up against a tree. Before I sit though I move away the freezing white snowflakes so I don't freeze to death. I may be able to withstand freezing temperatures, but I'm not invisible.

I sit there for awhile thinking, then it starts snowing again. I sigh as the snow lands on my boot. Darren and Evra are so gonna kill me later, I yawn.

Their right I should be sleeping right now...but its so pretty out. I slowly close my eyes, but my sleepy faze passes as I see the Frisbee racing towards me. Even in my sleepy state I managed to dodge the disk by falling into the snow. I groan, I must have looked stupid, but its better than losing an eye.

I pick up the disk and sit up, before dusting off snow from the side of my beanie. Getting ready to break the thing in half I see a boy roughly my age maybe a little but younger than I run over.

"I'm so sorry!" He asks. "You alright? You're not cold are you?!"

"No, not really. Why would you care anyway?" I ask.

"Your not very friendly. " he comments. "I was the one that threw the Frisbee, I'm sorry."

"I can be friendly if I wanted to, brat."

"Last time I checked we're the same age, meanie."

"So very clever." I smile.

He smiles. "What are you doing all alone?" He asks.

"My brothers left me so I came here."

"They left you...?"

"They left me at our hotel room, alone."

"Oh, makes more sense."

The boy was wearing a black long sleeve shirt and jeans, sneakers and a beanie. He has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He was really cute and really reminded me of Darren...

"What's your name?" I ask.

"Its Jack Dutch."

"Jack Dutch?" I laugh. "What are you a pirate?"

"Haha, glad you agree it sounds like one, my friends st school say it sounds nothing like a pirate name."

"Your friends have no sense of humor then."

"Haha, so what's your name?"

"Of yeah, I'm Alicia Tux Horston."

Horston is our codename, since we can't really use our real names if we're a family.
Mr. Crepsley is Vur Horston.
Evra is Evra Horston.
Darren is Darren Horston.
And I'm Alicia Horston.

"Why do you say your middle name?" Jack asks.

"Force of habit. Call me Tux."

"OK, Tux." He smiles.

"So where do you stay?" I ask standing.

"Your not gonna stalk me if I tell you are you?"

"Course not!"

"Well, I live just to the building next to yours."

"Wait, you know where my hotel room is?" I ask sort of creeped out.

"Oh sorry sorry! Yes I do, but that's because I've been in my room lately and I've seen you and two others walk around earlier. One looked like a walking marshmallow, the other a pirate."

"Oh those were my brothers."

"Oh, is it just you three there?" He asks.

"No, my dad stays with us, but he is never home, he has a lot of work to do."

"What about you mom?"

"My parents are divorced."

"Oh I'm sorry."

"Its fine, I didn't like her much anyway."

"Why not?"

"She's really mean to me and my oldest brother."

"Why?"

"That's hard to explain. And you'll either run away from fear or talk my ear off."

"I won't do either."

"Nows not the time or place."

"Oh that's fine."

The sun starts setting.

"Oh I got to go see you again?" I ask.

"Yeah, how about Saturday? I'll go to your hotel room."

"At sun set." I add.

"Yeah, so its a date?" He asks.

"I wouldn't say date, but we'll hang out." I say running off into the hotel and hope I get there before they do.

When I get there they are standing at the door.

"Where have you been? We were waiting for you forever!" Darren says.

"Since when are you my father."

"I'm your brother though."

"Ha-ha." I walk into the hotel room. Smiling and happy as can be, sighing every few seconds.

They follow in behind me, and I can tell they are weirded out by my behavior.

"What's up with her?" Darren whispers to Evra, but I hear him.

"I don't know... You have known her longer...ask her."

"Where were you anyway?" Evra asks.

"Me? I made a new friend." I smile.

"You did?" Darren asks.

"Yeah, don't act surprised."

"I wasn't gonna." He lies, he always acts surprised when I make a new friend or something.

"We're hanging out on Saturday too." I say nonchalantly.

"Like a date?" Evra asks.

"Not a date, but totally a date!"

"I think its awesome you got a date." Darren says.

"You do?" I ask.

"Yeah, you hang out with Evra and I all the time you deserve to have other friends maybe a boyfriend too..." Darren forces a smile.

"Yeah, though we probably won't stay here long."

"That's true but you can hang out while we are here."

"I guess." I look down then my stomach growls and I remember I haven't eaten yet. I go to the bags of soup and then make one. Guess what I did next? I ate it! I bet you never would have guessed that!

When I was done I threw away the cup it came in.

"You good now?" Evra asks me.

"Yeah I'm good." I then remember Mr. Crepsley and chuckle to myslef a little, I completely forgot about him.

"What's so funny?" Darren asks.

"Nothing."

"You sure?"

"Positive."

I sat on the floor for awhile and fell asleep.