Psycho Mate

CHAPTER TWELVE

  "Breeden, I'm not trying to be rude or anything but get out." Forest said, giving her brother a look.

  He left, Meadow closing the door behind him. He sighed, sliding down the door to sit on the floor. He heard Meadow lock the door.

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  "What?!" Breeden heard Stella yell. He quickly moved out of the way of the door, a moment before Stella stormed out of the room.

  Stella stormed down the hallway. "I'm going to rip off his dick and shove it down his throat!" she yelled, starting down the stairs.

  Nate was at the bottom of the stairs, and he grabbed her when she got down them. He wrapped his arms around her, trapping her arms against her sides.

  "Let go of me!" she exclaimed, struggling. Her struggles were to no avail.

  "What's going on?" he asked, looking confusedly up at Breeden and Meadow. They looked at each other.

  "Stella wants to kill Forest's ex-boyfriend, James." Meadow said, her voice barely above a whisper.

  "Forgive and forget is not my motto! I am neither Jesus nor do I have Alzheimer's!" Stella exclaimed, putting up even more of a struggle. This time, she almost got out of his arms. "i'm gonna kill him!"

  "Damn, you sure are putting up one hell of a fight." Nate said, resting his chin on the top of her head.

  "Of course I am! I'm a fighter, not a flyer!" Stella huffed, "I always stay and fight. For me, flight is not an option. It is either fight or die!" She surprised everyone by flipping Nate over her back.

  Nate landed hard on his shoulder. Breeden immediately stepped in, grabbing Stella himself. Meadow even jumped in, grabbing Stella from the front, so that they had her trapped between them.

  "STOP!!!!!!!" Forest screamed from the top of the stairs. Everyone froze, no one moving. Forest slowly walked down the stairs. "Stelle, please! Don't do this! You are being impulsive. You aren't thinking! You hurt Nate just so you could hurt James." she said, helping Nate to his feet. 

  "Forest, he hurt you!" Stella herself sounded hurt as she looked down at the floor.

  "Astelle, that is my problem, not yours." Meadow and Breeden let go of Stella. "Please, let me fight my own battles. We both know that I am just as good at fighting as you are." Forest grabbed Stella's chin and wiped away her tears with the pads of her thumbs.

  Stella put her hands over Forest's, and for a moment, they just stared at eachother. "I'm sorry, Forest." Stella whispered, "I just wanted to hurt him the way he hurt you."

  "Stelle, you could never hurt him the way he hurt me, and neither could I." Forest said, beginning to cry herself.

  "But Forest, don't you-" Stella started, only to be cut off by Forest.

  "Yes, I do wish I could hurt him the way he hurt me, but I know that if I had the chance, I wouldn't do it. Love is blind and stupid, and so am I for trusting him. Please, don't rub it in." Forest's voice was quiet, almost a whisper.

  She hugged Stella, who stayed silent, unable to speak. Finally, Stella did speak. "Forest, are you talking about Connor or James? I know you didn't love James, so why are you talking about love? Connor is the only one you loved. He is dead." Stella whispered.

  Forest did not answer. Instead, she opened her mouth in a silent scream. Breeden's eyes widened.

  Stella, feeling the sudden pressure in the room, tried to step away from Forest. Forest just tightened her grip. "Forest, what is it?" she asked.

  Forest's eyes rolled into the back of her head, a moment before she passed out, slumping onto her half-sister. Stella stumbled back, Breeden catching her.

  Nate caught Forest, who had started to fall back. He picked her up bridal style, carrying her upstairs to her room, where he left her on her bed.

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  When Forest came to, Breeden was laying next to her, staring up at the ceiling. She could not help but laugh.

  Breeden, startled from his thoughts, turned over to look at her. "What?" he asked, looking at her confusedly.

  "You!" Forest exclaimed, "You were laying there, staring up at the ceiling, almost as if you didn't know why you were alive." Forest stopped laughing. "Now that I think about it, that actually seems really creepy." Forest added thoughtfully.

  "Yes, yes it does." Breeden replied. "Well, this is weird." he added, getting up off the bed. Forest laughed at him again.

  "Breeden, you are weird." Forest said.

  "She has a point." a voice said, surprising both of them. They looked over to see Stella sitting in the window seat, staring out the window thoughtfully. "By the way, Nate and his parents are outside, chasing Meadow around with a Nerf gun. His family is weird." 

  Forest got up. "Well, Stella, did you bring our weapons?" Forest asked, getting up, off the bed.

  "Yes, yes I did." Stella answered, turning and grinning at them. "All of them are downstairs, in my suitcase."

  In a moment, all three of them were running downstairs. They grabbed the Nerf guns Stella had in her suitcase, before running outside. They began a Nerf war, all siding with Meadow, who Forest gave a gun of her own.

  "What in the world is going on here?" Regina exclaimed, causing everyone to stop their Nerf war.

  "She's on our side!" Ellen exclaimed, handing her friend a Nerf gun, before they went back to their Nerf war.

  The game ended when Forest shoved Nate into the pool and he pulled her in with him. Breeden and Stella jumped in after them, soaking everyone else with water.

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  "Forest, I have something I need to show you." Regina said, getting up from the table. She left and came back with a folded-up piece of paper, which she gave to her daughter, before sitting back down.

  Forest read what was on it and grinned wildly. She jumped up and hugged her mother. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!" she yelled.

  "What are you grinning about?" Stella asked, giving her a suspicious look. Forest handed the piece of paper to Stella, still grinning like an idiot.

  In less than a minute, Stella was grinning too. She hugged Regina, before sitting on Meadow's lap and shoving the paper in her face.

  "What?" Meadow set her fork down and grabbed the piece of paper out of her friend's hand. "Oh. My. Gosh." Meadow said, her mouth hanging open in surprise.

  "What is it?" Breeden asked, looking up in confusion. The girls laughed at him as Forest took the paper from Meadow and shoved it in his face.