Double Trouble (Completed)

Chapter Twenty-Three

(Krissy's POV)

"Rise and shine sleeping beauty!" Jack whispered in my ear the next morning.

I groaned, then rolled over. I opened my eyes. Jack was sitting next to me. . . on the floor. I rubbed my eyes and sat up. I was in my bathing suit.

"What the heck?" I exclaimed.

"I guess you were so tired after the beach you fell asleep on the couch."

"And then fell on the floor. Wonderful," I sighed.

Jack laughed. "Yep."

We sat on the floor and talked about our days yesterday until we heard someone scream, "Help! He's sniffing me!"

I jumped up. The voice didn't belong to Izzy, but it was very familiar. "Jack?"

"Some people came over last night while you were sleeping. Said they knew you," he explained.

"Seriously, this is creepy. Help!" the voice called again. Suspicion confirmed.

I ran into the other room, waving my arms in the air, screaming. I threw open the door and flung myself into my cousins arms. "Well hello there, Krissy!" My cousin giggled.

"Yep. Hi! Where did you come from, Thea?" I asked.

"Well, it all started when her mommy and daddy loved each other very much. . ." Someone piped up from the corner. It was Thea's little brother, Eli.

"Yeah, thanks Eli. Where's Matt?"

"Bathroom," Eli answered.

"Krissy?" Jack asked from the doorway.

"Oh! Hey Jack!"

"Who are these people?"

"Oh, right. This is my cousin Thea, and her little brother Eli. Matt is. . . Busy," I explained.

Jack, Thea, and Eli shook hands. Matt came in a few seconds later wiping his hands on his jeans. "Why are you in you're swimsuit? Are we going swimming?" He asked.

I looked at my cousins and shrugged. It was warm enough. Why not? I excused myself so I could go get Izzy, but when I opened the door I found her asleep in Finn's arms. She was surrounded with five blankets. I decided to leave her. I snatched a piece of paper and a pen off the desk and wrote a quick note explaining where I was. Then I went into my room and grabbed my sandals and neon coverup before heading down to meet the others.

Once everyone was all changed we went to the local pool, which was only a few minutes down the road.

"So what are you doing here?" I asked, setting down my bag.

"I got accepted to Roehampton. The semester starts in a couple weeks," she explained.

A couple weeks. That means. . . I shook off the thought and dragged Thea over the the pool. I dove in and splashed around with the others.

We had gotten back to the house and I pulled Thea off to the side.

"I gotta tell you something." I whispered.

"Yeah anything." She answered. I sighed.

"I decided to go back to Appalachian to study."

"Does anyone else know?" She asked.

"No. Not Jack. Not Finn. Not...Izzy," I paused. How was I going to tell her. It was pretty evident she was going to stay with Finn. "I need your advice. I don't think I can tell Izzy or the guys." I resumed. She furrowed her brows in deep thought.

"I could tell her." She suggested.

"She barely knows you or that your here." I said.

"Exactly, Or just wait we still have two weeks." She said.

"That's what I'm afraid of. If I tell her at the last minute...I don't know." I finished.