The Unwanted Influence

James Marble

.........................1 month...................1 month 3 weeks.........."Mom," Barbie calls down the hall. She calls me mom because i am her "legal school guardian"," James moved in last night."
"oh, cool. when will he start school?"
"Sometime this week. I dunno. Maybe Friday."
"Chill!" I exclaim excitedly.

I stand in front of Barbie's door, carefully not to get caught by my parents. Tony, one of her older brothers, opens the door.
"Hey"
"Hey, is Barbie awake?"
"Yeah"
" Can you tell her that I'm here? "
" Yeah hold on"
He leaves the door open an I look at who is standing in the kitchen, trying to find out who knocked on the door. I see Barbie's other older brother David an her only older sister, Kimmy. By the way, Barbie is the youngest. That's when I see him. James. He is walking from the bathroom to his room that the boys share.

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Tony says I can come in but Barbie's still getting dressed. I walk through the hallway down to the kitchen to give Kimmy a hug. She is sitting at the table doing her makeup.
" Hey Kimmy !"
" Hey Danae! I haven't seen u in awhile. Whats up?"
"Yeah you have, the last time you saw me was last week end."
I'm to busy getting a glance of this new male in the kitchen to hear what she says but only get to see him walking back to the room. Barbie opens her room door and motions for me to come in. I do. We sit on her bed talking. " Hey!"
"Hey. I'm getting a ride from my friend today. So I'm not taking the bus," that's another thing my parents don't know about me. I live in Davis, California. So I have to take Unitrans to school and home because my parents don't want to drive both me and my younger siblings to school every day. I'm supposed to take the S Line because it only picks up Harper and Holmes students and only takes them straight to our school. But I'm a rebel, just in case you haven't noticed by now. "Do you think they would take me too, cuz I ran out of bus pass strips...", by the way, when you ride the Unitrans in Davis, it cost 1 dollar to board and if you're a senior or under 7 it's free. But if you want to learn more bout that, then either google it or go to unitrans.ucdavis.edu/.

Anyway, she said," I could ask her but they have a minnie van and lots of kids in the house. I don't think there is enough room for a whole nother body." Just then the guy from the kitchen came in and WITHOUT A SHIRT. "James, knock next time! Aaargh! I hate it when he does that." He sits on Kimmy's bed, across from Barbie's, that is way bigger and takes up more than 3/4 of the room, her's being quenn sized and Brabie's being twin sized. I cant help but stare but as soonas he realizes that I am staring i look at my shoes. He does the same, "Nice. Are those Jordans?". OML. Every one asks me that. obviously they are Nikes, but I try to be calm and nice. Don't want a bad first impression. "Uh, no. They're Nike Invaders. but they are pretty old now. I got em for my birthday last year." Danae you are the dumbest fuck alive. He doesnt care. STAY SIMPLE! He just keptlookin at em for a moment then finally looks up at me. I immediately look away and turn to Barbie.
"Mom, this is James. Although i'm sure u figured that out by now. And James, this is my mom, A.K.A, Danae."I giggle because im just awkward that way and look back at him. Now he us using the tiwel he had around his neck to dry his dirty blonde hair.

"James, i am not riding the bus qith you so you are going to have to take it with Danae and Tony. Ok?"

"Just because im new around here doesnt mean you have to look after me or get to voss me around lil cuz."
He ruffles with her hair as he gets up off the bed and walks out the room, giving me a quick glance and grin. I cant help to smile back.

Im the weirdest person alive.