ATL

Chapter two

Stuti

I can't sleep. I can't stop thinking about Jeff.

Why would he do that to me? I look to my right and see Kiara asleep. I sigh and drag myself out of the room. I grab my phone and sit on the couch. I face time the only person who might be awake at 4am, she picks up on the first ring.

"Hey" I say my voice a little raspy.

"Hi" she says rubbing her eyes.

"Did I wake you?" I ask hesitantly.

"Yes" she says softly.

"I am sorry Diana, I thought you would be awake. I can't stop thinking about Jeff, and I can't sleep. I basically feel like shit" I say out of breath. 

This is one of my best friends Diana. We met a long time ago at a concert and have been friends ever since. She lives in Chicago, so I don't really get to see her as much as I would like to.  Diana and Kiara both really like photography, and went for a few classes together. 

Kiara likes Chicago better than New York, she thinks the people there are fun and energetic. The only reason she is still in New York is because of her parents, otherwise she would have left a long time ago. I am broken by my train of thought by Diana yawning again.

"I just need someone to talk to, I feel so alone" I say sadly.

'Look, Jeff is a jerk and he doesn't deserve your time, why don't you just go back to sleep and stop thinking about him" she says.

"Thanks, how helpful' I say rolling my eyes.

"I told you he was a sore loser, you just never accepted it" she replies.

"I miss you, I wish you were here" I say.

"I miss you too, why don't you just come here for a few days, you need the break anyway" she says excitedly. Before I can reply I hear aloud noise from the kitchen. Shit. 

"Did you hear that?" I ask Diana.

"Nope" she says.

'Okay, I got to go, I think someone is in the kitchen, and I am going to die" . I bet she rolled her eyes over the phone. She will sure say something on me being 'over dramatic'

"Stop being so dramatic, its probably her brother or something" Diana says reflecting my thoughts.

"I hope so, anyway you should go back to sleep, I will talk to you soon, love you" I say all to quickly.

I have seen way too many horror movies, and I don't like what I am feeling.

"Bye" she says laughing. 

I suddenly feel a hand on my shoulder and fear floods through me. I shut my eyes in hopes that I may just be feeling things because I am tired. I turn around to see none other than Kiara's brother.

"Brian, what the hell? You scared me" I say heaving a sigh of relief. 

Brian is Kiara's annoying little brother, who plays soccer and has a short temper. He doesn't interact much with his sister, the only time they ever do speak is when he asks her for food. He spends most of his time outside his house and doesn't socialise with anyone. He is so weird and I am pretty sure he doesn't like me.

I don't fancy him much either, I haven't spoken to him much but I am hoping he at least remember's  my name.

"Who the hell are you?" he says looking at me like I am some complete stranger.

"I am your sister's best friend dude" I say offended. 

Well, he clearly doesn't know my name.  I was right!

"My sister has friends? Wow" He says smirking.

"Very funny" I say walking away from him. 

'Wait" he says grabbing my arm.

"What do you want?" I say annoyed. 

"Who were you talking to? Yourself?" He asks amused.

"What is your problem?" I say angrily.

"Who said I have one?" He replies looking at me. 

"Let go of my hand' I say. He lets go, and just walks away from me. Well that was certainly abrupt. I stand there in the darkness, wondering what had just happened. I don't like him, he is rude and obnoxious. I walk back towards Kiara's room and sit down on the bed. I lay down and stare at the ceiling. My eyes start to droop after a while, and I drift off to sleep.

*IN THE MORNING*

I am awoken by a loud noise and someone screaming. I get up and look at my phone. Its 1pm and I have 10 missed calls from my mum. I am screwed. "Looks who's finally up" Kiara says walking in. "I couldn't sleep last night"I say softly. "I know, Brian told me" she says nodding.

"What did he tell you?" I ask confused. "Nothing, he just told me you were talking to yourself" she says smiling. 

"Ugh he is such an ass" I say "Sorry" I say again, realising I said that out loud.

"You don't have to apologise, are you staying for lunch?" she asks me. "NO" I say quickly and run to the bathroom. "My mom is going to kill me" I say gathering my things and heading out of the room.

"I will see you around" I say moving to hug her.

"See you around" she says confused. "Leaving so soon?' Brian says walking down the stairs. 

"Not now" I say glaring at him. 

"What is with you two?" Kiara says looking at us weirdly.

"Nothing" we both say at the same time. "She just has a little crush on me" Brian says smirking. 

Does he really think this is funny. Ugh, he is such an asshole.

 "WHAT, THATS MY LITTLE BROTHER STUTI" Kiara says actually believing him.

Ugh! Am I ever running out of idiots in my life?

"I DONT" I say yelling. I can't deal with this, I just walk out the door and towards the lift.  He is literally so annoying. He hasn't spoken to me much before, except for this one time. I don't get him. I run towards my car and as soon as I get in my phone rings. 

"Hello?" I say frantically.

"STUTI WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN, I HAVE TRIED TO CALL YOU SO MANY TIMES. YOU GET HOME RIGHT THIS INSTANT YOUNG LADY. OH AND YOU ARE GROUNDED" my mom yells, and then hangs up. 

I sigh and lean back in my car, I drive towards home, but I don't want to go there and face my parents.  So I do something I am definitely NOT supposed to do. I drive back to Kiara's house.

 Sometimes I just wish she didn't have a brother.  Sometimes I also wish i didn't get involved with her brother. Yes, that did happen but that's a WHOLE different story.

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