Staying With The Higgins Boys

Chapter Ten

Ariels POV

i woke up yawning and saw Skye still asleep beside me. I laid there just thinking about last nights events. a half brother? this was some crazy. would he come live with us or what? I shook my head of my thoughts and stood up out of bed grabbing my iphone and walking into the bathroom locking the door behind me. I checked the time 6:30 it read, shit why was i up so early? . I jumped in the shower and let the water run over me collecting my thoughts before jumping back out and changing into a cold shoulder baggy sweater and leggings. I threw my hair up in a messy bun and applied my make up quickly. I walked back into the bedroom, i grabbed my wallet, some lipgloss,gum and my phone before heading out of the door quietly. I needed to get out of the house, the tension was too much last night. i sighed, remembering i didn't have a car here when i got downstairs. i walked into the kitchen hoping someone would be up and willing to give me a lift, i was in luck. Hanna stood in front of me making pancakes.

'Hanna?' i asked in disbelief what was she doing here so early?

She smiled at me 'This must look weird i know but Liam asked me to come over last night when the whole' she lowered her voice before continuing 'half brother thing happened, to i stayed the night and i woke up super early so i thought i'd fix my self some pancakes, anyways what are you doing up?' she asked before putting some new york style pancakes onto her plate and sitting down at the counter with me.

'I wanted to get out of here, go down to starbucks or something but i realized i don't have a car' i laughed

'I'll take you!' she smiled wolfing down her pancakes and grabbing her bag

'okay, thanks' i smiled pulling on some white high tops and heading out the door with her in tow. We jumped in her black landrover and set off into the village.

'So what do you think about this half brother then?' i asked nervously

'I'm not sure, i mean Liam obviously isn't thrilled but he feels bad for the guy i mean his mother is a drug addict for gods sakes! i just feel bad for poor cheska she's already got seven boys! she doesn't need another one knocking around the place' She told me lightly, pulling into the car park outside starbucks

i nodded in agreement 'So is it definite that he's moving in then?' i asked her

'Yeah Liam told me last night, Paul was bringing him over today in fact, Cheskas not too happy but he is Pauls son after all' she shrugged before jumping out of the car. I followed her into the starbucks

'What do you want? i'll pay for it on my card' she smiled easily at me

'Urr.. tall coffee frappaciono ' i said to her smiling at her. She ordered quickly and we made our way back to the car and headed home.

As soon as we got in i felt the tense atmosphere hit me.

'He's already here' skye mumbled to me as i walked in

'What where? Have you seen him? Whats he like?' i asked her nervously, i was cut off by a coughing behind me and i spun around to see a boy staring at me.

He was quite tall and he looked surprisingly alot like Josh but a younger version. He was wearing black skinnys and high tops, a band tshirt thrown on. He had shortish brown hair and brown eyes, but most of all he was hot.

'uh-uh hi' i managed to get out

'Nice to meet you, I'm Ben Devine' he smiled putting out his hand for me to shake, i took it glady

'Ariel' i smiled shyly

'Ah so are you my half sisters then?' he asked his eyes warming up

i shook my head violently 'No, we just like live here, are parents away for a while' i smiled trying to explain as best i could

'Good, cute name by the way' he said winking before making his way upstairs.

'he is so fucking hot' i turned to Skye. She nodded and rolled her eyes. Harry walked out of the living room and stared at us before smirking and walking off. I followed him into the kitchen

'So what do you think of ben?' i asked smiling whilst sipping at my starbucks and scrolling through twitter on my phone.

'Dunno' he shrugged scowling

'I think he is hot' i smiled

he scowled again 'i don't like him, i guarantee you if i'm here he won't be sticking around for long' he spat before slamming out of the kitchen.