The Twist Of Fate

Ch.6 My Second Home

"Roxy!!" my cousins Lena, Carmen, Sarah and Brook said.

I jumped out of my grandmas car and ran to hug them! Lena is my age. She's about the same height as me and she has short blonde hair. Carmen is a year younger than us and she's taller than Lena and I. She has medium length red hair. I think she gets her looks from her dad. Sarah is three years younger than me. She's about as tall as me. She has short black curly hair. Brook is five and she looks just like Lena. Brook and Sarah are adopted. My aunt Cecelia adopted them about two years ago. I think it's very weird because all girls have the same exact color of eyes, which is bright blue, and Brook looks like a mini-me of Lena.

"Hi guys! How are you? I missed you guys so much!" I said.

"We're fine!" they said with a smile.

I went into the house to put my stuff down.

"Now you know that Cambry is coming to get me in about an hour for the Norton fair. Then she's taking me back to Logan and I'm staying there for the weekend. And then I will be back to stay here the rest of the week! Unless I stay and at Jenny's. Where is she?"

"Right here!" I heard my other best friend Jenny say.

I ran to her and hugged the crap out of her. I think I missed her the most! We trust each other more than anyone!

I got ready and soon enough Cambry was there to get me. Cambry is three years older than me. She's also my most favorite cousin! She has long brown hair and green eyes. Her hair isn't quite as long as mine. She's also really tall!

I arrived at the Norton fair. The first thing I saw was a spinning ride. I grabbed Cambry's arm and sprinted to the line. I look up to see.... Nathan?

He was standing right in front of me! I tapped him on the shoulder, and when he turned around, it wasn't him.

"Sorry. I thought you were someone else."

Everywhere I looked, I saw Nathan. After two hours of riding rides and seeing guys that I thought looked like Nathan, I felt a tap on my shoulder.

It was really Nathan.

"Damn, who's this?" Cambry asked.

Nathan and I both blushed.

"Nathan Connors. He came here with me. He's Ethan's friend." I said.

"Will you go on the Ferris wheel with me again?" Nathan asked with a smile.

"Uh...... yes." I said.

We stood in line for about ten minutes. Talking about sharks and U2 music. When we got on the ride our conversations died down for about two minutes.

"I'm sorry about that kiss yesterday.". He said.

"No, it's fine." I said.

"No it wasn't. It was so uncalled for."

"Haha, really it's fine. I actually liked-" I stopped myself.

"Like what?"

"The kiss." at this point we were only an inch from each others faces.

"Hey up there!" I heard Ethan's voice.

I stopped and jerked away from him. I'm just glad he couldn't see us. He smiled at me and grabbed my hand.

"I'm glad you liked it." he said kissing my cheek.

My cheek began to tingle, shooting electricity through my body.

We got off the ride and I went to talk to my friends. We said our goodbyes and I told them I'd see them in a week at the Phillipsburg rodeo.

Five days went by pretty fast. I stayed at my Aunt Cecelia's house. Hanging out with my cousins and Jenny. The other two days were filled with excitement about the first two days of the rodeo. But then came the third day of the rodeo, the day that changed my life.