Behind Wild Eyes

Chapter 20

   His house was very well lit inside. He pulled me into what looked like a living room. A very LARGE living room, decked out in dark, simple colors.

   "Hey guys. This is Hailey," Christian introduced me to the, I don't know, 20 boys in the one room...

     I waved shyly, blushing.

   "Hi!" they replied almost all at once, with a few stragglers.

        I blushed deeper. What is happening to me? Since when to I Hailey Raine Knight blush?

     "So, are you the famous Hailey that Christian hasn't been able to shut up about?" A boy with choppy brown her smirked.

  Christian growled, embarrassed. I smiled. I could get used to these boys.

    "She usually talks more than this guys, usually she never shuts up," Christian smirked down at me, and there was a chorus of 'oohs' and 'oh no he didn't' s around the room. I blushed again, and smacked him upside the head.

    "Well, I'm Cameron. Christian's Beta," The muscular boy with the brown hair said.

  "Really? That's one of my brother's names..." I trailed off in thought.

   "Oh, cool. How many brothers do you have?"

  "10," I answered automatically.

  He whistled in surprise.

 "Man, I bet your parents have there hands full..." He said. I frowned. I didn't want to think about this right now. I would NOT cry in front of these boys.

  "Um.. yeah," I looked away.

  "Oh. I'm so sorry," He apologized quickly, realizing.

   "It's fine. It's just my mom. My dad is still alive. He's just never there..." I said quietly.

    "What are your brothers names?" Another boy asked, changing the subject.

      "Um, Brent and Jared. Justin and Jason. Nick, Cameron and Ryan. Riley. Sam and Seth," I listed.

  "there's a lot of twins," I added.

  Nobody said anything.

   "You're the only girl?" Another boy, with blond hair, spoke up.

    "Yup. And the boy named Riley is my twin," I smiled, nervous.

    "Guys, we gotta go. Come on Hailey," Christian said, pulling me towards a set of stairs.

    "Bye!"

   "Bye," I waved, as did they.

      "Where are we going?" I asked, as we were at the top of the stairs.

"My room, so we can talk."

   That put me in a bad mood all over again.

    He pulled me into a room with black wood floors, and red walls. The bed at the corner of the room was huge, with black sheets, and pillows.

 He shut the door behind us, and lead me over to a black couch facing a window on the opposite side of the room.

 "Wow..." was all I managed to say.

   He smiled, noticing my lack of words.

      "So, what happened tonight? Why did you run off?" He asked, serious. The smiled had left his lips.

   I was sitting really close to him, and he had his arms around my waste. It was nice.

    "I- I don't know. My brother's aren't used to me... being with someone. I think it just sort of freaked Brent out to see his little sister with a boy," I explained. "It embarrassed me for one, and this whole night has just been a constant reminder of about a million things, that I try not to think about usually," I said this quietly, so the boys down stairs couldn't  hear me.