Revenge is Bittersweet

Chapter 19

That night, Chase found it quite difficult to fall asleep in his bed. Sure it was comfy and soft but he wasn't used to sleeping that way. He kept tossing and turning, attempting to get comfortable and fall asleep.

He finally gave up and sighed, sitting up straight on his bed as he looked over at his siblings. Leo was fast asleep on the couch, snoring away. And he assumed Adam and Bree were asleep.

He stood up carefully and quietly made his way to the sink. He poured himself a glass of water and drank it, trying to figure out how he'd be able to get to sleep.

He sighed as he set the glass in the sink. He turned around and jumped when he saw Adam standing beside him, a sympathetic look on his face.

"Adam!" Chase hissed, holding his chest. "You scared me!"

"Sorry." Adam apologized. "It's just, I-I saw that you couldn't get to sleep, so I was wondering if you-erm.."

Chase smiled. "Thanks Adam. I'm fine."

"You sure?" Adam asked, smirking at Chase in a devious way. "I could, I don't know-" he suddenly picked Chase up who was smiling.

"Adam!" Chase hissed, smiling. Adam tossed Chase up in the air and caught him, both of them laughing.

Finally Adam threw Chase onto his bed and he hit the matress, still laughing and smiling.

Adam smiled to himself as he headed into his capsule, giving a thumbs up before he closed his eyes to go to sleep.

Chase smiled to himself as he fell asleep, finally comfortable in his new bed.

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The next day, Chase overslept. He didn't have his usual wake up alarm. He slept until ten o clock, when a mission alert went off, causing Chase to jump out of his bed in alarm and hit the floor with a thud.

"Oww..." Chase groaned as he stood up, holding his head in pain.

Adam, Bree, Mr. Davenport and Leo all ran into the room, all of them staring at the alert, unaware of Chase. He felt kind of sad seeing everyone else getting ready for the mission alert instead of him.

"Okay guys. There's a massive fire at a mansion in Mission Creek. I'll need you three to go there and save everyone before the fire burns out the entire place." Mr. Davenport ordered, shoving the live feed of a burning building on the tv.

"Wait, um, three?" Chase asked, standing beside them, feeling confused. It was just Adam and Bree... right?

Mr. Davenport nodded. "Yeah. I needed another guy for the team so I got Leo here to repla-" he stopped immediatly, clearing his throat. "-fill in for you. He'll be going on that mission with Bree and Adam."

Chase couldn't help but feel jealous and mad at Leo as he waved at Chase happily, as if nothing happened.

Chase smiled weakly and walked over to his bed, running a hand through his hair as he sat down on the bed, thinking.

Did they alreay replace him? Was he now unimportant? Did they even love him anymore? Was he even apart of the family?

He heard footsteps run out the door and he assumed Bree, Adam and Leo already left for the mission. Just thinking Adam, Bree and Leo made Chase feel... excluded. It wasn't the best feeling ever and he didn't want to think about it.

He stood up and almost walked into Mr. Davenport. He jumped back in alarm and felt déjà vu from last night.

"Oh, sorry Chase." Mr. Davenport apologized, taking a step back. "I-I just wanted to ask if you were okay. You looked kind of upset when I was talking about the mission."

Chase nodded. "No, I'm okay." He paused. "Don't worry. Just a little I-miss-going-on-missions sort of thing."

Mr. Davenport patted Chase on the back and left. Chase just sighed and sat back down, ruffling his hair.

This was gonna be hard.