Falling for Him

Hair Straighteners and Tank Tops

Falling for Him

Chapter eight.

Cara woke up earlier than she should. It was only five in the morning- which meant she was an hour early. She tossed and and turned, flipped her pillow and tried sleeping on the other side of the bed but she just couldn't go back to sleep. She decided to give up, take a shower and take the time to get ready for school.

For once, she decided to try out something new- such as following Emilie's advice when it comes to looks.

"Be daring! As long as you don't look like some idiot in weird clothing," Cara remembered Emilie telling her. Smirking, she walked to her dresser and pulled out the first drawer.

She took out her hair straightener and straightened her wavy brown hair. Emilie always wondered how she looked like in straight hair. Cara always had her hair wavy and rarely straight. She only have her hair straightened during really special ocasions- such as her favorite cousin's wedding. When she entered the church, all the boys looked at her with a shocked expression. It made them all go "Wow... you're beautiful."

Cara didn't put on that much make-up- just some lip gloss and face powder. She concentrated more on the outfit.

"Hmm... if I were Emilie, which would I choose..." Cara asked herself as she tapped her fingers on her chin and looked around her walk-in closet, walking around trying to figure what she would wear. She stopped at the place where she put the clothes she would never wear- or at least until now.

She looked at the white cropped tank top that hung on the rack. It looked lonely, being there all by itself. The tank top used to be a t-shirt, but then she decided to cut it with the help of tutorial videos in youtube.

"Perfect," she said with a mischievious glint in her eyes. She took one of her shorts and a pair of white high cut sneakers.

After checking herself for the hundredth time, she was settled and decided to go to the kitchen for breakfast. After all, she did take her time and her sister is probably already in there making breakfast.

To her surprise, her twin was also in the kitchen, fully dressed and eating a bowl of cereal.

"Wow, isn't that a little too revealing?" Ethan's emerald eyes narrowed as he examined his sister's clothing. Cara rolled her eyes and sat on the seat that was already in front of him, ignoring his comment.

Ethan frowned at his cereal, then at his twin. "Don't tell me you're dating Kyle?" He asked, whispering coldly. Kyle was Jake Ericsson's code name. They use it whenever Brittany was around as she still couldn't get over Jake's brother.

"Over my dead body," Cara rolled her eyes and scoffed. "And why are you up and ready so early?"

Ethan didn't say anything and gave her the 'Ask Brittany' look. Brittany joined the twins and gave the two their plate of pancakes. As usual, Cara got the bottle of syrup first while Ethan waited impatiently. "Why did I have to be twelve minutes older!" He complained. Brittany chuckled at his childishness and Cara stuck out her tongue at her twin.

"Now back to the point, why are you up and ready so early?" Cara asked. Her brother is always the last one to be awake among the four. One time they thought he was dead as he never got out of bed for the whole day, and when they tried to wake him up, he wouldn't move. He's a really heavy sleeper.

Brittany laughed as her little brother was still pissed at her. "Blake and I watched horror movies last night so yeah," she pouted and seemed a little hesitant. "I'm paranoid," she said flatly. Ethan choked on his pancakes and laughed hysterically. Cara bit her tongue, holding onto her laughter.

She couldn't laugh as she knows how it feels. The last time she watched a horror movie, she couldn't even go to the toilet alone by herself. The worst thing that happened was when she couldn't even stay alone for more than fifteen minutes without freaking out.

She blushed at that thought and shook it away. She gave her twin the 'Are you done?' look with a raised eyebrow. Ethan's face was red from all the laughing.

"I thought you said you heard something in the kitchen that's why you wanted me here to protect you," Ethan teased. Brittany rolled her sapphire eyes and pinched his cheek, hard.

"Ow!" Ethan cried in pain. Now it was Cara's turn to laugh. She stopped when Ethan gave her an icy glare.

"You." He said. "Can't even go to the toilet without company, scaredy cat!" He added with a smirk.

Cara scoffed, "Nope. I'll prove it. Movie night tonight?" She asked with a killer's smile. Brittany watched her little siblings bet with an amused look in her face. Well, these two do bet quite often.

"Oh you are so on! I'll bring my girl friend in," Ethan said. Brittany shot him a look. "No B, we're not gonna have sex in the house."

"No, no girlfriends tonight," Brittany announced. "Just friends."

Cara assumed she couldn't take real-life romance, which made her not allow any girlfriends or boyfriends in the house. Well, she did miss her ex's kisses, hugs... and him.

"I'll bring Emilie and Damian," Cara told the two. Ethan nodded and so did Brittany.

"Cara and Damian sitting on the tree, doing something they shouldn't be! It starts with an 's' and ends with an 'x'! Oh my god they're having..." Ethan paused with a mischievious smile and leaned into her and whispered "sex".

"Eww!" Cara shrieked and started smacking her twin in the arm. Ethan laughed. Brittany just rolled her eyes at them and muttered-

"Kids."

"We're not kids!" Cara and Ethan exclaimed in unison. Brittany couldn't help but laugh at the two.

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A/N: yay! Chapter eight! Well, I uploaded this through my phone so I'm sorry for the mistakes! I'll fix them up when I have my lappy in hand. Oh and anyone looking forward to the movie night? XD

So Cara and Ethan are twins and they annoy the hell out of each other. There aren't much AndersenTwins moments but i'm sure there will be as the story goes on :) <- spoiler alert!!

Anyways, I pretty much base their relationship on me and my big bro's. I remember one time I switched his shampoo with red hair dye and he became the red haired and blue-green eyed batman for halloween. Well, I'm not that bad, timed my prank on the day before halloween! He's mean and he timed his prank on the first day of school! Well, we may appear like we hate each other's guts but, hell. I can't live without him. (I'm sure you all with siblings can relate)

Anyway, off topic question! Have you ever pulled a prank on your sibling? :D

Well, I have! I hope you like my story and continue reading it!! :D oh! And i'll be putting the video of the tank top cropping tutorial in this chapter! PS: IT'S NOT ME WHO MADE IT!! I was randomly searching video tutorials and found this (which gave me an idea for the chapter)

Thanks for reading again!  

- Lex :D