Skyline

Bad News

I wake up it's 10a.m.  and there's a song playing in the background...

What the..?

It's a Christmas song, oh God! Today is Christmas Day I completely forgot about it! I need to call to my parents... Now where is my mobile phone??

"Got ya!" under the book I'm reading as always... I turn it on and tap my mum's phone number.

I wait for a few minutes while the phone goes puuup for like forever.  I'm so excited, cause if today is Christmas that means that tomorrow my best friend is coming!! Sara! The bad thing... is this phone call is going to be expensive, very expensive... after all I'm calling to Spain.

"Kam?" finally

"Hey mum! How are you guys going?" Typical question...

"Greate! Happy Christmas by the way... I'm surprised you called us just after waking up. What time is it there 11 a.m 10?"

"10... and yeah, Merry Christmas mum! Now is Sara with you?"

"Yeah... she's with us, we are taking the plane in a few hours." Ok mum just pass her the phone will ya.

"Cool, can I talk with her?" please make it quick.

"Sure, Sara... Camila quire hablar contigo (Camilla want's to talk with you)" I hear how she passes the phone...

"Kam!! Estoy muy nerviosa!! Por fin nos vamos a ver.   (I'm so excited!! We are actually seeing each other.)" Wow... I don't now why but just hearing a friend talking in Spanish, is so... strange. I mean I've been six months living here and all my friends talk in English and I know that sometimes I talk with some of the Mexican guys at school nut it isn't the same.

"Hey! Si... hace mucho tempo. (Yeah... It's been a long time.)" ok lets talk in English after all she need to get used to it. "I'm going to talk to you in English... No Spanish here. So..." a look to both of my sides. "Have you brought what I asked you?"

"Oh yeah baby... Got everything you wanted" oh God... this is hilarious, I forgot her accent! Oh the boys are going to laugh out loud, as they did with me, when they'll hear her. "Why are you laughing?" I press my nose with my index and thumb just to see if it works... I need to calm down.

"Nothing... It's just I'm very nervous and excited and happy and positive and... Well everything! You're actually coming!" I'm exaggerating... As always, but who cares. Anyways...

"Hahaha you're crazy... well your dad wants to talk with you. Sooo see ya tomorrow!" I hear how the phone passes and another voice sound from the other side.

"Honey? How are you?" he always calls me honey, I mean, I like it... but I do have a name.

"Hi dad I'm..." suddenly I remember my discussion with Tris yesterday. "Eh... I'm good, really looking forward for you guys to arrive home." And I'm not kidding. I don't want to go downstairs and see him. "Why couldn't you have came today... again?"

"Cause the hour was horrible... and it would've had been more difficult for Sara to come." Yeah... right "well honey, time to hang up... or else you'll pay the phone bill." Now the I'm just kidding part arrives in 3,2,1... "I'm just kidding!! Hahaha... bye"

"Bye..." I hang. Time to go and have breakfast.

I jump out of my bed, put on my slippers, make to steps forward and open the door... the corridor, that turns out to be a staircase ending just in front of the living room and next to the kitchen.

I go down the stairs trying not to make a lot of noise... I just want to avoid Tris as much as possible... Yesterday I didn't kill him, take that as a miracle.

"Good morning Kam!" I turn back mad as hell

"I don't want to talk with you... yesterday you..." oh fuck. "Eduard, sorry is just..."

"Glad to see you too, and don't worry his not here. He's gone to a baseball match, they've organised a Christmas Special game or I don't know what... so you can stop hiding like a spy in every corner." I'm shocked... uh...

"Cool. Is just I don't now what's wrong with your brother he's just... strange. I haven't done anything... Did I?"

" I think you know it... if not, I'm going to have problems." He says husky.

"Spit it." I shiver.

"Well his angry with you cause you haven't told him..."

"Told him what?!"

"You really don't know?" now he gets very very serious, his eyes dart from mine, to the floor... "Eh... do you really don't that you're going back to Spain?"

"What? Going back to Spain, but as vacation on summer... right?" his eyebrows furrowed...

You must be kidding me...

"Who told you?" I ask while he's showing no emotion, which it doesn't help me at all. "Eduard, who told you?"

"My mum... your mum told her. That's why you're here, that's why your parents went back to Spain. That's why Sara is coming tomorrow, and she knows it too." I can't I just... I turn back I think I'm going to cry... and I never cry. I hate crying... makes you feel powerless.

Kam just walk to the kitchen, have breakfast, relax.

"Kam?" he calls after me and sprints in order to stand in front of me. "I thought you'll know it I'm sorry. I shouldn't talk that much.... I..."

"Hey... is not your fault" I try not to cry, despite I'm already crying... anyways. "I'm ok, it's just I'm good here, I don't want to go back. I just... Now perfectly now why Trish is angry with me... and I'm so sorry."

"Well do tell him, tell me will ya." I turn back. My eyes red and my nose full of bloody shots.

"Hey... no no no don't cry. Is Christmas Day... and I've just came from a Baseball match and guess what... I won!" Ok I don't care.

"Oh... That's fantastic. You know what, you could've told me or at least talk to me instead of just being such a jerk."

"I'm sorry I... I was shocked." Yeah... but still.

"But the reaction was so childish... I though you were just sick of me or that I did something really bad... and I could understand anything." Oh God I think I lost control of what I'm saying.

"I..." he's got no words, he just stares at me with his mouth wide open.

Ok, I'll just have breakfast...

And so I just avert my eyes from his and keep walking towards the kitchen.

"Kam... I'm human too. I'm not perfect, I'm sorry, just... Can't you see your making the same mistake as me..." I turn back brusquely, my face red as hell.

"What?! We've already talked, thing yesterday we didn't, cause you are such a coward. Now just leave me alone for a minute, please." I make a very fake smile. "We women need some free time, or we explode. Just saying." No respond. "Perfect... see ya later. Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas..." The tween brothers respond at the same time. "Thanks Eduard. For telling me." I calm down little by little.

"Welcome... I guess." His voice sounds confused at my kindly sudden tone.

"Mmm... Now if you don't mind I'm hungry." Once again, and I'm getting tired of doing it... I turn towards the kitchen which seems a hundred miles from me.

I take some steps forward to see if they weren't going to interrupt my path, again, and when everything is clear I finally arrive to the kitchen.

Grrrrrr

My tummy can't wait no more... wait, what a breakfast!! O God!! The table is full of food, specially chocolate and toast with butter, o I'm putting on my boots today.

Yup! Time to drown my shame in this beautiful food... Merry Christmas Kam.

Hey!!

I know I haven't wrote anything this last month... It's just that summer is full of activities and I don't have much time for writing but... New chapter. Hope you guys like it.