Stella's Story

Chapter 11

During dinner Ash didn't talk to me at all, nor did he acknowledge me. It became awkward between us and I didn't want it to stay like that during my time here, so what did I do? Nothing. I did nothing because I was to chicken to do anything else, in fear that I would make it even worse. At one point the phone rang and their mother went to answer it, then proceeded to tell Ash it was for him.

   We waited for him to come back and when he finally did it was maybe ten minutes later.

   "Sorry mom but I have to go." He kissed her on the cheek and walked off to the front door, not bothering to say bye to me or Justin.

   "Who was it mom?" Justin asked her, probably as curious as me to find out where he went.

   "Oh it was that man from the gym, something about needing Ash to help move a few things around for tomorrow." She said while picking up her plate and glass.

   "Alright." Justin looked away and I saw an emotion, that looked like anger, run across his face for a few moments before he continued to eat.

   I looked down at my food and saw I only ate about half of food before I felt sick to my stomach. Something wasn't right and Justin knew it. I need to find out what's going on and soon, I can't help it, it's who I am. I'm naturally a very curious person that needs to know what's going on.

Soon Justin stood up and took his plate and glass to the kitchen, then I did the same. He must've noticed my plate was still full because he shot me a curious glance but didn't say anything, which I was thankful for.

"So you wanna go do something?" Justin asked me.

"Sure, what are we going to go do?" I leaned against the counter waiting for his answer.

"We're going to go meet some friends and then go to the gym." He said while walking out of the kitchen. Only a second later did he poke his head back in and look me up and down. "You might want to go change into some different clothes though."

I looked down at my clothes confused as to why I would need to change. "Why would I do that?"

"Because you can't work out in those clothes, that's going to be really uncomfortable for you sweetheart."

I sighed and walked up to my room looking for some work out type clothes to wear. I decided on a lime green lining sports bra with black filling in the rest and a pair of camouflage shorts. I put on a plain spaghetti strapped tank top over my sports bra because let's face it, I'm not that confident with myself. Then I grabbed socks and my tennis shoes and went downstairs to find Justin waiting for me.

"You ready to go?" He asked me while swinging his keys around his finger.

"I guess so." I responded with a shoulder shrug.

   We walked out to his old beat up truck and got in and started off on this magical journey. Can you see my sarcasm there? It took us about forty-five minutes to get to our first destination, which was another mansion like house only this one was smaller than Justin and Ash's. On the front steps were two guys and a girl sitting down, who looked alike in their facial features, which I could only assume they were related to each other somehow. Once Justin had out the truck in park he whistled at them, which caught their attentions, so they would start heading over.

The boys turned out to be twins when I got a closer look at them. Both of their hair was a dirty blond and their eyes piercing blue. One was a bit taller than the other, while the other was more muscular. The girl was maybe an inch or two taller than me but shorter than all the guys. She had dyed deep red hair along with her bright green eyes, which was working for her look.