The Luminary

ARM WRESTLE

UNEDITED

"You were cute when you were little," Ethan said examining my childhood photos.

"Hey! I'm even cuter now"

He raised his hands in self-defense.

"You're not cuter, you're hot"

Uh-oh.

I tried to hide my now warm rosy pink cheek behind my hair and Ethan was laughing hysterically.

I felt a swift movement.

He is going to throw something at you cheese brain.

I did not know when my reflect act up but, I quickly grappled it. Ethan's eyes widen in shock but I could not help having a feeling he did this on purpose.

"What was that for?" I exclaimed.

"I thought I saw a rat on your head" he lied

"You're a terrible liar"

"I noticed"

We already started the project and now, he knows some minor things about me and now it's my turn. I really wanted to know more about him, there is just a bond I feel between us. Ever since we moved here, I have been hearing little simple quite talks, even whispers. There is something to this place.

Once I was twelve year old, this happened to me for like a day but I decided to brush it off but now it has lasted for two days.

"So, how long have you been in New Orleans?"

""Probably five yea-" he didn't get to complete his sentence when my brother interrupted him.

"He's-"

"Can't you knock? At least show some respect" I cut Nail off. He brushed off my complain and I gasped.

"Oh ...You did not just brush me off" I eyed him.

"Dad is back."

I knew my dad was alive.

I had a feeling he was alive.

"I knew it! I told you he was alive, I knew it"

"You knew? Did he tell you?"

"No. I told you while we were at the hotel that I had a feeling he's alive but did you believe me?"

"NO!" I answered my own question. I almost forgot that Ethan was here, he looked deep in thought; deeply.

"Whatever he's back, let's go."

"Let's go" i whispered to Ethan and he followed suit.

We went down the stairs only to hear my parents laughing,

"Oh come on. We are not kids anymore6; at least act mature. We have kids" I heard dad.

I peeped into the kitchen to see mom holding a fistful of flour. I knew he is stalling her and trying he's best to get away from the hell-hole kitchen where he'll get dirty. Mom threw the flour at him and it hit him in the face. Dad picked five eggs and threw it at mom only hitting her square on her left thigh. I ran into the kitchen joining the food fight and so did Nail.

Dad was sweeping the floor, Nail was mopping, Mom was cooking, Ethan was washing the stained dishes and I was cleaning the counter tops. After the food fight, mom made us all clean the kitchen except for Ethan; he decided to help instead of aitting watching us.

"How are your parents Ethan?" Asked mom, everyone listened quietly but continued working.

"They are good. Dad is out of town on a business trip but mom is home" he replied.

"that's nice, maybe once we meet, we could have dinner together" mom suggested and I looked at Ethan.

"Sure"

"Dad can you believe that mom and big bro thought you were dead?" I changed the topic

"Oh really? Why?"

"You did not pick my calls after the crane incident, you'd expect us to get worried" mom rolled her eyes.

"Yeah and Nail cried" I laughed and so did everyone except Nail.

"I'm going to kill you"

I ran as fast as my feet could take me.

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It has been a week since I started attending school in New Orleans and it was weird. Ethan and Reign are always up to something, it is annoying.

"Nana" Yelled Winter.

I have been sitting with Ashley since last week Tuesday and they are awesome.

"I never understand why girls are scary cats, they always depend on guys" said Reign and I gasped.

"That is a big lie"

"We are stronger than you girls, you want to prove it?" asked Reign with challenging eyes. I did not know what he had in mind but I nodded.

I heard Ethan whisper 'go easy on her, maybe arm wrestling?'

"Oh no, we are not doing a fist fight, we are doing something extreme" I said trying to hide the fact that I regretted what I just said. He smirked.

You are so going to die kid.

"No, ARM WRESSTLING"

"Fine agreed"

Everyone picked his/her tray while Reign and I set our hands on the table

"Guys this is childish, you know that right?" asked Ethan. Everyone ignored him and he rolled his eye.

"Start!" yelled Summer

He pushed his hand so he will win and I did what he did. I felt; like my veins were about to pop out but I continued. Actually, I never thought I would have reached this point; my thought was when we start, he would just slam my arm against the table. Students started to gather up to watch the arm wrestle that had to do with a girl almost beating a guy at arm wrestling. I was close to winning when Ashley said something.

"This is so not the end. They have to do something else like bring a lion"

In addition, I squealed.

"I love lions that is a good idea" then SLAM!

The guys yelled in joy while the girls argued that I was just distracted

"Yeah, like we care. Reign just proved you wrong"

The bell rang and everyone scurried to their classes.

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