Cupid's Soldier

Chapter 18

"Kale was sixteen, and I had just turned fourteen. Kaden wanted to go to this party and Kale didn't really want to go, but because Kaden asked him to, he decided to go. Kale ended up taking me to the party too, even though I just wanted to sleep, because he was scared Kaden would ditch him. Which he did, no surprise there. Kaden's a prick.

Every single time a girl would walk up to Kale and try to talk to him, he would ignore them. I mean I knew he was gay, but he could've at least talked to them instead of ignoring them.

Guys came up and tried to flirt with him too, and all he would do is blush like a damn tomato.

He didn't drink a damn thing the whole night while I got my first taste of alcohol. When Kale finally had enough of his moping around, he decided to drag me away from my fun and take me home. I was fourteen years old and this girl's been eyeing me all night, I was so sure I could've lost my virginity then and there, your boyfriend has terrible timing. If I wasn't drunk, I would've beat his ass.''

Corbin starts laughing beside me, and I smile.

"Is that the only thing you care about?" He asks with a chuckle. No. I care about so much more then sex and alcohol. I think I've had sex like twice, and both times I regretted it, both times I was drunk. As for alcohol and parties, I rarely drink and parties aren't really my scene. Parties require eye contact and bodies brushing up against random strangers, I'm not very fond of the idea. Either way, I smirk and nod my head.

Kale blushes, obviously embarrassed by me. His scrawny friend with the blonde hair had put his hand over his mouth a while back, but now he's just chuckling loudly.

Dad and I smirk at Kale and I smile when Kale fixes his pointed glare on Dad too.

"Why is that story so amusing to you guys? It's perfectly normal for a teenager to not find parties entertaining." He says, scoffing under his breath. "Just because I didn't, and still don't think, I should've drowned all of my brain cells and gotten laid at sixteen, which by the way is before I was even legal, doesn't mean I was acting like a puppy. It just means that I was and still am responsible and smart."

I raise my eyebrows at him mockingly and lean forward, folding my hands together on my knees.

"No, but the fact that you were willing to even go to the party just to hang out with your lame ass twin, who didn't care enough about you to actually hang with you, is evidence enough. You knew you wouldn't like the party, but you still came, because you followed Kaden everywhere. Just. Like. A. Damn. Puppy."

Kale scoffs, again, and chuckles mockingly with a nod. He grabs Scrawnie's hand and breathes in and out with closed eyes. My smirk grows as Scrawny, what I've named Kale's boyfriend, smiles softly. I never thought I'd see the day when Kale would find someone for him.

"Remember the time when Kaden convinced Kale to shave off all of your hair?" Corbin asks, chuckling. "You weren't even mad at him!"

I smile evilly at Kale as he slumps into the couch.

"Yeah, how could I ever forget that? He was nice enough to make it look good, and girls would stare at me for hours at school. It made life a bit easier at school for a while, people were admiring me instead of fearing me. Didn't stop me from replacing Kaden and Kale's soap with paint, though, their skin was blue for like three days."

Corbin and I laugh really hard, we're practically cackling all the while, Kale, glares at us. But in all honesty it was his own fault he was blue for three days, if he would've just said no to Kaden and left me alone, none of that would've happened.

"Scrawny, your little Kale over here didn't have a mind of his own. He let Kaden walk all over him, just because he didn't like a little bit of conflict. Kaden always got away with everything because of my dearest older brother, and it was annoying as hell. Kaden got Kale to do whatever the hell he pleased. What pissed me off the most about Kale's puppy-like behavior, though, was when he would help Kaden prank my twin sister, Lissa. See, unlike him and Kaden, I protect my twin at all costs and I don't take advantage of her."

I try my damnedest not to look resentful towards Kale, but it starts to become so damn hard. I never liked looking back at our history because I know what actually went on. Behind closed doors, our pranks and arguments were more than just little sibling squabbles, we had and still do have, a rivalry. All I wanted to do was embarrass my asshole brother in-front of his boyfriend. I didn't want to show him how much I actually resent my brother, but the look on both of their faces and the look on Dad and Corbin's faces, shows that I have in fact failed.

Kale starts nervously biting on his fingernails and he gives me this sad look. Scrawny glares at me and Corbin nudges me with his elbow. My dad sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose.

"Sorry I didn't mean to snap at you guys." Dad nods his head as if he understands something I don't and I clench my fists in my lap. Looking at the three sad and confused faces, staring up at me like I murdered their puppy, I begin to feel overwhelmed. Standing up, I walk over to my room with slumped shoulders. I'm starting to feel so sick and tired of how familiar the feeling of guilt is to me.

I slam my bedroom door shut behind me and throw myself onto my bed. An agitated groan burst through my lips, I should know better by now. Why can't I keep my damned mouth shut!?Shouting loudly at nothing in particular, I punch my pillow. This is why I hate it when my stupid older siblings come home from college; they all bring out the worst in me. I get on my phone and send a quick comment on Sel's blog, hoping that maybe she'll see it. I know that it's anonymous and she probably won't know it's me, but I just need to express to her how I feel.

Tap, tap, tap. I hear three sharp knocks coming from my bedroom door. Tap, tap, tap. There it is again, this time I freeze. For a split second, I wonder if dad decided to come up here and yell at me for embarrassing Kale the way I did. It was either him or Corbin. I did end up just leaving him in the living room with them, he's probably not too happy. Two more sharp knocks sound, and I find myself walking to my door. Sighing at my own stupidity as I go to open the door. I'm obviously not in the right mood to be scolded but I kind of deserve it anyway. I freeze at the door knob and sigh. I twist the door knob ready for the chaos that will bring when I do.

No words can explain how utterly confused I am who I see.