Out Of My League (Under Revision) (Book 1)

Chapter Six

The Grey's had left an hour or two after mine and Colton's little discussion and I felt relieved apart from Eleighna who was one of the only people I actually got along with.

"Elliana!" What do you want now? To say my mother annoys me to no end is an understatement. She makes me want to hurl myself outside my window, which is on the second floor, sometimes or even break everything in sight. As you can probably tell, I have a small tolerance.

As I walked downstairs to the foyer, a gut feeling formed. One of these feelings the develop in the pit of your stomach when you know something bad is going to happen or when someone eats the last piece of pizza.

"Yes?" I stood up straight showing respect when all I wanted to do was hide from everyone, stay in my room or as Kara called it, my cave.

"We have some news." My parents stood with grins on their faces that stretched from ear to ear. I didn't have time to speak before my mother started to talk again. "The Grey's know about our organization and the charity funds we run and since we're leaving next week..."

My father spoke up for her,"The Grey's have volunteered to take you in for the time being until we get back."

To say I was angry was an understatement. I had been alone every time they left and they didn't mind.

But they didn't know you were alone.

That is right. My parents didn't know that I was always alone. All the other trips they went on, I would say that Brendan would be here in the next few hours when an appearance by Brendan hadn't been seen since last Christmas and soon to be this Christmas.

"How long will you be gone this time?" Most times it was a two or three weeks, but I wasn't too keen about spending any kind of time with Colton.

"A month, or two at most." My mother answered and I knew that these were going to be the worse months of my life.

"All the other times, I wasn't sent to live with anyone else. Why now?"

"Because your brother was here." I wasn't going to yell and say that he's that guy parents don't approve of because of his way of living through girls, alcohol, and drugs because I knew in their eyes, Brendan was their little angel - he was the golden child put on a pedestal.

He got into a good college but it wasn't one of the best that guaranteed success in any kind of life. I on the other hand worked to get where I am and some people just step on others to get where they are people.

Cough, cough.

Colton and Brendan.

Cough, cough.

"Yes, I understand." I replied. "I'm going to go to bed."

I was about to walk up the stairs when my mother asked a question. "Elliana? You don't seem happy about this. Why is that?"

Think fast. Think fast, Ellie. Got it! "Um, I'm just not used to sleeping at other peoples houses."

"But you sleep over at Kara's all the time." Shit.

"Well, I mean people I'm not familiar with." My mother's grin returned and I knew that I just dug myself an even bigger hole.

"Well, then it's better to start getting better acquainted! Let's see if you can move in this weekend instead!" And with that, my mother immediately dialed the Grey's.

My head and heart screamed at me to run to my room, pack my stuff, and sneak out the window to Kara's or maybe that was my anxiety kicking into overdrive, but I didn't want to spend one day with a fourth of this family, let alone two months.