Only for Carter

Chapter 7 - One Problem After Another

Zero point three seconds was the amount of time, my body could inhale a small breath, before Nicholas's lips crashed into mine. Every single thought I had, has disappeared. The way his lips sync with my own, makes my belly tie nots. My head spins, his lips taste like cherry's. My heart is throbbing against my rib cage, my hands are gripping onto his t-shirt, while his grip my waist. My legs feel week like I'm about to fall and the only thing stopping me is his grip. My body is going completely insane. The kiss itself, is soft but fast. It's just me, him and our....

"mmhmm..." Our lips part, both our attention turn to an angry Maddox. "Was going to ask if you needed a ride home but obviously not." He says, while walking past us.

"umm... can I?" I reply. I look over to Nicholas whose face has gone bright red. I have no idea what just happened and I have no idea if I enjoyed it. "I've gotta go. I'll see you around?" I walk away before he can say anything else. I run to catch up to Maddox's long strides, "slow down I can't keep up, and it's like 1000 degrees out here." I say trying to catch my breath, once I've caught up to him. God I'm so unfit. He completely ignores me. What's his problem? He pulls his keys out of his beige short pockets. I stop and gawk at his long-tanned legs, oh boy, they are just beautiful. They are toned in just the right spots and not too hairy. God, is he perfect or what? Evelyn snap out of it he's your step brother. He is standing in between his car and the door.

"You know, you never commented on my car." He cockily says. I smirk, while I check out his car. It's a fucking Subaru WRX 2004 model. I'm in complete awe. How the hell was I in this car before and not realize. Fuck I'm blind. It's so perfect, black, low and polished. It seriously looks like its brand new. "you like?"

"I love." I feel like I'm drooling over it. I look up to find Maddox staring back at me. He's impressed with himself, I can see it in his eyes. I move so I'm standing next to the passenger door. My heart skips a beat, the minute my hand touches the door-handle. I don't think I have ever loved anything more than I love this car right now. We both slide in, he looks at me while he starts the ignition. OH GOD!! The sound of it is orgasmic. The smile on my face is as wide as my ass. My heart is pounding.

He reeves the car, before he pulls out of the parking space. We drive slow through the car park, but as soon as we hit the man road, he flaws it. This is the best day ever.

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We arrive home just after 3pm, we kind of got a little carried away. My belly grumbles as I climb out of the low car. I stare at the house in front of me, do I really want to go in? My belly grumbles again, well that answers that question. Maybe I will just go straight to my room. I managed to get out of the family BBQ last night, so maybe I can get out of dinner tonight. Looking down the stairs, I slowly make my way towards them. I take my sweet as time walking up them, I wish there were a hundred more, it felt way to short. I feel so small, when I reach the door. Do I knock or do I go straight in? I walk straight in, because you know, it is my house. I race for the stairs but before I even make it to the first step my father's voice booms through the room.

"Evelyn Marie Douglas! What the hell was all that? Why do you keep making me the bad guy? I've done nothing to you, but you treat me like a villain" he says quite madly.

"Exactly, you've done nothing. It's just me overreacting. It's me causing drama, wanting attention. That is what I'm here for right? To prove why you left us in the first place, right?" I ask sarcastically.

"You here because your mother is dead. Don't for one second think I want you here beca..."

"RAYMOND!!!! Enough." Karen interrupts dad from finishing his sentence. I kinda want to know what he was gonna say. "Evelyn, can you wait for me in the kitchen?" she says with concern. I stomp past my father making sure my shoulder hits him in the process.

Entering the kitchen, I walk straight to the island bench, taking a seat on one of the stools. I pull out my phone from my pocket. I go to unlock it but I'm interrupted by father's voice faintly coming from the other room.

"I can't handle her shit! I swear to god, if our babies come out anything like her, I want nothing to do with them." He yells at Karen. Babies? She's pregnant?

"Raymond, how dare you talk about your daughter like that! You..." her voice fades.

"Karen, don't you dare try to give me parenting advice. Look at your son. Caught up in drugs and fucking girls for the fun of it. It's all for the fun of it right? Once your son gets his head out of the gutter, then I'll start treating Evelyn with respect. They are as bad as each other and if they keep this shit up, they will be both out on the streets in no time." He scolds her like she's his daughter. No respect for me? He has no respect for anyone except himself, and Maddox, he does drugs? Why though, why does he need them? Ahhh... so many questions but no answers.

"You know what Raymond, get out! I am not letting you talk about Maddox or Evelyn like that. For starters Evelyn just lost her mother and her father has yet made her feel welcome. Pick up the weight of your shoulders and get over yourself. It was the first family outing, not only did you embarrass the kids, you also embarrassed me. There were plenty other tables, you really didn't have to react the way you did. So, go find a hotel to stay in tonight. And don't come back until you have wrote a list on things you've done wrong and a list of ways you can change them." Her voice has gone from angry to calm in just under thirty seconds. Is she really kicking him out? Well at least I don't have to see his ugly face. The front door slams shut and Karen appears into the kitchen, minutes later.

"I'm sorry about that, you know what he said isn't true? Your father is thrilled to have..." I interrupt before she can say anymore.

"Please don't waste your breath on a complete lie." I sigh heavily.

"Evelyn, your father does love you. He's just not used to having you here, he's not used to having another girl in the house." She says softly.

"He was never used to me. Sometimes I think he just wanted Carter, because he is the perfect one." A tear rolls down my cheek. Karen stands up and walks over to the freezer, opening the door she looks at me.

"Chocolate or vanilla?" she asks, I reply with chocolate. Vanilla is just boring. She points over to the draws. "Can you get two spoons out? Top draw." I slide off the stool and make my way around the island. Pulling the spoons out, I spin around to find Karen with two containers of Ben and Jerry's in her hands. I smile at her and hand her one of the spoons. Maybe she isn't so bad after all.

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After Karen and I ate both tubs of ice-cream, she got up to go have a nap. Man, does that girl need one too, I questioned her about why she's with my dad, and her reply was he makes her happy. When and how? After their fight before I don't believe it. I still can't believe she kicked him out. I wanted to ask what he meant by babies, but she was just too vulnerable. I couldn't bring myself to. 

Opening my bedroom door, I'm surprised by Carter sitting on my bed. "Carter what are you doing in here? How long have you been in here?" I half whisper. Don't ask why I am whispering because I have no clue.

"So, Karen kicked dad out, I see?" He ignores my question.

"Yeah so what? He deserved it." I laugh back, but quickly stop when Carter stands up, he towers over me, and it's frightening. 

"Why do you have to ruin my chances with everything? You know what Evelyn. I wish you were the one that got kicked out. I have not yet, got the chance to have a one on one chat with our father, because when I get the chance to, he is to full up on anger from you or our new devil of a step-brother. Seriously get your head out of your ass, because seriously you need to grow up." And with that being said, he walks out, leaving me a crying mess.