Our 3rd World

Chapter 12: New Friends

Chapter 12: (Preston's POV)

How dare he say those things about my baby sister! I have a new hatred for him. He seemed pretty nice at first but I had a feeling he'd do something stupid like that. Anyway, Cassie and I spend the night together eating the cookies I made and drinking sweet tea. It's not my favorite drink, but I'll drink it for her. I'll do anything for my sister because I love her. She's practically my life. Being that she's my only relative... And I literally had to raise her while our mother worked and then now has recently passed away. I know her dying really hurt Cassie. Ever since she's been really sad and depressed, but now she seems happy. But now she's sad again! So I'll do anything to stop that! Cassie and I talk for hours. She laughs and smiles the whole time. That makes me happy. As time flies by we seem to ignore it. Next thing we know it's 4:30 am... Haha whoops. "Oh my! Look at the time!" Cassie exclaims. I chuckle and say "Well let's go ahead and pack everything into the car." She nods her head and grabs 2 of her 4 boxes. Cassie races out of the room and I follow her with her other boxes. She shoves the boxes into her car and runs back inside. Once I step into the room, I find Cassie waking up Rob. "It's almost time to go, why don't you say good bye to your sister" she whispers. The way she said that reminds me of our mom. Her gentle voice has this affect on you that is indescribable. Her voice is just so calm, sweet, and nice. Well... Not when she is mad.. Now that is just terrifying.

If Cassie is mad, do not. And I mean it. Do NOT intervene or else she'll lay her wrath on you as well. Anyway, Rob listens to her and runs upstairs. Cassie walks over to me and whispers, "Should I say goodbye?" I give her a nod and she smiles. Cassie dashes up the stairs and I hear her scream "GOOD BYE PEASANTS!! IM LEAVING FOREVER NOW!!" I roll my eyes and cross my arms. Typical Cassie. Cassie slides down the railing and jumps off of it. "I'm ready to go! C'mon!" She exclaims. How is she awake? Rob comes down stairs along with everyone else. Ah... So many people. Cassie latches onto my arm and pulls me toward the door. She mumbles "So many people.." I put a protective arm around her and tell her to say goodbye. Nicely this time. Cassie huffs loudly and walks toward the group. She hugs Liz and Ashton. "Goodbye comrades!!!!" She yells. Liz and Ashton let go of her and say "Good bye! We'll miss you!" Cassie pretends to choke on the air and the girls just laugh. "Who's blood this time?" Liz asks. "Ahh!! Help I'm choking on Ricky's blood!" Cassie laughs over dramatically. She gives the girls one last hug then we leave. The drive to the airport and going through security goes by in a blur. We board the plane and Cassie takes the window seat. I sit in the middle and Rob gets the aisle seat. Cassie yawns and begins to drift off. Soon enough we're all asleep and on our way to England.

*6 hours later*

(Cassie's POV)

Preston shakes my shoulder and says "C'mon Cassie we're here!" I instantly jolt awake when Rob throws some water onto me. "Rob!" I snap. He gives me a sheepish smile and pulls me up out of my chair. "Let's go!" Preston cheers dragging both of us off the plane. We quickly go through security and run over to the baggage return. I get all 4 of my boxes in under 10 minutes, but Rob and Preston don't get theirs until the 15 minute mark. "Hahaha I got my boxes before you!" I laugh loudly. "Keep it up little sister and you'll be carrying all those boxes by yourself" Preston scoffs. "Is that a challenge?" I ask, deviously smiling. Preston and Rob smirk and each other and say "Yes!" in unison. I nod my head slowly and pick up all 4 boxes. As we walk to the parking lot, to meet their 'friends' I have difficulty seeing where I'm going. Rob and Preston take the advantage of my sight loss and run for the exit. "Hey not fair!" I yell like a 2 year old throw a temper tantrum. Instead of running I walk painfully slow, so now they'll have to wait. They should have thought this through. "C'mon Cassie! Our friends are here! No time for your lolly gagging" Preston yells. I sigh quietly and pick up my pace. Finally, I make it over to my brother and Rob. "I'm here! Happy now?" I ask sarcastically. Another voice laughs and I know it's not my brother or Rob. But the voice sounds oddly familiar. "Who's this behind all the boxes?" Another different voice asks. Who are these people!? "Aww! You actually have friends Preston!" I coo. Preston 'lightly' punches my arm and says "I have more friends than you." I glare at him from behind the boxes. "Your so lucky I have all these boxes or I would have tackled you!" I snap. "Oh calm down we want you to meet our friends. And yes Cassie they are our friends. We didn't pay them to be here" Preston rolls his eyes. "Here let me help you with that" the voice who was laughing earlier says. 2 sorta pale hands grab 2 of the boxes revealing my head and upper torso.

"Thanks" I mumble, not looking up yet. "Your welcome" He smiles as I look up. I literally lost my balance and fell onto my bum when I saw Preston's friends. I can't believe his friends are Dan and Phil!!!!!!!! "Oh my! Need some help?" Phil asks. He grabs my arm and helps me up. "Nice to meet you! We've heard a lot about you from your brother" Phil laughs. "Oh really? Well nice to meet too" I manage to say with out stuttering. Yay! I did it! "Well, c'mon we should get you situated back at the flat" Preston suggests. "Being that I completed the challenge, can we go out for ice cream later?" I ask eagerly. "I think you've had enough sugar today. You drank like 4 cups of sweet tea and ate a ton of cookies" Preston says objecting my idea. "But I need more!" I complain walking with the boys over to their car. "I'll take you out later" Phil whispers in my ear. I give him a smile and nod my head. Dan opens the car door for me and puts my boxes in the trunk. I climb into the car and Phil crawls in after me. "Mind if I sit here?" He asks. "Nah it's alright, it is your car" I say to him. He smiles then buckles up. I probably look like a tomato that has a gigantic smile on it's face. But oh well! "Just telling you now but beware of short little Sadie stone made of laughter and the sunshine of death very snippy and sarcastic as well as nice sometimes to the right type of person green eyes going gradient into black with a dimpled smile and sandy brown hair with one streak of green right in the front. She also wears black rimmed glasses that are green on the inside" Dan warns me. "She's pretty much Dan's soulmate" Rob adds in. "More like satan. Not my soulmate" Dan says rolling his eyes. I snicker quietly and blush. "She sounds great" I smile. "Well, trust me you'll meet her" Phil says, his eyes staring into my soul. He stares straight at my eyes and tilts his head to the side. "Phil don't creep out the poor girl!" Dan exclaims, getting his attention. "Sorry, you have really pretty eyes though" He blushes. Aww, he's so adorable. Wait... No! Cassie no! Don't do this! I shake the thoughts out of my head. Well... for now anyway. As Dan continues to drive the boys tell me all about this Sadie Stone chick and about the apartment complex. Apparently Sadie Stone's mum owns the place and her dad owns a liquor store. Oh joy!

*15 minutes later*

The 5 of us arrive at the apartment complex building about 15 minutes later. The car ride was filled with laughter and weird stories. At least it was interesting. Phil helps me with my boxes and carries 2 of them into the building. "Hi guys! Your back!" A girl says, appearing from behind the counter. She is shorter than me and has the biggest smile ever. "Ooo! Who are you?" She asks pointing at me. She sure is hyper.. "I'm Cassie. Cassie Summers" I tell her as I attempt to wave. But that causes me to drop my boxes onto my foot. "Oww! Fudge!" I cringe trying not to use curse words. Phil comes to my rescue and sets down his boxes, then picks up mine. I inspect my bare feet and notice my left foot looks slightly bruised. "I told you that you should have worn close toed shoes!" Preston exclaims. I roll my eyes and thank Phil. "So are you moving in? If so I'm Sadie! Sadie Stone!" The girl, Sadie, says. "Nice to meet you Sadie" I smile. She's odd.. but that's alright. "Right back at cha! Anyway if you ever need me I'm pretty much always down here!" She explains. I give her a smile and wave goodbye as I follow the boys up the stairs. Once we're out of ear shot, I say "Oh my gosh! She's perfect for Dan!" I laugh so hard my face literally turns purple. "Oh stop it!" Dan snaps. He so likes her. Finally, we reach our floor! Preston opens up the door and allows me to go in first. "Ladies first" he smiles. I stand and stare at him and say "C'mon ladies first." Dan starts chuckling and Preston glares at me. I give Preston a devious smirk and walk into the flat. "Your room is down the hall. Last door on the left" Rob tells me. I nod and begin to head down the hallway. Phil follows me and opens up the door. We both walk in and set down my stuff on the floor. "Thanks for the help" I smile. I run a hand through my blue hair and Phil says "Your welcome!" He smiles and his cheeks become red, making him look paler. "So, still up for ice cream?" He asks. "Of course! I practically run on sugar!" I grin, pumping my fist in the air. Phil tells me what to do, so my brother won't stop us and grabs my hand. "Lets do this!" We both cheer. Phil begins to run and drags me along with him. We race out of the flat and slide down the railing of the steps. Now this ought to be fun!