The Robinson Boys

Chapter 8

  I bite my lip and stare at the Robinson's big house nervously, I had just gotten released out of the hospital and was scared that Kate would find me again and stab me. Xavier squeezed my hand reassuringly and led me up to the front door. If I had thought I felt bad when I first came here, then I know feel worse. I saw my parents in a dream, I got stabbed, and now I'm scared out of my wits of Kate. I swallow and step into the house knowing that there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Sabwina!" Sammy exclaims, and then hurdles into my arms, hugging me tightly. I chuckle and hug him back while the rest of the Robinson boys run down the stairs and pull me into a group hug. I blush, I've only known them for a few days, yet they were worried about me. I look up at Campbell who has a big goofy smile on his face.
"We missed you," he says simply before plucking Sammy out of my arms and then bringing me into the kitchen and stuffing our faces in food. Xavier watches us with an amused smile.
"You guys are weird," he says, shaking his head before leaving to go up into his room and probably paint. I stick my tongue out after him before leaning back in my chair and taking a swig of my orange soda and saying "It's good to be home." Campbell nods in agreement and then lets out a yawn.
"When do I start school?" I ask as Campbell starts to clean up the mess we made. He shrugs.
"This Monday," he says, leaning against the counter and looking me in the eyes.
"I need to go shopping, where's my phone?" I ask, standing up and thinking about inviting Jazz over to shop with me, it is, after all, a Saturday and I only have two days.
"But you just got out of the hospital..." he mumbles and I roll my eyes at him.
"They needed to do some tests; I could have been out of there weeks ago." I say, running up the stairs and into Xavier.
"Sorry," I say looking up at him apologetically. He smiles and takes my hand in his. "What are you up to?" He asks, raising a suspicious eyebrow. I make a face, knowing that Xavier will never let me out of the house right after getting out of the hospital. "I'm going to call Jazz," I say, looking up at him innocently and swinging our hands.
"Okay, what else?" He asks, and I know that he overheard what Campbell and I said. I make a face.
"Please let me go!" I beg, looking up at him and doing my best puppy dog face. He chuckles and pats my head.
"Nope," he says.
"Please?!"
"No Sabrina,"
"Pretty please with a cherry on top of a delicious cupcake that has icing and sprinkles on it?" Xavier sighs and then looks thoughtful.
"One condition," he says, his eyes meeting mine. I nod and look at him eagerly. "I get to go with you." He says, smirking as if I wouldn't take the deal. "Deal, now let's call Jazzy, she'll be so excited!" I exclaim, tugging him into my room and then calling Jazz, who of course accepted.
So we went to lunch and shopped around while towing a grumpy Xavier around. We tried on clothes and shoes, jewelry and accessories, sweatshirts and hoodies, and a lot more. We went to Hot Topic, Spencers, Wet Seal, JCPenny, Walmart, Victoria's Secret (only to bug Xavier of course), and a lot more. By the time we were done, Xavier was exhausted and hungry, Jazz was half asleep in the car, and I was freaking out because I had coffee. Now, here I am, in my bed, trying to fall asleep, but failing because of the coffee I had. I finally get up and go into Xavier's room, hoping that he's still awake. Lucky for me, he is.
"Hello," I say, flopping onto his bed next to him and looking at the book that he's reading.
"What's up?" He asks, dog-earing the page, closing the book, and then looking over at me.
"Can't sleep, too much energy from the coffee," I say resting my head on his pillow and yawning. He chuckles and then pulls the blankets over me, "You can sleep here if you want, but I'll be reading for a bit, so I hope you don't mind." I shrug and cuddle up next to him, not really thinking. He lets out a sigh and puts one arm around me while he reads his book, and before I know it, I'm fast asleep.
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Someone shakes my arm, "Sabrina, Sabrina, get up," I swat my hand in their general direction and roll over onto my side, covering my face with a pillow groaning "Go away!" I hear chuckling and then arms wrap around my waist.
"No can do sweetheart gotta get up; I'm giving you a tour of the school today." I then recognize Xavier's voice, and wonder why he's in my bed. I peek up at him from under my pillow.
"Why are you in my bed?" I ask, curiously playing with his auburn hair. He smiles and catches my hand in his. "You're in my room; you came in here complaining about drinking too much coffee and then passed out next to me." He explains, messing with my fingers gently. I chuckle, remembering last night.
"Sorry, when I have coffee I tend to get a little... er... crazy." I say, blushing and then sitting up with a grunt.
"Go and get ready, I'll be in the kitchen when you are." I nod and then take a quick shower before getting dressed and hopping down the stairs and plopping down in a chair to eat breakfast.
"Yum!" I exclaim, gobbling up the rest of my pancake happily as Xavier, Campbell, Sammy, and pretty much everyone else gives me odd looks. I raise an eyebrow. "What?" I ask and they just shake their heads and continue eating. Afterwards, Xavier pulls on my arm and pretty much drags me out of the house and into his car.
"Urgh! I don't want to go take a tour of the school! Can't I just be lost and miss some of my classes?" Xavier chuckles and shakes his head at me.
"Bri, you're weird, and no, sorry, I have special orders from Mom, and trust me, you do not want to see her angry; especially over something so minor and stupid." He says, as we both get into the car and start driving.