Attitude Adjustment... <3

PART 4 - First Day

Another hour went by and we finally arrive at Becca's summer cabin. You see, they're practically rich. They live in their normal house in Cali in the winter, and in the summer they come here. The house was huge, might I add. It was two-story. It actually didn't even look like a cabin. It had a huge balcony that winded around the whole thing, a basketball court on the right side of the house, and even a little garden out front. I pull my suitcase out of the trunk and look up, staring at the huge building that stood in front of me. Jordan: "Wow." He exclaimed as he rolls his suitcase, straight over my foot. I screech, hopping around, Jordan was smiling as I did so. Me: "Ow! That really hurt. What do you have in that thing?" I pout. Jordan: "Oops." He smirks, rolling his suitcase to the big wooden doors. There was a separate building, a stable which a house keeper helped clean up while they lived in their normal house. I follow Becca into the cabin and set my suitcase by the door. I inhale deeply. Me: "Wow. It's only been a year since I came here? Feels like 10." Courtney[Becca'sMom]: "I know, hun." We go upstairs. Becca turns to me. Becca: "Um... Mel, you're not gonna like this but.. You have to share a room with him." She gesture towards Jordan, who was jumping up and down on the bed. Me: "WHAT?! No way!" Becca: "C'mon Mel. You have to." Me: "Why can't he use the guest room?! Alex is in there!" Becca: "My brothers are sleeping in there so Alex is sleeping downstairs.. And your room is the only other one." I had my own room since I was with them a lot. But I am NOT sharing it with Jordan. Becca had 4 brothers. And crazy ones at that. They were all around the age of 12; making them the youngest kids in the house, besides Becca's little sister, Hana. But Hana was 2 so she doesn't really count in the "kids" Me: "Why can't he sleep downstairs with Alex?!" Becca: "There's only one pullout bed." Me: "He can sleep on the couch." She shakes her head. Becca: "Mom wouldn't allow it. C'mon. Please?" I grumble. Me: "Fine." She smiles and goes to her room to unpack. I go to mine and push Jordan over as I go to my bed. [There were two beds in the room] Jordan: "Hey!" Me: "Don't jump on my bed." Jordan: "I thought that one was yours." He says, pointing to the one nearest to the window. Me: "They're both mine." Jordan: "Oh okay. So where am I sleeping?" I squeeze my eyes shut. Me: "Here." I growl. Jordan: "Awesome! I get to prank you when you sleep." I shoot a glare at him. Me: "You better not." Jordan: "I will." He smiles a cheeky smile and starts unpacking. He throws his clothes out of his suitcase, flinging shirts, jeans, socks, BOXERS all over the room. A pair of boxers lands on my head and I scream. Me: "EWWW! GET IT OFF NOW TYSON!" He smirks. Jordan: "Nah. I think that's an improvement." He says while crossing his arms. Me: "I am not touching THIS! GET IT OFF!" He sighs and pulls it from my head. Jordan: "Jeez. You act like it's a bomb or something." Me: "Hey, I don't know where that's been. Well, I do, but still. EWW!" He chuckles. Jordan: "At least it wasn't these." He lifts up his shirt, revealing the boxers he's wearing right now. He sags. Gross. Me: "Errghh. Just hurry up and unpack. I'll be in Becca's room." I hurry to her room before he throws another thing at me. Me: "Your cousin is the most gross person on EARTH!" She laughs. Becca: "Really? How so?" Me: "He flung his boxers at me. HIS BOXERS!" She laughs harder. Becca: "Oh my god. His boxers?!" I nod. Becca: "Aww man. I should've got that on tape." I throw a pillow at her. Becca: "Hey, it would've been funny shit." I roll my eyes and flop face down on her bed. Me: "It's gonna be the worst summer ever." She sighs and slaps my thigh, causing me to jump up. Me: "Gosh. I was relaxing. Why'd you have to slap me?" Becca: "You were laying on my clothes." I roll my eyes and sit criss cross applesauce on the floor. Me: "So what're we gonna do today? Watch movies, eat, swim, what?" She taps her chin. Becca: "I was thinking we do some horseback riding." Me: "Okay. Sounds great. Haven't rode Buttercup in a long time." Buttercup was their horse. When I was younger, I used to help out with the horses a lot and got attached to her. I've been riding her since I was 10. Becca: "Kay so it's settled. We'll go out at 6." I nod and go back to my room. Before I enter, I stop myself. Me: "Is it safe to come in?" I yell through the door. Jordan: "Yes, Lani." I growl and open the door. Jordan was sitting on the bed. In his boxers. ONLY his boxers. I pull a disgusted face before turning away. Me: "You said it was safe!" He chuckles. Jordan: "It is. At least I'm not naked." True... But still EWW. Me: "Well put some damn clothes on! I gotta get ready." Jordan: "For what?" He asks while slipping a shirt on. Me: "Me and Becca are gonna go ride horses." Jordan: "Oh cool. Can I come?" Me: "Why? So you can make fun of me some more?" He rolls his eyes. Jordan: "Yes, but I also wanna look around here." I sigh. Me: "Fine." He smiles and slips on his jeans. When we're all ready and it's 6, we go out to the barn. Becca: "Hey boy! How are you doing? I missed you soooo much!" She says to her horse, Gir. Don't ask me why she calls him Gir. She never tells. I go over to Buttercup. Me: "Hey girl. Haven't seen you in over a year. How you doing?" She gives a soft whinney and nuzzles my nose. Me: "There's a new boy in town. His name is Jordan. He's not very bright or nice, but I still think he's got at least some goodness deep down. We just gotta dig it up.. We've got a lot of work to do. He called me something in the van. Melly. Does that sound familiar? It's on the tip of my brain but I just can't seem to remember why it sounds so familiar." I say, saddling her up. I was talking to my horse about Jordan. Wow... She neighs and waits patiently. I strap her up and climb up. Me: "Well let's go find Becca." *JORDAN'S POV* I wander around the little stable when I hear talking in the barn. I creep up to the big red wooden doors and listen. "He called me something in the van. Melly. Does that sound familiar? It's on the tip of my brain but I just can't seem to remember why it sounds so familiar." So she thinks it sounds familiar too.. More and more puzzle pieces were coming together and I was almost figuring out why she had that picture. I disappear from the door before she comes out. *MELANI'S POV* I ride out of the barn and find Becca waiting on Gir, and Jordan on a horse named Sal. Becca: "You ready?" I nod. Becca: "Well then let's go." I follow her into the meadow and we ride around for about an hour. We stop by the barn to drop off the horses. Me: "Becca can we go?" She nods. Becca: "Come on." She takes my hand and pulls me towards the forest. Jordan: "Hey where are you going?" Me: "None of your beeswax." I pull Becca faster towards the forest, he follows. Ugh. Me and Becca got to the lake five minutes later. Jordan: "Whoa..." I go to the top of the small waterfall and sit on a rock. Jordan: "How'd you guys find this place?" Becca: "We got lost once and ran into this. We go here every summer." Me: "Yeah. It's like my quiet place." He nods, staring down into the water. It was weird. It's been almost an hour and a half and he hasn't been rude. At all. Before it got too dark, we went back to the house. Courtney: "Dinner's in 10." We nod and go upstairs. *JORDAN'S POV* Me: "Hey Lani, where's your dad? How come he wasn't at your house?" She stares down at the maplewood floor. Melani: "I don't wanna talk about it." She whispers. Me: "Why not?" I was really dumbfounded. What is she thinking about that I don't know about? Melani: "I just don't okay?!" She gets up and runs to the bathroom. *MELANI'S POV* Daddy has been coming up a lot lately in my conversations. Why? I don't like being reminded of that horrid day. There was a knock on the door. Me: "Go away Jordan." A familiar voice says: "It's not Jordan." I wipe my cheeks and open the door. Becca: "What's wrong?" Me: "Jordan asked about dad." She pulls me in for a hug. Becca: "Oh I'm so sorry. He doesn't know." Me: "And he shouldn't know." She nods and I go back to my room. Jordan: "Why'd you just run out like that?" Me: "Just shut up okay?" Jordan: "Jeez. Bitchy much?" I roll my eyes and throw a pillow at him. Jordan: "Hey! Don't mess with the hair." Me: "Whatever." Courtney: "Kids! Dinner!" She yells from downstairs. I run downstairs and take a seat at the table. Becca and Jordan follow after me. I, being the unlucky one, have to sit next to Jordan. Jordan: "Hey buddy." I roll my eyes. Me: "Can I switch spots with you, Becca?" She shakes her head. Becca: "Nuh-uh. This will give you and Jordan a chance to get to know each other a little better. And besides, this is my seat." I groan. I had a very strong feeling that I wasn't gonna be finishing my dinner. More like puking it up. Sara: "You two." She raises an eyebrow at me and Jordan. Sara: "Please try to get along. For the sake of our dinnertime." I fake a smile. Me: "I can.. But I don't know about him." Jordan: "I'll try to get along with this.. this THING." I open my mouth to say something, but look at Becca and stop myself. Me: "Sureeeee... I can get along with IT." He glares at me. Alex[MyBrother]: "Hey Mel, Jordan likes you." Well that was random. There were snickers coming from Becca's brothers. We both look at him. Me&Jordan;: "WHAT?" Alex smirks. Alex: "He likes you. I can tell." I glance over at Jordan and he's red as a tomato. I couldn't figure out if it was from embarrassment or anger. Jordan: "I DO NOT like this THING!" I stood up and turned to him. Me: "I am not a THING! I am a human GIRL!" I stamp my foot. Jordan: "Doesn't seem like it. Just look at yourself! You're UGLY." That did it. I pull my arm back and slap him as hard as I could; purposely on the spot where I punched him. He yelps and holds his cheek. Jordan: "What the hell is wrong with you?!" I run upstairs before anyone could see the tears rolling down my cheeks. I hear Becca yelling at Jordan when I get to the top of the stairs. I slam and lock the door behind me. Why is he mean to ME, specifically? I don't see him being mean to Becca or any other Tyson in the house. A little rerun of the scene at the dinner table played in my head. "Just look at yourself! You're UGLY!" His deep, raspy voice rung in my head. Daddy always told me that, no matter how many times people said I was ugly, I was always beautiful; inside and out. But there was something about the way Jordan said it that made me believe that I WAS ugly. Why was I crying? 'Cause I actually believed that deep, deep down, Jordan was the sweet, good guy I saw on tv. But I was terribly, terribly wrong. Jordan was a jerk, an asshole, every name in the book was Tyson. I finally stop crying and go back downstairs. Everyone but Sam, one of Becca's brothers, was done eating. Becca, Jordan, Alex, and the rest of Becca's siblings were in the living room watching tv. Jordan: "Oh look, the beast is back." He says when I get to the last step. Becca slaps him. I bite my tongue to stop myself from crying and turn towards the kitchen. Sam: "Hey, you okay Melani?" He was always one of the nicest Tyson brothers. He was kinda like my other best friend. I nod slowly and take a seat across from him, so I don't have to face the others. I take a bite out of the dinner that was supposed to be mine earlier, but now I lost my appetite. I cover the plate and set it in the fridge. Me: "Hey Bec, I'm gonna go take a walk.." She turns to me. Becca: "But it's nine! It's freakin' dark outside!" I sigh. Me: "Fine. I'll just go to the stables." She nods, unsure about my decision. Me: "Don't worry, Becca. I'll be back soon." I take my iPod and head out the door. ----> Figure out why Melly seems familiar? No? Okaaayyyy. :)