*Katrina*
"Luke I swear to god" I yelled at my cousin as I chased him down the stairs in a towel attempting to get my stolen clothes back. I'm Kat, I'm 16, and I live with my aunt Liz, uncle Andrew, and cousin Luke. I moved in with them after my mom died in a car crash last June. My dad left before I was born so it was always just my mum and I. My entire life Luke and I have always hated each other, well more of me trying to have a nice relationship and him pushing me away. Living with Luke is an absolute nightmare, he pulls stunts like this nearly every day. To make matters even worse, he has three douchebag friends that are just as cruel as he is. Anyway, that's enough of my past.
"Luke come on" I whined as I panted heavily at the bottom of the tall staircase. I looked to my left to see
Michael, Calum, and Ashton, the three douchebag friends of his. "Oh for fucks sake" I hissed and grabbed my clothes from his hand, of course my bra falling out of the pile. "Looking good Kitty!" Michael called as I stomped up the stairs. I walked into my room and closed the door behind me as I got dressed.
I heard "Moments" by One Direction blaring out of my phone, I immediately knew it was my best friend Arabella. "Hey Bella" I said answering the phone. I left my shirt on my bed as I sat at my makeup desk to do my hair and makeup. "Okay so I have info on Noah" she said with a smile. I glanced over at the phone to see her excitedly bouncing. "Alright, what's up?" I asked and sectioned my hair.
We've been friends since year three and she ended up transferring to my new school a few months after I did. I skipped year four so I was unfortunately a year above her, which meant I'm in Luke's year.
"So him and Jess have a thing going on at the moment. But get this, he was seen making out with Naomi last Friday during third period" she said proudly. "And how did you get this information?" I chuckled as I wrapped my hair around the curling iron. "I have my ways" she said with a wink. "So who are you into now?" she asked. "No one really sparks my interest. All the guys in year 11 are dicks, probably because of Luke" I shrugged. "Girl any guy would be so lucky to have you. Screw them, you're gorgeous and if they can't see that because of your annoying ass cousin they're not worth it. Also, what curling iron is that, I need a new one" she said with a saccharine smile. "Con-air double ceramic. And thank you Bell, I needed that" I said quietly, not wanting to admit I needed some hyping up. "What else am I here for?" she joked. I smiled to myself and finished up my hair as we ranted and planned our fall break.
When Arabella had to go I had just finished my hair. I threw it up into a loose pony-tail and started on my skincare so I could do my makeup. I heard my door open and I jumped, immediately looking over to my door, assuming it was Luke about to pull one of his tricks once again. "It's just me" my aunt smiled and closed the door behind her. "Oh hey aunt Liz" I smiled and relaxed a bit. "I've made lunch downstairs, I've sectioned some off for you and it's in the fridge so the boys wouldn't eat it all. It's your favorite" she smiled. I knew she had made a chicken salad with fresh strawberries. "Thanks so much" I said cheerfully. "Anytime love" she said and kissed my forehead. "You look cute. Plans for tonight?" I paused for a moment thinking of everything I have tonight. "Movies and Dinner with Arabella" I answered as I continued to do my makeup. "Alright. Have fun, you know be back by 11:45 to 12" she said and walked out.
I put on my shirt, careful not to smudge my makeup and walked down to the kitchen. All the boys were sitting on the counter messing about with the utensils like children. I didn't say a word and opened the fridge, grabbing my salad and a bottle of water before trying to walk out. I felt someone grab my hair and pull me back. "What do you want Luke" I said rolling my eyes as I looked up at him, realizing it was actually Mike. "Very mature Michael" I scoffed and walked out and into our dining room.
I sat on the far side of the table and scrolled through twitter as I awaited another call from Bella when she started to get ready so I could help her plan her outfit. Although she was far more girly than me, she couldn't match for shit. My mom was big on everything matching so that trait passed on to me. Almost as if it was on cue she called. I propped my phone up on the vase sat in front of me.
"Kaaatttt" she said, I could tell she was stressed. "Your light denim ripped jeans with a light creme sweater. Straighten your hair and do a nude-brown smokey eye with a bold lip. Wear your taupe boots, the ones with the slight heel" I said. "You're the best, thank you" she laughed. "I know" I smiled back. My smile didn't fade until all the boys walked in the room. "I'll call you back" I muttered and hung up the phone.
"What now?" I asked folding my arms. They exchanged glances and just stared at me. I knew that they were just trying to make me uncomfortable or make me break and scream at one or all of them. I just stared back looking deeply into each of their eyes until they looked away, starting with my easiest target, Calum. My bright green eyes stared intensely into his dark chocolate ones. When he glanced away I gave him a small smirk. I win. Now Michael. He took a bit longer but still not nearly as long as Luke or Ashton. I shot him a small smirk, making him roll his eyes. I then went for Luke, knowing he'd be a bit harder. He kept lunging forward slightly, trying to make me blink. I just shook my head and shrugged. Once he blinked he cursed under his breath and gave me a death glare. Oh god.. now Ashton. "Ready Hemmings?" he asked with an evil smirk and leaned over, his well defined arms holding on to the table. They must've caught on to my game. "Always, Irwin" I said and stared into his light hazel eyes. Halfway in he shot me a wink, causing me to blink in shock. "That always gets them" he said and high-fived Luke. I bit the inside of my cheek trying to hold myself back from blushing.
In all honesty, Ashton was hot. But he was a dick! A hot dick. Katrina snap out of it! I've had a small crush on Ashton since the day I met him, but when he started acting like a little bitch those feelings left, or so I thought. He was my drug, something about that boy is utterly irresistible.
Hey guys! So welcome to Between Us! I hope you've liked the first chapter so far and I have many ideas of what's to come in the book, if you have any suggestions just let me know. So a bit about me, my name is Lexi and I'm from America so I most likely will get some Australian terminology wrong, please correct me if I do so I know not to make the same mistake in the future.
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