The Change

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

"Hola!" my very non-Mexican friend Chrissy said as she walked in my front door without knocking.

She had been practically living at my house since birth so she had a habit of just waltzing in unannounced.

"Hey Chris" I called to her from my chair, still not taking my eyes off the television where I was gleefully watching grown men get hit in the balls.

America's Funniest Home Videos was kind of a guilty pleasure for me. Who doesn't think people getting hurt is hilarious? And honestly, most of the people on that show deserve it anyways. If you're going to be stupid enough to jump off your roof onto a trampoline, well..I have no sympathy when you fall on your ass.

As Chrissy walked to my fridge and started to rummage through it, two more figures strolled in the door. My brother Brian and Chrissy's older brother, Kevin walked in, obviously arguing about something that seemed important.

"Dude, there's no way Spider-man would beat any of the Avengers. All he does is sling web!" Brian exclaimed tossing his shoes onto the couch.

"Nuh huh!", Kevin shook his head, "Spider-man could totally beat Thor. Just take away the hammer and boom! Spiderman's got him!"

Ok, I guess I would have to redefine 'important'.

"Shhhh!" I waved my hand at them from the chair to get them to shut up.

"Watcha watchin'?" Kevin asked as he flopped onto the couch.

"AFV, and what part of 'Shhhhh' don't you understand?" I snapped. Kev raised his hands in defense and settled onto the couch. I could still hear Chrissy digging through the fridge.

"Yo Chris, what are you looking for?" I called to her.

"You got anything diet to drink, babe?" She asked, sticking her head even farther into the fridge.

"Nope sorry. My mom hid all her diets after you raided the fridge last time." I grinned at her reaction.

"Really?! I thought your mom loved me!" She snapped her head out of the fridge and fake-pouted.

"Just get a water, Chris, and sit down. You're interrupting TV time." Kev said lazily from his spot on the couch. She glared at him and grabbed a water bottle from their spot next to the fridge.

The siblings looked eerily alike even though Kevin was older than Chrissy by two years. Both with wavy blond hair and piercing bright blue eyes, the two could be twins if not for their shocking height difference. Chrissy got the short end of the stick at only 5'1" with Kevin towering over her at 5'11".

I've heard girls at school say that Kev is 'dreamy', with his tall build and surfer hair but with the two of them living three houses down the street for our entire lives, I just see him as another brother.

Finally, much to my delight, everyone had shut up and had sprawled themselves across our living room.

Brian was laying sideways in the big blue armchair in the corner, Kev had claimed the entire couch for his tall frame and was using every inch of it with his long arms and legs dangling off at every angle, I was chilling in the rocker, and Chrissy was using three beanbags as a kind of bed. This was kind of a daily routine for us.

Hanging out usually involved some kind of video game or movie as three out of the four of us were insanely lazy as most teenagers are.

After about an hour of lounging around its always Chrissy that says: "Guys we need to do something."

The rest of us would be insanely content to spend the rest of our summer in that exact position, never having to move. But then she said the fated words:

"I'm bored".

Brian, Kev, and I looked at each other and rolled our eyes. Chrissy is an exercise fanatic. After deciding she was going to lose twenty pounds this summer she has tried to rope the three of us into doing the same, which usually led us to spend more time outside than any of us would like.

"Lets go bike riding or something. Let's go to 7-11!" She exclaimed her eyes lighting up.

"Noooo!" Brian said hanging his head off the back of his chair to look at her. "Can't we just have Steph drive us or something?" My brother said looking at me as he said this.

Ever since I turned sixteen a few months back and got my license I had been their personal chauffeur. Even though Kev had just gotten his license himself, I was the only one in our foursome with a car so the three of them usually just hitched a ride with me.

"C'mon what's the fun in that? I want to do something!" Chrissy whined, pushing her long blond hair out of her face. I loved Chrissy but sometimes I just wanted to tell her to sit her little butt down and chill. After a glance at me Kev sighed.

"Ok fine," he gave in, sliding off the couch and onto the floor, "Let's do something."

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Author's note:

Hey guys! This is my first story I'm putting up on here and I know it's probably a little shaky & REALLY short. It's kind of just an intro chapter and introducing you guys to the characters. Please let me know if you like it and constructive criticism is always welcome :) Next part up soon.

<3 Sam