String of Fate

Chapter Seventy One

I sighed and laid my head on the desk. It was kind of annoying to see my brother holding hands with his girlfriend under the desk. I assumed she was his girlfriend anyway, they had only really got together this morning when her string had appeared. I thought that being a twin to a boy had meant I would have had my string first since I was the girl and would have been able to spend time with my brother while he waited for his – no matter how long it would have taken, because I was that kind of a sister.

I had never, in a million years, thought that he would have had his string before me. It was horrible. Plus, they were in all of the same classes together, so, they were always together and being lovey-dovey. I hated it. I also hated the fact that I was jealous of him.

Now was not the time for me to have a bit of a mental breakdown. I was in my last year of school, so, I had to concentrate on my GCSE's and on the actual maths lesson before me. I still couldn't be bothered to raise my head up, and then the teacher spoke. "Sienna, if you are so bored by my lecture, why don't you solve the question on the board?"

I looked up quickly, staring at the board and ignoring all the stares off my classmates as best as I could. The teacher had been in the process of explaining the answer to us but I actually had no idea how to do it. Then I heard Troy's voice whisper next to me. "X equals four and Y equals three."

"Uh, X equals four and Y equals three?" I repeated, trusting Troy immediately. The teacher raised his eyebrows in surprise, but I had no idea if I was right or horribly wrong. I was most likely horribly wrong and Troy had just played some joke on me, but I didn't actually know if Troy could have been that mean. Usually, he was really nice to me.

"Correct, but, please, keep your eyes on the board in future, Sienna." The teacher told me, turning back to the board to finish off explaining how to actually get to the answer. I turned to Troy, giving him a grateful smile.

"Thank you for saving me, Troy." I whispered to the guy that sat next to me. He smiled back at me. I was glad that one of my close friends was extremely good at maths, and I was lucky that he was good friends with me. After all, he could have decided to give me the wrong answer but he was nice enough not to. "Can I copy your notes after class?"

"Sure. Before or after bowling?" He questioned.

I was quiet as I thought for a moment. "Would you like to come over mine after bowling so I can copy your notes?"

"Sounds like a plan." Troy answered.

A few hours later, school ended and the six of us met up at the school gate to head to the bowling alley to celebrate Isabella's birthday. I chose to walk behind the main group so I wouldn't be able to link my arm through Noah's arm like I was used to, that was Isabella's place now. It was strange because I had become so used to linking my arm through his, it seemed like I had always done it. It was going to be weird that I couldn't do that anymore.

It surprised me when Troy decided to walk alongside me until we reached the alley. It surprised even more when took my hand and linked it into his arm like I had been doing to Noah for the last sixteen years. I didn't know what to say to him because it was such a strange but comfortable situation for me. I was glad when he spoke instead. "You are going to be on my team, aren't you?"

"If you want me to." I replied, smiling at his smile. I noticed that we were already nearing the bowling alley and the six of us headed inside. Once inside, we all paid and headed to the lanes that we booked. We passed the food place on the way and grabbed some quick burgers and chips to munch on as actually played bowling.

At the lanes, Noah immediately sat at the controls and Isabella stood at his side. I came to stand at Isabella's other side out of habit. I was so used to being close to my brother. I looked around at the team. "So, who's going to be on the teams?"