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Chapter 4

i had plans with the lynch's today so i woke up and quickly got ready i'm not sure what were doing but i hope its fun!

i grabbed a cute shirt, skinny jeans, and my deep dark red hightop converse and got dressed then texted rydel

"hey delly! what are we doing today?" a few seconds later she answered "Hey! it's a surprise hehe!" i read it and started thinking about what it could be

Rydel's POV:

carter seemed to really like ross and ross seemed to really like carter

so i helped ross plan a date for the two of them to maybe get to know each other better and like each other a whole lot more

they are going to a cute little cafe a few minuets from the house i can't wait to hear about what happens!

Ross' POV:

carter and i have a 'date' today and i'm actually really nervous she doesn't know yet it's going to be a surprise! i got ready and sat waiting for her to come over

at least 10 minuets later the door bell rang i walked to it and took a deep breath and opened it

"Hi carter!" i smiled "hey Ross" she smiled back "What are we doing today?" she questioned as she walked in the door

"Well-" i was cut off by rydel "Hey Carter!" "hey! rydel what's going on today?" she asked again "You and ross are going out hehe!" rydel walked over to us

"Uhm yeah were going to a little cafe" i looked into her hazel eyes "Awh! okay" she giggled

Carter's POV:

we're going on a date

me and ross are going on a date

what

awh

oh my gosh

i'm so excited i really like him! all this is happening so fast!

We walked out to the car and he drove us to the small cafe i smiled at it "is this place okay?" ross asked me "yes i love it!"

we both walked in and sat down across from each other at small table "this place is so adorable" i looked all around "Yeah we used to come here when we were younger all the time" ross laughed

"awh! wait a second how old are you ross?" "i'm 18 what about you" he starred at me "oh i'm 17"

he smiled "hehe you are a youngster!" i giggled and said "well you are an elder"

"hey! i'm not that old!" he got all defensive so i did too "well i'm not that young!"

we both laughed and talked about friends and austin and ally and tbm and then we hit the subject 'family'

do i tell him about my mom?

do i tell him about my sister?

"You met most of my family so you know about them but what about yours?" ross asked

"well" i hesitated "well um i live with my dad, sister, brother, and step mom" a started to tear up thinking about my sister but i held them back as best i could

"oh cool! step mom?" Ross looked at me confused "yeah my mom left us when i was 8 and then two months later came Taylor, my step mom" i started playing with my bracelet

"Oh i'm sorry!" ross was being really nice about it "what about your siblings older or younger?" "they are younger my sis Steffany is 14 and my brother Tommy is 10" i again kinda lost my appetite thinking about steff

"everything okay carter?" ross lifted my chin seeing a tear roll down the side of my face

i thought about it wondering and i figured i guess i should tell someone! so here it goes

"no actually everything is not okay my sister is depressed and i don't know what to do! she isn't eating or showing any emotion and she is cutting" tears were bursting out of my eyes "and to make matters worse i think she is going to try kill herself!"

"carter! why haven't you told anyone this isn't okay she needs help!" ross stood up and opened his arms for my to hug him

i stood up with a tears streaming down my face and got so close to him and shoved my head into his chest crying into him

"we need to go talk to your dad!" ross mumbled still holding me "no! this can't ruin our date!" i whispered "it isn't we have to go help steffany!" ross kept hold of me and we walked to the car

he picked me up off my feet and set me down on the seat of the car and then walked around and got in

we got to my house he ran into the kitchen and found my dad and started to explain what i had told him "Mr. Mason carter just told me that your daughter Steffany is depressed and is cutting and not eating have you seen her tonight?" ross asked my dad "Oh my Gosh! no she has been up in her room all night"

i ran up the stairs

"Steffany?" i said aloud

"Steffany!?" i shouted and walked to her room i didn't see her so i walked to her bathroom

i saw a knife

i saw blood

i screemed "ROSS! DAD! TAYLOR! GET UP HERE NOW"

i bursted into tears

this can't be happening

"Steffany?" my voice was shaky

"Steffany NO!"

ross was the first one in the room

he gasped

"oh my god Steffany!" he shouted

ross sat down beside me and called 911 while rubbing my back

"i'm so sorry Carter!" ross whispered to me