Strong

Chapter 3

Prank week. Whenever dad decides we all pull pranks on each other to see who can will win, on Friday all of us pull a large one on mom. Dad created this shortly after I was born and it's stuck ever since.
"Hmmm run Rianne run." James chided laughing evilly and running after me. I shot like a rocket upstairs to my room turning the lock in my bedroom door.
Because I was the only girl I was also the main target in prank week. I flopped on my bed. When my closet door opened. Shit. In walked James.
One day mom was at the store dad was at training we all decided to make doors the connect our rooms lucky for us the way the walls where made with a thin piece of dry wall. So we all cut out a door added hinges and a lock. So if you need to get in a room you go through the secret entrance. I forgot to lock it. My room was connected to Quinn's while Aiden and Daniel where across the hall and James lived in the basement. Mom and Dad downstairs.
"Oh, Rianne. Whatcha gonna do now?" James pestered. I knew what he was gonna do. Tie me up and lock me in the attic until morning.
"Not this time." I jumped up and ran through the door he came. I ran through Quinn's room out the door and into Daniels room.
"DANIEL!" I yelled and ducked under his bed. He rolled from his desk in the swivel chair and looked under the bed.
"Jamesie after you again?" He asked. I nodded as he swiveled over the his desk and pretended he never saw me. James burst through the door.
"Is she here I heard her yell" James burst through he was actually talking normally he wont.
"Nope."
"You sure"
"Pretty sure a blonde girl didn't just run into my room"
"Where could she be?" Tank decided to bark in the backyard at a squirrel or something. I heard footsteps running and James opening the back door.
"Is it safe?" I whispered.
"Come on out Rianne" I got out and looked on his bed. His Marine Corps. Camo was in the bed.
"You weren't kidding when you said you where leaving for the Marines" I stared at the uniform. He shrugged
"I don't leave for training for a few more months. Dad and I talked and he supports me 100%" He looked at the uniform like I was. McCoy was in the name plate.
"Another solider in the family what are the odds" I mumble. He laughed
"Now I have to tell Brittany" He looked at me. Brittany was his girlfriend of 3 years they had been dating since sophomore year. She was really nice.
"What do you think she gonna say?" I ask
"Probably cry." He sighed
"I just text her and told her I want to meet up with her. I don't know what she will say." Poor Daniel. I feel awful. All the sudden a hand was over my mouth and my hands over my back.
"Time for the attic" James mumbled he picked up my shoulders Quinn grabbed my feet and up to the attic I went.
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Sleeping tied up in a hard wood attic floor is not exactly top 10 on my ideal sleeping places. I woke up to Aiden shaking me awake.
"Just because you slept on a attic floor doesn't mean you get to skip school get up."
"WHY!?" I moan and roll over on my back rubbing my wrist.
"You need an education" Aiden grabbed my wrist and dragged me to the ladder of the attic.
I climbed down and looked at the time I had 1 hour to be at school. I ran to my room put on a black t shirt,blue skinny jeans and my brown combat boots. I walked downstairs grabbing my dad's old military jacket with McCoy and officer velcrowed on it. Tank licked my hand and whined. He never liked it when I leave for school he has really bad separation anxiety. I squatted down and held his face in my hands.
"You will be fine I'll be back at 5 after track practice I promise." He licked me in the face as if to say I love you.
"Rianne let's go I'm not being late again." Quinn yells and walked out the door.
" By Rianne" Mom calls sipping some coffee.
"Bye mom" I call grabbing my backpack and walking out the door.
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North Carolina is all about the football. So a track runner like me looks a bit odd. Especially since my best friend is the Quarterback. Josh Green is the quarterback for the Old Fort Prospectors. Even though we are nowhere near a mining town.
"Rianne" Josh called jogging up to me while I walked across campus.
"Hey Josh." I poked his arm. He stuck his tongue out at me like a 4 year old.
"How's my O'Ryan today?" He asked referring to the consolation.
"It's prank week." I looked over and see the biggest bitch in all of the school Maria Garnue.
"JOSH!" She calls walking the best she can in 6 inch heels chick it is the middle on November and your wearing what?
"Yes, Maria" He huffed annoyed. She ran one finger up his arm and back down
"I need to tell you something without the McCoy botch around" Maria chattered. The bitch did not just go there