I burst into tears of pain and anger and ran straight back to the apartment as the sky split open into a storm, a huge rumble of thunder. I was scared of thunder and lightning, it made me cry and scream; only Eddie knew this. Not even mum and dad knew that during storms I was up stairs on my bed crying and listening to music, drowning out the noise and light until the storm passed over. Back in the apartment the boys were sitting on the sofa, the TV now switched off. Their expressions changed from confusion to worry when they saw my tear stained cheeks and instantly jumped up to comfort me, asking what was wrong.
Everything began to jumble around me, the voices echoing in my ears. I couldn’t stop it, no matter how hard I tried to blank it all out. So I lifted my palms to my ears and screamed. Everyone stopped in their tracks, my tears falling faster and harder as I tried not to sob. All three of the boys tried to engulf me into a group hug, but I pushed them all away and stepped as far away as I could. There was a wall behind me, they have closed me in. I snapped, pulling out the Britain’s Got Talent tickets and throwing them so they flutter around Sonny’s solemn face,
‘DON’T ANY OF YOU DARE TO TOUCH ME. YOU HAVE RUINED MY LIFE’ I screamed staring at their wounded faces. Like I cared how they felt? I hoped they were sorry for what they had done. My gaze flickered from boy to boy, I drew in my breath and said in the most cutting voice I could muster,
‘I hate you’
It seemed to do the trick, as they each let out a little gasp and looked desperately hurt. They could tell I was being deadly serious. I glared at Té who stepped out of my way cautiously, so that I could grab my coat and walk out. Actually run out.
Eddie’s POV (ooooh new POV!)
What the hell is happening? I’m guessing that freak with the crazy little sister broke up with her then? Thank goodness, she had been seeing him a bit too much for my liking, and they always seemed to go wherever he wanted. I could tell by the way my sister looked at him and spoke about him that she really liked him and had done for a long while. So why did she blame us? I guessed it was a girl thing. Never the less, she is my sister and whether she hates me or not, she is deadly afraid of thunderstorms and is out in one alone. I should go after her, so I grab my own coat and pull on my Nike’s, leaving without even giving the boys a glance.
Té’s POV
I had never seen such hatred in a person’s eyes before, especially Courtney’s. She’s always been so happy, so carefree but it looked like something had officially made her snap. I hoped nothing bad had happened, and I really hoped she didn’t actually hate me. Because she was like a little sister to me, and I love her a lot. I would do anything to keep her safe and happy. But what happens next? Eddie left to go find her I think, he left without a word. Poor guy, they’ve always been really close, like the dream pair, and now she vows she hates him. I finally looked up from the floor to see Sonny walking up the stairs. I instantly felt sympathy towards him. He has never been anything but lovely to Court. The tickets were his idea, he said she needed a break from school and he was right. And now they lay helplessly on the floor, ripped to tiny pieces. As soon as Courtney said ‘I hate you’, he picked them up and just tore them apart again. He always bought her clothes, music and even a cute flower for her hair, but now she says she hates him, leaving him torn like the paper on the floor. Suddenly I heard a huge yell and a crash from upstairs. Oh sh*t. His anger problems! I rushed upstairs to our room and sure enough, one of my best friends was going wild. Random things of his were going everywhere, I had to duck as his Ukulele book went flying past my face. Tears were streaming down his face, leaving wet patches on his blue shirt. I hesitated, but then ran over to him, locking his arms together and trying to stop him. No matter how much I screamed for him to calm down, he fought back even harder. His last result was to lift his knee up and bring back his foot right into a VERY sensitive area forcing me to let go and fall to the floor in agony.
