The Self-Harmed

~The hallway~

Caden wheeled his self down the hall with his left hand and I had my left hand on the handle bar. We had both broken our right arm. Ryder turned the corner and called something. It was like a stampede as our friends had ran to us.

"What happened?" Ryder demanded, putting a hand on Caden's shoulder, because Owen had scooped me up in a hug.

"Car accident." Caden said, shaking Alex's hand.

"Are you okay?" Ryder grabbed my face.

"Yeah." I nodded.

He gave me a kiss and pulled me into a hug.

"I thought something really bad happened." Ayelie said.

"Like one of us died?" Caden asked.

Clara nodded.

"Nah." Caden grinned and flexed. "Still going strong."

They all laughed.

"So I'm going to be a big sibling." Caden announced.

Everyone patted his shoulder.

"Me too." I nodded.

Everyone looked at me.

"What He gets patted on the back and I don't?"

Alex pulled me into a hug. A tight one.

"Our parents are getting married. " Caden explained, "So Charlie and I are siblings."

"Mom's having twins." I added.

"Really!" Clara hugged me, "That's so cute!"

"Do you know what they are?" Ayelie asked.

"Not yet." Caden said.

"But Mom let us pick names out, we both picked a boy and girl name."

"Yep, and Dad said if it was a girl I would get to set up the room, and Charlie will do the boys. A little Gender switch up." Caden added, flinging his hair from his face.

I helped him, and he smiled at me. He knew what he was doing. Distracting our friends from our almost death experience.

"Caden says the best room wins, but not if Mom's having both boys." I grinned, rubbing my hands together.

"You have no idea how excited I am for you." Alex smiled at me. "But If I jumped up and Down you all might hold it against me."

"I did when I found out."

"Really?" He jumped once." We all laughed. "A Mother effing baby! Times two!"

People looked at us.

"I'm going to be a big Brother! Or cousin! I haven't decided yet!" He yelled at them all.

Someone yelled Whoo! And tossed up both hands.

"Yes!" Ryder laughed and pointed at them.

"So there is two rumors going around school," Clara said. "Want to hear them?"

"They aren't about you." Ayelie reassured us, as Caden and I looked at each other.

"Sure." Caden said as I nodded.

"Well There's a game night activity that kids stopped going to so they're holding a vote for the next activity. Rumor is that us kids get to vote in first period." Clara told us.

"Well I know what I'm voting for."

"Me too." Caden high fived me.

"You guys became really close." Ayelie told us.

"We almost-"

"We're siblings." Caden stopped me. "We spent half the week in the basement with our Xbox and the other half learning French, as I taught her Italian on the side."

"Apparently having money lets you learn things." I said.

"You live together?" Ryder asked.

"Yeah, I have pictures." I grabbed my camera. "Want to see?"

I walked in front of Caden and our friends circled around me leaning in. Usually I would ask for space but I felt comforted with having them so close. My very own safety net. I explained every picture to them as I clicked it. The next picture was of me and Caden. I snuck it during French class. We both made afraid looks and pointed at her.

"Who's that?" Clara asked.

"It's our French teacher. She's a bit scary. And here's Baby A."

"Aw." They all said.

"Baby B."

"So cute." Ayelie pointed.

"That's it- Wait." I said.

There was a picture of Caden and I in the basement. He had his controller in the air in victory and I hand my hands around his neck. It was from behind.

"Did You know I had this?" I showed Caden.

He carefully took my camera.

"No." He shook his head, "Dad might have taken it. We were already in the zone."

"Are you trying to strangle him?" Owen asked.

"He kept winning." I said, shoving my camera into it's bag. "What's the second rumor?"

"There's going to be a new year's ball!" Clara clapped.

"No." I moaned.

"You used to love dances when you were little." Owen said.

"I don't like dressing up."

"The theme is going to be outcasts." Ayelie said.

"That's even worse." I said, as we all headed down the hall. "There's so many decisions."

"Well they're taking us out in groups to go shopping." Clara said.

"It's just a rumor though remember." Ayelie added. "They're going to call our parents and ask for money."

"What if you have no money?" I asked.

"I guess you would wear something from the drama department."

"They have cute clothes." Ayelie said.

We all looked at her.

"What?" She demanded. "This cat Eye didn't learn to just walk onto my eye."

"Can you do my makeup?" I asked.

"Yes."

"I brought some makeup from home."

We all hurried off to class.