Zoe is forced to move out to Washington with her brother after their father gets into financial trouble. There she meets a local named Kurt who gives her a lesson about what it means to live.
We walked all the way back to my brothers house and I could see through the window that every light possible in the house was on.
"Oh Jesus." I cursed as I got myself together for him to lecture me.
"If you don't wanna talk to him alone I can come with you." Kurt offered but I told him to just run to my room window. I could handle my brother.
As Soon as I knocked on the door I could hear my brothers heavy boots walk towards it. He opened the door swiftly with a phone in his hand.
"Officer you can stop the search. She's just come home." Theodore had been in contact with the police.
He put the phone down with a loud bang and fully turned his attention to me. "Where the fuck have you been?"
I came up the best excuse I could think of. "I went to check out the stores like you told me too. Then I got curious and went into this alley and kinda got lost."
He saw right through that. "Zoe we both know that's something you wouldn't do. Just tell me the Truth."
No way in hell would I tell him I was with Kurt. "Look can you stop treating me like I'm still 5! I get that you're only trying to protect me but I've only been gone for 4 hours and you called a police search! You're gonna have to let me go sooner or later."
"Hopefully not sooner. Zoe I'm sorry." Theo pulled me in for a hug. "I'm so sorry for acting like an insane overprotective father. It's just you're all I have."
"I'm not going anywhere Theo! You and me forever! Nothing will ever break that!"
"Promise?"
"Promise!"
Theo offered to make dinner to make up for Everything but I told him I wasn't hungry so he went to bed glad his sister was safe. I had almost forgotten about Kurt waiting outside my window so I made my way to him.
"Come on in!" I opened my window letting him climb in.
"How did the talk go?" He asked.
I took a seat on my bed. "For once he apologized to me. I think he only did it in fear that I would run away again though."
Kurt sat beside me "He's not actually that bad you Know? Sometimes he acts all overprotective but it's because he truly fucking cares."
I couldn't believe kurt was actually taking up for him.
"Don't you think I know that. It's just he acts like I can't be trusted when I'm mature enough to be!" I argued.
He shook his head grinning. "You just snuck a 23 year old man who you barely know into your room. You can be trusted." His sarcasm was the loudest thing about him.
"Okay well let's get to know each other! Let's play a game!"
"A game?" He asked
"Yeah like corny never have I ever! Have you played it before?"
"Maybe once or twice."
I moved closer on the floor to Kurt. I felt his eyes watch me in caution like he was just awaiting for me to suddenly harm him.
"Okay I'll start. Never have I ever drank alcohol!" I don't really know what I was expecting but when Kurt reached into his pocket revealing the bottle of clear liquid I knew my answer.
"Are you serious? You had that with you the whole time?" The look of pure shook seemed to amuse him.
"I also have another bottle if you wanna break your alcohol virginity."
The thought of doing something that I knew was bad just filled me with a rush that was unexplainable. Without thinking I grabbed the bottle from kurt's hand and took swallow and immediately regretted sipping as much as I did.
Kurt looked a bit concerned and tried to take the bottle away from me but I didn't let him. "Stop I gotta do this. I don't know why but I have to!"
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He gave the oddest look like I was stupid but eventually he too began drinking and time slipped away from us.
