Chapter 22 - Introductions
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“Your house,” I repeated. “Your house that contains your family?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSP74oQcZCT
“He chuckled. “Well I would think so Curly. Well, my mom’s car isn’t in the driveway so she isn’t here, but maybe my little siblings are here. Come on, let’s go inside,”
Oh, they can afford a car? It’s probably a really out-dated one that can barely run on the road without daily maintenance.
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NO ALEX! Stop with those thoughts!
“Crimson I-I don’t know,” I wrapped my arms around myself. “I mean, what if they don’t like me?”
He placed a gentle kiss on my lips before firmly grabbing my chin. “They’ll love you,”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyKnolIgQZ
“But what if I accidentally blurt out something mean or insensitive!”
“You won’t,” He released my chin and got out of the car, coming around to my side to open my door for me. “Well, at least I hope you won’t,”
“That’s not very reassuring,” I took his hand as he assisted me out of the car and shut the door behind me.
“I’m kidding Curly,” He wrapped an arm around my shoulder as we slowly made our way to the flimsy looking front door. You would think with the money Crimson sent them, they would’ve done something about it. “You’ll be fine, I’m right here beside you if anything goes wrong,”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHF45k9RqJ
I looked back at the car and then at him with raised eyebrows. “What about the luggage?”
“I get them later,” He knocked so hard on the door that I thought it would break. “I want you to get settled in first,”
It took all my will-power to hold myself back from making a snarky comment. I don’t think I’ll really ever get “settled” in here.
We stood outside the door for ten seconds and their was no response. Crimson knocked again and we still didn’t get an answer.
“Seriously?” He said annoyed as he fished into his pocket and pulled out a cluster of keys. “Those two brats probably have earphones in their ears and can’t hear a single thing!”
“If you had keys this whole time then why the hell did you knock?” I asked in a curious tone.
“I don’t know,” he huffed as he unlocked the door. “I guess I just wanted them to be surprised when they opened the door and saw us,”
“But that doesn’t make any sense-OH MY GOD!” I screamed as green ball was suddenly hurdled at my face, but Crimson shot in front of me at the last second and his previously light blue button up shirt had a neon green stain smack in the middle.
Instead of being startled but the ordeal, he merely chuckled as he held the shirt away from his broad chest. What the hell!
“What in the hell was that?” I screeched as I glanced around the pitch black house. “Why the hell are you even like a damn fool? YOU JUST GOT SHOT WITH AN UNKNOWN GREEN SUBSTANCE!”
“Calm down Curly,” he patted my head as if I was a damn dog. “Gray, I know it’s you buddy. You can turn on the lights!”
Huh?
The lights suddenly switched on and a little boy holding a giant plastic gun was glaring at us. His dark brown hair was straight and his dark brown eyes nearly looked black. But my God, he looked like a mini Crimson!
“That’s not fair Crim!” he whined as he set his gun down. “It was supposed to hit her!”
This little brat deliberately tried to shoot me with a damn paint ball!
“I don’t think you want to be firing any more paint balls at her Gray,” Crimson pulled me tighter into his side. “She has an army of soldiers who’ll fire thousands of paint balls at you if you make her mad,”
Damn right I do!
“Oh really?” he quirked a brow. “What makes her so special that she has an army of soldier?”
How does he not know who I am? Doesn’t he go to school?782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sPNHgvdRV
“GRAY!” a feminine voice shouted. “Who’s at the door?”
“THE TOOTH FAIRY!” Crimson shouted back sarcastically.
I heard the soft patter of feet coming down the hallway before a red-headed beauty came into my view. Her fiery red hair was pulled on top of her head in a neat bun and her green eyes that were identical to Crimson were eying me from head to toe before she looked at Crimson with a raised eyebrow. “What are you doing here Crimson Chin? And who’s this?”
I tried to stifle my laughter when she called him Crimson Chin but it was futile. Oh God, that was hilarious! I’ve got to start teasing him about that.
“Great, thanks Apricot! Now she’s never going to stop teasing me about that!” he glared at her. “I’m here because I’m on a break and this is my Alex,” he referred to me.
Her brows rose even higher. “Your Alex? What is she your pet or something?”
“I’m his and he’s mine,” I responded. “We’re together but we don’t have the boyfriend-girlfriend label,”
Her face morphed into confusion as she faced Crimson again. “You went to the capital for four months and you come back with some weird girl who wants to have a “Fifty Shades of Grey” relationship with you!”
My jaw dropped. The nerve of these brats! Who the hell do they think they are?
“What about me and fifty?” Crimson little brother asked Apricot, but she merely shushed him.
“Apricot,” Crimson sighed. “Listen, you can’t talk to Alex like that ok,”
She scoffed as she eyed me up and down before glaring at me. “Oh and why not? Because she’s your precious little girlfriend? I can say whatever I want to whoever I want!”
You know, I figured that if I act nice to these brats, they’ll return the favor. But since they seem to insist that I convert to my bitchy ways, I’m not going to deny them!
I quickly shrugged out of Crimson’s grip and move closer to her before I folded my arms tightly and stared her down, albeit she was taller than me. Crimson shot me warning look but I simply patted his arm reassuringly, I wouldn’t say anything that would scar her for life.
“Look, Apricot was it,” I flipped my hair over my shoulder. “I understand that you have a bit of an attitude, but that’s ok, I have one too and I get your need to act sassy because you don’t want people who’re meeting you for the first time to portray you as “weak”. However, it’s taking all of my self-control to not tell you off. You’re Crimson’s little sister and I don’t want to do that to you. So, how’s about I give you a second chance and we start over and have a nice, civil introduction, yeah?”
I thought my little speech was very nice and professional. But this ragged bitch obviously seemed to think other wise because she started this full blown laughter that made her fall to the ground, clutching stomach.
“I don’t seem to recall me saying anything remotely comical,” I said through gritted teeth. “Mind sharing the damn joke!”
“Babe, calm down,” Crimson rubbed my shoulders gently. “We just got here!”
“Oh man Crimson!” Apricot said as she got up from the ground and wiped a fake tear from her eye. “I actually like this one! I approve,”
What?
“Pardon me?” I raised an eyebrow.
“You’ve got an attitude,” She smirked. “I like that. The other girls he brought around here were either too intimidated by me or they were too stupid to realize that I was intimidating them!:
“Other girls huh?” I craned my head around to glare at Crimson. “About how many would that be?”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6q5sevYFe
“Geez,” She tapped her chin. “Probably around thirty, maybe thirty five!”
WHAT!
“CRIMSON!” I shouted at him. “THIRTY FIVE! SERIOUSLY!”
“Oh thanks a lot Apricot!” He spat at her before turning to me. “Baby, it doesn’t matter how many girls were here before, all that matter is that you’re here now and none of them can even compare to the amazing girl that you are!”
“I don’t think sweet talking is going to help this situation bro,” Apricot inspected her nails. “That what you get for being a man whore,”
“You little brat!” Crimson said. “I am going to kill you!”
“Who’s going to kill who?” Another voice said.
We all turned around to see a plump woman with waist length wavy red hair and dark brown eyes staring at us. She had to be Crimson’s mother, I could see the resemblance between them. Her eyes stared at Crimson and I in shock; well mostly at me. Her mouth was practically to the floor as she slowly stalked towards us as stared at me.
“You-You’re-” She stammered as she weakly pointed a finger at me. But then she did something that shock us all.
Turning to Crimson, she grabbed bag of carrots that was on the counter and began whacking him across the head with it. “CRIMSON CROSS! HOW DARE YOU KIDNAP THE PRINCESS!”782Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqqecw497F
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