Wanting My Best Friend's Brother

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by all the time and it had nothing to do with me. My younger sister, Lorr

spoons and forks meant Mum was winning and that Dad was about to cave. She hardl

e announced, looking through the peeph

door behind her. I tugged my hoodie forward and got to work on my college application. I want

ends, no pen pals, no nothing except my family. Thankfully, I was almost done with the

or of me. I was classified as a Born Nerd and worse of all, I was older than most of them becau

d stayed behind to start the cooking. Mum came to sit besid

Why don’t you give it a rest? You can th

sk. Mum sighed and patted my back in solidarity. She was my support system and perhap

year old who loved his

my earphones to relax but they were up in my room and I didn’t feel like going u

ing lunch was not one of my priorities and they could have my share. Saf

to read in front of my family. They were not conventional and altho

f acting mature became too heavy on me, I hid in my room and indulged in my

window. I was rarely ever curious about anything but the laugh was unfamiliar

eard the joke but from the way they were laughing, it must hav

hair but the way it stood and dressed brought the image of a teenage bo

k jeans pants and spik

ing van. When it laughed, it tossed its head to a side and eyed my si

ould not be into whatever gothic phase it was going through. Yet she was entranced by him

th the right dye or chemicals. I had tried to dye my hair once and ended up shaving it low

ut washing it all the time. It took a lot of time to wash it

t and Lorraine said Hi to them. From their weird smiles, it was clear that Lorraine had said Hi more

xcited voice, he kept replying in low tones. He never raised his voice above

ith the arrangements. You will have all the time in

ered his curls, pushing som

o. See you later today?”

. Corey went to help his parents while Lorraine crossed the yard

ho was I disappointed at? Lorraine for being too easy or

was into girls and only girls. Lorraine could have all t

uggled with my mattress, shu