I remember, starting at about the young age of eleven, Adam started having girlfriends. He was thirteen at the time, and not the brightest thirteen year old in the world. His first girlfriend’s name was Cynthia. Being a pessimistically inclined little 6th grader, I believed this lovely relationship would last all of a week. Why? Because I didn’t like Andrea. I didn’t like the way she talked down to me, or her personality in general. I was a great guesser. Seven days after the “relationship” had started, Adam ended it. Man was I happy.
Andrea was the first of a long list of girls who would suffer the heartbreak of my brother. Sometimes they lasted a week, sometimes a day. I think the longest he had even seen a girl was a month, and even that’s exaggerating. Every girlfriend he had, treated me the same way. They didn’t like me. They thought I was a stupid little kid, and were probably in a way intimidated by me.
Though I hate using this term to describe my brother, Adam was indeed a player. There was no getting around it. In California, nothing changed. His girlfriends were only different in the sense that they didn’t wear Uggs and jeans, but rather bikinis and flip-flops. They still treated me like crap, and were being dumped a few days after the relationship commenced.
Then, I don’t know what happened, but when we moved back here, somehow he connected with Talia. I don’t their story. I’d like to think it’s a cute sweet one, but I don’t know. I’d like to think that Adam wasn’t a total jerk to Talia, and that he genuinely had liked her at first, but I don’t know. All I know is that my brother likes her… a lot. I don’t know if it’s love, but I do know it must be pretty damn close.
“So, let me get this straight,” I said, directing my upcoming question to Adam. “You’re staying home with me, because I’m sick, and invited your girlfriend over?”
“Yeah,” he said, clearly not seeing anything wrong with the situation. “Oh, and I invited her brother over,” he pointed over to Chase.
“Right… And you don’t see anything wrong with that?” I questioned. He shook his head. “Uh huh. And how exactly did the two of you get out of school?”
“I told the office we were visiting you yesterday, and must’ve caught something,” Talia said, fake coughing.
“Uh huh. Why is Chase here?”
“Because Jules, I didn’t think you’d want to spend the entire day with Talia and I, so why not invite her brother?” Adam said, putting his arm around Talia.
“Talia, yes. You, no way. I really don’t have enough energy to argue about Chase being here, so I’ll just save up until he starts to really annoy me.”
“Firstly, you do know that I’m in the room, correct? And secondly, Jules, are you implying that I’m annoying you now?” Chase asked.
“Yes. Your presence aggravates me,” I said.
“Okay. I can live with that,” he said, brushing my comment right off.
“So where are you dragging the person with the illness?” I asked Adam.
“It’s a surprise,” he smirked.
“Well isn’t it just the most ironic thing in the world that I am in no mood for surprises!” I said, coughing.
“Come on Jules, you’ll like it!” he said, grabbing his jacket and slipping his arms into it. He pulled up the zipper down the middle, took Talia’s hand, and was out of the house in a flash.
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Back Again
Teen FictionJulia Tylers was gone for two years. She hadn't been in contact with the people from her old life. To her, they were gone, and she would never see them again. She unexpectedly came back-- back to the place she swore she'd never return. She changed...
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