Fragile Pathways

Chapter Two

“Literally,” Nick snorted.

Erin glared at him. “No! I just was at your car! I couldn’t get in.” She muttered something about using sarcasm around the ‘dunderheads’ and shook her head, scratching Regulus’ ears as he jumped on her.  

“Oh, please!” the one in black snorted. “You ninja’d your way into our car!”

“And locked us out!” the blue shirt said.

Erin huffed, a puff of air sending her bangs flying upwards. “It is not my fault you left your keys in your locker!”

“No,” Blue frowned.

“It’s your fault we were locked out,” Black finished.

“This is so frustrating,” Ari frowned.

Three head snapped to her, and from the bottom of my eye, she could see Regulus’ head follow theirs, snapping around to look at her.

“What is frustrating?”

“You!”

Erin looked taken aback.

“No, no, no!” she laughed, shaking her head. “Not you, Erin! I don’t know them!”

“Sure you do,” Black frowned. “We met yesterday, remember? At the school—“

“I know that,” she grumbled, bending to pick up Regulus. “And then you invaded my home and brought me school supplies. I don’t know who is who!”

“Nick!” Blue raised his hand.

“Hunter!” Black answered.

She narrowed her eyes at them, looking at Blue, first. He stood with his arms crossed, his eyes narrowed challengingly. His eyes were a deep brown, like chocolate, and his freckles were sprinkled lightly across his features, some light, and some incredibly dark and prominent. His lips were graced into a slight smirk, lightening his features to a point where if you stared too long, you’d go blind. He had so obviously stolen the sun’s only negative attribute.

Black stood in nearly the same stance, only his shoulders were ever so slightly hunched forwards. His eyes were narrowed, but they held more amusement and mirth than a challenge. His freckles looked nearly identical to Blue’s, though the random distribution was surely different. Unless one had super powers noticing the freckle differences would be impossible.

“Good God this is frustrating! You’re Hunter,” Ari decided, pointing at the twin in the black shirt, then turned to the blue shirt. “And you’re Nick.”

“Actually,” Black grinned, “I’m Nick.”

“I’m Hunter.”

“Sorry for that lie we told.”

She nodded, looking at them again. The challenge was gone in Blue’s eyes, and now he stood with simply a feral grin. One daring Ari to say otherwise. She grinned to herself, knowing she had won.

“Okay. You’re right.”

“We’re just joking!” Nick, the one in the black, chuckled. “I’m really Hunter. We promise. Even ask Er-Bear, here!”

“I’m really Nick. It’s just too fun to mess with people.”

“I’m really Regulus,” she mocked. “No. I know who you two are. Nick, you’re wearing black. Hunter, blue.”

“False.”

“True.”

“False.”

“True.”

“Incorrect statement.”

“Shut up!” Erin huffed. “Just let the girl have her victory!”

Ari smirked at them, a satisfied grin replacing it quickly. She lead them to her room where they began to unpack.

---------

Okay. okayokayokay.

I had seventeen pages on word typed out for this chapter. I didn't save it. Power went out.

AUTOSAVE DIDN'T WORK. .-.

And I was working on my 200 point English paper then, too. Dx

Anyways, that was a long while ago. A week or two? Yeah. A week and a half ago, probably. That's why this took so long. But, it's a lot crappier. It's like, eleven pages shorter. In the other chapter, I went in depth about a lot of stuff. Like the twins, Erin, their pasts, Katharine's past, and... a lot more. x3 I was too lazy to put all of that and all of this is one chapter. But, I promise it will get better once the story gets moving. I promise. :D

For now, however, I could really use some votes or comments? If you want to vote...

Your comments could be simply telling me I suck... I don't really care. Anything will help me become a better writer. (:

Also, I dedicated this chapter to SarahCarter for making me write... Considering I was so pissed at my computer I didn't. For a long while. Dx