Play With Your Heart Strings (Re writting from Chapter 7)

Chapter 1

"Come sit down Lara." Ben says, patting on the seat next to him on the couch.

"No sit next to me!" Ash says, smiling evily.

"U-" I am cut off because Ash has pulled me down on the ground next to him.

"Do we have to watch this?" I say, pointing at the screen.

"Nah, we only had it on while mum and dad was here."  Rick says, standing up and walking over to the DVD cabinet.

"Let's watch..." He stops to assess the DVD's in the cabinet.

"Hurry up and pick one!" Ash snaps.

"Alright, chill out!" I say to him, frowning. "I think I might go to bed." I say standing up. "Don't really wanna watch a movie." I say walking toward the stairs.

"Can I join you? But it will have to be a strictly no clothes slumber party." Ash says, following me.

"Nope." I say, turning around the corner into the hall.

"Damn!" He smiles. I open the door to my room.

"Good night Ash." I laugh but quickly stop when he hugs me.

"I missed you." He says into my neck, I hug him back. He pulls back and scratches the back of his head.

"Maybe next time then babe." He says, as one of his brothers walks up the stairs.

"It might be closer then you think." I say.

"What do you mean?" He asks, a quizzical look on his face.

"Well, you might dream about it tonight." I say, slamming the door on his face. I laugh at myself in my head.

I rub my eyes and see the morning sun seeping through the gap in the blinds. I sit up in my bed when I finally remember where I am and that my first day of school is today. I leap out of my bed and pull on a pair of denim shorts (since stupidly, they're the only pants I have packed due to Damon making me 'Hurry up!' When I was packing) and a singlet.

I walk out of my room and the summer air hits me like a rock. Or was that actually a rock that just hit me in the stomach? I look down and see a stone at my feet. I look over at Ben's room which is diagonally across the hall and see his blonde head disappear behind the door. I walk over there and look down on him.

"Hey babe, didn't see you there. Those shorts suit you!" He says, tugging at my shorts.

What is it with the boys in this family calling me babe?

He stands up. "Does this belong to you?" I ask him, showing the rock that just smacked into my stomach.

"Um, would you believe me if I said no?" He asks. An innocent smile on his face.

"Nope." I reply, smacking him across the back of the head and dropping the stone on his foot.

I walk away and somehow manage to get down the stairs without slipping. But instead Rick bumps into me.

"Sorry babe."

Argh! If one more person calls me babe in this family I think I might-

"Hey babe." Ash says walking past me. My eyes widen with anger. "Chill out! I was just kidding!" He says nudging me in the arm.

"Yahuh." I say, hands gripped into tight fists by my side. I walk into the kitchen.

"Hey Carmen." I say, snapping out of my wrath of anger.

"There's an up-and-go in the fridge for you love." She says, looking up from her magazine.

"Thanks." I say, walking over to the fridge and pulling out the drink.

"Sleep well?" I ask, taking a seat next to her.

"Reasonably." She replies, closing the magazine and putting it on the table. "You?"

"Yeah, I had an awesome sleep. That bed's really comfy." I say, taking a sip.

"Well that's good." She replies. "Now go get ready for school. Ash will take you." She says, shooing me away. I get up.

"Alright." I say, pushing my chair in and walking out of the kitchen.

"Hop in." Ash says, pointing at the convertible.

"How on earth did you afford this?" I ask him, wide eyed and shocked.

"I work!" He says, leaping over the door and into the drivers seat of the car.

"Yeah." I snort and hop in. Ash starts up the car and the radio automatically turns on and begins to play 'The ill mind of Hopsin 5' By Hopsin. I hum along to the tune.

"Never met a chick that likes Hopsin." Ash says as we pull out of the driveway.

"Well now you have." I reply and look out the window.

As we pull up to the school, the obvious plastic leader starts jumping for joy at the sight of Ash. I roll my eyes and get out of the car and see that Ash is terrified to get out of the car.

"Come on princess, go say hello to your plastic girlfriend." I laugh and close the door to his car, swinging my shoulder bag over my shoulder. And hear Ash jump out of the car with a sigh.

"Ashy!" She squeals, running over to him but trips over a good old banana peel.

Good job banana, you deserve a raise!

But she quickly leaps up onto her feet, runs over to Ash and shoves her tongue down his throat. I nearly gag thinking about it.

I see the expression on Ash's face (fear mixed with annoyance) and feel a little sorry for him. I feel an arm around my shoulder and I automatically grab it and twist it behind the owners back.

"Dude! It's just me, chill!" Rick squeaks.

"Sorry, you startled me." I say, releasing his arm.

"I'll make sure not to do that again." He says, rubbing his left arm. "What I was going to say before you brutally attacked me is to stick with me and you will make friends quickly."

"Thanks." I smile and we walk up to the school gates. "Well, we're in the same form room and have all our classes together so it should be easy." He says, placing his arm back onto my shoulders. He starts yammering on about something but I am distracted by the whispers and the stares from other students.

"Don't worry about them, if you ignore them then today will be over before you know it." I nod.

                                                                          He was right.

The day went really quikly and these are the subjects that I had.

Maths, Drama, Art, and English. A reasonable first day if you didn't pay attention to the whispers about,

Oh my god is that the new girl? She is really hot! I would hit that any day! From the guys and from the girls it was more like. Oh my gosh look at the new girl, she looks like such a slut! She would be lucky to get a friend, and what the hell is Rick doing hanging around her?!

I walk into the car park and see that spastic plastic is sucking the face off Ash, his eyes beckoning me to come and save him. As soon as I get to the car, he pulls away with some difficulty and runs over to the car.

"How's your girlfriend princess?" I ask him as he gets into the car.

"She's not even my girlfriend!" He says, starting up the car.

"Then why is she sucking your face off like a leech?"

"Because she is the most popular girl in the school and I am the most popular guy and she think we should 'Be together'" He says, pulling out of the car park.

"Well have fun with that." I say, looking out the window. He just sighs in reply.