Improvisus (probably not updating again)

Chapter 6

Then I suddenly remembered how Dad normally took a jog around a few blocks including Brooke’s every night in the summer. I guessed as soon as he woke up from his nap, he would go for a jog. “Guys, I think we should run. Dad will probably be coming soon for his evening jog.”

“You’re right, we definitely should run. If Dad sees us, he’s going to be so mad, and he’ll never let us do anything again. He probably wouldn’t even let me go to college.” Brent said and I saw worry in his eyes. I knew college meant a lot to him, and it being taken away would be the worst punishment imaginable for Brent.

“Brent, he won’t see us. We have a head start and we can run fast enough.” Nat said.

“Yeah and he may not even realize it’s the real us, since we made him forget about us leaving. He may think it’s just our clones.”

“We made him forget?” I saw Nat raise her eyebrows.

“Fine you guys did, but now we’re a team right, so we should do things together. I would’ve helped but I don’t have a wand.”

“Guys we really should stop talking!” I said. I knew talking would just make us more tired as we ran, and I really wanted to do this mission. To get caught by Dad would suck, because I had never been able to do things by myself or go anywhere. Nat, Brent, and I barely got to do anything since Dad and Mom were so strict. To be able to see the world and go on an adventure without them, that was kind of appealing to me and I was really looking forward to doing that.

We arrived at Brooke’s house about five minutes later and I was huffing and puffing. That had been too long of a run for me, but I knocked on the door anyways as I was trying to catch my breath. The door opened and I saw Brooke. I was glad that Brooke opened the door, because I was not in the mood to talk to her parents, who I had never met or seen.

“Candace and Natalie? What are you guys doing here?” Brooke sounded surprised. I guess it would be a surprise to see two people you barely ever talked to at school at your house.

“What about me?” Brent asked. I had forgotten about him, but of course he had to make himself known.

“Brent Brown?” Brooke’s eyes widened. I had noticed her staring at Brent before and then I put the two pieces together. Brooke liked Brent, and I knew Brent really liked Brooke. I always saw him staring at her. Even when the cheerleaders were cheering for him and his team at football games, he always stared at her. I was surprised that Brooke liked Brent; I didn’t know Brent was capable of getting a girl to like him, especially one of the cheerleaders.

I sighed. “Brooke this is Brent, and Brent this is Brooke, but you seem to know that already.”

Brooke grabbed my arm and quickly whispered something in my ear. “Are you or Natalie dating him?” She had almost an evil glint in her eyes as if she would steal him even if we were dating him. I knew she didn’t know me too well, but I assumed she knew my last name and I assumed she knew that I was Brent’s sister. I thought she would’ve known that Nat was pretty much Brent’s biological sister too, but she didn’t. It seemed weird to think that Brooke was really interested in Brent, but there was something about her look. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.

“No.” I whispered back. I wanted to tell yell at her and ask her how dumb she really was, but I figured that wouldn’t be very nice. “Brent is my brother and Nat’s step-brother, but she might as well be his real sister.”

“Okay, that’s good.” She seemed a little bit relieved but I still saw an evil, nervous glint in her eyes. Then she let go of my arm. “So what are you guys doing here? Is there supposed to be some cheerleading party or something?