chap 43

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    Again sorry if it's short or sucks.  Enjoy
     "Who could that be? " Lexi asked
     "I don't know,  I only invited the people ve knew. This is all of us besides Alexandria" I answered as I got up and headed towards the door.  Opening it I saw a tall skinny girl with paleish tan skin and long Auburn hair with dark green eyes. She had a tattoo of a anchor on her right index finger and breath tattooed across her left wrist surrounded by Crows that peeked out from her outfit.
        She wore a emerald green trench coat that hung open revealing a black and green mid thigh slim fitting dress,  black stockings and heels. Her lips we're a nude color and her eyes were framed in a bronze as a tan colored watch sat on her right arm. She looked up at me and smiled. Bring nice I smiled back
        "Hello. Is Anubis Armbruster... I mean Purdy,  Anubis Purdy,  here? " The girl asked stuttering a bit.
       "That's me. Vhat do you vant? " I asked politely
      "Oh well I actually have some news to tell you along with a... " The girl said as she pulled out a piece of paper and looked at it " Juniper Johnson,  CC, Jake Pitts,  Lexi Arteaga,  Aries Shelton,  Alex Clearwater,  Jinxx Ferguson, Andy Biersack, Ashley Purdy, and a Alexandria lero"
       "Vell they are all here except for Alexandria, Andy, Jake, Jinxx, CC, and Ashley" I said now curious on why she was here " Do you vant to come inside and talk to us all? "
      "That would be great" The girl said sighing.  I stepped out of the way and she walked in.  I shut the door as we walked into the living room as she looked around,  everyone looking at her confused,  the laughter stopping instantly "this is a lovely place you have. Christmasy. I'm assuming you're having a Christmas party"
      "Who's this? " Aries asked as she looked at me.  I shrugged
     "I have no idea but she vas asking for us" I said
       "Oh right,  I'm sorry I forgot to introduce myself.  I'm Scarlett Anderson" She answered.
       "Hey I know you,  you're that one Actress who played in Midnight fanatic" Alex said "great movie by the way"
      "Thanks" Scarlett said smiling "but the actual reason I'm here is to tell you,  and I know you guys won't believe me at first but it's true,  Eva was my sister"
       As soon as she said that the room went silent and I stiffened. I had nothing against Scarlett,  but I didn't like Eva,  not after what she accused me of and did to me.
      "That's impossible,  Eva doesn't have a sister,  we would have known we were friends with her in high school" Aries stated.
       "I was off at boarding school,  it was Eva who got me sent there in the first Place she hated me with a deep passion. " Scarlett said
       "Why should we believe you? " Juniper asked suspiciously
        "You have every right not to believe me but I'm being dead serious you can check the birth certificate,  we're twins.  I didn't even know you guys existed until a day ago when i was going through her stuff and found all this Information on you guys. I figured she would have at least mentioned me once but I guess not. I figured I would come and introduce myself and let you guys know Shes a, well was a, total psychotic bitch "
      "That definitely sounds like her" Juniper snapped.   
       "Oh god what did my sister do to you? " Scarlett asked as her face dropped
       "It wasn't me she did it to, well sort of when she tried lunging for my son,  but before that she beat up Anubis and accused her of cheating with Andy" Juniper said
      "I am so so sorry for all the trouble she's caused you" Scarlett apologized. "Can I quickly ask who is who? "
      "I'm juniper" Juniper said. "Alex is holding my son Jared and next to her is her boyfriend kellin. The girl in she slutty blue suit is Jackie and she's leaning on Ronnie. Aries is by the tree with Michaela,  the Mexican dude is Vic,  Lexi is sitting next to me and next to you is Anubis"
      Juniper pointed us out one by one and as everyone waved or gave a small smile by the time juniper pointed at me I still had that pissed look on my face. I couldn't help it,  it wasn't like I was purposely trying to be rude or anything I just couldn't help it. But the mention of Eva's name had me very annoyed
      "Anubis,  are you ok? " Vic asked concerned.  I nodded
      "Me. I'm fine" I said trying to brush off the sudden wave of anger that had come over me
      "Are you sure?  You didn't look fine you looked annoyed " Michaela said.
        "I'm sure" I said "I'll be back I need to check on coco and shadow"
          I walked out and headed towards the stable as the sound of crickets were faint.  I opened the heavy gray wood door and walked in. Shadow and coco whined before I turned on the light
       "It's just me guys,  no need to be alarmed " I said softly as I walked over to Shadow as she put her head over the stall.  Gently I petted the side of her face softly as I pressed a kiss onto her snout "hey beautiful girl"
      "Hey are you ok? " I heard kellin ask. I glanced up to see kellin in the door way,  hands in his pocket as he walked over towards me "I know you're not fine. Everyone sees it I don't know why I asked that in the first place.  Come on tell me what's wrong"
       "Seriously,  I'm fine.  It's not a big deal" I said as kellin stood next to me
      "You know it's not a good idea to hold what ever you're holding in. You know which told me that?  You did. You can trust me,  I won't tell anybody if you don't want me to" Kellin insisted. I sighed quietly as I continued to pet Shadow
       "It's Eva" I said somewhat softly
       "What about her?  What happened between you" Kellin asked.
       "It vas the night before I found out she died,  seeing she died that night. Everyone left the bus except for Eva and I. She looked pissed so I asked her if she vas ok and she vent crazy" I said as the memories flooded back in "she accused me of cheating on Ashley vith Andy and that I vas trying to steal him away from her. She thought I vas pregnant vith Andy's kids and called me pathetic and vorthless, that I vas a manipulator and that I always acted innocent and how I vas an attention vhore. You know vhat the best part vas?  I thought that all the abuse I vas getting that came from my mom, vhen I got randomly attacked during tour one year,  I thought it vas all over that I could finally leave it all behind me
       "Then one of my friends just snaps and does vhat I thought they vould never do to me.  It just shows how people can change in a matter of seconds before your eyes and not even see it coming.  This vas vhat I vas afraid of, vhy I don't ever open up to people... " I said,  avoiding his eye contact. I could feel that he just wanted to give me a comforting hug but decided not to
      "I'm sorry" He said "I can't imagine how much that hurt you. And I understand how you feel, it's a natural response but you can't let this experience scare you from opening up to the world,  sometimes you have to let people in and most of the time they won't hurt you.  You would be surprised to see how many people out there who care for you" Kellin said
       "I know but it's just so hard. It's not like I don't vant to its that I have a hard time trying to"
       "I know the feeling,  I've been there myself" Kellin said " You feel as if the world's against you,  the world is somehow trying to get to you and break you down. That you're stuck and keep running into the same wall that's preventing you from where you want to be and where you want to go"
       "That's the one" I said
        "It'll get better with time.  Time has a way of healing after all"
        "Now you're just stealing all the stuff I vould say" I said jokingly.  Kellin chuckled   
       "Pretty much, some of this stuff I can grasp" Kellin answered "that's a beautiful horse.  A big one too"
       "Yea, Clydesdale's are ten times bigger though but Shadows a good sized horse" I said
       "She reminds me of one of those Medival  movies where all the main generals have these large horses"
       "Yea" I said chuckling
        "We should probably go back inside before home get sick and you freeze to death" Kellin said.  I nodded
      "You're right" I said before I kissed shadow one more time before turning off the light and walking out if the stable with kellin. I shit the heavy doors as a cold rush of Air rushed passed us and I shivered,  hugging myself until we got back inside. I sighed in relief as we got back in,  the warm air around me.  I enjoyed it.
      "I'm sorry if I shocked you" Scarlett,  it was never my intention too"
      "No need to apologize. It vasnt your fault, that vas on me" I said shaking my head
      "Are you sure? " Scarlett asked a bit stunned
       "Im sure. It vas just a lot to take in" I answered.
      "So Scarlett,  what boarding school were you in? " Michaela asked
       "Well I attended Squaw Valley. Others thought that it was fun I thought it was torture,  I didn't even have any visitors.  Some kids liked me others didn't" Scarlett answered as she sat on the couch       
       "I always thought that boarding schools we're supposed to be fun" Alex said 
       "Oh no,  they are super freaking strict.  I got a lot of beatings and it was always from the headmaster herself"
      "For doing what? " Ronnie asked
       "That's what I asked.  But I was assuming it was for not following the rules and back talking" She said causally "but those days are behind me now"
      "If you don't mind me asking how did you get sent to that school exactly? " Lexi asked
       "Well us was a long time ago.  Eva and I were seven,  we were both in the kitchen.  I was upset with her because she had broken one of my favorite glass dolphins and she was always upset with me for being the oldest by ten seconds.  I was arguing with her when she randomly grabbed a knife off the kitchen counter and cut me across my stomach.  Mom came in and Eva told her this huge lie that I tried attacking her.  Afterwards i went to the hospital and mom decided to send me to a boarding school,  Eva wanted military but mom thought it would be better if I went somewhere that would help with education and discipline,  I haven't seen mom or Eva since and that was two years ago" Scarlett explained
     "So she did always have anger issues" Juniper said
     "Big time" Scarlett answered.  Then I heard my phone ring and I sighed
     "I'll be right back " I said as I walked over to the counter and grabbed my phone before I walked back outside on the patio "hello"
       "Hey" I heard Taylor say "how are you? "
       "I've been good, vhat about you? " I asked
      " Drama filled as usual " She said.  I chuckled
      "I feel you in that.  Did you need something? "
      "Well I was wondering if you wanted to start on that song we were talking about.  I have a new one and I think that your voice and skill would be great for it" She said.
       "Sure. Vhen are you planning on starting it? " I asked
      "I'm not sure yet,  what days are you available? " She asked.
      "Vell tomorrow I have a appointment at ten tomorrow morning and I think I have the vhole two veeks free after that besides signing all the CD's and shirts in getting tomorrow night"
       "Tomorrow after your appointment should be fine if you wanted to start. Then you could always go home early to get all your stuff done" She said. I smiled
     "That's great.  Vhere do you vant me to meet you? " I asked.
      "We can just come to my house to fix every first before we even record.  I'll text you the address"
      "Alright. I'll see you tomorrow morning then" I said
     "Yes... I mean ok,  I'll see you tomorrow" She said.  I chuckled
      "Bye" I said
       "Bye" She replied and with that she hung up.  I chuckled to myself as I headed back inside to see everyone had returned to our game before Scarlett had knocked on the door. I put my phone up and sat on the couch joining in as much as I could.  Scarlett wasn't that bad but just to be on the safe side I didn't open up all the way.  I wasn't ready for that just yet.
     "Wait so you're actually doing a song with Taylor? " Lexi asked
      "Yup"
       "So would it be considered pipe rock? " She asked
       "Most likely.  like I said I don't know vhat ve are going to do vith it and vhat she's thinking but ve vill find out tomorrow" I said as Ronnie hid behind the tree,  popping his head out with the strangest look on his face as a Santa hat from the tree sat in his head
     " I can only imagine what that's going to sound like" Lexi said jokingly
       "Hey you act like it's going to sound bad and be the end of the vorld" I said as I rolled my eyes
     "Gosh Lexi why do you have to be a downer and rain on Anubis's parade?" Juniper asked chuckling "she's been stir crazy seeing she gas nothing to do"
      "It's true.  I try to vrite for Ashley and I but I can't really because ve both have to agree and I haven't gotten any of our merch yet to do anything either.  Alex is pretty much doing all the orphanage stuff even though I don't vhy she's doing it and Aries has got das Zeitlos under control so I've been pretty much bored out of my mind" I answered
      "Awww poor baby" Lexi said as she hugged me.
       "Ewww PDA,  now I'm going to have to jump in a bleach bath" I said jokingly.  Lexi just rolled her eyes sassily
     "Yea yea" She said as juniper smirked and hugged me,  glaring at Lexi as her mouth hung open "how are you not yelling at juniper?  That's no fair"
      "Hey Anubis Loves me more,  I told you that" Juniper said as she stuck her tongue out at Lexi
       "That's because vith juniper I don't get a say I just have to suck it up because I know she's going to do I anyways" I answered
       "You know me so well" Juniper said laughing as she sat back up on the couch letting me go "you're just such a likeable loveable person"
       "Hahaha that's funny" I said
        "You really can be... Well you naturally are you just don't realize it" Lexi said "even if you are being an ass"
       "Thanks,  I know I am an ass" I said laughing
        "Guys come in stop being a bunch of party poopers and play the damn game with us it's a party" Aries chided
       "We're play" Lexi said flabbergasted " With a side conversation involved so haha jokes on you"

So new character,  yay
Scarlett outfit

So new character,  yayScarlett outfit

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