Splinters: Part One

Part One | 24

"I thought here would be fun for today," I smiled. "C'mon."

I tugged her by her hand out of my room and downstairs. I could hear Melissa in the kitchen with one of the girls. I briefly remember them wanting to do something with this Easy Bake oven that came in the mail last week. Turning left, I went towards the glass doors and opened it. She went out and turned to me.

I smacked my left leg, faking confusion. "Oh, you know what? I forgot my phone. Wait out here."

She smiled and took a seat on one of the patio chairs. "Okay."

I closed the door and locked it, making sure she wouldn't come in. I felt like a jerk, but if this was the only way I could get them together, then so be it. I trotted up stairs into Ursa's room where she was sitting on her laptop typing something and listening to music. I knocked, notifying my presence. She glanced at me before taking out an earphone.

"Hey, Ursa. You busy?"

Slowly, she closed the computer. "Nope. What's up?"

"Wanna go play basketball with me?"

She gave me a flat look. "You know I'm not athletic."

"Neither was I until I played with Andrew."

That was sort of a lie. I'd played with Jake tons of times, but when I played with Andrew, I'd gotten better than before.

She sighed and hopped off her bed. "Okay, but don't make fun of me."

I smirked. "I won't."

Ursanne and I both left her room and went down stairs to the back doors again.

She froze when she caught sight of Collie's blonde hair through the glass. I grasped Ursanne's wrist and opened the door, pulling her outside.

"Brayden, no!" she said sternly.

But my sister isn't very strong and I managed to get her outside. At the sound of her strained voice, Collie's head spun around.

"Brayden," she said, standing from the chair. "What's going on?"

I crossed my arms and stood in front of the doorway. "You guys are going to talk out your issues."

Ursanne rolled her eyes. "There's no way I'm spending even a minute of my time with her."

Collie frowned and glanced at me. Stepping forward, she tried to get through, but I blocked her.

 "I wanna go home, Brayden."

"No."

"Brayden," she whined.

"Do you guys think I enjoy this?" I questioned.

Collie stepped back, only a foot away from Ursanne. My sister wore the dirtiest look on her face possible, but I didn't care. My girlfriend looked pained, as if she were physically hurt. Again, I didn't care. For once, they need to see how I feel.

"Do you guys think I like choosing between the two of you? Because I don't. I hate you being mad at me whenever I choose Collie, Ursa, and I hate you being disappointed whenever I choose Ursanne, Collie."

Which she never is because I rarely choose Ursanne over her. I know that's bad, but it's the truth.

"Look, I love you both, but this time, I need you to think about me. Think about what I want."

Ursanne licked her lips, avoiding eye contact. 

"Please," I begged.

"Okay," Collie said right when Ursanne muttered, "Fine."