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Matty and I stand by our sisters door, watching as she continues to sleep with the comforter over her head, "How long has it been?" Matty asks

I shrug, "It's twelve now"

"She missed breakfast"

"Obviously, she's asleep"

"What are you guys looking at?" Adrianna asks as she ties up her hair.

"Carmen"

"She'll wake up in her own time" Our sister says softly

Matty looks up at her, "She never sleeps for this long"

"We were at a party" Adriana reminds us before shutting Carmen's door

"Leave her be" Is the last thing she says before walking away, Matty and I shrug at each other

-

I didn't wake up until 2pm, I got a full twelve hours of sleep. I actually would've slept for longer but my phone woke me up

I forgot everything that happened last night until the messages started flowing through. Zoe texted me at 2:30 am

Then there was Sienna

I scoff to myself. This bitch has the audacity to lie and say that she wasn't there yesterday, she's still taking the easy way out. I reply to Zoe's message after deciding that I'll let Sienna's marinate, if she thinks I'll reply then she's just as stupid as the next man.

Todays one of my off days, that means I won't be leaving my room for the whole day. I've got my phone, my charger plus a bathroom which means I can quite literally stay in my sanctuary, food isn't a problem.

I stayed upstairs until about 8pm, surprised that none of my siblings came up once. My guess is that everyone knew better than to bother me. Eventually I did go down though, I've been craving cereal. Lola and Matteo watch me from the living room as I pour myself a bowl of cheerios.

Matty sits opposite me at the island, "Can I have some?"

I sigh before taking another bowl out of the cupboard and placing it down in front of him, I pour him some cereal before adding the milk in afterwards. "How was the party?"

I snort, "Shitty"

"How come?"

I pick up the box of cheerios before gesturing to our sister, "Want some?"

She half smiles before nodding. I can see that these two act cautious whenever I look tired and annoyed, it honestly makes me feel a little bad.

"You didn't answer me about the party" Matty says with a mouthful of cereal, I sit down

"I don't recommend getting wasted"

Santiago comes down the stairs followed by Enzo, "Ooh, cereal" He takes the box and I hand him a bowl as Lola sits next to Matty

"What so I don't get a bowl?" Enzo snorts

Lola looks at me curiously after noticing that I haven't responded to our brother, "What, is this because I said you can't fuck Carter?"

"Carter?" Santiago frowns

"Lorenzo do us all a favour and go suck a dick"

He flicks me on the head and I hit him on the shoulder, "Stop" Matty scoffs

"Deal with your sister" He says before walking away

"What was that about?" Santi asks

"Nothing"

~*~

Mondays are the worst day of the week and I think I can speak for everyone when I say that. You could've had the best weekend ever but then your mood would drop after realising that Monday is next and that you have fucking school.

Ok forget what I said.... Not completely though. Mondays are shit but today may actually be a good one because a bitch is about to be exposed. Not in front of the entire school because I'm not mean like that, but the topic will come up one way or another.

"I promise I'm ok..... but what were you still doing at Eliza's at 2am?" I say amused

"You and Santi took my car" She points out

"You could've came with us, now spill"

She tucks a hair behind her ear, "Aaron asked me to stay"

I raise my eyebrows, "Did you guys sleep there?"

"No but we stayed there for awhile after everyone left and talked for a little while"

I sigh, "Zoe you totally suck at telling stories"

"We didn't kiss if that's what your thinking about"

I raise my hands with surrender, "Ok fine, I guess this is a start"

"Mhm"

The front door opens and the sound of heels louden as a blonde makes her way over, she's wearing a lot more makeup than usual.

Maybe it's for Lorenzo

"Hey"

Zoe takes a few books out of her locker. "Hey, how was you and Michaels date on Saturday?"

She half smiles, "It was good"

It's like Adam and Eve all over again, Zoe's Eve since she's being deceived, I'm Adam even though I'm fully aware of the misleading information being spread.... So I guess that makes Sienna the snake who seems to be handing out a fruit of lies.

She then looks at me, "Hey how come you didn't reply to any of my messages?" She frowns

"I guess I must've lost my phone"

"But.... you replied to Zoe" Sienna says confused

"Well if you can lie then why can't I?"

Zoe frowns as Santiago approaches us, "What's up-

"I haven't lied about anything" Sienna scoffs

My brother frowns before looking back at Zoe and she shrugs in return. "Leaving us for secret make out sessions? Come on Si we're not stupid" I tut

"I didn't leave you guys for anything" She says annoyed

"Oh really? So it wasn't you that I saw with your tongue shoved down Lorenzo's throat at the party then"

Zoe and Santiago gape whilst Sienna freezes, "What?" Zoe says quietly

"Carmen-

"You know it's not the fact that your fucking my brother thats piss taking, it's the fact that you both lied to my face" I scoff

Sienna looks at me pleadingly, "Carmen I wanted to tell you but-

"But you didn't"

"Wait so what was all of that about Michael?" Zoe scoffs with confusion

I shrug. "It was all lies, and you know what I kind of feel bad for him cause he really likes Si"

"You fucked Enzo? But baby what about me? Santiago pouts

I look at my brother weirdly as Sienna sighs with her eyes closed, she knows better than to deny or come up with any excuses.

As if on que, the bell rings, "I've got literature so I'll see you later" I say to Zo, she nods and I walk away leaving Santiago to stand there with shock and Sienna to stand there speechless

-

So I haven't seen Si since the expose, I'm starting to feel a little bad.... But then again I don't think do.

You know who else I haven't seen today? Carter

Not that I care, but I was still surprised, "You working today?" Adriana asks, I nod

Aaron lifts up his hand and I frown with amusement, "Up top C"

"Why?"

"Cause we're the only ones that have been inside the Miller residence"

I snort before eventually accepting the high-five, "Lucky you"

"Better luck next time Lola-

His phone then vibrates and he frowns as he looks at the screen, "How's things with Grace?" Adriana asks me

"Ok actually, she's so cute"

"Everything ok?" Zoe asks Aaron, we all look back at him

"Does anyone here know how to use a first aid kit?"

Santiago, Lola and Adriana all point at me and I frown.

What is so difficult about a first aid box? "It's really not that hard-

"Perfect let's go"

"Go where?" I say confused

"I'll explain" Aaron hurries me and I sigh before getting out of my seat

"Miller" Zoe mouths at me

"Shut up" I mouth back

Teaching someone how to clean a cut really isn't how I want to be spending my lunch time. I catch up to Aaron as we walk down the hallway, "Where are we going?"

"Old math room"

"For who?"

"Carter"

Damn it the redhead was right

I freeze, "No"

He sighs, "Carmen it's important"

"Why can't be clean his own cuts?" I scoff

"Maybe he would be able to if they were little, now do you or do you not know how to use the first aid box"

"Yes" I mutter

"That's all I needed to hear" He replies before opening the door

Carter's standing there with the most stressful look on his face, I don't have a clue what happened but the left side of his face looks quite painful. There's a cut underneath his eyebrow for starters, then right above his eye there's a bloody gash. He looks at Aaron annoyed, "I said come alone"

"She's the only one who knows how to do it" He defends

"And why is it so hard to go to the nurse who is just down the hallway again?" I question

"Because she'll tell the coach that he got into a fight"

I nod slowly before putting my bag down on one of the tables. "It's Carmen or the nurse" Aaron says to Carter, he rolls his eyes before eventually sitting down on the desk

"I'll get your stuff" I turn around as Aaron heads for the door, why the heck is he leaving me alone with Miller?

The door shuts behind him and I make a mental note to kill him before facing Carter again. As I reach over for the first aid box his eyes follow me, "I hate when you do that you know"

I keep my eyes on the contents inside of the box as he frowns, "Do what?"

I soak a cotton ball in saline solution, "Stare at me"

"What's wrong with staring"

What's right with it?

I lift up his chin before wiping underneath his eyebrow, "It makes me feel uncomfortable"

Staring makes people feel as if they're being judged, and whilst some may not care what others have to think about them it's still very very uncomfortable. "I'm just curious" Carter replies

I clean the gash as I try to avoid looking into his eyes

"Whilst I find it funny that your curious, there's nothing interesting about me" I place one plaster strip underneath his eyebrow and one above his eye

"I think you forgot that I made it my mission to find out what your hiding"

I did

I close the first aid box before frowning, "Don't we hate each other?"

"I don't hate you, I just hate the fact that your babysitting my sister" He says truthfully

"Right well your gonna have to let go of it eventually and your all plastered up now, your good to go"

And where the heck is Aaron

Carter gets down from the desk and I pick up my bag before walking towards the door, he follows me shortly.

He was going left and I was going right, to go back to the cafeteria. However I didn't realise that my older brother would be waiting for me by the lockers until now, "Could you be anymore petty?"

I shrug, "Could if I wanted to"

"The reason Sienna didn't tell you is because I asked her not to" He scoffs

"Hey c just wanted to let you know that Sienna isn't actually fucking Michael, she's fucking me instead" I mock

Enzo frowns and my face drops, "See how easy that was?" I say seriously

"It's not a big deal-

"If it's not a big deal then you would've told me"

"Honestly C your being a bitch towards her for no reason at all"

"So sue me puta"

Enzo backs away, "Yeah actually I will"

"Your a dick" I scoff

"And your a fat whore"

Fat fucking whore, great words. I just want to thank Isabella and Roberto for giving me such great genetics.

Notice my sarcasm

Society will honestly never cease to amaze me, the thicker kids would always get labelled as fat in the past, but now all of a sudden it's becoming a norm and people are now paying for surgery to look like them. It's giving young girls the wrong message, they all think they need to have thick thighs or a thick waist just so that they could be classified as normal....

Anyway the point is, Enzo knows how to get to me and it's annoying because I know that those words are gonna keep replaying in my brain.

What's even more embarrassing is that Carter witnessed that entire argument, I walk past him before he can even get a word in

Can life get any worse?

~*~

"I wanna see what's inside" Matty says curiously

"You can't, it's for Grace" I reply

"Where's mom and dad?" I then ask

"They went to visit abuela"

I pick up the wrapped up frame before tucking my phone into my back pocket. "You going?" Santiago asks as he comes down the stairs

I nod before handing Matteo ten dollars, "Go easy on the sugar, I'll see you tonight"

His eyes light up, "Thanks" I kiss him on the head before opening the front door and Santiago clears his throat.

I roll my eyes before handing him fifteen dollars and he grins, "Pleasure doing business with you"

"Yeah yeah" I say amused before shutting the door behind me