Hey hey hey!

I really don't feel like talking SO...... Here is chapter 18

________________________________________________________________________________

Abby's POV

I dropped my bags on my bedroom floor and looked around. It seems like i've been gone for ages. I'm just glad to be back. I dropped down carelessly on my bed and sighed.

"Home sweet home." I closed my eyes for a brief moment when I felt someone lie down next to me. I opened my eyes and saw Greg smirking at me. I rolled my eyes and turned back around.

Aly's parents picked her up at the airport and the rest of us drove home seeing as Nick lives across the street and my mom is just that nice. I was supposed to be seeing Abe in an hour. So not looking forward to that. I've decided not to tell him imediately plus that plane made me tired and I'm just not up to hearing what he'll say right about now. I'll just have to put on my big girl panies and act up a storm. I sighed and wrapped my arms around Greg. I needed a hug and he was there. He put his hand on my shoulder and said.

"What's the matter with you?" I didn't even have to look at him when I answered.

"Nothing." He sighed and said.

"Come on Abby. Remember me? I'm your brother . You can tell me if something's bothering you." I looked up at him and said.

"I'm fine. Really. I'm just tired that's all." I layed back down and he kissed my hair. I wonder if I should tell him about Nick... Nah.

~*~

"Hey!" I smiled at Abe as he sat down in a chair across from me. He leant in and gave me a small peck on the lips.

"So what have you been doing these past few days?" He shrugged and said.

"Ah nothing. Just sitting at home playing video games. The usual." I smiled and shook my head. Boys! Though I did have fun playing video games with Nick that time... Oh. Nick... Great. I looked up at Abe who wasn't even paying attention to me zoning out. Instead he was texting on his phone.

It took him three whole minutes to stop and look at me. I smiled and he smiled back. Then said.

"Look I have an emergency to uh... Handle so can I stop by your house tonight?" I looked at him for a second then answered.

"Sure. My moms making dinner so I guess you can come." He got up and gave me another peck on the lips then left.

Is it me or was that just weird?

I shrugged and went back home. This was such a waste.

~*~

I was sitting in my room with Alison waiting for my mother to finish diner. This was gonna be so fun! Note the sarcasm. Greg was gonna kill Abe and to top it off Aly just developed this hate for him over night. If I recall she was the one who wanted me to date him from the beginning.

"So are you sure you want him to come?" I narrowed my eyes at her and said.

"Um... YES! I havn't seen him in forever. Besides I can't just blow him off because you want me too."

"Awwww! Can't you just tell him your sick or something?" I sighed and answered.

"No. Alison! Was is it with you and him? Did you catch him huffing paint or something?" She was mad but that didn't stop her from laughing. She fell off of my computer chair and then stopped laughing and said in all seriousness.

"I hate you." I smiled and shook my head. I thought about Abe and his texting marathon then looked at Aly and said.

"Aly?" She sat up and answered.

"Yes EX bestfriend." I smiled and then said.

"Has Ben ever... I don't know... Ignored you?" She looked at me confused and said.

"What do you mean?"

"Well like... If you were talking and then he started texting some anonymous person out of the blue and just kind of forgot you were there then when he was done he jetted off with a peck on the lips and a see you later?" She looked at me odd then said.

"No... Why did Abe do that to you today?"

"Yeah-no it's just-"

"Abigail!"

"Yeah. Yeah he did."

"I cannot believe that little punk! You just wait til I see him I am just gonna give him a piece of my mind!" I was about to object when Greg walked in and said.

"Hey guys. Diner's ready." We got up and headed down the staires.

The doorbell rung and I shouted.

"I'll get it." Ally rolled her eyes and walked to the kitchen.

When I opened the door Abe wasn't there just Nick. At first I was surprised but then my shocked face turned into blah. Nobody told me he was coming. Oh and now he knocks.

I stepped aside and let him in. He gave me a sad smile then just walked away. I closed the door and went to the kitchen. My mom looked at me and said.

"Baby can you take this out to the backyard were gonna eat out there." I smiled and grabbed the pasta bowl from her. Aly trailed behind me with bowls and forks.

I sat the pasta on the table and then sat down in a chair. this can't be more horrid. My mom and Aly started to fill the bowls with pasta while I sat there dazed and thinking of all the possible disasters that could happen tonight. Aly headed towards the back door and said.

"I'm gonna go get the pitcher from the fridge."

I sat there and my mom sat next to me.

"Honey? Are you okay?" I looked at her and half smiled.

"Yeah mom I'm fine." She smiled and pushed my hair behind my ear then said.

"You know you can talk about it right?"

"Yeah... I know." I sighed and layed down on my hands.

"Hey mom?" She looked at me and said.

"Yeah honey?"

"When you were younger did you ever want to be with someone other then dad?" She smiled and said.

"No not that I can remember. Why?"

"I don't know I guess I'm just thinking."

"Did you know that I met your dad when I was fourteen?" I looked at her and shook my head. She smiled and said.

"Well I did. Do you want to know how?" I nodded and she grined.

"Well you see. It was actually after summer. And I had just started high school. One day I saw this really cute boy playing basketball in the gym and he never paid any attention to me. I did everything I could to talk to him and he ignored me completely. So one day I was sitting in the school gym watching him practice on his own he didn't know I was there so I picked up a basketball and I threw it at him." I laughed and said.

"Mom! You threw a basketball at him?" She laughed and said.

"Yes. And do you know what he did?" I shook my head and she said.

"He waved and smiled." I chuckled and looked at her in amazement before asking.

"So did he talk to you then?"

"Sadly no. But! When we were in our only class together which was science he looked at me then smiled again which of course made my heart melt. But it wasn't that. While we were there in class he kept looking at me and then back at his paper. At first I thought he was drawing until after class he stopped me, handed me the paper, winked, and then walked away."

"So... What was on the paper?"

"He asked me to go out with him." I laughed and she laughed with me.

"Why couldn't he just do it in person?"

"I don't know but we had a great time. And he even took me to a drive in movie theater." She looked reeally dazed and I realized we were still out here alone. I looked at the back door and said.

"Where is everybody?" She looked around and said.

"I don't know." Just then Abe walked through the back door and smiled at me. I smiled back at him and he gave me a hug.

"Hello Abby! Mrs. Jenkins." She smiled at him and said.

"Go ahead and call me Grace. I'm too young for Mrs." I smiled at her and shook my head. She is impossible. Abe grabbed my hand and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Wow! Didn't he just have a change of heart? He sat down next to me and my mom sat down and started eating.

"Well they won't eat then I will." I chuckled softly and ate some of my food as well. That's when Nick came out and everyhthing got awkward.

I gulped and then cleared my throat. He eyeballed Abe in a not so friendly way. Then sat down by my mom.

"Oh Nick! How nice of you to join us! What took you so long?" He half smiled and said.

"I don't know just talking." She nodded and we started eating.

It was a whole two minutes before Greg and Aly came out. I would have smiled but they had absolutely threatining looks on there faces. What happened in there?

We were all eating without saying anything. Greg didn't touch his food and Aly was chowing down and gawking at Abe at the same time. I was getting a weird feeling and tried to say something.

"Hey Abe do you want water or juice?" He looked at me and smiled then said.

"I don't know. I guess I'll have them both." I smiled at him then handed him a bottle of water. Greg scoffed and said.

"Well of course you'll have them both! You just can't be happy with one of them! Water is perfectly fine but you just have to mess everything up with adding something extra don't you?" All I could do was look at my food. I should have said something but I didn't. I couldn't. I knew that this would happen Greg is such a jerk.

When Abe went home I went straight to my room. I was mad at Greg and I was not planning on speaking to him. He knew it. That's why he didn't force me to was the dishes. I don't understand why they don't like Abe. I like him. Isn't that enough?

~*~

I yawned and strected as I got out of my bed. I had a really weird dream last night. At first I kissed Abe then I kissed Nick and I turned around and said to Abe qoute 'Its not like I cheated on you' What? Oh well. I brushed my teeth and went down stairs.

"Morning mom." She turned around surprised and smiled.

"Morning! I forgot you don't sleep in like your brother. Did you sleep good?" I nodded and got a glass of water.

"I have to go to work now. I'll see later okay honey?" She kissed me on the forehead and walked out of the door.

I was just standing there when I heard Greg come down staires. I was gonna leave but just decided not to. He walked in the kitchen and opened the fridge. I just stood there.

He turnrd around abd leaned on counter. I stared at him mirroring his actions when he said.

"Abby? Are you mad at me?" I didn't say anything at first I just looked down at the floor. He sighed and said.

"You cannot be mad at me for saying one stupid thing." I looked up and glared at him then said.

"Why shouldn't I be? Huh? It was rude and uncalled for. And not only that but this is the second time something like that happened. I know your just trying to do the brotherly thing but seriously Greg?" I clenched his jaw and said.

"He doesn't deserve you. And I have reasons for what I did." I looked at him for a second before saying.

"Well let's here em." He folded his arms over his chest and looked at back door which was on the right side of me. I turned around and saw Darci crossing the yard.

I didn't know her that well. All I knew is that she was my brothers other best friend. And at school they said she was the female version of a player. Its not that she didn't like me its just we didn't talk much. She's only a year older then me and kind of looked like Jessica Alba.

She opened the back door and smiled. I smiled back at her and looked at Greg. She came over and ruffled my hair.

"Hey party girl!" I looked at her confused and fixed my now messy hair with my fingers. She walked over to Greg and said.

"I called you ten times last night." He smiled nervously and then looked at me.

"So! What are you up to today?" I narrowed my eyes at him. Way to change the subject and get me to talk to him at the same time. Real classic.

"I don't know I might just stay home all day and do nothing." Darci shook her head and said.

"Going back to innocent Abby are we?" I pushed my hair behind my ear and answered.

"I never left her." I chuckled and she said.

"Greg tells me things." I smiled and shook my head.

"So I guess he told you I went to jail huh?"

"Yes he did. I can't believe you Abby! What ever happened to that little girl I used to see playing dolls in the living room?" I shrugged and said.

"I don't know you tell me." She shook her head and turned back to Greg.

"So... Party anyone?"

________________________________________________________________________________

Let me know what you think!