Life of a Teenage Haner

Arriving home I dropped my bag by the door and shouted

“hey is anyone home?!” there was silence until crashing could be heard and from upstairs I heard shouting until two people appeared at the top of the stairs and raced down towards me. I laughed into my hand as I watched them fight until the smaller one was sprawled on the ground in front of me while the taller stood over them looking triumphant.

He looked at me and grinned

“hey there baby girl” I laughed and stepping forwards I hugged them

“hey Uncle Jimmy, why are you racing Uncle Johnny?” Jimmy snorted

“because he thought he could beat me to the door, I told him he couldn’t but now he knows it doesn’t he” he said looking so proud of himself. I giggled but shoved him lightly

“well get off him now, I don’t think he can breathe” Jimmy looked down and saw that Johnny’s face was flat on the floor. He chuckled and stepped off Johnny who rolled over immediately and took a deep breath of air while glaring at Jimmy.

When he was able he stood up and huffed

“you’re an ass Jimmy” Jimmy shrugged

“I know, now can we get on with our lives?” Johnny huffed again but turned to me and smiled and pulled me into a hug

“hey there honey” I grinned as I pulled away

“hey Uncle Johnny, where’s Mom?” Johnny shrugged

“she said something about getting food since we kind of ate it all again” I laughed

“sounds about right and I’m guessing Dad is upstairs?” he nodded and I smiled again before grabbing my bag back up and walking up the stairs.

I walked into the spare room which had been turned into an office not long before my birth and found Dad sat behind a desk with Uncle Zacky looking over his shoulder at something on the desk

“no no, this isn’t right, who do you know that likes a slash in their shirt right over their nipples?” Dad asked him and Zacky shrugged

“whores?” Dad shook his head though he was amused

“yeah, I’m calling that designer and asking what in the hell they were thinking of” Dad shoved the paper away and looked up.

Seeing me a smile stretched his face and he said

“princess!” he opened his arms and I smiled as I walked forwards and around the desk to him and he hugged me tightly

“hey Dad, how’s the clothing coming?” I asked as we pulled away. Dad grunted making Uncle Zacky grin

“it’s crap, the new designer is crap, the sketches are crap and why again am I doing this?” he asked and I laughed before answering

“because you thought you knew what good concert clothes should be so you decided to make them” Dad grunted

“stupid idea, who gave it to me?” I pretended to look thoughtful

“I think it may have been Aunt Hannah” Zacky looked at me and glared playfully

“don’t bring her into this, she would kill me” I laughed and hugged him too

“sorry Uncle Z, so is Aunty Hannah with Mom?” he nodded

“yeah she wanted something for Jaden” I nodded with a smile, Jaden being their only child, a son.

I leaned over and looked at the few sketches on Dad’s desk. I frowned looking them over

“they aren’t that bad Dad, just need a few changes and they could be great” Dad sighed

“yeah but still they are crap at the moment” I distantly heard the bell ring but ignored it knowing Uncle Jimmy or Johnny would get it. I frowned

“Dad you employ people to decide this stuff, why are you getting worked up about it?” Dad groaned and leant forwards placing his face in his hands, Zacky answered for him

“he’s worried about Braden, with him being near the end of his tour” I nodded understanding.

Braden was my older brother by four years and as soon as he graduated school he had joined the Army, trained up then been sent abroad to join the war. He was ending his first tour soon though and both of my parents were worried about it, they hoped he would last the next month. I was worried too but believed that Braden would come back, I had to.

I went to reassure him when Johnny came in with a peculiar look on his face. He looked at me and said

“umm Layla there’s a guy at the door for you and I don’t recognise him” I frowned

“what guy?” Johnny shrugged

“I don’t know, just said he knows you and needs to speak to you” I looked at him confused but went to follow him down the stairs, Dad and Zacky following me too out of curiosity.

I walked to the door and pulled it open wondering who it was but quickly glared when I opened the door and saw Nathan stood there with a wide grin as he looked over the house.

I raised a brow as I folded my arms and asked

“what are you doing here? How did you even know where I lived?” I asked suspiciously. He looked at me and smirked

“well I’m here to return your student ID, you dropped it at school” I frowned and rooted around in my pockets trying to locate it but it wasn’t there and instead in his hand as he held it in front of me.

I scowled

“I did not drop it” Nathan shrugged

“you must have, no way I could have gotten it otherwise” I glared

“like hell! What did you do, pick pocket me?” Nathan tried to look abashed

“why would I do something like that Layla?” I grit my teeth and went to retort but Dad stepped up next to me at the door, looking intimidating as he glared down at Nathan

“do you want me to kick his ass to the curb honey?” he asked and I shook my head though reluctantly

“no thanks Dad, I’ll deal with it” Dad looked at me hesitantly but nodded and walked inside after one last evil look at Nathan.

I stepped outside and closed the door behind me

“ok give me the card and go” I asked but Nathan was staring behind me at the door that I just closed in shock

“was that your Dad?” I nodded still holding out my hand

“yeah it was now give me my ID” Nathan looked at me with a new look in his eye, one I recognised

“your Dad was in Avenged Sevenfold” I sighed annoyed

“yes he was, ID” I snapped my fingers; Nathan whistled lowly and leant back against the porch rail

“wow, your Dad rocks” I restrained myself from slapping him

“yes he does, the ID now” Nathan snapped out of it and that cocky smirk came back to his face as he handed me the ID, his hand purposefully lingering over mine.

“You know you just got a lot more interesting” he said before saluting towards me and turning and walking off the porch towards the side walk.

I shook my head at his antics before turning and entering the house again where I was set upon by Dad who took my by the arm and led me into the kitchen where the others were sat around the table and I knew that they had been looking out the window at what was going on

“ok so who was that boy?” Dad asked. I sighed and accepted the bottle of water Johnny held out for me. Turning to Dad I shrugged

“he’s the new guy at school, arrived today, aside from the fact he’s an ass I know nothing else about him” Dad glared at me a moment to see if I was speaking the truth. When he saw I was he sighed and decreed

“I don’t like him” I nodded

“I don’t either” I assured him and it seemed to satisfy him as he turned and started talking to Jimmy about something.

I took the water and made my way to my room and sat on my bed pulling my laptop towards me and starting it up as I thought over today. I had met the new guy and he turned out to be a pain in the ass and it seemed like he was going to hanging around me quite a bit, damn it and I was looking forwards to a non eventful year.