Welcome to the new life.

I was totally shocked that I saw someone slept on my bed. But damn i really really wanted to go to sleep like right now! Who the hell is he anyway?

I looked down but I couldn’t control myself, because i was shaking and I didn’t know how to get rid out of it. I held his head and shook it slowly
“yo....? yo yo wake up...” I shook his head but I stood away from him
“WHAT???” He woke and shocked me up
“AHHHHHHH!!!!” I hit him with my backpack, it did with itself actually.

“HEY HEY WHAT’S WRONG? CATS? THIEVES? RATS? SNAKES?” my mom opened my door and shouted as she was totally panic
“THAT GUY” I shouted as I pointed at the guy with my backpack
“she hits me!” he pointed at me
“Mom, who is he????” I asked
“Yo due my grand parents stay in my room so I don’t have any other rooms in my home to sleep so your mom told me that I could sleep here for today. So it’s not my fault okay” said that guy
“WHAT? MOM WHO IS HE?”
“that’s your cousin”
“...oh” I turned my voice down. I FORGOT MY OWN COUSIN. THIS IS TOTALLY EMBARRASSING

“okay now go to sleep, it’s almost midnight. Bye honey” said my mom as she leave. I still stood up and looked at him.
“I’m sorry, i didn't know you were....okay forget it. You can sleep in my bed” I said
“No i was the one who have to sorry. I was freaking you out”
“nah it’s okay”
“You better sleep here, I’ll sleep down in the carpet” he said as he got up from my bed
“wait...is it okay for you?”
“yeah, now sleep ok” he said
“okay” I said as I got up to my bed.

It was about 9 years I haven’t met him so I met him for the last time when he was like 14 so ofcourse he changed his looks. And what a bad cousin am I, I even forgot his name.

The next day, I woke up and prepare my things up then headed to the school quickly, I forgot to say a good morning to my cousin cause he’s still sleeping.

I had lunch together with Lia and Pat, as usual. But this time is kinda different,
“May I join you guys?” said Rya
“Rya? Oh Rya! Sure sure yeah, Lia get up now, let Rya sits here” said Pat, he couldn’t control the tempo of the way he talked. Like always.
“...mmm this burger is actually really good” Lia ignored him as she continued eating
“Wow it’s okay, I’ll find another chair, but is it okay if I sit here?”
“SURE!!!” shouted Pat as he cutted my words what I was going to say, with the same word.

Then she took a chair and sat next to me
“Oh ya, congrats to you, Makaila! I saw your show yesterday” said Rya
“Wow hahah thanks! Sorry I didnt notice that you were there...”
“YOU? AT THE SHOW? WHY I DIDN’T SEE YOU??” cutted Pat, suddenly came into our convo awkwardly.
“Pat......” Lia pushed him
“hehe It’s okay. I was just in a middle of the crowd and that was like hundred of people went there, but you were really good!!” said Rya
“OH YES SHE’S REALLY GOOD AT PLAYING GUITAR AND....HEY!” Pat stopped and looked at Lia while she pinched him
“Thanks! Glad that you like the show by the way!” I said

Like I knew it before, Rya was a good girl and she’s so kind.

School time was over, Pat took me for an evening walk, we went home together and when I played guitar with him, my cousin jumped from the upstairs and dropped himself to the downstairs. I mean, the fuck?
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING???” I shouted as I stopped playing
“Nothing” he stood up and walked like everything is okay
“You’re not okay. Are you trying to kill yourself or what???”
“Will you just shut up?” he pushed me and continued walking through the kitchen, then he met my mom.
“Bill, what’s going on?” mom shouted. Ohhhh so his name is Bill, now I remember.
“I forgot to pay something at the Walmart” he said but he seemed like he lied, probably.
“Oh okay, and...what’s that sound anyway?”
“What sound?”
“...did someone just fell down from the upstair??”
“What are you talking about, Aunty?? Everything is fine” he lied, once again
“He fell down from the upstairs” I said as I told the truth
“WHAT?” my mom opened her eyes widely upon him
“NO! Why did I do such a terrible thing like that???? She dropped her guitar earlier anyway” He said as he pointed at me
“whoa whoa I’m not doing that”
“Uh just finish your business okay oh I’m late so bye everyone” he said as he left us both. Idiot.

“DON’T YOU KNOW THAT THE GUITAR YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW WAS THE FIRST GUITAR YOUR DAD BOUGHT WHEN HE WAS 12??”
“.....no. BUT MOM I DIDNT DO THAT, HE’S LYING!!”
“so...he really fell from the upstair?”
“yes”
"oh god....not again" mom walked away as she sighed
"wait, do you know everything that happened to Bill?"
“no...well he seemed different than usuall...after these last 3 days” she left as she continued washing dishes, then I went back to the living room.
“Who is that?” Pat asked me
“My cousin”

Bill’s POV

Sorry, Makaila.

I used to lied so I could ran away and meet her. I know she’s my ex but I still loved her no matter what. And about that forgetting-paid-walmart thingy, it was also fake.
Finally arrived at the location, she was with her boyfriend and the rest of his band or maybe his band’s friends or whatever. I knew that I wasn’t allowed to be there but I need to talk to her asap.
“Shannette...?” I held her shoulder
“...do I know you?” she moved away from me.
“Stop pretending, Shannette. I need to talk to you. Now” I pulled her hand though she was still trying to letting my hands off, but it didn’t work.
“Dude get the hell out from my girl” said the boy who’s been looking at me since I came
“ok” I let Shannette go
“What do you want from her?” he said
“Not even your problem”
“Martin, can we just go ...” said Shannette
“We haven’t finish yet” I cutted her words
“But we haven’t start it yet” she said then left me as she held the boy’s hand. Or should I say, Martin.
I think I was going to give myself up. She didn’t love me anymore.

Nick’s POV
I hung out with Boys Like Girls for the second time and that was like a dream come true. There was a little problem went on with Martin’s girl when someone joined us. But nevermind, we went to another place to hung again.

I went home and I saw Makaila with her friend. I thought that was her closest friend cause everytime I saw her hanging out, he always there.
“Nick!” she shouted then I shouted back
“He’s your bandmate?” her friend asked
“yes I am” I answered
“oh great! You guys wanna discuss something for your band? Then perhaps I gotta go” he said. Perfect timing
“no! It’s okay you can join us” said Makaila
“No, we need a personal talk about our band so if you don’t mind...?” I said
“Well it’s okay though, your band is awesome so you need more to be the coolest” he said
“Hahah thanks, Pat! See you tomorrow” she gave him a high five then he leave, “Nick, what are you doing? It isn’t nice though”
“....uhh we haven’t talk since we were busy sooo I think this is the time?” I sat next to her and put my hand to her shoulder
“awww you miss me”
“what? ....well yes. But not really”
“Now that’s nice. Hahaha” She laughed. She looked cute when she laughed. Well, she was one of the reasons why my dreams were coming true. And I liked her.
“So... what’s that ‘personal talk’ you said before?” she asked. Stupid me, I didnt mean that anyway
“...uhh I forgot”
“smartass. I shouldnt have to tell Pat to go” she looked at me as I giggled. And I just liked it when she looked a bit angry, i didnt know why.

“Oh Bill! Mom waited for ya, she said she needs you to bring something like packages to granny” she shouted to the boy who....wait is that the boy who came to our BLG hang recently?

Normal POV

Okay, 4 months I’ve been in this city. Until today, I’ve got 2 things on my mind.

Nick was such a sweet boy and I liked him. Tomorrow he asked me to a dinner at a restaurant next to my school. I was so excited. And I was wondering if I could just getting myself closer to him.
Second, my cousin. Day by day, he was being awkward. He sometimes happy with a huge peacefully smile on and when he was in a bad mood, my house was like a living hell.

I went to school like usuall, and it was September. Still autumn. Our school announced that
there will be a prom party next week on 7pm. Nick was only in my mind. If only I could take him here but I’m not really sure to take him joining the prom cause this is for our school only.
“I WILL BRING RYA. I PROMISE” that voice came out from my class. I will always knew who it was.
“Dude that’s too loud” I showed myself behind the door, and I saw there are only Pat and Lia at the class. Well, it was too early for school because I’ve been there since like 6am, but It was fun if we were the students who came first.

“I know right. But dude don’t you know that they’re still dating?” said Lia sat on her desk
“Why do I have to care? I’ll bring her no matter what” Pat wrapped his hands
“Hahahah aand are you going to take someone for next week’s prom?” I asked Lia
“...I havent think about that heheh” she answered
“Oyeah? How about that dude with the glassess??” said Pat
“WHAT? Wait dude that’s my buddy. And why in the hell you knew him?” Lia was shocked as she stood up
“I saw you kissed him at Makayla’s latest show” he giggled
“shit. Shut your mouth douchebag”
“Hahaha why won’t you tell us that your bf was in the band too? Even he’s here...” I said as she smiled
“Nothing. Well forget it, anyways how about you, Kayla?” she asked
“Me? Dunno.”
“That dude from your band wasn’t here huh?” asked Pat
“mmhmm”
“Well maybe someone will take you to the prom, besides him” said Lia
“I hope so”

Yes, I hope so. But I hope that wouldn’t be JOHN. I’ll be so freaking dead.

The next day,

Nick was sitting in front of me ordering some foods for us to eat, and yes we haven’t been like this since 2 months busying with our stuffs. Nick looked cool, and I obviously think about the past 6 months when he was being a jerk for me, but inside, he was totally kind to anyone else.
“Want some desserts?” he asked
“oh ofcourse, banana split would be great”
“great” he ordered what I said. It was quited fun and I was getting full so I doubt I couldn’t finish the banana split I ordered.
“full enough?” said Nick as he took a small spoon and moved his chair next to mine
“...what are you doing?” I asked
“Helping you to finish this ofcourse” he said as he scooped on my banana split
“Yo I haven’t eat that yet”
“You look like you dont really want to eat this earlier so I guess I could help you. And FYI I hate waiting when my tummy needs another companies” he said, eating my banana split
“companies? Hahaha! Dude get off here man, I wanna eat this either” I said as I pushed him then had a scoop. So yeah, we finished the banana split together.

“So who’s that boy living in your house?” he asked, with a random question
“you mean my cousin? Oh ya he is”
“he acted weird these days huh?”
“...what?” I shocked since he said that he knew my cousin acted like a weirdo these days but...how?
“how did you know about that???” I asked
“Uh so I was with Boys Like Girls, hanging out with them and he came then ruined our hang by doing something awkward like a riot with Martin’s girlfriend, and he was like..”
“MARTIN’S GIRLFRIEND?” I cutted his words as I shocked
“yes”
“You mean Shannette?”
“Yes! That’s the name! what’s wrong with that anyway?”
“well, I was just guessing. Tell me how was he doing!”
“Okay so he was like ‘shannette we need to talk’ and Martin came then the riot began. I dont even know what’s going on there” he said
“..oh okay. I think they have a complicated story before she was with Martin..”
“Probably yes” Finally I got his problem for being a completely weirdo these days, and it’s about Shannette.

After having a lot of fun with Nick, I came to Vany’s house and met John. I automatically step backward but Nick held my hand and whispered “Yo it’s okay he’s fine”. John was like the first guy I really scared of, none like anyone else.
“Sup guys?” He said
“Everything’s good” said Nick
“Ohhai guys! I baked cookies anyway so have a taste!” said Vany as she gave us a plate of cookies she baked. It was yummy!
“This is delicious! you made this by yourself??” asked Nick then she nodded
“Yo, I also helped you finishing those cookies” John pointed at those cookies
“...yeah he also did” she talked like she didnt even care then leave
“What’s wrong with you?” John pulled her hand
“Me? I’m okay”
“You looked like you’re not”
“Oh really?” she released herself then leaved us quickly
“huh, girls” John giggled
“mmhm?” I wrapped my hands
“Well I didnt mean that” he shooked his head
“hahahah so what happened to her anyway?” asked Nick
“I don’t even know” he said. John seemed fine because I know with that stupid promise about to not drunking till November. And November is the next month so I gotta be careful....oh wait why do I always have to compare John like a wild animal or something stupid that used to scared me anyway?

Nick played the guitar while I sat next to him, suddenly I didn’t see Vany in recent several minutes. I think I better search her. “I’ll search for Vany ok” I said to Nick as I left then walked around her house. I came upstairs and I found two doors that used to be Vany’s and John’s room. I bet Vany was inside one of those rooms so I checked the door on the corner.

I opened the door quietely and yes, it was Vany’s room. She was lying on her bed and talked something to herself but I didn’t hear it too clearly. I wanted to greet her but she greeted me first.
“Makaila?....what are you doing here?” She got up
“I’m...just looking around your house” I said as I looked around
“Hahahah well come in here!”
“Thanks!” I sat on the chair next to her desk. “Is there anything wrong, recently?” I asked her
“What do you mean? Everything’s okay “ She looked confused
“Ohh okay” I made myself back like everything’s ok, but I was still sure that there’s something wrong with her and John.
“Umm Makaila? May I ask you something?” she asked, unexpectedly
“sure!”
“...what do you think about my brother?”
“wha?” I squinted my eyes and turned confuse. Why did she ask such a thing like this?
“well he looks fine hahah. What’s wrong anyway?”
“Well if you don’t mind...” she looked down as she scratched her head “...will you go to the prom with him?”

I turned silent. I seriously had a doubt for what she asked, I mean, a guy like John, who definetely almost raped me like ew, will go out with me for school’s prom? This is uncool.
“Why did you ask me such a thing like that?”
“Actually John really wanted to ask you about that but...he’s kinda shy to tell” She giggled
“Oh.....uh....” I kept myself confused. I seriously didnt know what I’ve got to answer.
“I know what’s happening with you and John at Rya’s house” The words I heard from Vanny made me shocked. My heart beated fast at the time when she said that but.....how did she know???? “I knew that John has gone drunk and he couldn’t control his self out so he came in that way....but for this time, I promise he won’t do anything stupid to you again”
“What makes you so sure anyway...?”
“Because he’s my brother.” She answered
“.....okay” I sighed
“You do?? You want John to be with you at the prom? That’s awesome!!!” she was super excited while I was a bit limp. All I did was just showing her a huge smile. That was getting uncooler than I thought.

After agreeing a stupid request, I went out from her room, and there was a room next to hers that I bet it was John’s room. There’s a feeling that I wanted to go in, a feeling that I wanted to figured what happend with Vany and John, cause that dumb question about prom didn’t fit my question.
I prefer to went in, I saw nobody, so I closed the door and walked around his room. I saw kind of a diary book on his bed, I looked around, then I took the book quietely. I opened it, and it wasn’t an important thing at all, but a note of math thingy. I wonder how a guy like him could be that diligent..

I looked around for more informations, yea I was being a detective for a while. Searching something that could fit my questions. It ended when I stood at the corner of his room.

“Photo album?” I opened the photo album that exactly at the corner of his room. It was quiet dirty, well I thought he forgot the album he accidently threw here. I saw Vany’s photos all over the album. Only one photo that was tidy enough, and it was at the back of the album. It was both of them. John hugged Vany and kissed her, and it was sweet. What a cute couple of brother and sister.
I saw there was a tiny note near the photo though it covered of dust, so I guess I better took a look of it...

“You shouldn’t have to look at all my stuffs, right?” Someone talked to me near my neck. I looked at my back, and it was John.

Help?