This Is for Keeps

After a while of talking and just hanging out with everyone, a knock on the door brought me out of my heated argument with frank about twizzlers and redvines. I looked up questiongly at the door and then at my dad.

“Oh! I forgot, I invited Kaehla over!” he said hopping up form the couch and heading to the door and opening it. In bounced in a girl around my age, wearing a Cinema Bizarre shirt and tight black jeans.

“Hi guys!” she said, taking a seat next to Jamia

“Hey, Kaehla, this is my daughter Shaea, Shae this is our neighbor. I figured she could show around Jersey a bit so you can the basics down.” my dad said.

“Nice to meet you.” I said curtly.

“Same here.” she smiled, we spent about 20 minutes talking and I already could tell that she was going to be an awesome friend. We talked about music, food, etc.

“Hey do you want to come over?”

“Can I dad?”

“Go ahead, just be home before 12.” he said. Wow, 12?! My mom always wanted me home at 8, I already love living with my dad more than ever. I laughed to myself quietly and stood up.

“Thanks dad.” I said and waved to everyone as I followed Kaehla out the door and to the apartment room down the hall.

“My cousins are living with me for right now, their step dad is in a band and he’s on tour, their mom went with, so don’t mind them, also I think their friends are over too, they are all great guys you’ll like them.” she said opening the door and walked in, I followed behind. She lead me into the living room where there were four boys, speaking in an unfamiliar language, German?

“Guys, this is my new friend Shaea, Shaea, these are the twins, Tom and Bill, and Georg and Gustav. “ she said pointing them out.

“Er, nice to meet you.” I smiled. They nodded and one, Tom, poked Bill and looked at Kaehla and smirked.

“Sie wissen, ist Ihr Freund recht nett ” he said in german, with a smile. I looked at her questioningly and she rolled her eyes and lead me to the couch to sit down.

“Hey, I noticed you had a sort of accent, where are you from?” Georg asked. I was surprised he noticed it.
I wrapped my arms around my waist and smiled.

“I lived in the UK with my mom until she sent me to live with my dad.”

“Oh, thats cool. We’re from Germany.” Tom smiled.

“I think she noticed.” Kaehla laughed.

“Weibchen.”

“Arschloch.”
“Esel licker”

“Nein Tom, der ist Ihr Job, nicht Grube. Gehen Steckfassung weg im Restroom jetzt Sie kleiner Slut!” she yelled, Tom gasped while the other three laughed. I just sat there confused, not knowing what they were saying. Gustav seemed to notice and reached over and whispered the translations to me.

“Oh, wow thanks.” I said, not really sure how to react. He just chuckled and turned to a conversation with Georg. Kaehla tapped me on the shoulder and I looked up to see her smiling.

“Sorry about that, do you want to go head to the pool?”

“I wish but I don’t have a bathing suit.”

“Don’t worry, I have an extra, what size are you?”

“Um, I think a 3 here in the US.”

“That’s perfect! Come on, guys! Lets go to the pool!” she called to them while she dragged me to what I assumed was her room. As we walked in, I noticed all the posters on her wall and that her room was quite big.

“So, do they know who my dad is?” I asked quietly.

“No, not unless you want them to.” Kaehla responded while digging through her drawer.

“Not yet, I’d like to get to know them better.”

“They’re famous you know.”

“Huh?”

“They are a band, named Tokio Hotel, they aren’t that big in the states, only in Germany really.”

“Oh, I see, how old are they?”

"The twins are sixteen, seventeen in september, and Georg is 17 and Gustav is 16."

“Yea, here I’ll play you one of their English songs, its called Monsoon.” she said running to her computer and clicking on something. Soon after, a soothing beat started up and she looked through her drawers again, and pulled out a red bikini top and matching girl trunks with it.

“This is for you, and this is for me.” she said handing them to me and then pulling out a matching pair except in blue.

“This song sounds awesome.” I said as it came to a finish.
“Yes, that was Bill singing, Tom on guitar, Georg bass and Gustav drums. Here go change in the restroom and I’ll change in here.” she said and shoved me into the restroom in her room. I laughed and began to strip out my clothes, letting my mind subconsciously wonder to Tom. After I had finished, Blue and Yellow began to play. I grabbed my jeans and pulled my phone out, answering it as I walked out.

“Hello?”

“Hey babe.”

“Hey.”

“What are you up to right now?”

“Oh, just about to head to the pool with new friends. You?” I asked as I set my clothes down on Kaehla’s bed. She walked in and handed me a towel, looked at me questioningly before leading me out to the living room, where the boys were already in their trunks. Again, subconsciously, my eyes wandered to Tom.

“Laying down, its been a rough day, everyone was asking for your number and stuff, word got out that you were moving to Jersey.”

“Eh, you didn’t give it away did you?” I asked as I followed everyone out to the pool.

“Of course not, well I have to go, huge time difference, I love you.”

“Of course, I love you too.” I said and hung up. As soon as I set my phone down, Kaehla pounced me and the guys laughed and jumped in the pool.

“Who was that?” she asked, getting the guys attention.

“My boyfriend.”

“Oh name?” she asked, the guys rolled their eyes and began to splash each other.

“Cody, 16, black shaggy hair, blue eyes, The Used and My Chem” I answered with a smirk before she could ask the typical questions. We both laughed and I picked up my phone and showed her my screensaver, a picture my cousin had taken of us laying together asleep.

“Oh yeah, he’s hot.”

“He’s mine.”

“I know, hands off, I have a man!”

“Who huh?” I asked, Georg got out of the pull and slid his arms around her waist.

“Georg, 17, brown hair, brown eyes, Fall Out Boy.” he smirked and kissed her cheek. We laughed and as she tried to squirm out his arms, he tightened his grip and threw her in the pool, and then after, turned and smirked at me.

“Your turn.” he smirked devilishly.

“No! Please!” I backed up.

“You can’t escape.” he said and began to chase me around the pool. I squeaked as I felt a pair of arms latch around me waist. I turned around expecting to see Georg, but instead Bill.

“Bill, please, no.” I squirmed. I managed to get out and ran straight into Gustav, as I got up, I stumbled into Tom, who latched his arms around my waist tightly so I wouldn’t get loose.

“Like I said, Shaea, you can’t escape.” Georg laughed evily.

“Aw, fuck you!” I groaned as Tom carried me towards the pull. I smacked his chest to let me go but he didn’t budge.

“As fun as that sounds, I can’t, you have a boyfriend.” Tom looked down at me and smirked. For a moment I got lost in those hazel eyes and couldn’t work up a coherent come back. He grinned and then ran and jumped in the pool with me.

“Ahh! You guys suck!” I yelled as all of them laughed.

“You’re apart of the crew now, consider it a ritual or some shit.” Gustav laughed, as the others did too. I sighed and then smiled, and began to splash everyone with the water.

Welcome to the gang.