I've Been Living A Lie, chapter 9
"Wh..I...Aren't you supposed to be on a plane?" She stuttered. I found myself at a loss for words so Mark answered for me.
"We were on a plane but Charlotte decided to run off it before take off." Mark explained.
"Oh." She said quietly looking back at me. Then once again we were interrupted.
"Who's at the do- Woah what are you doing here?" I looked at a shocked Billie Joe.
"I couldn't do it, I couldn't leave... It's not right." I mumbled quietly to them.
"Shit..." Whispered Adie in disbelief.
"Maybe you should come in-"
"MOM!" I heard someone shout and then running footsteps. Appearing around the corner of the door were the two faces of Joey and Jacob.
Shit!! They weren't supposed to be here. I was half expecting my uncles and aunties to appear to since we were doing a pretty good job of a family reunion in the doorway. I looked at Adie who had also shifted her attention to the two boys.
"What's wrong?" She asked the smaller one who I presumed was Jacob.
"Joey stole my Xbox game again!" Adie sighed.
"Joey give it back" She said half heartedly.
"But mom he said I could use it...." He finally noticed us at the door " Who are you?"
I looked at Mark and Katie and was about to introduce myself when Jacob answered for me.
"She's the girl from the picture in Mom and Dads room." Well that stunned me.
"Huh?" I asked looking at Billie Joe and Adie who were looking at their youngest son confused.
"How did you know about that?" Billie asked. Jacob smiled sheepishly.
"I was looking for my homework and I saw it in your closet." I don't know about you but I find the thought of someone having a secret picture of me slightly strange. Then I noticed Joey was still watching us.
"What's your name's I'm Joey." He said to Me, Katie and Mark. I smiled he was cute.
"I'm Mark." Mark replied and smiled at Joey.
"I'm Katie." Katie said and also smiled.
"I'm Charlotte, Nice to meet you." I answered with a nod of the head.
"I'm Jacob... but you can call me Jake!" Jacob said loudly obviously feeling left out of the conversation. I noticed Adie and Billie Joe smile.
"So anyway come in you must be freezing." Billie Joe said making us look at him weird.
"It's the middle of summer." I smirked "I don't think anyone could be cold in this weather." He smiled.
"Yeah... Well.. No!" He said. I raised an eyebrow,
"Nice comeback." I answered. He stuck his tongue out at me making me raise my eyebrow again.
"What are you 4?" I enquired. I didn't notice everyone watching us with amused smiles. He went to answer but Adie interrupted our little pointless argument.
"Stop bickering your worse than these two." She laid a hand on each Joey and Jacobs shoulders. Billie smirked,
"Sorry mommy." He said in a childish tone. I usually would have said something like that to but it would have been weird considering she kinda was my mom. Billie's voice broke my thoughts,
"So seriously come in now." They stepped aside letting us in. My mouth dropped as I took in the huge room.
"Your house is amazing." I said Mark and Katie nodded in agreement. Billie Joe slung an arm over my shoulder leaning on me.
"That's what year's of rock 'n' roll do for you." He slurred I looked at him strangely.
"Are you drunk?" I asked him. He rolled his eyes playfully.
"No if I was drunk could I do this?" I suddenly felt myself being lifted off the ground as he threw me over his shoulder. I screamed and started hitting him so he'd let go but he wouldn't. I heard everyone laughing as he started running. I saw something sticking out the back pocket of his pants so I carefully pulled it out and smiled when I realized it was a silver marker. Perfect for revenge. I drawn a arrow pointing down and written above it (even though it was upside down to everyone else and it was pretty messy since I was writing it upside down) 'My head is permanently stuck here'. Then I felt us come to a stop it was then I noticed we were outside....... by the pool.
"Are you ready to go swimming?" He asked deviously. I felt something hit me in the face and I saw my locket had fell from where it was tucked into my shirt. Shit, if he threw me in the locket would be ruined. He moved me forward about to throw me when I shouted.
"Wait! Don't throw me in!" He stopped moving .
"Do you have any reason why I can't throw you in the pool?" He said in an annoying snobby voice.
"Yes, my locket. If your going to throw me in at least let me take it off I don't want it ruined." I replied frantically grasping for the locket clasp but then I felt myself being put down.
"That's a good enough reason." He smiled at me and I smiled back. We walked in the house to see Adie, Katie and Mark sitting at the table. Billie walked to the coffee maker and all three of them burst into hysterical fits of laughter. At first I was confused but then I saw the silver writing on his shirt and remembered the prank and started laughing too. He turned to us eyeing us suspiciously.
"Why are you laughing?" He asked. Adie pointed to his shirt while still laughing. He quickly undone the buttons of his shirt and pulled it off reading the back.
"My head is....HEY!" He said turning to me. I shrugged
"Now you know better than to pick me up, don't you." He glared at me playfully.
"I hate you." He said putting his shirt back on.
"Awww no you don't" I said in a small annoying voice walking towards him. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him. I heard him laugh and put his arms around me to. Then I pulled away and said
"See I told you that you don't hate me." Then I ruffled his hair. He immediately started putting it right again.
"Don't touch the hair." He muttered making me laugh.
"Guys come through to the living room, Billie will make you some coffee." Adie said.
"I will?" Billie replied playfully, Adie just rolled her eyes and ushered Katie, Mark and me into a huge living room.
"Here sit down." She said pointing to a couch. We sat down and Adie sat on the couch opposite us.
"So do you guys need to ring your parents?" She asked Mark and Katie. They nodded.
"I need to get my dad to pick up our stuff because our plane should be landing soon." Katie said.
"Okay sure follow me." Adie said getting up. Mark and Katie followed and I just stayed on the couch admiring the room.
"Hi." I heard someone say making me jump as I'd been pretty out of it. I looked up and saw Jacob and Joey smiling at me. I smiled back.
"Hi." I replied, Jacob came and grabbed my hand pulling me up.
"Come see our goldfish!" He said excitedly as Joey nodded his head and grabbed my other hand. They pulled me through the door and up the stairs before I could answer. They took me into a room that was painted a sort of aqua green-blue with a huge fish tank.
"How many fish have you got!?" I asked hypnotized by the what seemed like hundreds of fish swimming in the tank. They simply shrugged.
"Were not sure exactly but we both have our favorites that we've named." Joey said.
"Yeah here's mine!" Jacob chanted excitedly pointing at a largish red and white fish.
"Wow!" I said. Jacob nodded quickly.
"Yeah I know he's called Jimmy!" He exclaimed. I smiled at the young boy. He was cute.
"Aww that's a cool name. Which ones yours Joey?" Joey smiled and searched the tank.
"There! There he is, he's called Bailey." I looked at the fish he was pointing at, it was smallish but really pretty. He had a green head and a silvery blue body.
"He's cute." I said smiling at them, they smiled back.
"C'mon let's go back down. Your mom and dad will probably be wondering where we are." They nodded in union. I smiled slightly then leant over and picked Jacob up. Then I took Joeys hands and dragged him away from the tank. We walked back to the living room where everyone was now sitting. I let go of Joeys hand and he ran into Billies lap. Billie laughed and looked at me I was still holding Jacob. I put him down and sat on the couch next to Adie. Jacob ran over when I sat down and jumped onto my knee. I smiled and looked up to see Adie and Billie Joe smiling like loons. Which was kind of a scary sight.
"So where did you three get off to?" Billie Joe asked.
"They shown me their fish." I said smiling down at Jacob who looked like he was falling asleep. Billie smiled too.
"Yeah they have a lot of fish." He said bobbing his head slightly. I turned to Katie.
"Did you ring your dad?" I asked.
"Yeah he said he'd pick our stuff up for us." I nodded.
"Okay." I looked down at Jacob who was asleep with his head on my shoulder. It was a lot to take in since technically he was my blood brother.
"Do you three want dinner?" Adie asked.
"Nah I'm not really hungry." I answered.
"Me neither." Katie said.
"I'm fine thanks." Mark replied. Adie smiled.
"Okay then, we have three guest rooms you can use," She said.
"Thank you so much Mrs Armstrong." Katie said being her usual polite self.
"Please hun call me Adie." She smiled and Katie nodded.
"Have you got any of your stuff?" Adie asked.
"We have some clothes in our hand luggage me and Katie took it when we followed Charlotte." Mark answered,
"Okay we'll take you shopping for some clothes to last you a couple of weeks or whatever tomorrow if you like?" She said. We nodded.
"That'd be great." I said. Then Billie Joe spoke up from being pretty quiet.
"Did you seriously run off the plane?" I bit my lip and looked down at the still sleeping Jacob.
"Yeah." I mumbled. He didn't say anything else.
"I'll show you to your room." Adie said. We got up and Katie and Mark went out with Adie but I walked to the other couch to place Jacob on the couch next to Billie and a sleeping Joey. Billie Joe got up to and put Joey next to Jacob. And as I was about to walk out the door to catch up with the others he put his arms round me and hugged me. I was a little confused but hugged him back all the same.
"I'm glad you got off the plane." He whispered. I smiled,
"Yeah, me too..."
"We were on a plane but Charlotte decided to run off it before take off." Mark explained.
"Oh." She said quietly looking back at me. Then once again we were interrupted.
"Who's at the do- Woah what are you doing here?" I looked at a shocked Billie Joe.
"I couldn't do it, I couldn't leave... It's not right." I mumbled quietly to them.
"Shit..." Whispered Adie in disbelief.
"Maybe you should come in-"
"MOM!" I heard someone shout and then running footsteps. Appearing around the corner of the door were the two faces of Joey and Jacob.
Shit!! They weren't supposed to be here. I was half expecting my uncles and aunties to appear to since we were doing a pretty good job of a family reunion in the doorway. I looked at Adie who had also shifted her attention to the two boys.
"What's wrong?" She asked the smaller one who I presumed was Jacob.
"Joey stole my Xbox game again!" Adie sighed.
"Joey give it back" She said half heartedly.
"But mom he said I could use it...." He finally noticed us at the door " Who are you?"
I looked at Mark and Katie and was about to introduce myself when Jacob answered for me.
"She's the girl from the picture in Mom and Dads room." Well that stunned me.
"Huh?" I asked looking at Billie Joe and Adie who were looking at their youngest son confused.
"How did you know about that?" Billie asked. Jacob smiled sheepishly.
"I was looking for my homework and I saw it in your closet." I don't know about you but I find the thought of someone having a secret picture of me slightly strange. Then I noticed Joey was still watching us.
"What's your name's I'm Joey." He said to Me, Katie and Mark. I smiled he was cute.
"I'm Mark." Mark replied and smiled at Joey.
"I'm Katie." Katie said and also smiled.
"I'm Charlotte, Nice to meet you." I answered with a nod of the head.
"I'm Jacob... but you can call me Jake!" Jacob said loudly obviously feeling left out of the conversation. I noticed Adie and Billie Joe smile.
"So anyway come in you must be freezing." Billie Joe said making us look at him weird.
"It's the middle of summer." I smirked "I don't think anyone could be cold in this weather." He smiled.
"Yeah... Well.. No!" He said. I raised an eyebrow,
"Nice comeback." I answered. He stuck his tongue out at me making me raise my eyebrow again.
"What are you 4?" I enquired. I didn't notice everyone watching us with amused smiles. He went to answer but Adie interrupted our little pointless argument.
"Stop bickering your worse than these two." She laid a hand on each Joey and Jacobs shoulders. Billie smirked,
"Sorry mommy." He said in a childish tone. I usually would have said something like that to but it would have been weird considering she kinda was my mom. Billie's voice broke my thoughts,
"So seriously come in now." They stepped aside letting us in. My mouth dropped as I took in the huge room.
"Your house is amazing." I said Mark and Katie nodded in agreement. Billie Joe slung an arm over my shoulder leaning on me.
"That's what year's of rock 'n' roll do for you." He slurred I looked at him strangely.
"Are you drunk?" I asked him. He rolled his eyes playfully.
"No if I was drunk could I do this?" I suddenly felt myself being lifted off the ground as he threw me over his shoulder. I screamed and started hitting him so he'd let go but he wouldn't. I heard everyone laughing as he started running. I saw something sticking out the back pocket of his pants so I carefully pulled it out and smiled when I realized it was a silver marker. Perfect for revenge. I drawn a arrow pointing down and written above it (even though it was upside down to everyone else and it was pretty messy since I was writing it upside down) 'My head is permanently stuck here'. Then I felt us come to a stop it was then I noticed we were outside....... by the pool.
"Are you ready to go swimming?" He asked deviously. I felt something hit me in the face and I saw my locket had fell from where it was tucked into my shirt. Shit, if he threw me in the locket would be ruined. He moved me forward about to throw me when I shouted.
"Wait! Don't throw me in!" He stopped moving .
"Do you have any reason why I can't throw you in the pool?" He said in an annoying snobby voice.
"Yes, my locket. If your going to throw me in at least let me take it off I don't want it ruined." I replied frantically grasping for the locket clasp but then I felt myself being put down.
"That's a good enough reason." He smiled at me and I smiled back. We walked in the house to see Adie, Katie and Mark sitting at the table. Billie walked to the coffee maker and all three of them burst into hysterical fits of laughter. At first I was confused but then I saw the silver writing on his shirt and remembered the prank and started laughing too. He turned to us eyeing us suspiciously.
"Why are you laughing?" He asked. Adie pointed to his shirt while still laughing. He quickly undone the buttons of his shirt and pulled it off reading the back.
"My head is....HEY!" He said turning to me. I shrugged
"Now you know better than to pick me up, don't you." He glared at me playfully.
"I hate you." He said putting his shirt back on.
"Awww no you don't" I said in a small annoying voice walking towards him. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him. I heard him laugh and put his arms around me to. Then I pulled away and said
"See I told you that you don't hate me." Then I ruffled his hair. He immediately started putting it right again.
"Don't touch the hair." He muttered making me laugh.
"Guys come through to the living room, Billie will make you some coffee." Adie said.
"I will?" Billie replied playfully, Adie just rolled her eyes and ushered Katie, Mark and me into a huge living room.
"Here sit down." She said pointing to a couch. We sat down and Adie sat on the couch opposite us.
"So do you guys need to ring your parents?" She asked Mark and Katie. They nodded.
"I need to get my dad to pick up our stuff because our plane should be landing soon." Katie said.
"Okay sure follow me." Adie said getting up. Mark and Katie followed and I just stayed on the couch admiring the room.
"Hi." I heard someone say making me jump as I'd been pretty out of it. I looked up and saw Jacob and Joey smiling at me. I smiled back.
"Hi." I replied, Jacob came and grabbed my hand pulling me up.
"Come see our goldfish!" He said excitedly as Joey nodded his head and grabbed my other hand. They pulled me through the door and up the stairs before I could answer. They took me into a room that was painted a sort of aqua green-blue with a huge fish tank.
"How many fish have you got!?" I asked hypnotized by the what seemed like hundreds of fish swimming in the tank. They simply shrugged.
"Were not sure exactly but we both have our favorites that we've named." Joey said.
"Yeah here's mine!" Jacob chanted excitedly pointing at a largish red and white fish.
"Wow!" I said. Jacob nodded quickly.
"Yeah I know he's called Jimmy!" He exclaimed. I smiled at the young boy. He was cute.
"Aww that's a cool name. Which ones yours Joey?" Joey smiled and searched the tank.
"There! There he is, he's called Bailey." I looked at the fish he was pointing at, it was smallish but really pretty. He had a green head and a silvery blue body.
"He's cute." I said smiling at them, they smiled back.
"C'mon let's go back down. Your mom and dad will probably be wondering where we are." They nodded in union. I smiled slightly then leant over and picked Jacob up. Then I took Joeys hands and dragged him away from the tank. We walked back to the living room where everyone was now sitting. I let go of Joeys hand and he ran into Billies lap. Billie laughed and looked at me I was still holding Jacob. I put him down and sat on the couch next to Adie. Jacob ran over when I sat down and jumped onto my knee. I smiled and looked up to see Adie and Billie Joe smiling like loons. Which was kind of a scary sight.
"So where did you three get off to?" Billie Joe asked.
"They shown me their fish." I said smiling down at Jacob who looked like he was falling asleep. Billie smiled too.
"Yeah they have a lot of fish." He said bobbing his head slightly. I turned to Katie.
"Did you ring your dad?" I asked.
"Yeah he said he'd pick our stuff up for us." I nodded.
"Okay." I looked down at Jacob who was asleep with his head on my shoulder. It was a lot to take in since technically he was my blood brother.
"Do you three want dinner?" Adie asked.
"Nah I'm not really hungry." I answered.
"Me neither." Katie said.
"I'm fine thanks." Mark replied. Adie smiled.
"Okay then, we have three guest rooms you can use," She said.
"Thank you so much Mrs Armstrong." Katie said being her usual polite self.
"Please hun call me Adie." She smiled and Katie nodded.
"Have you got any of your stuff?" Adie asked.
"We have some clothes in our hand luggage me and Katie took it when we followed Charlotte." Mark answered,
"Okay we'll take you shopping for some clothes to last you a couple of weeks or whatever tomorrow if you like?" She said. We nodded.
"That'd be great." I said. Then Billie Joe spoke up from being pretty quiet.
"Did you seriously run off the plane?" I bit my lip and looked down at the still sleeping Jacob.
"Yeah." I mumbled. He didn't say anything else.
"I'll show you to your room." Adie said. We got up and Katie and Mark went out with Adie but I walked to the other couch to place Jacob on the couch next to Billie and a sleeping Joey. Billie Joe got up to and put Joey next to Jacob. And as I was about to walk out the door to catch up with the others he put his arms round me and hugged me. I was a little confused but hugged him back all the same.
"I'm glad you got off the plane." He whispered. I smiled,
"Yeah, me too..."
