Chapter 15
"Allow it."
Rochelle Quinn's POV:
"Kade's still my family." Kace gulped, his eyes blinked quickly. Like he was trying not to cry.
"Family doesn't do that, Kace." I said, shaking my head. Kenzie, Keegan and Kane looked onto the scene silently,
"We're still family. He's my brother." Kace answered back, going to put an arm around the boy but jumped backwards when Kade unwillingly flinched back.
The twin looked heartbroken for a second before masking his facial expression, closing himself off. Whereas Kade looked frightened, like he was about to have a panic attack. His eyes were widened and he was taking deep, shaky breaths and his body was trembling.
Sky approached him slowly, wrapping his hands soothingly around his kid brother and whispering into his ear. He pulled the boy out of the room while the rest of us looked at them sympathetically.
"Kace, we should go." Kenzie gestured to the door and walked out, soon being followed by a hesitant Kace. I looked at Skater boy and Luigi innocently, shrugging as they kept their eyes on me.
"That was harsh." Kane commented frustratedly, sitting down opposite to me.
"It was," I agreed, opening my packet of chips and stuffing half of them in my mouth. "There's no point in sugar coating it, what he did was wrong."
"Yeah, but they're still brothers." Cinderella argued softly, his voice quiet as he stepped away from the Rossi's glares.
"It's taking all of my strength to not rip that cretin apart for what he did to Kade." Alec fumed, despite his face not looking bothered as he sat down in front of me. "He's openly disrespecting Rock after thinking he could do that to my brother."
"Can we change the subject?" Ivan suggested, sounding more annoyed than necessary. I nodded my head at his suggestion but didn't say a word aloud.
"Have I ever told you that I have a distinct hatred of people?" I asked thoughtlessly, realising that it's probably the most obvious thing in the entire universe.
"Not explicitly but it was implied." Kane shrugged his shoulders carelessly. Kade and Sky walked back into the living room, Kade instantly moving to stand next to Ivan. I smiled at the show of security that Kade obviously felt with his older brother.
"Sky, get me another packet of chips." I complained, throwing a cushion at him aggressively.
"You stole all of mine!" He argued defensively, crossing his arms. I furrowed my eyebrows as I faked confusion.
"Me? Steal something? Are you sure?"
I bit my lip in a pathetic attempt to stop my laughter as the teenager narrowed his dark eyes at me.
"Well, no. My chips magically disappeared into thin air." He muttered sarcastically, gaining a laugh from Blondie and Kane.
I nodded, strongly agreeing with him. "That is more likely to happen than me, moi," I pointed at myself dramatically, trying to exaggerate my point. "Stealing something."
Alec looked deep in thought, his finger resting on his chin. "Didn't you steal Raines hair dye and used it in her food?"
Ivan's eyes widened, "And you stole my hair conditioner and swapped it with hers! Just so you could put glitter in it!"
I glared at both of them, my flaring eyes resting dangerously on Alec. I gritted my teeth, "Not really relevant though, is it?"
"Well it kind of i-"
"No." I silenced him with my stare, silently daring him to say something else.
"In all honesty, Raine had it coming to her." Sky admitted, opening another packet of chips.
"Hold on a second, who's Raine?" Kane's eyebrows furrowed as he stared at Ivan's passive expression.
"Raine was a lying bitch who deserved everything I did to her." I smiled sweetly and strainfully, clenching my fists together.
"She was in our group home, we hated her." Alec added on vaguely, answering his question.
Sky disappeared into the kitchen again and it sounded like he was searching through the cupboards.
"Got any beer?"
I caught Ivan's gaze instantly, widening my eyes in surprise. Alec held his breath, and it looked like he was mentally counting.
Strange.
"You're not drinking." I shouted back, shaking my head. "You're 16."
He popped his head through the door, looking at me as if I had three heads. "And? How old were you when you started drinking?"
"That's not important." I argued back instantly, "In the words of the greatest philosopher of all time, 'One who does not have the proper authority figure shall not be held accountable for their actions.' I'm telling you no, you don't have an excuse. You're underage."
"First of all, so are you." He rolled his eyes as the boys stifled their laughter. "Secondly, who the hell said that?"
I stared at him like he was stupid. "The worlds greatest philosopher."
"And that is?"
"Me, obviously." I scoffed, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Sky raised his eyebrows at me.
"Do you even know what a philosopher is?" Keegan asked, his face giving away how hilarious I am.
"Nope. " I grinned, shrugging my shoulders nonchalantly.
Kane started speaking, "A philos-"
"I don't care."
"But it i-"
"I still don't care." I looked at him like he was stupid for thinking that I actually cared what the word meant. "In the words of a British citizen, 'Allow it'."
"Allow it? Where the hell did you come up with that?" Kade's eyes danced with humour as he shook his head at me.
"I spent 2 months in London, like 2 foster families ago. I had a lot of time to familiarise myself with the language." I held back a smile as I remembered the trouble I got up too.
I'm banned from entering England now.
"Crazy Bitch." Ivan muttered, leaning onto his knees tiredly.
"Says the redhead." I chuckled, sticking my tongue out. I smiled as Ivi started laughing at my childish behaviour.
"I think you should talk to Kace and Kenzie." Blondie commented, ruining my moment.
"Nope." I answered in a tone that left no room to argue. "Kace despises me and I broke Kenzie's jaw. Not that I particularly care but..." I'm not starting more trouble with two jerks.
"Kace is a good person, just a bit misunderstood." Kane's eyes begged for me to understand but I had shut off all feelings of empathy a long time ago. "And Kenzie's just...Kenzie. He's been like that since we were children."
I furrowed my eyebrows at that, thinking back to Kenzie's numerous night terrors. His screams had echoed through my room for the past nights, but I hadn't gone to comfort him.
'Deal with your demons on your own and I'll deal with mine'
What if he can't deal with his?
What if my countless anger episodes harmed him in a way that I didn't realise?
But Kane said he'd been like this since he was just a child.
What happened to him?
My thoughts were silenced as the boy appeared with his elder brother, walking into the room without talking. Kace's eyes were red, like he'd been crying.
And I still didn't care enough about the twin to let his defeated state effect me.
Kenzie glared at me, "Finally stopped being a heartless bitch?"
"I wasn't aware that it was even possible." I replied tightly, pushing Ivan back onto the couch and gesturing for Sky to go back into the kitchen.
"Carefu-"
Kenzie interrupted Alec, "No! I won't be 'careful'. She came into my home and instantly started trouble, arguing with us, attacking us, causing trouble between us."
I didn't reply, but I knew my face hid the way I was feeling. The only thing that would've been obvious was the amusement swirling in my iris'.
"Just because your life is shit, doesn't mean you can ruin ours." He spat, sticking his finger out at me.
I blinked at him, feeling my hands start to ache from resisting the urge to hit him, or someone, or something. Or anything.
He continued harshly, "And just because your parents didn't want you does not mean that you can do all you possibly can to make my brothers, my family, feel as lonely and as bitter as you."
This time, I didn't stop Ivan straight away and let the Vampires words kick in as I heard a fist make contact with something.
I dragged the redhead off Dracula, my grip causing him to wince. I sent Ivi an apologetic look before staring at the Goth with empty eyes.
"You're wrong."
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