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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 8:02:34 GMT
Chapter one“No, No. I don’t want to die” I yelled. “To bad, cause I am going to shoot you” said the bad man as he laughed evilly. “But….I can give you lots of money” I pleaded The bad man looked at me for a few minutes, he grinned nastily and raised his gun…… “Jade, get in here now” my Mum yelled from the house. “In a minute mum, we are in the middle of a game” I called back. I turned to my best friend and rolled my eyes. “Jade Finlay Lovell, get in this house this instant” she screamed at me from the balcony. I jumped up and gave my best friend Cooper a hug. “I better go, before she gets mad” I said. Cooper laughed “see you tomorrow” he said over his shoulder as he ran home. I got to the balcony “Do you know where your sister is” my mum asked me. I shrugged my shoulders “She cracked the s with us and left” I replied. “JADE!” my mother scolded “watch your language and go wash up for dinner”. My name is Jade Finlay Lovell. I am 10 years old These are my parents Sam and Zoey My twin sister Ruby Mikayla and of course my best friend Cooper Jay Anderson. He is 10, but likes to think he is older. He calls me “my gem” but he doesn’t own me. Any and ALL comments are appreciated. Like it? Hate it? Think i should change something. Then please tell me. I wont take offence to anything, you can only ever help me improve!WARNING: Some of my chapters MAY inclue language, nudity and adult scenes~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :)Chapter 1: pg 1 ;)Chapter 19: pg 29 :PChapter 36: pg 78 :)Chapter 2: pg 1 ;)Chapter 20: pg 33 :PChapter 37: pg 78 :)Chapter 3: pg 1 ;)Chapter 21: pg 35 :PChapter 38: pg 83 :)Chapter 4: pg 1 ;)Chapter 22: pg 36 :PChapter 39: pg 85 :)Chapter 5: pg 1 ;)Chapter 23: pg 41 :PChapter 40: pg 87 :)Chapter 6: pg 1 ;)Chapter 24: pg 44 :PChapter 41: pg 89 :)Chapter 7: pg 1 ;)Chapter 25: pg 45 :PChapter 42: pg 93 :)Chapter 8: pg 1 ;)Chapter 26: pg 46 :PChapter 43: pg 94 :)Chapter 9: pg 3 ;)Chapter 27: pg 47 :PChapter 44: pg 97 :)Chapter 10: pg 4 Chapter 28: pg 51 :PChapter 45: pg 99 :)Chapter 11: pg 6 ;)Chapter 29: pg 55 :PChapter 46: pg 104 :)Chapter 12: pg 10 ;)Chapter 30: pg 59 :PChapter 47: pg 105 :)Chapter 13: pg 12 ;)Chapter 31: pg 62 :PChapter 48: pg 106 :)Chapter 14: pg 14 ;)Chapter 32: pg 65 :PChapter 49: pg 107 :)Chapter 15: pg 17 ;)Chapter 33: pg 67 :PChapter 50: pg 110 :)Chapter 16: pg21 ;)Chapter 34: pg 68 :PChapter 51: pg 111 :)Chapter17: pg 23 ;)Chapter 35: pg 75 :PChapter 52: pg 114 :)Chapter 18: pg 26
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 8:06:04 GMT
Chaper 2Cooper and I have know each other since we were babies. Well he is 1 month older then Ruby and me. Our Mums met at Uni, became best friends, married at the same time, brought houses at the same time (across the road from each other!). Then had all of us around the same time. Even though they aren’t really family, Ruby and me still call Cooper’s Mum and Dad, Aunty Megan and Uncle Dion Aunty Megan has a baby in her belly. Ruby and me asked Mum how it got there once. Wish we hadn’t, man she went on forever. Mummy told Ruby and me she doesn’t want any more children. But Ruby and me think she is lying, cause you should see her around babies. She goes ga ga! Anyways, Cooper wants to have another brother. He says that me and Ruby are enough girls for him. Aunty Megan says she doesn’t care, as long as the baby has 5 fingers and 5 toes. I don’t get adults, I mean come on, you have to want to have something. Me and Ruby are hopping for another girl. One month later, Cooper got his wish. Meet Keegan Brody. All he does is sleep, eat and poo. I am glad he doesn’t live at my house. Cooper says he cries a lot too. Man, babies are hard work! Ruby says she can’t wait to grow up and have lots of babies. I think she is crazy! about the growing up part. The babies thing, I will worry about that another day. I just realized, I have been talking so much I forgot to show you mine and Ruby’s room. We can have our own room, but prefer to share. Well here it is. My bed is on the left. Ruby loves pink and I like purple. That’s why the colours don’t match very well. People think it is weird, being twins and all they expect us to be the same in everything. Yeah we are identical in looks, but other then that we are very different. I hate the way people do that. Its kind of cool being a twin though, cause I am a trickster and Ruby thinks I am funny, so we sometimes pretend we are each other. Mum is the only one who knows who is who. She says its because she gave birth to us. Mum is so gross sometimes. Even Daddy and Cooper get confused sometimes. Its so funny. Once Ruby had a maths test at school, and she didn’t want to do it. So we swapped clothes and I did it for her. The teachers had no idea! Ruby and me still laugh about it. Talking about funny things, one time when Ruby, Me and Cooper were playing a game he looked at Ruby very seriously and said “Jade, my gem, I am going to marry you one day!” Ruby and me burst into fits of laughter. Not only was he talking to the wrong sister, but why would anyone want to marry their best friend? He is so funny.
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 8:09:12 GMT
Chapter 3The last few months have been crazy! Cooper turned 16 last month and the snake we got him got out of its box. Opps guess Ruby and I didn’t secure it properly. We have never heard so much screaming in our lives, silly people the snake was harmless. Don’t worry we found it (eventually). I woke up this morning and squealed, shaking Ruby from her sleep she looked at me blankly. “Ruby, wake up we are turning 16 today” I said with a laugh. It only took her a few seconds before she too was out of bed and hugging me. Mum must have heard us jumping around, and came in with Dad and a stack full of presents. Ruby and I made good work ripping them open and reviling cool clothes, make up and other girly stuff. Mum couldn’t stop crying and hugging us “My girls are growing up” was all she could say. Eventually Ruby and I broke away to have a shower and something to eat before the party. Cooper, Aunty Megan, Uncle Dion and baby Keegan were first to arrive. Not long after them the others started arriving. Mostly friends from school, some were parents with their kids mum and dad worked with, the rest were neighbors. Basically we had a full house! I blew out the candles first, been the first twin born (by 10 minutes) Ruby was next. Our parents gave us a toast (how sweet) we ate cake and got bloated on roast turkey. It was late afternoon when the last guest left. Uncle Dion took Keegan home to bed and Aunty Megan stayed and helped to clean up. They wouldn’t let Ruby or I do anything, telling us to enjoy our last moments of birthday and in typical teenage fashion we didn’t complain, grabbing Cooper we went to the swings to ‘hang out’. Ruby went to bed not long after, saying she was tired. Cooper and I stayed there for ages, talking about how cool it is to be a teen. No more early nights, and we can go out on our own! We both decided (on the ok of our parents) that we will go bowling on Friday. Our first outing to the city, by ourselves and NO PARENTS! Can’t wait. We talked more about what we would do that night, what we would wear (ok I talked about what I would wear) and how long do we think we can stay out for. It was about 2 hours later when Aunty Megan called for Cooper. We both stood up and I gave him an excited hug. A hug that lingered. I remember thinking Cooper smelled so good and felt disappointed that we had to break away. After Cooper had left I sat back down on the swing, my legs felt like jelly and I began to think (well talk to myself really) “Jade, he is your best friend. You can’t be falling for him. That’s just crazy! You must be tired, yeah that it….I am just tired! I will have to talk to Ruby about it”. After taking a deep breath I headed up to my room, and got changed into my new pjs. That night I dreamt of my best friend.
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 8:12:54 GMT
Chapter 4My first day at High school wad very unusual indeed. It was fairly late in the day and Kristopher approached me as I was walking to the cafeteria for lunch, he had mistaken me for Ruby. I knew him vaguely from maths class, we didn’t share any others (That I know of). “Hey Rubes”, he hollered, while running to catch up with me. I didn’t get the chance to correct him before he started going on with what he had to say to Ruby. “Have you given any thought to what I said this morning?”, he continued without even taking a breath “we should be together, two of the best looking kids in school, we have everything going for us, and you would be a fool to turn me down, any girl in her right mind would give her left arm to be my girlfriend, but I have chosen you, so you should consider yourself lucky, as I don’t make these decisions lightly. So I will call you tonight and we can start telling people tomorrow”. And he walked off. I mean of all the conceited, arrogant, intolerable jerks. Who does he think he is handing out orders like that? I needed to talk to Ruby, and soon. I didn’t waste any time finding Ruby, and asked her what Kris had said to her this morning? She looked a little taken aback, before she replied that he had asked her out. “What did you say to him”, I asked feeling a little over protective of my sister. “I didn’t say anything Jade, and I know that look in your eyes, what’s going on?” I recounted the encounter I had had with Kris, and went on to tell her my worries about how he seems possessive, demanding and a bit creepy, and asked her if she was actually thinking about it. She told me that she had been, but due to the new information, when he rang tonight she wasn’t even going to talk to him. She would conveniently be “out”. I woke the next morning to Ruby standing over me “Jade” she said with wide eyes and a huge smile “come and help me”. “Help you do what?” I asked sleepily. She giggled again “Help me dye my hair, blue!” “Ruby you can’t do that. Mum will kill you, why would you want to dye your hair blue anyway?” I gasped. She laughed “she has gone out with Aunty Megan for the morning and Dad has gone to work to get some stuff, no one is home to stop us. By the time they get home it will be too late and it’ll help people tell us apart, so we are not forever being mistaken for one another” she giggled as she pulled me from my bed. I sighed and had to laugh myself, Ruby has always been a little crazy, guess turning into a teen made it worse! We sat on our bathroom floor talking while waiting for the product to work and I told her our plans for Friday night and asked her to help me bombard mum and dad into letting us go. One hour and 10 minutes later my sister had blue hair. It looked really cool, wish I had the guts to do the same! She said when it grows out, she is going pink next. Her favorite colour. Mum had a different reaction when she got home. Her face looked something like this After her shock she burst into fits of laughter and grabed Ruby and hugged her tight. “Damn girl” she said “You are so much like me when I was younger, I did the same thing. But for me it was green. As long as you don’t get a tattoo until you are 18, you can do what you like with your hair. Both of you” she said looking at me. “Its nice to see you are expressing yourself Ruby”. She took one more look at my sister and walked away laughing. Ruby and I looked at each other shocked. “That went well” I said with a laugh. “I hope she has the same reaction when we ask to go out” “Fingers crossed” Ruby replied. We found Mum in her room reading a magazine. Ruby and I lay down next to her. She looked at us and raised one eyebrow. “Girls you haven’t lay on my bed with me since you were young children, what do you want?” “MUM” Ruby said with shock “what makes you think we want anything?” Mum laughed “Ruby baby, that’s the seconded time you made me laugh today. I am your mum, I know you both!” “Mum” I said with puppy dog eyes “Ruby, Cooper and I want to go out bowling on Friday night. Just us teenagers. Aunty Megan said it was ok for Cooper. We want to know if its ok for us?” “Oh I don’t know Jade, it’s a big ask and you both only just had your birthday”. “Pllleeaseee Mum” Ruby whined. “We are responsible” “Its not you I am worried about, it’s the freaks out there” she said “Cooper will be with us Mum” I added “and he will protect us”. Mum sighed “if I say No you two won’t leave me alone will you?” Ruby and I looked at each other, grinned said in union “No”. Mum laughed “Ok” she said, “That is fine with me. BUT as long as you both stay together and Cooper goes with you, and you are all home by 11pm”. Ruby and I jumped up and gave mum a hug “Thank-you” we both yelled as we ran out of the room to ring Cooper.
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 8:18:40 GMT
Chapter 5The week dragged by and Friday morning came and I was so excited I almost missed the bus to school (opps). During one of our classes together Ruby and I got caught talking about tonight and got into trouble, guess we need to be careful. It still didn’t dampen out moods. When we got home we both ran into the house running into Dad. “Hey girls slow down” he said with a frown. Ruby and I laughed and kept running “Sorry Dad” I called and blew him a kiss. Ruby and I got to my room and fell onto my bed in a fit of giggles. “Oh” Ruby said, sitting up “I hope you don't mind but I invited Bryon to join us tonight, I didn't want to be the third wheel”. I looked at her as if she'd gone daft “What are you talking about third wheel, it's just Coop, we've always done things as a trio, what's changed?” I've seen the way you look at Cooper. You two are so obvious. Your in love.” She giggled and started making kissy faces in the air. “I am not” I denied. Then I remembered what else she had said and rolled my eyes “BRYON! He is such a geek Ruby, what did you invite him for?” Ruby giggled “I think he is kind of cute, and he is really sweet Jade, you just have to get to know him, I know you'll like him too.” I smiled at my sister “Ahh, third wheel hey, you were just looking for an excuse to bring Bryon…Bryon and Ruby sitting in a tree…” I teased. Ruby slapped me playfully on the arm “No, really, I don't feel right with you two anymore. Your different now” “No I am not” I denied again. Before she could answer Mum called out to us “Ruby, a Bryon is on the phone for you!” Ruby turned red and as she left the room. I went for a bath and even though I had already decided what I was going to wear I tried on all my clothes (and a few of Ruby's) twice more before I was finally satisfied. Don't know why I was so indecisive, I mean it is just bowling with Ruby, Coop, and now bloomin Bryon. I did my make-up and asked Ruby to do my hair. A little while later mum knocked on our door “Girls, Cooper is here”. She sighed and looked at us both. “Oh my babies, you both look beautiful and you are both growing up so fast” She hugged us each in turn and gave us a kiss. “Be safe” she said seriously. “We will mum, I have my mobile with me if anything goes wrong.” I replied. Ruby and I linked arms and joined Cooper in the lounge room. He looked at me, his eyes not moving from my face. “Earth to Cooper” Ruby said as she waved a hand in front of Coopers face. “Are we going to go bowling any time this century or are you going to stand there and do that impersonation of a goldfish, at my sister all night?” She said giggling at her own wit. Cooper turned pink “Yeah, lets go” he mumbled”. “Bye Aunt Zoey and Uncle Sam” he called as we left. Ruby and I kissed Dad on the cheek, and gave Mum a hug, as we followed Cooper out to his car. Ruby jumped in the back and I sat in the passenger seat. Cooper got in and gave me an odd look, like I had grown another head. I turned to look at Ruby and she was making the same kissy faces I had made at her earlier (remind me to kill her later). She told Coop that Bryon would be joining us at the alley, and Cooper just nodded. He didn’t say much at all on the way, which is really weird for Cooper. When we got there, Ruby ran up to Bryon and gave him a kiss on the cheek. I yelled out to her that Cooper and I wouldn’t be far behind them and to get us some shoes, Ruby shrugged and grabbed Bryon’s hand and dragged him inside. I stepped in front of Cooper “What is wrong with you tonight? First you look at me like I have become an alien and then in the car you basically ignore Ruby and me. Have I done something to upset you?” I asked him Cooper looked at me, opened his mouth like he was going to say something, then closed it again. “I ..umm..I..had a bad day at school, sorry, my gem” he said. “Oh Coops, why didn’t you tell me?” I said feeling bad for not noticing, I had been on a cloud all day. I gave him a long hug. “But we are out now and here to have fun. So forget about today, stop been such a sad sack and come have some” I laughed while grabbing his hand and pulling him inside. His laughter mingled with mine as we changed into our bowling shoes and joined a very happy Ruby and a very uncomfortable, and intensely shy Bryon. Cooper was up first, after selecting his ball he walked up to the foul line. Then he bent low and bowled. I couldn't help but notice how tall he has gotten, or how his scrawny little chicken legs had developed a new shape, and how that new shape fitted snuggly into those tight form fitting jeans I shook myself mentally… “JADE, stop it, what are you doing?” Cooper turned around and I think he caught me watching at him, I blushed and turned away as he took a seat next to me. Ruby saw my blush and started to giggle. I glared at her and gave her a look that said “I am so going to kill you when we are alone”. For the rest of the game I did my best to not to look at Cooper, it wasn't easy. “I’m hungry” Ruby informed us all “Bry and I are going to get something to eat” she took Bryon’s hand and went to the canteen. Leaving Cooper and myself alone. I cleared my throat “Great game, um, congratulations for winning.” I stammered. “Yeah, um, thanks, um, it’s ok my gem, you'll get used to not using the bumper rails.” he said with a grin, and it was the closest Cooper had come to being himself all night. I playfully punched his arm and he grabbed it spinning me around so my back was to him and he had my arms, in his hands and pinned against my chest. It was something we had done a thousand times before, always ending with him tickling me, and me begging for mercy, but this time it was different. I felt him breathing at my neck and the tickling never started. I not sure how long we stood there but when we broke away there was not sign of mirth on his face, and we stood there in silence. Since when was I not able to talk to my best friend? I am so confused. Cooper broke the somber silence between us “Wanna get something to eat?’ he asked. “Yeah, Ok” I replied still unsure of how to act. We joined Bryon and Ruby. Much to her disgust (guess she was flirting with him). I still didn't know what to say or how to act with Coop, so I spent most of the meal talking to Bryon, trying to see what Ruby saw in him. There was something else about the evening that didn’t feel quiet right, I felt like we were being watched or something. The whole time I ate I thought to myself this is just stupid. This is Cooper, the guy I have know my whole life, why am I all tongue tied, why aren't we the same as usual? He isn’t any different and neither am I. No wait, I am different, it is Ruby's fault, she has made me think I like Cooper. That's it she is so dead, I looked at her gulping down mac ‘n’ cheese and giggling, she doesn't even know it yet. It wasn’t until we were leaving the alley that my eyes fell on someone familiar. Kris was working at the alley and he watched us all leave, his face distorted in an angry snarl. Thank God Ruby was smarter then that. (Cooper’s voice) I don’t need to introduce myself, as you already know who I am. You also know that Ruby, Jade and I have known each other for as long as I can remember. What you might not know is that for as long as I can remember, I have loved Jade, my little gem. I know she and Ruby look similar, but they are so different, and Jade is and always has been the right girl for me. I told her once I was going to marry her. I was SO embarrassed because not only did I tell the wrong sister, but she didn’t believe me. I was only ten at the time, now I can pick the difference between them. Jade has these things she does without thinking, so even when they are pretending to be each other, she gives herself away. Jade curls her hair around her fingers all the time, and she chews on her bottom lip, when she is nervous, but she always looks you in the face when talking to you. Ruby seems to look at the ground more. The first night we all went out on our own, the night we went bowling, was the first time it really clicked that I loved her. I stood there in a trance, as she floated down the stairs. That night she stopped being just Jade, and became the girl of my dreams. I saw her differently, I realised that I knew everything about her and loved it all. But then, because of this realisation, I really didn't know what to say, or how to act with her. At the alley that night I lied to her, when she asked me what was wrong, I hated myself for doing it. But how do you tell your best friend you are in love with them when you have only just worked it out yourself? So instead I told her I had a bad day at school. She is stunning, and not just in looks. She is so friendly she sat there most of the night talking to Bryon a guy she barley knows. She is polite to everyone, even the waitress’s and had her sister in stitches with laughter. But then, Ruby was so happy to be around Bryon, she was giggling all night anyway. That was the night I knew Jade wasn’t JUST my best friend anymore, I wanted to kiss her, I wanted her to be my girlfriend! Every time we made eye contact that night, I looked away embarrassed and confused. But for us to make eye contact that often, maybe, just maybe she was looking too, maybe she feels the same way. Do I dare kiss her and find out? Or do I try to kiss her only to learn she has been watching me because I am not being myself?
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 8:21:02 GMT
Chapter 6We got home from school, the Tuesday, a week and a half after bowling with some pretty big news. I couldn’t wait to tell mum, being her day of we found her in the kitchen preparing the ritual friday night dinner between the Andersons and us. ( I swear if we saw anymore of the Andersons they would move in. NOT that I mind having Cooper around). She greeted us with a Cheery hello, a bowl of cheesy nachos and two cans of coca-cola. Taking a seat at the table she asked us “How was your day?” Ruby and I looked at each other and unable to resist the lure of gossip told mum about Sharon. “Sharon is our age and is already having sex. The teachers caught her in the library with Brendan and then a week later with his best friend Nigel behind the bike sheds, and now she is pregnant and they don’t know who the dad is. But neither of the boys want to be the dad. Sharon’s mum is going to take her out of the school. Brendan’s sister told us that even if Brendan is the dad he is going to have nothing to do with the baby”. I took one look at Ruby and we both started laughing, expecting mum to laugh with us. But she was sitting there looking shocked and worried. Seeing the look on her face Ruby and I stopped laughing. “What’s wrong mum?” we asked in unison. “You girls aren’t considering having sex are you?” “OH MUM! That is just gross!” I said in disbelief “MUM, I can’t believe you said that!” Ruby exclaimed “we haven’t even being kissed yet. Jeez!” Ruby looked at me with a question mark all over her face. I guess mum caught it took. Cause she gave me a quizzical look, you know the ones Mums do where they look you in the eye and raise one eyebrow? I swear there must be something that happens during childbirth that gives mums the ability to do that, cause I can’t get it. “NO MUM! Of course I haven’t, do you really think I could keep something that exciting to myself?” I declared. Mum looked relived (she is such a mum sometimes). We went on to talk about the rest of our day. When we had finished out Nachos and Cola Ruby and I headed upstairs to do our homework. I finished early and set up for a bubble bath, Ruby saw me through our joining doorways “OO, making yourself pretty for Coops are we” she teased. I gave her a sarcastic smile and closed the door. After my bath I went downstairs to help mum set the table. 10 minutes later the Andersons walked in. “Go and get your Father and sister for dinner” mum told me. I gave Cooper a grin as I passed him. He gave me another one of those weird looks (they are getting old). After collecting Dad and Ruby we joined the others for one of mums mouth watering dinners. After us Kids had cleaned away the plates we headed to our favorite hang out spot, the swings, of course. We were chilling when we heard raised voice, and been teens (well we were curious) we went to investigate (eavesdrop) outside the dinning room window. Mum and Aunty Megan were having a heated discussion and it wasn’t long before Aunty Megan came out calling for Coop to come home straight away. We looked at each other puzzled, both of us trying to remember when or if we had ever heard our mothers fight. After cooper had gone we went into the dinning room. Mum had her head in her hands, Dad was sitting in the chair next to her rubbing her back. “What’s going on Mum?” Ruby asked. She looked at us both “Girls sit down, I want to talk to you both seriously for a minute”. Ruby and I looked at each other in confusion. What had we done?
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 8:27:11 GMT
Chapter 7The next day at school I couldn’t wait for lunch time to roll around so I could talk to cooper. When it finally came I dragged him out to the gardens. “Coop, what did you find out from your mum? Because our mum is pulling us out of this school and putting us into an all girls school.” I said as we hugged and fell onto the chairs. “What! Why? Since when?” He asked in shock. “Since last night, after you all left. Ruby and I had the same reaction. It must have had something to do with that fight they had. So what did Aunty Megan say?” Cooper looked almost grim “She just said that she and Aunt Zoey had an argument about teenage pregnancies. They couldn’t agree and mum said that Aunt Zoey said some nasty things about how Keegan and I are being raised. She didn’t say anything about you changing schools” He shrugged his shoulders “She also said they would work it out, they have always worked everything else out before. I am just shocked they let it get to this.” “Mum told Ruby and I that Aunty Megan wasn’t taking her responsibilities seriously and that she thought she knew her so well and if someone she loves and trusts, like that can be so irresponsible what hope is there of the other mothers being responsible. Then she said she was changing our schools and sending us to Sim girls grammar. She is starting our enrolment procedures today. We will be gone in 2 weeks” I said to him. Copper looked at me in shock. “I am hardly going to see you am I, gem?” “Coops” I laughed “I live across the road from you, we can still hang out and do all our normal things. You silly goose.” The corners of Coopers mouth went up slightly “I guess this DOES work in my favor really” he said as his grin widened and I gave him a hurt look “I won’t get into trouble with you not here”. I gasped in shock and mock hurt, stood up and went to get the rest of my lunch. Cooper grabbed my wrist “Gem” he said with a frown “I was joking”. I couldn’t keep the act up any longer and started to laugh “I know” I said gasping for air “I just love when you worry, you make this cute little face”. Still holding my wrist he pulled me down and I ended up in his lap, his face mischievous. “You are in so much trouble” he growled and started to tickle me. I got away from him and started to run towards the oval, with Cooper hot on my heals he grabbed me around the waist and pulled me to the ground, He landed on top of me and we lay there laughing. Cooper stopped first and looked into my eyes. He started to lower his head. Then the bell went signaling the end of lunch. Cooper jumped up pulling me with him. “Catch up with you later, my gem” he said giving me a hug. Returning his hug I replied (Chocked out) “Of course”. I sat thought the rest of the afternoon going over what happened at lunch, every single thought ending in ‘was he going to kiss me?’ I was still in a bit of a daze when I got home. Mum was there waiting for us, having taken a day off work to change our schools. She sat us down at the table with our afternoon treats. She had a grim look on her face. “Ruby honey, I have some bad news for you. Your new school won’t accept un-natural hair colour, and I am afraid you will have to change it back to blonde or another natural colour. I am sorry sweetie, I am more then happy for you to re-colour it during school holidays.” she said taking a deep breath “I got you girls enrolled today and instead of being a couple of weeks as first thought, you will be starting there on Monday. I am sorry girls, but it is for the best”. She had tears in her eyes. Both Ruby and I put our arms around her. “Mum its ok” I said. “Yeah mum, Jade and I were going to do my hair pink tonight, because the blue is fading. But we can change it back to blonde” Ruby told her. Mum gave us a watery smile. Wiping her face, she said “well there is no time like the present, I will give you plenty of warning when its time for dinner”. Giving her one more hug Ruby and I headed for our bathroom in silence. When we got there I looked at Ruby and she voiced what I was thinking “Wow, that was fast!” Once again Ruby and I sat on our bathroom floor waiting for the dye to work. (of course while we waited we talked)I started the conversation by telling her what happened with Coops today. “Ruby one minute we are laughing and the next he was serious. I have being going through it all afternoon and wondering if he was going to kiss me”. Ruby giggled (she isn’t much help sometimes) “Jade I told you before, you are in love. I will bet my favorite top he feels the same” she smirked. “Then why didn’t he kiss me?” I asked. Ruby shrugged her shoulders “He’s a typical guy I guess and probably unsure of how you feel. Jade you two have being close. You are both joined at the hip. This whole time its being the love of friends. I can’t blame him for being even a little bit confused. Also have you not learnt? Of this day and age if you want someone, sometimes its up to you to get them and not wait?” Not wanting to talk about it anymore (it was frustrating the hell out of me) I changed the subject. “How are you going with maths?” I asked my twin. Ruby sighed “Jade I don’t think I will ever understand algebra”. I laughed “Do you want some help?” I asked. “I think I am beyond help Jade, I just don’t get it and I know I am going to fail miserably in the test” she answered me. I looked at my sister, her face had dropped. I put my hand on her arm “Ruby I will do this for you one last time, I will take the test for you, don’t tell anyone, including Bryon. If mum found out she will kill us.” Ruby’s face lit up “Seriously Jade? Would you?” I laughed “Only if you promise me to let me help you with maths, and return you can help me with History.” Jade grinned and gave me a hug. “Sisters honor” she said with her hand over her heart. 20 minutes later the timer went off. Ruby washed her hair and once again it was back to blonde. “Great” I said to her "now people are going to revert back to not knowing who is who” I sighed. “Awww, Jade it isn’t that bad” she giggled. When she had dressed we both went back down to the kitchen to help mum with the rest of dinner. When we had finished and cleared away the dishes I challenged dad to a game of chess. Ruby declined to join us as she had homework to catch up on. Half an hour later Mum game in “Jade, I need to have a talk with you honey” she said. I looked at Dad. “Its ok Jade, I can kick your butt tomorrow” he said with a grin. I returned his grin “Yeah like to see you try Dad” I replied as I followed mum to the lounge room. She motioned me to sit on the couch, following me seconds later. “Jade, I have something to say. I didn’t want to say it before in front of your sister” she took a deep breath “this is very serious Jade and I want you to trust me because I am your mum and I want the best for you”. I gave her a confused look (I wish she would spit it out already). “Jade I don’t want you to see Cooper by yourself anymore, I want you to see him with supervision, either your Dad or I there”. I opened my mouth to complain and ask her why, but she continued “Jade honey, you just need to trust me as your Mum, I love you and I don’t want to see you hurt”. “I don’t understand Mum, its Cooper. He wouldn’t ever hurt me in any way, and if he did he would apologize for it instantly. I guess I don’t understand why all of a sudden you are asking me not to ‘see’ my best friend alone” I replied in confusion “Jade, all I am going to say is that he is a boy, and his up brining may not be, what we expect it to be. I have No problems with you still hanging with him, BUT I want your Dad or I to be around.” She said. I sighed. Mum has never asked us anything this big before and I guess she has her reasons so I told her I would respect her wishes, at the same time still confused on why she wanted this. She was totally wrong, its Coops! The guy I have know forever. I hugged her, went upstairs to tell Ruby what had happened and what mum had requested. Sorry everyone, i know most have you have read all of that before. But i didnt want to post from Chapter 8 on..would look to weird! even for me! Hope you enjoy the rest.
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Post by admin on Mar 25, 2006 8:28:17 GMT
YES! YES!
OH i love stories!!!
Update immediately please!!
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 8:31:55 GMT
*lol* thanks becca and i was just about 2 *lol* You guys will be first, cause i love you all so much!
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Post by Kate on Mar 25, 2006 8:33:34 GMT
Yay! You've posted this on here! I love this story Shell, can't wait for more.
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 8:36:13 GMT
awww..blushes, you guys are so sweet
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 8:49:33 GMT
Chapter 8(Telling Ruby was easy compared to telling Cooper). I found him in the library at recess, pretending to study. “Coops, I got some weird news”. He looked at me and raised an eyebrow. “Oh shush and just listen to me” I told him. “I didn’t say anything” he said innocently. Ignoring him I continued “Mum has made a request. And I am still confused about it but she is my Mum, and she has never done this before. She made me promise and I need to respect that. She has asked me not to hang out with you alone anymore at school or home. That if you or I want to hang out then She or Dad need to be there. I told her that is you, and you would never hurt me, ever. But she wouldn’t listen. Sorry Coops. I guess this has something to do with the fight she had with Aunty Megan. Guess both of us are just going to have to wait for it to blow over, or something.” Cooper looked at me with the same confusion I had with my mum the night before. “But why?” he asked “Cooper, do you think if I knew that I would tell you. Thing is I don’t understand it myself. I don’t get why all of a sudden she is asking me not to hang with you alone. You have never hurt me. I did a lot of thinking last night, and it doesn’t matter really, we can still hang, just my mum or dad will be there, no biggy”. Cooper shrugged “I guess” he replied. “Anyways, following mums orders, I can’t be here anymore.” I said as I rolled my eyes “you want to come over on Friday night and watch a move with, I guess now us?” “Sure, sounds good, gem” Cooper replied. I smiled, bent down and gave him a kiss on the cheek “Talk to you then” I said with a giggle. I turned and started to walk out of the library, my lips tingling. I went to my locker to get my books for the next class. Ach History I sighed to myself. While I was fumbling for my books, I felt someone touch my butt, I swung around so fast I hit the side of my head on the locker door. “OUCH” I yelled in pain. The hand that had touched my butt went to my head “Oh baby” the male voice said “I didn’t mean to scare you”. The fuzz cleared from my head and I was looking into the eyes of Bryon. Eww gross. I tried to move back, but the lockers got in my way. “Bryon that is totally un-appropriate” I said “you are going out with my sister”. Bryon look confused for a second then started to laugh. “Oh ruby” he grinned “I love the way you make me laugh”. My eyes widened in shock. He thought I was Ruby! As he took a step forward, a voice came from behind us “HEY! What do you think you are doing trying to kiss my sister?” Ruby yelled. Bryon turned to Ruby and said “its ok Jade I am just going to kiss her” he said with a grin. Ruby marched over to Bryon and hit him in the arm “that is Jade you fool. I AM RUBY! Unless you have taken a fancy to my sister now” she said angrily. Bryon turned red and looked from Ruby to me and back to Ruby. “But…but…” he stammered and looked at us both again and blinked furiously. I put my hand over my mouth to stop myself from laughing (it didn’t work) I burst into laughter, tears rolling down my face. Ruby put her hands on her hips and stared at me, fighting laughter herself. “Jade, this is serious” she said. I walked over to my sister and put my hand on her shoulder. “Ruby…..it….is…hilarious” I stamared through my laughter as I fell to the floor. Before she knew it she was giggling herself. “I guess it is”. Poor Bryon was still red, causing me to laugh harder. Eventually I composed myself enough to pick myself up, get my books and leave the two alone. I was still giggling as I walked to class. I was still snickering when lunch time came around. They must have made up because I saw them in the hall holding hands. Catching up with them I pulled Ruby aside “You never told me you have had your first kiss” I told her. She grinned “I haven’t” she replied “but you almost got it for me”. We both started to laugh again. “I was waiting for him to make the move, looks like he is ready” she said with a wicked grin. I grinned back. “One more thing before you go Ruby, don’t forget to meet me 10 minutes before lunch ends, nudge, nudge. Girls bathroom ok?!”. “Oh yeah, almost forgot” Ruby replied. “See you then”. I smiled and made kissy faces at her. She screwed up her nose and went back to Bryon. 45 minutes later a very happy Ruby joined me in the bathroom. “JADE” she giggled grabbing my hands and jumping around “he finally kissed me”. “Who did my new boyfriend” I asked. Ruby slapped me playful on the arm. “Oh jade” she swooned “it was so nice”. She had a dreamy look on her face. “Ruby” I laughed “get out of your clothes and give them to me”. Ruby gave me a happy sigh, as I pushed her into one of the stalls. “earth to Ruby, do you want me to do this test for you or what?”. Ruby snapped to attention, long enough to give me her clothes and change into mine and put the clip in her hair, then she floated out of the bathroom. “No worries” I called to her “anytime”. Ruby lifted a hand “thanks” she called. I walked out after her giggling. I walked to Ruby’s maths class and took a desk next to Coopers. As I sat down I smiled at him. Then turned my attention to the teacher. (Cooper’s Voice) I should have know right off the bat that it wasn’t Ruby that sat next to me. It wasn’t that she never sat next to me before, but when she did she never gave me a brilliant smile like the one I got. She would normally poke my arm, or tease me for something, and she most definitely would have never looked into my eyes. No I clicked after we had started the test, the twin next to me started to twist a strand of hair around her finger, and during parts of it she would bite her bottom lip. She caught me looking at her and I raised my eyebrow. She gave me a nervous smile and ignored me for the rest of the test. It was Jade doing the test for Ruby. I caught up with Jade after we got let out. She was hurrying to the girls bathroom when I grabbed her hand and pulled her into the corner. “Gem” I said looking into her eyes, and she looked right back into mine. “I am not Jade” she lied. I laughed “you were never good at lying gem” I replied. “Shhh” she whispered “no one knows. And they can’t find out” she said her eyes pleading with mine. I smiled at her “Your secret, my gem, is safe with me” I said honestly. She wrapped her arms around my neck and whispered in my ear “Thanks Coops, I owe you one”. She let go and walked away. I watch her walk away and sighed to myself. When did she get so beautiful? I loved her long legs and small butt and the way her long blonde hair always shined. I need to kiss her. Something else happened today, I was running late for class and heard Ruby’s voice raised in frustration. I followed it and found her alone in the hall with Kristopher, I shared a couple of classes with him, and he seemed like an alright guy, if a bit full of himself. “Bryon is really a great guy Kris, we have a lot in common, and I do really like him, I am sorry but I am just not interested in you like that”. A snarl appeared on his face as he snapped out “you would chose that loser over me, me the best looking and most popular guy at school, you stupid bitch” he took a step closer to Ruby and she paled, he was too close and too angry for my liking, so I decided to step in. “Oi, Kris, I think you had better calm down mate, and recognize you a talking to a lady, and no lady deserves to be spoken to like that”. “Butt out Cooper, this is between Rubes and I, and has nothing to do with you”. “Ahh, but that is where you are wrong, Kris, anything to do with Ruby or Jade has everything to do with me, unless they tell me to butt out themselves, and I don’t hear Ruby saying that”. “Ruby, call off your guard dog and tell him we are just talking” Ruby looked up at me, then straightened herself up to her full height and looked defiantly at Kris. “I think I have heard everything I want to hear from you Kris, leave Bryon and me alone, Jade was right about you, you really are a jerk, and I don’t want anything to do with you” she looked back at me and started saying something, when I saw him raise his hand. Without thinking I stepped in front of Ruby and took the hit. Ruby screamed behind me, recognizing that hit was meant for her. “It’s ok Ruby, I can deal with this coward, you go to your class”. Ruby backed away a few feet but stood glued to the spot a safe distance away. He tried twice more to hit me, and I managed to block them without too much effort. He got angrier the more he swung and missed, and it wasn’t long before he was fuming. I tried to talk him down, but he would have none of it, so in the end I hit him solidly in the stomach, winding him and dropping him like a sack of potatoes, then I took Ruby by the arm and escorted her to the bathrooms to clean up her tear streaked face, and took her to her class. I don’t think I have ever seen her so scared, and it made my blood boil. After school I waited for Kris, and when he came out I walked up to him. “If I ever see you anywhere near Ruby or Jade again, I swear to you that you will regret it until your dying day, do not talk to them, do not try and apologize, do not make any threats, nothing, no contact, cause I will track you down and I will make you hurt, that is a promise, and you can thank your lucky stars that Ruby didn’t leave me alone with you or I might have been inclined to do more damage to your sorry ass, for even thinking about hitting her, much less actually attempting it, you are the worst kind of coward Kris, and if you don’t like your life, then feel free to see if I am bluffing”. I left him standing there gasping at me and walked away feeling a little better.
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Post by Dizzy on Mar 25, 2006 9:16:10 GMT
I just read this whole thing for the first time. What a great story so far. I can't wait for the next update. How did I miss this before?
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 9:22:05 GMT
I just posted it on here Dizzy. Its being on S2C for about a week...give or take. For everyone else. I am re-covering Cooper in Cookies and stuffing him back in a random tent *rotfl*
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Post by Dizzy on Mar 25, 2006 9:26:46 GMT
That's what I meant. How did i miss it 'over at the other site' before. I didn't say it, but you were just supposed to know that's what i meant. Jeesh! I like the incerts of Copper's thoughts. That's pretty cool idea. ;D
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 9:29:34 GMT
umm (covers a$$)....I did know that, was just seeing if you did *lol* Dosnt matter, as long as you read it now or I will have to throw marshmellows at you!
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Post by Dizzy on Mar 25, 2006 9:32:19 GMT
I'm thinking perhaps we shouldn't have disclosed our ages. LOL!
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 9:35:58 GMT
*rubs mine out* what age? *LOL*
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Post by Dizzy on Mar 25, 2006 9:42:51 GMT
Sorry, your on your own now. It's lonely there's only the two of us here. Plus it's like two in the morning where I am, so I'm off to bed. *Yawn*
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Post by Shell on Mar 25, 2006 9:47:54 GMT
Is all good..Sweet dreams!
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