Jessica Marks - Abbie Davis (young adult books to read TXT) 📗

so much blood. James looked at me and raised the bed, so that I could sit up. Across the room from me, Zack sat on his bed reading one of my notebooks. Layne sat in the window talking about demons. My parents, including Matt, was sitting beside me. Rex and Righley were sleeping in the corner to the door oddly enough. Luke was now on my bed after he had noticed I was wake.

“I feel like Edward drank the blood out of me,”I said making everyone laugh,”How ya feeling, Zack?”

“Good,”He said looking better now that the color was back in his face,”You were out a day longer than me.”

   I looked at my hand trying move it but it hurt too much to. I hate being useless like this. I was a little less pale than when I had passed out the other day. I just left so weak and I hated how it felt to not be able to do anything about it.

“Take it easy sweetie,”Momma said as the two boys woke up and looked at me.

“Jess is awake,”Rex said climbing up and giving me a hug.

“We beat those meanies up,”Righley said punching at the air.

   I laughed a little as they had to leave to go home with Matt. I couldn’t believe how close to death I was just three days ago. Yes, I was out for about four days and I hate it with all the passion I have in my hurting and useless body. Zack was reading one of my many notebooks that had some fun adventures in it. Sce decide at that moment to jump on my bed and start to lick me to death. Then he went to do the same to Zack as if he was always with us. I was happy that I made it out with my long lost twin brother by my side.

“Hey,”I said to him,”Which one are ya reading over there?”

“The one where you went to a magical waterfall,”He said looking at me weirdly,”Is this suppose to be dream? Or were you a kid at the time you wrote this?”

“I wrote it for the twins,”I said moving my hand up a little finally,”They love to read what I write. So they asked me to write that one.”

“Well I got a question,”James said almost in my ear,”Are they really twins?”

  My parents looked at each other and then back to me and Zack. They took out a baby picture of us and gave it to James. My dad gave two files to me and Zack, that held our birth certificates and mine and Zack’s pictures. There was also a report on our strengths as long the stupidest picture of me in a princess outfit looking ticked off. I saw one of Zack in a frog custom with Kay acting like the princess. I feel sorry for that picture being in there. Layne took the one I had and was looking through it like it was life or death for him to know the answer.

“My two little ones are finally together,”My mom said about to cry,”I thought I would never see the day.”

“Oh My Gosh, Mom, don’t cry,”I told her,”If you cry, then I’ll cry. Then we all would be crying and will not be able to stop.”

   We all started to laugh and I wasn’t so bored anymore but glad to be in a safe zone for once. I really just hope that I wouldn’t have to worry about getting attack anytime soon. That would be a miracle to me, since everything seems to hate me at some point I guess.

Chapter 14

“I’m glad to be back home,”I said walking through the front door after five months stuck in the hospital room.

   It was December 15 and the meeting was tomorrow. Also my birthday was in five-ish days, December 20, and it will be the first one I get to celebrate with Zack. We were in Delhi and for once I was happy to be in this old place that seems to be where I always get taken to. I think it missed me a little bit, don’t you. Zack had moved in with us after I had kicked Amanda’s and Kay’s butt when they came to take him away, he helped with that one. I was running to the training room with Rex, Righley, my dad, and Matt all on my tale. They were trying to make sure I didn’t pass out again.

“Calm down before you black out,”Matt called after me.

“Jess, you are leaving us behind,”Rex said.

“Whoa, you can move fast when you want to,”Righley said.

“I got to see something,”I called back to them,”I just have to.”

   My father caught me and picked me up as I was almost there. I started to kick as he carried me back to the living room. He sat me down on the couch and the twins got on top of me and wouldn’t let me up. My mom took my friends and Zack to the mall to get present for everyone and that left my dad, step dad, and little brothers here at the house. I tried everything and they refused to get off and let me do something that could hurt me or make me black out. I wonder if this is what’s it like to have an older brother?

“The doctor told you to rest, Alicia,”My dad said,”So stop trying.”

“Can we at least go and get a christmas tree,”I said,”I can’t just sit here and do nothing for hours. I have to move around and do something. I need to keep busy or I might die.”

“Yes,”Dad said almost laughing at me,”We can take the truck to the christmas tree farm in Monroe. I guess that would be alright.”

“Can I drive?”I asked with a spark in my eye like a two year old I was at heart.

  I didn’t get to drive, but Matt did give me the front seat at least. The twins were in the back seat playing I Spy while I was up front talking with my two dads. I was surprise that I was willing talking with my MAtt openly and not chewing his head off.

“Matt,”I said feeling sorry that I was a jerk to him for all those years,”Why do you plan things on the same day I do?”

  He stared at me like it was right in front of me. I looked into his eyes as they seemed to have soften up. He really looked at me like I was his child asking why the world went around the sun. It was nice to see that in his eyes for once and not the other one I got a whole bunch of times.

“I never knew how much you cared for them,”He said,”It was always the day that was open for me. I wanted to share a connection with you, but I never knew how to. Once your mom told me your dad and how much you loved him, I thought that I could never fill that spot. I never even got you to call me dad. So I stopped trying.”

“That’s when you keep at it,”My dad said.

“You’ve should have said that you wanted me to say that,”I said facing him and feeling a like sad at that,”I’m sorry for not giving you a chance, dad. I just never thought I could move on like my mom did. It was the one thing I never got over and didn’t want it to be my life. I still don’t want that to happen to anyone of you.”

   After eight years I finally bonded with him and I’m really glad I did. He seemed to be a nice guy and maybe we will be good friends hopefully. After the little heart to heart, both of them started to telling stories about me and the bad one that make you want to hide your face for life. So I started to listen to my music on my Ipod to block them out as they shared different times of my life.

 

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  We got home around five with a beautiful seven foot tree. We got it up and the twins and I fell asleep on the couch. I was woken up when I heard James yell my name out for some reason. I shot up looking around the living room for the reason why. The boys were playing Halo on the X-box and I guess my person was on auto drive or someone was playing for me.

“Can you four keep it down,”I said still a little sleepy,”You might wake the dead and then we would have to kill them.”

  Slade, Layne, Zack, and James were in the living room all being the little weirdoes they sadly were. I noticed a small box by my feet and oddly wanted to open it, but knew to ask questions before I do. It was really quiet since it was blue and had little black dots.

“Who’s the box…”I started.

“You,”Zack answer looking at me,”Mom wanted to give it to you when we got home , but you were asleep. She took a picture of you half on the couch and half way falling off of it. She’ll be back in a little bit.”

“Alright,”I said moving the blanket off of me.

“I was wondering where this…”Zack began to say looking at the tree.

“We bought it,”I said looking at the little box still,”We were waiting for y’all before we decorated it. I think it’s perfect.”

  The peaceful and quiet air was broken, when Rex and Righley ran in screaming their heads off. Ace was chasing them once again around the house. I laughed as my side started to hurt from it. That wolf was always so playful around christmas time.

  Ace jumped on the couch and started to play with me. I was use to making sure my hand didn’t get caught in his mouth. He was so happy that I was back home and feeling much better. I picked up my cell phone and called my friends as Ace started to bark at the the twins again. I knew that I had to get them help me with something I had to do.

 

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  We got the training room into good shape and made it look like a first time thing, which in this house is hard to do. I was going to surprise my parents with a picnic for them, so that they would have some time together without us bothering them.

“This was what you were trying to do?”Righley asked putting it together.

“Yes, it was,”I said ruffling his hair,” I want to give them a moment without worry.”

  Macy and her brother, Jack, went back to their home to finish up some work for the meeting tomorrow and would be back shortly after. The triplets had went to sit at the table and write out different plans for the way we were going to get people from and to the tunnels. The rest of us took seat in the living room and I took out a notebook to write out one of my fanfictions. I looked at the time and at nine o’clock, my parents walked into the house.