Friday, August 29, 2008

Numero Diecinueve

Standing there was Blaine. I awkwardly got up and stumbled my way over to him, I was still half asleep. He caught me in a hug. "Hey there Rae." "Hi Blaine!" "Well I'm out of here." Brett said as he walked towards the door. "Bye Brett, we should hang out sometime." I said. "Yeah, I'll talk to you later. Bye Rae, Bye Blaine." He walked out and shut the door. "Rae, you look exhausted, lets get you to bed." He grabbed my suitcases I had left by the door [because I didn't know what room he wanted me to sleep in] and led me down a long hallway. Finally we stopped at the last door. "This is going to be your room, there is a bathroom and closet for your stuff. Have a good sleep, I'll see you tomorrow." "Thanks for all this Blaine." "Your welcome, now get to sleep. Love you." With that he closed the door. I was way to tired to unpack or do anything so I just climbed into the big comfy queen bed. I couldn't understand why I was so exhausted, probably because of the stress. I soon dozed off to sleep.



I woke up, rolled over and looked at the clock. It was 4:00 in the morning. I grabbed my phone and took a quick glance at it. Eleigh had texted me around 1:00. I decided it was too late to text her back, so I set my phone back down on the night stand. I had slept so much yesterday that I didn't feel tired at all. I slid out of bed and put on a sweatshirt. I proceeded to walk downstairs. I went over to the couch and turned on the TV. There wasn't much on just a replay of a Red Wing's game. I decided to leave it on. Coincidentally it was a game against the Penguins two years ago. It was weird to watch. Somewhat like my old team and life playing against where my new life is at.


Suddenly Blaine walked out. I looked at the clock forgetting why he was awake this early, it was only 6:00. Then I quickly realized that he had to go to work in an hour. "What are you doing up so early?" He asked me. "I don't know, I slept so much yesterday now I'm wide awake." "Ah I see. Anyways, there is a job being offered to you at my work. You can come in with me and they will probably interview you and stuff." "Okay, cool. Let me just take a quick shower and get dressed." He nodded. I got off the couch, went upstairs, took a shower, and got dressed. When I walked downstairs he was waiting for me. While on the way there it was silent until he spoke up. "Look Rae, I know this is hard for you moving up here, quiting the job that you loved, leaving your friends, and everything with Jordan but, just try to make this work. Okay?" "Yeah, okay." I had been trying to not think of those things lately. I didn't want to be reminded of everything I had recently lost and how my life was just turned upside down. I guess I didn't really have a choice though, I had to face it now. Just then we turned into the parking lot. We both got out of the car. We started walking towards the Joe Louis Arena. This was the start to my new life in Detroit.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Numero Dieciocho

As I walked closer, he looked familiar. I just couldn't put my finger on it. Finally I reached the car. I still couldn't figure out why this guy looked so familiar. "Hi there, are you Rae? Blaine's sister?" "ha yeah that's me." "Oh well I'm Brett Lebda, nice to meet you." He said enthusiastically. "Nice to meet you too." I tried to sound happy. Suddenly I realized it. Duh. Brett Lebda of the Detroit Red Wings. I can not believe Blaine sent a Red Wing to get me. "Here let me get your suitcases." "No it's alright I can get them." Before I could even pick them up, he grabbed them and put them in the trunk. "Thank you." I smiled. "You're welcome. Well, let's go." I climbed into the passengers seat and he started the car. "So why exactly are you moving here? Blaine said something about trouble with your boyfriend and dad." "hah yeah well. I came home to my dad in my younger sisters bedroom. He caught her having sex with some guy. He started yelling at me instead because I had just gotten home that morning from Jordan's house and I wasn't there watching her. Even though she is sixteen, I think she can handle herself. Anyways My dad and I got in this huge fight. I left and then took a plane to Eric's house. From there it just got bad." "Wait woah, who are Jordan and Eric?" "Oh sorry didn't mention that. Jordan is my boyfriend, okay well ex-boyfriend now. Eric was my Ex before I dated Jordan and when I went down to see Eric instead of going to Jordan, who was my boyfriend at the time, it was just one big mess because Eric and Jordan are brothers that hate each other." "Are you talking about Eric and Jordan Staal?" "Yeah, I am. Sorry if that was confusing." "Wow, you dated them both?." "hahah yeah I left out some things but, you get the gist of it." "Well I think I have heard enough for now." He smiled at me. "So where are you taking me?" "Well, Blaine got caught up at work so he asked me to pick you up and take you to his house." "Alrighty, sounds good." We drove for another 25 minutes. Then we finally pulled into a driveway. "This is Blaine's house. Here are the keys, do you want me to walk you inside?" "Thanks, and If you don't mind." "Nope, I don't mind at all." He grabbed one of my suitcases and walked me to the door. I put the key in and turned it. 'Click' The door slowly slid open. Woah. It was way bigger inside than I had expected. It also felt incredibly empty. "Hey If you're not doing anything, do you think you could stay here with me until Blaine gets back?" I asked Brett. "Uh yeah no problem." I sat down on the couch. He grabbed the remote and then came over to sit by me. "Lets watch some TV." He turned it on and started flipping through the channels. There wasn't much on so he finally left it on MTV. NEXT was on, I hate this show. It didn't really matter though, because I wasn't paying much attention to the TV. Brett and I talked for the next hour. I soon realized that we had gotten closer and closer to each other. Next thing I know, I feel asleep with my head on his shoulder and his arm around me.

Suddenly the door opened, waking me. I was still half asleep so I kept my eyes closed. "I see it didn't take you two long to get to know each other." I didn't recognize the voice so I slowly sat up and opened my eyes.

Numero Diecisiete

"Oh how nice of you to finally show up!" My dad said to me. "Yeah." I started walking towards the stairs. "Where do you think you are going?" He asked. "Upstairs." "Get over here, I'm not done with you." I unwillingly walked over to where he was standing. "What the hell did you think you were doing? Or did you even think at all, because I know that's something you're not big on." I didn't reply. I had no idea what he expected me to say. "Well? I mean you could of had the decency to go to your own boyfriends house, instead of running to some other guy." "You know what, I heard enough shit from Jordan and I don't want to hear it from you." "Oh really? I don't care what you want to hear, because you are going to listen." I wanted to yell at him, turn around and then leave but, I knew doing that would only make things worse. For the first time in awhile I just stood there instead of fighting back. "Tomorrow morning you are getting on a plane to Detroit. You're going to live with your older brother, so someone can keep an eye on you." "What the fuck! Are you serious? What about my job? What about Rissa and Kane? I can't just leave all my friends!" "You are going to work with your older brother Blaine, it's already set up. The maid and butler will be on full watch of Kane and Rissa. As for your friends, that's not my problem." "And you expect me to get all my clothes and things packed by tomorrow morning?" "Go upstairs now, pack what you really need and as much as you can. When you get there and settled you can buy more clothes and whatever else you left behind." I had nothing to say. I slowly turned around and walked up to my room. I grabbed my phone and texted Eliegh.



'My dads sending me to live with my older brother in Detroit'

'What the hell! You have got to be kidding me.'

'I'm serious. Jordan told my dad he would bring me home and after that he told me he needed space. Whatever,fuck him. Everything is so messed up.'

'When are you leaving?'

'Tomorrow morning, probably early.'

'So I won't have a chance to say goodbye?'

'Probably not. Well I'll talk to you later, I've got to pack. Bye.'

'I'll miss you. Bye'

I shut my phone, grabbed my suitcase and started packing.



The next morning my dad woke me up at 6:00 am. This is bullshit. I got up, put on some sweatpants and a t-shirt. I had no one to impress nor did I care. I took my suitcases, walked downstairs and put them in the trunk. I slid into the passengers seat. My dad was already in the car. We were in silence the whole way to the airport. It reminded me of the ride back to Pittsburgh the night before that Jordan and I had. We pulled in the parking lot and my dad parked the car. "Here is your ticket. The flight is at 7:45." I unbuckled my seat belt and opened the door. "Look Rae I'm only trying to help you." I didn't say anything. I got out of the car. "Bye Rae, love you." I didn't even want to speak to him, let alone look at him so I just closed the door and got my suitcases out of the trunk. I got into the airport, it was 7:25. I went through security and all that fun stuff. Then I walked over and boarded the plane. I found my seat and sat down. The plane soon took off leaving my life behind me. My job, my best friends, my ex-boyfriend or whatever you want to call him, my family. Everything. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep. What felt like 10 minutes later, I was woken up by the flight attendent. "We have arrived." She smiled at me. I tried to smile back and make it sincere, but I could tell she saw right through it. I grabbed my things, walked out into the parking lot. I saw my brothers car and started walking over to it. But instead of Blaine standing by his car waiting, it was someone else.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Numero Dieciséis

I rolled out of bed, to find myself very sluggish and sleepy. I walked downstairs and into the kitchen. Only to find Jordan and Eric standing there screaming at each other. Great. They didn't notice me. "ahem." I cleared my throat, preparing myself for what was to come. They both turned towards me and said nothing. "Leave Rae alone." Jordan yelled at Eric. "She came here on her own. So apparently she wanted to talk to me not you. What things not going so well in the bedroom between you to?" "Eric shut the fuck up." I said. "Rae we are leaving." Jordan grabbed my arm and pulled me towards to door. "Jordan, stop. I can get back on my own you didn't need to come down here." "Get your stuff, you are coming with me." I could tell he wasn't going to leave me here so I ran up stairs and grabbed my stuff. As we started walking out the door I turned around and mouthed 'sorry' to Eric. I felt bad for bringing him into this. I put my stuff in the back seat of Jordan's car and got into the passenger seat. This was gonna be one awkward ride, plus the fact we have to take a plane. Unless he planned to drive the whole way which would even be worse. There was a lot of tension in the car and neither one of us said anything. I felt a little bit of relief when I noticed Jordan was pulling into the airport. That meant I wouldn't have to spend as much time in the car with him. We walked onto the plane and took our seats. Ten minutes of silence and finally Jordan spoke up. "So how was Eric's house?" He asked in a snotty tone. "Jordan don't be like that." "No really Rae, I'm really just wondering why you would go to Eric instead of me, you're own fucking boyfriend. I mean does he really mean that much to you?" "Can we please not talk about this right now? There's a lot of people around." "No, you're not getting out of this we are talking about it. So how was your night last night, did you guys fuck? psh why am I even asking." "Jordan you really think I would do that? That's great to know." "Yeah well what am I supposed to expect? I mean, honestly." "Jordan how many times do I have to tell you. I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking. I just wanted to get away." "Yeah well next time maybe you should start thinking. I don't want you talking or seeing him anymore." "You can't tell me who I can and can't talk to." "Do you want to be with me?." "That's not even fair Jordan and you know it." He said nothing. The rest of the trip we just sat there in silence, once again. Every once and a while a fan would come up to Jordan and he would give them his autograph. Apparently I had fallen asleep on Jordan's shoulder because I woke up to him shaking me. "We landed." He said to me in a dull tone. We walked into the parking lot where his car was waiting for us. Another car ride in silence. I once again fell asleep, this time to be woken up in the driveway of my house. "Jordan why are we at my house, I'm not going in there." "Yes you are." "Can't I just stay at your house for a couple of days." "Rae, I'm sorry but I need some time to think. I just need some space." "Well than take me to Eliegh's." "I already talked to your dad. I told him I would bring you home." "Thanks a lot Jordan. Just what I need. You siding with my dad. You know what forget it." I got out of the car, grabbed my stuff and started walking away." "You know it's not like that." "Whatever Jordan, go have your 'space'." I opened my front door, only to have my dad awaiting my arrival.

Numero Quince

If you don't recall what happened before;


"Rae, Where the hell are you!?" He sounded pissed, and a little worried. "Hi Jordan, uh I left the state for a little while. I needed to get away from everything. I got in a fight with my dad." "Oh trust me I know what's going on. Your dad is with me right now, he explained everything. You still didn't answer my question." I could tell he was getting annoyed. "uhhh." I hesitated. "I'm In North Carolina." "What the fuck! Are you serious? Let me guess, you're with Eric right?" "erm....yeah." "My own fucking girlfriend chooses my brother over me." "Jordan, it's not like that. I'm sorry."





Now you guys are probably very confused. So let me just explain this to you. Eric and Jordan are brothers. Eric and Jordan Staal. I'm sure you knew that. You just didn't know that the Eric I was with was THE Eric Staal. See Jordan and Eric do not get along AT ALL. So when Jordan found out about Eric and I's past he kind of just brushed it off like it was some guy he didn't know. Whenever they see each other they don't even acknowledge each other, let alone act like they know one another. I'm not exactly sure why they hate each other, I've never wanted to get into it with either of them. All three of us just pretend like they aren't even related. So by now you can tell that Jordan is very pissed and know why for that matter.








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"Don't even give me that bullshit Rae." "Jordan, just stop." "Stop what? Honestly what do you want me to think. You can't even come to your own fucking boyfriends house when you need something? Instead you run off to your ex-boyfriend's who lives in another state, not even including the fact that he is my brother?" "Jordan I didn't come to your house because I knew that my dad would come there and look for me first out of anywhere." Now this wasn't a total lie, It was better that I didn't go to Jordan's house first but, that wasn't the reason I was thinking at the time. "Oh but you didn't even think of giving me a call or anything?" "Babe I told you I was sorry, I wasn't thinking about anything I just wanted to get away." "PSH, shows how much I mean to you." "Honestly, shut the fuck up Jordan. I already have enough to deal with and I don't need you to add on to it." "You know what, whatever Rae. I'm coming down there to pick you up." "No, it's okay. I can get back on my own." "I wasn't asking you, I told you I'm coming to get you." "Please don't make this any harder than it already is." "Bye Rae." "Jordan stop. Can we just talk about this?" "........-" The line went dead.



Great. Jordan was coming to Eric's to get me, and I had no idea when. I got into bed, trying not think of everything that was going on. I was stressing to much. I rolled around for a while, not being able to fall asleep. I looked at the clock and read 3:30. Okay, I really needed to stop worrying about everything. I finally fell asleep. Only to be woken up by yelling downstairs.

Numero Catorce

"Eric?" "Yeah, Rae are you okay?" "Uh. Yeah I'm gonna come down to your house, okay?" "Hm, are you sure you're okay?" "Yeah I'll talk to you when I get there." I got on the next flight to Raleigh, Carolina not really thinking of Jordan or anything else. Yeah I was with Jordan and all, but I had known Eric for awhile and we have been through a lot. Even though we always don't get along and he isn't my favorite person to be with. By the way, if you were wondering why I am headed toward North Carolina it is because Eric went home a week ago after spending time in Pittsburgh for a while.





I pulled into Eric's driveway and got out of the car. I slowly walked up to his front door. He opened it before I had the chance to knock. Apparently he had seen my car pull up. "Hey Rae, how are you doing?" He pulled me into a hug. "I'm not too great." "What's wrong?" He asked me sounding concerned. I went on to tell him of all the events that had occurred earlier that evening. "Wow, I never expected that one." He said to me. "Yeah neither did I, and I just don't know what to do. I'm not going back to that house." "Well you are welcome to stay here as long as you want." "Thanks Eric." "No problem." By this time we had moved onto his couch. I was laying out with my head in his lap. We turned on the TV and soon enough I drifted off to sleep. The next morning I woke up to the smell of bacon. I stood up and stretched out, a little dizzy at first. I walked into the kitchen to find Eric cooking breakfast. Now let me tell you something, he made the best breakfast I have ever had. Yes, even better than Pierre's. "Hey babe." He said to me. "Hey, mmm that smells great." "Hah yeah I thought you would like it." "Well that was sweet of you." I smiled at him. "So I was thinking and do you wanna go out into the city today and just hang out?" He asked me. "Yeah that sounds great." I replied. Eric and I finished eating our breakfast while I went upstairs to hop in the shower and get dressed. I threw on a pair of short jean shorts and a stripped Hollister tank top. I didn't need to get dressed up or anything, just something comfortable. I put on my makeup, grabbed my favorite purse, put some things in it that I thought I would need and went downstairs. I decided to leave my cell phone at the house, I didn't want anything or anyone bugging me today. Anyways I had told my dad I was going to Jordan's so he would start looking there first if anything, it gave me enough time to do whatever I want. Eric was waiting when I got down the stairs. "Alrighty, let's go." He lead me out to his garage and into his Lamborghini, that he had just bought. When we first drove into the city we went to go see a movie at the IMAX theater. It was pretty cool. Then we went out to lunch, walked around, and shopped for the rest of the day. It was really relaxing and nice to just get away from everything. We got back to his house around 9:00. I was really tired. We both went upstairs because we were exhausted. "Thanks Eric." I said to him before he went into his room. "For what?" "Just letting me come here unexpected and hang out." "Anytime. Don't worry about it." We hugged each other for a little bit longer than we should have. "Rae, you should come down here more often." He said while looking me up and down. "hah yeah I should. Well, Goodnight. I'll see you tomorrow." Before I knew what I was doing I reached up and gave him a goodnight kiss.......on the lips. "hah ooo sorry about that." "Oh don't be." He smiled. "Have a good sleep Eric." I walked away and into my room, or what would be my room for as long as I stayed here. I heard beeping, and I knew that I would have messages on my phone. I went over and checked it. Ten missed calls and Five texts for Jordan, Two missed calls from Dad, and Three Texts from Eliegh. Oh joy, here we go. I decided I would call Jordan back first. I bet this wasn't going to end well. 'ring ring ring ring' I didn't think he was going to pick up. "Rae, Where the hell are you!?" He sounded pissed, and a little worried. "Hi Jordan, uh I left the state for a little while. I needed to get away from everything. I got in a fight with my dad." "Oh trust me I know what's going on. Your dad is with me right now, he explained everything. You still didn't answer my question." I could tell he was getting annoyed. "uhhh." I hesitated. "I'm In North Carolina." "What the fuck! Are you serious? Let me guess, you're with Eric right?" "erm....yeah." "My own fucking girlfriend chooses my brother over me." "Jordan, it's not like that. I'm sorry."

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Numero Trece

Rissa was sitting up in her bed, a cute guy next to her. But see, that's not why I was in shock. Standing at the end of the bed was my dad. Now if you don't recall, My dad has a rule for me and Rissa. Do whatever you want, except NO SEX. I had never seen my dad so angry before. I felt terrible for Rissa, she looked petrified of what my dad might do. I was even a little nervous. He looked at me and then back and Rissa. "YOU." He pointed at the guy in her bed. "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE." He hopped out of bed, grabbed his clothes and booked it. Oh shit, I thought to myself. Here it comes. I turned around considering this had nothing to do with me, I wasn't the one who got caught having sex, and I didn't feel like witnessing my dad like this. "Where the hell do you think you are going? Sit down." I hesitated for a second. "Now." He commanded. I sat down in one of the chairs she had in her room, and the rampage begins. "I work my ass of for you guys, so you have all this money. I let you guy's do WHATEVER the fuck you want with only one condition. As you can see here Marissa [he never uses her whole name] you have broken that rule." I just sat there minding my own business like nothing was happening. "Oh Rae cut the bullshit, don't even try to tell me you haven't had sex either." I was caught by surprise, I just directed my eyes away from him. "Rae I'm talking to both of you, look at me." I slowly moved my face to look at him again. "And anyways where the hell have you been?" He was obviously directing this to me. If I told him the reason that I had left Kane and Rissa in the house alone, he would be pissed. "I asked you a question Rae and don't even try to lie." Ugh. I knew I had to tell him the truth or it would be even worse. "I was with my uhm boyfriend." "OH GREAT so you left your 16 year old brother and sister alone to go and fuck your boyfriend?! You might as well have stayed here and did it! PSH I'm sure you have anyways." "Actually I went to an away game with him and then stayed at his house last night." I said a little annoyed. "Oh and did you even tell anyone about this?! or did you just go off and do it like you're in your own little world? You have a family Rae, if you haven't realized and it would be nice to show a little responsibility! I mean I'm your fucking dad! The LEAST you could do was tell me you were leaving." By now I was pretty pissed off. It was like he expected me to be taking care of Kane and Rissa's every move. "Stop it with this bullshit dad. You never cared where I went or what the fuck I have done before so don't even try to say you did and that you do now. AND oh sorry for thinking my 16 year old brother and sister can take care of themselves! I am eighteen years old, not their fucking caretaker or should I say their mom." " Don't even try to talk to me like that. Maybe if you were here Rissa wouldn't be fucking a bunch of guys. OH wait what am I thinking you do it all the time, so you must just be a TERRIFIC influence on her.....and Kane. I bet if you wouldn't be such a partying whore, she wouldn't feel the need to be either." "First of all you have no Idea what I do or who I do for that matter just shut the hell up and NO DAD maybe if you or mom were ever home we wouldn't be like this but, you're not. So don't even try to blame this shit on me." "You better watch your tone with me Rae, I'm not joking around with you!" "oh and you think I am. Whatever dad I'm sick of this shit." I turned around and walked out the door. Wondering how this all happened. Rissa was the one who got caught having sex, I didn't even do anything and there she sat not saying a word the whole time. Of course not, I was the one who got yelled at. It was my fault, yet again. I grabbed my purse from my room shoved a few things in and started walking down the stairs. "NOW where the hell do you think you are going?" "To my boyfriends house." "Who is this "wonderful" guy you call your boyfriend?" "Jordan Staal, not that it's any of your business or anything." "It damn well is my business, you are not leaving this house." "Oh yeah dad, what are you gonna do about it? I'm 18 years old. You can't stop me." " Oh really? You sure about that? I can have anyone in this town do whatever the fuck I want. They don't care if you are 18 they will do whatever I want and bend the rules." "Go ahead Dad work your magic but, I'm outta here." I slammed the door in his face and ran to my car. I picked up my phone, scrolled through the numbers, and when I had found the one I wanted I clicked 'send'. "Hello?" The voice answered.

Numero Doce

The next morning I woke up to the smell of bacon. I got up and walked out to see what was going on. "woottt,wooot!" I heard someone say while looking at me. Max and Malkin were sitting on the couch, staring at me. I blushed and turned around to go back into the room. I wasn't expecting anyone to be here except Jordan so I hadn't bothered to put my clothes back on from last night. I grabbed a pair of Jordan's sweatpants and a sweatshirt, put them on, and then headed back out to the kitchen. "Aw darn we were hoping for another showing." Max joked. I walked over to the stove where Jordan was cooking breakfast. "Hey babe." He said while giving me a kiss. "Hey, I think I should head home and make sure everything is alright." "Oh come on! I just made breakfast." " I know baby and I'm sure it is great but, I do have two 16 year old siblings at home without our mom or dad even in the country. So considering that, I've got to make sure they aren't up to any trouble." "Ugh fine, I see how it is." I went over to him and gave him a hug. "I love you." "I love you too, see you later?" He asked. "Sounds good, talk to you later." I kissed him and then walked away. "What no hug or kiss for me?" Max asked. I walked over and gave him a hug. "Hmmm I could get used to this." Max said. "Yeah and you could also get used to my fist in your face." Jordan joked. I rolled my eyes and started to walk towards the door. "Bye guys."



When I walked in my house, it was a mess. Apparently Kane and Rissa decided to have a little get together. I wondered why my maid hadn't cleaned it up yet....and where my butler was. I went up stairs and into the butler's room first. No one there. Then I went into the maid's room only to find them in bed together. "ehemm." I cleared my throat. Isabella shot up. "uhm I'm sorry Miss Rae, I well uhm errr lost track of time." She quickly put her clothes on and hurried over to me. "It's okay, just don't let it happen again." She left the room to go and clean the house. Pierre just smiled at me. Pierre and I, we are good friends. He has been my butler for as long as I can remember. "WOOT WOOT Pierre! Finally you two." "haha I know, it took a while, but we finally did it!" He looked pleased with himself. "ahh well can you go downstairs and make me some breakfast?" "Your usual?" "Bacon, chocolate chip pancakes, and hash browns? You bet." I turned around and left the room, letting Pierre put his clothes on and such. I decided to see how Kane and Rissa were. I walked in Kane's room only to find him passed out on the floor and some half naked girl in his bed. I chuckled to myself. Next I was headed to Rissa's room. It was all the way at the end of the hall over by the stairs. I opened the door and my jaw dropped open.