Chapter Eight - "Never Have I Ever Sooked Over The Cookies Being Eaten."
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Avery's P.O.V

The weekend was a complete bore. I was doing chores the whole two days and the part that really sucked was the fact that I wasn't aloud to see Claire for her birthday which was yesterday. I begged my parents but they kept saying no so I just gave up.

Claire-Bear: Stop apologizing, it's okay. I'll hold a party this weekend and you have to come to make it up to me, okay? Now, hurry up and get your ass to school.

Me: Thats if I can make it but I'll try my best, Claire. I promise.

Me: Oh, and I'm on my way now.

"Who you texting, sunshine?" Logan says as he snatches my phone off me and looks at the name. I groan and grab my phone back, shoving it in my pocket.

"Stop calling me that, okay? It's annoying." I say and grab the helmet, placing it on my head. Logan shakes his head and puts on his helmet too. He gets on the bike and I do the same, wrapping my arms around Logan's waist.

Honestly, I don't even know why I accepted his offer of him picking me up this morning for school. I don't even want to be around this guy.

Well, this is the last time anyway.

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"Avery!" Claire shouts as she runs up to me, a bright smile on her face. I smile and run towards her as well and hug her tight.

"I'm pretty sure you two are lesbians." I hear Logan mutter as he walks past us and I kick his leg before he walks up the stairs and Logan groans. He turns around and flips me the bird before walking up the stairs and into the building.

"He needs to shut his mouth before I do it for him." Claire says and lets me go. I nod and walk into the building with Claire and go to my locker, opening it and grabbing my books. I place them in my bag and start to walk to my first class with Claire.

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"Avery, what are you doing tonight?" I hear a guy say behind me and I place my slice of pizza on my plate and turn around. I notice the guy as Jeremy who plays for the football team. I shrug and sigh.

"Sadly nothing that evolves you and a bed." I say and turn back around, picking up my pizza and biting it. Jeremy sighs and walks away, disappointed. Claire gives me a sad look and I shrug.

"I'm used to it." I say and Claire nods. Suddenly, my phone beeps in my pocket and I get it and see that it is a message from Logan.

Logan: Do you want a lift?

I furrow my eyebrows at his sudden offer. Is this guy attracted to me or something? Ha, not even.

Me: No, go away.

Logan: Sunshine, I will never go away.

Okay then.

Me: Fine, I'll help you.

Logan: What?

Logan: Oh, I get it. Well, I guess you can't say no to my mom who wants to see you today then.

Wait, why? Okay, now I'm literally freaking out. But then again, Sarah isn't scary at all so how can I be freaking out?

Me: ...

Logan: Good girl. I'll see you after school, sunshine.

"Who's that?" Claire asks and I sigh and place my phone in my pocket.

"Who do you think?" I raise an eyebrow at Claire and she looks at me for a second before rolling her eyes.

"What did he say?" Claire says, annoyed. I shrug and take a sip of my coke.

"His mom wants to see me this afternoon. So, he is picking me up." I say and Claire raises her eyebrow and I nod.

"Yes, it shocked me too."

"What shocked you? Hopefully it was lightning." I hear a familiar voice say humorously and I sigh and turn around to see the one and only Katie Holmes.

"Sadly, no but by looking at your hair today, you sure did." I say, pointing at Katie's hair which was frizzy. Katie scoffs and flips her hair over her shoulder.

"Have you taken a look in the mirror? Oh no you haven't because all of them smashed when you looked in it. Never mind." Katie says, a slight smirk on her face. I grin at Claire quickly before looking back at Katie.

"Well mirrors can't talk, but luckily for you, they can't laugh either. I guess that's why you ask your 'friends' if you look good because they are too scared to say the truth. Some friends you have, aye Katie?" I say, the grin still on my lips.

Katie rolls her eyes. "At least I have more friends than you."

"I guess you didn't hear me, Katie. I said 'friends'. Your 'friends' only stick with you because of the popularity they are getting." I say and Katie rolls her eyes again.

"Jealous much." Katie mutters before flipping her hair once again and walking away from our table. Katie's friends look at me with digust before following Katie out of the cafeteria.

I sigh and turn back to Claire, who gives me a sad look again. I give her a small smile and look at my pizza.

"I'm used to it."

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"Avery! It's so good to see you again!" Sarah says happily as she runs up to me, attacking with with a welcoming hug. I smile and hug her back.

"Likewise." I say before letting Sarah go. I see Elena smile at me from the doorway and I wave at her. Elena comes running to me and I crouch down and hug her.

"Hi, Avery." Elena whispers and I laugh.

"Hello, Elena. How are you?" I ask and Elena sighs and stands in front of me, a small frown on her face.

"Emma ate all the cookies." Elena says and almost immediately, I hear Emma from the door.

"I was hungry! You wouldn't give me any chocolate so I ate the cookies!" Emma says, placing her hand on her hip. I laugh again and shake my head at the two.

"Yeah well, thats why I asked Logan to ask you if you wanted to come over because the boys are at their friends place and they can't look after Elena." Sarah says and I nod.

"Yeah sure, I can look-"

"Wait, aren't I old enough to look after my own sister?" Emma immediately cuts in, a disappointed frown on her face. I also hear Logan scowl.

"Aye."

Sarah sighs and shakes her head at the two. "Elena hates you Emma right now so she wouldn't do anything you tell her to do and you," Sarah points at Logan. "You can't even look after yourself!" Sarah shakes her head sadly and Logan places a hand on his heart.

"That hurt." Logan mutters and I roll my eyes and stand up from my crouching position. Suddenly, Elena tugs on my hand and starts to drag me into the house and I chuckle at her.

I sit in the kitchen while Elena goes to the fridge and Emma, Logan and Sarah walk into the house. Sarah walks up to me and places a phone number on the table. Its most likely to be hers.

"Call me if you need me, okay? I'm just going to go to the shops and get Elena her cookies and some other stuff so I won't be long." Sarah says and I nod.

"Okay." I say and Sarah thanks me and walks out of the door. Elena, Emma and Logan sit at the table with me and Emma sighs.

"Its so boring." Emma mumbles and Logan nods. I roll my eyes and look at Elena who was looking at something on the bench.

"What are you looking at?" I ask Elena and she gets off the stool and walks over to the bench, grabbing a banana, a box of strawberries and then opens the freezer and grabs a tub of napoleon icecream. I furrow my eyebrows at Elena when she places the items on the bench.

"We can make thick shakes!" Elena smiles and Emma, Logan and I share a look.

"I'm in." I say and Emma nods. We all look at Logan who rolls his eyes.

"I'm not a baby." Logan says and walks to the fridge, pulling out a beer. Elena gasps.

"I'm telling Mom!" Elena says and Emma and I hold in a laugh.

"I'm eighteen, I'm allowed to drink." Logan says and before he opens his beer, Elena grabs the phone.

"Your not aloud to drink while I'm here, remember? Mom said you can't." Elena says, a small grin on her lips. Logan looks at Elena, trying not to lash out on the innocent little girl and sighs.

"Bitch." He mutters before placing the drink in the fridge. Elena obviously didn't hear the bad word because she was too busy getting the cups for the thick shakes.

"So, are you still not a baby?" Emma mocks, a smirk on her lips and Logan shoots her a glare before helping Elena.

Why do I have a feeling this is going to turn out badly?

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"Never have I ever owned a barbie doll." Logan grins and Elena, Emma and I gulp down the strawberry thick shake.

Okay, before the thoughts start running into your head, we obviously aren't drinking alcohol and we are not talking about anything dirty or inappropriate because obviously Elena is still with us. We are playing a child version of the popular game, 'never have I ever'.

For any of you who don't know what this game is or is about, it is a game where you say never have I ever and finish it off with something that will obviously get the other players to drink their drink. In the end, your suppose to see who is drunk but obviously we aren't playing that way because like I said, we have a little girl playing with us.

But surprisingly, we are having fun anyway playing this version. It's quite amusing because the thick shakes actually turned out terrible so whoever had to drink their drink were suffering because it tasted really bad.

"Okay, never have I ever owned a motorbike." Elena says, smiling at Logan who was currently groaning.

"Ha, that was a good one!" Emma says and Elena looks at Emma before smiling.

I don't think Elena hates Emma anymore.

"I know. I am getting good at this game." Elena cheers, watching Logan as he takes a sip of his drink.

"Oh you wanna play like that, aye?" Logan says, a smirk on his lips. Elena nods and we watch Logan raise his eyebrow.

Oh shit is about to go down!

"Never have I ever had blue eyes." Elena took a sip.

"Never have I ever drank alcohol." Emma, Logan and I took a sip.

"Never have I ever had long hair." Us girls, took a sip.

"Never have I ever been to a teenage party." Logan, Emma and I took a sip.

"Never have I ever sooked over the cookies being eaten." Elena took a sip.

"Never have I ever swore." Logan, Emma and I took a sip.

"Never have I ever-"

We all stop what we are doing when we hear a car pull up.

Sarah.

"Oh my god! This place is a mess!" Emma says, looking at the strawberries that are everywhere on the bench and the floor. The icecream is rubbed across the table and there is thick shake on the walls from the blender.

"Hurry up and clean whatever you can clean!" Logan says and immediately starts to wash the thick shake off the walls with a cloth. Elena starts to clean the table, Emma cleans the blender while I pick up the strawberries and other stuff off the floor.

We finish cleaning and we sit at the table, acting like we didn't just make a mess and rush to clean it up. We all hear the door open and Sarah walks in, a couple of bags in her hands. Emma rushes over and helps her mom with the bags.

"Thanks. So what did you all end up doing?" Sarah asks as she starts to place the items that are in the bags, in the shelves.

"Oh nothing." Logan says and Sarah nods.

"So you all just sat there for three hours doing nothing?" Sarah asks, looking at each and every one of us for a good five seconds.

Suddenly, something in my mind hits me.

"What time is it?" I ask, not directed at anyone. Sarah looks at her watch and looks back at me.

"Its six." Sarah says and I groan, running my hands down my face.

"I was suppose to be home an hour ago." I say, remembering my father's words.

"I can drop you off." Sarah says, smiling. I hear Logan laugh dryly.

"Mom, you have already been out. I'll do it." Logan says and I stare at him, confused.

Sarah shakes her head and pushes her son towards Elena who was sitting on the table, a small smile on her face. "She needs a bath." Sarah says and Logan nods and picks his sister up and places her on his hip, walking out of the room.

"Okay, let's go." Sarah says and I nod, following her out of the house and hoping into her car.

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I see my mother stand outside of the house, leaning against the balcony. Her hair flew in the direction of the wind and my mom's eyes were closed. I smile.

My mom always loved to do that. She found it peaceful and calming. She usually did it when she either needed to get out of the house or when she was tired.

Sarah stops the car in front of my house and we both get out. I frown at her and Sarah smiles, noticing my expression.

"I just want to explain. We don't want you getting in trouble, right?" Sarah says and I nod, smiling at her. Over the past week, I have learnt that Sarah is really nice and caring. I really like Sarah.

Sarah walks beside me and I notice my mom's eyes open slowly, her eyes narrowing though when she sees Sarah.

"Avery..." My mom starts and before I can explain, Sarah walks up the stairs and towards my mom. Sarah holds out her hand and my mom looks at her before shaking it.

"I'm Sarah and you must be Avery's mother." Sarah starts off and I watch as the scene plays out in front of me. My mom nods and pulls her hand away.

"Im Danielle." My mom says and Sarah smiles genuinely at her.

"Nice to meet you, Danielle. Okay so apparently, Avery should've been home earlier and I'm sorry but that was my fault. I just want to clear that up because it wouldn't be fair if you went off at innocent Avery over here because she came home late." Sarah explains and my mom looks at me and raises her eyebrow. I don't say anything.

"Well, thank you Sarah and yes, it wouldn't be fair." My mom nods and Sarah nods. Sarah turns around and smiles at me before walking down the stairs and hoping into her car.

She beeps once and drives off. I notice my mom's intense stare burning into the side of my face.

"Avery, I'm not responsible for your father's actions but I will try my best to make sure that he doesn't go off at you, okay?" My mom says and I nod, smiling slightly. My mom smiles and wraps an arm around my shoulder as we walk inside.

My mom kisses my forehead and I quickly run off into my room, hoping that my mom would explain the story to my father and he won't get mad.

I close my door behind me and get my phone out. I see a message from Logan appear on my screen.

Logan: See you tomorrow, sunshine ;)

I roll my eyes and place my phone on my bed. For some reason, the smile on my lips stays as Logan's message circles in my head.

Weirdo.

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