CHAPTER 6

"wake up" I felt someone hit my arm.

I stirred and opened my eyes. it was Caroline

"what the fuck!"I yelled

"we are expecting a special guest and laying down here snoring and grinning your teeth is annoying" she rolled her eyes

"huh, I don't snore and I dont grin my teeth either" I rolled my eyes. she is obviously trying to make me feel little and embarrassed

"wipe the drool off your chin"

I simply ignore her and walked towards the door, I guess I had slept off on the couch while watching TV.

"Dad " I called softly as he walked in

"you ate right?" he smiled warmly at me

"yeah" I nod my head positive. He has always been like that, always asking if I'm fine

"we have to prepare for dinner, we are expecting a guest " my dad said making his way in

"who is it? " I asked a little bit curious

"you would see" he smiled at me before walking out of site

"it's not like we are friends but I'm super excited about this, I met a guy! " Caroline squealed out of the blues "and his coming home for dinner, actually his dad is friends with dad"

"oh sure, hope you didn't get your pants wet" I said in mockery

"Arghhh, I'm trying really hard to put up with you and all you do is act bitchy "

"says the Caroline the bitch " I rolled my eyes walking to the kitchen

"just forget about it" she yelled in frustration "loser, I can't have a conversation with my sister "

"step sister " I corrected before walking into the kitchen to join my dad.

I really can't help being cold towards Caroline and Juliea, the truth is all through my years of living without a mum, I have never imagined having a stepmother or a stepsister. Everything happened so quick, If at first my dad had told me about his remarrying I won't have stopped him, I would have probably just rented a small apartment during my stay. Imagine not attending your dad's wedding

"what are you preparing?" I asked as I stepped into the kitchen and met my dad cooking

"Grilled vegetable panzanella" he smiled at me whilst washing his hand in the sink

"are you the one who is always do the cooking? " I asked in disgust. I still don't understand why he always do the cooking while those two sit doing nothing "

"not really, we have a house keeper, her mum is sick, so she had to go over to her mum's place, she would be back on Monday "

"oh, does Caroline and Juliea even move a spoon? " I asked fetching for a knife. since my arrival I don't think I have seen then do anything other than watching movies, eating and baking their faces

"why don't you go and catch up with your sister " I wanted to remind him its 'step sister ' but since he is happy he has them as family, I decided to stay shut

"c'mon dad, I would help you with the sauce " I smile cheerfully, I really miss the times my mom and dad together with me use to be family "dad I met with Lisa and Matt "

"oh , it's been a while I saw them "

"you last saw them on your wedding day " I faked a smile

"yeah, those two stopped coming over after you left, why don't you invite them over, it's been a while you know "

"I would think about it" I said truthfully

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Few minutes after we had finished cooking and setting the table, the doorbell rung.

"He's here,he's here!!!" Caroline squealed running down the stairs, smiling like a crazy highschool teen in love "Mum do I look good?"

"Of course you do" Juliea smiled at her daughter. It was almost the first genuine smile I've seen her given off

"should I change?"Caroline asked brushing her hair with her fingers

"em-- em, you look just good" Juliea winked at her daughter

I rolled my eyes and walked back to the kitchen to get a bowl. Gosh putting up with those two is really going to be hard.

I grabbed a bowl from the cabinet and walked half way to the dinning room when I heard a familiar masculine voice.

"Yes sir, I just got back yesterday"

why does he fucking sound familiar.

I increased my pace and was shocked at who I saw. Dylan.

"what are you doing here?" I asked confused. The man who I had thought of all through last night was standing in front of me. The man I thought I'll never see again.

"You know each other?" Julia asked. she too was looking confused

"oh yes we met in our flight" Dylan answered smiling at me. Damnnn those dimples.

" Sam this is my boyfriend Dylan. Caroline said wrapping her arms round him she smiled like she just won a lottery

"what !!!" I yelled in shock. Why would a man like him be dating her, for what reason. "oh nice" I mumbled when I realized all eyed was on me probably wondering what the hell is wrong with them being together.

"and Dylan this is my sister Sam" Caroline said eyeing me from head to toes

"sisters?" Dayland asked in amused

"stepsister?" I deadpanned helping myself with a dinning seat.

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I took a deep breathe as I walked into the kitchen and dumped my plate in the sink. I just had one hell of a long dinner with Caroline constantly flirting with Dylan every now and then like I was in a competition with her on who get to have him, Juliea saying lame jokes about how she had spent alot of dollars taking care of Caroline and Dad trying to make me blend in and bla bla bla but I noticed something Dylan wasn't interested in Caroline, it looked like she's forcing herself on him because he really didn't talk, only smiled and said one or two things. Aren't you guys supposed to be head over heels?

"Oh you're here!" Dylan said walking into the kitchen snapping me out of my thoughts

"Caroline isn't here" I simply answered rinsing my plate.

"I am here to talk to you not Caroline" he chuckled softly

"oh about what? "

"Caroline"

"Huh?"

"em-em, I really don't know about her,em-em" he stammered "damnn this is just so complicated"

"I don't know anything about her either,I met her just yesterday"

"But you are sister?"

" Stepsisters" I rolled my eyes " look, when we met on the flight I was actually coming home after four years of schooling in California so I came home and met Caroline and Juliea"

"Oh so that means your dad didn't tell you about his remarrying?"

" Kinda" I really wished he wont asked anything further.

"How about your mum?" he asked

"Can you stop questioning me?" I said in anger. I hate it when someone ask or talks about my mum. What do I even say to him. I woke up on the morning after my 10th year old birthday and my mum was gone the only thing she left behind was a diary, a piece of paper and a necklace.

"Oh I am really sorry I guess it's private" he apologized

"yeah "I fake a smile

" Oh honey you're here" Caroline said out of the blues she had changed her dress to a Black lace brallete and a white bumper shorts,talk about seducing a man

" I got to go, see you some other times" he said walking away with Caroline but not before I had earned death glare from Caroline

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I yawn as I changed into my pjs after which I jumped on my bed. Today has really been a long day.