Great start of the day. Jack and I already hate each other, I was locked up in this unfamiliar house for about a couple hours, then Jack's stupid friend started hitting me, and now I was in a video game competition with my dear brother.

Zack seemed like a nice kid, it was cool of him to offer me to join. I had thought about it for a bit, but the second I saw Jack glare at his friend with obvious disapproval, I decided on my answer. He wanted to try and shut me out of everything? Fine. I'll make sure to fucking homewreck him and his friends then.

I took the controller from Zack and it was hardball from there. Jack would kill me, I would kill him. It was a never ending streak. We had three games where we tied because time ran out before one of us could kill the other first. It was getting extremely frustrating, but I kept up. Jack's friends kept egging on us on and cheering. But, about halfway through the last round, Jack paused the game.

“Quit fucking cheating!” He screamed at me.
“Excuse me? I'm not cheating.” I stated.
“You have to be. No girl can fucking be this good and look like-” He stopped his sentence, and I raised a brow. He frowned for a second. “You're cheating.”
“Dude, just cause you suck, doesn't mean she's to blame.” The third friend said.
“Thank you...whoever you are.” I said.
“Rian.” He stated.
“Right, Rian.”
“Why are you even here? Get the fuck out of my room.” Jack said, before the conversation could continue anymore.
“Oh I'm sorry, didn't realize what a sore ass loser you were.” I said standing up. I felt a little bad fighting in front his friends, but fuck, this kid got to me. His clear rejection of me was a pain.
“Last time I checked, I wasn't losing.”
“Well, you weren't winning either.” I pointed out, Jack's hands clenched, like he wanted to wring my neck.
“Guys, guys come on.” Rian interrupted as we went into a silent stare down. “Aren't you supposed to be siblings?”
“I'd rather have ladies man here for one.” I said, pointing at Alex. Jack scoffed.
“Yeah, well, I rather have a dog more than you. At least they're cute.”

Ouch, that hurt. It wasn't like Jack wasn't attractive, not that I would admit it to his face. He was cute in a different way, something I appreciated...usually. Unlike Alex who looked exactly like he acted and was a typical hot kid.

“Know what? Fuck you, and your stupid friends, and your stupid game.”
“Wow, I'm so insulted.” He said with and eye roll. I stood up and walked out of the room.
“I hate you.” I stated, before slamming his door shut. I hope I cracked it or something.

As I walked out into the hallway, I found my dad there, looking at me with disappointment.

“What?” I asked, crossing my arms.
“You need to be nicer to your brother.”
“He's not my brother.” I sneered. “I'm an only child.”
“Not anymore Em.” He sighed. “Look, you have a new sibling, and I'm sure it's hard to adjst but your mom and I leave for our honeymoon in two weeks and I-”
“She's not my mom.” I muttered, looking at the ground.
“Yes she is, and she's worried you don't like her.”
“No she's not, and I don't.”
“You haven't given her a chance!”
“Maybe cause I don't want to!”
“This is what you want, Ember.”
“It never is, is it?” I snapped.
“Look here, I want you and Jack getting along before we leave otherwise I'm gonna have to cancel the trip.”
“Oh no, don't cancel your playtime with the new wife.” I said saracastically.
“And if I have to, I'm sending you to bording school.”
“What?!” I yelled. “Why me?”
“I'm sure Joyce would send Jack too. It would be for a semester. To teach you two a lesson.”
“Man, fuck this.”
“Ember, language.”
“Whatever dad. I'll work on being nicer to my mommy and brother.” I said, sneering. “But for now, I'm going somewhere else, I can't take this for another second.”
“Be back by dinner. Seven o'clock.”

“Don't stop me or anything.” I snorted, walking to the stairs.

Notes

Wooo, I wrote this while half asleep. Hopefully it doesn't show. Haha~