289 Busted 1 (1/2)
Kaylee continued to ask the both of us little questions like that throughout the night. She didn't dig too deep about why I was living with the Atkins. In some ways, she reminded me of Noah-always considerate of her friends. At least, I think we're friends. The three of us. We got along besides the bumpy beginning on the bus. Plus, the fact that she didn't leave us to hang out with friends of her own made me think she was like Noah even more. They both made varsity as freshmen, so I wonder if she had problems with her old friends like Noah did.
As we were talking about the difference in our practices, Noah's phone went off. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered.
”Hello?”
”We're upstairs on the balcony.”
”Kaylee took us up here. It was too crowded for Jake.”
”Ok, we'll head down. Meet you at the front door.”
He hung up and looked at me. ”Time to go. Dave said he'll meet us at the door.” He turned to Kaylee. ”Are you coming too?”
”Yea! I want to go find my sister and find out the details.” She pulled out her own phone. ”What's your number? I want to know if you find out anything from your brothers?”
”It's not enough that Dave is selling out Kyle?” Noah frowned. ”You want me to do it as well?”
”I won't tell Marie. I'm just curious.” She pouted.
Noah sighed, and caved. He gave her his number and she sent him a text so he would have hers. Then the three of us went back downstairs where the party was in full swing even though it was close to midnight. The twins stood by the door with Jason and Marie, still talking.
Dave spotted us coming down. ”Where have you kids been all night? Did you even hang out and have fun?”
I nodded sincerely. ”I even spoke with Kaylee.”
Kyle came over and threw his arm around my shoulders. ”My baby is growing up and making friends on his own!” He faked cry.
”But I wasn't alone? Noah was there too.” I answered. And I'm not your baby?
Noah pushed him off me. ”Get off, you loser. Don't you have a girlfriend you can hang off of now?”
Kyle blushed, made eye contact with Marie, then got even redder. ”Shut up, you stupid kid.” He grabbed Noah's shirt collar from the back and started to drag him out. ”Let's go. Dad should be home by 12:30 so we need to hurry back and get in bed beforehand.”
I followed them out after lifting a hand to wave at the familiar faces. Marie was red in the face as well, and Kaylee just waved back. Dave quickly followed us out, yelling 'goodbyes' and 'see ya on Monday' to the people he knew.
Kyle didn't slow down or let go of Noah's shirt collar until we got back to the car.
Noah rubbed his neck. ”What if you choked me?!”
”Don't be so dramatic.” Kyle got in the front passenger seat. Dave got in on the drivers side, while Noah and I got in the back.
”You definitely stretched out the collar!” Noah huffed.
”It'll get fixed after washing.” Kyle still didn't care. ”It's not like it's your favorite or anything. You're overreacting.”
”You're the one overreacting.” Noah replied. ”All I said was to get off of Jake.”
”And go hang off your girlfriend.” I added.