This morning the Captain and I had had a hell of a time getting her out the door.
I’d dressed her myself since she became stubborn and refused to do anything more than brush her teeth.
The Captain had called it quits after she’d thrown one of her fits; I wasn’t fazed so he left me to it.
One smack on her ass and she’d calmed the hell down, now I’m feeling guilty for making her do this shit.
“I’ll see you for lunch; just wait for me outside your English lit class okay?”
“Okay....”
Fuck, did she have to look at me like I was abandoning her?
I spent more time worrying about her than studying all morning, there was a knot in my stomach, and since our classes were now on opposite sides of the building I wouldn’t even get a glimpse of her until lunch period.
Matt had a few classes near her and was supposed to keep an eye out, lunch was going to be a trial because Patti was going to be there, although I wanted to be done with that bitch already, it didn’t fit in to my plans, I had to bide my time, besides Matt had the worst deal there.
Patti had fucked up, see she doesn’t quite get how our family works either, her little behind the scenes actions hadn’t gone unnoticed, partly because she thought it was okay to have some of her conversations in front of Matt, they’d been together for so long I guess she thought she was in for life, she really doesn’t know my brother if she thought that shit.
I think that glow had pretty much burned out; whatever hold she had on him was gone, not only because I’m his brother and it was my woman she was scheming against, but because of her callousness, her disregard for Carrie’s life.
While my girl was fighting for her life, Patti was setting up ways to get Josie back in my bed, cold fuck.
I’d spent a lot of time laying it out for Matt, he’s my brother, the love we share can never be broken, Carrie is the woman I will spend the rest of my life with, and Patti can never be a part of that.
Thankfully he had already seen it himself; he was the one who told me what she’d been up to after all.
Lunchtime took forever to come around and I was running to get to her even before the bell had finished its first peal.
No one was bothering her when I got there but there were some kids off to the side watching and waiting I guess.
I gave them my get the fuck gone look and they scampered away, that fucker Dyson didn’t even look in our direction, Matt had told me what had been going on in the diner that night before he got there, I had some asses to kick, but they could wait.
Patti was sitting at our table when we got there so I kept going to the table lamb had been sitting at while we were on the outs.
She looked a little skeptical when first Vanessa and then Matt came to join us.
“What’s going on?”
“Nothing for you to worry about babe, what did you tell her?” I turned to Matt.
“Just that I had something to talk to you about so she should sit with her friends for today, she wasn’t too happy I can tell you that.”
I give a fuck, today was the first day in her humiliation, I’d had enough of her shit, she was never going to accept Carissa for some reason and I wasn’t about to have any more stress in her fucking life, the girl needed a fucking break.
“Here, eat your veggies.”
“Joshua that’s disgusting, who eats broccoli for lunch?”
“It’s full of iron, it’s either this, or liver, you said no to the liver....”
“I want to go back to the hospital, at least there I got some peace and quiet, and I didn’t eat if I didn’t like it.”
“Too damn bad, now eat unless you want me to spoon feed you in front of the whole school.”
If looks could kill I’d be a goner, whatever.
“Open.....”
“Oh alright I’ll eat the nasty shit...shut the hell up Matt.....”
“I didn’t say anything lil sis.”
He held his hands up even as he fought his laughter, Vanessa was still a little tentative since Carissa hadn’t said two words to her but she too was smiling.
It didn’t escape my notice that everyone was focused on our table or that Patti and her posse were shooting daggers at us with their eyes.
I wondered about those girls, I mean she treated them like shit and yet they clamored to her every wish, I guess that might be one of her grievances against Carrie, this one wasn’t a follower.
When she was finished eating I pulled her onto my lap so I could whisper reassurances in her ear, I knew she felt self conscious and her weakened state kept her from being her usual bad ass self so I was going to have to keep her spirits up.