Never Expected This

The mysterious girl and I had rushed to go to the lockerooms to avenge her brother. From where we stood you could hear the music playing and some of the guys talking loudly. Now that we were here I had no idea what was our plan. I needed to know the plan before I do something questionable.
"So what do we do now?" I asked. It her brother and her revenge affter all. She looked at me with a giant grind. Great she has an idea.
"Don't you worry. Just follow my lead." She said.
"Okay great becau..." I didn't have time to finish before she pushing me insided first. I almost fell but manage to get back my balance. I probably looked like a freak standing there. But her she walked in gracefully. She's a bitch like all of them!
"What the hell?!" I screamed at her.
"I know right! Like what the hell?" She said using this annoying voice. Is she biopolar or something?
"What do you mean I know?" I said looking at her, anger still visibly clear.
"I mean I know. Duh." She said tapping the side of my head. I felt like at any given moment the anger would have gotten the best of me. It would have if Brendan hadn't came rushing next to us.
"What's wrong?" He asked trying to be the mediator.
"She shoved me in here." I said pointing at the blond.
"Nooo. You fell." She said smiling. Is she seriously smiling at me? Right now? When I'm on the edge of probably commiting homocide.
"You know what you're seriously fucked up if you think that--" I said before being cut off by this tall guy.
"Hey don't talk to her like that." He said. A russian accent clearly visible as he spoke. I looked back at the girl, who I thought may have been my new friend and saw a small ressemblance between them. It's her brother. The anger that I once had completly vanished.
"Why not? She is!" I said using the same tone. She probably had a good reason for this so I went with it. But I gave her a wink indicating that I understood what was going on.
"No she's not." He said.
"Yes she is!" I said
"My sister isn't fucked up okay!" He shouted. Everyone in the locker room was now quiet. No one dared to speak. Besides my accomplice.
"Yeah the same sister you forgot to pick up at the airport." She said.
"Shit that was today?" He said. She nodded.
"It's funny how you call me your sister and defended me, when she barely even insulted me. But you forgot to pick up your tired, older sister from the airport. That's nice right?" She said.
"Anna" Alex said but she raised her hand, stopping him from talking.
"No. You see her." She said pointing at me. "I'm her sister." She said giving me a semi-hug. "That is until, you make it up to me."She said. Alex's face when from defeat to hopeful in a maters of seconds. He clearly loved his sister. Boy was she sinister.
"Yes, yes I will." He said.
"Good" She said smirking. Before turning her attention to the group of guys semi dressed. "Now, guys I want you to meet my new friend." She said smiling at me. I looked over at Brendan who just gave me the same smile as Anna.
"Guys meet Isabelle." He said. I heard a few hey's and hi's. I waved back at them but my mind didn't register all of that. What came to mind was that maybe they thought I was some freak or that I'm a slut of some sort due to the club dress I was wearing. If you ask me this isn't really arena appropriate. Nor is how I dress normally. So much for a good frist impression. I thought.
"So now that you guys have met her, stay away." She said. Most of the guys laughed at her request.
"Wait for me by the entrance?" Brendan said closely to my ear. I nodded.
"Yeah I'll wait for you." I said smiling.
"Okay." He said smiling. Well it's not like he never smiled but it looked wider now. Anna had came by my side and pulled me out of the locker room.
We walked till the entrance and waited for the guys to bring us home. We made small talk for a short period and I got to know Anna. She reminded me a lot of my sister Cam. The same gleeful personnality and a kind heart. I also learned that she doesn't live to far away from Annie and I's appartment. So natrually I gave her my number so we could hang out. Finally Alex and Brendan came walking towards us.
"You guys ready?" Alex asked.
"It's you girl Alex and yeah we are." She said. He rolled his eyes at her. "Drama queen." He said under his breath but I heard him. I chuckled at his comment of his sister. He looked at me then back at his sister quicker than a hummingbird's wings. Anna gave me a hug before walking towards her brothers car.
"I'll text you later!" She shouted from the car which was a good distance between ours. She's weird I thought. I waved goodbye before entering the car. I waited for the car's engine roar to life but it didn't.
"Brendan aren't you going to start the car?" I asked.
"You gave her your number after barely knowing her for 2 hours but not me?" He asked.
"Yes." I said cautionly.
"Why?" He asked.
"Because she wanted to hang out with me." I said.
"Me too but you clearly ddin't give it to me." He said.
"I didn't know you" I said, frankly I was getting annoyed with this suddent outburst.
"And you know her?" He asked.
"More than I did when you had asked." I said. The way he was looking at me at this very moment you have normally made me feel uncomfortable. But not now. I can give the same look. I thought.
"Okay fine." He said before starting the car and leaving the parking lot. He can't possibly be that mad at me, I thought. But boy was I wrong. He hadn't said a single word nor dare to look at me when we would stop at a red light. The small smile that he always wore wasn't there. And that was because of me. I can't help but think that I hurt his feelings. He stopped at my appartement building. I knew I had to say something. I needed to say something because I didn't want to be stay mad at me. I hate it when people are mad at me.
"25-0-11-06" I said.
"What?" He said.
"25-0-11-06, it's my number" I said.
"Oh" he said. He unlocked his phone, went into the contact and started to type it down. He was going to ask me what it was again but I just took the phone and filled it in for him.
"I'm sorry for offending you in any way." I said giving back his phone.
"No, it's cool. I kind off exagerrated." He said scraching the back of his neck.
"It's just she reminds me off--"
"It's fine, honestly. You had your reasons and I should have respected them." He said, this time the small smile was finally visible. "Well I text you later then." He said.
"Yeah." I said. "Good luck on your game tonight."
"Thanks." He said silently. I got out of the car before being called by him once again.
"Uhm.. Will you watch?" He asked. He was nervous. Honestly, Iliked seeing him like this. And this time I knew exactly why. He wanted to prove to me that he was capable of playing at this level. That he was indeed good. He plays for the montreal canadiens if that say that your good, then I don't know what does. I can't is what I wanted to say or that it reminds me to much of my father. But knowing Brendan I wasn't going to get away with it. And I don't think I want to tell him my past. I've never told anyone and nor do I intend on telling anybody. So I lied for the 4th time.
"I can't tonight. It's movie night and Annie isn't much of a sports fan." I said, basically stuterring. I played with my hands waiting for him to call out on my lie but it never came.
"Hey it's fine." He placing taking one of my hands. trying to stop them from moving so much. I let out a breath realising that he probably bought my bullshit.
"Okay." I said.
"Next time maybe." He said. It sound more like a question. Maybe....
"Yeah maybe." I said. " Bye." I said leaving the car.
I quickly made my way to our appartement because God knows how much I need somewhere familiar, with a familiar person. Annie and I haven't seen each other soo much lately. Mainly because she was studying for finals. But their was also her boyfriend, Ian. I really didn't mind the fact that she was spending so much time with him because at the end of the day I'm the one she's going home to. I knocked on the door cause she was the one with the house key last night. When the door opened, I saw my crazy best friend standing there. And from her facial expression, she might have done something that was going to make me worried.
"Okay, what's with the face?" I asked.
"Oh nothing... just..--" She said not looking at me in the eyes.
"Annie, can you please let me in?" I said.
"Oh of course, of course." She said moving out of my way. The place still looks the same.
"I'm sure whatever new plan or thing you came up with, I can handle it." I said walking to different rooms. I needed to get comfortable.
"Iz--"
"You never believe how my day went." I said walking out my bedroom wearing a t-shirt and shorts.
"Iz--"
"It was so weird. First I meet this bitch, who told me I should back off from Brendan.Well, their was 2 girls that I encountered today.... Wait no their was 3! But one of them is my friend now. At least I think since we exchanged numbers." I said rather quickly. I wanted to fill her in on how things went before I forgot any details.
"Iz?"
"Right! I should probably start from last night." I said eating some nutella. "So last night was pretty interessting. Brendan took me to the gorgeous view i've ever seen."
"Iz--"
"Oh that reminds me. Did you know he's a proffessional hockey player? And you wouldn't believe for which team he plays for." I said taking a pause.
"The montreal canadiens." We said at the same time.
"Wait, how did you know?" I asked.
"We're in Montreal, Iz. You would have to blind and deaf to not know that." She said.
"Wow! I really need to start going out more. Anyways, that not the point. Well, it kind off is." I said taking another spoonful of the nutella.
"I meet the team. Well, most of them. And Alex Gal... Galyuk? Or was it Yukchen?" I said.
"It's Galchenyuk." She said.
"Right!" I said enthousiatically." He's adorable. But his sister was there today at the practice and it was fun. She's model you know.Super pretty but pretty relax not like those uptight models. Kind off like Cam. Besides Cam isn't a model." I said.
"Iz--"
"Oh don't worry I'm not replacing you. I'm sure over the holidays I'll introduce you to her." I said taking another spoonful. " Anyways, we ended up doing this --"
"Iz, I'm going to New York to meet Ian's family." She said. I looked at her a bit confused of why she felt the needed to say it now. But nevertherless I was happy for her. Ian was a great guy. Unlike her other boyfriends, he actually had his shit together.
"Really? That's great! When?" I said. smiling.
"The 20th." She said slowly.
"Of January? We have classes by then." I said.
"No, Iz. It's this month." She said. And with that being said. I wish I never came home. That I never went to the arena, that I never when out for lunch, that I never opened the door to Cat, that I never woke up this morning or answered my phone. I wished that Annie and I haden't moved here or graduated high school. Because in that very moment, the only person I always spet these tragic times with wasn't going to be there.
"Iz?" She called.
"Yeah." I said, trying so hard to conviced myself that it wasn't true.
"Well..." She said lookig at me. I starred into her light blue eyes and realized something. That maybe it was time for me to grow up. That the universe was showing how to be independant. Well, more independant, I guess.
"Well nothing. Like I said before, it's great. I'm happy for you."
"You sure?" I nodded.
"Anyways, I'm tiried. I think I'm going to go to bed early today." I said.
"Okay well goodnight." She said giving me a hug then going to her bedroom and closing the door.
"Yeah, goodnight to me." I murmured.
Goodnight indeed.

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