It has been a year since then. Unfortunately, Alec was still ignoring Justin. Fortunately, middle school was going smoothly. I was walking with Dane and Sed and we ran into a girl and her brother. The girl pushed me to the ground. "Watch where you're going loser. " The girl said. The boy just looked at Dane looking memorized. "Milo! Don't look at him!" She said pulling him by his wrist and leaving. So his name was Milo huh? Dane looked at Milo as he was being pulled away. He looked memorized. Was it a spell? No magic wasn't real. "What's wrong?" I asked. "Oh um .. nothing," Dane said. I'm assuming magic. Chase walked over to Dane. "Have you guys seen Bbw and Sed?" Chase asked. "Actually no I haven't. " I said. "Huh weird," Chase said. "Dane?" I asked. "Huh, what? Oh yeah, .. weird..." Dane said. Suspicious. I thought to myself. Dane also wasn't being clingy to Chase like usual... I was gonna get to the end of this case. But first Sed and Bbw. I walked through the halls. No sign of them. There was only one place I hadn't checked. The haunted hall. No one dared goes. Maybe they're there? Haddix headed towards the haunted halls. Surely enough, she saw Sed and Bbw. Hey, why are u guys here? "I thought I heard something.." said Sed. "Oh, makes sense." She answered. "Happy birthday!" Savannah said to Sed appearing out of nowhere. "Thanks?" Sed thanked her. "Since our seventeen. I and the big guy decided to bring her back." Savannah said cheerfully. Sed fell to his knees. "Who's her?" Haddix asked. "WTH SAVANNAH! " Bbw said yelling at Savannah. "What? It's a nice gift!" She argued. "IT'S NOT NICE TO JOKE ABT PEOPLE'S DEAD SIBLINGS!" Bbw yelled again at Savannah. "Jeez, whatever losers," Savannah said walking away. "Red?... " Sed cried. "No, she's just a jerk. Sorry, Sed.." Bbw said helping Sed up. He held Sed close. "I thought she went to Broadway? " Haddix said. "In the sky.." Bbw said quietly. "Oh.." Haddix said. I clenched my fists. "Haddix, are you okay?" Bbw said. "I have business to attend to," I answered walking towards Savannah. "HEY SAVANNAH!" I yelled towards her. "Huh?" Savannah said stopping and turning towards me. I punched her in the mouth. His lip started bleeding. "What the hell?!" She said. She went to slap me. I grabbed her wrist. "Apologize to him, now," I said twisting. "Ow! Fine just stop jerk!" She said a tear rolling down her cheek. "I'm sorry Sed." She said rolling her eyes. "It's fine.." Sed told her. I was furious. "Now say it like you mean it," I said clenching her shoulder. "OKAY! I'm sorry!" She said. I let go. The bell rang. Savannah ran away. "Well well well.." Mika said slowly clapping while walking over to me. "What?" I asked. "Looks like the princess is feisty." She said. I started to walk away. She pulled me back. She held me by my waist. "Don't ignore me." She barked. "Uh, is this fighting? Or is it some type of flirting? " Bbw said. I got my arm out of her grasp. I started to walk away. Mika followed me. "Stop following me, "I told her. "I'm not. I'm trying to find Milo." She argued for her case. "Your brother?" I asked. "That imbecile doesn't deserve to be called my brother." She said. We turned a corner. I stopped us in our tracks. "What are yo-" she started. I covered her mouth. I pointed at her brother, Dane, and Chase. We watched them. Milo was watching Dane and Chase kiss. I knew Dane and Chase had been dating for a year now... It's been a year since the incident... I zoned back in. Dane noticed Milo. He stood up. He took hold of Milo's wrist. "Why were you watching us?" Dane said calm. "Uh... I.." Milo stuttered. "I see what's going on here," Dane said. "You do?!"Milo said worried. "He does," Chase said. Why were Dane and Chase so calm about this?! If it was me I would be weirded out! Dane let go of his wrist. He put his hands on Milo's waist. Milo just looked shocked. Dane kissed Milo. Milo kissed him back. CHASE DID NOTHING! HIS BOYFRIEND WAS CHEATING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE DID NOTHING?! Just as I was about to interrupt to find out what was happening, Mika pulled me back. "Let me go you jerk!' I yelled. She covered my mouth. Milo and Dane stopped. Milo seemed out of breath. "Haddix, what are you doing?" Dane asked clearly knowing I was there. Mika pushed me out to them. 'Well uh, Mika is also here!" I scoffed. "Sister?" Milo questioned. Mika walked out. "Don't call me that mistake." Mika yelped at him. Dane hid Milo behind him. "What do you want b-" Dane started to say. "Calm down Dane." Chase interrupted. Dane seemed annoyed that he was told to do that but did as told. After school, Justin got the keys to his car and we were about to go home. As he was starting up his engine we saw Alec getting on the bus. I could tell Justin looked sad. When we got home Alec was in his room. Justin headed that way. Just before Alec slammed the door on him; Justin caught the door. Crushing his hand. He ignored it though. I watched through the door crack. He sat next to Alec on his bed. Justin grabbed Alec's hand and held it. Justin kissed Alec. After a few minutes, Justin stopped. "I'm sorry...for everything. I didn't mean it I'll always ne-" Justin began to apologize. Alec kissed Justin. I stopped watching because I felt something I didn't wanna see would happen. I went to visit my baby sister, Roxy. Who was born after the accident last year...After about 3 minutes Justin came in. "Mom says dinner is ready." Justin informed me. "I'll be there soon" I replied. Justin told Mom my response and left. I sat at the table. Muffin, Alec's cat jumped up into Alec's lap. Muffin seemed to give Justin a death stare. Justin stuck his tongue out at the cat. " Are you bulling my cat?" Alec asked ready to slap Justin. " He started it." Justin argued. "It's okay baby, Justin is just a jerk." Alec said petting Muffin. Justin stood up and walked over to Alec. He kissed him. "Ew, gross! Mom make them stop!" I complained. Muffin jumped into my lap. "When you're older you'll probably kiss people too Haddix. Be more mature about it." Mom told me. Justin sat back down in his seat. The next day I arrived at school and sure enough Mika was scolding her brother while yelling at him. "You think you can just go around kissing people who I don't like?!"Mika yelled at him. She slapped him across the face and it left a mark. Milo walked away. " FINE WALK AWAY COWARD I DON'T WANNA BE SEEN WITH YOU!' she yelled after him. I had a feeling I knew where Milo was going. I went to the last place I saw Dane; sure enough, Milo
was there too. I hid by a wall a watched. "How did this happen?" Dane asked Milo. "I just bumped into something that's all..."Milo lied. "Why are you lying to us?" Chase asked. "I'm telling the truth..." Milo lied once again. "Fine, but if I find out something different happened I'm gonna be mad." Dane sighed." You won't find out different because it's true!" Milo defended. Dane started to hold Milo's face in his hand. "Are you sure?~" Dane flirtingly asked. Milo's face turned pink. Dane let go. "I'm just joking! Your face though!" Dane laughed. Milo softly slapped Dane's face. "Jerk," Milo proclaimed. Chase walked up to them and sat on the floor by them. "No, more like this," Chase said, proceeding to slap Dane hardly. "It could be harder," Dane disagreed. "What is this abuse?!" Milo said, shocked. "Eh, he'll be fine besides, he likes it. Don't you Dane?~" Chase obliged. "You're right, I do~" Dane replied. Gross was all Haddix could think. Haddix looked behind her as she tried not to puke. She saw a girl with light brunette hair and then mysteriously disappeared. She stopped watching the boys and ran after the girl. "Hey, stop!" she yelled after her. She started to run after her. Two girls playing with a jump rope stopped her in her tracks. "Hello, I'm Moon" One of the girls stated. "And I'm Julie!" the other greeted. "Play with us!" they forcefully said in unison. "I'm sorry I don't have the time." she apologized. "NOW," they said seeming mad. " O-okay" Haddix finally agreed. the game began. The game went like this: One two three four five try to make it out of the hive! How many bees didn't survive? "One, two, three, four, five, six." they began to count. Haddix tripped and messed up her score. "Whoops! Failed. Have to make it to ten to win!" they said in unison. Just then, Haddix got stung by six bees that soon after died. Huh?! if I lose it happens. I can't afford to lose. Haddix still in pain continued the game. This time making it to ten. "Yay, you win!" Moon and Julie said in unison. Haddix suddenly felt all better. Like it had never happened? Suddenly the girls disappeared. Confused, Haddix continued her path. When she finally caught up. She grasped the girl's red coat sleeve. "Hey!" the girl yelled. The girl stopped running and turned to face Haddix. Sed turned the corner. "Hey, Haddix. Why were you run-" Sed began to say, but silence cut his comment off. He fell to his knees. He began to cry, "R-Red?.." "How do you know my name?!" the girl questioned. "I-it's me, Sed, your older brother Sed!" he said. Surely she knew that... right? "Are you crazy dude?! I'm an only child," she said looking, at him as if he was crazy. Sed's eyes filled with tears of what was joy to absolute sadness. Bbw appeared at the perfect moment. "Sed what's wrong!" Bbw said getting on his knees and comforting Sed. Bbw looked at the girl as well. "Who's she Sed?" Bbw asked thinking that might help "R-Red, "Sed stuttered. "N-no Sed she died. I'm sorry that's not her." Bbw had to correct him. "I am Red?" the girl questioned. "who are your
parents?" Bbw asked. "Mark and Hebrew Cole? " She answered. "P-papa and Mama?" Sed sniffled looking up.