Chapter Three

Tina came home with a huge smile etched on her face. Dean was on the couch watching a science fiction movie featuring aliens, an overly muscular man and an extremely frail woman who seemed to do nothing but whimpering at everything the man said and did. 

Normally, the blonde would be annoyed that her brother could amuse himself by watching these mindless flicks mapped out by Hollywood producers who were only thinking about where they would buy their next summer house. There were so many more interesting movies – movies where the main characters tended to think every now and then.

Today, however, nothing could annoy her. She had never had this much luck in one day before. Usually, when she thought she had forgotten her phone, that was actually the case or she found that she had had with her all along but only saw it at home. This time, however, she had found it on the bottom of her rugsack during lunch. 

“Hi,” she greeted him happily, knowing full well he had probably not even noticed her. She moved to open the curtains and let the sunlight stream inside. “You won’t get any better locking yourself up in the darkness. Have you eaten yet?”

“Yes, Mom. My other mom left me lunch.”

“Great. What do you feel like having for dinner? Mom and Dad are going to that meeting for newbie parents at school.”

“I know – I thought we could order some pizza and have some beers, watch some good movies.”

“That sounds great, but what are good movies to you? The one you’re watching?”

Dean rolled his eyes. “It was this or teleshopping – I’m into entertainment and science fiction, but my taste isn’t this bad. I was thinking about going through your dvd collection. You have a gazillion, there must be some good stuff in it.”

“You bet your ass there is!”

“How was school? Were they snobby, nice or snobby and nice?”

Tina sat down in the other couch. “The people I met were pretty cool. As you noticed, my car broke down. I was in an empty street and couldn’t find my cellphone, but then someone passed and she helped me out, she goes to the same school. She’s insanely hot and has been hanging around my ass as much as she could and she’s funny and a bit cocky and did I mention she was hot? So, she drove me to school and took me back and she will do so until my car is fixed.”