You Think You've Got It, Don'tcha?

I plopped down on the couch, looking up at mom as she handed me a letter. I reached, up, taking it and looked at her, then switched my focus to the paper.

"What is this?" I asked, opening it. I looked over the paper and chuckled, seeing it was my friend Brian's out of country address on the front of it. He had wrote a letter to me instead of texting or calling.

"Call me sometime. I need to know how you're doing. Brian xx"

I smiled. Brian was one of my best friends, and we hadn't talked in a while due to the fact that he's on some trip to Germany with his friends. I got up, kissing my mom on the cheek, and I walked upstairs to my bedroom and laid down, reaching over to my nightstand to grab my phone. Yet again, a Hello Kitty phone case. I unlocked the screen, the lock screen was a picture of Brian and I together, of course. He had his nose scrunched and that wide grin on his face with his arm wrapped around me, who was doing the same. I dialed up his number, pressing the phone to hear a dial tone, and after a few rings, I heard his soothing voice.

"Hey, Ry!" He shouted over the phone, "I thought you'd never call." I could hear his friends in the background shouting over the phone also, while music was blaring loudly.

"Couldn't pass up the opportunity. Am I bothering you?"

"No, no, no. It's cool." He replied. He yelled something at his friends about stepping outside, and everything instantly got quieter.

"How've you been, Bri? Haven't heard from you in a while." I twisted a piece of hair back, pushing it behind my ear and looked up at the ceiling, waiting for his response.

"Yeah, true. I've been great. Germany's great, too." His soft voice was an instant comfort, and I sank down into my bed, turning onto my side and pulled my blanket to my shoulders.

"That's good, Brian. I'm glad you're having fun." I said. He chuckled lightly. I knew he threw a shrug in there somewhere.

"Are you okay, Kitty?" He asked. Kitty was Brian's nickname for me. I never really liked it but it was whatever. He called me Kitty for obvious reasons, such as my Hello Kitty obsession, and I sometimes wore cat ears around the house..

"Yeah, Bri. I'm fine. Just a little stressed, you know? I gotta start packing for college and I don't know where to put any of my Hello Kitty things, and I sure as hell ain't taking them to college with me."

"Pack 'em up and bring them over to my house, Kitty. There's a spare key under the doormat and you can put everything in the basement. I'm sure my dad won't mind any of that, since he looooves you so much." Brian sang. I giggled, internally nodding to him over the phone. Like I said, instant comfort.

"Are you sure?" I asked, "Your mom doesn't really like me enough for me to keep my shit there for about 4 years." I said, turning onto the other side.

"Yeah, it's cool. Mom and dad are on a vaycay anyways so you don't gotta worry about coming across her for the most part, really." The word swam through my mind. Vaycay. I had never heard Brian use that term before.

Brian's POV*

Kitty's voice rang with insecurity. The way she was talking, Suzy really hated her guts. I never really understood why, she's an amazing girl. "Okay.." She replied, "I'll pack my things and head to your house tomorrow morning."

"Good." I looked over at Matt, running my hand against my throat to signal him and the guys to shut up. They both nodded, and shut up instantly. Zachary put his hand up to his mouth to keep himself quiet, and Matt shook his head at him. Little did Kitty know, we were coming back home tomorrow morning, also. Well, I was coming back home. Matthew and Zachary were going back to California, and hopefully when she goes to college, I'm going with her. Just to keep an eye out on her. When it came to her, she was like my little sister. I'd take a bullet for her.

While Kitty went on about how her college schedule was going to be, Zachary got my attention. "Who is that?" He asked.

"My friend Kitty."

"Huh?" I heard her say. I snapped back into reality and I cleared my throat.

"I uh.. Friends. Yeah, friends. Friends."

"You sound weirded out, Brian. Who's all there?"

"Matthew and another friend of mine." Zachary gasped and looked offended that he didn't name him to her. I whispered harshly, "Chill out, Zack." and went back to talking to her.

"Matthew... Sanders?" She asked.

"Yeah."

"Oh my God. Put him on the phone!" She screeched. It rang my ears and I nodded, handing the phone to Matthew.

"This is Matthew." Matthew stated, putting his hand on the wall to prop himself up and keep him balanced. I listened, then turned to Zack.

"She must know him, I guess." I shrugged, and so did he. While I faded in and out from their conversation, I tried to keep a casual talk with Zack by telling him about Kitty. How we met, her everchanging hair colors, piercings, whatever else I could tell him. He looked intrigued, and asked me where she was planning on going to college, and I told him. He groaned and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Gena went there, man."

"Shit.. I forgot." I replied, putting a hand on his shoulder. "You don't have to worry about that though, because she's all the way in Hawaii for the summer, and you two aren't together anyways. So what's wrong?"

"I don't know, dude.. But this Ryden girl sounds very interesting, and I want you and Matthew to introduce me to her when we get back."

"You gotta wait to make your move. I think she's going to end up trying to get Matthew back again." I said, gripping his shoulder tightly. "See how things go. If they don't go too well, you can swoop in to the rescue, Super Zacky."

Notes

Okay, so this chapter is done. I can't wait to write anymore. I'll keep it updated, and if you're subscribed to A Vengeful Life, I apologize I haven't updated that yet. I've been working on this one. xx