hissed at her. She closed the door again and stomped over to the dresser, swinging it open and removing the pregnancy test.
“Oh, I don’t know, I just found out I’m about to be an aunt before I can even drive a damn car.” She slammed the drawer shut and put the pregnancy test in the pocket of her jeans. “That might be enough to stress a person out, you know.”
“What are you doing?” I asked, reaching for her pocket. She moved back, out of my reach.
“I think it’s time Adam gets custody of this little piece of evidence,” she replied. “Do you seriously think Mom doesn’t snoop around when we aren’t home? You’re lucky I found it before she did. Now come on.” She grabbed me by the wrist and practically tugged me down the steps.
Adam and Nolan stood in the living room, Adam looking a bit nervous and Nolan looking completely disinterested. “Hiya, Bud,” Hannah said, walking up to Adam and giving him a playful punch on the shoulder. By the way he winced, I assumed it was only meant to look playful. He shot me a glance and I quickly looked away.
“Now you know the rules; home by ten, no exceptions. Absolutely no drinking whatsoever, and if I see so much as a hint of a hickey on either girl, curfews will be reverted back to eight o’clock.” Hannah rolled her eyes, Adam nodded in consent, and Nolan resumed staring at the ceiling.
“Let’s go,” Hannah entwined her arm in mine and led the way to the door, Adam and Nolan in tow. When we got to the car, she let Nolan sit in the front passenger seat, and directed me into the back with her. None of us spoke while Adam started the car.
“Hey Adam, I think I have something that belongs to you,” Hannah announced before he had a chance to drive anywhere. Oh no , I thought to myself, closing my eyes and resting my head against the car window.
“What?” Adam asked, sounding confused.
“This,” Hannah pulled the pregnancy test out of her pocket and flung it into the front seat. It landed on Nolan’s lap.
“Wow,” he said, looking down at it. He glanced at Adam, his face expressionless. “Way to go.”
Adam clenched his teeth and snatched the test up, opening the glove box and throwing it inside. “Does anyone want to tell me what the hell is going on?”
“Oh, I think that’s pretty self-explanatory.” Hannah replied. Adam spun around in his seat, glaring at her.
“Nora is at the door, and she’s watching,” I warned in a low voice. “I think if you want to continue this, it needs to be somewhere else.”
Adam glared at Hannah a second longer, and then turned around and hit the gas. I cringed at the sound the car made as it sped down the street, but there was nothing I could do about it now.
“I thought we weren’t telling anyone, Lainey.” Adam said once we had gotten a safe distance from Bella Vista.
“We aren’t,” I replied.
“I’m not just anyone,” Hannah snapped. “I’m her stepsister, and I deserve to know. Besides, she didn’t tell me. I found it, which is why it’s your problem now.”
“Okay,” Adam said. I watched as he drove right by the restaurant we were supposed to be eating at, but refrained from saying anything. “Whatever.”
“Whatever?” Hannah spat out. “Is that all you have to say?”
“I don’t think I owe you anything more, Hannah.”
“Really? This is my stepsister right here! You know, the girl whose life you just ruined? I think that maybe you
“Oh, I don’t know, I just found out I’m about to be an aunt before I can even drive a damn car.” She slammed the drawer shut and put the pregnancy test in the pocket of her jeans. “That might be enough to stress a person out, you know.”
“What are you doing?” I asked, reaching for her pocket. She moved back, out of my reach.
“I think it’s time Adam gets custody of this little piece of evidence,” she replied. “Do you seriously think Mom doesn’t snoop around when we aren’t home? You’re lucky I found it before she did. Now come on.” She grabbed me by the wrist and practically tugged me down the steps.
Adam and Nolan stood in the living room, Adam looking a bit nervous and Nolan looking completely disinterested. “Hiya, Bud,” Hannah said, walking up to Adam and giving him a playful punch on the shoulder. By the way he winced, I assumed it was only meant to look playful. He shot me a glance and I quickly looked away.
“Now you know the rules; home by ten, no exceptions. Absolutely no drinking whatsoever, and if I see so much as a hint of a hickey on either girl, curfews will be reverted back to eight o’clock.” Hannah rolled her eyes, Adam nodded in consent, and Nolan resumed staring at the ceiling.
“Let’s go,” Hannah entwined her arm in mine and led the way to the door, Adam and Nolan in tow. When we got to the car, she let Nolan sit in the front passenger seat, and directed me into the back with her. None of us spoke while Adam started the car.
“Hey Adam, I think I have something that belongs to you,” Hannah announced before he had a chance to drive anywhere. Oh no , I thought to myself, closing my eyes and resting my head against the car window.
“What?” Adam asked, sounding confused.
“This,” Hannah pulled the pregnancy test out of her pocket and flung it into the front seat. It landed on Nolan’s lap.
“Wow,” he said, looking down at it. He glanced at Adam, his face expressionless. “Way to go.”
Adam clenched his teeth and snatched the test up, opening the glove box and throwing it inside. “Does anyone want to tell me what the hell is going on?”
“Oh, I think that’s pretty self-explanatory.” Hannah replied. Adam spun around in his seat, glaring at her.
“Nora is at the door, and she’s watching,” I warned in a low voice. “I think if you want to continue this, it needs to be somewhere else.”
Adam glared at Hannah a second longer, and then turned around and hit the gas. I cringed at the sound the car made as it sped down the street, but there was nothing I could do about it now.
“I thought we weren’t telling anyone, Lainey.” Adam said once we had gotten a safe distance from Bella Vista.
“We aren’t,” I replied.
“I’m not just anyone,” Hannah snapped. “I’m her stepsister, and I deserve to know. Besides, she didn’t tell me. I found it, which is why it’s your problem now.”
“Okay,” Adam said. I watched as he drove right by the restaurant we were supposed to be eating at, but refrained from saying anything. “Whatever.”
“Whatever?” Hannah spat out. “Is that all you have to say?”
“I don’t think I owe you anything more, Hannah.”
“Really? This is my stepsister right here! You know, the girl whose life you just ruined? I think that maybe you
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