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UPON OPENING the door, and pulling the knife up closer to her head, chris had seen harley painting yet again.

"what the hell!?" the little sister screamed, startled by the fact that christina quite literally looked like a murderer from any horror movie.

"and i thought your sister was normal." another voice was heard on the bed. chris had stared right at where the voice appeared to be coming from.

"don't tell me you invited the damn neighbor over." christina said, looking concerned at her younger sister.

"the house is scary when we're alone!" harley said, trying to defend herself.

the boy had jumped off the bed and walked to the door. standing right in front of the girl.

"nelson. nelson neumann." the blondie said, putting his hand out infront of himself.

christina stood there. trying her hardest to hold in her laughter. nelson had kept his hand out, looking just as confused as the younger sister in the back of the room.

just as she thought she could hold it in enough, a loud cackle bursted from christina. "who the hell would name their kid nelson!!!" the girl continued to laugh as she allowed the words to slide through her mouth.

the boy continued to stand in front of her. the silence of chris laughing was loud while the younger two just kept quiet. immediately when she realized she was laughing by herself, she stopped, realizing it wasn't that funny.

the room was still. awkwardly still.

"i'm sorry, that was mean." christina said, sighing while trying to release the tension in the room.

"yeah it was. he was here to help you out." harley responded, continuing to do whatever she wanted on her canvas.

"he could talk about it over chinese food, your lucky i got just enough." chris replied, deciding to give her food to him and put some pasta in a bowl for herself.

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the group of three sat around the large dinner table. the storm outside still at its finest, leaving thunder being heard every few seconds. other than nelson's tiktok, in which he decided to put at full volume, the table had been silent.

"if this kid scrolls through another fucking tiktok i'm going to shoot him in the head." christina said, taking nelson's phone and throwing it onto the couch in the living room.

the room went quiet again.

"jesus christ, why are you here nelson?" the older sister let out, due to the fact they've been eating for over 20 minutes now and he hasn't said anything about why he was there.

the curly headed boy, looking more scared then ever, responded to her question. "i want to set you up with someone."

the girl went wide eyed.

the boy continued to talk. "i have basketball tonight, at eight. i was wondering if you wanted to come and possibly meet one of my teammates."

christina sat there, still.

"cmon chris, he's a nice guy. i promise!" harley chimed in, trying to convince the older girl.

more thunder had cracked outside of the house. and as the rain pounded against the window, and the wind was heard right outside the door, christina marlin had let out a louder sigh then ever. "fine. just this once."

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DELILAH TALKS !

chapter coming out in a day from delilah??? this is new. also, possible new jake west book coming again bc i realized literally no one writes books abt jake.

hope y'all are enjoying the story so far <3

good parts coming soon