Alexandra White's Story

"One more reason for you to back down and continue living your 'life'," Jason counted just as easily. Every time they almost got into a fight, Alex always broke it up, and while Jason was more then willing to beat down Jack as maybe some pain would give him time to rethink his life, he wasn't willing to hurt Alex like that. Still, even as children, he couldn't remember a time they truly got into a physical fight. It usually was Jack prowling around trying to taunt Jason, Jason firing back, they about to get into a fight and something or someone breaking it up. A part of him wanted to get the fight going and over with.

Law school. He had yet to tell anyone about that yet, and he sure as hell wasn't about to tell Jack a thing, "Someone had to do it. Perhaps if you put on your big boy pants, someone would trust you," Jason said, still leaning against the sink. How in the world Jack thought him being responsible was an insult he never understood. It was like calling someone too smart, it wasn't really an insult in any way.

He had kept quite content to watch Sarah and Will joke and play with each other. It had been a while since he last saw her act so carefree like she had back then. While he didn't dislike Will, he as afraid he would turn out like his brother, but he was more comfortable around Will as he understood Will on some level, he did not understand Alexander at all. The word weed did catch his attention as Will, in his infinite wisdom, had nearly yelled it.

"Weed, Sarah?" Jason asked crossing his arms looking at her to see what she would say.

Although Ella was used to spending summers with The White's, it did get overwhelming sometimes to listen to so many people at once. At home, it was usually just her, Lyla and Sarah, and with Sarah being so quiet and Lyla preferring to hang out with her friends, things were usually pretty low key. Her mother would come home around dinner time and her there were days when Ella would go to bed before her father even got home. Jason had spent the past few years at school so she really only saw him on holiday breaks, leaving Ella to spend most of her time with a nanny or watching TV and occupying herself. Now, the amount of people that she was living with had doubled and while she loved having people to talk to, it also meant that there would be more arguments.

It was only the first day and her brother and Jack were already being mean to each other, and Ella was aware of the friction between Lyla and Alexandra, and even Lyla and Sarah as well. She could be a brat at times herself, but she didn't have any ongoing feuds with any of the others and Ella guessed that it was because she was so young. Even though she was only two years younger than Sarah and Alexander, she sometimes felt like they were a lot older and that she didn't really have a set place. Once Alexander and Sarah started dating, they moved up from being part of the "little kids" with her, and into the "older kids" group. Ella wasn't extremely close with either of them, especially Alexander, so it wasn't a huge deal, but she kind of felt left out with having no one her age to hang out with. She did have Lyla though, and recently, that was enough for Ella to be happy with.

Jason explained to her that Lyla wasn't able to take her shopping because she was grounded, but Ella turned to Lyla, hoping that her sister would give her a different answer. Being grounded hadn't stopped Lyla from doing what she wanted to do in the past and Jack seemed to be right. Her parents were far away and would never know if Lyla broke the rules. It seemed to make sense to Ella, even though she knew that it was wrong to go against her parents' wishes.

Ella hadn't noticed that Alexander and Sarah had left the room until Sarah came running down the stairs and straight to William. She watched as the two joked around, tickling and jumping on top of each other before Will had Sarah pinned to the floor, looking like he was about to spit on her. "You guys are gross," she scoffed.

In all of the commotion, Ella figured that it would be a good time to dump her plate without Jason noticing that she had wasted yet another plateful of food without eating more than a bite, so she quickly emptied it into the trash and dropped the dish into the sink, knowing that someone would take care of washing it later.

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Sarah started talking to Ella then turned back to Will, asking if he wanted to hang out later. "Hang out with you? well I guess it could be worse" Will joked and he winked at her. Then Will turned to Lyla. "Hey baby, excited to be spending the whole summer with me? if you ever feel lonely, my room's right at the end of the hall." Will finished with a wink. He would have stayed and continued with the flirting, but his bike was calling him. He cleaned off his plate and juice and went into the garage that was connected with the house.

There she was, the only love he will ever have, besides Lyla of course. She was a 2011 Honda CRF450R, or Alice, since it had the coolest Alice in Wonderland art on it. He grabbed the clicker and tried to open the garage door, but nothing happened. He kept clicking it and realized that either the door or the clicker was broken. He opened the back of the clicker and saw that it was missing a battery. "These things still run on batteries? Lame."

Will walked back in, yelling "Hey where are the batteries?" To anyone in particular, he kept walking until he reached the front door. He saw Ella talking to two strangers. Two HOT strangers. Will quickly pushed Ella out of the way and greeted the two women, they couldn't be to much older than Jack and Alexandra. "Hello ladies, Whatever you're selling, I'm buying. Unless, of course, you want me instead." He winked at them. "Now what may i owe the pleasure?"

Will glanced down and saw the suitcases and a large smile came over his face, then he yelled back to the kitchen "The hot nannies are here!" He looked back at them. "Please come on in, my brother Jason will show you to your rooms, then later, I can show you to mine." He stepped out and grabbed their suitcases, lifting them easily and ushered them inside while looking at their butts.

It took a second for her to nod when one of the girls asked her if she was Ella before the other followed suit and greeted her gleefully. The girl, who introduced herself as Taylor, suggested that she wait to go shopping until later and although Ella wanted to take opportunity of Lyla having time to drive her, she was interested in the new people as well. It seemed like she wasn't the only one because as soon as Will spotted them, he stopped what he was doing and shoved Ella aside in order to capture the girls' attention for himself. Ella scowled and considering pushing him back but she realized that would be babyish and didn't want to seem immature in front of Will, even if he was being a player.

Will led the girls forward and Ella glanced back towards the front door, still unsure about what to do before reluctantly closing the door and following them into the house. She didn't want to seem lame in front of Lyla but she also didn't want to upset Jason, especially after Lyla had just told him to "fuck off". It was something that had surprised Ella, knowing that if she had said it, she would've been sent straight to her room, but with Lyla, it was different. Ella envied her confidence and the way that she really just did and said whatever she wanted. She couldn't even flip off Sarah without getting yelled at for it but it seemed like Lyla could do anything. Ella's idolization of Lyla may have been different if she had seen all of the real consequences that her sister had to endure - the brutal hangovers, threats from her parents, and most recently, her overnight trip to jail, but most of that was hidden from Ella. She heard about the groundings and the lectures but those didn't seem like a steep price to pay for all of the fun that Lyla had, especially when she disregarded most of their warnings anyway.

Jason approached, introducing himself to the girls after directing Will to where the batteries were. "Jason's twenty-two," she said matter-of-factly, "and his girlfriend Alexandra is upstairs." Even though Ella knew that Jason and Alex were only friends, she recognized that Taylor and Madison were pretty and since Jason really didn't have a girlfriend, she didn't want anything to happen between them. It was true that Ella had literally only known them for two minutes, but because Jason had always been the one to devote the most time to Ella, she had always been defensive whenever he brought any girls home, despite how nice they were. She didn't like anyone to take his attention away from her and even now, when part of her wanted him to not care so much, she still feared that he would replace her with these strangers.

"Can we go swimming after Will puts your stuff upstairs? The beach is right outside and I want to go in the water," she said, completely switching the topic as she glanced out the window. By now, she had nearly forgotten about going shopping with Lyla and while she didn't want these girls to get too close to Jason, she was also kind of excited to have them there to do things with.

Before Alexandra could respond, Jack slipped past her and headed back to his room. He tossed the dime bag onto his bed and pulled off his t-shirt, dropping it onto the floor as he glanced at his reflection in the mirror. Not too bad, he thought as he flexed, admiring the results of his daily workouts. He turned to his closet, considering putting on a wet suit and going surfing before his door opened and Sarah walked in.

It was obvious very unusual, especially considering their exchange earlier that morning, but as soon as she opened her mouth, it was clear on why she came to him. She wanted alcohol but there was no way he'd get her whiskey.

"Surprise, surprise. Sober Sarah wants the only guy in this house whose cool enough to buy her alcohol to do her a favor," he said, turning to face her with a smirk. "There's no way that I'm getting nailed for buying you whiskey. That shit will fuck you up and since you're an alcohol virgin, you're not gonna even like whiskey. What about beer or those bitch drinks like Mike's Hard or Smirnoff Ice?" He asked, glancing down at his phone and scrolling through his Twitter feed for a moment before glancing back up at her. "If you're set on hard liquor, you can ask Ella if she'll share this with you," he said, rummaging through the back of his closet for a moment before appearing with a pink bottle of raspberry Svedka vodka. Supposedly Ella had seen it at one of the parties she had attended a few weeks earlier and thought it was "pretty", so she had to have it for the summer. Jack had agreed to buy it for her after having a particularly bad argument with his father about how he had to "get his life together" and "be more like Jason". He didn't want Ella to get drunk enough to hurt herself, only to a point where she'd be a problem for Jason.

Jack wasn't sure if he shouldn't have mentioned that he had been buying alcohol for Ella to Sarah, but he knew that she didn't get along well with Lyla, so she probably wouldn't mention it to her. Although Lyla also drank underage, Jack knew that she didn't approve of Ella following in her footsteps so he played dumb whenever Lyla talked about Ella getting alcohol for the parties that she and her friends went to. "Don't mention this to Lyla," he said, grabbing a sweatshirt from his closet and wrapping it around the bottle and handing it to Sarah, knowing that it would be a good enough cover up to transport the bottle a few feet away to her own room, in the unlikely chance that she would run into Alexandra or Jason. "Save some of it for Saturday, though. We're hosting... a few people... for 4th of July, but keep that on the down low."

He could hear Will shouting about the nannies being there and grinned when his younger brother described them as being hot. "Well, that's my cue," he said as he headed towards the door. "By the way, tell your make out partner that he can take his pot back," he said, tilting his head towards where it lay on his bed before passing Sarah and going downstairs.

Will was right, the two girls that were standing in front of him surely were hot. It didn't surprise Jack that Jason was already there, ready to show off and act like he was the head of the house. "I'm Jack," he said, flashing them a smile before Ella piped up about wanting to go swimming. Madison offered to take her once she met the rest of the kids, and although Jack wouldn't be the one to object to seeing her in a bikini, he turned to Ella and said, "I think Sarah wanted to ask you about something she wanted to borrow from you. Clothes or something. She's upstairs." He figured that it would be better to let Sarah portion out Ella's part of the vodka now, when Jason was busy assisting the nannies, than to try to do it later once everything calmed down. He just hoped that Ella would go along with it.

Alexandra had a feeling that Jack was lying, but why? It would hardly benefit him. Would it? She shook her head, a headache coming on from the stress of trying to figure out her twin's intentions. Not wanting to waste her entire day on it, she looked back to Alexander.

"I'll be keeping an eye on you." Was all she said before leaving the room and heading to her bedroom. Done with the confusing detour that she had taken, she entered her bedroom and got back on task. She took a five minute shower, as she always did after a morning work out. Alex then dried her hair, deciding to leave it down since it was a lazy day and there wasn't much point in spending time on it.

Outfit-wise, she decided on her white skirt with her black and white skull top with three quater-length sleeves. Feeling refreshed and ready for the day that had already been so hectic, she left her room and returned downstairs. She'd heard that the nannies were here and was sad that she hadn't been able to greet them when they came in but wasn't too bothered since she was sure Jason or Ella introduced them to the others who probably wouldn't care as much.

Downstairs she found Jason, Ella and Jack with two women who she assumed were the nannies. She approached them with a welcoming smile and light wave. Alex gave Jack a warning look, telling him to not dare to try and sleep with the nannies. She knew it was unlikely to have any effect, considering the amount of times she told him to not get involved with her friends but he did anyway. Putting the bad memories of losing her friends aside, she waited to introduce herself as she could see the nannies were going to be quite overwhelmed by it all.

Will revved the engine two more times and right before he was about to take off Sarah came outside. She wanted to ride on his bike. Well of course what girl doesn't want to ride on it. "Sure, come on." Once she was on and wearing a helmet, he revved the engine again and then let go of the break. He suddenly did the classic action movie of doing a slight wheelie for a second, then his front tire hit the Garage floor's concrete and he zipped into the house.

Will was pretty good with handling his bike so he drove the rooms downstairs one by one until he finally reached the front hall. He honked his horn so that His sister, brother, Sarah's sister, brother, and the two nannies, could all move out of the way in time for him to swerve through them into the kitchen. He neared the back door (which he had opened when he thought of this plan) then flew through it.

Once outside, Will drove to the front yard and onto the street. He accelerated and took off heading towards the Motocross track.

Taylor's eyes flashed away from Ella and Will when an older blonde boy walked towards them. He was gorgeous and he introduced himself, as Jason Kennedy. It wasn't a shock to Taylor who was already getting that big brother, well mannered vibe from him that his mother had described in her email. Although Taylor would never admit it, she was slightly disappointed when Ella pointed out that he had a girlfriend, Alexandra, who was upstairs.

After she got her fair share of gawking over with, she followed Madison's lead and shook Jason's hand before introducing herself. "It's great to meet you too! I'm Taylor. This house is amazing," she stated, smiling at the boy as she pulled her hand away. Taylor turned slightly, thinking that now would be a good time to bring their bags upstairs and get settled in, only to find that Will had brought them up for her. He appeared a moment later, almost simultaneously to Ella asking if they could go swimming. Like Madison, Taylor had also noticed how the home was literally located feet away from the beach. She was surprised when Madison agreed to take Ella, knowing that she would never get in the ocean when they went to the beach together, but Taylor was glad that Madison was already making an effort to help out and get used to taking care of Ella.

Taylor wanted to thank Will for bringing their bags upstairs but he was speaking to Jason about something and after Jason handed him something, he had disappeared down the hall. Two more people, a boy and a girl, had appeared. The boy introduced himself as Jack, and although the girl only offered a wave, Taylor assumed that she was Alexandra. She looked similar to Jack and appeared to be older than eighteen, which was the age that the second oldest girl, Lyla, was supposed to be.

"It's nice to meet you guys," she offered, a smile still present on her face as she watched a younger blonde girl make her way down the stairs and slip past the others, seemingly unnoticed by her siblings and friends. The next few minutes seemed to come so quickly that Taylor didn't know how to react. Jack had directed Ella upstairs and a second later, a dirt bike with Will and the girl she had seen a moment earlier zipped past them and out the back door.

Taylor opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't know what to say. Her mother would have killed her for wearing her roller skates in the house, nonetheless a dirt bike, but she wasn't sure what these kids were used to and guessed that maybe, somehow, this was normal to them. She doubted it and exchanged a worried look with Madison before turning to the others, asking, "Are they allowed to use that in the house?"

"Thanks Ella," Jason said trying not to laugh at how his younger sister saw fit to give out additional information about his age and his supposed girlfriend. It wasn't as if he hadn't gotten that joke more then a few times from family and friends, at this point, there wasn't really a point in trying to deny it, just wasted breath. [All Jason could offer Will was a shrug on his 'claim' of the dark one. He had to admit that the dark ones were never his thing, as he always said, never date someone with more baggage then you. It tended to end badly, but Will would need all the help he could get if he planned on trying to get with one of the nannies, and he had no reason to crush his hope.

At least he was able to put their names to their faces now with the introduction from Madison, she seemed nice enough all things considered although he wondered if being nannies was something they did or just a summer time thing? His mind instantly settled on it being a summer thing, unless people wanted to grow up to be nannies these days? In fact, how did one even go about trying to be a nanny? He was glad to see Madison so willing to take Ella to the beach, perhaps the dark look was just a look?

"It is pretty nice, a little too big at some times," Jason said shaking her small hand for a second, he hadn't gotten much of a look at her before as his attention was constantly being grabbed by someone or something, she had a certain 'girl next door' charm, was that even a thing? Well, it was now. He opened his mouth to say something else when, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted Alexandra and lifted his hand to wave back at her. How long had she been waiting? His mind was distracted, once again, by a loud horn echoing through the hall. Pushing himself against the wall, he had to fight the urge to stretch his arm out and knock Will off the bike, a flash of yellow hair stayed his hand as they zoomed past, and he saw Sarah on the back. Yea, they were going to be talking when they got back.

Jason stared at the open door, his mouth set in a frown, "No, they aren't allowed to do that in the house," he said, he reached up to rub his forehead, "I will take care of Sarah if you want to deal with Will?" He offered Taylor.