Bring it on, Nasty!!

Chapter 3

She is my Angel,

She is my Devil,

For her I will endure heaven or hell

Ambrose

With a small smile on my face I step inside the bedroom and my eyes land on the tiny lump under the covers.

Only her face is left uncovered while the rest of her is cocooned inside the comforter.

This sweet sleeping lump is my little sister.

You might have figured it out by now that the Wilde family has some sort of unexplained obsession with names that start with the alphabet ' A'.

Well, If you haven't then let me give you a run down.

My Dad's name is Alastor

My brother's Arthur

Mine's Ambrose

I wonder if Mom and Dad had a third son what would they have named him?

Adam

Abraham

Allan

Apple

Ass...??

Thankfully, My sister's gender saved her from this.

Her name is Kiara.

This lovely little punk who turned eight years old today has my Mom's straight golden blond hair, her summer sky blue eyes and her ready smile but has the stubbornness of my father ( Of which, more often than not, even I'm accused of )

By the twitch of her lips as I silently sit on the bed beside her, I know she is awake and is just pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed.

" Happy birthday, Angel " I say kissing her cheek and then start tickling her and she squeals with laughter her blue eyes snap open dancing with joy and excitement as she tries to wriggle away from my hands

But I don't let her, She lets out a joyful shriek when I yank her out the covers and envelope her tiny body in a hug .

" I knew you were awake, You little punk" I say taping on the tip of her nose with my finger her smile only grows wider as she looks up at me and pats my chest then makes a roundabout motion in the air with her hands.

" You are asking me what are my plans for today? " I ask deciphering her silent motions.

She nods enthusiastically confirming that I'm right.

" I plan on spending my entire day with you, " I say watching her already excitement filled eyes brighten " Plus..." I add knowing that she will be insanely happy to hear this "Brandon, Tess , Shiki , Reema , Raze and Zuri " I list the names of my friends , " Will be coming too ,to be with you today "

Yup , We all are ditching school today to spend this special day with her.

Kiara's birthdays have always been a big deal in our pack.

Reasons....

Because she is youngest among all of us, Plus the kid is cute as a button and crazy as a nut.

All of my friends are more a family, they love Kiara as much as I do.

She claps her hands like an over happy seal and it makes me laugh with her.

Only a few minutes later Mom and Dad come into the room alongside a grinning Arth and his wife Nikki.

She and mom have already dived enthusiastically into the topic of making arrangements for today. It doesn't take long before a very happy Kiara shoos us all out of her room gesturing at us that she has to dress up.

" I got her a makeup kit " Nikki speaks to my mom in a whisper

" She will love it "

I roll my eyes at them.

Kiara has turned eight today but she had been obsessed with makeup since her kindergarten days, It is a different story that rather than applying Mom's lipsticks only on her lips she used to smear it all over her face and chew up more than half of it in an attempt to apply them.

Those were the days when Mom and Nikki had to hide there lipsticks from her terror.

I used to call her ' The lipstick slayer' back then.

What can I say ? I'm my mom's son .

The genes for giving weird nicknames seems to have passed on to me from her.

We have barely finished our breakfast when the front door opens announcing that the others are back from morning patrol. My friends start pouring in.

Brandon snatches up the sandwich from my plate and eats it up.

"Yeah! Feel free to stuff your stupid face " I say sarcastically.

He grins still chewing which earns him a sharp kick from me and he flinches the grin vanishing from his face, Now I grin at him.

Kiara who is already done with her breakfast grabs Reema's hand and darts away with her into her room.

Everyone around the table laugh. Reema is the fashion diva of our pack. From what I have heard among girls she knows the A-Z about the latest trends.

Impeccable hair , flawless make-up and supermodel good looks , That's Reema for you.

Her mate, Shiki is no slob either.

They are a very good looking couple.

Nikki , Zuri and Tess move around the house . No, They actually dance around the house as they set up things for tonight's party.

Zuri has her hands full of Kiara's favorite Disney movie D.v.D's

And Brandon looks like he would rather throw himself out the window if he even had to sit within five miles of those. I can't blame him . I feel the same.

Though Shiki doesn't seem to mind .

When the girls get engrossed in the movie 'Little Mermaid' I stretch out on the couch and pull out my cell phone . Arth and Bradon who are trying to nurse their bruised egos after losing to me in arm wrestling challenge each other.

I don't know what it is with girls and Disney movies , But when the disney character start singing they start crooning too. All of them except, Kiara , she hums but doesn't sing.

And moments like these when everyone but my sister is devoid of the basic need of voice always makes my heart shrivel in my chest and a wave of guilt crushes me under it's might.

My sister hasn't spoken a word since last year .

They say she had lost her voice because of that incident .

Though my family doesn't blame me, I burn with guilt.

If it hadn't been for my stupidity, Kiara would have been perfectly fine today.

That day when the horrible incident occured will never stop haunting me.

I despise Humans.

By the time the girls are done swooning over the spree of Disney movies and the guys are half dead with boredom (except Shiki, He looks fine ) Kiara comes running up to me.

Her now stylishly curly hair (courtesy: Reema ) Bounce with every movement.

She starts tugging on my sleeve

" You want to go out somewhere? "

She nods vigorously.

fifteen minutes later.....

Everyone around me is still trying to figure out where she wants to go.

She jumps up and down enthusiastically

Brandon taps his chin thinking " Jump house? "

Zuri instantly adds " We can blow up a huge one in your backyard ..."

Making a face she sticks out her tongue at them. We all assume its a huge ' No'

In an attempt to help us she makes around motion with her hand.

" You want to go to an Ice cream parlor, " Tess says

Kiara slaps her palm against her forehead as if exasperated by the group of dumb adults surrounding her. And this time she repeats the same motion, but quickly.

"Merry-go-round " Shiki says.

She grins at him widely shaking her head enthusiastically up and down in a silent yet excited yes

" You want to go to an amusement park, " Reema says and throws her arms around Reema as if she was her savior. All of them turn their heads at once in my direction, I know If I say no none of them will cross me.

I clench my teeth. I can go to the darkest pits of hell for my sister, but amusement parks......

I'm very, very tempted to say 'No' but the big-eyed hopeful look on Kiara's face makes me give in

" Let's go" I say with a defeated sigh.

Things you sometimes have to do for your siblings.