I haven't decided if this will be before, during, or after the movie. Give me reviews telling me what you want to read and, if it's not too much trouble, a title more origional than "Sister of Ipswich."
BTW, nothing's mine but Kay.
"Ty, what the hell?! WHY didn't you pick me up for school this morning? You know my car is still messed up!" The perfectly tanned brunette tapped her perfectly manicured nails on her perfectly flat stomach, resting her perfect hands on her slim hips as she stared down (well, stared up, rather, as he was quite a bit taller) her older brother through huge, dark sunglasses, rendered superfluous by the constant Ipswich rain.
"Reid took my car last night and didn't come home with it. I called Caleb for you and you obviously got here okay, so what are you complaining about?" Tyler asked the seventeen year old testily. He was not a morning person, especially not when he'd been up until 3, drinking and partying with Reid, who had then ditched him, without a car, in order to impress some girls from their Chem class. If impress meant have sex in the back of the Hummer, that is.
Needless to say, Tyler was not a happy camper.
But it was now 7:03 and, after having only 1 hour of sleep (it'd taken him an hour to get Caleb to come take him back to the dorms, then he'd slept for an hour, then woken up to shower, nurse his headache, do all the homework he and Reid had neglected the night before, and go to swim practice), he was arguing with his sister for no reason other than her need for drama in an empty hallway of Spenser Academy.
They were 3 minutes late for their first classes (hers ceramics, his AP Government) and yet she continued to pester him about something completely out of his control.
"Kay, I don't care. Just shut up and go to class." Tyler cut her off as she opened her mouth, turning abruptly (regretting how it made his head hurt) and stalking down the hallway, hoping to get away with just a warning instead of the detention that was sure to come if he didn't get his butt to class ASAP.
"TYLER!" Katherine Simms screeched after her older brother, the sound reverberating down the quiet hallway. "DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME!"
A door down the hall opened and a professor stuck her head out, shaking her head disapprovingly before storming out, headed for the Simms siblings.
"Oh, yeah, great, Kay. Next time, scream a little louder. Maybe someone in China didn't quite hear you." Tyler muttered angrily, resigning himself to the fact he would be receiving detention now, no matter what he did. Coach would be pissed about him missing another practice this week.
"Mr. and Miss Simms, what in the name of God is going on?" The woman asked, exasperated.
"Erm, uh… my sister is severely unbalanced?" Tyler tried, receiving a subtle but painful pinch from Kay and a sharp look from the professor. A glance at his watch clocked this distraction at 7:07. Four minutes later. A total of 7 minutes late with at least 2 minutes of walking/running to get to his classroom. He was a dead man.
"Professor Tulls, I was simply asking my brother if he would be able to help me after school with that big project for your class. You know, he's very smart, and, well..." Kay trailed off, lying so well Tyler almost believed her. Professor Tulls's look softened and she blinked at them a few times, making a decision.
"Well, Simms, see that you do help her. With her grade, she needs all of it she can get." With that, Tulls's glare returned. "Now get to class."
"Yes professor" both Simms muttered and scurried down the hall, out of sight.
"Nice cover story." Tyler muttered gruffly, annoyed but relieved that she'd gotten them out of trouble.
"You ain't seen nothin' yet." She smirked at him and pulled open the heavy oak door that led to her class room, finally removing her shades to reveal her stunning blue eyes. She winked at him, argument forgotten, and ducked into the room, somehow avoiding the gaze of, and therefore punishment from, her professor. Tyler rolled his eyes and continued onto AP Gov.
He, unfortunately, did not share his sister's luck of not being noticed or her ability to weasel out of trouble.
Slouching in at 7:14, trying not to draw attention to himself was not his strong suit, and he was rewarded with detention during swim practice, which was sure to put him on coach's 'Swimmers-I-Want-To-Drown-When-No-One-Is-Looking' list, Pogue, Kate, Sarah and Caleb's laughter, made worse by the fact that they were fully rested, having left the party early (if you call 1 AM early), and missing the first page of notes on what would be covered on their final.
After detention, he was going to personally:
a.)beat the hell out of Reid for leaving him stranded, (not really, they were best friends, (and Reid could, and would, easily kick his ass) but Tyler was pissed and it is his car, so he contented himself with the thought of revenge)
b.)buy Kay another car so she'd stop needing rides from him and Caleb, and
c.) sleep for a month, or however long it took for the pounding hangover to stop.
Nope, this morning Tyler Simms was not a happy camper at all.