Annabelle's POV:

Getting home that evening was such a beautiful sensation because I could roll up into bed and sleep through till the afternoon as that was the norm for me on the weekend. I got undressed and threw on my pyjamas as I jumped into bed ready to binge watch Netflix. I heard Dad come home as he screamed up the stairs "I'm home!". I was scrolling through the shows finally choosing the vampire diaries as a default go to. Something was off. Vanilla milkshake. I knew we had some in the fridge so I threw the warm covers off my body which allowed me to be attacked by the cold. I heard the front door open again and a few voices but I was preoccupied by the cold knives I was feeling along my legs due to the shorts I was wearing. I quickly left my room and went to the kitchen to see Danny, Carter and my Dad sitting on the island next to the fridge. I felt my whole body tense up but I wanted, no NEEDED that vanilla milkshake.

So far I was unnoticed but they would notice me eventually. "So Saturday son?" my dad asked one of the boys as I reached the fridge. Their conversation stopped as a poured some milk into the glass I'd gotten out of the cupboard and I turned to face them with the mighty drink in my hand. My Dad looked exhausted with the cup of coffee in his hands but he didn't fail to smile at me which I returned warmly; my brother looked at me with a raised eyebrow as he said, "dad I didn't know you bought milkshake? You have to tell me these things or she drains it all in one go". I held my hand on my chest as I pretended to look pained and took a gulp of my milkshake. I looked at Carter who still held a tired expression but was staring at me with wide eyes. Now I know my pyjamas weren't the most covering but boy was he staring. Ass. What kind of games was he playing? His eyes rose from my exposed legs to my face as he made eye contact with me for the first time in days and for a moment I saw my Carter but then he looked away and was gone.

I turned around to the fridge and pulled out the whole bottle as I decided I would bring it up to my room and finish it for the rest of us. Danny watched me in absolute horror as I sized up the delectable bottle of milkshake and began protesting to dad. "Dad! She's taking all of it", he shrieked at me but dad just shook his head as I stuck my tongue out at him and said, "Danny you have a job! Get one for yourself". That shut him up, he grumbled quietly to himself as I felt like a winner. I went to leave the kitchen as my dad spoke up, "Oh Bells, Mrs Reins invited us to a barbecue tomorrow so don't stay up late". I wanted to do a spit take with my milk but I didn't have any in my mouth. Was Dad serious? I couldn't go to Carter's house! I didn't even want to talk to the boy. I hummed as I left the kitchen immediately and began to rack my brain for a way to get out of this invite.

I sat on my bed using the milkshake as brain food and had pushed Netflix to the back of my mind. I racked my brain for any plausible excuse because avoiding this barbecue was essential for my survival. An illness would be too obvious and way too cliché for my liking, disappearing would be no use because I don't want to get in trouble with my dad. My brain was hurting, all of this to avoid one person. I had no clue what to do so I called Tara. I explained my situation as the other end went silent for a moment. "Why avoid him?" she asked and I could hear the smile on her face, I scoffed as I said "did you forget what happened". Tara made tutting sounds of the other end of the phone as she treated me like an unknowing kid, "no little Annie play his game". I cocked my eyebrow at this comment but realised she couldn't see it so I said curiously, "what game are we talking about?". Tara did a slow evil laugh at the other end of the phone which made me giggle as she purred 3 simple words "make yourself ".

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A/N

Three updates in one evening? i'm not even sure this is me anymore. Well if you guys hadn't figured it out but i love vanilla milkshake and therefore i felt like Annabelle just had to receive this trait!!

how do you guys think the barbecue will go? what are we thinking about in terms of Carter and Annabelle's relationship? How do you think this story will end.

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TaTa for now

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