2nd Interlude: Clara's Night

Clara finally got out of bed. She had been needing to pee for the last hour or so, but just didn’t feel like moving.

“Why am I even upset?” she asked herself as her feet hit the floor “It’s not like me and Lucus could have ever really dated, but why does I feel like I caught him cheating or something?”

She opened the door and walked down the hallway. Halfway down the hall she stopped in front of Lucus’ door and sighed.

"Everything happened so fast and the one person I wanna talk to is the one who I can't talk to right now..." she thinks to herself laying her head on his door.

Feeling her need intensify she continues to the bathroom. Once inside she closes and locks the door, before going to the toilet. As she relieves herself she hears someone coming up the stairs and walk past the bathroom.

“Must be Jamie,” she thinks to herself “maybe I should have drove her around tonight. Being around her and Danielle might've taken my mind off things.”

Clara had always had a weird relationship with her sister. The two would hang out sometimes and when they did it was always fun, but Clara hated that Jamie was so mean to Lucus and would often express this to her older sister.

“I just don’t know how you deal with him. I guess we just grew apart and I don’t know what to do about it y'know?” her older sister had told her once when the two were alone and drinking. Clara didn’t really like drinking, the hangovers were the worst, but Jamie would sometimes go out and buy them some Red Claws or beer margaritas and they’d drink together.

Clara finished her business and left the bathroom. On her way back to her room she noticed that Jamie's door was still open, and stopped to close it for her. As she reached for the door she looked in to check on her sister and froze.

Lucus had Jamie in her arms, Clara couldn’t see what was going on with his back turned to her but the two looked pretty close. Suddenly Lucus seemingly tossed Jamie to her bed. The sudden motion scared Clara and she ducked to the side of the door in the hallway. After a few seconds seeing that nobody seemed to notice her she peeked back into the room.

Lucus still had his back to Clara, but it seemed like he was leaning closer to Jamie’s face. He was going to KISS her was he? Clara could feel her heart racing had he already replaced her? Was she just a incestuous romp to him?

Lucus suddenly looked up to Jamie’s window and nodded his head. Clara watched him look down at Jamie one last time, before turning and walking towards her. Not knowing what else to do Clara quickly walked down the hall away from the light of Jamie’s window. From there she watched Lucus leave their sister’s room and walk down the steps. After she heard the front door close and lock she quickly walked back to Jamie's room and looked out the window. She saw Danielle in the front seat of her brother’s ride and watched her brother get in. She felt her stomach drop even further as the two started making out. She felt the tears on her eyes as she finally accepted the truth her brother had replaced her or even worse the sex that had meant so much to her had just been another fuck to him. He probably had tons of girls he fucked and left. He always said when he went out he was hanging out with Ross, but she had always wondered why her brother hung around the weird kid. The truth was probably that he went and met other girls because he was gone.

Clara looked at Jamie sleeping peacefully on her bed and sighed. She had seen this before Jamie would often drink herself stupid when Danielle was around and it seemed tonight was no exception. Usually Clara would make sure to tuck her sister in when she got like this, but tonight after all she had been through she just left her sister and went back to her room. The next thirty minutes was a blur for Clara as she cried on her bed. Fudge tried her best to cheer her up, but tonight it just wasn’t happening.

All Clara could think about was her brother making out with Danielle in his car. She felt heartbroken. She felt...okay? Why was she upset with her brother? Her brother had other partners...what's the problem with that? If it were someone else she would feel heartbroken, but Lucus could have multiple girlfriends. What's wrong with that. She smiled as she wiped the tears from her face, she didn’t mind if Lucus was with other girls she could share, but she would make sure to be his favorite girl.