Heartaches

Heartaches

Chapter 25

By Kellyq

"Ah, there you are,"
came Crow's voice. He walked in the room to see the twins and
Rally sitting on the floor playing Monopoly. He peered over their
shoulders and scanned the board. "Who has the most
land?"

"I do," Luna answered.

"I have most of the
railroads," Leo informed.

Crow beamed. "How about
you, Rally?"

"I haven't bought anything
yet," he answered. "I keep on landing on Luna's
property and having to pay a fine."

Crow chuckled. "Luna's a
smart kid, so I'd be careful if I were you when it comes to
games." Rally nodded his head. "Anyways, I came in to
say that it's time for lights out."

Leo groaned. "Do we have
to? It's only..." he paused to glance at the desk where the
digital clock sat. It read 10:00. "What? Whoa! I didn't
know."

Rally watched them pack the game
back into its box. The twins walked out leaving Rally alone with
Crow. "How do you like it here?" Crow finally asked.

"It's...okay," Rally
answered quietly.

Crow gave him a reassuring
smile. "Would you feel better to know that Yusei, Jack,
Kiryu, and I grew up in this house?"

Rally perked up right away.
"Jack and Yusei have known each other for a long time?"

"As far as I know,
yes," Crow answered.

By this point, the twins were
making their way back to the room to overhear what Rally and Crow
were talking about. They too, wanted to know more about Jack and
Yusei.

"C-can you tell me how long
they have been going out?" Rally asked nervously.

Crow chuckled. "The way how
they ended up together wasn't really romantic, but they've been
going out for about four years."

Rally nodded his head, satisfied
with the answer. Crow watched the boy smile and look out the
window. It was obvious that Rally was planning something. Crow
shook his head with amusement in his eyes, knowing that Jack and
Yusei weren't going to tell Rally the complete story, or just say
that they've been together for a long time.

When the butler left, Mr. Pitts
glanced at Carly for a moment. "I'd be careful if I were
you. I heard a rumor about that Misty Lola chick. She caused her
brother to go insane and killed himself."

Behind Carly's spiral glasses,
her eyes widened. It was hard to picture that, but she dismissed
it, saying that she was going to her room. Mr. Pitts eyed her for
a moment.

"What about that Mr. Atlus
fellow? Didn't you say that you were trying to go out with
him?"

Carly stopped abruptly, her
heart thumping painfully in her chest. She slumped a little and
looked strate ahead. "He doesn't care about me the way I
care about him, and I'm trying to figure out what I did
wrong."

Mr. Pitts raised a brow.
"That's a bummer. He seemed like a nice fellow. Anyways,
just be careful around Misty." He turned and walked out the
door, leaving her standing there to think about things.

To Be Continued ...