EIGHT

I was furious as the TV was too smart for me since it set an alarm the moment I tried to dismantle it.

I looked at Mark, innocently, while holding the screwdriver and he was ambivalent.

At dinner, I looked at the table, the rare steak and back at my little brother and asked,"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"As a matter of fact I do."

"What's her name?"

"Oleh Smirnov, she's a Russian supermodel and she's great."

I saw he was day dreaming about this lady and so I wanted to meet her, but before I could say anything, the doorbell rang.

I followed my little brother to the living room and the main door exploded open.

I saw another gorgeous woman with tons of makeup and platinum blonde hair, with the latest Gucci and Crocodile clothes, a snake leather purse and a poor red fox over her two shoulders. She was tall and modeled our way...it hurt my eyes just to look at her.

She squealed and ran with her pencil heels to Mark, kissed him on the cheek and said something in Russian, which he replied to.

Boy, she is jumpy.

She looked at me and let out an ear splitting squeal and said, while ruffling my hair,"This must be Timmy!"

"Tommy, and stop ruffling my hair!"

She retracted her arm with the inch long, neon pink nails and Mark smiled at her then pushed me to a corner and whispered to me,"What are you doing? She's just being nice."

"I don't like her."

"Why not? You just met her."

"She's weird."

"Tommy, she is a kind person, that's why I like her."

I looked at her as she kicked Ash, my cat away and called it a demon, then I looked back at Mark.

"That is not a kind person."

"You know what? She's my girlfriend, not yours, just...try to like her, please."

"...fine."

She came uncomfortably closer and pinched my cheek while saying,"Well guess what, little human being, I got you some presents, eek!"

I was ambivalent as she said this.

"Woohoo."I said sarcastically.

Mark nudged me and I said,"Fine, yay."

She giggled and yelled,"Ramirez! Bring the gifts!"

"Yes, mam."A poor man said as he struggled to fit the huge presents through the door.

I didn't want them, but for my little brother, pretended to. I was even more disappointed when I saw them up close...

"These are girls' stuff!"

"Oh, I really thought you'd like them."She said, sadly.

Mark frowned at me and I smiled widely then said without any emotion,"I love them."

"Yay! We're all happy! Now let's go eat dinner cause I'm starving."She said as she modeled into the dining room.

She had this accent that sounded like an assassin sent to end me.

I had lost my appetite and just kept piercing the filet with the fork, enjoying the act of torturing it, till Oleh said,"I got a great idea! Why don't we move in together?"

"What?!"Mark and I said simultaneously, though I yelled more.

"Yes, snookims, we've been dating for like six months, everyone is wondering when that would happen."

"But six months is a really short time Oleh."

"Yeah, yeah it is."I said, supporting my little brother's every word.

She hiccuped and began the waterworks...

Hey! That's my thing!

"Oleh..."

"Oh Marcus, what did I do wrong? Am I not the right one for you?"

"Of course you're the right one for me."

"Then why won't you do what I want?"

That's selfish, how come he doesn't see this?

"I'm sorry Oleh, we can move in together."

"Yes!"

"No!"

Everyone in the room looked at me, including the servants and I slowly slid below the table.

Mark came to kiss me goodnight and read my bedtime story then Oleh said she'd do it.

"Really?"Mark and I said simultaneously, though I was louder.

She excitedly nodded and skipped my way and sat beside me, she was scary to me.

I didn't want Mark to leave me alone but before I could say anything, he was gone.

She smiled at me and effortlessly tore several pages of the huge book as I dropped my jaw in horror.

"Listen twirp..."

"Twirp?!"

"Yes, I have spent years trying to get your older brother to notice me and I am not letting a brat like you ruin it for me."

"Mark would find out."

"Oh little brat, you don't know him at all, he's too naive to find out and if you want to live a good life, I'd advise you to keep your face hole shut, capish?"

"No!"

I jumped out of the bed and ran to Mark's room and I was yelling jibberish until Mark asked,"What are you saying?"

"It's Oleh! She's evil! She hates me and doesn't like you! She threatened me, just now!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Oleh, she's..."

She burst into the room, crying black tears and held Mark and said,"Marcus, I don't know what I did wrong, all I did was shower your little brother with love and he did this to me."

"What did he do to you?'

You are picking this thing over me?!

"I was just about to read him that book when he threw a pillow in my face, pulled my hair and ran away."

She began sobbing in her hands.

"What, she's ly...ing."

The look on Mark's face was scaring me more than Oleh, I had never seen him mad before.

"Mark?"

"You have despised Oleh ever since she got here, now you are lying about her?"

"What? No! She's lying."

"...go to your room."

"What?"

"You're grounded!"

The words felt like sword thrusts in my heart, I had a perfect record, not once had I been grounded, but now it was ruined by...Oleh.

I walked out of the room, defeated as she sent an evil smile my way, then continued crying.