You Betrayed Us

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

The brothers were both sitting in their room, still very much in the bad mood they had been since they came back form the cmaping trip. they had debated for a while what they were going to do about that fact that they found out that their Alex had been hanging out with Artemis. Their basic enemy and the boy who had almost killed Casper. Clearly she hated them now, was done with them, and didn't want to deal with them anymore.

That was how they saw it and to avoid wanting to beat anyone up they figured they would stay away from her. They just had to let her know to do the same with them, and make sure that there would be no slip-ups. So they used one of their phones; it never matter which, and sent her a few text.

So.

When were u going to tell us that u were done with us?

Or were we just not that important?

((Tag:Alexandra Lawson))

[Alexandra Lawson]

Alex had just tossed her backpack onto her bed and flopped down face first beside it when she heard the beep of her phone. A groan escaped as she rolled over and dug around in her bag to locate the device she had haphazardly tossed inside.

With a surprised expression spreading across her face, Alex read the messages, brow furthering as she tapped out a response.

"What are you talking about? I'm not done with anyone, that I know of. Are you guys okay? What's wrong?"

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

Her response had the brother look at one another, in disbelief. Was she really going to play the game this way with them? Here they had actually thought she was different from the rest of the people in the world. That she cared. That she got it. Seemed they were wrong.

We hear u r close with that Artemis boy.

U know he almost killed Casper, right?

How could they put what was wrong into words. Just trying to text in their current mood proved to be a bit more difficult then they originally thought. Still, if she was going to ask questions and do things that way, well then they were just going to have to go with it.

No we r not okay. U betrayed us.

[Alexandra Lawson]

"He WHAT!?! No, of course I didn't know that! How? What happened? That doesn't sound like him... If I didn't know, how could I have betrayed you?"

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

He response didn't make them feel any better still. They felt like she was lying to them. They had asked around and heard that she had been seen with Artemis, that they looked like they were really close, and that she was being all cute around him. Jasper almost tossed the phone, but Casper stopped him; it was Casper's phone after all. Trying to text back was basically impossible as the two of them both tried to type up how they felt.

While they were feeling something similar, it was still not as easy for them to communicate like it normally was. So they called her, and figured that she would answer it as soon as possible. Regardless if they heard the beep of having to leave a message or the click-like sound of her answering, they were already talking.

"He used his power and him and it caused Casper to have a really bad asthma attack. That bitch started it too! You are so on his side! Saying that does not sound like him! Do you even know him?! You betrayed us because you hang out with him after what he did to us!" "We thought you liked us."

[Alexandra Lawson]

Alex sat, staring at the screen on her phone in slack-jawed disbelief. It wasn't like the Emorys to outright lie, or so she thought. There had to be more to the story than they were giving. They weren't wrong in assuming she'd gotten close to the boy in question very quickly. Did that mean there wasn't any room in her life for the twins?

"How could I have betrayed you when I didn't know what had happened until just now? Are you sure there wasn't stuff from both sides that led to Casper's asthma attack? I saw what you guys did to his face. Was that just an accident?"

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

"So then he has been hiding it from you. The kind of thing you can't trust in a guy."
"I was just reading a manga, minding my own business when he came over yelling in my face and starting something because his sister told him that I slept with her. I of course did, and told him so but he thought I was lying and lost his cool."
"No it was not an accident. He is lucky it was just Casper that he was around, I would have broken his face!"
"I did punch him. Twice but he deserved both."
"So, you like him better then us?"

[Alexandra Lawson]

Alex's head tilted as she read the words on her phone's display. How could the twins have jumped to such a conclusion? She had, for the most part, been an unwitting bystander in all this. She only knew the Emorys and Artemis had a run in during Spring Break. She didn't ask questions, she didn't want to know. Artemis, much like the twins, treated her well and she liked being around him. She fully believed there was another side to the story, but she was certainly going to be bringing this up next time she saw Artemis.

"Wait. THAT's what this is about? I can't like all of you? Are you making me choose sides because that's not fair."

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

Jasper was at the point where he just wanted to scream and punch someone in the face when they got the text back. They were wrong. She didn't get them at all. It had been all a lie and she clearly had to have been playing some sort of game with them. neither of the brother's liked the idea of someone treating them like toys when it was supposed to be the other way around. It felt like she had gotten them to actually like her and view her as one of the better toys and now she was doing this.

Being around that guy, saying that there had to be more to the story, and then talking about it not being fair to pick sides?! She was being unfair to them! "She does not care. This is pointless." Jasper said to his brother as he got up to get himself a snack. Casper texted back then.

No its not about that. Forget it. We dont want u 2 pick or anything like that.

Jasper then came back with a snack and a drink, tossing them on the floor before he grabbed at the phone. Sending out another text rigth after his brothers.

U already picked him anyways if we did ask u 2 choose. Bet u are only thinking about talking to him and not us.

[Alexandra Lawson]

Alex sighed with growing frustration as a hint of desperation crept in. How could she have known? It wasn't as if she hounded Artemis about what he did when she wasn't around or followed the twins everywhere they went. Wasn't she allowed to have friends that weren't either? She didn't want to pick between either side because she didn't feel she should.

"I get it, you're upset. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you guys, really. How about I make it up to you? I've got nothing going on tonight. I'll order Chinese and you guys can come by my room and hang out. I just got Jason Voorhees on MK X and I'm itching to try him out."

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

"She is just saying that. She does not really care." Jasper said as he read the text, ripping open the bag of chips he brought in. He knew it was a bad idea for them to actually start to like those who were meant to be just toys. Perhaps he needed to break up with Franck before the other boy ended up upsetting him like Alex was now. "Well...she is saying that she wants to make it up to us." Casper pointed out in the text. She was even offering food, which was always a way to get on the boys good side. Or at least enough to get them to stick around you for a little while.

Food. Video games. U.

Maybe. Not tonight...we r really upset right now. We don't want to be around u like this.

Only do this if u for real care. Don't waste our time playing nice if u don't really care.

[Alexandra Lawson]

Alex couldn't explain why but she felt the hot sting of threatening tears as she read the next volley of messages. She didn't like this. It was almost too much. She finally thought things were changing for the better but, alas, nothing could be easy. Why was did it all have be so difficult? Couldn't she just have a few friends to go along with the growing feelings she had for the boy in question? With a heavy sigh she tapped out her response.

"I wouldn't ask if I didn't want to, you guys know that. I'm not "playing" nice. I'm offering it because you guys are my friends and I want to hang out with you. If not tonight, maybe when things calm down we can get together. You guys have my number. I'm not usually doing anything so, yeah, hit me up if you want to do something."

[Casper & Jasper Emory]

We don't know anything anymore.

We hear u and that Artemis kid have gotten close...even after what he had done, but whatever.

We'll text when we can. When we have calmed down.

Bye.