Aubree was looking at herself in the mirror, smiling at how good she looked with the new red lipstick she applied on her lips. This was the best shade so far and she loved it.

"It is too shouty." she smiled when her brother's face came up in the mirror, and she locked her eyes with him.

"And you think I care?" she raised a brow at him." it makes me look good so...." she trailed off shrugging, then turned to look at him.

Austin looked at his sister with a smug expression on his face. He knew how she was, and his opinion wouldn't matter, mostly when it came to her appearance and her lame fashion." Where are you going?" he changed the subject because, looking at Aubree's outfit, she was someone who was going somewhere.

"Why do you care? I am probably the black sheep of this family and no one cares if I decide to suddenly disappear and go to the furthest place on earth." Aubree smirked at Austin as she walked to her bed and sat down looking up at him.

Austin chuckled at her ridiculous statement, and he snuck his hands in the pockets of his sweatpants." You know that's not true. I love you and nothing can change that. Not even your freakish outfits or the fact that you are a complete freak." he pursed his lips so that he could not burst out laughing, seeing his sister's expression.

"I'm not a freak, you bastard. That's so mean of you, yet you claim you love me. You hate me just like mom does, but don't worry, I am so cool about it. I came to terms with it long ago, so I don't give a damn anymore these days." Aubree sighed and before her brother could say anything, she continued speaking." and I am so cool. I am the coolest person you will ever meet, you are just so old-fashioned. My outfits are fire and get this inside your silly head, I set the trends." Aubree smiled, looking at her brother, quite proud of the influence and power she has over most people.

"I think it is absurd, no offense," Austin said, licking his lips to wet them.

"None taken because I can say that all those tattoos on your body are trash too." Aubree chuckled when Austin furrowed his brows at her statement.

"Dude, this is like the coolest thing. Tattoos are cool," he said, but Aubree just rolled her eyes and she reached for her phone when she heard it vibrate. 

She unlocked it and a smile formed on her lips." My lift is here, so see you loser later or maybe never." she said, putting her phone in her pants pocket, picked up her purse and looked at her brother just so she could see his miserable face because she was leaving without saying where she was going, and he hates it.

"Where are you going? And what do you mean by your ride here? Are you seeing someone?" Austin asked, concerned. He loved his sister, and he always wished for her safety all the time, even if his concern was not always well appreciated.

"One, I'm not your girlfriend. Two, I'm a grown woman who can do whatever she wants, so stop acting like I'm some egg you need to be careful with." Aubree replied with a smile.

"Oh my god Bree, you are my sister. It's my responsibility to know where you are all the time so that I can know you are safe. You might be 23 years old, but you are my little sister who I need to protect, so forgive me for always wanting to do that every single time." Austin was resisting the urge to yell while giving his sister glares." Where are you going and with whom? No games," he said, with a sigh knowing he was about to lose it if his stupid sister did not answer his question.

"You need to get calm down, Tintin. Probably get a girlfriend so that you can find yourself a better job. I'm fine like I've always been, so expect nothing different from fine." Aubree said, and she got out of her room, leaving her brother looking at the door.

"What a stupid sister I was born with." Austin clicked his tongue, annoyed, but he still took a deep breath to calm down. Then when he imagined what could happen to his sister, a shiver run down his spine. There were dangerous people after his sister. Aubree was not aware about it but he knew and that was why he was obsessed with keeping her safe.

A certain face appeared in his head and he shuddered in fear. A face of a cold blooded mafia boss who was ruthless and heartless. If his sister was to encounter such a person she was dead. He knew better about what could happen if his ignorant sister met him or crossed paths with him. Those were the kind of dangers he wanted his sister away from and to do that he had to know where his sister was, with who, doing what.

Dangerous people like that had specific places that they visited and having information about his sister's whereabouts, helped him look out for her and keep her away from such places with dangerous people. Another thing was that there were people specifically after his sister and they were in the shadows. Her safety was all he wanted for her. Austin knew his sister. She was reckless and it would take just one reckless move to get herself in danger or worse dead.

He sighed and walked to the window to see where Aubree was going and with who? After seeing a black jeep car in their driveway he clicked jis tongue disapprovingly. Crazy Zoey."he muttered to himself.

Aubree walked from their driveway straight to the jeep car waiting for her.

"What took you so long?" the person in the car asked as soon as Aubree got in.

"It was my brother just being him. You know what he's like." Aubree chuckled, buckling her seat belt.

"He just loves you a bit too much, and you are such an ungrateful person who doesn't see it," the person said, and Aubree sighed.

"I know with no doubt he loves me. He's just a pain sometimes, and I'm not an ungrateful person. Of course, I love him too, I just like making him a little mad. You should know better." Aubree said with a serious face.

"Whatever, where are we even going?"

"Shopping. I'm treating today." Aubree replied, closing her eyes as a satisfied smile appeared on her lips.

"You are taking me on a date?" the other person asked enthusiastically.

"Call it a best friend date, Zoey. Saying that makes it look like we are dating, though my mom thinks we are." Aubree chuckled, her eyes still closed.

Zoey smiled, and she started the car." You look really nice though." she said, her eyes fixed on the road.

"I know, right? It's the lipstick." Aubree replied with a faint smile and Zoey nodded her head, still smiling. There was a short, but blissful silence before Aubree spoke again." Drive to whatever mall you want. Today I'm spending my money on us for sure."

"Someone got paid or what? It's not even the end of the month yet,"Zoey said, and this got Aubree to open her eyes, looking at Zoey. Aubree ran her eyes up and down her and Zoey chuckled, seeing the expression.

"Like I depend on my monthly salary. Don't you know I'm rich?" Aubree tipped her chin up.

"No...you are not rich yet. I'm looking forward to hearing you have millions and millions in your account. Don't boast to me about that hundred thousand dollars in your account, that's like my weekly allowance." Zoey said, glancing at Aubree.

Aubree clicked her tongue, "You don't have to boast,"

"I have to humble you best friend and, with that, I am paying for everything. I'm paying now and, for sure, taking us on a damn date." Zoey said.

Aubree smiled, knowing that she would say that at some point." Thanks. I knew you couldn't let me pay, not that I had a lot of money to pay for anything, anyway."

"Next time you pay though, you better have the money girl." Zoey chuckled and Aubree chuckled too.

"Yeah...yeah... whatever. ?" Aubree asked, looking at the dashboard. "We need uplifting music in here. Let me connect my phone with yours car and we cam enjoy the ride with some good music."Aubree announced and Zoey smiled waving her off to show her she can do whatever she wanted.