Love and War by Britta Irene (paper ebook reader .txt) 📖

I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. I groaned and picked it up to see that I had a text from Ryan.
Hey. Just got up. Meet outside in 1 hr.
I quickly responded
C u then.
I jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom to take a shower. When I was done, I put on my wig, my corset, a dark colored t-shirt (I figured I would be getting in the water, and I didn’t want them to see that I had a light pink brace on, did I?) some boxers, and basketball shorts. I did not have a bathing suit, well I did but it was a bikini, and I thought it would be weird to ask James if I could borrow his. Besides, he made it clear yesterday that he didn’t want me to go anywhere with Ryan, Timmy, and Dakota.
I grabbed a muffin, chocolate chip, and some water and headed out the door. I was just finishing stuffing the muffin down my throat when the elevator opened to reveal Dakota.
“Oh. Hey. I was just coming up here to drag you out of bed, but I can see that you are ready. Cool.” He said.
“Yup,” Was all I could say with a face full of chocolate chip muffin. He grinned and pressed the ground floor button. We headed outside and met Ryan and Timmy by Ryan’s car.
“Nice to see that you are awake, Kyle.” Ryan said with a goofy grin.
“So I’ve been told.” I answered back. In the car, we just mainly talked. I told them about my twin ‘sister’ and how my parents walked out on us when we were young. I told them how life was living with my mom’s best friend Natalia. Ryan told me that his parents got a divorce when he was five, and now his father is an alcoholic. The reason he came to this school was an excuse for his mom to give his dad on why he can’t come and visit him. Timmy’s parents are strict, so strict that the reason he was here was because he got a B on a science test. Dakota’s story is a lot like mine, except he doesn’t have a twin, but a three year old sister. His parents walked out because they were complete hippies and believed that having children was keeping them from living their life to the fullest. He said what they meant by that was doing pot and being drunk all the time.
When we arrived to the lake, I saw a complete different side of the guys. I saw that even though their lives looked perfect, they were far from it.
I also found out that Timmy’s parents owned the lake house that we were going to. Let me tell you, it was humungous. It was a two story house, with ten bedrooms and five bathrooms. The house was so big that they hired a staff to live there permanently to take care of it. But, instead of staying in the house, they stayed in a little apartment complex in the garden.
We went inside, and Timmy gave me a brief tour, since the others came here every weekend, they knew where everything was. We went outside to a little shed that was floating in the water. Inside, was a speed boat, a fishing boat, and four seedoos. That was perfect because there was four of us.
We found lifejackets thatfit us, mine being the smallest since I had a girl figure. We filled up the gastanks, and took off. I was the first out of that shed. I love speed, and I totally took on Ryan when he wanted to race.
“Hey Grant. Bet you can’t win a race against me!” he said, like he would think I would refuse. I grinned sheepishly.
“Oh yeah? First one to that island over there wins. Twenty bucks.” I said.
“it’s on.” He said. The island wasn’t very far, but far enough to where it would be a fun challenge. Timmy counted down for us, and we were off.
I edged my seedoo to go as fast as it could. So did Ryan. But lucky for me, he came to a patch of milfoil. Seedoos and milfoil don’t really mix together. I would know, since about three years ago Kyle and I got stuck in a big patch. We had to call Natalia’s brother, and let me tell you, he wasn’t to happy to see that we got his precious seedoo stuck. We havnt been invited back since.
I sped off ahead, and won by a mile. Twenty bucks for Kyla Grant!
I was doing victory doughnuts when everything went awfully wrong. I saw a snake. And being the little girl I am, I freaked. I sped away, a little too fast, and flipped the stupid seedoo. I went way under, and I thought I saw the stupid snake again. I screamed, and that isn’t exactly a good thing to do when you are under water. Water filled my lungs and nose. I opened my eyes, but that didn’t help either. In fact, it made things worse.
I tried to struggle up to the surface, but my body just kept going down, down, down. My throat and lungs and eyes were burning, and I tried to fight the darkness sweeping over me, but I just wasn’t strong enough.
I gave up trying to fight the darkness. In fact, I started to welcome it, since it was going to win anyway. My last thought before it over took me was ‘I love you Kyle and James…’ then everything went black.

I woke up to see Ryan sitting above me. I sat up and immediately threw up the muffin I had this morning and water. Once I had everything out of my stomach, Timmy gave me an ice cold water bottle. I took it and drained it immediately. My throat was scratchy, and my muscles were achy. All in all, I felt terrible. But, I was alive.
“You okay... uh... Kyle?” Ryan asked me.
“Yeah.” I croaked. Man, did it hurt to talk. “My throat is scratchy and my muscles ache. I felt like I have been beat up.” I said. My voice didn’t even sound remotely like me.
“Yeah...” Ryan said, trailing off. He was acting kind of weird. It’s not like he is the one who almost died here.
“What exactly happened?” I asked, wincing at the pain in my throat.
“You don’t remember?” Dakota asked, looking concerned.
“Well, I remember seeing a snake, then freaking out. Then flipping. Then, I remember screaming and water filling my lungs. Then nothing.” I told him truthfully.
“Well, Ryan noticed you going down, so he went down to get you. We got you here onto the bank, and Ryan did CPR. Then you woke up, threw up, and drake water.” Dakota told me. It was then I glance down. Ryan had to raise my shirt, and take off my corset. Which means, he, and Timmy and Dakota, saw my girl parts. Make that ten people who knew my secret.
“I can explain.” I said, taking my time to look at each of their faces.
“Not right now. You need your rest.” Timmy told me. He was blushing.
Oh God, oh God, oh God. They knew my secret. Yet, they were being decent enough to not make me explain right away. I’m sure that I would have, if my circumstances were a bit different. Like, if I wasn’t sitting on a bank wearing nothing but a bikini top that Timmy had gotten from one of the maid’s daughters.
I sighed as Ryan scooped me up and carried me to a spare bedroom. He laid me down on the biggest bed I have ever seen, but I didn’t notice all that much. I was asleep within five second of being in his arms.

I woke up feeling groggy. My muscles still ached and my throat still hurt, but it was better than the last time I was awake. I slowly climbed out of bed, and found my way to the living room. Thank goodness Timmy gave me that tour earlier.
When I stepped off the stairs, Dakota was there to help me to the couch. It’s like they though I couldn’t walk. Geesh.
“How are you feeling?” Ryan asked me, as he turned off the television.
“My throat still hurts, and my muscles are still achy, but I don’t feel like I am going to drop dead any moment anymore. I think that that alone is a good sign.” I said.
“Yeah…” Ryan trailed off as one of the maids brought me a big cup of ice water. I thanked her and drained it there on the spot. As she went to get another, I figured I better explain to them why I have breasts.
“So, I guess you guys are wondering why I have boobs, huh?” I asked. Timmy shrugged, but Dakota and Ryan nodded their heads. With a sigh, a told them everything. About the game of truth or dare, how my twin brother was at an all girls school, and what I would win if I won. They stayed silent the whole time that is until the end.
“So, when you said you had a twin sister, he/she is really a guy? At an all girl’s school? That lucky bastard...” Dakota said, trailing off. I slapped him in the back of the head.
“Hey now. I don’t want to hear what you would be doing if you were him. Okay? Because it is just plain nasty.” I told him.
“Well, now that we have a lady in our presence, I guess we have to behave.” Timmy said, with a frown.
“Naw. Just don’t talk about what you have been doing with your girlfriends and it is all good. And don’t compare your manhood either. That’s gross too.” I told him. He rolled his eyes.
“I wouldn’t do that anyway. Mine would put theirs to shame.” Ryan said with a smile. Ech.
“Don’t. Start.” I warned him.
“Okay, okay. Does anybody else know?” He asked me, getting serious.
“Yeah... James knows and so does his little posse. But it’s cool. I told them that I would slice them if they told anybody. Did you happen to see Anthony this morning?” I asked