I froze with the water bottle at my lips. Crap I hope she doesn't know about the whole boyfriend thing.
"School was okay and nothing really happened," I lied. "Just the usual high school days."
"What a shame," she said, "but can you help save the table and put four plates instead," she said.
"Why? James isn't even here," I asked a bit surprised.
"Why yes James is here," James said from the kitchen doorway.
I stared at him as drops of water fell from his chestnut brown hair and wet his blue shirt in the process.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in school?" I asked not moving from my spot by the fridge. "Mum why is he here?"
Mum gave me a casual shrug as she went back to cooking.
"Is that any way to greet your only brother who has been gone for months? I am disappointed in
