After his mother died, Nicholas varagas stoppes bothering. his aunt armena bad told him to be good and not to bother his father, but he decided that her advice could extend to everyone and everything. It seemed that nick’s brother had the same idea-jules never hung around long enough to bother anyone anymore. So the whole family kept on not bothering each other right up until nick and jules’s dad suddenly decided to get married agin.
Leading his new stepsister up the carpeted stairs, nick had to keep his jaw clenched to stop himself from shouting. He hated that he had to give up his room and move in with jules, who snored all night and woke up at the crack of dawn to go surfing. If his father hadn’t married his stepmother after only six months of dating, nick would still have his own room. And he wouldn’t be stuck with a bed room-stealing stepsister. Lauris was almost exactly his age and the biggest, weirdest loser he’d ever met. She bothered everyone.
Nick thought he was being fair about it, too, because he’d been call a loser and a nerd and a spaz himself. He was eleven, kind of fat, and bad at sports, while Julian shredded waves and made it to state in track. The only thing nick thought he was really good at was school, and that was mostly about being quiet and following directions. So, okay, he knew he wasn’t cool. At least he knew better than to advertise everything lams about himself. Laurie seemed to be proud to be the lamest person alive.