Pt 1: Don't Expect Me To Stay
•Antoinette•
"Antoinette! Come here, I have some exciting news to tell you!" My mother called from downstairs.
"Coming, mother!" I ran down the stairs, finding my mother in the tv room, getting my 2 year old sister ready for a nap. "Yes?"
"Do you remember all those stories from high school I told you about with my friend, Angie?" She asked.
"Ugh, yes. Why?"
"Well, you're finally going to get to meet her! She's visiting for a while and staying in the hotel down the block." My mom cried. "Isn't that great?"
I let out a small groan. "Mom, you know I'm not that social."
"Yes, I know, but this could help you become more social! She also has a son who's coming, too. Have you heard of Cody Simpson?" Mother asked, cocking her head to one side.
Cody Simpson… Cody Simpson… The name did sound familiar… But I didn't want a guy around. I was perfectly happy with being alone. Other than my sister, Autumn, but you get my point.
"Uhh, it sounds familiar, but I'm not quite sure." I said.
"Ok, well, I have to put Autumn down for her nap."
"Kay." I sat down on the couch and flipped to ABC Family. Cyberbully was on. I thought more about the boy Mom has told me about… I knew I had heard the name somewhere… Cody Simpson…
•Cody•
"Cody, are you packed?" My mom asked, leaning against the side of my doorway.
"Almost, Mom." I answered. We were going away for the summer to visit one of my mom's old friends, Christie. She had a daughter, too, which, although it goes against boy nature, I wasn't too thrilled about. I didn't understand why I was going instead of Alli. She's a girl, I'm a guy. Maybe it was just one of my mom's lame attempts to hook me up with someone. I don't know. All I knew was this summer definitely wasn't going to be my best.
After almost 15 hours of flying from LA, we finally arrived in Gold Coast, Australia. Here, it was 11 in the morning… The day after we had left. I had slept a lot during the flight, but I still had terrible jet lag. After getting off of the plane and unpacked, we headed over to Christie's house.
DING DONG.
My mom rang the door bell and the door opened immediately, almost as if she had been waiting at the door for our arrival.
"Angie!"
"Christie!"
The two moms exchanged hugs before Christie called her daughter to greet us.
•Antoinette•
DING DONG. The doorbell rang, waking me up. Great. I quickly got up, changed into a tie dyed crop top and light wash shorts. I was in the middle of brushing my hair when I heard my mom calling me. Well, here comes torture. I went downstairs and walked towards the door to see a blonde woman talking to my mom and a blond boy standing there awkwardly. So, that's who Cody Simpson is! I remembered my friend showing me a picture of him, telling me how much she was in love with him and his songs. Although he hadn't said anything yet, he seemed like one of those trouble makers who always got what he wanted.
"Antoinette, this is Angie and Cody!" My mother said once she noticed I was there. "Angie, Cody, this is my daughter, Antoinette."
"Nice to meet you, Antoinette. Such a pretty name!" Angie said.
"Thanks." I said flatly.
"Angie and I are going out for brunch. Would you guys like to come?" Mom asked.
"No thanks." Cody and I said at the same time.
"Ok, well, I'll take Autumn with us. You guys can get to know eachother!" Mother said excitedly.
"Uh huh…" I made it pretty obvious I didn't want them here, but apparently Angie and Mom were too blind by each other's company to see it. Hopefully, Cody got the idea. I turned around and headed to the kitchen to make myself some breakfast.
"Antoinette, huh?" Cody asked, following me.
"Yep."
"Well, what am I supposed to call you? Ant-won?"
"No… If you want to call me anything else other than my real name, you call me Tawni." I told him, pouring milk into my bowl of Apple Jacks. Cody was starting to make it pretty clear that he didn't want to be here just as much as I didn't want him here.
•Cody•
Antoinette started walking to the tv room and I followed her, not knowing what else to do.
"Why are you following me?" Tawni turned around and asked, as her bright blue green eyes stared into mine.
"What else am I supposed to do?" I asked. "I don't know my way around here."
"Fix yourself some breakfast. Catch up on your sleep. Something."
"You're going to have to show me to a bed." I said, smirking as soon as she turned to look at me. Tawni put her bowl of cereal down and got up. Before walking by me, she stopped at my side and whispered in my ear.
"Don't expect me to stay." She walked past me and I followed her to her guest room. "Sleep here. Have a nice nap, blah blah blah, whatever." I chuckled at her stubbornness as she closed the door, leaving me to sleep in peace.