"Toni!" Adam shouted at me, "Give me back the remote!"
"Okay, Okay, Clam your tits, here" I handed them back to him. Brothers. We were watching The Big Bang Theory and it was really starting to get on my nerves. You can only take so much Sheldon Cooper at one time.
I was sitting on the sofa. Hair tied back, no make-up on, sweat and a big hoody and stuffing my face with food. My mum was sleeping. She has to get up for work every morning at six so I can't really blame her. Times were hard. We barely had any money and my mum was out working her but off at two jobs just to put food on the table and sometimes even that wasn't enough. I just wish that there was some way that I could help her but I'm only fifteen and around here I can't get a job until I'm sixteen. Life sucks.
There was a knock at the door. Who could that be? No-one usually comes to my house at this time in the evening and my friends are all at the cinema watching a movie, I had no money to go. Adam got up to go answer the door.
"No, Adam I'll go get it. You don't know who it could be." He sat back down again and I made my way to the front door. I slowly pulled the door back. There standing on my doorstep was a tall, blond haired guy with blue eyes. He looked to be just a little older than me. I'd never seen him before.
"Uhh..Hi, how can I help you?" I asked.
"Hey, my mum says she's friends with a girl that lives here, she's called Melissa, I assume you're her daughter?" he asked. I nodded. "I'm meant to be staying here for a little while...I don't know what's going on really. I was told about this about half an hour ago."
He had a bag slung over his shoulder. I could tell that he was as confused as me. It hit me then, I was standing in front of the hottest guy I've seen in a while and I looked as mess, now i feel really self conscious.
"What's your name?" I asked.
"Cody, what's yours?" He replied. I have no idea who this guy is or what he wants. All I know is that his name is Cody and he's got a really attractive Australian accent. Do I really want to tell him my name? I look over his shoulder and see a car still there with who I'm assuming is his mum.
Avoiding the question I ask, "Doesn't your mum not want to come in a talk to my mum?"
"Ehhh" he said while rubbing the back of his neck, "My mum isn't in the best of moods with me"
"Well, okay come in" I said. What am I doing he could be a murderer or a rapist. "Let me go wake my mum up, give me two second, kay?"
I walked into her room and shook her awake, "Mummy there's a kid standing at the door, he says his name is Cody and you are friends with his mum or something.
"Oh yeah, Toni I'm sorry I forgot to tell you. I told Angie that Cody could stay with us for a while. She said that Cody did something, and that she doesn't want to see him for a while so I said he could stay with us. I hope you don't mind."
Oh yeah, mum I don't mind a teenage boy that I barely know walk around my house where I will get no privacy.
"I don't mind Cody staying here, it's just...can we afford to feed another mouth? I ean your already working two jobs..." I asked her. She's already under a lot of stress just to feed us. If she has to feed another person she may have to take on another Job. I don't want to put her through that.
"Toni, don't worry about it, leave it to me. We will pull through, we always do" She sighed.
"Okay Mum" I replied, drained.
Both of us walked out to Cody.
"Hello Cody, I'm Melissa and welcome to our house. Treat it like your own. Have you eaten yet?" Mum asked.
"No, but it doesn't matter" he whispered. He'd over heard our conversation.
"Nonsense, here Toni, there ten pounds. Go to Mc Donald's with Cody." She said. "Cody, just dump your stuff in Toni's room and you can sort it when you get back."
"Come" I said, "I have to get ready before I go anywhere"
He followed me to my room. "Okay, you've got two choices, you can either go watch T.V and make friends with Adam or you can stay here with me but you have to lay face down on the bed because I have to get changed. I swear if you look around once you will not be able to have children."
Where did that confidence come from? I'm not usually like this. He looked kind of uncomfortable.
"Can I stay here? I won't look I swear." He said as he lay down on the bed.
There was an awkward silence while I got changed. Seriously, I met this guy like ten minutes ago and I'm half naked while he's in the same room.
"I'm not trying to be rude but...Why are you here?" Mum had said that he did something but she never mentioned what it was. It took him a minute to answer, trying to get his answer right.
"I fell out with my mum, she sent me here because she 'couldn't stand the sight of me'" he said while doing the speech mark sign with his fingers. I could tell that he was holding back information. I don't blame him. He doesn't trust me. Just like I don't trust him. "To be honest I don't think that I will be going home anytime soon." He must have done some bad shit.
"Okay you can turn around now" I said. He got up and sat in the middle of my bed with his legs crossed. He watched me closely as I did my hair and applied a little bit of make-up. He was silent, he looked deep in thought.
"Can I ask you a question" He asked as I was almost finished.
"You Already have" I teased. May as well have fun, I haven't really had that much male attention but it seemed like a fun idea to tease and joke. Just trying to make it less awkward between us.
He laughed, "Right , can I ask two questions then?"
"You already have" I repeated, trying to keep a straight face.
"God, can I ask four questions?" There we go, this kid was smart.
"Shoot" I said.
"Why do you wear make-up?" He asked. I wasn't expecting that.
"It's a girl thing" I replied. There that's a good answer. Right?
"Well I kind of understood that" he sighed, "Why do girls wear make-up?"
"I guess it just makes you feel less insecure when you go out." I answered truthfully.
"What have you got to feel insecure about?" This conversation was getting a little personal.
"I tell you what" I said "Ask me that at the end of the night once we get to know each other a little better okay?"