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The trip to grandma's house is about eight hours long, including detours like fast food drive-ins and restrooms. Every holiday, for the past thirteen years, I have slept my way through the journey. But this time, to step up my plan B game, I am not going to even close my eyes.
I pull out my earplugs from the front pocket of my bag, attach them to my phone and play a Shawn Mendes song. I absolutely adore him. Even my phone's background is one of his pictures. I swipe up on my phone screen, to unlock it and stare at his picture. He is wearing a grey t-shirt along with black jeans. I smile voluntarily seeing him. From the corner of my eye, I see dad trying to a peek in my phone. I clutch my phone to my chest and ask "What?".
He says "Who are you so happily staring at? The boy from before?".
"It's a very popular singer's photo. Not Justin" I say.
"Show me" he says.
"Why do you want to see it? I bet you don't even know his name" I say, internally applauding for myself for using one of his song titles in my speech.
"Just show it to me" he orders. I hand him my phone and grunt. He dismisses my grumble and frees his left hand from the steering wheel, takes my phone and unlocks it. His eyes widen on seeing Shawn. He lowers his eyebrows and says "Delete it". I stare at him in horror and say "No way, dad. It's Shawn's picture. It's a crime to delete it".
He looks at me then to the road in front of him and sighs. He then says something my ears were yearning to listen him say for ages "Fine, you can have it if you love him so much". I scream out loud and hug me and plant kisses on his cheek and keep thanking me. He chuckles at my enthusiasm and shifts his focus onto the road.
I put my earplugs in and rest my head on the car window. I had never meant to close my eyes, or listen to the soothing voice of Shawn, or in a nutshell, fall asleep.
Tobias POV
I step on the brake and the car comes to a slow stop. I take the keys out of the ignition and put them in my pocket. I turn to see Audrey asleep. I grin widely at my victory. She told me she had some plan, which is probably making mom sign her paperwork, and that she was not going to fall asleep and let me win this time. I inhale deeply and close the door. I go around the car and carefully open her door, taking her head in my hands. I pick her up and close the door with my foot. I walk to the door and ring the doorbell. Mom quickly appears on the door. She holds it open and says "Oh hello Tobias! Happy holidays!". I kiss her head softly and move inside to lay Audrey on the couch. Mom covers her up with a fleece blanket.
I step outside to get our luggage for the next week. I enter the house, with no further intention of stepping outside in the cold. I keep the bags in the living room. I sit on the floor, in the feet of my mom. She massages my head and says "She is asleep again. She told me she had a plan". I chuckle softly and tell her "She was going to make you sign her 'cheerleading' forms".
"Aren't you supposed to sign them?" she asks.
"I am but I'm not" I say sternly. Stern doesn't work with my mother though. She always persuades me into giving in to Audrey's demands. There have been a couple of times where I gave in.
"Tobias, she is a teenager. You can't say 'no' to her otherwise she will become one of those rebellious, drug taking girl"
"Mom! Don't do this please. I already bought her a phone. I don't want to turn her in of those rich and mean girls" I say.
"If you're rich that doesn't mean she can't be sweet and peaceful, come on Tobias, what kind of dad does this?" she says.
"Uh, my dad did" I say mockingly. She slaps my neck playfully and says "Your dad gave you every single thing you asked for".
"Yeah, that's true, he did" I say smiling, remembering old times.
"Now be a good role model and sign those forms" she orders. I groan like Audrey always does with me and I get a slap on my back in return. I clutch my back dramatically and scream in pain. My mom bursts into laughter along with me. I get up and take the forms out of Audrey's bag. I quickly sign them and go to her room. I place them on her nightstand.
I go back to the living room and say "Mom, want to watch something fun?". She nods and smiles at me. I go to the kitchen and retrieve a plate with chocolate cake and a fork. I walk to the couch and hold the plate near Audrey's nose. Mom raises her eyebrows and clamps a hand over her mouth once she sees what's happening. Audrey sniffs a couple of times and gets up from the couch. I move with the plate in my hands, making her follow me. She stretches her hands out for the cake and follows me into her room, with her eyes closed at all times. I keep the plate on the nightstand, waiting Audrey to settle herself in her bed. She lays on her bed and I cover her with the blanket and take the plate of cake away from her. I turn around and see my mom recording the scene with her phone and laughing. I laugh with her and then I take the fork and dig in.
Audrey POV
I can smell chocolate cake. It is somewhere near me. I try to sniff harder to see where the smell is coming from. I hear something. It sounds like laughter. I also can smell cake clearly now. My mouth is watering. A drop of saliva escapes my mouth and falls on my…. I jerk awake as I feel wetness in my mouth and on my neck. I shudder and shuffle under my blanket. I sit properly and rub my eyes. I see grandma and dad laughing together, sitting on the edge of my bed. My eyes widen and frantically scan the room. I am in grandma's house. When did I reach here? I gasp as I realise I had fallen asleep on the way here. Again! I look over to my nightstand and see something unusual. There are some sort of documents kept there. I pick them up and read through them. They are my cheerleading forms and there is a signature at the bottom. It's dad's signature. I squeal in excitement and jump on him from behind to hug him. He catches me on time and laughs. I scream "You are the best dad! Thank you sooooo much dad! I love you a lot! Even more than Shawn Mendes!"
He says "I told you she will wake up early" and they both burst into laughter. I hug grandma before asking them what it is. Dad shakes his head and shows me a video where I am sleepwalking because of CAKE! My face flushes and hide my face in grandma's neck and tell her "Grandma! See what dad did! Tell him to delete it". She laughs even more and says "I recorded you and I am not going to delete it. I am having fun watching the Audrey who sleepwalks for cake". My cheeks become warm. Oh god! This is so embarrassing! I release myself from her grip and make them both go out of my room. I close the door and lay face down on the bed.
A/N: Hi! I hope you are enjoying the story so far. For those who are waiting for the drama to begin, worry not it's a couple of chapters away. Till then, enjoy this hilarious duo or trio I should say. Please review, it motivates me to write faster. Follow and favourite to be up to date with the story! Thanks for reading!
