Chapter 3: Home alone with Paul

After school I found out I'd be home all alone with Brady spending the night at Colin's place and Kim's visiting her aunt in Seattle. For Junior's protection I placed my bag on the seat and sat him on top of it. I made sure he was buckled and giggled at how ridiculous this project was.

I left hands touch my waist causing me to gasp. I turned around and was a smiling Paul.

"Can I help you?" I asked.

He shrugged, "Jared left, and we need to finish this project. your house or mine?" he asked.

I sighed "mine," what? he looked dead set on this. Paul smiled and got into the passenger seat.

When we got home I got out and took Junior out, Paul got my bag and sweater for me. Smiling I gave him a silent thank you before we both headed inside the house. He looked amazed for a second at how big the house was. I grew up here so I was used to it.

Paul looked at me "you're not those stuck up rich kids, I knew you were different," he smirked.

I raised an eyebrow at him though I knew I was going to dread it later possibly I had to ask, "Different?".

"In a good way!" He quickly said his eyes wide in shock.

To my surprised I actually blushed and let out a small giggle. Paul saw the look of shock cross my face after the blush and his smirk grew wider and he put my stuff on the sofa.

I sat down on the sofa, I placed my feet onto the coffee table and shut my eyes. once open I watch Paul turning on the Plasma Tv hanging on the wall. I smiled as Classic Loony tunes came on. My smile got even wider when Paul let it be and didn't change the channel.

I noticed how close we actually were because I could feel the heat radiating off of him. I bit my lip in nervousness. We sat there in the peace and quiet, when Paul's phone rang. I jumped from the sudden sound and he chuckled pulling it out of his pocket to answer.

"Hey" he answered with a soft smile.

I smiled at him, he sent me a wink then he closed his eyes tightly and sighed, "mom, i'm busy. I'm not home, I'm at a friends house," I looked at him questioningly but he waved me off.

I sighed as I put my head on his shoulder without realizing. He sighed into the phone, "no mom its not Jared. and dad knows I'm not home".

Paul then hung up the phone and glared at it in his hands, I looked at him and he looked down at me "sorry my mom."

I nodded my head, "doesn't sound like she knows you're here," I shyly said.

Paul chuckled a little almost sarcastically, "i'm surprised she remembers my name."

I looked at him worried and he sighed, "When I was eight my parents divorced, my mom had been cheating on my dad. When my mom found out we knew she was very unloving to me so my dad decided to move us here and leave my mom behind," he shared with me.

Paul and I spent the whole day messing around and "watching" Junior. Sad to say I was growing used to Paul fast. He was laying on the sofa with Junior laying on his chest. Paul was fast asleep and I could hear the soft snores from Junior. I smiled at both of them and picked Junior up and brought him upstairs and laid him on my bed covering him with my blanket. I grabbed a spare blanket and brought it downstairs.

I draped it over Paul and I sat on the sofa while he laid there. I was watching the movie Alice in Wonderland and I ended up getting sleepy. So I shut off the TV and walked up to my room and went to the closet and changed into my pajamas.

Grabbing a pair of my dads old pajama bottoms I went down stairs and woke Paul up. He had a large smile across his face, "I wanna wake up everyday to your face," he sleepily told me.

I shook my head not believing what he said and handed him the pajama. He looked at me for a second before walking up stairs to the bathroom. I layed in my bed and sure enough I went to sleep.

The next morning I woke up to find Paul in the kitchen writing something on a paper. I looked over his shoulder and he was finishing his math homework.

"your stupid, didn't you do it yesterday?" I laughed.

He shook his head and I went to make eggs.

He finished his homework and he glared playfully. He stood shirtless with dad's sweats hanging loosely on his hips, I can see why he has a lot of girls going after him. "You could wear something of my dad's."

He nodded and followed me out of the kitchen, but before he went upstairs he stopped with a worried look,"where are your parents anyway?"

"Mom, somewhere because of work... and dad, well... he dead," I frowned.

"Oh I'm sorry Alexa," he said with shock.

I smiled a weak smile "its ok, dads cloths are in the room with the yellow door."

The two of us arrived at school in my car. Everyone's eyes were on us rumors probably already flying around. These people are idiots, I've been seen with Paul since freshmen year. Walking away from him I made my way over to Kim cuddling the baby in my arms. I rolled my eyes as she gave a very large smile.