It was around lunch time now, me, Mrs. Adams, and Tatima, were all in the kitchen preparing it since we had a bit more people than expected. The men and lady were in the living room, though I could still see them through the open door. They were mostly talking about nonsense things that I knew Sebastian didn't care less about, but he played the good human man for now.
Jessica, Tatima's younger sister, was making HUGE girly eyes at Sebastian, doing anything to get his attention, I found it rather amusing, though Sebastian seemed a little annoyed by the inconvenience. I kept stirring the potatoes, I was making smashed potatoes, Tatima was making all the vegetables, and Mrs. Adams was making the meatloaf.
I then walked out of the kitchen, knowing that my boiling potatoes were going to take a while.
"What are you guys talking about?" I asked, no one in particular.
Jessica felt she had the right to speak, "I was just telling Sebastian, that I made all As on my last report card!"
Jessica, was only eleven years old and she thought that she knew everything, like all teenagers or preteens. I saw her next to Sebastian on the love seat, making me have to go sit on the couch, a seat away from Derek.
"Did you now?" I asked, not really caring, as I sat on the couch, "Impressive, well keep up the good work."
She smiled at me and then turned her attention back to Sebastian, flinging her hair over one shoulder and batting her eyelashes making her intention quite clear. I let a little 'pfft' sound escape my mouth, wondering if I had ever looked so ridiculous in front of a guy. Derek cleared his throat to get my attention, I noticed he had scooted over to sit right next to me on the couch.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Your speaking has gotten much more formal since we last spoke." He stated.
I laughed lightly, "Well I am growing older, that is bound to happen, is it not?"
He nodded laughing it off as well, "I guess your right." It was quiet for a minute, which I enjoyed, till he started up again, "So are you and him are a... thing?"
He pointed first to me then Sebastian, I chuckled, "Would you like to know?"
"Well I am asking?" He said in a flirty type tone.
Which only made me laugh since I had seen him go through so many girlfriends before, "Geez Derek, already trying to put the moves on me?" I joked.
"Hey don't look at me, you had your hands all over me this morning." He defended with a smile.
We both laughed, Derek was easy. Easy everything, easy to read, easy to hand out with, easy to get bored of. That last one was for sure.
"To answer your first question though, yes, we are going out."
He sighed, "I was afraid of that."
I looked at him in confusion, "Afraid, why?"
"Well~" He trailed off looking at the ceiling, "I guess he just doesn't seem right for you."
"Not right for me?" I asked, a little annoyed.
"Don't get offended!" He immediately defended himself, "Its just that I know you have had a hard life-"
"Derek."
"Wait let me finish! You need someone who understands all of you-"
"Derek!"
"Well its just that he doesn't know your past!"
I was so embarrassed, not necessarily at what he was saying, but the fact that everyone was now watching. He had kept rising in volume as he spoke and this was a conversation that I did not want everyone to hear, I was trying to warn him to keep it down, but I think my interference had actually made it worse.
"Not like I do!" Derek then finished proclaiming.
STUPID!
Read the atmosphere! Everyone was silent because you made this such a big scene! That's when you shut your trap and wait for a better moment! Now everyone knows that you just confessed your love! And in the worst possible way too!
My face was red, from embarrassment and anger, not from his affections or feeling that he might have thought he had for me.
So to save him from the worst situation in his entire life, I ran out of the room, and into Tatima's room, the one room I knew for sure had a lock on it. It would have been terrible if I had rejected him in front of everybody like that.
I then heard the noise rise after I left, some accusing Derek of hurting me, and others trying to call me back out. Honestly the whole thing was so ridiculous that I wanted to burst into laughter, this was bad I can't hold it back for much longer.
There was a knock at the door and I could feel Sebastian's presence right outside the door so I quickly unlocked it and then sat on Tatima's bed with my shoulders shaking.
I heard him come in and then close the door, he came behind me and put his hands on my shaking shoulders.
"Are you-"
I grabbed a pillow and smashed it into my face and burst into laughter inside the pillow, I could no longer hold it back and I didn't care if Sebastian saw me in such a way. Once the first wave of laughter passed I was mostly done with just a few giggles escaping here and there, I looked at Sebastian, to see he was confused on what to do.
"I'm sorry." I apologized, "What were you saying?"
"Umm.. Nothing, why did you laugh?"
I giggled some more, "Do you not find it humorous? Well I guess you don't know the whole story." I shrugged.
"Whole story?" He asked.
I turned fully towards him, ready to tell him my tale, since I was stuck in this room for a while now, "Well you see Tatima's older brother is three years older than me, and when I was fourteen, and he was seventeen, I thought for such he would be my future husband. Me and Tatima even planned our wedding together, of course he had no idea that this was going on, and we were so excited that we would become sisters in the future. Sister-in-laws that is. I just find it so funny that he confesses to me now, after I am already with my person, its kind of like the situation got reversed."
I smiled at this though Sebastian seemed annoyed, "So you had feeling for him in the past?" He asked with a glare.
I then did a very melodramatic sigh, rolled my eyes into the back of my head and collapsed on the bed.
"Must you be able to be jealous in every situation!?" I asked annoyed.
He then sighed and let a peaceful smile spread across his face, collapsed on the bed next to me, I was on my stomach and he was on his back.
"I guess just this once I can let it go." He said looking me strait in the eye.
I smiled, "Good!"
The door then opened and in came Tatima, I should have told Sebastian to lock the door.
"Are you okay? Why did you run out? What are you-!"
"One question at a time please." I cut her off.
"Are you okay?" She asked, and was patiently waiting for my answer.
"I'm fine, I ran out so I wouldn't have to reject your brother in front of everybody." I said as I sat back up on her bed, Sebastian doing the same.
She sighed, "Good, I thought so but I just wanted to make sure. Anyway what were you two doing before I came in here?" She glared.
I rolled my eyes, "We were just talking, paranoid much?"
She folded her arms, "Whatever you guys are in that newly started dating faze, its gross." She made a disgusted face.
"Are not, we have not done what any of those idiot couples have!" I defended.
"You went to see him behind my back." She countered.
"Pu-lease! Do you have to know every little thing that I do each second of the day?"
She huffed and looked at the wall, "Whatever, I am sure you guys have done something stupid and ridiculous when I was not around."
I sighed, "Believe what you want. When can I go back out?" I asked.
"Hmm, whenever you want to I'm guessing." She said.
Sebastian was being oddly quiet with just watching us converse.
"Yeah, but I don't want to have to deal with that awkward situation out there."
She laughed, "Everybody has to at some point in their life, just go get it over with."
I pouted, "Hmph! I don't want to! Besides your bed is pretty comfy." I laid back, enjoying the feel, until some one grabbed my legs and pulled me off.
"Hey!" I looked to see Tatima glaring down at me.
"Get it over with now, I do want to eat some time today and you know they won't start without you."
I sighed and stood up, "Fine~ Oooh wait should I act like I'm crying to make it more dramatic."
"I prefer that you leave my brothers heart alone and try to not make him feel more guilty than he already is."
I sighed, "Fun sucker."
I then walked out into the living room where most everyone was, they were all looking at me very intently. I did not need or want this type of attention, I already get enough of it from a certain someone.
"Hey, sorry about that." I said awkwardly then I fled the scene to check on my potatoes in the kitchen.
I was the only one in there and I did not want to stay in the living room to have that awkward conversation with Derek where he apologizes and then still trys to convince me that he is right for me and better than that other guy. Aka Sebastian.
Derek was apparently desperate to have the conversation because he came in and closed the door behind him, his eyes down cast.
"Sorry about earlier." He says.
I kept my front facing the boiling pot while I looked at him from the corner of my eye, "No problem."
"Its just that-"
"You need to shut your trap Derek." It was amazing whenever my mood swings hit, Tatima had to grow use to them.
"What?"
"You need to stop treating me like a little kid, I know what I am doing I am not stupid! If I was in a bad situation I would have gotten out of it long before now!" I said staring him down from the side of my eye.
"Well is just that a gi- a women like yourself is much more delicate th-"
"Did you seriously just call me delicate." Ooooh crap was about to hit the fan. He just royally pissed my off, calling me delicate, I can not believe he had the audacity to say that!
He gulped, "I meant-"
"I know exactly what you meant! You're saying that since I am a women I am weaker than a man and because of that I would not be able to get out of a bad situation! Do not go around believing such gibberish!" I was strait up glaring at him, "Me and Sebastian will leave right after lunch, we have other things to do." And with that I walked around him and out or the room.
When I went into the living room I had a bright smile on and I had a bounce in my step, I saw Sebastian on the side leaning against a wall so I went to go stand next to him, to not draw to much attention.
"So how did it go?" He whispered in my ear, I knew he knew what had happened since he can hear all of it.
"You know."
"How do you think it went?" He rephrased.
I shrugged, "Not sure, but at least now he knows that I do not have feelings for him." I smiled.
Sebastian chuckled, "Yes, now he does."
The rest of the time that lunch was getting prepared Tatima stole all of my attention, I think she might be jealous of Sebastian, and we had a blast. Playing cards and making sarcastic jokes at everyone now and then, it had been a while since we could just hang out like this in the future, women could so speak their mind now and everything was so much better, though I love the older fashions.
When lunch was made we all sat around the table, girls on one side, boys on the other. So I was in the middle, Tatima on my right and Jessica on my left, who just so happened to be right across from Sebastian. Derek was across from me, and he kept giving me pity glances which were seriously starting to annoy me now, and Tatima was fine not having anyone across from her, honestly I think she quite enjoyed it that way.
"Alright let's say Grace." Mr. Adams said.
Tatima leaned over into my ear and whispered, "Grace."
We both giggled and I elbowed her in her side, Sebastian seemed to find the sight amusing.
Everyone started to take each others hands, and I have no quarrels with it since I have been having to do this when I first started going to her house, but Sebastian seemed very hesitant, and refusing, to take anybody's hand.
"I promise we don't bite dear." Mrs. Adams tried to comfort.
I rushed for an excuse when it became apparent that Sebastian was not going to take anybody's hand, "He's an atheist." I smiled as if it was completely normal.
Everyone else sweat dropped, but Tatima, and they said pray without including him. Mrs. Adams forced Sebastian to eat at least a couple of bites, which ended up being mash potatoes, because she said something along the lines of 'Your girl made this specifically for you and you refuse to eat it, now imagine how hurt she must be feeling'. Which was a total lie, I would never have made something specifically for Sebastian since I don't even know what he likes to eat, except human souls of course, but that was a different story.
Lunch went quickly, after Derek stopped moping, and me and Sebastian were quick to leave afterwards having our fill of the 'family' life. I didn't even feel like going home so we passed by my place on the way to the destination I had in mind.
"You do realize you just passed your...house?"
"Oh really? I had no idea." I said sarcastically.
"So where are we headed?" He asked, Gosh I love his voice, it was the right type of deep and masculinity to make a girls knees go weak.
"The mall." I said bringing myself out of my daze, "Its really popular and its kind of life a shopping market, there you will be able to see what humans have been doing for about the past hundred years."
When we walked up to the mall Sebastian seemed to feel the need to make comments on all his observations.
"Hmm, well it is a big building, and it seems most people, even common people used motorized vehicles. Why don't you have one?"
"I have bills and other things to worry about, so I can't buy a car, I also don't have a parent that would be able to buy a car for me."
"You speak highly of your mother but I have not yet seen her, what happened to her?"
Wow, he didn't stray from sensitive subjects, "If I had an answer to that I'd tell you."
Then we were walking inside the mall, "Now please don't make any weird or personal comments." I said.
He just followed behind me as we started walking, there just so happened to pet store inside the mall and so the kittens in the window distracted him as he stopped and stared at them with a blush on his face.
People were starting to look at him, he was really attractive, but he was also acting weird towards the animals.
I sighed and walked into the pet store, I talked to one of the managers there and he allowed me to take a kitten out and pet it to see if I was interested. I just so happened, coincidentally, to pick up the kitten that had attracted so much of Sebastian's opinion, he saw me pick it up, still outside, and then came inside to pet it.
I handed him the cat and he immediately started fawning over it, I will never understand my lovers love for felines, oh well it is what brought us together.
I went back over to the clerk and got the paper ready and it only cost one hundred dollars since it had all of its shots.
"If you want we could declaw it for you." He suggested.
I then glared at him, "No way! Don't you know that that is like cutting off the whole first part of a humans finger!"
He sweat dropped but left it be and I bought a cute red collar to go around her neck.
Sebastian was rubbing his face against the kittens, earning soft mews from it, and also getting more and more weird looks from the pass byers.
I quickly put the collar around it, and Sebastian seemed confused as to what I was doing.
"Alright lets go."
Sebastian was about to put the cat back, but I took her out of his arms and started exiting the small store.
"Don't we have to put her back?"
I showed him the paper work, "She is ours now."
And with that I turned my heel and kept walking down the busy mall, after all it was a Saturday. On the inside though I was super happy, I cannot believe I just said that she was 'ours', okay so maybe I am a bit young for Sebastian but who cares.
When we got to a Victoria Secret shop Sebastian again stopped and started looking at one of the pictures of the model in the bra and underwear. Which was completely unacceptable! I grabbed his arm and dragged him away and onto the next thing.
"Women don't seem to have much shame in this era."
I ignored his comment and kept going.
"Love are you alright?"
"Fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"B-"
"Here." I handed him the kitten.
I knew it would distract him to where he would not bother me, and it worked as he then invested his time into the kitten. I wonder if it was necessary to be jealous of a cat.
I then got an idea, though it was probably a bad one, he was distracted so it could work. When I knew he was fully not paying attention to me I slipped away and into the crowd, I could find him later so no need to worry. I then doubled back and into the previous store where I had gotten up set, lets see if I where Sebastian what would my favorite color be. Well it was obviously black, but how the heck am I suppose to find that when everything is pink!
AN: Blah! I'm sick today and it sucks, it has been a while since I have been this sick. Anyway, what did you guys think of the chapter?
