Chapter Eleven: When She Lays Her Head On Your Shoulder

Disclaimer: I don't own House of Anubis

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When she lays her head on your shoulder...

"EDDIE!" Eddie dropped his hand hold with Patricia to wrap his little cousin in a hug, and place a kiss on top of her blond hair.

"You got so big." Eddie grinned ruffling the girl's hair.

"I know." She placed her arms on her hips, a boastful grin covering her florid cheeks. "I started kindergarten this year. And guess what?" She jumped up from her proud position, and used her hands to pull her mouth wider. "I lost four teeth already since the summer!"

"Wow!" Eddie bent down to her height. "Now Emily" He grinned at her. "you have to promise me something, okay?" Emily nodded slowly, looking at him suspiciously. "you have to stop growing kiddo!" Grabbing her waist, and standing up, Eddie sent the girl into a fit of giggles before she was placed back down on the ground.

"Oh thank you Eddie!" A woman, who Patricia suspected to be Emily's mother came flaunting down the stairs in a tight red dress, fiddling with her earrings, as she attempted to get them in. "Is Ron in the car already?"

Eddie nodded at his aunt, who quickly grabbed her coat and purse, said a quick goodbye, and rushed out of the door.

Eddie waited until the car had pulled out of the drive way, before introducing his girlfriend to his cousin. "Emily, this is my girlfriend Patricia, Patricia, this is my cousin Emily."

"HI!" Emily shouted, erupting in giggles soon after.

"Hey." Patricia smiled down at the girl. "I've heard so much about you."

Emily twirled uncomfortably in her spot, fidgeting with the hem of her plaid purple dress. "Did he talk about me in American?"

Patricia let out a laugh. "Thankfully, yes. Eddie's British accent is one that you'd appreciate."

Emily giggled tugging on Eddie's hand. "Your girlfriend's funny."

"Oh yeah, she's a riot." Eddie replied sarcastically, taking Patricia's hand in the one that wasn't occupied by Emily. "Come on, mommy needs me to feed you dinner."

"I want macaroni and cheese!" Emily pleaded, dragging the couple into her kitchen.

"I think you're having chicken with spinach kiddo." Eddie replied, grabbing for the instructions left on the freezer.

"But Eddie," Emily enforced. "you can't cook. Remember last time?"

Eddie let out a laugh, ignoring eye contact with Patricia. "No I don't Emily."

"Well I can tell you the story." Emily urged.

"No thanks kiddo, how about I try to get this chicken ready?"

Patricia snorted, and took the instructions from Eddie's hand. "This is simple, anyone should know how to do this."

"Thanks Yacker." Eddie replied.

"K, how about I make dinner, and you and Emily can go play a game or something?"

"Is that a good idea?"

"Need me to start telling stories too Sweetie Jr.?"

"I'm good." Eddie groaned. "Thank you." He added before Emily pulled him out of the room, whispering; "You call her Yacker?"

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"So, what did you guys do in your room Emily?" Patricia passed around plates and silverware, and then grabbed the bowl of spinach, placing it next to the plate of chicken on the dining room table.

"We played Barbie's!" Emily smiled, as she grabbed for a chicken leg. "I was Cinderella, and Prince Charming, 'cause Eddie says he likes being the pumpkin." Emily started giggling before taking a huge bite out of her dinner.

"Interesting." Patricia smirked, as she served herself some spinach, and glanced over at Eddie.

"Oh drop it." Eddie grinned. "I'm babysitting – what did you expect me to do?"

"You personally?" Patricia beamed. "I was surprised that you hadn't snuck a speaker in my purse and blasted music through the entire house, I'm surprised no one fell through the floor, and I'm completely shocked that Emily's not crying."

"Hey she likes me. Right Em?" Emily nodded her head, before swallowing her food. "But I like Patricia a lot. She's funny."

"Yeah, I like Patricia a lot too." Patricia's cheeks flushed with color, hoping that Emily wouldn't come to a rational conclusion about what Eddie meant versus what she did.

They continued to eat in silence for a few minutes, before Emily, once again, burst into giggles. "Do you like kissing Patricia a lot?"

"I do." Both Eddie and Patricia managed to avoid eye contact with each other, as Emily spewed out embarrassing questions, as if she was digging through their personal lives.

Patricia didn't mind that much, since Emily was, only five, but that was as long as Emily didn't go telling tales to her parents when they got home.

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"So, what are we watching?" Eddie hung his arm loosely over Patricia's shoulder, as the two leaned back on the leather couch in the middle of Emily's living room.

"The Little Mermaid!" Emily skipped through the room with the DVD in hand, and stopped in front of the player. She inserted the disc, grabbed the remote, and sat right in between Eddie and Patricia, her weight on both of their legs. Eddie let out a sigh, he loved his little cousin, but bringing Patricia along for this wasn't really to get her help, it had been more so they could spend time together without everyone else at the house interrupting them. And during a movie, when Emily was completely transfixed, was the perfect time to do that; unless of course she was directly in between them. Which she was.

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Emily's head drooped, as she slowly began to fall asleep. She did love the movie, and Eddie and Patricia were hilarious, but she had never stayed up past nine thirty before, and she was tired. As Eddie grabbed his cousin's waist, and moved her to the side, keeping her from falling off the couch, Patricia took the opportunity, to rest her head on his shoulder. She wasn't going to fall asleep, but taking care of Emily had definitely tired her out. Eddie smiled down at his girlfriend, before, rasing his hand to her chin, and lifting her face up towards his.

"Unless of course, you wanted to watch the movie." He teased, before bringing his lips to hers.

…Tilt her head up and kiss her.

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A/N: What did you guys think? Did you like Emily? Let me know – I love all of your reviews!