Chapter 11
Dani's POV
We had dropped Erica off and now we were in the storage room, gathering all of the things Erica had but were not in her room and put them outside of her room. Evan opened the paint and stirred the light pink color. I could tell he hadn't forgotten what he called me and I hadn't either. It was kind of a stupid thing to get worked up about but we had agreed that we would show no emotion for each other. He had gone against his word. I pulled my hair back and put the bandana around my head, making sure not a strand of hair got into paint. I was wearing one of Matt and Jeff's shirts with their mirror images on it and a pair of loose sweatpants. Evan was wearing the same thing, but in men's wear. We had cleared out everything and taped the border around the bottom and top and Evan poured the tickle me pink color into the plastic tray. I picked a brush and dipped it in the paint then started painting. My strokes were lined up, all beginning and ending in the same place while his were going everywhere. I studied the edges of the painted portion of the wall until Evan broke the silence. I glanced over and he still wasn't looking at me but I could tell it would make us both uncomfortable if I looked at him while he talked.
"I'm sorry about earlier. It slipped. I truthfully didn't think it made a really big deal until I saw your face either so, yeah, I'm sorry,"
"It just made me feel like you were showing emotion and we had made that agreement and so it just seemed weird, I guess,"
"I understand. I'm really sorry," he said and finally glanced over at me. I responded with the same action but then quickly jerked my head back to the wall I was painting.
I knew it shouldn't be uncomfortable with Evan but this whole situation was awkward. The living situation, being family, and even being friends was awkward for me, if not both of us but it was the best for our daughter. She was in our best interest at the time and still is but for some reason, now, I felt like I should have just tried being a single mom. Evan and I quit talking until both of our walls were finished. He had painted the wall opposite of mine pink and we were keeping the other ones white so we didn't have too many paint fumes throughout the house.
"Ready to get the essentials in here?" I asked him.
"Ready when you are. Let's get the crib in here first and we can put the stuff around it."
"Alright," I said walking out of the room and grabbing the edge of the crib that made it so I would be walking forward. He grabbed the other one and we carried it in there.
LaterWithin an hour, we had everything in there except the little things like clothes and toys. We took showers and after I was done, I went into my room to get dressed. I got on another pair of cuter and more stylish sweatpants from Wet Seal and a white wife beater. I walked out into the kitchen and pulled all of the ingredients out of the pantry that I would need to make homemade pancakes and I started cooking. Evan came out sometime later when I wasn't looking and sat down on the furthest stool. I looked up and saw him.
"Whoa. When'd you get in here?"
"About five minutes ago. You seem busy. Could I help you?"
"Depends. Do you know how to follow instructions to make pancakes?"
"I'm sure I can. If I don't, you can fire me." He said with a smile. I smiled back at him and he hopped down off the stool. He walked around the counter to the back with me. He stood behind me and studied the recipe I was towering over. Without noticing it, he had leaned over and put his hand on the counter on top of mine. I tensed up but then relaxed after thinking about it.
Evan's POVI had gone into the kitchen and was now helping Dani with homemade pancakes. I 'accidentally' put my hand on hers when I leaned over. I could feel her tense up but then relax afterward. There was so much tension in our relationship and it wasn't good for Erica. Because of us fighting or disagreeing all the time, we couldn't give all of our time to Erica and so I needed to try to relax that tension. Perhaps we could even work our relationship out. Who knows, we might actually 'date.' Maybe not. Our relationship isn't your dream relationship. We are sort of like roommates. We live together but we aren't together. I believe that our relationship could work out, no matter what kind of relationship it was. With Erica, we had gotten closer, more comfortable with one another.
Dani's POV"Evan, snap out of it!" I snapped my fingers at him. He shook his head and laughed. I smiled and looked curiously at the man who was usually serious have a laughing fit about zoning out. So, if I was asked to describe our relationship it would be awkward, but getting better, sappy, and caring. There isn't much you can say about our relationship. It's a simple one, nothing too exta was Our lives changed drastically when Erica was conceived and born, our relationship, if there was one, changed and even got better.
Evan looked up at me after he was done laughing and I raised one eyebrow in curiosity. He looked at me as if everything was normal and looked back down at the recipe. He then went to the fridge, grabbed eggs and got the flour from the counter. He went back, got the forgotten milk, and then came back over to our little cooking corner. We put everything into the bowl/pitcher. Evan poured him two pancakes and one for me. Erica would have to wait until she got home to eat. The pancakes bubbled on the griddle and popped, splashing a few specks of pancake batter here and there. They did that until both sides were nice and brown and then we went and ate on the couch, knowing that it would be uncomfortable with small talk at the dinner table.
A/N: Okay, guys. Don't be flaming because I know this chapter is pretty sucky. Sorry about that. I just wanted to update and I really haven't been inspired lately. I promise the next chapter will be WAY better! Please review. Give advice and PM me if you have any ideas for where you want the story to go. I have it pretty well planned out but I could squeeze in an idea or two from my readers! Remember, the button below is your friend! Press it and review!
