Alyssa came home a few minutes later, the door opening slightly and letting light from the hall spill in making the room lighter, then plunging it back into darkness when she let the door fall shut.
"Maya, where are you?" I heard Alyssa yell piercing the silence; I let it fall silent again for a second then lifted myself from Landon's chest and staring at the door where Alyssa had just emerged from.
"Yes?" I asked, looking at her, she flicked on the light and moved over to where both me and Landon where sitting.
"What are you two up to" she said with a childish grin, I rolled my eyes and flung myself back so again I was lying on Landon. She walked around the end of the couch to stare at us both head on.
"And what have you two been talking about?" she asked looking mostly at Landon with a motherly look on her face. He looked curious to what she was asking and I could tell he was unsure. I smiled and shook my head. Alyssa faked a stretch and a yawn then announced quietly "I'm going to bed" she said walking into her bedroom but not before winking at me, I rolled my eyes and so did Landon.
"That was very subtle by the way." Landon called just as I heard the door close. He smiled at me. I yawned and laid my head back on his lap, and he gingerly stroked my hair. I smiled and closed my eyes letting my mind drift and eventually falling asleep.
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the sun shine came through the window waking me from my sleep. I turned over and remembered not to roll too far because I was on the couch still. I opened an eye just to see if Landon was still here, or if he had left in the middle of the night, which really wouldn't have surprised me if he did. I noticed I was on my bed instead of the couch and there was a warped sheet of paper taped to the wall near the head board. A neat cursive filled the page. I yawned once more and wiped my eyes to rid them of the morning sleep, then perched up my elbow so I was at eye level with the sheet, of course it was a letter from Landon,
Dear Maya,
I've gone out for the morning and I guess I will be coming back before lunch if that's alright, I wanted to make lunch for you and Alyssa.
There was a little ink smiley face carved into the paper, then his name printed carefully at the bottom.
I smiled and took the page from the wall and put it carefully on the bedside table putting my alarm clock over it so the wind wouldn't carry it away. I yawned and pulled my self from the warm bed, and falling into the damp coldness of the apartment. I groaned and slowly walked to my dresser pulling my jeans and a simple shirt and got changed, pulling my hair into a careless ponytail and walking into Alyssa's bedroom to check if she was up yet.
"Morning" Alyssa said a little tiredly she was sitting on her bed with a cocoon of blankets and a book in hand. I smiled and perched on the edge of the bed.
"Morning, Landon said he was going to make lunch, so don't eat anything" I said smiling still tired from waking up, she looked at me and nodded, I took that as an okay and walked back to my room doing my makeup quickly before sitting down and watching the news. I heard a knock on the door and I thought of Landon, I quickly ran to the door, peering quickly at myself to make sure I looked presentable and opened the door to be looking at the chest of Tristan, apparently he was back. I groaned and leaned against the door frame noticing my new found confidence. He looked down at me rudely and snorted.
"I thought I told you not to come back" I said rather viciously. But he seemed un- moved.
"You did but I don't really care, get Alyssa" he grunted and looked down at me; my new found confidence shrunk a little as I still found to maintain my tough attitude.
"Look just leave now before I call someone ok? Make this easier on both of us and just walk away" I said coolly staring him down.
"I'm here to talk to Alyssa and I will" he said more roughly and began stepping closer.
"Stay away from me, and get out, now" I said loudly getting ready to make a scene. I heard light quick footsteps from down the hall and peered over to see Landon striding quickly down the hall arms full of groceries. Tristan started talking but this time I was blocking out the threats, now I knew I would be fine and I was more concerned if he would be alright. He began rolling up his sleeves and his hands formed into fists, ready to hit me.
"Hey, hey are you really going to hit a girl" Landon said striding up and standing in between me and the huge block head.
"Get out of here, this is between me and her" he said turning to Landon, fists still ready. Landon looked coolly over at me and asked me slowly "can you bring these inside please, I will be in, in a moment" he said smiling a toothy grin and passed me the groceries. I turned slowly shaking my head and closed the door behind me putting the groceries on the counter. I stood there slilently hearing mumbles and some yelling. I tried to piece the conversation as best I could.
"Look…no you shouldn't be up…" I heard Landon he seemed quiet but forceful.
"You have no idea… this chick crazy, won't let me see…" Tristan shot back. I heard a movement like a nervous twitch or something, a tap of the foot maybe.
" I don't care….how old are you… should know better" I heard Landon , I sat on the counter and waited till the end which didn't seem like anytime soon so I swung my legs and read a magazine.
