Vanessa's Point of View:
"Braydon! WHEN IS MOM AND DAD COMING BACK?" I shouted from the living room with Cody and Justin.
"Later!" I heard a reply.
"It's already 5. Who's gonna make dinner?" I asked more to myself.
"I can help you cook if you'd like." Justin and Cody offered at the same time.
"Uh… Sure. Let's see what I have." I got up and walked to the kitchen.
"We can make spaghetti." Justin suggested.
"Hold on."
I grabbed my cell phone and dialed my mom's phone.
"Hey." She replied.
"Mom. Is it alright if we cook spaghetti for dinner tonight?"
"Sure. Who's cooking? You or Braydon?"
"Cody, Justin and I."
"Alright. We're stuck in traffic. It might be awhile."
"I'll save you and dad some."
"Thanks, sweetie."
"Bye mom. I love you."
"See you when I get home. Love you too."
I came back to see Justin and Cody on their phones.
"You guys gotta go soon?" I asked getting a pot.
"May I stay longer?" Cody asked.
"I'll stay for dinner. Your parents haven't seen me in a while." Justin put his phone back in his pocket.
"Sure, Cody. Justin, I'm not sure they wanna see you…"
"I know. I have to make it up one way or another."
Oh tonight's going to be interesting.
Cody cooked the pasta and garlic bread while Justin was doing the sauce. I was looking through a cookbook to find a recipe for a dessert. There's cake, cupcakes…
"What are you looking for?" Justin came up behind me looking over my shoulder.
"Dessert. Any ideas?"
"Cream puffs? Haha."
"I'm not sure how to make those."
"Brownies?" I heard Cody suggest.
"Yeah. Let's go with those."
Justin walked back into the kitchen. I walked upstairs to tell Braydon tonight's dinner menu.
"Hey. Spaghetti, garlic bread and brownies for dessert tonight. That cool with you?"
"Yum." He said and went back to his phone conversation.
"Braydon's fine with it." I announced when I got back downstairs.
I saw Justin and Cody standing as far away from each other as possible. Or at least Justin was trying to stay away from Cody. Cody was just watching over the pasta on the stove. I got some ingredients out and started in the batch of brownies.
"Vanessa, try the sauce?" Justin asked holding the spoon out for me.
"It's hot. Careful." He said even though he blew on it lightly for me.
I was about to take the spoon from his hands until he pulled it away and put it to my mouth. I glanced at him but all he did was smile at me. I closed my mouth around the spoon and pulled back.
"It's good." I commented.
"What can I say? I'm a great chef." Justin smiled contently.
"Sure sure. A chef that can't eat spicy food." I laughed.
"Hey! You did not beat me that time! We should have a rematch to find the real winner!" Justin said while chuckling in between.
"I know I won. You do too."
"You didn't win." Justin said smiling.
"Sure did. Who was it that had to go get ice cream after to cool down? Not me!" I teased remembering about that night.
"Who got a bunch of candy then?"
"Who drank all those energy drink?"
"Haha! Remember how my mom made us go to dinner and I finished your food for you even though I was going to throw up?"
"Yeah! We were so full! Too much junk food before!"
"Was that when we started talking?" Cody joined in asking me.
I totally forgot he was there for a moment. Then snapped back into reality. I really did forget how much fun Justin and I had together.
"Yeah." I gave him a smile and turned to talk to him.
Justin didn't say anything, I guess us 3 really can't have 1 conversation. I noticed that Justin's smile faded. I felt kind of bad for taking that smile off his face. He was now watching the brownies bake. My parents come home for dinner. They were so shocked that Justin was there. My dad looked mad. My mom just looked like she felt confused. She didn't know how she should treat him.
"Your parents hate me, don't they?" Justin asked while we were setting the table.
"Hate's a strong word."
"I guess. Then dislike me." He said more to himself.
"They'll get over it."
We all sat down at the dinner table.
"You're staying for dinner?" I heard Braydon say with venom in his voice toward Justin.
"Yeah…" He said back quietly.
"Braydon. Go put the brownie in the fridge." I said bitterly.
"Go." Dad spoke up.
I heard the doorbell ring. I went to get the door and the person in front of my eyes made my mouth drop.
"GRANDMA!" I shouted and hugged her.
"WHAT? I HEARD GRANDMA!" Braydon came running out.
"Hey. Just thought I'd drop by!" She smiled warmly at us.
End notes: Full family, hey? Lol Who's excited to know what's gonna happen next? I'm so sorry for the short chapters. Plus, I see your reviews, thank you so much for the love