Breakfast was... fun. I came down the stairs, my heart practically in my mouth:
_Freaking out, freaking out, freaking out-'
'Stop distressing Lucy. This is a scary enough situation already-'
"Y'all are getting the Catchy Song later," I mumbled under my breath.
I took a deep breath, and opened the kitchen door.
Emmet was sitting down at the table, eating cereal. Benny was reading a book titled 'George's Secret Key To The Universe', and a tall person with messy brown hair was leaning back in his chair with an empty bowl in front of him.
As I came in, they all simultaneously turned their heads.
I got mixed reactions to say the least.
"Hey, Lucy!"
"Wyldstyle! You're ok! Thank goodness, I was getting worried after what Emmet said."
"Hello."
That last one was Rex. His blunt greeting was paired with an unreadable gaze straight into my eyes.
"Hiya," I said, smiling and pulling up a chair in between Emmet and Rex.
"So, you're Rex? Nice to meet you- "
"What do I call ya?"
I stared at him, puzzled. "Sorry?"
He snorted. "You just got called two different names. Which one do you prefer?"
"I, uh-"
"Wait, Emmet gets to call you something else? What happened with you two?" Benny giggled, ducking his head back into his book as Rex made to slap his head.
"I'll call you Wyldstyle then," he said, standing up to put his bowl in the sink.
I looked over at him, then to Emmet.
'Is this him being nice?' I mouthed.
'Kinda,' he answered.
As Rex sat back down again, Benny started talking, but I could see a smirk on Rex's face out of the corner of my eye.
"...and there's billions of stars that we still haven't even seen yet- "
"So how long have you know Emmet for?" Rex interrupted.
"Since I started at the beginning of this school year."
"Alright, alright. You miss your friends in your old town?"
I blinked, taken aback by the question. "Yeah. How did you know I moved here?"
"Emmet talks about you a lot."
I turned around and raised my eyebrows at Emmet, who was blushing really hard.
"I'll take that as a compliment?" I said, trying hard to keep a straight face.
Benny burst out laughing, and stammered out, "Yeah, it's true-"
Emmet shoved Benny's shoulder, almost pushing him off his chair. He then quickly placed his bowl in the sink, muttered that he was going to get dressed and practically ran out of the room.
Benny stared after him. "I feel bad now."
Rex snorted. "Go apologise then."
Benny slowly stood up and made his way out of the kitchen. Me and Rex sat in silence as we heard Benny running up the stairs two at a time shouting, "EMMET, I'M SORRY!"
Rex smirked. "I swear, they're so naive."
"Why do you say that?"
"I just did that so I could talk to you. So, what did Emmet tell you about me?"
I looked at Rex. "First off, that's smart. Second, not much."
"I appreciate that you want to be nice, but I'm sure that he's told you about our father." His tone went cold went cold when he said the last part, almost like he wouldn't- couldn't- show emotion.
"I- yeah. But you don't have to talk about it, I know how some people are around topics like that."
He nodded slowly. "Ok, good to know. You like Emmet, don't you?"
I frowned. "I didnt know we were playing Twenty Questions."
He laughed, a proper laugh. "Yeah, but you do. What's the situation? Already with someone?"
I grimaced. "Mhm."
"Do you feel guilty about cutting it off when you've just moved here?"
I sighed. "That's the thing though! It's been ages since I've come here, it's nearly Winter break for goodness sake. He's never the one to text, or call. I- I never liked him, it was all just to make me look cooler. Self-image, y'know? I wanted to be popular. I made a new name for myself, changed my looks... everything, really." I looked up at him. "You understand, right?"
He smirked. "Yep. I had a pretty bad time at school, actually. Found a girl I liked, became her friend, then she left me in the Friendzone." He took a sip from the glass of water in front of him.
"What do you want to do as a job?"
I shrugged. "I haven't really thought about it. I guess maybe an artist, or a musician."
Rex visibly perked up at my last comment. "Musician? What do you play?"
I froze.
No, I can't tell anyone-
"I sing."
Dang it.
He raised his eyebrows. "Really? That's pretty good. Have you done any professional work before?"
"Uh... yes." I cringed.
"Have you recorded anything?" He was genuinely interested in my answer.
"I sang the main vocals on the song 'Everything Is Awesome'."
"Wait, really? That's such a big song as well. Good going." He smiled.
"What about you?" I asked. "What do you want to do?"
"I'm in my gap year at the moment, but I'm going to uni to study Archaeology, specifically dinosaurs."
I laughed. "That's brilliant! I love dinosaurs."
"Everyone loves dinosaurs. I just like them more than others." He snorted.
"What's your favourite dinosaur?"
"Velociraptors, definitely. I mean, I love them all, but they're my favourites. Let's be honest, by now you already know I'm the kind of person who knows the Jurassic Park movies inside and out."
"I prefer the newer ones."
"Oh, of course. People say I remind them of Owen Grady. If only!" He started laughing and I joined in.
I was about to say something, but at that exact moment Benny walked in.
"He's ok, he was just really annoyed at you," he said, glaring at Rex. He only shrugged in response.
"I'm going to get my bag from upstairs, then get going, if that's ok with you," I butted into their stand-off.
"Sure. Just knock on the door before you go in," Benny said to me.
I hummed in acknowledgement, left the room and began to climb the stairs.