No One Could Have Guessed
A/N: My friend read this before I posted it and thought I was implying that Sean was Christine's father. Don't worry he's not. That's...just wrong. Really wrong. Also I slightly edited Chapter 9.
10- Christine and Manny, The Good
She thought about what had happened the entire walk home. Christine was a little confused about how she should feel about all this. She thought she should be mad at Jessica for what she did. But she was falling for Sean, but he had pulled away from her. So she didn't know how he was feeling. It was all so much to process at once. She walked up to the door and walked in the house to find Manny sitting on the couch.
"Hey baby." Manny said through the smile she had for years.
"Hi ma. What's going on?" Christine tried to hide her smile. It wasn't working.
"Nothing really. How come your home so early I thought you would be out later. Anything wrong?" Manny's smile was gone, her face now full of concern.
"No nothing's wrong. You worry to much mom." she said laughing trying to make it seem like it was ridiculous.
"So what did the two of you do?" Manny and Christine didn't talk much so she tried to keep the conversation going.
"We just hung around the house, ordered a pizza, watched some tv, you know the normal sleep over stuff." she said, surprised at how easily she could lie.
Manny noticed the bandage over Christine's hand and tried not to look at it. She didn't want Christine to see her staring at it and then walk away before she could ask about it. So she casually got up, walked toward her, and grabbed her hand.
"Christine, what is this?" she was waiting to hear what she cold come up with.
"We were playing basketball and when I was running I tripped and landed on it. You know how clumsy I am." she said it with ease as the lies kept coming.
"Oh ok." Manny thought back to all the times she had tripped and fallen out of her own clumsiness.
"And I was meaning to ask you, do you know someone named Sean Cameron? Cause he seemed to have known you." Christine was hoping she wouldn't recognize the name.
"Yea...How do you know him?" she was taken a little off guard. Thoughts of Sean and her together flashed through Manny's head. She snapped back to reality and was interested in what the hell Christine was doing that she knew who he is.
"That's where I was at his place. Ok, that didn't come out as good as it sounded in my head. I'm friends with his niece Jessica, who lives with him. So I met him and he recognized the name Santos and asked if I knew you.. There that was better."
Christine knows the bullshit is in the details so if she's going to answer, she's going to fully explain. That way there is no room for doubt. She wasn't stupid, she wouldn't do something if there wasn't a reasonable 'acceptable' lie to go with it. And it had never failed her.
"Oh. He say anything?" Manny was a bit stunned.
"Nothing really he was in a rush to leave. When me and Jess went in he was leaving, so it was a quick introduction." Again with the lying. Christine continued,
"Well I'm gonna go shower and change." she was happy to get away. And thought, 'Well that went smooth.'
"Alright." Manny was relieved. She didn't want Christine to know too much about Sean and her. 'Atleast she's adjusting quickly. It's nothing like New York here. And she's made friends quickly. That's good.'
A/N: My friend read this before I posted it and thought I was implying that Sean was Christine's father. Don't worry he's not. That's...just wrong. Really wrong. Also I slightly edited Chapter 9.
10- Christine and Manny, The Good
She thought about what had happened the entire walk home. Christine was a little confused about how she should feel about all this. She thought she should be mad at Jessica for what she did. But she was falling for Sean, but he had pulled away from her. So she didn't know how he was feeling. It was all so much to process at once. She walked up to the door and walked in the house to find Manny sitting on the couch.
"Hey baby." Manny said through the smile she had for years.
"Hi ma. What's going on?" Christine tried to hide her smile. It wasn't working.
"Nothing really. How come your home so early I thought you would be out later. Anything wrong?" Manny's smile was gone, her face now full of concern.
"No nothing's wrong. You worry to much mom." she said laughing trying to make it seem like it was ridiculous.
"So what did the two of you do?" Manny and Christine didn't talk much so she tried to keep the conversation going.
"We just hung around the house, ordered a pizza, watched some tv, you know the normal sleep over stuff." she said, surprised at how easily she could lie.
Manny noticed the bandage over Christine's hand and tried not to look at it. She didn't want Christine to see her staring at it and then walk away before she could ask about it. So she casually got up, walked toward her, and grabbed her hand.
"Christine, what is this?" she was waiting to hear what she cold come up with.
"We were playing basketball and when I was running I tripped and landed on it. You know how clumsy I am." she said it with ease as the lies kept coming.
"Oh ok." Manny thought back to all the times she had tripped and fallen out of her own clumsiness.
"And I was meaning to ask you, do you know someone named Sean Cameron? Cause he seemed to have known you." Christine was hoping she wouldn't recognize the name.
"Yea...How do you know him?" she was taken a little off guard. Thoughts of Sean and her together flashed through Manny's head. She snapped back to reality and was interested in what the hell Christine was doing that she knew who he is.
"That's where I was at his place. Ok, that didn't come out as good as it sounded in my head. I'm friends with his niece Jessica, who lives with him. So I met him and he recognized the name Santos and asked if I knew you.. There that was better."
Christine knows the bullshit is in the details so if she's going to answer, she's going to fully explain. That way there is no room for doubt. She wasn't stupid, she wouldn't do something if there wasn't a reasonable 'acceptable' lie to go with it. And it had never failed her.
"Oh. He say anything?" Manny was a bit stunned.
"Nothing really he was in a rush to leave. When me and Jess went in he was leaving, so it was a quick introduction." Again with the lying. Christine continued,
"Well I'm gonna go shower and change." she was happy to get away. And thought, 'Well that went smooth.'
"Alright." Manny was relieved. She didn't want Christine to know too much about Sean and her. 'Atleast she's adjusting quickly. It's nothing like New York here. And she's made friends quickly. That's good.'