Chapter eight

Drake walked up to his room and flung on to the couch. He couldn't believe she had a boyfriend, and that he cared she had one. What was wrong with him?

"Hey boob, listen. I heard you and Mindy talking and I don't want you to date Hailey. She's my friend so you can't steal her from me. Got it?" Megan looked at Drake with an evil glare. He got up and stood in front of her.

"Megan, Mindy was just kidding. I don't like Hailey at all. I have a girlfriend and I like her a lot. Don't worry I think I can stay away from the babysitter." He said this to convince his little sister, but also himself in away.

"Yeah, but if you try anything, you'll wake up in a Russian circus." With that she left Drake very scared in his room.

"Hello, is anyone home? Megs?" Hailey walked in and put her stuff on the couch. Megan came down the stairs when Hailey walked in. "Hey I have got so much to tell you tonight, but first why don't we start dinner." Megan nodded and walked in front of Hailey to the kitchen.

"So what are going to make?" Megan asked as she sat at the table. Hailey looked through the cabinets and through the fridge. She really wasn't the best of cooks so she looked for something simple.

"Well what do you want to eat? We could have…"

"Hey guys I'm home." Hailey was so relieved that Josh had just got home, that way he could make dinner and she would be off the hook.

"Josh, we're in the kitchen." Josh walked in and looked at Hailey then at Megan.

"So what are we going to have for dinner? I could make some pasta, spaghetti sound alright?"

"Yeah, I'm going to help Megan with her homework, so if you need me just call." Hailey grabbed Megan and dragged her to her room.

"What was that all about?" Megan asked as the two girls sat on her bed.

"You know I don't like to cook. I can barely make toast." Megan nodded her head remembering that morning the toaster almost exploded.

"So what's up with you? Anything fun happen at school? Do you like any guys there yet?" Hailey was a big sister all the way. Megan loved that she had someone to tell all of this stuff to.

"Well there is this one guy that I sort of like, but he's really annoying sometimes, and he can be a real jerk. But he's really nice when it's just me and him, I don't get it."

"Meg's boys can be confusing. I'm still trying to figure them out and I'm in high school. If you like him let him know, then tell him that he's annoying or being a jerk. It's better to tell him then keep it all hidden." Megan smiled at Hailey, she always gave really good advice when it came to guys.

"I saw you talking to Aaron today. We drove past you on our way home. You two look good together." Hailey thought a minute.

"Yeah I guess we do, but me and Aaron are taking so time apart. I need to focus on other stuff like school. And I have to look after you a lot more recently so we don't really have time for each other."

"It sounds like you don't have time for him."

"Yeah well a part of me doesn't want time form him, or any other boy. I really want to focus on other things." Hailey didn't know why she didn't want a boyfriend right now, but she was sure that she had to do things like school and watching Megan for money to go to her other school.

"Well at least you have your priorities straight. So it smells like dinner's ready. Race you. One…Two. Three…" Megan took off before Hailey even got off the bed.

"Josh what did you make?" Drake asked as he walked into the kitchen. He walked over and pulled out some pasta from the strainer.

"Stop! Don't put your hands in the food. Everyone has to eat that." Megan came in to the kitchen and went to the cabinet to get out the plates. "Megan, Mindy's going to be coming too so add another plate."

"So what is this like playing house with you two?" Drake asked upset that he would feel like a third wheel. Mindy was always over and he could never bring one of his girlfriends over, just in case they thought that meant it would go longer that three weeks.

"No this isn't like 'playing house'. She just wanted to come over. Do you have a problem with that?"

"No I just don't like her. I'll go put this stuff out." Drake took the plates from Megan and walked out.

"Did he ever act normal?" Josh asked Megan.

"How should I know I never saw him before." She took out silverware and cups then walked out to the dining room.

Hailey was looking at some of the pictures on the mantel when Drake came out of the kitchen. He put the plates on the table and started putting them on the place mats. She looked over at him now and then but didn't say anything. He knew she was looking over, but choose to play hard to get, and didn't let her know he wanted to talk to her.

"Was this your house before Audrey and Walter got married? There seems to be a lot of pictures of you and Megan as babies." Hailey held up one picture of Drake holding an infant Megan.

"No, Josh was just an ugly baby." Drake said not looking at her, but smiling to himself. She was stunned that he said that about his brother. He turned around to look at her face and couldn't hold in the laughter. "I was just kidding Josh's pictures are on the bookcase. This was my house so my mom made room over there."

"That wasn't very nice of you. I thought you were telling the truth." She walked over to the bookcase and took down one of Josh's pictures. "I actually think he was cuter than you as a baby." She teased and walked into the kitchen. He laughed at her as she walked away from him, she wasn't as bad as he thought she was going to be.