(Chapter 4)
(Time skip: At Ethan's house)
Ethan got out of the car and went inside. He put his book bag in his room before going back to the kitchen, looking around for a few moments.
Following Ethan inside, he looks around a bit too, to figure out what he was looking at. "What….what are you looking for?" He asked.
"I'm deciding on what to do, cause I absolutely have to do the dishes but if I do the dishes I won't have much time to cook." Ethan sighed
"Simple solution, you cook, i'll do this dish, it's that simple- '' He suggests walking over to the sink. He leans his arm over the side of it, just looking at Ethan with a straight face.
Ethan nodded, "It shouldn't take too long for you." Ethan opened a cabinet above the stove. He pulled out a wooden box. He opened it and pulled out a little note that had a recipe. Ethan opened another cabinet. Ethan stood on his toes, still not being able to reach the box of pasta.
"Need help over here twinkle toes? You seem to be standing on them a lot-" He says being his tall self, he reaches for the pasta and hands it to Ethan, with a smug expression.
"Oh hush, it's not my fault I'm short" Ethan huffed, "Thank you" Ethan filled a pot with water before putting it on the stove and turning it on. Ethan got the rest of the things he needed.
Michael turns to wash the dishes again, laughing to himself. He soon finishes in maybe what? 20 minutes? And goes over to Ethan to bother him. "Hey" He says, without saying anything else.
"Hey?" Ethan was currently stirring the sauce for the pasta, "Do you need something?" Ethan sifted to stirring the pasta.
Michael shook his head. "Nope, just finished my job….and im bored-" Michael says, shrugging his shoulders. "And you are Not boring" He says moving over to the other side of Ethan.
"Well, can you stir these real quick while I set the table?" Ethan left the spoons on the stove before grabbing plates, forks and napkins before starting to set the table. Ethan finished and grabbed some w!ne glasses before grabbing some normal clear glasses. Ethan walked over finishing with the spaghetti, before covering it so it'll stay warm, "I'm gonna go change and then they should be here"
"Alright then-" Michael looked down at his own clothes. "Uhh…what about me? I dont think a school uniform is gonna be good for whoever is coming over" Michael explains.
"I'll get you something, come on" Ethan headed up the stairs. Ethan grabbed a white button up and black pants, throwing them at Michael, "The bathroom is across the hall"
Michael holds them on his arm. "Since when did you become mr. serious?" he asks leaving the room, heading to the bathroom. Walking down the hallway he starts speaking to himself. "Well he just threw them at me very aggressively-" He says.
"Just when I have too" Ethan shrugged, he grabbed his own clothes. Ethan soon went downstairs. He filled the normal glasses with ice and water. Ethan's father; Rick and his co-workers soon pulled up. Ethan walked over to the door, opening it. Rick greeted his son. Ethan greeted his fathers co-workers. They sat down at the table and Ethan went into the kitchen.
Michael finishes getting ready and walking downstairs, avoiding Ethan's father and his co-worker, he makes it to the kitchen. "Hey, Ethan? I'm ready, I also took the time to brush my hair for once-" Michael says, running his fingers through his hair. "It looks pretty nice, dontcha think? "
Ethan chuckled, "Yeah you look good." Ethan smiled brightly. Ethan was putting the food into an actual bowl, "Well, I'll be back and then we can hang out" Ethan walked out of the room. He served everyone, talking for about 15 minutes before coming back into the kitchen, "Welp, I'm done"
Michael's face lit up with a smile. "Alright then, let's do this! Er…..what exactly are we doing?" Michael asked, walking up to Ethan.
Ethan shrugged, "I'm not the coolest person in the world" Ethan laughed awkwardly, "What would you like to do? We can we leave and do something, but we gotta be back before 10 cause their gonna leave and then Caleb is gonna come by"
"Sure, i've got nothing else to do today, plus we can go get a snack or something, that is, if you're not tired of seeing food, haha" Michael laughed. "Plus I'm pretty sure its not this would take forever, it's not like a date or anything-"
"Yeah, sure. Why don't we go to dairy queen? I'm not really hungry but I kinda want ice cream" Ethan chuckled as he washed his hands in the sink, "Unless you want to go somewhere else"
"That's fine, I don't really mind, Ice cream is good anyway-" Michael laughs, running to the door, quietly anyway. He opens the door. "Lady's First ehe" Michael opened the door for him, with a smug expression.
"You little -*-*-" Ethan playfully pushed Michael before walking out of the door, heading to Michael's car
"It's called payback dude-" He says getting in the front seat of the car. He soon checks his phone. "Hey mom texted-" He reads the text before leaving. "Be home by 10….wow convenient-" He says, shrugging his shoulders.
"Ironic isn't it?" Ethan asked in a female southern accent, looking at Michael with a wide smile.
"Heh, yeah-" Michael laughs a bit, before starting up the car and starts driving.