Chapter 15- Tour.
"Dinners finished, I'm just taking it out." Emmas voice travelled from the kitchen to Robyn walking in the door with Jughead following a step behind. They walked through to the kitchen.
"Thank you." Robyn watched as her sister put the pasta bake on the oven top. "Can you get some bowls and stuff ready while I give Jughead the full tour of the place?"
"Sure thing." Emma smiled and got to doing as her sister asked.
"The full tour?" Jughead asked, surprised.
"Of course. Right, you've seen most of down here, we have the dining room through here." She led him through a door to the dining room, sparcely decorated but with a six seat dining table in the centre of the room. "We tend to eat here on evenings that I work, evenings off we are usually just sit and watch tv while we eat. You don't have to join us for dinner all the time, and you feel free to invite people over as long as you give a little warning and preferably people I know."
"I'm not one for a lot of dinner parties." She laughed lightly at the tone of voice he used.
"We aren't either, for the most part it's likely to just be the two of us, and you as often you like." He nodded at her.
"If your baking was anything to go by I think your food will be good enough to keep me coming for as many meals as you'll have me." That made her laugh again.
"I look forward to your review of my cooking." She took him to the back of the dining room to the patio doors. "We have a garden as well, which we spend time in when it's warm out, it will start getting colder now so I can't see it happening too often." She led him back out of the dining room and through the kitchen back to the stairs by the front door, when upstairs she took him down one side to the bedroom that would be his. "It's a pretty bare bedroom but the bed is comfy and the tv has everything including Netflix, we can make you up your own account if you'd rather not get the recommendations from Emmas movie choices." That made him laugh brightly.
"You don't need to do that." She joined in laughing lightly and nodded.
"You've got a wardrobe and chest of drawers, we have extra shelves if you need them too. There's also nails in the wall in case you want to hang anything. If you need anything else just let me know, feel free to decorate and make the place your own." Jughead smiled at her as he made his way to the bed to drop off his bag, planning on unpacking it later.
"I really don't need much shelf space, I'm fairly minimalistic in nature." She nodded lightly at him.
"We are a chatty bunch in this house so you will hear a lot of stories, especially from Emma about school and friends. However tell either of us to shut up or go away and we will." That made him laugh again. "We also have an open door policy so we tend to be in and out of each others rooms all the time, this is open to you so feel free to step into either of our rooms to hang out and talk, or just to have a little company. I'll make sure Emma doesn't do that to you without your permission." She followed him back out of the bedroom and pointed to the next door at the end of the hall for him to open. "That's the bathroom, pretty standard bath, shower, toilet, and sink. We have a whole bunch of products in there but if you have any requests let me know and I'll get some in. There's also the main first aid kit in here, a secondary one in the kitchen just in case. Emma showers in there in the morning but I'll make sure she plans so she's out with enough for you, if you need though there is another shower in my en suite that you can use whenever you need. I'm usually awake, ready and downstairs by the time Emma is in the shower so it should be free for you." He nodded to her, looking around the bathroom briefly.
"I'm happy with any products you've got." She closed the door and gestured back up the hall to the door on the other side of his.
"My room, go on in." He opened the door and stepped in. "The en suite is that door in the corner. The walls aren't too bad so you shouldn't be disturbed too much but I'll keep the noise down at night, I don't sleep very well so I tend to be up late." He nodded, a slightly look of concern coming to his face as he turned back to her.
"I'm not a great sleeper either so I don't mind." She smiled and was glad to see the concern start to leave his face as he turned back to the room. "This art all yours?" She shrugged lightly.
"Some are mine, a few are pieces I bought or got as gifts. I swap out the ones in here all the time, Emma has a lot in her room too." He nodded.
"And who is this guy?" She felt herself blush as he took hold of the stuffed toy on her bed.
"She, is a girl start." He chuckled lightly.
"Oh sorry, whos is this girl?" He held it up and shook it slightly.
"She is little elephant, because I had no imagination as a child." He laughed brightly again.
"I like it." She felt the blush deepen as she reached up grabbed the stuffed toy from him, but couldn't help the smile that came to her face at his laugh.
"I also have a big elephant, but he is in Emmas room now. I got them when I was about 2 so that was pretty much the limit of my naming ability." That made him chuckle lightly again. "Anyway, on with the tour." She put little elephant back on the bed and followed Jughead back out of the room. She lead him back passed the stairs to te other side and gestured to the furthest door. "That's my dad's room, only room that's off limits." She went towards the other door. "This is Emmas room." She opened the door and moved to allow him to look around the room covered in pastel colours, hanging pictures and sketches. She watched him look around with a smile on his face and quirk an eyebrow.
"Big elephant?" She rolled her eyes and nodded, realising he had noticed the stuffed toy that was much the same as the one in her room but larger. She closed the door as she moved away.
"I think that's about everything." She started making her way back to the stairs with Jughead following. "We don't have many rules here, you're not expected to follow a kurfew or anything, you can come and go as you please and spend as much or as little time with us as you like. Bring people over to stay out all night, I need to know if people are coming and I'd rather know if you aren't going to be back for the night. I know you work at the drive-in some nights, we love going as well when we get the chance. I'll get a key cut for you and give it to you after school tomorrow." He nodded lightly.
"Thank you, for all of this. This place is great, so are you and your sister." She smiled broadly at that.
"You're very welcome." She walked back into the kitchen to see everything laid out ready for the dinner to be served. "Go sit down and I'll bring everything in, what drink do you like?"
"I'll grab drinks, you can't carry everything." Jughead ignored her suggestion and went to the fridge instead. "Coke for you both?" Robyn nodded to him.
"Thank you." He just nodded in return and made his way into the living room to see Emma back in the chair and handed her one of the drinks, placing the other two on the small table in front of the couch.
"Didn't start the movie then?" Emma just smiled and shook her head.
"Wouldn't want you to miss anything." He laughed lightly at that.
Robyn came in holding three bowls of the pasta bake and he stood up to help her by taking his bowl from her arm. She passed the other bowl to her sister and sat down at the other end of the couch to him.
"It's nice of you to help, so thank you. I am a waitress though, I can manage to carry this stuff." She laughed a little and her sister joined in with it making Jughead roll his eyes trying to keep a straight face.
"Just trying to keep the pasta in the bowls instead of on the floor." That earned a shocked look from Robyn.
"I am really not the clumsy." That just got a snort of laughter from Emma before she turned her attention back to the tv to start the movie.
