I was so excited for Aria to come over, I was totally panicking at home.
"Do we have all the snacks ready?" I asked Amanda about a thousand times, or even
"What about the drinks?"
Until finally, Amanda grabbed my shoulders and shook me back and forth. "Calm down."
I sighed and went to sit on the couch, my leg bouncing up and down.
Until finally, the doorbell rang. I ran to the door, took a deep breath, and swung the door open wide, revealing Aria in black skinny jeans and a blue tshirt. I've never actually seen her in normal clothes before, considering we wear uniforms.
"Hey!" She smiled and walked inside. "Nice place."
"Oh, thanks, I guess." I smiled back at her.
She sighed and took a deep breath. "Can I be honest with you?"
I furrowed my eyebrows and nodded. "Sure."
"I'm kinda terrified right now."
We both just kinda stared at each other before laughing.
"Me too." I said, my laughs dying down.
Amanda came out and looked at Aria, "Hey, honey. I'm Anastasia's sister."
Aria shook Amanda's hand and smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Ms. Rollins."
"Oh no, none of that. I'm Amanda." She laughed. "Ms. Rollins makes me feel old."
I smiled at Amanda and looked back at Aria, "Do you wanna come to my room?"
"Yeah." She nodded.
I lead her into my bedroom and we sat on my bed.
"I've never really had guests my age. What do people do when they go to each others houses?" I asked.
"Don't ask me. Whenever friends came over, well, we stayed on our phones most of the time." She sighed. "It was never really all that fun."
"Do you like TV?" I offered.
"Duh." She scoffed.
So, to the television we went.
"Who does she think she is!" Aria gasped, throwing a pillow at the tv.
We were in the middle of a great movie, lets just say that.
"I know." I groaned. "I mean, how can she just judge him like that!"
"She's such a...Ugh!" Aria groaned.
Then, the front door opened to reveal Nick holding grocery bags. He furrowed his eyebrows and took in the sight.
Me and Aria were on the couch in pajamas (I let her borrow some), eating icecream and popcorn while drinking coke. We turned off all the lights and we were curled up in the blankets.
Nick flicked the light switch on.
I blocked my eyes and groaned, "Hey. Why'd you do that."
"It's almost dark, I can't see anything." He laughed, bringing the bags into the kitchen.
My eyes widened and I looked to the clock. Seven PM already? Aria sighed. "Maybe I can ask my mom if I can sleep over!"
I nodded my head excitedly. "Nick, can Aria sleep over!?"
"Sure." He smiled at me, winking his left eye.
I winked back and looked at Aria whom was texting her mom.
"She said I can!" She grinned.
"This is so cool." I grinned back. "I've never had a sleep over before."
"Me either." Aria laughed.
"Where's Amanda?" Nick asked.
"She's in the bath." I replied.
"What do you girls want for dinner?" He asked, making his way to the master bathroom.
I shrugged and looked at Aria, "Any diet restrictions?"
She shook her head. "I'm not allergic to anything."
"Okay, anything that interests you right now?" I asked.
She stood up and ran over to the fridge. "Can I look at your stuff?"
I nodded. "Sure."
She came back to me with dino nuggets and tater tots.
Nick laughed. "You could have the fanciest thing you wanted, cause you're a guest. And you choose nuggets and tater tots?"
Araia shrugged. "It's a balanced meal."
Nick laughed once again, "I'll put the stuff in the oven in a sec."
Me and Aria went back to our movie to make fun of the actors some more, because that seemed to be very entertating to the two of us.
The four of us sat down, eating the frozen meal. Me and Aria found ourselves fighting each other with our chicken molded t-rex's. Nick came over with his stegosarus and attacked us both, stealing both nuggests from our hands. I scoffed, "That's cheating."
"I've never been a fair player." He said, mouth full of food."
Aria and I laughed.
That night, me and Aria lied awake in my bed, staring at the ceiling. "Today was the best day of my life." Aria said.
"Seriously?" I looked at her.
"Believe it or not, money doesn't make happiness." She smiled slightly, a tear dripping down from her eyes. "My dad loses himself at the bottom of a bottle most nights. My mom sleeps with different men every night. And me? I lock myself in my room and wait for my dad to stop banging on my door."
My eyes widened, I wasn't sure where this was coming from. But I wrapped her in a hug anyway.
"I'm so sorry, Aria." I said. I wasn't really sure what to say.
Aria started sobbing. "You're so lucky. To have Nick and Amanda. They love you so much, y'know?"
I nodded. "I know."
"You're lucky to have two people that love you." She sniffled, "My mom didn't say I could sleep over. She didn't answer my text. I think she was at her boyfriends house."
"Does your dad ever...Do anything, that makes you uncomfortable?" I asked. "My sister and Nick are detectives for the Special Victims Unit. We can help you if you're in trouble."
She looked at me, her blue eyes so dreary and lost. "I don't say no. He wouldn't be arrested anyway."
Wasn't expecting that, right? So what do you guys think will happen? Will Aria tell Amanda and Nick?
