Chapter 3: Laughter
I should be halfway home by now. But I'm not.
I've actually decided to stay in this dump of a town. I smiled as I began to think about supper, which was now about four hours ago.
I walked down the stairs casually, pretending I didn't have any clue that there was extra company. I made Chloe sweat a little, trying to make her feel nervous, like I was a threat or something. I looked casually at the other guy… Wow, he was gorgeous. I tried to look as innocent as they all assumed I was as I sat down at the table. Grandma said, "Honey, I forgot to mention that I had dinner guests. These are the people that helped me fix up my home, Chloe and Clark."
I smiled as sweetly as I could, trying not to laugh at the way Chloe looked at me as beads of sweat formed on her forehead.
"Oh, it's such a pleasure to meet you. So you're the ones who were kind enough to help out Grandma. I'm Lexie."
"Nice to meet you too," said Clark.
Everyone sat down and Grandma said grace. Then we each grabbed a delicious piece of turkey and dug in. I finished eating first, and I was a little bored. I looked over at Chloe and had to cover my mouth to keep from laughing out loud. She was fanning herself and she had to take off her sweatshirt, even though Grandma keeps her house at around 60 degrees. I made her move her arm towards Clark to make it seem as though she was going to hit him. Somehow he caught her arm with his hand right before it would've hit his face.
"Chloe, what are you doing?" asked Clark with a surprised ring to his voice.
"I… Um… I don't know," Chloe said with even more surprise than Clark.
I couldn't help it anymore. I laughed. I couldn't stop. I couldn't stifle a "May I be excused", but I ran to my room anyway, laughing all the way.