"Are you Melody Laughlin?" he asked her urgently.
"Yeah, I am. Here, come in, make yourself comfy." Melody stepped out of Leo's way
"Ok." Leo nodded, and strolled through. Melody shut and locked the door behind her.
"Right, so how old are you Melody?" Leo asked.
"15. You?"
"16. You have to do what a say now, 'cause I'm older." Leo stuck his tongue out. Melody made a face, causing Leo to laugh a bit.
"Alright, so, your mom, Sarah or whatever, said there was another kid, where is she?" Leo asked.
"Samantha!" Melody called. Samantha came running down the stairs.
"What?" she said.
"Babysitter's here." Melody explained.
"I prefer the term, Protector of the Children, or, The Supreme Parent Helper." Leo said modestly.
Melody snorted. "I'll stick with babysitter, thanks."
"I figured as much." Leo sighed dramatically. Then he laughed once more, and grinned to show that it was all good.
Melody noticed that his hands never stopped moving. They never stayed in one spot for more than two seconds.
"Did you have coffee or something?" she blurted out. Then she looked down, embarrassed.
"Nah, I'm always like this. ADD." Leo shrugged.
"Ok. Sorry."
"No, you're good. Anyway, little blonde girl, what's your name? And how old are you?" Leo asked.
"I'm Samantha, and I'm 10 years old." Samantha introduced herself.
"Ok. I'm Leo and I'm 16. Good to meet ya." Leo turned to Melody, "Is she like, your cousin, or something?"
"No, she's my sister!" Melody said.
"Really? Wow, you guys look nothing alike!" Leo said, looking surprised.
"Different Dad's." Melody said curtly.
Leo nodded, and glanced around the house, like he was waiting for something to jump out at them.
"Alright, so it's what, 5:00pm now, I kinda sort of forgot when Sarah said she'd be back, so we'll just hang out up here till she gets back. " Leo explained.
Melody nodded. "Samantha, at 6:00 you're gonna take your bath, ok?"
Samantha ignored her, and started to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Melody demanded.
"To watch tv in my room." Samantha said.
"Ok, well...have fun I guess, then. " Melody said awkwardly.
Leo chuckled.
Samantha nodded, and ran up the stairs to her room.
"So…what usually happens now?" Leo asked.
"Um, well, Mom will start doing something, like work, or dinner, or hanging out with one of us. If she's with Samantha, then I'll usually go in my room and play guitar, or something." Melody said.
"Oh, cool. Where does your mom work?"
"She's a doctor at the nearby hospital." Melody answered. She had always lived a financially stable life; she didn't like to tell people that her family was rich, however. She felt as though it made her snobby.
Leo nodded thoughtfully.
"LEOOOO!" Samantha shrieked, running down the steps. Leo and Melody jumped up, alarm evident in their faces.
"My internet is not working! FIX IT!" she demanded, stomping her foot.
"Sam, honey, we don't know how, I'm sorry!" Melody turned to Leo. "Do you know how to fix internet?"
"Nope sorry." Leo said apologetically.
"It's fine, no worries." Melody said, waving her hand.
"It is a problem! Fix it NOW!" Samantha sobbed angrily.
"Samantha, we can't!" Melody said, trying to sound reasonable. "But, tell you what, we can go to the swimming pool.." she said.
"Fine…I'll go get changed…" Samantha said grumpily. She slowly trudged up the stairs.
"Um…I don't have a bathing suit…" Leo said awkwardly.
Melody shrugged. "It doesn't matter, you can take off your shirt and just wear your shirt. It doesn't have a very strict bathing suit policy. I speak from experience." She laughed.
Leo raised his eyebrows. "Oh really?" he asked.
Melody grinned, and explained. "I was with an old boyfriend, and as we were walking, he picked me up, and threw me in the pool. I got so mad at him, I was wearing my favorite skinny jeans and tank top. But he jumped in afterwards, and we both swam around in jeans and t-shirts, and nobody seemed to care."
"Oh." Leo chuckled.
"Yeah. But, I'm still going to get changed, so I'll be right back. Stay DOWN HERE!" Melody said, remembering times when boys had accidentally walked in on her changing at camp.
Leo raised his hands in surrender, grinning. "Yes, Ma'am." He said.
She nodded in satisfaction, and ran upstairs to get changed. She dug through her drawer to get her favorite bathing suit…she was looking for her black and hot pink string bikini. Finally she found it, buried under her pile of clothes.
Quickly, she got changed; she didn't want to keep Samantha and Leo waiting.
When she was done, she ran down the down the stairs, while pulling her hair up in a ponytail…
Suddenly, she went weightless. For a second. Then she felt her head hit something hard. Then her arm…then her leg, and finally, her back.
Melody opened her eyes to see that both Leo and Samantha were looking at her with expressions of fake concern. It was extremely obvious to see that they were both struggling not to burst out laughing.
As Melody thought of what happened, she realized that she must've fallen down the steps, banged her head and arm on the wall, and landed on her back.
"Ow." She said stupidly.
Leo and Samantha couldn't hold it in anymore. They both started laughing so hard, that they too, fell on the floor, and soon tears were streaming down their faces.
Melody took a stand, and rolled her eyes. "Haha, very funny." She said sarcastically. Then she pretended to collapse on her knees in despair. "What if I had gotten hurt?" she wailed dramatically. "Would you care then?" she pretended to sob.
Then she grinned and stood up. "I'm just kidding, I don't care. Sam, did you get the towels?" she asked.
"Yeah!" Samantha answered enthusiastically, excited to go to the pool.
"Awesome, then let's go!" Melody said, grabbing her keys.
Then she grabbed Leo's right arm, and Samantha's right arm, and practically dragged them out the door, locking it behind her.
Did you guys enjoy? Sorry if you didn't like this chapter…What will happen at the pool? Review, and tell me! I'll use the idea that sounds best to me in the next chapter! Also, thanks to my first reviewers: TheGreenLamp and ArtemisApollo97! Have some cookies! (::) (::)