6. Just another Monday?

I was at my locker looking at myself in my mirror. I saw him behind me. "I had fun Saturday Cambrey. Your family was very fun." he told me as he walked me to my class. "Yeah. I'm sorry about the fighting though they usually never fight. They probably did that to annoy me because I like you." as soon as I like you came out I put my hand over my mouth. As if that could make the words have not been said.

He smiled at me. "It's ok Cambrey actually that is what I was going to tell you. I like you. You just made that so much easier for me. Now we can skip that whole awkward part and I can ask you my question." he told me, still smiling. "You like me to?" I asked in disbelief. Wow Cambrey. Now he is going to think your idiotic. He just said a whole speech and all you got out of it was that he likes you. He laughed a tiny bit. "Yes I do. Can I ask my question?" he said. "Oh yeah of course sorry." "I was wondering if you would like to go on a second date Friday." he said. Wow I thought he was going to ask my to be his girlfriend. This guy is good. He takes things fast and yet makes the slow so its not awkward and sudden.

"I would love to would you like to go to the diner or that new pizza place that opened up Thursday?" I asked. "How about the diner." "Yeah that sounds good." I told him and went into the class room.

"You seem happy missy." my mom told me as I sat at the counter with my backpack. Jace and I decided not to study today. "Why is Cammi happy?" Landon asked and took a drink of water from his water bottle as he entered the kitchen. "I got a second date with Jace Benet." I said and Landon spit his water out. "YOU WHAT!!" he yelled. All my brothers and sisters were in there in seconds. "What's going on?" Lauren asked as she ran in with everyone else. "Yeah what is going on? You seemed fine with me going on a date with him a week ago and now suddenly you don't like that idea!!" I yelled right back in his face. "Yeah well I thought it was a one time thing and you would never go out again. The guy is probably just playing you Cambrey." Don't give me that first name crap idiot. "For your information Jace actually likes me! He told me and walked me to my class!" I yelled. "Yeah well what happens when you find out he cheated on you with someone!" he yelled back. "He would never do that and you have no authority over who I date Landon. You have had 10 girlfriends and I didn't say anything about it!" What is he my father?

I ran past everyone in the kitchen entrance to my room. I grabbed one of my pillows and held it to my chest. I hated brothers they thought they needed to protect you. Well I didn't need protecting. He had no say in what I did or didn't do. If I wanted to take a plane to New York I would by god do it. He had no say and it made me mad that he thought he did. "Landon Andrew Nicholson what in the world do you think you are doing?" I heard my mom yell at him. I knew everyone was still in there. "I was just trying to protect her." I heard him say in a normal tone to her. None of us would dare yell at our mom. She would send us off to our father to live with or ground us for the rest of our lives. "That is my job Landon. I think Jace is a very nice boy and his mom is just as nice. And I can assure you that I have not liked some of the girls you have brought home." she told him. Thank you mom. "Yeah I didn't like Ashley." I heard Devon say and Mallory agree. I shuddered at that name. That girl had had some problems. She thought we were all out to get her or do something bad to her. "I'll go apologize." he told everyone. "I want to hear no yelling are we clear?" she asked. "Yes." he said.

I heard his footsteps coming up the stairs and towards my room. I heard a knock on the door. "Go away I don't want to talk." I said. "Please let me in. I want to apologize." he said and he was begging. I got off my bed and unlocked my door. "What." I said in an angry voice. I let him in and he sat down next to me on my bed. "Listen Cambrey I'm sorry. I really am I just don't want him to hurt you." he said rubbed up and down on my upper arm. "He won't Landon." I told him. "You don't know that Cambrey." Landon shook his head. "Your right I don't unless I give him a chance." I told him and finally met his eyes. He sighed "Fine but if I find anything wrong or suspicious about him I'm telling you." I nodded. "Landon I need to talk to you about something." I said seriously and he looked up at me. "What's wrong?" "Nothing I just don't know what to do." I said truthfully. "About?" he probed me to go on. "Well what if he asks me to be his girlfriend?" I saw him smile a little. "Cambrey you just fought with me about him for fifteen minutes, you like him don't you?" he asked. "Yes." "Do you trust him?" "I don't know." I told him truthfully. "I approve Cammi. I think Jace is trustworthy of you." he said. I hope we had this conversation if I figured out I love him. "Ok then I have nothing to be worried about." "Nothing we have your back." he told me. "I love you Landon." I said as he was about to walk out. "I love you to Cambrey." he said as he turned around. Ha and I thought this was just another Monday. Little did I know this was going to happen.