Meeting the Millers

|22| One man down

A/N
Ok, whew. It took us twenty two chapters but finally we made it.... Not to the end obviously but to Carmens peak

Not saying much but here we go :)

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•CARMEN•

"Is it done yet?" She asks impatiently

"You know what, why don't you go finish off your painting and it will be soon" I say amused

She runs off and I smile to myself as I take a plate out of the cupboard. That smile was instantly wiped clean after seeing who just walking into the kitchen, his timing is honestly the worst. We stare at each other for a moment until I look away first, I pretend like he doesn't exist as I pour Grace's food onto her plate, she's having chicken Alfredo today.

Carter watches as I set her plate down along with a cup filled with water, "Grace!"

She runs back in almost immediately and Carter looks back, "Remember how you said you wanted to be a big girl and use a big plate?" I remind her

She nods and I hand it to her, "Don't drop it" I warn

Grace smiles at her food excitedly and I snort as she walks into the dining room, she's so cute. Carter sits down at the island, "Why weren't you in school?" He finally asks

I put the left over Alfredo in containers before putting them into the fridge, "Didn't feel like it"

"Are you gonna have dinner?"

I look at him annoyed as I shut the fridge and he raises his hands with surrender. All these questions have you eaten? Are you gonna eat? I've had enough of them

"Carmen" He then suddenly says

Why can't he leave me alone again?

"Carter" I reply in the same tone

"What happened between you and Eliza"

I wipe down the tables surface, "No clue what your talking about"

"I'm serious"

"So am I"

"What does she have on you" He asks quietly

"Who says she has anything on me?" I scoff

"You told June that she was gonna ruin your life"

Remind me to be careful of what I say around June..... but I'll be honest I don't actually remember saying that at all, "Well then she's delusional because I never said that"

He shrugs, "Fine I'll just ask Eliza what happened myself-

"Don't" I say a little too quickly

"So then tell me-

"Or you can just fuck off" I reply before going into the dining room, why is everyone so concerned about what happened.

I sit opposite Grace, "Good?"

She nods as she slurps the pasta, "When your done we'll watch something ok?"

"Can we watch princess and the frog?"

I smile, "Whatever you want"

Like always, she fell asleep halfway through the movie. I had to wake her up though so that she could brush her teeth and change into her pyjamas. I put her to bed afterwards, now I'm gonna go home and sleep because I'm absolutely exhausted.

Carter comes into view as I put my shoes on by the door, "Look C, I shouldn't have said that you needed to tell your family about your situation, it's just.... the things that you were saying when you were high scared me, you know?"