Ryder the Love Genius | Protector 2.2

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

       Mae walked into the apartment and flopped onto the couch, resting her head on my lap. "I'm dropping out of university," she said.

      "Yeah, right," I said.

      "I am. It's too hard," she whined. "Why did I choose to become a nurse? I should have done something easy like....I don't know. Something easy."

       I chuckled and ran my hand through her hair. "Hey, we just started university. You could always change it at any time."

       "Yeah," she said. "I'm not even sure I want to be a nurse. I did at first, but now that I'm actually taking it....I have no idea what I want to do."

       "It's okay," I said. "I didn't even know what I wanted to do until I was applying for college. You'll think of something, okay?"

       "Okay," she said. "But I'm sad now. Only a kiss will make me feel better."

       "A chocolate kiss?" I asked.

       "No," she said with a pout. "A kiss."

       I smiled at her. "I know," I said before leaning down and pressing my lip on hers. She reached up and wrapped her arms around my neck. Without disconnecting our lips, she sat up and onto my lap. I wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her even closer to me as my lips moved to her neck.

       The door opened, followed by a disgusted scoff. "Uggh, couples," Jerome said, which caused me and Mae to pull away from each other. "Couples are stupid and stupid and another word for stupid."

       "What has you in a bad mood?" Mae asked, adjusting herself so she was still sitting on my lap but she could see Jerome. "And you have a boyfriend, so you're part of a couple."

       "A stupid boyfriend," Jerome said, flopping down on the chair.

       "One, don't call my brother stupid, I said. "And two, what happened?"

       "He got mad at me for wanting to go out somewhere," Jerome said. "We've been dating for over a month and never went out on a first date, so I just suggested that we go out to dinner and he refused and got mad, so I got mad back."

       I sighed. "Jerome, even though Nolan came out to his family, he's still a bit worried about what other people will think"

       "Why?" Jerome asked. "Everyone he cares about knows he's gay and doesn't care. Who cares what anybody else thinks?"

       "I know, but this is Nolan we're talking about," I said. "He's only a sophomore in high school and he's probably the most insecure in the family. He hates it when people make fun of him or bash him, even if he doesn't know them."

       "He's overreacting," Jerome said, crossing his arms over his chest. "It's not like some random person would just approach our table and bash us."

       "I'm pretty sure you're the one overreacting," I said. "Just be patient with him."

       Jerome just scoffed before going to his bedroom and slamming the door behind him. 

       "So...." Mae said slowly. "Where were we?" Mae leaned forward to kiss me, but I moved my head so she kissed my cheek. "What's wrong?"

       "I should probably check in on Nolan," I said. "Like I said, he's really insecure and if he got into a fight with Jerome, he must be doing pretty bad."

       "Okay," she said, getting off of my lap and sitting beside me.

       I grabbed my cell phone and called Nolan's number, but he didn't answer. I tried one more time before I sighed and hung up. Instead, I sent him a text message, telling him that I knew what happened and he could call me if he ever wanted to talk.

       "Want to go check out that cafe nearby?" I asked Mae. "I'm a bit hungry and I'm too lazy to make something."

       "Sure," she said. 

       We got up from the couch and went to the cafe that was between our apartment and the college. As soon as we walked in, we were greeted by the sweet aroma of freshly-baked chocolate cookies.

       I looked around, seeing a small stage nearby and a microphone, my guess for karaoke since the was also a screen nearby.

       Mae and I got to the front of the line and each got a few cookies and some hot chocolate. We sat down at the table, sitting beside each other. "So, since we have some free time, how about some wedding planning?" Mae asked.

       "Okay," I said. "You know, if we want, we can always ask Jerome and Nolan for ideas. They have a lot."

       "Yeah, but I'd rather have our own ideas," Mae said. "No offense to them."

       I chuckled and kissed her cheek, just because I could.

       We planned out a few things, but our planning was cut short when I saw April and Kimberly walked into the cafe. They both glared at me and Mae before getting their own food.

       "Great," I said. "They're here."

       "Just ignore them," Mae said.

       "Yeah, that's kind of impossible considering how annoying they are," I said.

       "Tell me about it," Mae said.

       As it turned out, the stage set up was for karaoke and when it started, Kimberly was the third person up there and decided to sing a song. And being the competitive person she was, she and April walked over to me afterwards. "Beat that," Kimberly said.

       "Wow, I see you turn everything into a competition," I said. "Sorry, but Mae and I are busy right now."

       April snorted. "Aww, Mr. Perfect probably can't even sing. He's too afraid to get up there."

       "No, I'm just busy with my fiancee," I said. "Seriously, just go away."

       "I think he is too scared," Kimberly said with a smirk.

       "Holy scrap, how many times do I have to say that I'm b--"

       "Ryder?" Mae interrupted. "Show them what you got."

       "Well then," I said, standing up from the table and walked over to the stage since nobody was up there. I told the DJ what song I wanted to do and he played it.

       When I started singing, I noticed the shocked looks on Kimberly and April's faces. They were real big talkers.

       I finished the song, putting the microphone back in the stand before walking back to my table where Kimberly and April were still standing. "Yeah, you should know that I proposed to Mae after singing a song to her," I said. "On live television. Never underestimate me."

       They both walked away without saying anything else. Seriously, they needed to stop being such big talkers.

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Aww, poor Jerlan. :( But this was when their fight happened that they talked about in the boyfriend tag. cx

BUT I LOVE MAEDER AND I CAN'T WAIT TO WRITE THE WEDDING. Unfortunately, their wedding has drama. Not for Maeder, but for other people. cx I like me my drama.