A New Start, My Derrière (Slowly Editing)

A New Start, My Derrière (28)

Chapter Twenty Eight 

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I go upstairs whilst the sauce is cooking. "Hey Tyler you going staying for dinner?"

"Yeah if you don't mind..."

"Its okay, how's the art coming along?" I ask

"Good, I guess it looks a bit like me..."

"Good luck, dinner will be done in about twenty minutes" I call over my shoulder as I walk away,

"Okay!"

"Aidan? Its Vanessa dinner will be done soon." I say talking to a door.

"Yeah whatever, I'm not that hungry..." A muffling noise coming from the other side

"Aidan you have to eat..." I say still talking to a door. I'm going to look crazy if anyone notices.

"Whatever. Fine!" He calls back

I go down the stairs pour the sauce over the lasagne add some cheese and stick it in the oven. I go to the dining room to set the table. We've used this thing more than ever in the past two days then since I've been here.

"Dinner's ready!" I call out and in come another stampede.

"GOD sis this is amazing!" Aidan says shovelling in his second plate full.

"Thanks..." I say with an eyebrow raised, it's like he's never eaten before.

"This is great though..." Tyler says eating less animal like than Aidan

"Thanks" I say eating a mouthful of my own - it tasted just like mom's she taught me how to make it and how it can be easily ruined.

"Dessert?" I ask looking at everyone's clean plates.

"YEAH!" Aidan yells tomato sauce covering his mouth.

I give him the signal of 'wipe your mouth you're embarrassing me' I go into the kitchen and get the chocolate cake and ice cream.

"Oh my god" Aidan is literally drooling at the mouth

"Didn't you have chocolate cake today at school?" I ask

"Yeah, but you made this and I love what you make" Aidan says smiling from ear to ear.

"Well dig in then."

I just realised that my father hadn't spoken a word to Tyler or asked him ridiculous questions like he did with Zachary.

I was putting everything in the dishwasher when a voice behind me said "Hey..."

"Hey Tyler"

"I'm sorry I haven't been helping out today..." Tyler mumbles

"It's okay; I don't get help that often anyway." I laugh

"There's a reason why..."

"Huh?"

"Yeah, I'm totally hopeless in the kitchen, the only thing I can make is soup in a can..."

"Don't you just heat that up?" I ask

"Exactly..."

"I've got an inkling suspicion that there's something you aren't telling me..."

"Well yeah, I failed at soup in a can. I kind of just stuck it in the microwave..." Tyler says

"You blew up the microwave didn't you?" I ask with a smile on my face

"Yeah..." He says

"I'll make sure you're never in the kitchen..." I say rolling my eyes

"Yeah may as well start now..." He laughs

"How'd you mean?" I ask bemused

"Vanessa... we're in the kitchen...." Tyler points out as if I should have known...

"Technicalities..." I mumble

"Right, I'll get out of your hair, I need to get back home anyways. My father needs me back and 'recovering' for the next swimming competition..." He groans

"Oh okay, I'll take you home" I say

"I need the canvas and the pictures don't I?" He asks

"It's okay you can leave them here until Friday if you want." I say wiping my hands on a dish towel.

"Oh okay."

I grab my keys and go out the backdoor and walk to the garage seeing that the rain had stopped.

"So you have fun tonight?" Tyler asks me

"Sure it was okay I guess..." I say looking if it was going to rain anymore, but it was too dark to tell.

"Shame about the weather..."

"Huh? How do you mean?" I ask

"The rain, no one seems to like it" He says

"I missed the rain if I'm being honest; I haven't seen it since I've been here..."

"You moved all the way over to one of the sunniest places in America and you like the rain?"

"The rain's simple..."

"You're weird Heart."

"Get used to it. "I say opening my car doors.

"Guess I'll have to..." He says getting in to the passenger seat.

"So where'd you live?" I ask

"I'll put it into the sat nav..." He says typing something in

"Okay." I say starting the car and driving onwards

*To reach your destination turn right* the annoying woman said - Anyone else hate these things?

*Turn left*

I obeyed and the nagging woman giving me instructions.

"So you live in a good area?" I ask Tyler trying to make conversation

"I guess no crack addicts that'll steal your car if that's what you're asking" Tyler laughs

"Can't say I'm not relieved..." I say

*Go straight then turn right*

"You live near anyone from school?" I ask

"A few people from school yeah..." He says looking down.

"Okay then." The silence except the robotic voice giving me directions

*Turn right and you have reached your destination*

"Finally that woman's shut up!" I say

"You don't like being told what to do, do you?" Tyler says smirking - What's with hot guys and their smirking! - God did I just call him hot?

I park the car in front of his house and gape. He lives in a three storey house - modernised and yeah still original.

"Nice house..." Was all I could say...

"Thanks" He says "See you tomorrow." He says opening the car door

"Tyler?" Right I know this is going to bite me in the butt, but I girl has to task some risks in life.

I give him a seductive grin and he leans over to me and gives me a kiss. Not so much of a peck and not so much as making out, but somewhere in between. The kiss only lasts about twenty seconds, but it left me wanting more...

"See you tomorrow" I say smiling.

"Yeah see you tomorrow" He replies mirroring my smile as he gets out of the car, waving to me as he opens his front door. I wave back and my smile grows bigger.

I look up to the sky to see if I can see any changes or predictions in the upcoming weather and I catch a glimpse of a person staring down at me and as quick as a flash the curtain they were holding dropped and their silhouette disappeared.

Zach?

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