The Night

Chapter 24: The Note

2nd chapter of the day!

Skye's POV
Chase led the way up the porch and to the front door. He pulled out his keys from his pocket and inserted them into the doorknob. Chase turned the doorknob, opening the door. He pushed it open and held the door for everyone, followed by thank yous.

"Mom! They're here!" Chase called, closing the door. We all walked in, making it to the living room. His living room looked like the ones on HGTV. There were two black couches, two black armchairs, a rug, and a small brown coffee table, which stood in the middle of the room with a vase. Frames with quotes and awards filled the walls.

"Sit, guys," Chase offered. Everest and Rocky each sat on an armchair while Marshall, Rubble, Chase, and I took a seat on the couch. Zuma ran for a spot on the rug close by Everest and Rocky. A woman, about my height, walked into the living room where we sat.

"Hello," she greeted with a smile.

"Hello," we all echoed back.

"Mom," Chase said, getting up. "This is Rocky, Everest, Zuma, you know Marshall, Rubble, and Skye."

"Hello everyone," she greeted again. "Is this Skye?" Chase's mom asked as she walked over to me.

"Uh, yeah," Chase nervously laughed, scratching the back of his head.

"You're so pretty," she smiled.

"Thank you," I awkwardly thanked.

"You don't know how many times Chase has m-"

"Thanks, mom," Chase interrupted. "Do you mind making hot cocoa?"

"Um, okay," She said, getting the hint. "Excuse me." She walked out of the room and made her way into the kitchen. I looked around and saw everyone either on their phone or having little conversations. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it!" Chase called. Chase walked up to the door and opened it to find Bolt. "Hey."

"Hey," Bolt smiled back. Chase allowed Bolt in as he closed the door. "Sweet house."

"Thanks," Chase smiled. Bolt made his way over and sat by Marshall. From behind Marshall, I was barely able to see a small boy walk over. It was Jace.

"You're back?" He asked Chase.

"Yeah," Chase responded.

"Jace," Marshall called to him as if he were his best friend.

"Hey, Marshall," Jace said, fist-bumping Marshall. "You brought friends?" Jace asked, turning to Chase. Chase nodded in response as Jace looked around. "Oh, hey Bolt."

"What up, Jace?" The two fist-bumped and carried on with what they were doing. Jace went back to Chase and looked at the rest of us. "Girls? Oh. Skye came?" He asked, noticing me.

"Wow," Zuma mouthed to me. I felt my phone vibrate as I saw Zuma had texted me, even though I'm right here.

Zuma: His entire fam knows u, lol

Me: Shut up

Zuma: 🤣😝

I couldn't help but playfully roll my eyes.

Zuma: C, he likes u

Me: Yea, sure

Zuma has always talked about Chase having a crush on me, but I doubt that. Why would he date me when he could date someone like Sweetie? I'm out of his league anyway. Jace walked past Marshall and took a seat next to me.

"Hey, Skye," he said.

"Hey," I smiled.

"Where's Storm?"