Forbidden Love

Chapter 9

When we get to his house, his mom and dad aren't home yet. But me and Caleb carry my stuff up to the house.

"Are you sure you don't want me to carry more? I can barely see you!" He laughs.

"Nah. I'm good. I'm small but I can carry it." I say just before I drop one of my pillows. But before I could pick it up, Caleb swoops down and picks it up.

"I told you you needed help," he smirks.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," I roll my eyes jokingly.

We walk inside and he shows me to the guest room, which happens to be right next to his room. After I get my stuff settled, he gives me a tour of the house. We start back at the front door where we came in.

"So the mud-room, living room, dining room, kitchen, the hall, the main bathroom, and the laundry room." Then, he leads me upstairs. "My room, 'your' room, my parents' room, the upstairs bathroom," he says, walking around the house, pointing to each room. Then he leads me back down stairs, then down some more stairs. "Well, this is the basement... the basment bathroom, the couch, which you can obviously see, and the TV, aaand I think that's it."

"Wow... your house is amazing..." I say looking around.

"Eh, I guess. Then again, I've lived here all my life."

"So... what do you wanna do?" I ask.

"Ummm I don't know." He laughs.

I laugh. "Well don't expect me to know. It's your house."

"We could watch TV down here if you want..." he says, gesturing to the basement's TV.

"Sure," I say, plopping on the couch. He turns off the lights, then walks back over with two cans of Mountain Dew. He sits right next to me and turns on the TV.

We end up watching "The Maze Runner". We get to about the middle of the movie, and I start getting tired. I fall asleep, laying my head on Caleb's shoulder.

•*•Caleb's POV•*•

She ends up falling asleep, still laying her head on me. I don't want to disturb her, so I try my best not to move around. I put my arm around her as she lays there all cuddled up against my side. She looks so cute when she's sleeping. I think when I take a glance every once in a while, making sure she is okay.

As the movie ends, she's still asleep. I see a blanket draped across part of the couch, so I reach for it, trying not to wake up Nicole, and I cover her up so she's not cold. I don't want to leave her side, so I just sit there, watching TV quietly. I eventually fall asleep too. When I fall asleep, my parents still weren't home.

•*•*•

A few hours later, my parents come downstairs, looking for us. They find me and Nicole asleep, and my arms around her. Protecting her.

I wake up, but act like I'm still sleeping, because I don't want to disturb Nicole.
I also listen to my parents.

"Awh they're so cute!" My mom yell-whispers. My dad doesn't really say much, but after a few minutes they go upstairs.

•*•Nicole's POV•*•

I wake up and see that Caleb must have just woken up also.

"Hey," he smiles.

"Hi..." I say as I stretch. "What time is it?"

"Um... it's 11:15," Caleb tells me before putting his phone back on the coffee table.

"It's way past time for diner, but I'm starving." I say, still laying on his shoulder.

"Oh, my parents got home a while ago by the way. And I guess I'll have to get you some food!" He laughs, getting up.

We go upstairs quietly and get something to eat.

"What do you want the master chef to prepare for you?" He says it with a French accent.

"I don't know and I don't care. Just as long as you are not the 'master chef'!" I laugh.

"Well in fact I am. So I guess that means no food for the young lady?" He switches accents.

"Well I guess not." I shrug. The I push him out the way to get some Doritos.

"That's not the uh healthiest snack there ma'am." Caleb is now trying out a southern accent.

"Do I look like I care?!" I smile.

•*•Caleb's POV•*•

She starts eating the Doritos and I get a pizza out of the freezer. I preheat the oven, and the I take the Doritos from her, pick her up, her waist on my shoulder, and I take her back downstairs. She didn't say much, but when I took the Doritos from her, she said, "Hey what do you think you're doing?" And when I picked her up she said, "No Caleb what are you doing?" Then she shrieked with laughter.

"Shh." I laugh. "You'll wake my parents up." Her face turns red. I drop her off on the couch and I hear the oven beep. "Time to go put the pizza in." I say as I walk back upstairs. "Don't move." I laugh before I disappear upstairs.