The Love House

The Love House: Chapter 18

The Love House

Chapter 18

Ellie's POV:

I woke the next morning not so early. I really did need to wake up early anyway because I have to babysit Aaron until Monday. I'm just going to have a lot of make up work when I get back to school. Gee. Sounds like fun.

I wake up on my couch in the arms of the one and only Damen who seems to still be sleeping.

I wiggle and try to wake him up so he can let me out of his tight grip.

"Damen." I say still wiggling.

"Damen!" I almost yell, turning in his arms so I am facing him.

"Ooh. Ellie." he moans sleepily.

At first I thought the stubborn sleeper was finally waking up but turns out he was talking in his sleep.

I freeze not trying to wake him anymore.

He's dreaming about me? Why would he be dreaming of me? But then again. I've had dreams with people at school that I never talk to so I guess the explanation is unnecessary really.

I manage to wriggle my way out of his buff arms and stand debating how to wake this boy up. Then I have an idea. they always do it on the tv right? It always works.

Thinking Aaron would like the sight I go wake him up and tell him to sit on the recliner to the side of the couch. I head into the kitchen and get out two pots.

I laugh out loud just thinking about what his face will be like.

I then hand Aaron my phone and teach him how to record a snapchat video.

I bang the pots together and Damen springs off the couch in a frenzy.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" He shields his face like I have a gun or something and me and Aaron start laughing hysterically.

As I finally gain my breath back I turn to Damen with a straight face and scold, "and watch your mouth. There is a child in the house."

He scoffs. "you just banged pots in my face to wake me up I think I'm excused."

I roll my eyes and walk over to Aaron. He hands me my phone and I save the video and post it on my story.

Although I don't have a lot of friends on snapchat, Damen doesn't know that, and he IS one of my friends on snapchat. Which will only make me laugh even more when he finally does see the hilarious video of him.

"Anyway." I say, "I have to stay home with Aaron until Monday, so I don't have to go to school today. You on the other hand woke up late and need to get to school." I smirk.

"Screw it." he shrugs.

"Damen." I scold, "you're going to school."

He rolls his eyes. "Since when did Ellen become my mom?" He turns and asks Aaron with a mock exasperated look.

Aaron giggles.

"Whatever." I walk over to the kitchen and yell back, "but you're getting a pop tart for breakfast."

I hear Damen whine and slightly laugh.

"You don't even have toaster strudels?" He whines.

"Ew." I say rather judgementally.

"Do not ever say that about toaster strudels. They're life." he crosses his arms across his chest as if he were a child whose mom refused him ice cream.

"Pop tarts are definitely better."

He rolls his eyes and sits on the stool.

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One thing has been repeating in my head since I met Damen ..

"Why me?"

His locker is by mine. That's just a coincidence.. So no biggie there. What about his best friend living right next to me? Another coincidence. How'd we become friends so fast. I've only ever had one. How did I KISS him so fast? I've never done that in my life. Ever since I've moved here I've just kind of been questioning everything. And though it seems like I don't care and just going with the flow, every time he looks at me I get nervous. I avoid eye contact whenever possible. I avoid touch whenever possible. This boy has gotten way too close way too fast, and I have to admit it is scaring the poop out of me. not to mention he just slept on my sofa with me. Is eating breakfast with me. Staying at my house with me. Why would he even take an interest in being my friend? There are quite a lot of cuter girls in the world... In this town.. In this school. Why me? Every time I-

"What are you making that pace for?" Aaron giggles.

I turn to him shocked. Damen laughs. Man I had been sitting there this whole time. Probably looking lost (although it wouldn't be wrong if I did).

"You alright?" Damen asks humorously but with just a hint of concern.

"Yeah.. Yeah I'm in fine." I turn away from his gaze.

"Well. What do you two want to do today?" He asks.

I turn to look at Aaron.

"Can we go swimming Ellen?"

"Of course we can fella."

I head upstairs to get changed into my bathing suit. I only have one so its not like I was going to debate which I look better in..(I mean not that I care anyway.)

Aaron has to be in some pajama shorts because he didn't have a bathing suit. While I was getting Aaron ready, Damen went over to Derek's house to borrow a pair of swim trunks. Derek obviously wasn't there because he was at school, but Damen said its nothing to worry about because they are practically family.

Once we were all.. Half naked and ready to swim, well.. We swam. What's up with that anyway? Why is it socially acceptable to be half naked but in a swim suit? If I walked out on the front lawn with my bra and panties on, I'm sure it wouldn't go down well. This world is just really weird I guess.

I lay on the floating lounge thing while Damen and Aaron act like.. Well.. Boys. I don't need to be tan so that's not really my goal laying on this thing. It's just very relaxing. It wasn't as relaxing as usual though with the two year olds yelling all the while.

After ten minutes of laying there and getting splashed every two minutes I decided to just give up. I lift my head from the somewhat pillow and Aaron and Damen are nowhere to be seen.

"What t-"

Immediately I feel the surface under me shift, and before I have time to save myself I'm already submerged underwater. I pop back up and take a breath. Once I wipe my eyes, I see where the two suspects are in the attempted murder.

"DAMEN!" I screech as I lunge towards the two of them. I hear muffled laughter from little Aaron and smile as I struggle against the two of them splashing. I feel something underwater, grab it, and pull. Aaron disappears under water for two seconds and then springs back up right beside me.

"OH NO!"

"Oooooh. No you don't," I grab him from behind as he tries to swim away and hug him to me hard enough to keep him there.

"Damen help!"

And just like that. I was a victim to what I had just seconds before done to Aaron.

And like that we were entertained for about two hours. Just splashing and catching and saving. But all the while, in the back of my mind, I was waiting for the bad to happen. whenever there is good, Something always happens to mess it up, and I can't help but to brace myself.