CHAPTER 7! he'd soak up up the humiliation and go home to try again

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TAKE A BITE

HARTLEY INSISTED ON INVITING ARIA AND CHERRY TO FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT!

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HARTLEY INSISTED ON INVITING ARIA AND CHERRY TO FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT!

The pair of girls had entered with a bag full of snacks, unaware of what the atmosphere would be like. Hartley reassured that there was no harm in two more guests. Except, she didn't even show up.

Cherry and Aria settled on the blue couch at the same time Jake was coming down the stairs.

"What's in the bag?" Amy questioned, setting a popcorn bowl on her lap.

Jake was hauling out a suspiciously large trash bag. "Oh, just some stuff I'm throwing away. I'm trying to declutter my life of unnecessary things." 

"Oh, me too. And yet, you're still here."  Amy commented, laughing at her own joke.

He rolled his eyes as he opened the door, lifting the trash bag behind himself. Aria got up from the couch, following him out the front door.

She smiled politely which caused him to drop the bag. "Hi." 

"Oh, hey!" Jake coughed, clearing his throat. "Hi, Aria." 

"How are you?"

"Um, fine. And you?" 

"I'm also fine. I just wanted to apologize for being weird when I first met you."

Jake stood silently for a moment, trying not to freak out over the fact she was the one initiating conversation with him.

"No, no you weren't weird at all!" He reassured, tugging the bag over his arm.

"So we're good?" She tilted her head.

"Yeah, no. No, yeah! Yeah, I meant yes. Not no."

"What?" 

"We're good."

From the inside, his entire family was judging him through the open door.

Amy looked back at the rest of her family. "Have you guys noticed how weird Jake's been acting the past couple of days?"

"Well, no weirder than usual." Eva shrugged, gesturing to the tool beside her. "I mean, who am I to say? My son's a sledgehammer."

"Is that why that's there?" Cherry gasped in realization. "How?"

"It's impressive how bad his luck is." Amy commented.

"Look. Celia forgot her notebook." Eva pointed to the dark blue notebook on the armrest of the chair beside her.

"Is it supposed to be a diary?" Cherry questioned, tilting her head.

"Maybe. It's full of secrets." Amy tapped the plaque that literally read Secrets.

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