neighborly love

Chapter 8

It's been 3 days since I met lydia. We've been texting everyday and we go outside everyday to hangout. I woke up in a good mood. I checked my phone and the clock read 10 am.  The bright sun shining through the curtains blinded my eyes.

I got out of the bed and headed towards the bathroom and immediately took a burning hot shower. I stayed there for around an hour, well almost an hour. I hear banging on the door.

I ignored it the first time and the banging continued so I figured to ask why. "What" I wait for a response. "We're going to eat lunch in 40 minutes, hurry up" I heard a voice say to me. I couldn't make out whose voice it was though.

I turned the shower water off and slipped on a black crop top, black sweat pants and a black nike jacket and white socks. A lot of people call me emo, I would prefer they say I look like a rockstar. I began to do my makeup routine and straighten my hair. Once I finished I looked in the mirror and smiled at my accomplishment.

I check my phone with 10 minutes to spare. I ran down the stairs to find no one in the house. I hear talking so I follow the noise and seen everyone outback sitting down. I walked out and sat at the table next to sarah and lydia. My mind starts doing flips wondering why lydia and leon were having lunch with us. Not to mention the old lady and her husband were here too. " I see you finally woke up" the old lady said. I smiled and shook my head.

Almost everyone at the table besides lydia and leon were shocked that I didn't say a smart remark back or be sarcastic. Oh yea I failed to mention the old lady's husband hates me, it was barely my fault though. He was screaming at me for absolutely no reason so I screamed back. Respect is earnt and he obviously hasn't earned it. Lydia turned to me and said "Hey" I of course said it back. And Frank ( the old lady husband ) says "I see yall have met my niece and nephew"

I almost spit my water how. How could such nice people be related to him? Anyways , lunch was nice. We were all talking and having fun. The old lady showed us pictures of lydia and leon when they were young.

I remember one of the pictures she showed me because it was hung on the wall by the bathroom. I thought that was her son. Turns out they have no kids and it was leon. I hung out with lydia outside the whole day, although I kept glancing at her brother, he never looked at me back.

Micheal kept telling everyone I was "in love with leon" Of course I denied it and told him to stop. Lydia gave me a weird look whenever he would say that, honestly if my friend liked my brother I would give them that look too. Plus It's just a small crush that I will get over soon.

Good thing I have no siblings.. Well I have one, my mom and step dad recently had a kid while I was staying at laine's house. Never met the baby, don't wanna meet the baby so to be honest I didn't care to even say I have a sister.

but anyways I forsure was gonna scream at micheal later for telling my business. Also.. my aunt and uncle broke up and she's staying with us and the old lady now. I don't know if I should be happy or annoyed that she's here. Everyone congratulated me today during dinner because

I didn't argue with anyone all day. Now my cousins and I were sitting in the upstairs bedroom that me and Sarah share. "DELETE THAT PHOTO" I shouted at micheal as he airdropped a photo of me to fucking leon.

"To late" Micheal said as leon accepted the photo. I began chasing him around the room, I pick up a pillow to smother him in but then my phone dings. I drop the pillow and pick up my phone. It was a snap of lydia saying " are you awake" I reply back and say yea. Micheal then starts screaming " LYDIA AND LEON ARE COMING OVER" I say "what" and rush to the bathroom to make sure I look presentable. Within two minutes they are up in the room with us.

I mainly engaged in a conversation with lydia and sarah. "Yo melissa wanna get on omegle wit us" I heard a voice say. I whip my head around and leon was looking at me. I mentally start screaming and jumping up and down but I didn't show that. I replied with a "Yea sure" and walked over to them.

Mainly girls were hitting on leon. He just smiled and said thank you when someone called him hot. A couple girls asked for his snapchat but he didn't give it out though. I shift uncomfortably when this girl wouldn't take no for an answer after he declined giving her any of his socials.

I see micheal looking at me through the side of my eye grinning and beginning to open his mouth. I quickly grabbed my phone and fumbled to even catch it correctly in my hands. I text my micheal in all caps 'YOU BETTER NOT SAY ANYTHING.' he proceeded to pull out his phone, read the message and still say

"You know melissa is obsessed with you leon" outloud. I quickly says "micheal shut the fuck up im not" and I walk out of the room knowing If I stayed I would've argue with micheal. Maybe even attempt to kill him, i'd be doing the world justice.

I hear footsteps retreating behind me, I sigh already ready to start screaming at micheal. But, instead I hear a more feminine voice. "Hey are you okay?" It's lydia. I turn around facing her and began to reply.  "Yea im fine micheal is just annoying me I do not like leon that would be weird" Lydia shook her head agreeing with me " Yea that would be weird we are all like cousins" I almost started shocking on air. We are NOT cousins. Did she just friendzone me... kinda... I mean I do like leon a little it's not even like that though.

It's almost like a little school crush. You like a boy, you know you won't ever date the boy but its fun to like them. But COUSINS? Thats a bit to far otherwise i'd be encouraging incest right about now. just playing.. maybe.. anyways. She snaps me out of my thoughts when she says "Imma head home Ill text you on snapchat" I smile and say okay.

Just as I finish talking Leon walks out and says "See you Melissa" I forgot to even say it back I was caught in the trance of him saying my name yet even acknowledging my existence. I walk down the stairs trailing behind them and I locked the door once they leave. TIME TO SCREAM AT MICHEAL.

I run up the stairs and into me and sarah's room. Hes not there. "Where's micheal" Sarah shrugs her shoulders, " He said hes going to bed before you get back" I was gonna walk out the room but I get a snapchat message from Lydia. "Hey mel I just got back home" I reply back super fast and we continue the conversation for what seems like hours. I then realized that I still don't have Leon's snap. I thought to myself If I should ask for it or not..

I decided to text Lydia awkwardly changing our subject from school to her brother. "you should like give me leon's snapchat since we're all cousins" She seemed a little hesitant but sent me the @ and then told me she was going to sleep. I added right away and set my phone face down because I was too anxious to see if he added me back or not.

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