The Silent Ones

Chapter Nineteen : Cookies

Esme Carter

He kissed me.

Easton Sinn kissed me and I kissed him back!

I'm getting fired.

If this was any other person I'd say my first kiss under the fireworks was perfect. It was dreamy. It was heaven-but this wasn't just anyone it was Easton Sinn. The son of the women I'm working for.

I broke her biggest rule: no romantic interactions or relationships with my children. I'm done for. I could cry.

I really need this job and now I've ruined it. I stop pacing and decide I need a snack, maybe it'll take my mind off of it. I put on a sweatshirt over the old One Direction t-shirt I'm wearing with light blue pajama shorts. Now I'm comfy and warm.

I walk across the hardwood floors in my yellow fluffy socks helping keeping them warm as I quietly exit my room. I look both ways down the hallway before exiting my room and leaving my door cracked. There's very little light in the house and as I come down the stairs and see a light coming from the kitchen.

Who could be up?

I cautiously make my way to the kitchen and find Easton taking out some cookie dough. He's making cookies?

I try to keep quiet and come around the corner and of course he sees me. My face heats up as he looks at me and I look down not wanting to keep eye contact. It makes me nervous.

I awkwardly make my way around the kitchen. I search the fridge finding the left over fruit platter and dip. Perfect. I pick it out the fridge and decide this what I'm going to eat.

"Sorry." A mumble catches my attention. It's so soft I could have missed it. "Huh?" I turn to him to clarify. "For kissing you." Easton states. He's never actually talked to me much but it's nice to hear his voice.

It's so smooth, almost refreshing.

"Did you regret it?" I ask, because why else would be apologizing. I dip a grape in the marshmallow and yogurt dip before putting it into my mouth. "No but you're probably fucked with my mom." He sighs. He's right.

"She knows." I almost yell feeling nervous and sick. I want to through up. "No but if she finds out..."

He's right if she finds out I'm done for.

"I won't tell." The oven beeps and a hear him slide the pan of cookies into the oven. I wonder what kind they are. I love cookies.

It's silent for the next few minutes just me eating my fruit and Easton waiting on his cookies while flipping through some motorcycle magazine.

I didn't even know they made those.

The oven beeps signaling the cookies are done and the smell is amazing. A plate of two cookies gets sat down in front of me. "Thank you." I reply quietly.

"I thought you were supposed to hate me?" I ask, as he sits across from me. After all this time he kissed me. Me! I want to know why. Him and his siblings have been trying to get me fired and threatened me this whole time so why kiss me.

Was it a moment thing because the fireworks have the perfect ambiance for a kiss. If so my first kiss fudging sucked.

"That doesn't mean I can't do other things with you." I watch him sign. What's that supposed to mean?

"Well we can't kiss again. I only kiss people I'm dating and people who are nice to me." I make sure to emphasize the "nice to me" part because I don't want to kiss mean people even if my first kiss was him.

"I'm nice."
"Not to me."
"Not true but I'm sorry nonetheless."

How is that not true! Ughhh boys.

I finish eating the fruit and cookies before putting everything up. "Thanks for the cookies." I state because now I know he can in fact in hear so at least I don't look stupid.

"Sweet dreams, Esme." My name rolls of his tongue so gracefully and it gives me butterflies as I walk past him. The way my name sounds coming from him makes me want to hear it again. I breathe out heavily, "You too." I reply and quickly walk away from the kitchen.

What just happened?

I walk fast to the stairs almost making it to the top before spotting Alicia standing in a very short pink night dress. It's very shiny looks like it's made of satin or silk.

"I guess we didn't have to corrupt you after all. You did it all yourself." She smirks. "What?" I gulp. How does she know. "Oh that kiss was unbelievable." She walks past me down the stairs. "I won't tell mommy." She hushes me before laughing.

I'm definitely going to get blackmailed I'm the future. If she knows Jace knows and he's the worst of them all.

I'm never going to sleep tonight.

I crawl back into the soft bed in my room and begin to stare at the ceiling replying the kiss under the fireworks. Excluding the circumstances it was a great first kiss.

Unfortunately it could ruin everything.