My Little Penguin

Chapter Sixteen

  It's around 8:30pm so I went inside to see what Becca's plan was. She was inside the house talking to Zee since Michael went home not too long ago. A smile spread across my face when her back was facing me, I walked up quietly behind her, motioning for Zee to be quiet and wrapped my arms around my girlfriend's waist and buried my face in her neck. She jumped in surprise and shrieked involuntarily, making me giggle. When she realized it was me, she spun around and twisted my hair in her fingers and smirked. I smiled back at her and planted a small kiss on her cheek.

"It's getting kind of late, are we going to school tomorrow?" I really didn't want to go home because I'm pretty sure my power was still out.

"I do-don't ha-have a babysit-sitter f-for Ash an-and I c-can't as-ask on-one of y-you guys to s-stay her-here." She looked at the ground and then over to the baby laying in his play pin, sleeping. All of a sudden, my face lit up like a light bulb. My jaw dropped to the ground and then a smile replaced it, I ran to her side again and grabbed her face in my hands.

"I know someone! She's really sweet and cute and she lives next door to me. She isn't enrolled in school yet because she just moved but I trust her fully. Her name is Emily." My excitement showed all over my face.

I couldn't read the expression on her face. It went from happiness and flashed to concern.

"How long have you known her?" she looked almost jealous, it wasn't until then that I realized I called Emily cute.

"I met her yesterday. She heard me playing the guitar and said we should hang out and play a duet or something." I smiled brightly.

"That's not a very long time, and you trust her fully?" Skeptical was written all over her face, it was cute how concerned she was about her little brother. I slid my thumb across her cheek to put her at ease.

"Okay, babe. How about we skip tomorrow, 'interview' her and see how she does with Ash and you can decide after that?" I planned out everything in front of her eyes. Her porcelain like skin was tinted a light pink. I chuckled and she nodded. I didn't want to argue, she felt like she had to hide her stutter to get big sentences out but I could understand her perfectly. 

"Good." I smiled at her and she smiled back. Both of us turned around quickly when Asher started fussing. Becca almost bolted over to him but Zee put a dismissing hand in the air and picked him up and rocked him. I made my way over to the counter and grabbed his bottle and handed it to her, turning my attention back to my girlfriend. I visibly smiled just thinking about the word girlfriend.

Becca broke me out of my thoughts when she asked me a question. "Ar-are y-you go-going h-home?"

"Is that your way of getting rid of me?" I asked, pretending to be offended.

"N-no, of c-course no-not! I j-just di-didn't kn-know if y-you w-were go-going to sp-spend th-the n-night. Zee is."  she smiled, knowing I was faking.

"Yeah, I'm going home. I don't have any clothes here." She looked at the floor, disappointment flashing across her face. I knew she wanted me to stay but I've been holding off this urge for nicotine for 2 hours now. I vowed to myself, as soon as I finish the two packs that I bought, I'm not buying anymore.

"Okay." She replied simply and walked to Zee to check on her and Ash.

"I'll be back in a minute." I announced to whoever was listening. I walked out the front door and opened my car door, retrieving a cigarette and pulling my phone out. I lit the cigarette and inhaled, sighing at the relief the nicotine pushed through me. I grabbed my phone after a couple drags and scrolled through my contacts until I found Emily and clicked her number, satisfied when it began ringing.

"Hello?" Her voice was much higher pitched over the phone.

"Hey Emily, it's Catt. I live next door."

"Oh hey! Why didn't you just come over? I'm like 20 feet from your front door?"

"Actually, I'm not at my house. I'm at my girlfriend's house." I waited for the disgust to come through her thick accent.

"Oh that's cool! I wanna meet her! I wish you could meet my girlfriend, but she lives in Ireland." My eyes widened. She's a lesbian?! I tried to keep the conversation moving, to cover up my shock.

"Well, how do you feel about babies?" I awaited her answer and flicked the ashes off the end of my cigarette, taking another drag.

"Why, Catt! We've only just met!" She joked, causing me to laugh and cough on the smoke. She snickered. "I'm just kidding. I like babies, why?"

"Cause, my girlfriend's mom just died and she has a two month old son. I know you aren't enrolled in school yet so I was thinking maybe you wanna babysit him while we're at school. She's rich." I choked it all out and waited nervously for her reaction.

"Yeah! Sounds fun!" She sounded excited and I let out a sigh of relief.

"Okay cool! Becca wants to meet you to get a feel for how Asher will like you, is tomorrow okay for that?"

"Yeah, sounds great."

"Sweet. See you tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow it is!" I giggled and with that she hung up. I smiled in relief and finished off my cigarette. I opened the car door again and sprayed myself with a perfume to cover up the smoke smell and put my lighter back in the glove compartment. After straightening my shirt and hair, I walked back inside.

I saw Becca sitting on the couch with Zee on their phones and Ash in his pin. I decided not scare her this time and walked in front of her, sitting on the floor in front of her. She smiled down at me and I got up.

"I'm going home okay? I gotta get my power up and running again." I kissed the top of her head and began walking toward the door.

"I kn-know y-you do-don't th-think you're g-getting aw-away th-that easily." I turned around and saw her standing with her hands on her hips and a smirk on her face. She began walking toward me and I met her halfway, putting my hands on her hips.

"What?" I smirked and she cupped my cheeks and connected my lips to hers. Lightning bolts shot through my veins and my knees started getting weak. I kissed back and pulled her closer to me.

"Alright! Alright! We get it! You guys are in love or something, geez. Keep it in your pants!" Zee whisper yelled, keeping the sleeping Asher in her thoughts.

I smiled and blushed a deep red, pulling away.

"Text me when you get up, I'll text you my address so we can talk to Emily, okay?" She nodded and pecked my lips one last time before I disappeared out the door and into my car. I waved to her as I pulled out of her driveway and down the street.

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Hey guys! Everyone like where the story is going? Becca and Catt as a couple?! I ship it! lol Love you guys!

~Kitty