Blaine's Navy Blue Mini Cooper pulled up to him and his aunts apartment. Well, they're actually condos for vacationers but it was all his Aunt Lynn could afford. Layla was drying her tears.
"Okay, we're here, Lay." Blaine said.
"Wow, I haven't seen Aunt Lynn in like, three years. Will she like me?" Layla was afraid that she was be way too much of an imposition. When Blaine left and moved into Aunt Lynn's, her parents cut off all ties. Layla could faintly remember Aunt Lynn coming over, and taking her and Cecelia to the park to eat gummy worms and play her ukelele under the weeping willow. They would throw bread to the ducks in the lake. When the fair was in town, Aunt Lynn would take her, Cecelia and Blaine and bye them each a greasy hot zeppole. But that was years ago, and now here she was, at Aunt Lynn's doorstep with Blaine. The circumstances had greatly changed.
Blaine unlocked the door and swung it open, it was pitch black, except for the shine of the tav. From a small blue couch, Aunt Lynn screamed a loud shrill and hugged the pillow she was holding, very tight to her chest. She took three deep breaths while laughing.
"Oh my god! Sorry Blaine, I'm watching Paranormal Activity, and just the way the door opened... sorry! Come here, she just found out this thing has been stalking her. It's really..." Blaine suddenly cut his aunt off from talking.
"Aunt Lynn... Theres... something you need to know." Blaine flicked the light on, and suddenly Ant Lynn could se Layla. Her hair was wet from the heavy rain outside and her eyes were red and puffy, obviously from crying.
"Aunt Lynn," Blain said, "Can Layla stay with us for a while?"
Layla started crying again, but she tried holding it back. She apologized to her aunt, but Lynn jumped up off the couch and wrapped her arms around her, and kissed her head.
"No, Layla, don't you apologize, you know you're welcome here."
Just then, a small tear rolled out of Blaine's eye and down his cheek.
