You Anchor Me

Up All Night

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Chapter Eight
"Amanda, what are you doing here?" I ask astonished. "Well little sister Nan sent us up here to look after you and Scott since Mom works all the time," she replies putting Jessie down. "Aunt Cameron!" My three year old niece yells. "Aunt Cameron? What about Uncle Scott?" my brother comes up behind me. "How is my favorite niece?" I ask picking her up. She puts on a grumpy face," Hungry." "That's my girl," I laugh squeezing her in a hug.

"Cam, is Scott dead yet?" Isaac calls from upstairs. "Isaac come down here," I yell. "What did I do this time?" he laughs coming down the stairs. He freezes when he sees our company. "Who is this?" My sister says smiling seductively at Isaac. I shoot her a dirty look and pull him over to us," This is Isaac." "Hi," Isaac says shyly looking at his feet. "Hey I'm Amanda and this is Jessie," she points to her grinning child," I'm Cameron and Scott's older sister but I'm not that much older." I grit my teeth at her. Isaac looks like he is about to throw up from the nervousness so I find his hand and intertwine our fingers. "Nice to meet you," he bites his lip.

Amanda pays no attention to how close we are when she asks,"So Isaac are you single?" She catches him off guard. "Uh," he turns to look at me since we haven't talked about our relationship yet. "Amanda stop, he is mine," I hold up our hands. "Oh my gosh I'm sorry Sis! I didn't realize yall were dating," she apologizes. "Well we technically aren't," I hesitate," we haven't really talked about it." "So you aren't dating and I still have a chance," she winks at Isaac. "No I'm hers and she is mine," he confidently says kissing my hair. I smile proudly at him. "Are you sure you don't want any of this?" she licks her lips. Her eyes dart to Scott like she was looking for approval. I turn to him to see him giving her thumbs up. "He put you up to this?" I laugh. "I'd say a mutual idea but I think I did a pretty good job," she high fives our brother. "Okay now pay up," she holds out her hand to him. He takes out his wallet and hands her a twenty. "Oh and you two make a cute couple," she smiles. I blush shrinking into Isaac's side.

A slight tug comes to the bottom of my pants. I look down to see Jessie standing there. "I'm hungry," she whines. "Okay princess lets get you something," I carry her into the kitchen and sit her on the bar. "So what do you want?" I ask. "Chicken," she hesitates," Mac and cheese and hmm, tatoes!" "Amanda do you feed your child?" I ask thinking she would want some gummies or chips. "Yes But she takes after you. She is always hungry," My sister replies. "Hey! I'm not always hungry," I gasp. "Yes you are," Isaac and Scott add.

I turn back to Jessie and tell her," I might as well make dinner so go tell the meanies what we are having." She smiles walking to the doorway of the living room," Aunt Cameron is making dinner." "What is she fixing?" Scott asks. "Chicken, Mac and Cheese, and tatoes," she laughs. "Ah! I love tatoes!" He yells. I laugh at how strange our family is.

Turning my attention back to dinner, I take the chicken from the fridge and place it in the sink. I open the pack and wash each strip. Once the chicken is grilling on the George Forman, I pull out the mac and cheese and mashed potatoes boxes. When I set them down on the counter hands press against my hips sliding down to my thighs. I run my fingers on top of his hands and wait for what will happen. He removes his hands and fingers pull my hair back. Warm lips hit my neck and I lean back against him. Isaac turns me around with an adorable smile. "Isaac," I look around him to make sure no one is watching. "Don't worry they are watching Winnie the Pooh," he laughs," so now do I get my deserved kiss from making it through that awkward moment with your sister?" I put my head against his chest and chuckle," That was awkward." "Now give me a kiss," he whispers nudging me bending down. I pull far enough back so I can meet his lips. It is a short, sweet kiss.

"So are you going to help me?" I ask. He pushes me against the sink and kisses my forehead," If you'll do something for me." "What would that be, Mr. Lahey," I play with the hem of his shirt, running the tips of my fingers across the skin right about his pants. "No, not that," he laughs taking my hands in his," go on a date with me tomorrow night and maybe we can do that afterwards." "Yes I'll go on a date with you," I smile. "Good now go make me food," he turns around. "Excuse you?" I chuckle. "Kidding baby," he kisses me before going back in the living room.

I finish the food and stack the plates on the counter. "Guess who," a voice comes up behind me. I turn around to see Lyric with a sleeping bag and a pillow. "What are you doing here?" I ask excited. "I though we could have a sleepover," she smiles. " I love how you just show up. Ha it seems like something I would do," I get an extra plate down," you hungry?" "Starving," she groans. "Well you can put your things anywhere you'd like," I tell her and she set her things by the side door.

"Dinner is ready," I yell walking into the living room with Lyric behind me. "Oh hey, Lyric," Scott blushes. "Hey Scott, her cheeks turn the same color. "This is Lyric," I tell Amanda. "Hey I'm the strange ones' sister," she stands up and hugs her. "Nice to meet you," Lyric smiles. "So dinner is ready?" Isaac says. "Yeah," I reply. Jessie jumps up and runs to the kitchen.

We all make our plates and head back to the living room. Scott, Lyric, Isaac, and I sit on the couch while Jessie sits in between Amanda's legs in the recliner. "Tatoes!" Jessie yells dipping her fork in the mashed potatoes. I turn and look at my sister," Are you giving your daughter drugs?" "She is a wild one isn't she," she looks at her giddy little girl. "Spongebob squarepants. Spongebob squarepants. Spongebob squarepants," Jessie sings loudly. "Baby, Mommy is sick of spongebob," Amanda tells her. "One more episode, please," she begs. Amanda looks at us to see if its okay and we all nod yes.

Once Isaac and I finish, we walk to the kitchen together. I take our plates and put them in the sink. "So what is your plans for tonight?" he asks me. "We can watch some movies maybe play some video games but right now I'm going to take a shower," I tell him. "Oh really? Mind if I join?" he winks. I lean against the door way and smirk," Come right up." He lets his mouth gap open," Once again I was kidding." "I wasn't," I kiss his cheek walking to my room. I pick out a pair of AC/DC shorts and a plain white Tank top. I take them with me to the bathroom turning on the Luke Bryan station on Pandora. I undress and get in letting the hot water hit my skin. I wash my hair, body, and shave my legs before getting out.

When I dry myself off I put in my clothes and brush my hair. I open my door and run down stairs jumping in Isaac's lap," Feel of my legs." "What? Why?," he stutters confused. "I shaved my legs," I stick my legs up. "So?" he looks confused. I take his hand and run it across my leg. "Wow they are smooth," he looks up at me. I laugh and nod. "Oh my gosh your legs are so smooth," Lyric laughs feeling my legs. "You two are wierd," Scott points out. "You want to feel?" I stretch out. "No get your feet away from me," he swats at my legs. I laugh putting my arms around Isaac's neck," So what do you want to do?" "Whatever they want. I really don't care," he runs his nose against my jaw. "Let's go up to your room and watch movies since you have a huge ass bed," Scott gets up. "Okay you two pick out the movies and we will get the snacks," I gesture to Isaac and myself.

We all get up, Isaac and I head to the kitchen. "I was keeping these away from Jessie. Mom made these for us this morning," I unwrap the aluminum foil from the cupcakes. "I got candy and drinks," he holds up our candy stash and two two liters of Coke. "Perfect," I smile picking up a bag if chips and pretzels. We walk to my room but stop when we heard arguing. "Scott can we please watch She's the Man?" Lyric asks. " I'm sick of that. It's all Cameron ever watches," he grumbles. I open the door to see them wrestling on the floor. "Hold up, stop fighting. Scott what do you want to watch?" I ask. "Halloween!" "That's scary though," lyric and I whine at the same time. "I'll protect you," Isaac whispers to me. "Do I have to remind you that both of you are werewolves?" Scott throws out. "Werewolves can get scared," Lyric crosses her arms. "Well it's a good thing you have two guy werewolves to make sure you are safe," Isaac adds. "Ehh," I shrug. Isaac pinches my butt and I push back against him making him stumble. He catches himself on the doorframe. "So we are watching Halloween, She's the Man and what?" I ask. Scott and Lyric smile at each other," Marley and Me. It's the only movie we could agree on." I put the snacks on my desk and crawl into bed. My bed is double sided with drawers outlying two sides.

Isaac gets in beside me while Scott and Lyric get on the other side. Lyric scoots away from him respecting the fact that he has a girlfriend. She is closer to me and Scott is closer to the edge. Scott put in the DVD for Halloween so I fast forward to the main menu and hit play. Throughout the movie Scott and Lyric get closer until they are cuddling. Every now and then she jumps and he holds he closer and tighter, basically forgetting about Allison.

I am sitting in between Isaac's legs laying against him. When Michael Myers kills the last lady I pull his hands over my eyes since we were holding hands. "Are you scared?" He untwines our fingers and wraps his arms around me." "No," I lie. "I can tell that you are lying," he plays with the hem of my shirt. "Yes I'm scared, I tell him but snoring roars over it.

We turn to see Lyric and Scott asleep in each others arms. " I guess we aren't watching anything else," I focus my hearing in their heart beats to hear them slowing down as their bodies relax. "Well now we can talk about things," he whispers. "Like what," I whisper a response turning in between his legs. "What are we?" he asks fiddling with my fingers. "Werewolves," I joke. He gives me a look so I take back my answer. "I don't know really." "Well I don't want to go through more situations like with your sister," he tells me. I roll of of him so we are side by side," I don't either." "So are we together?" "We basically were before," I smile," but I've liked you for a while and I don't think I can take us being friends with benefits." "I've liked you for a while too so will you be my one and only?" he laughs leaning in. " I was already yours," I kiss him," now go to sleep we have a busy day tomorrow." "Yes mother," he wraps his arm around me. We both fall asleep to the credits of Halloween



(So there is chapter eight. I know it wasn't the best but I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for reading. I love all of you and am so thankful for all of your feed back!
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