Kairi & Erik (My Alien Romance)

Kairi & Erik Chapter 3 Part B

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Chapter 3 Part B

The next morning I called Anne again to see how my Grandfather was doing like I had every day that week. I really wanted to be there. Grandpa was in what they (they being the nurses) called 'critical condition.' I put up a fit when Dad and Anne insisted that I come back for the school year saying that Anne could take over my post. I didn't want my post taken over though I was determined to stay there and take care of Pup and I didn't care if I missed some school. I could always catch up or I could home school myself for this last year. I didn't really care if I missed my last year of school. It was my grandfather himself who finally convinced me. He quietly called me to his bedside and asked in a wavering voice that nearly broke my heart if I would please listen to my Dad. He said that he wanted me to go and finish my last year of school. He would be fine with Anne. I had reluctantly agreed at his request.

When Anne picked up the phone she said that everything was the same, no change. I wanted to talk to my grandfather myself but he was resting. Anne offered to go try and wake him up but I quickly told her to let him rest. He needed whatever sleep he could get. Anne said that she'd have him call as soon as he was awake and feeling up to it. As I hung up on Anne I realized that I didn't really have anything to do. I was all by myself today as my Dad had gone to a buddy's house to help him work on his car for the day. My Dad was a very handyman type of guy and especially good at fixing cars. I had inherited this trait from him. I was glad that my Dad was getting out. I knew he missed Anne but his being gone left me to my own devices. I had had six missed calls from Andrea this week and I sighed knowing she would be angry when I called her back.

Instead of saying hello Andrea merely picked up and said "finally decided to give me the time of day huh." She was clearly irritated with me.

"Sorry, I know I should have called you back earlier" I replied trying to sound as sheepish as I could.

"Well" Andrea sniffed "I'm glad you called now cause have I got news for you." She then proceeded to launch into her love life and there was this boy that liked her but she didn't like him but she did like this other boy etc. I had thought that college would be different but apparently it was just like high school with all this he said she said stuff. Well there goes that dream. I had been hoping that things would be different when you left your high school days behind but obviously not, drama was inescapable.

After she had exhausted all the news in her life she turned to mine. As I told her about my week leaving out everything doing with Erik she oohed and ahhed over the fact that Zack and his friends were sitting at my table now. Everyone seemed to put way more emphasis on this than I did.

"So" she said "do you like him?"

"No, I mean not as anything more than a friend anyways" I said embarrassed that she would a question like that.

"Well I think you should go for him. I mean from what I remember he was cute and from what I've heard nice enough. So why not?" Then she added slyly before I could answer "unless there's someone else you're interested in."

"No" I said, hesitating just a fraction of a second too long.

"Aha I knew it" Andrea gloated. "Now you have to tell me who he is."

"No, really" I said regretting not being prepared for a question like that"there's no one" I said quickly trying to cover my tracks but it was too late.

"Karrie has her first crush" Andrea sang in my ear as I pulled the phone away glad that she couldn't see my tell tale blush through the telephone.

"Andi" I said sternly "don't you want to hear about Grandpa." It was kind of a low blow but I was looking for anything to change the subject and I knew that Andrea liked updates just like me.