Complicated

Chapter Twenty-Six

Brandon dropped Chris and I to the Grey’s home and drove off. The home was beautiful, both inside and out. It was gated all around and had two grand doors and had many traits of a Spanish home.

We were both inside and had already met Eric, Chris’s older brother, and Melody, his younger sister. Eric looked a lot like Chris, but just his face was more oval-shaped, had dark blonde hair and hazel eyes. Melody, on the other hand, had brown mid-length hair with light blonde highlights and green eyes. His parents came next - Connor and Amy Grey.

“MacKayla, it’s a pleasure to see you again” Amy said as she wrapped my arms around me.

“The pleasure’s all mine, Mrs. Grey” I replied as she let me go, and she smiled tightly.

“Come, let’s go to the living room. The dinner’s almost ready, but we’re still waiting for one more person” Mrs. Grey said as she led us all to the living room. There were three couches, spaced evenly apart creating a perfect U-shape. A three-seater was placed in the middle and two love-seats were on each side of it. Chris took my hand and led me to one of the love-seat and sat down beside me.

“Who else is coming?” He asked his mom.

“I invited Caroline”

He sat upright and questioned his mom, “Is everything alright?”

“Yes, of course dear. I just recently found out she was in town so I called her over” Chris didn’t reply. He just sat there, forcing a smile at his mom.

“Are you okay?” I whispered in Chris’s ear. He didn’t reply, but just nodded. He was still holding onto my hand so I lightly squeezed it, letting him know he could tell me.

After some time, Caroline came and we were all around the Grey’s table. It was a spacious eight-seater, and I was seated between Melody and Chris, who had his arm around my waist as we waited for the food to arrive. Caroline was seated beside Mrs. Grey and also across the table from me. She smiled a soft smile at me as she joined a conversation with Mrs. Grey with something about her business.

“Is everything alright Chris?” I asked him once more as he refused to make eye contact with Caroline. He had just seen her this morning before I arrived with his car and then, he seemed alright, but now he seemed like he was giving her the cold shoulder.

“Everything’s fine” He assured me, though I could tell he didn’t want to talk about it. I made a note to myself to ask him later about it, but right now the food was placed on our table and it looked delicious.

During dinner, Melody kept conversing me about her Eurotrip. I could tell she was excited, mainly because she’s never been there and to go with her friends would be an amazing adventure.

“So MacKayla, have you ever been to Europe?” She asked me.

“No, I’ve barely been out of the state” I replied.

“Really?” She was shocked. Was it rare for someone to not leave the state?

She continued on about her trip and the tiny details for it, while Chris, Eric, and Mr. Grey were discussing about their family business.