The Boy in The Rain: A Dalton Rapattoni Fanfiction

Chapter 4

When the movie ended it was going on 12:00.

"I'm getting kind of hungry. How about you?" I asked getting up from the couch to stretch my legs.

"Yeah, it's about lunch time now. " She said falling off the couch causing me to fall to the ground with laughter. We just lied there laughing for about two minutes until my stomach growled.

"Come on let's head upstairs to figure out what to do for lunch." I said starting to get off the floor.

"Okay." She said as we walked back up to my kitchen. Sitting at the kitchen table was my sister. She was video chatting with her boyfriend. He was with his family in Canada. When Zoe saw us walk into the kitchen she waved, then grabbed her computer and moved to another room. She really liked her privacy. My parents were no longer in the kitchen probably preparing for the day.

"So what do you want to eat? We have Kraft Dinner and chicken nuggets and other things." I asked looking through the fridge and pantry.

"Chicken nuggets sounds easy enough. Last week my mom tried to have me help with supper and I burned the pasta noodles. She hasn't asked to help again." She said shrugging.

"Okay well, I'll be in charge of getting the food ready and you can just sit there watching. Just to be on the safe side." I said getting the box out of the freezer. I preheated the oven to the specified temperature and placed six on a pan. I was putting the box when the oven beeped telling me that it was ready.

"Can you put the pan in the top oven?" I asked Maya trying to get her to help a little.

"Sure." She said. After she put them in I set the timer for ten minutes.

"So, what time do you have to go home at?" I asked Maya.

"My parents didn't really specify a time. They just said that I would have to be home in time for supper."

"Okay . So you can stay a couple more hours."

"Yeah. You know what I think we should do?"

"No. What do you think we should do?" I asked. She always had strange ideas.

"I think we should pick out a gorgeous outfit and hairstyle for if you go on a date with Dalton so that when he sees you he will regret lying to you."

"Okay, sounds like fun." We went up the stairs into my bedroom so that we could start. She immediately began going through my clothes. She picked out a shirt in mint green and a pair of dark shorts.

"Try these on so I can see what it looks like on you." She said bossily. I grabbed the outfit and went into the bathroom. I came out and she didnt say anything. She just nodded and motioned for me to sit down in my desk chair presumably for her to try hairstyles out on me. She began brushing through my knotted hair. No matter how many times I brush it in the morning it always ends up full of knots. She had my chair turned away from the mirror which worried me because as far as I could tell she was just pulling. Just as she was tying up whatever she had done to my hair the timer beeped.

"Are you done?" I asked impatiently. "I need to go flip the chicken nuggets."

"Almost.... Done!" She yelled triumphantly. I ran down the stairs and flipped the chicken nuggets while Maya went through my makeup. I restarted the timer and went back up the stairs. Before going into my room I popped into the bathroom to see my hair. It actully looked good. She had done a french braid. I have never had a french braid before because I have no idea how to do them and neither does my mom or my sister. I walked back to my room to find her reading my mascara bottle. When she saw me walk in she motioned for me to sit back in the chair. I sat down and she began applying makeup like she was a professional. When she was done I looked in the mirror and loved what I say. I looked like myself but better. She had made my eyes look greener and pop.

"Thanks Maya! It looks great but I don't have the slightest idea how to redo it."

"Don't worry when he asks you out you will tell me so that I can come over and do this all over again." She said as the timer beeped.

"Come on let's go eat." We walked into the kitchen. I pulled our lunch out of the oven and put three on a plate and three on another plate. I placed the plates on the table and the ketchup bottle. She squeezed a puddle onto her plate and began to stuff her face. We ate our lunch in silence. When we finished a couple minutes later. I put our plates in the sink.

"So what do you want to do now?"I asked not really sure what to do.

"I don't really know. We should leave your house though. Why put this gorgeousness to waste?" She said giving me a grin.

"Fine, but I have to change. If he asks me out for tomorrow I don't want to rewear clothes."

"Okay I still get to pick out the outfit though."

"Sure. Whatever." I said as she smilied smugly. As soon as she had my approval she sprinted up my stairs and was in my bedroom before I had even reached the stairs. I went into my room and she handed me skirt and a shirt. I headed to the bathroom to change. I came back and twirled. All she did was nod like some professional stylist. She was so weird.

"Let's go to the pool." She said certainly.

"But you just did my makeup and my hair." I said shocked that she wanted to ruin her masterpiece.

"No, we don't have to go in the pool just sit by it in our bathing suits." That made more sense.

"Sure come on let's go pack up my stuff. You can borrow one of my bathing suits." I went into the hallway and grabbed one of my many beach bags. I stuffed it with sunscreen and two bathing suits. I grabbed my sunglasses from my bureau and tossed a pair to Maya. We walked down the stairs and shoved on our flip flops. I grabbed a key and yelled up the stairs.

"Mom! We're going to the pool!"

"Okay! Be home in time for supper." I closed the door behind us and we began to walk to the pool. The walk was quiet with only the sounds of our flip flops. When we got to the pool I was walking on the edge of the pool when I almost slipped.

"Whoa! Careful, it's slippery." Said Maya. We picked out two chairs and sat down in the sun. We changed into our bathing suits and sat on the chairs talking. We talked about everything and anything. We talked about boys and shows and movies and music. When it was going on 4:30, I figured it was time to head home. We changed back into our clothes and began to leave the pool. I was walking by the pool when my phone began to vibrate. I took it out of my pocket. I was pressing answer when two kids were running by me and one of them slightly nudged me. I almost fell but as I tried to regain my balance I slipped and screamed as I fell into the pool.