Change Your Life

Chapter Nineteen

Brielle's POV

    When I woke up, I immediately smelled breakfast foods. I smiled and sat up, stretched, and stood up. I ran my fingers through my hair, attempting to comb out some of the knots and tangles.

   I walked through the door frame and spotted both my grandparents smiling and talking. I squealed and attacked my grandpa in a hug.

   "Grandpa! When did you come home?" I asked, pulling away.

   Grandpa laughed and kissed my forehead. "I got in early this morning. Now, your grandmother here was telling me something about a boy?" Grandpa raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms.

   I shot a playful glare at my sheepish looking Nana. "Nana!" I exclaimed. "Why did you do that?"

    She still looked sheepish. " We don't have secrets!" She defended. " Plus, he could tell I was excited about our shopping trip."

   I rolled my eyes playfully.  " Well...." I drawled. " You can make it up to me by letting me have some of those blueberries? "

     Nana rolled her eyes and handed me the plastic container. "Happy?"

   I smirked. "Very. Did you get a hold of aunt Ruth and aunt Nicola?" I popped a couple of blueberries in my mouth.

    She smiled. "Yes! They are on their way and I should warn you, they were more excited than me."

   "If I knew you guys wanted to take me shopping this bad, I would have asked a long time ago!" I exclaimed,  laughing. 

   Nana laughed for a second. " Brielle, we all know you hate shopping.  That's why we didn't ask you."

   "Well, if I knew you wanted to take me, I would have let you guys," I replied, eating more blueberries.

    "And that means a lot to us." Nana smiled and went back to cooking.

  While Nana was cooking, I turned to my Grandpa, grinning. " So, how have you been?" I asked, trying to make conversation. 

   "I've been good. But the question is how have you been?" I looked at him and saw genuine concern in his eyes.

   I nodded and smiled softly. "I'm fine, Grandpa. Don't you go worrying about me!" I winked and poked him in the shoulder. 

   "Brielle, how can I not worry? My little cupcake is growing up! To top it off, she already had a boyfriend!"

   "Are you really going to start calling me 'cupcake' again?" I raised an eyebrow.

  "Yes, you will always be my cupcake." he smiled. "Now, how is school, grades?"

     "Good. I have all A's." I grinned triumphantly. 

   "That's what I like to hear. What's your favorite subject this year?"  He asked, taking a sip of his coffee. 

   "Biology. Definitely.  I like studying the body parts and all that good stuff," I answered, getting up to get some apple juice.

   "Oh," he sounded surprised. "You're just like Liam. He always excelled in biology. Probably why he became a medical doctor."

   "Yeah, he really loves his job." I chuckled. " So does my other dad."

   Grandpa laughed. " That boy loves anything to do with food!"

   I laughed too. "Yeah, he does."

"How's Blake doing?  I haven't seen him in a while." Grandpa frowned. They have always been pretty close, to be fair.