Now That I'm Gone

Chapter 14

Last time on ‘Now That I’m Gone (#Wattys2016)’

After about five minutes, Ander and his mom came back downstairs to finish eating. His mom suddenly had a disappointed look on her face when they came back down, but Ander looked like he had gotten a huge weight lifted off of his shoulders. I shook off that bad feeling and continued to eat my food.

“Melissa, since when did you know how to cook?” I asked trying to compliment her food and lighten the tension in the room.

“I’ve been practicing ever since I left the old town Emmy,” she laughed

“Well, it’s really good!” I exclaimed while stuffing my face with more food that my sister had cooked.

I’m going to have to have her cook more often.
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After dinner we were all kind of quiet. We just sat at the table for a minute waiting for someone to speak up.

“How about we watch a movie?” I asked quietly breaking the silence

“That sounds like a great idea,” Ander’s mom said standing up

We all stood up and Melissa led the way to the screening room.

I still don’t understand how she can afford all of this.

When we walked into the screening room we all kind of shuffled into our seats and I ended up sitting alone. In the screening room the walls were covered in red carpet and everything was too fancy or me.

I didn’t even know that we had a screening room. When did this get here?

I’m pretty sure Ander’s mom and Melissa were hitting it off pretty good. They were talking nonstop.

I still don’t know his mom’s name.

I got up from the cushioned couch and walked over to his mom and Melissa.

“I am sorry but I never got your name. What is it?” I asked

“Oh! It’s Julie,” she laughed “I believe I never got your name either.”

“I’m Emma,” I said and shot out my hand for her to shake it.

She took my hand and shook it gently, “Nice to meet you Emma,”

I nodded and went to sit down. Ander and Sofia were sitting behind me so I had a whole love seat to myself. I don’t really know what to call it. It was a couch love seat type of thing and it was comfortable. It was white and tan and reclined a bit if you hit the button for it. My sister went to the back of the screening room and put in one of my all-time favorite movies. ‘The Sound of Music’. In my opinion I thought that this movie was a classic and everyone should watch it. The previews played through and I was already beginning to get cold. I walked out of the screening room and up to my room to grab my blanket. I untied the shirt around my waist and slipped on an oversized hoodie. I grabbed my comforter off of my bed and dragged it down the stairs behind me. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed five more water bottles and stuffed them in my blanket. I carried the blanket like a sack into the screening room and then plopped down into my seat right as the movie was starting. I grabbed four out of five if the water bottles and passed two to Ander and Sofia and then the other two to Julie and Melissa. After giving a water bottle to everyone, I went back to my love seat and dropped down onto it.

Why must you be so comfy? I could fall asleep right here.

I laid down on the love seat taking up all of the space there was. I turned my head to look at the screen right as the opening scene was ending. I got really into the movie, and about halfway through I sat up and sat Indian style in the middle of the couch, and pulled the blanket up to my chin.