Convenient Coincident

Chapter 16

I slipped on the greasy floor bringing Nate down with me. I quickly stood back up, grabbing a bucket of water trying the contain the huge fire on the kitchen stove, that was rapidly travelling throughout the kitchen.

"Hurry up and help me!" I scream at Nate hoping he would hurry and get up before the fire grew bigger.

"Where's Ryan?!?!" Nate asked in annoyance getting up and also grabbing bowls of water and flinging it at the flames.

"He had to get the kids!" I screamed scrambling to get more water.

Talking about the devil, he came in right at that moment carrying both of the babies in each arm.

Both of which were only in their diapers, which were on backwards, and their heads were covered in milk.

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2 hours earlier

Nate looked between me and the baby and a questioning look.

"What do I do with them?" Nate asked looking cluelessly at the little bundles.

He obviously hadn't taken care of a baby before. I know since I'm in home ec. and we had to take care of flour bags.

I grabbed Tina out of Nate's arms, sitting on the couch.

"Ryan wanna come hold her?" I asked Ryan since he was twitching awkwardly from foot to foot, looking like he had to pee.

He flashed me a grin and sat next to me. I handed Tina to him, and he looked kind of nervous and freaked out, like he was gonna drop her any second.

Nate came and sat on my right cradling Landon. He looked at total ease and just looked lovingly at him.

I looked at both of them with the babies and felt a calming sensation lace through my body.

Boy did that change in a second.

Both babies started wailing at the same time startling both Ryan and Nate.

They both look at me with wide eyes. I look between the babies frantically trying to think of what to do.

"Er...they're either hungry, need to be changed, or want attention." I finally concluded. They gave me sideways glances as though I was talking a foreign language.

"So.... that means we do what exactly?" Ryan asked cluelessly.

I rolled my eyes grabbing Tina from his arms and he looked relieved.

I placed Tina in her little car seat and Nate followed my lead, placing Landon in his car seat.

"Nate you are in charge of changing their diapers, Ryan you are going to heat up their milk for them to eat, and I'll make the food for us to eat dinner." I commanded, I felt kind of in power over them and I liked it.

They just nodded their heads and went their ways. Nate brought both of the kids into the room to change them.

Me and Ryan both go into the kitchen. I shuffling through cabinets looking for food I could make.

Ryan was going through the milk my sister and Lisa left, and heating it up.

Guess we're having spaghetti.

I start boiling the pasta, and also making my homemade spaghetti sauce.

I felt a presence over my shoulder so I turned my head slightly to find Ryan about an inch away from my face.

He scared me so I jumped over and the spaghetti sauce I was stirring was flung off of the spoon as it clattered to the ground, splashing both mine and Ryan's socks.

"Oops, sorry didn't mean to startle you." Ryan said not even looking at his feet since his eyes were looking straight at mine.

I broke eye contact since I felt uncomfortable in the intense stare down I was getting from him.

He stepped closer to me lifting up my chin with his finger. His face started to descend towards mine, and in that second my mind went blurry.

"So what's for dinner?" A harsh voice interrupted before Ryan could kiss me.

I turn my head to see Nate with an enraged face. I scrunched my eyebrows together looking between Nate and Ryan who were having a mental conversation.

The conversation didn't seem good though since they were glaring daggers through each other's faces.

"Spaghetti." I slowly answer.

"Ryan you can go feed them now." Nate said his lips were in a thin line and his eyes blazing.

Ryan's face was just as scary, his normally light blue eyes were now a dark sapphire and were slightly narrowed.

"Okay." Ryan said leaving the kitchen with the bottles shoving Nates shoulder on the way out.

This left Nate and me in the kitchen alone. Nate slowly stepped his way over to me but left a reasonable space between us which I was thankful for.

"So... Spaghetti..." Nate said trying to break the ice.

I don't know why, but I actually started laughing. Hard.

I didn't even think it was that funny, I was just laughing. He looked at me in bewilderment, but then cracked at smile.

I finally settled down then remembered I still had to collect the seasoning.

How the kitchen was set up was there was the stove with an array of alcoholic drinks over it in little cubbies in the wall and then the cabinet on top of that with seasoning, but I wasn't tall enough to reach it.

Without really thinking I jump onto the stove, making sure not to touch any of the pots and went through the cabinets.

"Woah, do you need me to get it for you gummybear?" Nate asked reaching to grab me.

I quickly slap his hand away.

"No, I can do this on my own." I say with a pout. He put his hands up in surrender and let me do my thing.

I open up the cabinet to grab the seasoning. While I pulled out the big container of salt I accidentally dropped the pepper grinder and it landed on one of the protruding tops of the whiskey knocking the bottle out of the cubby.

The bottle broke spilling all over the stove, counter and floor.

I was so caught up looking at the now shattered alcohol all over the place I didn't notice my skirt catch on fire from the stove.

I felt heat on my thigh and I look down to see fire traveling up the right side of my skirt.

I scream jumping up, which wasn't such a good idea since I knocked my head on the bottom of the cabinet.

the fire lit up the small specks of whiskey on the stove which caused me to jump off the stove and throw the closest cup of water on my leg.

I turned back to see the fire was spreading frantically over the stove and counter.

I just remembered Nate was there and he was looking at the flames in complete shock.

Back to now.

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AN: Okay so I didn't feel like writing the back to now part since I didn't want the chapter to drag on for too long so yea.... oh and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Time to start a new fresh slate.

Anyway, I originally planned that Ryan was gonna come and bring alcohol to spike the food, but then I was like, I want Y'all to hate him but he isn't gonna be that bad.

I am really trying to make y'all love Nate, but I don't want to like just shove it out there.

Anyway it's 1:21 am so Nighty Night. ~ April