love makes it all better

Chapter 4

After finishing my homeworks, it took me about two hours. I had to write an essay and do some other homeworks from different subjects. By the time I was through with them, the homeworks had worked up an appetite, I can eat a whale right now. I've always thought a whale's flesh will taste really nice especially maybe boiling it water full of different spices. Yeah, it should taste very ni-

"Brooke, I hope u are done dressing up for dinner. The neighbours will be here in 15 minutes", my mom's voice cut through my thoughts of eating whale. I hurried to the bathroom took a fast shower, quickly dressed in short simple black gown just reaching a little above my knees. Seeing that I still have five minutes, I tried using eyeliner, but seeing as I suck at applying makeup, I ended up with something not close to what I wanted. I think it's about time I give up on ever knowing how to apply makeup. I can't count how many makeup tutorials I've watched on youtube. I just suck at it.

"Brooke, come down. The neighbours are here", my mom called from the living room.

I quickly used some tissue and wipe off my sorry excuse of eyeliner and made my way to the living room to greet the new neighbours. As I got to the living room, my stomach decided to make my presence known by making a loud rumbling sound which got everyone to look at me.

"Hello", I said sheepishly to the couple in front of me and they are definitely not old by the way and they don't look like they have four dogs like the old couple who lived in their house before them.

"Wow, so she can talk". I heard a voice proclaim in wonderment and suprise suprise, it was Drake.

"Of course she can talk", a woman presumably Drake's mom said sternly. "I am Regina, Drake's mom", Regina said.
"And I am Charles, I see you know my son", Drake's dad said.

"I've seen him around school even before he left for a while", I told Drake's parents. But my statement made Drake look uncomfortable as he suddenly became nervous.

"Ok, let's head over to the table and eat", my mom said to get over the awkwardness. And my stomach chose to let out an earth shattering sound at that particular time causing everyone to laugh.

On the table were bowls of chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes and they smell delicious causing my mouth to water. I quickly took a seat on the dining table, I felt someone sit down beside me and it was Drake. I kept praying in my heart that he doesn't talk to me as I kept piling loads of food on my plate. I love food that much.

"So you love food this much", Drake whispered to me as he saw the amount of food I dished on my plate leading to me choking on my food. That led to both parents greeting me trying to calm me down.

After I calmed down, I continued my food. Drake kept trying to talk to me but seeing as how I kept opening and closing mouth like a fish deprived of water and oxygen and couldn't say a word, he stopped talking to me.

After dinner was over, I helped my mom to clear the dishes and was about to help her wash the dishes when she told me to go talk to Drake and that this was my chance to finally make a friend.
"But mom, you know how I find it difficult to talk to guys", I whined.
"You have to start sometime so go talk to him, go watch the TV or something ", my mom said.
"But you forgot I'm grounded so no Tv", I reminded her. I've never been more glad of being grounded.
"Ok you are ungrounded, go watch the Tv", seeing my unhappy face she shook her head muttering something about how I am probably the only teenager in the whole world unhappy about being ungrounded.

I went to the living room, switched on the TV, put some random show on and ignored Drake.
"So, how are you?, Drake asked me.
After opening my mouth several times and sweating profusely, some squeaking sounds came out and I managed to stammer, "I-I aam fi-fine".
"Cool", Drake said. I only nodded my head and continued watching the Tv. Then I heard Drake's parents tell him it was time to go home and it was the best thing I've heard all night. But my mom just had to push me out to say goodnight to Drake. I got out the door with the aim of telling him goodnight but well it did not happen like that.

"Good morning, I mean go-goodni-ni-goodnight", I stammered out and tried to hurry in out of embarrassment of saying good morning this late at night. But I stopped on hearing Drake's amused voice call my name.

"Go-goodni-ni-goodnight", he chuckled out but stopped himself on seeing that I wasn't amused and said, "goodnight, Brooke. You've moved on from opening and closing your mouth, to squeaking and now to stammering. Do you smell that?" He made a show of sniffing the air. I shook my head.

"It smells like progress, see you tomorrow morning before school", he said and walked away.

I walked into my house wondering why he will see me before school, couldn't think of any reason, shrugged and entered into my house only to see my mom and dad peeping through the window. They made a show as if they were trying to dust the curtains. I only shook my head and was about to climb the stairs when I heard giggling behind me. I turned behind only to see my parents studiously dusting curtains. I shook my head again, tell them goodnight and went to my room.it had been a long day so I changed into my pyjamas and slept immediately my head hit the pillow.

My alarm woke me with Run away with me song by Carly Rae Jepsen up at 7:00am sharp, if you know the song, you can't help but wake up with the loud beat at the beginning of the song so I grumbled to myself and stood up. I was done dressing up by fifteen minutes past 7 and I did not bother trying to apply makeup this time.

As I made my way downstairs, I heard voices, thinking it was just my mom and dad, I joyfully skipped downstairs singing the words to Closer by Chainsmokers. I got down only to see Drake staring at me.

"You have a nice voice, you should sing often. Are you ready to go to school? I am giving you a ride", Drake said. So this was what he meant when he said last night that he will see me before school. I could only open and close my mouth with no sound coming out.
"So we are back at where we started from", Drake said shaking his head and smiling.