Best friends / k.l.

14

Avery

I cleaned the mess up by myself as I always did. I was a neat freak. I hated messes. Fran and I were the only ones that cared to keep everything clean, but that was alright. It gave me something to do when I was bored. "Avery!" Bobby yelled as he ran down the stairs. "Protect me!" He ran behind me as he wrapped his arms around my waist. I felt his head against my back. I laughed just a little bit.

"What's going on?" I asked as I kept looking around. I felt like a mom sometimes especially in this house. "Who's gonna hurt you?" I heard another set of footsteps coming down the steps.

"She can't protect you!" Jc yelled as he held a giant inflatable penis. I remember that video. "Not from this dick." I was trying so hard not to laugh.

"Jc Caylen!" I yelled as I put my arms out in front of me. "Leave Bobby alone!" He slowly lowered the penis. "Do not make me ground you boys." I half laughed as I shot them both a stern look.

I heard more foot steps running down the steps. I seen Kian with swords in his hands. I gave him the same stern look, he slowly lowered the swords. "Sorry." I half laughed.

"Give them to me." I put my hand out for them. He placed them in my hand. I smacked all three of them before I ran up the stairs.

"Whoa! Not fair!" Jc yelled as he followed me. All three of them started following me.

"Get back here!" Kian yelled as he grabbed me. He picked me up and spun me around. All of the boys were surrounding me.

"How are we gonna have take care of her?" Bobby said as he cracked his knuckles. He acted as if we were in a movie.

"Tickle her." Kian said as they all moved closer. I hated being tickled.

"Now boys, lets think about this." I said as I stuck my hands out. I tried to keep them away from me.

"It's too late." Jc said in a low voice. I stepped closer to him and started tickling him. He backed up as he grabbed his sides. "Not cool." He whined in a high pitch voice.

I looked back to Bobby and Kian. "I know both of you are ticklish, so let's not do this." They threw their hands up and took a step back. I bowed to all three of them.  "It was a pleasure boys." I smiled as I walked back down stairs.

"Babe! " Kian said as he caught up to me. "What are you doing?" He followed behind me.

"I am cleaning up this mess," I paused, "as always." I smiled at him. He felt bad but it wasn't his fault. I hated messes.

"Well, after that, can you watch a movie with me?" I nodded as he kissed my cheek. "Thank you." I nodded again before I started focusing on cleaning.

***

My feet hurt as I trudged up the stairs. I had been on my feet for so many hours. I needed a nap or something. I walked into my room Kian was singing along to every song in tangled. I half laughed. "Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine, make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine," Kian paused for a minute as he caught his breath, "Heal what has been hurt, change the fates' design save what has been lost, and bring back what once was mine, what once was mine." I smiled as I seen the beautiful smile plastered across his lips.

"How's the movie?" I asked as I crawled into bed. I instantly wrapped myself around Kian. He had such a beautiful glow in his eyes.

"It's amazing! As always!" I half laughed at his excitement. "This is my favorite movie." I nodded.

"I know handsome. " I smiled at up at him as he smiled down at me.

"I have a question." He said as he adjusted his position. I nodded as I pulled all my attention to him. "We aren't doing anything tomorrow night, right?" I tried to think but I couldn't think of anything. "Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go out on a date with me?" I smiled.

"I would love to." He smiled brightly as he kissed the top of my head.

"Also, I talked to Meredith." I sighed as my eyes fell to the sheets. "She admitted to it. She said that she was very sorry and she wasn't thinking straight. She said she would buy you lunch sometime if you wanted." I nodded as my eyes stayed low. "What's wrong?" I asked as he lifted my chin up.

"A simple 'I'm sorry' doesn't fix everything." I said. "That hurt me. That made me go back to high school, all the painful memories. It was like I had to relive all that pain for the day." He frowned.

"This isn't high school anymore. No one is going to hurt you as long as I know about it. " I sighed. "Baby, if I would've known Meredith was gonna do that, I would've stopped her. I wouldn't have intentionally let her hurt you. I don't want you hurting and I'm sorry that you were. " he kissed my head. "I don't want you hurting Avery! I want you to be happy, why do you think I'm so goofy? This is all to make you smile. You deserve to be happy baby." He softly smiled as he kissed my head once again.

"I'm sorry Kian, it just hurt me." He nodded. "Thank you for being a lovable goofball." I said as I pulled myself closer to him. "I love you so darn much!" I said into his chest as I smiled softly. I loved holding him close to me, I felt safe.

"I love you more than anything in this entire world." He said as he left soft kisses all over my face. I couldn't help but smile and laugh.

You make me happy.