Just A Family Friend

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I looked around awkwardly, breaking eye contact with him.
Was he trying to hit on me?
I erased all my thoughts to try and make the situation less weird.
"Is there something wrong, princess?" He asked, his deep raspy voice breaking my train of thought.

"N-no. Uh- Do you need anything else, sir--"
"--Mark." He interrupted me, suggesting that I should call him by his actual name and not sir.
Why does he want to be so close to me?? I don't know him!
"M-Mark..." I repeated, so he would stop pestering me about it.

"No, cutie, thanks though." He gave me a soft smile before walking towards me.
Oh no...Not again.
I thought and my heart began to thump rapidly, my hands slightly shaking as he closed in. He raised his big veiny hands and I eyed them suspiciously before closing my eyes out of panic.
What is he going to do?
I thought and readied myself for his tempting actions, but all I received was a door shutting in my face. A draft of wind from the door brushing against the flustered heated skin of my face.
I could think was 'oh' as I backed away slowly and felt embarrassed.

I couldn't stop cringing at myself when I heard his voice through the door, muffled by the wood.
"You can go now, thanks for showing me around."

I stuck my tongue out at him for making a fool of me. I sleepily trotted back to my room and I heard a strange voice. It sounded like it was coming from a radio. As I walked into my room even more, the sound became clearer and I could make out that the voice was saying, "Hello? Hello...?" Wait a second...
"Monae!!??" I screamed as I ran towards my phone.
"Oh my... I forgot you were up here! I'm so sorry!" I giggled, shocked that she was even still up and on the phone.
"Wow~ Thanks a lot." She dragged and I apologized over and over.
"Any new news?" She asked, obviously getting sleepy as well.

"Nah. Just- I showed him to his room and he starred to kind of flirt with me." I muttered and I could here an audible gasp from her side.
"Be careful, seriously." She whispered and I laughed.
"Duh. I'm not Rachel! I know not to sleep with some guy that's twice my age! Ew!" We both shared a good laugh before Monae began to fall asleep.
"Well, I'm going to go to bed now." She yawned.
"Well, make sure you finish telling me about that boy who asked you out tomorrow then." I warned her and she gave me a grunt of approval before hanging up.
How did I forget my best friend was on the phone... Man~
I thought as I laid down carefully on my bed. I decided to play a bit of music on my phone and hook it up to my speaker as I wrote more of my day in my journal. (F/s) started to play on the speakers and I lightly bounced and bobbed my head to the beat as I wrote down my entry for the day.

Journal Entry
Monday at 10:00pm

Today was very interesting. The new addition to the family just moved in and as far as I can see he is super weird and I think he flirted with me. I admit he's very handsome and his body is pretty hawt. But he's at least 10 years older than me. No way is that going to be allowed.

Closed at 10:05pm

As I was writing, my pet cat Oreo, jumped on the bed with me. I giggled as I petted her and rubbed my nose against hers. She meowed softly with a high pitch before yawning so adorably. I squealed at how cute she was.

"Someone's sleepy, huh?" I giggled and she rolled around on my bed until she was comfortable and fell asleep. I smiled softly and gazed at her before I heard a light shuffling sound coming from my doorway. My head snapped up, finally aware that someone was there, and my eyes landed upon Mark who was staring at me from my doorway.

"Sorry, didn't mean to be creepy. Just wanted to ask if you have a rag I can use to wipe off the dust on the shelf." He stated smugly as he leaned on one hip. I gasped, forgetting all about the dusting portion of my chores.

"Oh no! I got it. Sorry!" I panicked as I ran pass him. I went to retrieve the duster from our supply closet and ran to his room, instantly dusting everything.

He gave me a calm but surprised look.
"You know, I could've done it-" he started, but I cut him off.
"There's no way I'm going to let you do this. You are a guest and you shouldn't have to clean when it isn't your house." I spoke and he raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"I mean... I am going to be living here for awhile, so..." He spoke.
"No. I don't care. It's my chore, not yours." I said, a bit embarrassed he had to deal with this filthy shelf. I was finally done dusting and took the duster to clean it.
How did I miss that!?
I thought as I cleaned the duster off.
Soon, I was finished and made my trip back to my room. I pass Mark's before getting to mine and I saw him setting up his shelf. He looked my way and I blushed a bit before walking again.

I made it into my room and when getting into bed, I heard steps behind me. I spun around startled when I saw Mark again.
"Y-yes?" I asked timidly.
Did I forget something else!?
I thought, but a relaxed expression was on his face. Maybe I didn't.

"Thanks." Was all that slipped from his mouth. I melted at his deep raspy voice.
"N-no problem." I stuttered and he painted a small smirk onto his face as he stood from his leaning position on my doorpost and walked back to his room.

Why? Wha-
I tried not to think about it. My thoughts going mushy as I drifted off to sleep.

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