Mint to Be

Chapter Ten: My New Living Arrangements

The creepy stalker guy that followed me and moved to my best friend?

Turns out he has a girlfriend.

Miles was already downstairs, sitting at the kitchen counter, eating a bagel.

"Good morning," Miles called when he caught sight of us.

"It was," Aiden complained. Miles's gaze moved from Aiden to me, and I was surprised by the intensity there. He looked like he was observing me. See what I mean?

"I'm not hiding anything," I snapped impatiently. Except food and weapons and a snazzy personality.

"Do you need anything?" He asked politely.

After the night I'd had?

"Some hard alcohol," I responded immediately.

"GARRET!" A voice shouted. I turned my head just in time to see Cole marching through the front door furiously.

Garret walked slowly down the stairs dressed in his PJ's, yawning.

"Wasgoinon?" He asked groggily.

Cole marched over to him, his face growing red.

"You tricked me!" Cole pointed a finger a him. "You pretended to haunt me to get me to buy your groceries!"

Garret looked taken back.

"That wasn't me," he protested. "Not that I wouldn't do it."

"You're always playing pranks on us! This has to stop," Cole demanded.

Garret threw his hands up.

"Woah, chill out," He said. "I can play pranks whenever I want!"

"Grow up!" Cole yelled. "You're what- 16?"

My eyes bulged. Sixteen?! A sixteen-year-old kidnapped me?

"Don't yell at me!" Garret exclaimed. "I didn't do anything!" Then he paused and reconsidered. "At least not while Caroline has been here," he corrected.

"Whatever!" Cole said, turning on his heel and storming up the stairs.

My eyes widened. Yikes!

Garret sat there, frowning. "Is this why I don't have a girlfriend?"

Miles frowned. "The pranks?"

Garret shook his head. "No, the fact that I'm associated with Cole."

I clamped my mouth shut to keep from laughing. Garret grabbed a green apple from the fruit basket on the counter and began polishing it off with his sleeve.

"Anyway," Aiden changes the subject, leaning against the counter with a banana in his hands. "We have company coming today, and you have two choices. Behave, or die."

My eyes widened yet again. These guys were finally taking their job seriously.

"A-" Miles began.

"No," He said. "That's the deal."

"Fine," I sniffed reluctantly.

Aiden stuck out his hand to shake.

I eyed it disdainfully. "I would, but the idea of touching you disgusts me."

He stuck his tongue out at me and I rolled my eyes.

"You have to act normal," Miles told me. "Don't Say anything about being kidnapped."

"And when he says act normal, he means act normal- but more social," Aiden added.

I scrunched up my nose. "More social? What do you mean?"