Home Sweet Home: ON HOLD

Chapter 24

"Um excuse me?" I say a little shocked.

"I- need- you- to - date - my brother." she says slowly turning a bright shade of red.

"I'm sorry but that's not possible." I say standing up and going into my bathroom and applying some face cream.

"Please." she says pleadingly " I really need you to though."

"Why?" I say. "are you after something?"

"No no no, nothing like that I need you to date Luke just for a little bit. Or just one date?" She says quickly looking down she takes a deep breath "my mom has been dying for the past month, and since you came he hasn't been the sad Luke. my mom is becoming happier which is helping with her treatment. so I..." I cut her off

"Look I'm sorry about your mom and all but why can't I just be friends with him?" I say walking out of the bathroom

"Anna you don't understand my mom has less than a month to live. I want here to pass happy not worrying about Luke." she says as tears fill her eyes.

"Lyanna I told you already I am sincerely sorry that you mother is dying, I really am. but I can't just date Luke then drop him when your mom passes on." I say "Luke will be heart broken and I don't want his heart to be broken. I care for him and just as a friend." I say

A tear slips out of her eye. I'm a sucker for people who cry. "Lyanna don't cry." I say handing her a tissue.

"I'm 'hiccup' sorry 'hiccup' I just 'hiccup want my fam 'hiccup' ily to 'hiccup' be hap 'hiccup' py." she says bawling

"Please stop crying" I say sitting next to her and putting an arm around her.

"I'm sorry" she says trying to compose herself after a while.

"It's okay." I say rubbing her back

"Just please think about it." she says standing up and walking to the door.

I nod and she leaves.

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That afternoon I go to the supermarket with my mom. The whole time I tried to get lyanna's words out of my head.

"I need you to date my brother." echoes in my head

I would love to date Luke but it wouldn't feel real. it would feel fake, it would feel like I was doing a favour. I believe in true love not flings. I like Luke as a friend not a lover.

I feel a tapping on my shoulder. I shake my head a little to get my head out of day dream mode.

I look over my shoulder and see my mom holding up two cereal boxes.

"Which one?" she says holding them out "Captain crunch or Special K?"

"Special K." I say without thinking.

"You sure?" she says raising an eyebrow "captain crunch use to be your favourite cereal."

"Well I'm not that pudgy little girl now am I?" I say with a smile. "Plus it's loaded with tons of sugar."

"But that pudgy little girl never cared about sugar, now did she?" she says pinching one if my cheeks playfully.

"Well that pudgy girl had an awakening when she became a famous, beautiful role model to millions of girls." I say in a high pitched voice and strike a pose.

My mom laughs and rolls her eyes

"Okay then." she says dropping Special K in the shopping cart.

We walk up to the checkout and take out the box of cereal to out on the counter but instead I look at it for a moment.

"I'm on vacation!" My head screams "which means now more healthy diets!"

I quickly sprint to the cereal aside and grab the captain crunch and put the Special K in its place. I sprint back and hide it between the other stack of food before my mom could see. I hate it when she's right.

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Hi guys so just quickly saying I'm sorry for such a short chapter and that I just wrote this on my phone so ya... anyways I am going to try to finish this book by the end of the summer, but there are about 20-30 or more chapters.

This chapter is dedicated to Moonlite27, becaause she deals with my very long explanations and conversation when its like 2 in the morning or if shes trying to rush for school. so this is dedicated to her :)

Anyways I'll post the next chapter soon

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