Welcome to My Life

Chapter 7

Aliyah's POV

"Um, Hi." I answered the woman I'm about ninety percent sure is Grant's mom. "I'm Aliyah Harrington." I told her. What else was I supposed to say.

"Oh, well, it's nice to meet you Aliyah. Are you one of Carly's friends?" She asked me.

"Yes." I quickly answered her. Wait, why did I tell her that? I'm here with Grant. I mean, I guess I wasn't totally lying. I am friends with Carly, I think. I don't know for sure. Carly is very confusing.

"Oh. Okay then." She said with a smile. "Where is Carly?" She asked me.

"Her and Madison are downstairs." Plus a lot of other girls you don't know. I'm definitely not telling her that.

"Oh. What about Grant? Carly's older brother." She asked me. Dang this woman had a lot of questions.

"He's downstairs as well. With Cody." I explained and she nodded.

"Ok. Well, tell them I'm home and have fun." She told me nonchalantly. Wow. She seems very concerned that we're all downstairs together. Either she's really laid back, she trusts her kids, or she doesn't care at all. I'm not really sure which though. She went back to searching through the cabinets and I slipped out of the kitchen, praying she wouldn't ask me anymore questions.

"Um, Grant, your mom's home." I told him as I walked back down the steps.

"Are you serious? She didn't say anything weird did she?" He asked me worriedly. What does he mean 'weird'? I shook my head no in response, but what he said kind of bugged me for a second. Cody snapped me out of trance though when he suddenly yelled.

"Who wants to watch a movie?" Everyone quickly agreed, but then started fighting over what to watch. I walked back down the stairs the rest of the way and towards the fort.

"Let's watch San Andreas!" Brandy screamed. Oh no, not that movie again.

"What, no! Let's watch The Fast and The Furious!" Cody argued. I honestly felt bad for him because Brandy turned to him, her eyes narrowed. If looks could kill, Cody would be way worse than dead right now. San Andreas is Brandy's favorite movie. It probably had to do with the fact that Dwayne Johnson played in it.

Cody threw his hands up in surrender, but I knew he wasn't going to go down without a fight. He opened the DVD case and took the disk out, Brandy doing the same after realizing what he was doing. There was a quick exchange where Cody glanced back and forth the DVD player and Brandy. Brandy knew exactly what he was debating on doing though. I looked away from the two dummies and at the other people in the room. Carly was smirking, Madison sitting beside her throwing glances at Grant. Lauren was staring at her phone, ignoring everyone. Lola looked like she was going to explode and I knew she was totally squealing on the inside. Grant just looked very amused by the situation as he sat on the couch with his arms crossed.

I turned my attention back to the two five year olds that were still fighting over the movie. Cody quickly lunged for the DVD player, Brandy tackling him. Cody tried to reach for the eject button but Brandy grabbed his wrist. She pushed the button instead and stuck the disk in. That was it Brandy had won.

Or so we thought.

Cody pushed himself up off of the ground, knocking Brandy off of him. He then picked her up and threw her over his shoulder.

"Cody! Put me down, now!" She screamed in protest because we all knew what was coming. He threw her onto the couch and she squealed again. "You're such a jerk!" She screamed at him as he practically fell over from laughing so hard.

"Maybe." He told her, still laughing like an idiot.

"But I still got the movie!" She laughed and stuck her tongue out at him, to which he returned. Honestly, they are really cute together.

Brandy crossed her arms, huffed, and came to sit by me. Cody ran up the stairs quickly as the movie started to play. I looked over at Grant, only to find him looking at me, a sad smile on his face. He moved his eyes back towards the TV and I did the same. He then got up and walked up the stairs as well.

I wonder where they're going?

Wait, why do I care?

I turned my attention back to the movie again and tried not to think about what Grant and Cody might've been doing. They had been acting really odd lately.

A few seconds later, they both came bounding back down the stairs, popcorn practically falling out of their hands. Cody was the first to make it down and he plopped himself down on the couch. Brandy stood up from her spot and went to sit by him. Well, that's odd. Everyone is acting so strange lately!

Grant gave the other girls their popcorn then came back over to me. He handed me the bucket with a smile, then looked over to the couch where he had been sitting with Cody. His spot was now occupied with a particular person named Brandy for some bizarre reason.

"Can I sit with you?" He asked me shyly. I quickly nodded and felt my whole face heat up as Grant sat down beside me.

I tried to focus on the movie throughout the remainder of the night, but I couldn't with Grant sitting beside me. I looked over at him as he watched the movie. He was lying back on the couch, his hands behind his head. I can't believe we almost kissed. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing though. Not kissing him would make it easier when I have to leave in a few weeks. But, I also really like him and wish we had kissed. He must have noticed me watching him (which definitely isn't the first time) and he smirked, his beautiful eyes shining with amusement.

This is going to be a long night!

Heck, this is going to be a long next few weeks!
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~❤️K

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