After Ryan left Alex pulled up into the driveway, he parks his car and gets out of it, his shoulders slumped, his face was at a frown, one of his cheeks were bright red, he got up the steps of the patio and stops to talk to me in the doorway, "Who was that?, oh never mind, well, I went to find Scarlett, and I did and she said, "Oh, is my boy toy coming back to me now?" I said no, I asked her for your purse and she said, "I had it.... Then some guy took it from me, I tried to get my new boyfriend to get him but he was too fast, all I heard of the last thing was he vanished in mid air..... and why are you looking for that pig's slop bag?" then she slapped me and told me to go away, and wait.... how did you get that purse back, you could have called me!" Emily puts both of her hands up, like she's not apart of it, well she saw the whole thing! She could at least say something! she still stays quiet, I took a deep breath and said, "I don't have your number yet, and the person that just drived out of the driveway was a pretty nice guy, he explained himself, and it's all okay now, it's getting dark out, lets go to bed after this hard day of work." Everybody nods, and we retreat up stairs, in the middle of the steps Alex tells me, "I put up a for sale notice on Gregslist for Scarlett's room, I have gotten so many requests in the last couple of hours I finally picked one, he said he would pay triple the amount then any other person, and he also said he was going to move in as soon as possible, he said probably a day or two but he said most definitely tomorrow, his name is Mr.Francis, I'd like you to show him around and tell him what I told you today." I shake my head, "I'd gladly tell him the rules, but I never got a tour of the house." Alex smiles, "Let's go take a tour then." he grabs my hand and we walk down stairs to the kitchen, "This is the Kitchen." He smiles, then we walk to the living room, "This is the Family room/Living room, we have a whole bunch of games to play with, we have a fellow competitive gamer, Derrick, who's in here three times a week for practice for his tournaments, sometimes Emily and I play with him, of course we get beaten, but that's okay." we walk to the laundry room, the movie space, the basement, then we stop at a trophy case, Alex looks up and down at he case and smiles, gently, it kind of looks like he's too happy.....then he speaks, "This is our, my trophy case, I am a football player, and I win alot of games, here's the one where I beat the last house this year, cool!" He picks up the big trophy and hands it to me, it reads, "Senior Football Champ Alex Johnson." I hand it back to him, I smile and say, "Cool." He puts it back in the case and takes my hand again, he steers me straight into the sun room, well, it's not a sun room anymore, might as well call it a moon room, he sits me down on a chair, he sits in the one next to me, he asks me, "So, this is the end..... it doesn't have to be though....." He leans over and kisses me, he takes me out of the chair, and carries me up to his room, it's pitch black until he turns his light on, it's a really great room, it has a stereo, car engines, oil spatter on the walls, taling about the walls they are black and some of them have flames on them, I ask him to put me down, I say, "Why am I here?" he giggles a little bit, "I thought you liked me 'That' kind of way......" I shake my head, "After today, all this passing out and Scarlett, and my purse coming back... I need sleep, don't get me wrong, I really like you, but I'm just really tired, and I've only met you for a day, try again in.... a week." I smile, He smiles, "Can do Ari." I walk to the door and I close it, I walk to my room to see Emily poking her head out of the bathroom door, she has her toothbrush in her mouth full of toothpaste, as she speaks she spits everywhere, "So..... What was going on in there?" I shaked my head and I finally got into my room, I turned on the lights, I go to sit in my desk in front of a window, I take out a pen and some paper, and I start writing a letter to my dad, I write what amazing people I met, how moving in was like today, I didn't write down where I now live, he always over reacted about everything, like this one time I got a 'B-' on my science test last year, he went into the school, and talked to my teacher, he was saying, "MY DAUGHTER WAS STUDYING FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS SO HARD SHE HAD COVER TO COVER HEADACHES, SHE CLEARLY DESERVES A 'B+'." Well, and end to the story is I got an 'A+', he always over reacts, then I end my letter, and I tuck it under a paper weight, my Iphone goes off, hey It's grandma, I answer it,
"Hey grandma, How are you doing, I was just going to go to bed, so what's up?"
"Well, same old same old, your dad called me today, he was furious, he wants to know where you live, so he can come see you on your birthday, and I can send a gift to you... I promise I won't give it to your dad, I know you two have some unsettled business, and I'm not going to get inbetween it, so if he wants your address, he should ask you or you get the courage to give it to him, so, how's it going over there? I bet some cute boys were there!"
I laugh at my grandma, "Yes, I met three cute boys soon to be four tomorrow, he's going to move in tomorrow, and I'll text you or email you the address, hey, can I see you some time soon? we can go get some coffees?"
"OOH! Sweet hun, I'll see you at my house and I'll take you to this new place that's around here, it's okay if you come tomorrow, no, you have to meet that boy!, how about sometime next week?"
"Sure grandma, and I have to go to bed now, I love you Grams, tell Gramps I love him too. Bye, and good night."
"I love you too, the only thing I'll tell your dad is that you're okay and settled in, and he doesn't need to stick his nose in where it isn't welcome right now, sweet dreams, and if anything happens remember I'm still here, I will love you unconditionally. Good NIght Sweet Pea."
"Okay Grams, Night, I love you, call you soon."
We whistle a tune, the same tune my mother used to sing to me when she would lull me to sleep, it was only three notes, but it had been passed down for centuries, ages, it's nothing like the appetite challenges, (hunger games, copy right stuff.) the notes are Re, Do', Ti (Sol Fege). I look out the window, aww look, there's an owl, perched in that tree, wonderful, and wise, then something interrupts the owl, and it flies, I grab my Iphone, and I snap a picture, I wave at the owl, telling it good bye, the I stare at the picture, those long wings, beautiful, they way they lengthen out, the right spacing of feathers, flawless. then my eyes wander around the background, huh, that's funny, there's eyes in the tree, and they're glowing... and they look normal, like a humans, no, it must just be a raccoon or a opossum. Whatever it's no big deal. I get up from my chair and I walk into my closet, everything's so clean and organized, I smile a little bit, I pick my pajamas, the black pants with the white top, and I change. I walk out of the closet, I turn off the lights and start getting into my bed, so comfy, it's midnight, I close my eyes and I think of how today went, I think, what tomorrow going to be like? who is this Mr.Francis? then I drift off into the void of dreamers where everybody's dreams come true. Then it goes pitch black.
