the reason | 13rw

f i f t y - s e v en

"i'm home," i announced as i pushed the door shut. i didn't get a response back so i continued up to my room. i pushed the door open and dropped my things before heading back down stairs. 

i saw a note sat on the counter. i picked it up. 

"nicolette, i love you bunches but i had to go to florida for a very important business deal. i'll be home as soon as i can, your dad is at work. i have dinner already made just heat it up. call me before bed." i read and then saw another one. i picked that up. "nic, you told me to go back to texas because i was ruining your entry back home. so i am, i saw mom's note and didn't want to leave you alone tonight, so just send jeff a text when you get home and he said he'd stay the night. please no monty tonight. love you, see you soon." 

i dropped them both in the trash before pulling my phone out. i didn't want to have jeff over, or monty. really, i didn't want to have anyone over but my parents would be pissed if i was home alone all night. so i called scott, putting the phone to my ear. 

"nicolette?" he asked, obviously very confused. 

"yeah, i know, just get your ass over to my house please." i said. 

"i'm on my way." he said and hung up. 

i pushed my phone in my pocket, pulling the food my mom had made out of the fridge. i heated it up and took a fork. i grabbed it out when it was done. i started for the living room just as the doorbell rang. i hurried and pulled it opne, seeing scott. 

"hey," i said. "i hope you have extra clothes." 

"what?" he asked as he stepped in, pushing the door shut. 

"my mom left to florida, elliot went back to texas and my dad is working. i can't be home alone, so here we are." 

"why did you call me?" he asked. "i figured i'd be the last one on your list of people." 

"well my brother told me to call jeff but i don't wanna deal with anyone so..." i trailed. 

"well since i'm here, can we..." 

"i don't want to." i said and looked at him. "i want to drop everything that has to do with that stupid fucking case, got it? i just want to erase it and leave it in the summer." 

"got it," he nodded as i sat on the couch. "so are you going to share?" 

he nodded to my plate. i let out a chuckle. 

"come and sit." i told him. 

he sat next to me as i grabbed a fork full of the green beans. i held it to his mouth. he took it his mouth as we both started giggling. 

"did you make this?" 

"my mom put the plate together and told me to heat it up." i explained. "so kind of, because this all came from different cans and she just dumped it on a plate." 

he smiled, "do you want real food? i can make something." 

"like what?" 

"depends what you have." he told me. 

"come on," i said and got up. 

we went into the kitchen and i  let him look around. i slid the plate on the counter as he looked through our pantry. 

"you've got barely anything in here." 

"my family usually just orders in." 

"you want chinese?" he asked. 

"if you pay." i told him. 

"done," he pulled out his phone. 

he walked into the other room as i smiled, watching him.