Behind Closed Doors

BCD- Chapter Five

Behind'Closed'Doors'Chapter'Five--

I put my bag and shoes into my closet and lay on my bed. My legs still ache so I'm just going to order in some pizza tonight as I really can't be bothered. I grab the parcel and letters from yesterday and put them onto my bed.

I pull open one of the enveloped to find a cheque of 6,000 dollars. I roll my eyes and sigh. Every month I receive a cheque from my dad for me and my mother. My mom thinks it's his way of saying sorry for not being able to be here, I think it's his way of buying himself into our hearts. Yeah, not going to happen sorry. I open the other letter to see an invite from my mom to an event we hold every year for my family to come together. I still don't see why she wastes an invite on me when she could just tell me.

Her excuse is that she has to use all the invites and she'd rather give one to me then some other lady who she barely knows. I personally think it's because it's easier for her. Although I don't know why she wastes an stamp on me as they are getting very expensive these days.

I open the parcel to see two boxes, one labeled for me and one for my mom. I open my box to find a light brown teddy looking up at me with chocolate brown eyes and holding a red flower. I toss it under my bed and let out a groan. I know its from my brother, I can tell just looking at it but this time he hasn't left a note telling me he loves and misses me.

Thank God for that.

I take the other box downstairs and put it on the couch in the family room before going into the dining room and setting up my laptop on the table. The table is always set for five but we're lucky if we have two considering my mom is always out doing God knows what, my dads always in different countries as he works as a lawyer and is always doing business in other countries. It's just me at home regularly.

I am my own parent really. It's me that does the grocery shopping, put the pets down because otherwise they would have died of neglect, done the paper work so I can move schools, sorts out the bills, notifies my parents if they have meetings, party's etc. I am the parent of this house, I wash everybody's clothes, cook dinner like the parents should. Of course I can't even say to them about it as they are never home.

When the laptop loads I order an 18" pepperoni pizza before logging into my Wattpad account. I click on 'Discover' and look in 'What's hot', looking for a new book to read. My doorbell rings throughout the house and I open the door to see..

Ryder.

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"What are you doing here?" I ask shocked and he sends me a smirk

"Well I got bored so I thought, why don't I go see the best person in the world" He says sarcastically and I roll my eyes

"Shame, I'm not letting you into my house"I tell him and he flashes me a smirk

"You really haven't got a choice" He tells me and I scrunch my face up in confusion

"This is my house, how have I not got a choice?" I ask and he laughs

"Isn't it obvious? We all know that you mom will arrive home in about 15 minutes meaning she'll either see me standing here declaring my love and refusing to leave until you marry me or I could be hiding somewhere in your house" He tells me in a matter-of-fact voice.

I open the door wider and he sends me a cheeky grin before stepping into my house and looking around. I walk into the dining room, Ryder hot on my tail and discretely exit Wattpad on my laptop and shut the lid before he can call me even more of a nerd.

I hate how if you're seen reading a book you're automatically categorized as an nerd. 

"What do you want?"I ask him leaning against one of the dining room chairs and staring at him as he walks around picking up random things looking at it before putting it back down.