"I actually can't believe that you're pissed at me right now." I said turning to look at Melody at the red light.
"You left me alone to go on a date, all day."
"First of all, it wasn't a date. Second of all, I texted you all day to check on you and you told me to stop checking in on you and to spend time with him. So stop pouting before I turn this car around and we don't go shopping."
"Okay but yeah, I didn't think you'd actually listen to me."
"Whatever. But if you think I'm going to disrupt my life and stop doing things I want to do because you're here now, you better think again. You don't need me to be by your side 24/7."
"Excuse me for wanting to spend time with my big sister after not seeing here but for two days in two years."
"You can't use that excuse, you live with me now. You get to see me everyday."
"Yeah, but you have a boyfriend so you're never going to be there."
"I don't have a boyfriend."
"Yeah you do."
"Look, that's not important right now." I sighed, pulling into the parking deck beside the boulevard. "We need to set some ground rules so this works out for both of us."
"Ground rules? What is this? A middle school club?"
"You would know."
"I'm in 10th grade."
"Same thing." I said rolling my eyes and parking the car.
"Just Listen and then we can go shopping." I said unbuckling and turning towards her. "No going through my stuff. No cooking, anything. Not even in the microwave. No meddling in my personal business, boys included. And do your part around the apartment, help me keep it clean."
"Got it." She said nodding. "Can we go shopping now?"
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Melodykmatthews: guess which one of us is older 😂😂 (hint it's not me) Thanks Sissy for taking me shopping.
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Madison_Matthews: it's so disrespectful when your younger siblings are taller than you 🙃🙃
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M.Matthews01: must be nice to be in CALI. Can't relate.
"When did you schedule her doctors appointment for?" My mom asked over FaceTime while I was cooking dinner. "Tomorrow at 12." "Did you get the list of question I sent you to ask them?" "Are you sure you don't want her to come back home? I mean, instead of micromanaging things, you could just supervise then hands on." "I guess I am being a little crazy." She sighed. "But that's still no reason to snap at me." "Sorry mom." I said, putting my wooden spoon down on the side of the stove. "I've just been a little frustrated." "When was the last time you, you know, let some frustration go?" She said raising her eyebrows at me. "Did you just really just asked me that?" I groaned. "It's an honest question." She threw her hands up defense. "I don't know mom, like a year." I said, shrugging. "Didn't you and Dylan break up like almost two years ago?" "19 months ago." I said, bitting my lip because nobody was supposed know about me and Dylan getting drunk last Fourth of July when I was home. It was a one time thing and a mistake. "Wait," She said pausing. "You did hook up with Dylan when you came home last summer. I knew it." "Look, that's not important right now." I said, trying t get her to stop talking. "Can we go back to micromanaging Melody?" "It's actually getting late here so I'm going to let you get off here." She said grabbing her phone from where she had it propped. "I love you." "I love you too."
Gray 😛 It's still okay for us to come over for dinner right?
Me: Yeah. I made a hella amount of food
Gray 😛 Ok lol cause we're in your parking garage.
Me: Okay. I'll buzz you in. Will one of you knock on Ems door to let her know it done?
Gray 😛 Sure thing ❤️
"Oh he's hella in love with you." Melody said, popping up over my shoulder.
"What did I say earlier about meddling?" I asked locking my phone and sticking it in my pocket.
"Right. Sorry." She said backing up. "But, it's true."
"No it's not." I said shaking my head. "Make your self useful and get the cups down out the cabinet."
"I can't." She said, sitting down at the table.
"And why is that?" I asked, putting the food on the table, out of my hand.
"Because I'm pregnant."
"Oh absolutely not." I said pulling her chair out and lightly lifting her up out of the chair. "You're not using that excuse on me."
"Let go of me." She said. "But you gotta say, it was worth the try."
"Not really." I said.
"Maybe you should ask Grayson to help you release some of that pent up tension." She said, grabbing five cups out the cabinet and putting them on the table.
"We're you listening to my conversation with mom?"
"Umm...no."
Just as I was about to yell at her about privacy, there was a knocking on the door.
"I'll get it!" She yelled, running towards the door. "Look at that, saved by the Dolan's."
"What?" Grayson asked, looking at me as he walked through the door.
"Nothing." I said just as Melody was saying, "she was trying to kill me."
"Who's killing who?" Emma asked, walking in last and closing the door.
"Madison's killing Melody." Ethan said.
"I'm not killing anybody." I said sitting down at the table, patiently waiting for everyone else to join me, probably look like a serial killer.
"All I'm saying is, if you starters doing....yoga....and relieve some of that tension, then maybe you'd be less angry." Melody said, sitting down beside me.
"Is that what the kids are calling it these days?"
"She's right though." Ethan said, sitting at the other end of the table. "Yoga is great for relieving tension. And now you can do it with goats, which sounds dope."
"Bro, they're not actually talking about yoga." Grayson said, sitting on the other side of me.
"Wha-oh." He said looking around at everyone else, who were holding on laughs. "Yeah, that's good for...relieving tension too." He coughed and looked down awkwardly.
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Madison_Matthews: not to toot my own horn, but I know a little thing or two in the kitchen 🤷🏻♀️
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