It's Not All Roses

Chapter-09

ANASTASIA'S P.O.V 

"You have an amazing dad Tyler." saying that I walked towards the kitchen and at that moment my stomach rumbles loudly which sends Tyler into fits of laughter. I look at him, embarrassed and glared, "its human nature!? NOT FUNNY, TYLER ALLEN HEMMINGS!!"

Soon after I said that, he fell from the couch with a loud thud on his ass. HAH! Karma got you back for laughing at me! I started laughing too, at his change of expression. Serves him right for laughing at me!

"The jerk store called. They said they're all out of...you", he says sarcastically with a smirk.

I scowl at his direction and retorted, "Are you always such an idiot, or do you just show off when I'm around?" I see him giving me his infamous glare and I immediately shut up. I roll my eyes at his childish behavior.

"Yeah, keep rolling your eyes. Maybe you'll find your brain back there." he snorts.

I decided to ignore his comment and be the mature one here and walked off with a sigh. I walk in the kitchen. It seems well furnished. Maybe dad stocked some stuff here so that we don't have to go outside until we fully settled in. I open every single damn cupboard only to find nothing. Frustrated I slam the cupboard doors shut.

Jeez at least dad could have stored food in the cupboard. Even some cup ramen would have worked wonders right now. My stomach rumbles more; thankfully Tyler isn't here to laugh at me. At least he got a house near the grocery store. I poke my head out the kitchen and see him standing there, "Tyler could you get something from the store please?" ,for extra effect I added my puppy dog eyes.

"What do I look like? Your servant?",his tone sounds irritated.

"Jeez..lazy ass butthead..." I mutter under my breath and decided that maybe I should just visit the store alone. I look at his back as he walks further in the penthouse. Damn his back looks gorgeous. I snap out of it. Anastasia that man's job is to insult you! You absolutely cannot fall for that butthead!! I walk towards the living room and collect my purse and phone from the couch. I told the driver to send me a map of the store. If it's too far only then I will take the car. The driver sent me the location and it turns out that its just 5 minutes of walking distance . Great! Ramen,  here I come!!

I untie my hair and let it fall loosely around my shoulders. I watch Tyler saunter back to the living room and slump on the couch, "Where are you going?"

"The store, cause apparently a lazy butthead won't go." I say with a blunt tone with a bored expression on my face.

"Stop with the butthead already!", He groans, more like whines. Damn those kiddish part of him really melts my heart.

"So when are you moving your things?" I put a strand of loose hair behind my ear as I look at him.

"My friends are bringing them over soon."

"Your friends are coming over!" Even I can sense the excitement in my voice.

"What got you so excited? Never had friends before?" ,he teased.

I look at the floor wringing my wrist, "Well...honestly...I did...but it was only me and Mia until she moved to Australia."

"Who is Mia?"

"Oh she is my childhood friend. We grew up together." I smile fondly at the memory of the various pranks we pulled up as kids.

"What happened?" , well he seems interested. I admit I am a bit surprised at his curiosity about my life.

"I don't know...on the last year of college she just disappeared. Later I got to know from a maid that worked at her house that the entire family moved to Australia."

"Sounds pretty suspicious, if you ask me." He shrugs. "You never tried to find out what happened?"

"I couldn't...before I even knew it I reached California and had to meet a certain butthead." I grinned.

He groans again, "Jeez I swear if you don't stop imma strangle you!" He threatens.

"Sure." I try my best not to smile.

"I will be going shopping then. We really need to stock up our kitchen. You want anything from the store?" I finished in one breath.

"Breath first." ,he chuckles softly, "Get spices and meat maybe? I am in the mood for cooking today."

"You cook?" Damn. Him wearing an apron and cooking sounds hot.

"Yes I do. Stop imagining things. I can see those gears in your head turning." He poked his tongue out at me.

"I am not imagining anything!" ,I pout, my eyebrows scrunched up.

"Sure. Whatever helps you sleep at night princess." He winks teasingly.

Agh. This man will be the death of me. I shake my head at his behavior and open the door and walk out. I pressed the button for the elevator. Soon it reached my floor and I got in. As the doors were closing a hand came in between and I gasped at the sudden surprise. The doors opened again only to reveal a certain butthead with a cheeky smile, "I decided to be a gentleman and accompany you."

I roll my eyes, "Sure whatever helps you sleep at night." I repeated his line to annoy him.

We walked side by side and reached the store. The automatic doors opened letting us in. I took a basket and walked towards the pasta and noodles section. I searched high and low and finally saw the treasure. Ramen! My baby! I grabbed a few couple of them and put them in the basket. "Tsk tsk. That's unhealthy." The disapproval in his voice was evident.

"Does it look like I care? Time for ice-cream!" I say and walk towards the big freezers in the corner with all the dairy products. I grabbed 5 pints of chocolate flavored ice-cream and some packets of cheese and a few bars of cooking butter. I also got a few cartons of milk. We walked out of the store after getting all the other necessary things with a few extra handfuls of skittles and a huge ass smile on my face.

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