Be Mine (Connor McDonough)

Ch. 7: House Hangs

❤ Caitlyn's POV ❤

"See you next week." Liz called out as we were about to go our separate ways.

I smiled. "Yeah. Have a great weekend."

"You too." Aaron grinned.

I nodded. Aaron took Liz's hand and walked away. Such sweet lovebirds. I in turn went to my car. The minute I sat on the driver's seat, I tiredly drove home. When I knocked on the front door, Mom opened the door. "Hey sweetie. Good timing."

I went in. "Why?"

"You'll see." Mom smirked and went to the kitchen.

I threw my bag on the couch in the living room. I could hear laughter from upstairs, and I probably thought it was Maddy and her gal pals. Then I was mistaken. I opened the door to my room and saw Maddy and Toby sitting on my bed, while Riley and Connor sat on the carpeted floor. "Whuuut..." I trailed off.

I closed the door and leaned on it. "I'm fine with you guys hanging out, but Mads, why my room?"

"Case my room's messy. Really." Maddy smiled.

"Ah."

"Hey Cait!" the three boys suddenly said.

"Hey hey." I grinned and sat between Connor and Riley.

"How was school?" Toby asked cheerfully.

I fell back, lying on the floor. "Gaaah. I'm so tired."

I removed my glasses and glanced at everyone. Maddy was giggling while Toby, Connor and Riley smirked deviously. "Ok...what?" I asked skeptically.

Toby grinned wider, while Connor and Riley looked at each other, wiggling their eyebrows. "Oh..." I realized.

But before I could react, I felt their fingers tickling me. "Guys! STOP!" I said between massive laughs.

"Energized yet?" Riley grinned.

"YES!!! NOW STOP!!!"

”Yes ma'am." they both smiled.

I lay there, arms stretched while panting. "I hate you all."

"I love you." they all replied with huge grins.

I chuckled and sat back up. Maddy decided to play some card games, and so we did for about 30 minutes. Toby and Maddy went down to drink water, while Riley went to the bathroom. I was left in my room with Connor. I hated awkward silences, so I whipped my phone out and went on Twitter. I don't think Connor liked being ignored, because he rested his head on my shoulder. My heart skipped a beat, really. I carefully patted his head, slightly stroking his blonde hair. Dang, it was soft. "Let's take a selfie. Or usie." Connor grinned at me.

That smile could make me melt. "Alright. Give me your phone." I said.

And he handed me his phone. We took a selfie, or usie, with his head still on my shoulder. I'd say I was fine with it...

I handed him his phone. "Don't delete that." I teased.

"Never will." he chuckled.

Then the three who went out burst back in. "What did I miss?" Toby smirked.

"An usie." Connor and I laughed.

Riley pouted. "Let's take one now."

"Ok ok!" Maddy agreed.

We got into position, and Ri snapped away. "Cool." he said when we finished.

And then Toby saw the bulletin/cork board on my wall. "Cool. Let's write a note for Cait here."

"Good idea." his two brothers said, and so they wrote away.

They went to Maddy's room to write some for her as well. When they returned, Riley suddenly said, "Ok, Caitlyn, Maddy knows about this, but we're inviting you to an overnight beach trip with us. Tomorrow."

I looked at Maddy who just smiled. "You gotta ask our parents." I stated.

"That's part of the plan." Connor assured.

Toby nodded. "We just wanted to let you know."

"Alright."

So we went downstairs to the dining room where Mom and Dad were. "Excuse me, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, we have a question." Riley politely asked.

"What's that?" Dad smiled.

Connor continued. "May Caitlyn and Maddy come with us to the beach overnight? Mom and Dad are coming too."

"You won't have to worry about parental guidance." Toby added.

My parents were silent for a while, then Mom eventually smiled. "Sure. Go have some clean fun."

Dad chuckled. "Why not? Take care of my girls, ok?"

"Definitely will. Thank you." the brothers smiled.

"Thanks." Maddy and I hugged Mom and Dad.

After another hour, the boys went home, and Maddy and I went to our rooms. I saw the notes the boys left for me.

Riley: Caitlyn you're so fine, you're awesome (I'm trying to sing that, ok?) ;)

Toby: Let's eat and play video games yo :D

Connor: Stay awesome, you pretty, quirky girl :)

I smiled after reading each one. Then I noticed that Connor wrote "pretty."

Did that mean...? No. I'm probably assuming a lot.

Then I got a notification on Twitter. Connor mentioned me. It was the picture we took earlier.

@ConnorMcDonough Hanging with the amazing @BYECaiiitlyn :)

I felt my heart beat rise, and blood rush to my cheeks.